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The Digital Tachograph and the new Smart Tachograph are recorders of the professional drivers’ activities (rest and driving hours). They provide trustworthy information to EU enforcers controlling compliance with Social Regulation (EC) No 561/2006. The Smart Tachograph became mandatory on 15 June 2019 and includes the following smart features:

• GPS or GNSS This creates location records that automatically record at the start and end of each journey, together with every three hours in between.
• A DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) makes it possible for enforcement officers to remotely detect possible fraudulent activity. The data is limited and simply indicates whether there are faults or infringements currently recorded on the equipment. This means that authorities can limit their activities to more suspect vehicles.
• The Smart Tachograph introduced a new Drivers' card based on the new standard as described in the EU document 'Annex 1C'.

There are some key things to note as part of the Smart Tachograph:

• Driver Cards are replaced as they come up for renewal and so do not contain the new data until they comply with 'Annex 1C'. It will be legal to use an older card with a new Smart Tachograph and vice versa.
• You will need to make sure that your Tachograph Analysis Software can read the new Driver Card and Vehicle data as set out in 'Annex 1C'.
• If you have a vehicle fitted with a Smart Tachograph or your drivers have a new Driver Card then the firmware of your download equipment needs to be updated in order to parse the new data. If your equipment cannot be updated then you will need to replace it.

As the majority of Tachosys products are updateable via the internet, as we release firmware updates, customers using digiconnect are prompted to upgrade automatically. The upgrade path for our connected products such as digiDL and digipostpro varies by vendor so please check with your analysis provider.

Our Smart Tachograph (Gen 2) compatible software and firmware were published on Gen 2uesday - 2nd April 2019.

If you have any questions then please contact us or your reseller for more information on upgrades.