DigiDL Installation Guide
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Authentication of the Company Card
Authentication
The introduction of Remote Download makes it possible for the Tachograph to communicate
remotely with a Company Card, in this case by using digiDL as a gateway. digiDL will try and
authenticate every 18 hours and the status of authentication is shown in the digiDL Configuration
Device Window (see page 20). Please note that the Company Card being used remotely, or one in
the same series, must have been inserted into the Vehicle Unit at some time, if not then there is a
risk the data will be locked out and the resulting Activity data will be empty.
The role of digicentral
digicentral is a Tachosys product which runs on Windows servers to provide a communications
platform for our devices. All of the UK online Tachograph analysis providers have a digicentral
server in operation. digiDL needs to communicate with a designated digicentral server in order to
open a dialogue with the appropriate Company Card, to pass data and to receive schedules and
tasks.
The Company Card can be placed in a card reader attached to any Windows PC which runs our
‘digicentral Authenticate’ software and in turn communicates with digicentral, the card’s
whereabouts is managed by digicentral.
Tachosys also manufacture a unit called a Digicard Hotel which can host up to 20 company cards for
different customers. This is ideal for resellers who wish to offer a card hosting service for customers
that find it challenging to keep the company card service running 24 /7.
Your designated digicentral server will have access to a relationship created between the Vehicle
and the Company Card(s). This would be set up in one of three ways; by the service provider, via a
web interface provided by your service provider, via your own server.
In summary the essential elements for the Authentication process are;
1.
A valid company card which the vehicle has seen and is available online via digicentral
Authenticate.
2.
A relationship between the company card and the vehicle created on digicentral.
3.
A digiDL able to communicate via WIFI or GPRS to the appropriate digicentral via the Internet.
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