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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799Show full title
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (Text with EEA relevance)
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3.3. Card Downloading
DDP_035The download of a tachograph card includes the following steps:
Download the common information of the card in the Efs
and
. This information is optional and is not secured with a digital signature.
Download the EFs
(or
) and
. This information is not secured with a digital signature.
It is mandatory to download these files for each download session.
Download the other application data EFs (within
and
if relevant) except EF
. This information is secured with a digital signature.
It is mandatory to download at least the Efs
and
for each download session.
When downloading a driver card it is also mandatory to download the following EFs:
When downloading a workshop card, reset the calibration counter in EF
.
When downloading a workshop card the
shall not be downloaded.
3.3.1 Initialisation sequence
DDP_036The IDE shall initiate the sequence as follows:
| Card | Direction | IDE/IFD | Meaning/Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⇦ | Hardware reset | ||
| ATR | ⇨ |
It is optional to use PPS to switch to a higher baud rate as long as the ICC supports it.
3.3.2 Sequence for un-signed data files
DDP_037The sequence to download the EFs ICC, IC, Card_Certificate (or CardSignCertificate) and CA_Certificate is as follows:
| Card | Direction | IDE/IFD | Meaning/Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⇦ | Select File | Select by File identifiers | |
| OK | ⇨ | ||
| ⇦ | Read Binary | If the file contains more data than the buffer size of the reader or the card the command has to be repeated until the complete file is read. | |
| File Data OK | ⇨ | Store data to ESM | according to 3.4 Data storage format |
Note 1: Before selecting the Card_Certificate (or CardSignCertificate) EF, the Tachograph Application must be selected (selection by AID).
Note 2: Selecting and reading a file may also be performed in one step using a Read Binary command with a short EF identifier.
3.3.3 Sequence for Signed data files
DDP_038The following sequence shall be used for each of the following files that has to be downloaded with their signature:
| Card | Dir | IDE/IFD | Meaning/Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⇦ | Select File | ||
| OK | ⇨ | ||
| ⇦ | Perform Hash of File | Calculates the hash value over the data content of the selected file using the prescribed hash algorithm in accordance with Appendix 11. This command is not an ISO-Command. | |
| Calculate Hash of File and store Hash value temporarily | |||
| OK | ⇨ | ||
| ⇦ | Read Binary | If the file contains more data than the buffer of the reader or the card can hold, the command has to be repeated until the complete file is read. | |
| File Data OK | ⇨ | Store received data to ESM | according to 3.4 Data storage format |
| ⇦ | PSO: Compute Digital Signature | ||
| Perform Security Operation ‘Compute Digital Signature’ using the temporarily stored Hash value | |||
| Signature OK | ⇨ | Append data to the previous stored data on the ESM | according to 3.4 Data storage format |
Note: Selecting and reading a file may also be performed in one step using a Read Binary command with a short EF identifier. In this case the EF may be selected and read before the command Perform Hash of File is applied.
3.3.4 Sequence for resetting the calibration counter.
DDP_039The sequence to reset the 
counter in the EF 
in a workshop card is the following:
| Card | Dir | IDE/IFD | Meaning/Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⇦ | Select File EF Card_Download | Select by File identifiers | |
| OK | ⇨ | ||
| ⇦ | Update Binary NoOfCalibrationsSinceDownload = ‘00 00’ | ||
| resets card download number | |||
| OK | ⇨ |
Note: Selecting and updating a file may also be performed in one step using an Update Binary command with a short EF identifier.
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