TELEMATICS

M.A.R.V.I.N. is a CLAAS telematics product which enables remote service-related functions. Via a TeleService Module (TSM) machine data that can be normally viewed via the in-cab monitor may also be viewed remotely via a web-browser internet function.

M.A.R.V.I.N. provides a remote user with a “window” into the electronic functions of the machine. Through this “window” information can be accessed to support management decisions on machine status: what it is doing, and where it is doing it, and information from the machines status-reporting function (error codes). The information drawn can be then viewed via the internet from the office, or even via a mobile phone connection (GPRS data transfer to a laptop). Using the CDS 5000 diagnosis tool the machine may also be interrogated via a direct connection from the dealership or from the field boundary for example.

Machine Status

An overview of the settings and performance of the machine during operation. Shows the crop-related adjustments which have been made, and the resulting machine performance.

Machine service codes

Detailed information of the codes and data resulting from the machines status-reporting function. This information can be analysed using diagnosis logic to ensure targeted resolution for a quick return to harvest-ready status.

Machine servicing data

An overview of the servicing status of the machine, including servicing performed, and the future servicing required.

Pinpointing the machine’s current location is the key logistical and organisation performance. Do we need to send another trailer? How much crop is still left to be cut? Which varieties are still to be harvested? These, and many other questions, can be answered using two location display tools.

CLAAS build high-capacity combines to provide peak performance in a wide range of conditions. But each year is different – the crop, the weather, the field, the variety …   And setting a combine is notoriously difficult – especially finding that final “tweak” to achieve optimum performance.

M.A.R.V.I.N. provides you with an “invisible CLAAS expert”, riding with you in the cab. It enables your dealer, or authorised CLAAS experts, to view service related information. This in turn enables a quick and efficient localisation of service issues, from defective components to service interval information. A faster “return to harvest readiness” and thus an increased overall machine harvesting readiness is a result. With M.A.R.V.I.N. your dealer does not always need to visit the machine to help get you to return to harvesting – your dealer, and the CLAAS service organisation, can help you from literally anywhere in the world via internet technology, M.A.R.V.I.N., and CLAAS telemetrics technology.

shows the machines location in relation to the public highway network. This enables a quick spatial orientation and ensures that machine can be found quickly – even by those not familiar with your farm.

shows the machine’s location superimposed onto satellite photographs. You can clearly see your field outlines and features, with the machines track-lines superimposed.

Up to now harvest operations, and their associated costs, have been treated as fixed. CLAAS TELEMATICS provides a detailed analysis of the total harvest operation. You may, for example, assess if different varieties caused different specific fuel consumptions. Check the differences between running with and without straw chopper, investigate the time taken to harvest different crop types or areas – and even analyse the transport data of the entire harvest.

Contractors will appreciate the special benefits of being able to analyse data on a job or customer basis – making the allocation of costs for accounting much easier.   In addition you can allocate your contracting customers CLAAS TELEMATICS temporary “visiting rights” so that they can enjoy the added value of detailed crop data.

CLAAS TELEMATICS also transfers valuable service codes and information to the CLAAS TELEMATICS Dealer View. By allocating your dealer “access rights” to your machine data he can pre-analyse and therefore prepare for a service call – before he leaves the dealership. By gathering potentially needed diagnostic details and spare parts the cause can be located quickly and a return journey to installed a repair part can be avoided - reducing downtime considerably.

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