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) (c. 799)

ANNEX I C U.K. Requirements for construction, testing, installation, and inspection

Appendix 14

REMOTE COMMUNICATION FUNCTION U.K.

5. REMOTE COMMUNICATION DESIGN AND PROTOCOLS U.K.

5.6 Data transfer between the DSRC-VU and VU U.K.

5.6.1 Physical Connection and interfaces U.K.

DSC_66 The connection between the VU and the DSRC-VU can be either by physical cable or short range wireless communication based on Bluetooth v4.0 BLE. U.K.

DSC_67 Regardless of the choice of the physical connection and interface, the following requirements shall be satisfied: U.K.

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[F1 a) In order that different suppliers may be contracted to supply the VU and the DSRC-VU, and indeed different batches of DSRC-VU, the connection between the VU and the DSRC-VU not internal to the VU shall be an open standard connection. The VU shall connect with the DSRC-VU either] U.K.

i)

using fixed cable of at least 2 meters, using a Straight DIN 41612 H11 Connector — 11 pin approved male connector from the DSRC-VU to match a similar DIN/ISO approved female connector from the VU device,

ii)

using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

iii)

using a standard ISO 11898 or SAE J1939 connection

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/502 of 28 February 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 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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b) the definition of the interfaces and connection between the VU and DSRC-VU must support the application protocol commands defined in 5.6.2. and U.K.

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c) the VU and DSRC-VU must support the operation of the data transfer via the connection in regard to performance and power supply. U.K.