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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85Show full title

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport

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[F1 [F28.2. dataRecords formats U.K.

[X1Tables 39 to 42 below detail the formats that shall be used via the ReadDataByIdentifier and WriteDataByIdentifier Services.]

[CPR_074] [X1Table 39 provides the length, resolution and operating range for each parameter identified by its recordDataIdentifier]

Table 39

Format of dataRecords

Parameter Name Data length (bytes) Resolution Operating range
TimeDate 8 See details in Table 40
HighResolutionTotalVehicleDistance 4 5 m/bit gain, 0 m offset 0 to + 21 055 406 km
Kfactor 2 0,001 pulse/m/bit gain, offset 0 0 to 64,255 pulse/m
LfactorTyreCircumference 2 0,125 10 -3 /bit gain, 0 offset [X10 to 8,031 m]
WvehicleCharacteristicFactor 2 0,001 pulse/m/bit gain, 0 offset 0 to 64,255 pulse/m
TyreSize 15 ASCII ASCII
NextCalibrationDate 3 See details in Table 41
SpeedAuthorised 2 1/256 km/h/bit gain, 0 offset [X10 to 250,996 km/h]
RegisteringMemberState 3 ASCII ASCII
VehicleRegistrationNumber 14 [X1See details in Table 42]
VIN 17 ASCII ASCII

[CPR_075] Table 40 details the formats of the different bytes of the TimeDate parameter:

Table 40

Detailed format of TimeDate ( [F3recordDataIdentifier value # F90B] )

Byte Parameter definition Resolution Operating range
1 Seconds 0,25 s/bit gain, 0 s offset 0 to 59,75 s
2 Minutes 1 min/bit gain, 0 min offset 0 to 59 min
3 Hours 1 h/bit gain, 0 h offset 0 to 23 h
4 Month 1 month/bit gain, 0 month offset [X11 to 12 month]
5 Day 0,25 day/bit gain, 0 day offset (see Note below Table 41) 0,25 to 31,75 day
6 Year 1 year/bit gain, +1985 year offset (see Note below Table 41) 1985 to 2235 year
7 Local Minute Offset 1 min/bit gain, - 125 min offset [F3-59 to +59 min]
8 Local Hour Offset 1 h/bit gain, [X1- 125 h offset] - 23 to + 23 h

[CPR_076] Table 41 details the formats of the different bytes of the NextCalibrationDate parameter:

Table 41

Detailed format of NextCalibrationDate ( [F3recordDataIdentifier value # F922] )

Note conerning the use of the Day parameter:

1.

A value of 0 for the date is null. The values 1, 2, 3, and 4 are used to identify the first day of the month; 5, 6, 7, and 8 identify the second day of the month; etc.

2.

This parameter does not influence or change the hours parameter above.

Note concerning the use of byte Year parameter:

  • A value of 0 for the year identifies the year 1985; a value of 1 identifies 1986; etc.

Byte Parameter definition Resolution Operating range
1 Month 1 month/bit gain, 0 month offset 1 to 12 month
2 Day 0,25 day/bit gain, 0 day offset (see Note below) 0,25 to 31,75 day
3 Year 1 Year/bit gain, +1985 year offset (see Note below) 1985 to 2235 year

[CPR_078] Table 42 details the formats of the different bytes of the VehicleRegistrationNumber parameter:

Table 42

Detailed format of VehicleRegistrationNumber ( [F3recordDataIdentifier value # F97E] )

Byte Parameter definition Resolution Operating range
1 Code Page (as defined in Appendix 1) ASCII 01 to 0A
2 to 14 Vehicle Registration Number (as defined in Appendix 1) ASCII ASCII] ]

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