A huge congratulations to Stoneridge employee and rally co-driver Pete McLean. Pete, with his team-mate driver David Newall and their Stoneridge-Sponsored Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 8, won the arduous Pirelli Tour of Cumbria 2011 at Kielder Water (29th to 30th April).
Photos below: The Newall Motorsport Evo in action at Kielder Water, victory champagne after 71 miles and several shredded tyres…and a few days later paying a post-race visit (new tyres fitted!) to the Stoneridge office.
The new SE5000 Exakt measures drivers’ hours in line with new legislation. And being able to measure every working minute more appropriately could mean an additional 45 minutes* driving per driver per day. That’s 129 extra driving hours* per driver every year. Just imagine the difference that could make to your business and your bottom line. That’s intelligent engineering from Sweden.
Don't just take our word for it. Use our comparison tool with your own digital data and find out how much time you could be saving with the SE5000 Exakt.
*Results for a multi-drop vehicle tested over 5 days from 14th to 18th February 2011. Extra driving time gained per day averaged 45 minutes compared to SE5000 Rev. 6.3 Tachograph. Results may vary depending on driving pattern.
Come and join us on our IAA stand A09, Hall 16 from 23rd to 30th September where we will be showcasing our latest SE5000 Digital Tachograph, with easier manual entries and fast download times, and our latest tachograph analysis software, OPTAC3, designed with flexibility, ease of use and cost efficiency in mind.
There will also be the chance to see some of our range of instrument clusters and have a demonstration of our exciting Fully Configurable Cluster concept, the future of clusters, which is customisable to your needs.
We've recently redesigned the OPTAC website (http://www.optac.info) to feature more product information on the home page, and make finding the right OPTAC product quicker and easier.
The site includes a brand new Product Selector, which will ask you a few simple questions, and then recommend suitable OPTAC3 products to you.
Stoneridge Electronics have produced a range of short video tutorials, aimed at new users of OPTAC3 Tachograph Analysis Software. These are free for all to use, and cover subjects such as Viewing Infringements, Driver and Vehicle Data and Reports, and Installing and Using the OPTAC3 Import Wizard.
If you have recently signed up for the 30 day free trial, or have purchased OPTAC3, these tutorials will quickly get you started using the software.
Tutorials are available in English, and we will be putting other languages online over the coming weeks.
Visit the OPTAC3 Support page to access the tutorials.
We welcome any suggestions and comments for new tutorials - just email us on optac@stoneridge.com.
Stoneridge are proud to announce that they have won a contract with the Highways Agency to provide Tachograph Analysis hardware and software, including their new analysis software OPTAC3, for use by the police.
Part of the Highways Agency’s responsibility is to make roads safer and journeys more reliable, and one way they do this is through providing the police with state of the art equipment so they can check tachograph compliance. They therefore required a reliable package that allows road side checks to be made easily and accurately.
The OPTAC3 package for analogue/digital analysis, along with the digifobpro download tool, fitted the bill. Although only launched in April 2009 OPTAC3 has proven itself to be flexible and easy to use with excellent Drivers Hours analysis.
With a solution for every fleet size and type as well as analogue, digital and mixed fleets Stoneridge makes the move to OPTAC3 easy and trouble free. Furthermore, the digifobpro is the only download tool on the market with a high visibility LCD screen making it easy to access and view data wherever you are.
Anyone wishing to upgrade their existing tachograph (analogue or digital and any make) to an SE5000 can get £100 off the cost. Simply complete the online form to request your £100 discount voucher. You will then receive an email voucher which you can take into any Stoneridge approved workshop to have the new SE5000 fitted in exchange for your old tachograph.
At the end of 2009 our annual OPTAC Customer Satisfaction Survey was carried out. Here’s a summary of some of the results:
Overall, your response was very positive, and 97% of customers told us that they are satisfied with OPTAC products and support. Here are a few of your comments from the survey:
"It's user friendly and fairly straightforward to navigate/use.”
"Great for the digital downloads & working time directive calculations."
"The system is easy to use and understand. Reports are easy to read. Does all the hard work for you."
Many thanks to everyone who completed the survey, your feedback is really appreciated and helps us to continually improve our products and services.
