Carrier Transicold introduced a new maintenance dashboard for its Lynx Fleet telematics platform, the company announced Tuesday. The dashboard allows users to create customized preventive maintenance (PM) schedules for their transport refrigeration units (TRUs).
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The schedules are based on performance data collected and communicated in real time. The dashboard uses Lynx Fleet's two-way management and control capabilities to transform how users manage the scheduled maintenance of their TRUs. Users can set up distinct PM intervals based on calendar days or operating hours for up to three items on the truck or trailer, including total diesel engine hours, total switch-on hours, start cycles and high-speed engine hours. It shows where each asset is in its PM cycle using precise numerical values and a simple color-coded indicator that flashes red, yellow and green.
"With the maintenance dashboard, Lynx Fleet users can proactively schedule preventive maintenance based on what the equipment tells them instead of relying on calendar alerts and manual checks of TRU controllers," says Scott Blair, senior digital program manager for Lynx Fleet Telematics.
Other features of the maintenance dashboard include:
- A tabular data presentation similar to Lynx Fleet Asset View that displays the latest data about all the user's assets on the Lynx Fleet network in one place. Information can be filtered and sorted to prioritize the most essential information.
- Streamlined communication with Carrier Transicold dealers to allow seamless preventive maintenance scheduling.
- Centralized access to the information dealers need when scheduling service, including the asset ID, TRU model type and model number, engine operating hours and when preventive maintenance was last performed.
The maintenance dashboard is part of Lynx Fleet's Monitor and Enhanced Control data plan. Users monitor an asset's performance and manage events remotely, including downloaded diagnostic information recorded by TRU controllers.
Lynx Fleet hardware comes standard on Carrier's most popular trailer refrigeration units. Peripheral components such as fuel sensors, temperature probes, door switches and solar panels may be specified as needed. Activation requires a data plan and commissioning by an authorized Carrier Transicold dealer.
