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IVMS Driver Fatigue Prevention
The basis for operating under Basic Fatigue Management is working safer, not less hours. Laws apply to trucks of greater than 12 tonnes gross vehicle mass and buses with 12 or more seats (9 seats in NSW) and are implemented in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia,…
IVMS and Driver Resistance
Installing IVMS/ GPS Tracking into a vehicle brings two potentially conflicting aspects into contact with each other: an individual’s need for privacy, and a company’s need to protect its drivers’ safety and its vehicles against abuse and unauthorised trips. Digicore has rolled out IVMS/ GPS Tracking into many businesses…
The role of a tri-axial accelerometer in an IVMS system
The art of detecting harsh driving is a complex business, as bumps and crashes experienced by a vehicle (and as such the IVMS unit) are also affected by the condition of the road. There is however a simple way of ascertaining where a problem lies: if all drivers receive the…
IVMS and law enforcement – where should the line be drawn?
Simply put, IVMS is not police equipment. So what is the difference? Police equipment is highly calibrated and certified equipment that needs to stand up in a court of law on a single event, IVMS is simply not made for that. GPS (the heart of any IVMS system) can be affected…
Digicore – IVMS Compliance with No Lock in Contracts
Digicore does not believe in locking customers into contracts – nobody should have to pay for something they don’t want! Most of our competitors require their customers to sign up a period of 2 years and we think this is patently unfair. Circumstances change, and if our customers have their…
Digicore’s Safety Policy
Digicore is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all persons in the workplace including employees, contractors and other visitors. Digicore demonstrates this commitment through its health and safety management system which is integrated with all organisational activities. Digicore employees, contractors and visitors have a duty of care including the…
What are Telematics?
Telematics is the branch of information technology which deals with the long-distance transmission of computerised information. Basically another word for “IVMS”
What is the Telstra 4G LTE M network coverage like for IVMS in Australia
All of Digicore’s latest cellular based IVMS and GPS tracking units work on the 4G LTE M and NB IoT networks in Australia. Will you have coverage where you are working? Check the Telstra coverage map for this network here. https://www.telstra.com.au/business-enterprise/about-enterprise/our-network/iot-coverage-map If you think you might not have coverage in…
Renting an IVMS unit
We sometimes get asked by our IVMS customers if they can rent units from us. We understand the difference between capex and opex and believe that we should give our customers this choice. The most common enquiry is for portable IVMS from subcontractors that win short-term mining contracts, but we…
IVMS in difficult times – a good idea or not?
IVMS comes cheaper than what it used to, but it is still is an expense and, in difficult times, should this perhaps be cancelled or at least deferred? Definitely not! One of our major clients in Queensland turned their IVMS off when the coal price collapsed around 2010. No sooner…