Cool Stuff: Remote Control Refrigerated Trailers Now Rolling
Reefer technology has just gotten a lot cooler thank to Coretex, a leader in Active Fleet Management Solutions, which has announced that McLeod users will soon be able to remotely control their refrigerated trailers from within LoadMaster operational screens.
The new two-way interactive portal allows specified users to remotely manage a wide-range of refrigerated truck and trailer settings from within the LoadMaster interface.
Through the portal, LoadMaster users will have access to remotely:
- Turn a reefer on or off
- Clear alarms
- Change a compartment set point
- Change reefer status and mode
- Run or schedule a future pre-trip
- Initiate a defrost
- Execute other manufacturer-specific commandsIn addition, users can monitor a range of other vital information quickly and easily without leaving LoadMaster, including:
- Trailer location information and latest trip information
- Real-time set point, supply, return, and ambient air temperatures, including multipleprobe product temperatures
- Real-time engine and operating hours
- Real-time reefer manufacturer alarms
The new capability to Coretex IBRIGHT customers will be available to license in the McLeod LoadMaster Version 15.2 release this fall.
Selwyn Pellett, Coretex Chief Executive Officer, said “The new two-way capability improves the efficiency of operational teams by allowing them to remotely change the behaviour of the reefer, in the event that something goes wrong.”
Robert Brothers, Manager of Product Development from McLeod, said “With the cost of lost or rejected loads only going up, having the ability to remotely intervene without leaving LoadMaster is critical.”
Category: General Update, News
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