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No, VOSA requires separate authorisation for Digital Tachograph Centre Approval. The latest VOSA Tachograph manual outlines the requirements for centre approval.
Yes, tachograph units must be calibrated by an authorised workshop every 2 years. This requirement applies throughout the EU.
VDO offers an upgrade kit for the current service diagnostic systems (MTC, ATC) so that DTCO inspections can be carried out. A VDO downloadkey is available for downloading mass memory data. Also VDO is providing KIPAS 2.0 an electronic database for transferring, evaluating and displaying workshop card data.
The calibration centre should download all data from the mass memory of the system being replaced and provide it on request to the fleet operator on a suitable data storage medium. VDO provides KIPAS 2.0 calibration centre software to do this. The VOSA Tachograph Manual specifies the procedure for Calibration Centres.
The workshop card is a smart card, which allows authorised calibration centres to carry out checking and calibration of digital tachographs . It is inserted during digital tachograph test drives and allows testing and programming via the interface on the digital tachograph. It is also used to store the calibration data.
_ Identifying data (information about the calibration centre, card number, issuing authority, validity)
_ Test drive data (vehicles used, driver activities, events, faults)
_ Calibration data from up to 88 tachograph checks (when calibration took place, vehicle data, DTCO identification, adjustment factors)
The workshop card’s data memory is operated on a rolling system in which the latest data automatically overwrites the oldest stored data. Therefore the workshop card stores the key data from at least the last 88 tests.
Yes KIPAS 2.0 software from VDO is a module for transferring, evaluation and displaying workshop card data.
Only trained technicians at calibration centres, which are VOSA authorised to check digital tachographs will get workshop cards.
Only trained technicians at authorised workshops will be issued with workshop cards. VOSA will only issue one workshop card per trained technician. The number of workshop cards for an authorised calibration centre will therefore depend on the number of employees trained to test digital tachographs.
VOSA will inform you how and where to apply for a workshop card.
No, the EU has decided that the workshop card will no longer be valid after a maximum of 1 year and must then be replaced.
Yes, VDO offers KIPAS 2.0 workshop software for downloading, evaluation and archiving workshop card data. This software enables the processing and management of calibrations/inspections/minor repair, customer and vehicle data - with KIPAS you simply enter customer data once, including details of the associated vehicles and can then access the information whenever you need it.
