Efkon EFAS User manual

User’s Guide

Digital Tachograph

EFAS

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No specifications in this user’s guide may be changed without the written permission of EFKON AG.

EFKON AG does not assume liability for this user’s guide.

Use and reproduction are only permitted in accordance with the contractual stipulations.

No part of this guide may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or translated into another language without

the express written permission of EFKON AG.

Technical details of descriptions, specifications and illustrations contained in this guide are subject to change without

notice.

The terms and names used are registered trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective holders.

EFKON AG document number: 5340.029.DOC.E02.FM

Manufacturer:

EFKON AG

Andritzer Reichsstraße 66

8045 Graz - Andritz

Austria

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Table of Content

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1Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

1.1 About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.1.1 How to Use this Guide . . . . . . . . . . .6

1.1.2 Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

1.2 Legal Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

1.2.1 Regulations for Drivers . . . . . . . . . . .9

1.2.2 Regulations for

Company Representatives. . . . . . . . .9

1.3 Standards and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

1.4 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

1.4.1 Hints to taking care of EFAS . . . . . .11

1.4.2 Handling Tachograph Cards . . . . . .11

1.4.3 Handling Printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.4.4 Automatic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . .12

1.4.5 Time Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

2Display and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

2.1 Display Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.1.1 Display Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.1.2 Symbol Combinations. . . . . . . . . . .15

2.1.3 LED Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.2 Acoustic Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

2.2.1 Meaning of the Acoustic Signals . .16

2.3 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.3.1 Adjusting of the activity. . . . . . . . . 18

2.3.2 Modes of operation. . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.3.3 Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3Operation of EFAS – Driver and Co-Driver . . . . . . . . 24

3.1 Before Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.2 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.3 Co-Driver Taking Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3.4 Stopping, Withdrawing the Driver Card . . . . 28

3.5 Continuing a Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3.6 Continuing an Interrupted Shift . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.7 Acknowledging Events or Errors . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.8 Setting the Local Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3.9 Setting a Ferry/Train Crossing . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.10 Digital Tachograph Not Required . . . . . . . . . 38

3.11 Displaying Data (Print Preview) . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3.12 Printing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3.13 Cancelling a Printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.14 Feed Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3.15 Inserting a Reel of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3.16 Clearing a Paper Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.17 Completing Activities (Handwritten Form) . . 46

3.18 Monitoring Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.19 Resetting the Trip Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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3.20 Remote Data Download (EFAS option) . . . . . 48

3.20.1 Remote Data Download of driver

card data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

3.20.2 Remote Data Transmission of data

stored in the mass memory . . . . . . 49

3.20.3 Detecting the Data Transfer Status. 50

4Operation of EFAS – Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.1 Performing a Test Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.2 Entering the PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.3 Output of Warnings in

CALIBRATION Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.4 Withdrawing the Workshop Card . . . . . . . . . 53

5Operation of EFAS –

Company Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

5.1 Automatic Registration of Company . . . . . . . 54

5.2 Manual Registration of Company . . . . . . . . . 56

5.3 Manual Deregistration of Company . . . . . . . 56

5.4 Downloading Stored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

5.5 Automatic Setting of Activities

after Ignition ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5.6 Withdrawing the Company Card . . . . . . . . . 57

6Operation of EFAS – Controlling Bodies . . . . . . . . . . 58

6.1 Inserting the Control Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

6.2 Displaying Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

6.3 Printing of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

6.4 Downloading Stored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

6.5 Withdrawing the Control Card . . . . . . . . . . . 61

7General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

7.1 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

7.1.1 Local Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

7.2 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

7.2.1 Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

7.2.2 Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

7.2.3 Keyboard Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . .65

7.2.4 Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

7.2.5 Distance Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

7.3 Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

7.3.1 Key Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

7.3.2 Notification Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

7.3.3 Warning Tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

7.4 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

7.4.1 Time Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

7.4.2 Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

7.4.3 Daylight Saving Time . . . . . . . . . . .69

7.4.4 UTC Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

7.4.5 Date Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

7.5 Company Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

7.5.1 Display Company Lock Information.70

7.5.2 Activating the Company Lock . . . . .71

7.5.3 Deactivating the Company Lock . . .71

7.6 Automatic Setting of Activity

after Ignition OFF/ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

7.7 >> Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

7.8 Displaying Card Information . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

7.9 Displaying the Device Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

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8Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

8.1 General Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

8.2 Driving Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

8.3 Printout Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

8.4 Event Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

8.5 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

8.6 Input Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

8.7 Messages over Remote Data Transmission

(EFAS option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

8.8 Other Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

9Printout Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

9.1 Driver activities from the card daily printout . .83

9.2 Driver activities from the vehicle unit daily

printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

9.3 Events and Errors from driver card . . . . . . . . . 91

9.3.1 Data Record Object with Events or

Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

9.4 Events and Errors from vehicle unit . . . . . . . . 95

9.5 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

9.5.1 Purpose of calibration. . . . . . . . . . .99

9.6 Over speeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

9.7 Speed profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

9.8 Engine speed profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

9.9 D1/D2 status changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

10 Menu Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

11 Use in Dangerous Goods Transporters. . . . . . . . . . .111

11.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

11.2 Operating the Device in Explosive Areas . . . 111

12 Symbol Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

13 Nation & Region Codes, Time zones . . . . . . . . . . . 116

13.1 List of Nation Codes, Time zones . . . . . . . . 116

13.2 List of Region Codes for Spain . . . . . . . . . . 118

14 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

15 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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Introduction6EFAS

1 Introduction

This is the user’s guide for the Digital Tachograph EFAS.

The Digital Tachograph EFAS logs the work periods, driving

times, rest periods and availability periods of the driver and

co-driver. EFAS logs automatically the speed and distance

covered by the vehicle. The protocols logged by the Digital

Tachograph serve as proof for controlling bodies (e.g.

police). The Digital Tachograph EFAS complies with the

technical specifications set out in Commission regulation

(EC) No. 1360/2002 of 13 July 2002, the 7th adaptation of

Council regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 to the technical

progress of Recording Equipment in Road Transport.

This user’s guide is for all EFAS users (drivers, workshop

staff, company representatives, controlling staff). The

user’s guide describes the proper use of the Digital

Tachograph as set out in the regulation. Read the corre-

sponding sections thoroughly and familiarise yourself with

operation of the Digital Tachograph EFAS.

The section “Introduction” is composed of the following

sections:

• About this Guide (chapter 1.1 on page 6) – explains the

structure and use of this guide and the symbols used.

• Legal Requirements (chapter 1.2 on page 8) – explains

all legal requirements that have to be observed when

using the Digital Tachograph EFAS.

• Standards and Guidelines (chapter 1.3 on page 10) -

explains which standards and regulations that the Digital

Tachograph EFAS complies with.

• General (chapter 1.3 on page 10) – describes the use of

Digital Tachograph cards and printouts and the settings

automatically made by the Digital Tachograph EFAS.

1.1 About this Guide

This section describes:

• How to Use this Guide (chapter 1.1.1 on page 6) –

explains how to use this guide.

• Symbols (chapter 1.1.2 on page 7) – explains the mean-

ing of the special symbols in this guide.

1.1.1 How to Use this Guide

This section explains how to use this guide.

Before using the Digital Tachograph EFAS, it is essential to

read the following sections thoroughly:

• “Introduction” (chapter 1 on page 6)

• “Display and Controls” (chapter 2 on page 14)

Depending on your activities, proceed to the following

sections:

• “Driver and Co-driver” (chapter 3 on page 24)

• “Workshop” (chapter 4 on page 52)

For further information, please refer to the workshop

guide. It can be ordered by quoting order no.:

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• “Company Representatives” (chapter 5 on page 54)

• “Controlling Bodies” (chapter 6 on page 58)

• The section "General Settings" (chapter 7 on page 62)

describes the settings for the display, signals, time and

company lock.

The following sections are used for reference:

• “Messages” (chapter 8 on page 75)

• “Printout Examples” (chapter 9 on page 82)

• “Menu Structure” (chapter 10 on page 109)

• “Technical Data” (chapter 14 on page 119)

• “Definitions” (chapter 15 on page 121)

• "Index" (on page 123)

1.1.2 Symbols

This section explains the special symbols that are used to

highlight certain parts of the guide.

Symbol Meaning

Danger Danger: Risk of injury or accident.

Note Note: Important information or

advice to avoid malfunctions.

M1:complete

manual inputs? Texts which appear on the alpha-

numeric display of EFAS are

printed in this font.

Action

1. Park your

vehicle.

Actions appear as a bold heading

followed by a series of numbered

steps.

You respond by doing something.

Display →

Language Menu items are separated by

these arrows. For more information

about the menus, see the section

“General Settings” on page 60.

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1.2 Legal Requirements

The use of Analog Tachographs or Digital Tachographs is

governed by EC regulation 3821/85 Annex I B or 3820/85.

This regulation assigns a number of obligations to the driver

and the owner of the vehicle.

The following sections make no claim to be exhaustive or

legally valid, but the instructions may serve as guideline.

Caution

It is prohibited to falsify, disable or delete recordings of the

Digital Tachographs and the tachograph cards. Also it is

prohibited to falsify printouts.

Modifications of the Digital Tachograph or its electronic sig-

nals or data links made with the intention of deceit shall be

punishable.

Note

Any disconnection of the vehicle’s battery from the vehicle elec-

trical system without prior insertion of a workshop card will be

logged by the Digital Tachograph.

This event is stored in the Digital Tachograph in accordance with

EU regulations. Always have your battery changed by an author-

ised workshop and make sure the workshop card is inserted.

Note

Familiarise yourself with the current legal requirements before

using the Digital Tachograph.

Periodic inspections:

A regular inspection of the Digital Tachograph EFAS must

be performed at least once within a 24 month period by an

authorised workshop.

The EFAS must be additionally inspected, when

• the EFAS ungoes a repair,

• the tyre circumference changes,

• the revolution ratio has changed,

• the registration number of the vehicle changes,

• the UTC time of the EFAS deviates by more than

20 minutes from the correct UTC time.

Note

Please observe the instructions for using the Digital

Tachograph for hazardous material transportation.

For further details, see the section 11 on page 109.

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1.2.1 Regulations for Drivers

This list of regulations makes no claim to be exhaustive. It

is intended to serve merely as a guideline.

• As the driver, you must ensure correct use of the Digital

Tachograph and the driver card.

• If the Digital Tachograph malfunctions, you must report

the faults on a separate sheet or on the reverse side of the

printout. The notes must be accompanied by your per-

sonal data (name, number of driver card, signature).

• If your driver card is lost or damaged, or if it

malfunctions, you must create a daily report after your

journey. This report is to be accompanied by your data

and signature.

• If your driver card is damaged or malfunctions, submit it to

the responsible authorities immediately.

• Always notify the responsible authorities of the loss of

your driver card immediately.

1.2.2 Regulations for

Company Representatives

This list of regulations makes no claim to be exhaustive. It

is intended to serve merely as a guideline.

• Monitor the Digital Tachograph and the tachograph card

to ensure that it functions properly.

• Ensure that the vehicle and calibration data is entered in

the Digital Tachograph by an authorised workshop.

• Ensure that there is always a sufficient number of

approved reels of paper in your vehicle.

• Ensure that your drivers use the Digital Tachograph and

the drivers’ cards properly. Instruct your drivers to comply

with the driving times and the rest periods.

• Ensure that the company card is used properly.

• Comply with the calibration and inspection intervals. The

Digital Tachograph must be inspected at least every two

years. Ensure that the installation label is updated follow-

ing each inspection.

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