VAC
User’s
Guide
I.D. Systems, Inc. One University Plaza, Hackensack, NJ 07601
000-0144-01
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monitoring, safety, maintenance and communication technology in an industrial vehicle. Within the VAC,
a processor is integrated with an RF transceiver and vehicle interface and runs an embedded computer
application. Information about the attached vehicle is communicated from the VAC over the wireless
infrastructure of Gateways™, to I.D. Systems software (refer to the system diagram in Figure 1).
Figure 1: IDS Fleet Management System Diagram
The VAC device both sends and receives information, such as access control updates, pages, updated
configuration settings, and scheduled maintenance event information, and interacts with the vehicle’s
driver using a keypad, display, and optional ID readers.