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Out of sight … but not out of mind

Winter 2015

In response to greater demand for machine-to-machine communication, machine intelligence and remote equipment monitoring, Doosan has introduced an upgraded telematics package for its heavy equipment — including excavators, wheel loaders and articulated dump trucks. The new Doosan Telematics system is standard on all Doosan heavy equipment, except for DX63-3 and DX85R-3 compact excavators.

The Doosan Telematics system provides a connected machine solution that allows you and your dealer to remotely track and monitor Doosan heavy equipment. New Doosan machines come with a complimentary three-year subscription, including prepaid wireless service. You can monitor your Doosan equipment remotely from an Internet-enabled device and an upgraded Doosan Telematics website called CoreTMS. After the three years of prepaid wireless service expires, you will have the option to purchase a service extension. Doosan has offered a telematics solution since 2008, so if you have an active telematics subscription, you can access the new CoreTMS website for machine details and reports.

The new Doosan Telematics system includes:

• GPS unit: helps you monitor the location of your Doosan equipment
• Q-Pro wireless data modem and wireless service: sends data collected from sensors on the machine to a website via a cellular signal
• Satellite antenna and service: provides a communication link when the Doosan machine is working in remote locations and cellular service is not available
• CoreTMS website: offers access to many useful reports and important machine data

Worried about equipment theft?

It’s estimated that in the United States, nearly $1 billion worth of equipment is stolen annually. You can monitor the physical location of your Doosan machine, ensuring it is where it is supposed to be, which helps prevent equipment theft. The Doosan Telematics system is particularly useful for improving fleet management by visibility to all machine details through the CoreTMS website.

Manage more efficiently

The Doosan Telematics system puts more information in your hands to help you better manage your heavy construction equipment. You can monitor operational data and make recommendations to operators to improve machine usage and fuel efficiency. For example, you can see if an operator is idling a machine for a long time when it should be turned off to save valuable diesel fuel. Operational data also gives you insight for monitoring the machine’s fuel efficiency and the selected power mode in different applications. This is helpful to determine if an operator can make adjustments in order to do the same work with less fuel. Doosan machines provide operators with various power modes to help them best match the power needed to specific applications.

Improved maintenance scheduling

Monitoring maintenance schedules is also made easier with the Doosan Telematics system. You can review a machine’s maintenance history through the telematics website and identify what preventive maintenance is coming up. Fuel levels for each machine can be reviewed on the website, eliminating the need to physically visit each machine to check fuel levels — resulting in fewer trips for the fuel truck.

If a problem does arise, the Doosan Telematics system alerts you automatically — to help reduce machine downtime. The website reports fault and warning codes, and you or your dealer can be more prepared to fix the problem. Your dealer can view the codes on the CoreTMS website to help diagnose an issue, without having to be at the same location as the machine. Then, because your dealer has more data, the service department can respond more effectively for what the machine needs.

With all of the information available from the Doosan Telematics system, business owners like you can make better estimates when completing job bids and planning for jobs. Accurate machine usage reports, such as the number of hours a machine was used for a particular job, help you respond to new business opportunities.