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John Deere offers new levels of fleet telematic systems

 
John Deere, Moline, Ill., is offering construction fleet managers three new levels of the JDLink™ monitoring system to control fleet operations. The company says the new levels offer customers a choice on equipment monitoring.
The Advanced, Ultimate and Direct levels are available for field or factory installation on 46 models of John Deere construction equipment.
“With three new levels of options, we are providing our customers with many added features for lowering operating costs, more efficient fleet management, plus increased productivity and uptime,” said Ken Poppe, John Deere’s product marketing manager of advanced technology. “These new versions of JDLink will help fleet managers keep an eye on every relevant detail of their machine’s operation at any given site at any particular moment.”
The original JDLink Standard level automatically collects, transmits and manages machine data which can be viewed at a single password-protected Web site regardless of model or make, or what dealer sold the system. The data allows customers to check machine operation times, track machine locations and set restrictions on when machines are allowed to run. The company says JDLink can be integrated into virtually any business office management system.
New JDLink Advanced provides all standard level features plus a percentage breakdown of machine idling hours vs. working hours. The Advanced level also provides fleet managers dashboard alerts such as low fuel level warnings via Internet, cell phone or pager.
With JDLink Ultimate, a maintenance manager can receive machine pressures, temperatures and speeds that are captured and displayed in a format that can  be downloaded onto a spreadsheet for further analysis.
JDLink Direct provides most of the same features as Ultimate and gives a customer the ability to download data directly from a piece of equipment, rather than accessing it through the Internet. The Direct option does not include the GPS locator that other levels provide.
Every Deere dealer in the U.S. and Canada is now qualified to sell and support the full suite of JDLink products. JDLink Machine Monitoring Systems have been developed through a strategic alliance with Qualcomm, San Diego, Calif.

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