November 5, 2008—TireStamp Inc., an industry leader in tire pressure monitoring and asset management, has announced the addition of two new features to its TireVigil Tire Pressure Management solution for fleet customers. TireVigil is a tire management solution capable of detecting tire problems, alerting the fleet to them and making recommendations to the service technician for corrective actions.
The top issue with other electronic TPMS systems is that reprogramming tires that are changed is difficult and time consuming. TireVigil now directly addresses this problem with a simple yet powerful system.
TireVigil Servicing allows a service technician to view the state of a vehicle’s tires at a glance on any Internet-enabled computer or using a hand-held wireless device. Clear, bright, colorful images of the vehicle’s tires are shown displaying tire position, tire pressure and temperature, target tire pressure, sensor and tire I.D. The tire make, model, and tire mileage can also be accessed. The tire technician can enter tire changes and rotations quickly and easily with a touch on the screen or a click of a mouse. Manual data entry is virtually eliminated.
TireVigil places tire intelligence at the point of activity in the service bay, vehicle yard or check lane where the work is being done with the addition of a second new feature, TireVigil Mobile. TireVigil Mobile provides all of the features and benefits of the normal computer based TireVigil system using a cellular or Wi-Fi data connection without being tied to a desktop computer.
TireVigil Mobile can perform a vehicle tire pressure survey during a pre-trip inspection, while the vehicle is on the move or as a part of regular vehicle service. TireVigil Mobile currently supports RIM Blackberry and any Windows Mobile 5.0 compatible Smartphone or handheld. With this innovation, a fleet manager doesn’t even have to be in the office to get notifications of tire related issues in the fleet.
These two new features continue the TireStamp tradition of bringing total tire visibility to fleets around the world, says the company. For more information, see the Web site.
