ICP DAS USA partners with Teletrac Navman to integrate ICP DAS data acquisition products in Teletrac Navman’s fleet management technologies.
Teletrac Navman specializes in vehicle and equipment tracking using their proprietary software, which collects data including GPS position and engine parameters communicated via the J1939 protocol. Fleet managers are constantly finding new ways to build a stronger, more efficient fleet. By Teletrac Navman teaming with ICP DAS USA, they were able to develop a program that monitors their fleet of rental compressors for their clients.
The Teletrac Navman telemetry software monitors position and compressor parameters like usage (hours of operation), engine parameters, and diagnostic information remotely using the Iridium satellite network to locate assets around the planet. The problem that they encountered was that the compressors were only able to communicate via Modbus, while the Teletrac Navman interface was only able to communicate via the J1939 protocol. Introducing the ICP DAS product enabled Teletrac Navman with Modbus capability overnight. ICP DAS’ ability to quickly optimize the product to match Teletrac’s requirements was priceless.
ICP DAS, specializing in data communication products for automation, offers gateways and converters for most protocols (Modbus, CAN, Profibus, Ethernet/IP) and communication interfaces (RS-485, RS-232, CANbus, Fiber). By implementing ICP DAS’ GW-7238D, it allowed a gateway that provided a conversion between J1939 and Modbus TCP/Modbus RTU protocols. Its gateways provided communication between two protocols, bridging the gap between one protocol’s master device and another protocol’s slave devices by mapping one protocol’s registers or commands to a corresponding set of registers or requests.
In addition to ICP DAS gateways, it offers programmable controllers that can be programmed to communicate between devices connected to its COM ports or via the Ethernet port. These COM ports and Ethernet ports can be configured to communicate with other devices that use various protocols or message structures. The most important requirement is that the controller has the correct type of communication port or ports when communicating with devices that have different protocols. These controllers can be programmed using many standard C programming environments.
