New inter-brand telematics system announced
Mixed fleet owners and managers will soon benefit from a new data interface connecting major farm equipment brands including John Deere and CLAASA new cloud-to-cloud machine data system, DataConnect, will provide a one-stop shop solution for fleet owners needing to monitor and control all their machines in the fleet, even if they're across different brands.
John Deere, CLAAS, CNH Industrial and 365FarmNet have all signed up to the DataConnect project, which will be the first direct, manufacturer-independent solution that enables the real-time exchange of machine data between various machine brand platforms.
This means producers operating Deere, CLAAS, New Holland, Case IH or Steyr brand farm equipment can easily access and view basic machine data elements including current and historical machine location, current fuel tank level, working status and forward speed from these connected machines via the portal of their choice. These include the John Deere Operations Center, Case IH's AFS Connect, New Holland's MyPLM Connect, CLAAS TELEMATICS or 365FarmNet portals.
The four companies are members and supporters of the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF). They will share their experiences with AEF in an effort to support a standardised data interface architecture, similar to ISOBUS, across the entire ag equipment industry.
Interested equipment manufacturers, software providers, associations and standardisation committees are invited to help develop and participate in the DataConnect project.
DataConnect will be showcased for the first time at Agritechnica 2019 at each of the four companies’ stands. The system is expected to be rolled out in the latter half of 2020.
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