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<blockquote data-quote="bluehdmc" data-source="post: 579410" data-attributes="member: 18471"><p>I saw a Harrisburg tractor that had a new kind of IVIS, it had the keyboard and a touch screen. No smart card though. He said when he punched in at work they had a similar screen at dispatch, just put his # in and punched in, then would punch into tractor. Tractor has an antenna which communicates with center. He wasn't sure of the range, it DOES not have GPS though, although I guess if whatever protocol is used for the communication with the unit is some sort of wireless techology gps could be possible. Similar to the IVIS it just records the information and downloads it automatically when he gets back within range. As he was showing it to me it showed an option for shiftcom, I guess it could be used for tractor moves. He said it was a little slower entering info than the IVIS. Also the IVIS can't be used when driving, (basically it freezes until you're doing less than 2mph), he said that this one if brushed up against, like with your lunch box would change the info. If I recall he said they weren't going to get anymore, maybe it was a failed experiment. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I was told by a sup a couple of years ago that they were gonna use something similar to a qualcomm that had 2 way communications. If they wanted you to do an extra pickup or something like that, maybe this is the predecessor of that. They have qualcomm in the Sleeper cabs, can track you across the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluehdmc, post: 579410, member: 18471"] I saw a Harrisburg tractor that had a new kind of IVIS, it had the keyboard and a touch screen. No smart card though. He said when he punched in at work they had a similar screen at dispatch, just put his # in and punched in, then would punch into tractor. Tractor has an antenna which communicates with center. He wasn't sure of the range, it DOES not have GPS though, although I guess if whatever protocol is used for the communication with the unit is some sort of wireless techology gps could be possible. Similar to the IVIS it just records the information and downloads it automatically when he gets back within range. As he was showing it to me it showed an option for shiftcom, I guess it could be used for tractor moves. He said it was a little slower entering info than the IVIS. Also the IVIS can't be used when driving, (basically it freezes until you're doing less than 2mph), he said that this one if brushed up against, like with your lunch box would change the info. If I recall he said they weren't going to get anymore, maybe it was a failed experiment. I was told by a sup a couple of years ago that they were gonna use something similar to a qualcomm that had 2 way communications. If they wanted you to do an extra pickup or something like that, maybe this is the predecessor of that. They have qualcomm in the Sleeper cabs, can track you across the country. [/QUOTE]
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