Theft Protection & Alerts

 

According to the German Insurance Association (GDV), car thieves stole 10,697 cars in 2021, causing economic damage of 200 million euros. Construction sites and industry are also affected; according to kurier.at, 88 percent of construction sites surveyed by the Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office have already been stolen from.

 

Benefits

  • Immediate alert via web & app in case of emergency.
  • Define areas (zones) and receive a notification should one of your vehicles or machines move outside
  • Prevent unauthorized use of machines & vehicles, for example over the weekend
 

Automatic update

All parameters & measured values or vehicle and machine status always updated live

High scalability

No matter whether you want to equip 1 vehicle or 10,000 construction machines with GPS.

Mixed fleets

You can locate anything via GPS – whether it's a construction machine, hand drill, truck, car, vibratory plate or container.

 

Alarm management in the case of emergency

By means of alarms, events can be quickly recognized, and appropriate steps can be taken.


Use cases

  • Triggering an alarm when the vehicle enters or leaves the area (geo-fence).
  • Application in case of theft, unauthorized use or leaving the working area of vehicles and machines
  • Maintenance windows and services are detected early
 

Historical data

Analyzing data retrospectively can give you insights into which areas of your business is inefficient or causing problems. The alarm history is 12 months available as standard.

Notifications can be sent or viewed to the following people:

  • Individuals
  • Groups / Multiple people
  • Alarm history

 

 

Prevent unauthorised use of assets

Increase the safety of your machines, vehicles, and assets. If a machine or vehicle is stolen or operated without authorization, this can lead to serious accidents.

By using telematics, such incidents can be avoided, as the machine or vehicle is automatically locked if an authorized person does not start it.

 

Alarm mapping

Individual objects

  • This setting option allows you to set specific alarm thresholds for a specific object such as a vehicle, machine, or asset. The alarm is only triggered if the specific object exceeds or falls below the defined threshold.

Object groups

  • This setting option allows you to create alarm settings for a group of objects that have certain common characteristics, such as all cars from Upper Austria. If one of the characteristics in the group exceeds or falls below the defined threshold, the alarm is triggered.

All objects

  • This setting option triggers an alarm when a defined event occurs for any object in the program. No specific thresholds or objects are defined here.
 

Alarm when leaving a geozone

Increase work efficiency and prevent theft of your vehicles and machines with the help of Geozones. By alerting and notifying when a vehicle or machine leaves the Geozone, immediate action can be taken to locate and return the vehicle or machine.

Constant monitoring of the geozone can also help to better plan working time and optimize the location of machines. This reduces material consumption and working time and saves costs.

 

Notifications about your assets

The flexible settings for the alarm options can vary depending on the application.

 

Alarm examples

  • Time-based alarm: Alarm at a specific time (maintenance, inspection).
  • Event-based alerting: Alarm when an event occurs (excavator leaves construction site, truck leaves route)
  • Geo-Fencing Alarm: Alarm on entering/leaving a virtual area (vehicle/person)
  • Speed alarm: Alarm on exceeding/falling below a certain speed (vehicle/person)
  • User-defined alerting: alarm based on user-defined parameters or rules (specific events/conditions).
 

Notifications for the mobile phone with the COCKPIT App

With the COCKPIT app, you always have an overview, even when you're on the move. This application reliably informs you about potentially critical conditions of vehicles, machines and assets.

The advantages of our app at a glance: 

  • Theft protection: users are warned in good time of a possible theft of their vehicles or machines so that they can act quickly and prevent the loss.
  • Asset monitoring: With the geofencing function, users can keep an eye on the location of their assets and react immediately in the event of deviations.
  • Maintenance planning: By using telematics devices, users can monitor the operating status of their vehicles and machines and plan maintenance work to avoid unnecessary downtime.

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FAQ

Who needs telematics and what is the goal of it?

The aim of telematics is to provide the user with position and status data (e.g. engine on/off, speed, tank level, temperature, etc.) and cumulative values (e.g. operating hours, mileage, etc.) from vehicles, machines or other objects as quickly as possible.

Based on this data, for example, dispatching can be optimized, theft can be detected, and the degree of utilization of a vehicle/machine fleet can be determined. In many cases, the telematics data serves as a basis for decision-making for the acquisition of new equipment, for increasing efficiency, for optimizing maintenance tasks, for reducing insurance rates, etc.

In most cases, an interface (API) for data transfer from the telematics portal to the customer software (EPR systems such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, AS400, etc.) is also created.

Together we develop innovative telematics solutions tailored to your needs, which bring many advantages for you:

  • You can reduce your administrative effort
  • Your costs are reduced many times over through the use of telematics units
  • You save time for more value-adding activities
  • Your vehicles, machines, tools can no longer get lost
  • Your fleet of vehicles and machines is efficiently utilized
  • Working with the Rosenberger Commander is easy and understandable
  • Our apps support you with the telematics installation, expansion as well as with the automatic recording of your journeys for the electronic driver's logbook.
  • Telematics is not as expensive as you might think, already from 1 vehicle, 1 machine you will see a return on investment
  • We are a family business, with a global corporation in the background - with us you get handshake quality, with the security to bet on a stable company.
How does telematics work?

A telematics unit (on-board unit) installed in a vehicle or machine transmits information from these objects to a data center using wireless data transmission technology.

In the data center, the information is processed and prepared in such a way that the user can call up all the information relevant to him virtually in real time, but also historically via a web portal. 

How does the telematics app or the telematics portal work?

The data from the telematics units (OBUs) processed in the data center is made available to the user in an easy-to-use and clear web application. All that is required to use the platform is Internet access.

It is not necessary to install the software in the company or on the desktop/laptop. In addition to use via desktop/laptop, a "light" version is also available for mobile use (Rosenberger Drive app or Rosenberger Cockpit app) via tablet or smartphone.


The telematics platform (Rosenberger Commander) has a modular structure and is very intuitive to use. Depending on authorization and role, a variety of modules and reports are available to the user.

A short overview:

  • Live: Real-time information on position and operating status
     
  • History: Chronological display of all signals with graphics, map view and tables
     
  • Zones: Representation of all zones (geofence) stays in a certain period of time, incl. times and covered distances
     
  • Alarms: Overview of all automatically generated alarms and events
     
  • Logbook: Listing of all trips with map information, start, end of trip, addresses, distances, trip type (business, private, way to work), driver as well as trip log report
     
  • Activities: Automatic data analysis of signals over time
     
  • Performance: Comparison of small and large fleets regarding utilization, consumption, etc.
     
  • Status: overview and hit list of all cumulative values like mileage, operating hours, etc.
     
  • Tachograph: all information about the digital tchograph incl. automatic archiving and remote downloading
     
  • Servic: Overview of all maintenance tasks by status (overdue, due soon, not yet due) + reports
     
  • Protocolls: list of all installation, service and removal reports of telematics units (automatically created with the Rosenberger Service App).
     
  • Manage: in this area, all tools for the administration and management of telematics units and objects are available for the administrator
     
  • Organization: here the administrator can manage the users, roles, organizational units within a client, recurring tasks and measured values. 
What is a telematics sensor or OBU (on-board unit)?

A telematics sensor is a data acquisition device that is mounted in vehicles, machines and devices and transmits data from them to a server (data center) for further processing using wireless technology.

The OBU usually consists of a radio module for data transmission, a GPS antenna for position determination, processors for data dissemination and, if necessary, additional digital and analog interfaces for the acquisition of external signals (e.g. temperature, engine signal, pressure, CAN bus, etc.).

Depending on the application Rosenberger offers different housing classes (IP54 to IP76). The antennas (radio module and GPS) can be built into the housing or can be designed as external antennas. The radio modules are available in different versions from 2G (GSM), 3G (UMTS) to 4G (LTE).

What is a telematics tariff?

A telematics rate or license refers to a recurring charge for a telematics unit. At Rosenberger, this fee is usually a flat rate (fixed price). The following services are covered by this tariff:

  • Software license of the telematics portal
  • Data transmission via SIM card (at Rosenberger Europe-wide use)
  • Data processing in the computer center
  • Data storage in the data center (at Rosenberger at least 12 months)
  • Free software updates of the telematics portal (at Rosenberger every 3 weeks)
  • Free webinars 
What information does a telematics unit record?

Which information is recorded depends on the one hand on the telematics hardware used and on the other hand on the signals and sensors available in the vehicle or machine.

For PKWS and light commercial vehicles, for example, the following information is recorded:

  • Time stamp (date and time) of the message 
  • Position incl. address
  • Speed
  • Ignition signal (on/off)
  • Battery voltage of the vehicle
  • Fuel consumption or tank level
  • Etc.


For trucks, for example, the following information is recorded:

  • Time stamp (date and time) of the message 
  • Position incl. address
  • Speed
  • Ignition signal (on/off)
  • Engine signal (on/off)
  • Engine speed
  • Auxiliary drive (on/off)
  • Battery voltage of the vehicle
  • Fuel consumption or tank level
  • Driving and rest times (only with digital tachograph)
  • Working times, breaks and standby times (only with digital tachograph)
  • Remaining driving times (only with digital tachograph)
  • Violations (only with digital tachograph)
  • etc.


For example, the following information is recorded for construction machines:

  • Time stamp (date and time) of the message 
  • Position incl. address
  • Speed
  • Ignition signal (on/off)
  • Engine signal (on/off)
  • load and idle
  • Battery voltage of the vehicle
  • Fuel consumption or tank level
  • For containers and small machines (without power supply to the telematics unit):
  • Time stamp (date and time) of the message 
  • Position incl. address
  • Speed
  • Battery status in %
  • Temperature
     
Is working with you as easy as the man makes it seem like?

In short: Yes!

Together we will develop innovative telematics solutions tailored to your needs that will bring you many benefits.

Just get in touch with us, and we'll create an offer tailored to your needs.

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