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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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The scope of this Appendix is to specify how applications hosted on external devices can via a Bluetooth® connection obtain data (the Data) from a tachograph.
The Data available via this interface is described in the Annex 1 of the present document. This interface does not prohibit the implementation of other interfaces (e.g. via the CAN bus) to transmit the data of the VU to other vehicle processing units.
This Appendix specifies:
The Data available through the ITS interface
The Bluetooth® profile that is used to transfer the data
The enquiry and download procedures and sequence of operations
The pairing mechanism between the tachograph and the external device
The consent mechanism available to the driver
[F1For clarification, this Appendix does not specify:
Textual Amendments
The collection of the Data operation and management within the VU (which shall be specified elsewhere within the Regulation or otherwise shall be a function of product design).
The form of presentation of collected data to application hosted on the external device.
Data security provisions above what provides Bluetooth® (such as encryption) concerning the content of the Data (which shall be specified elsewhere within the Regulation [Appendix 11 Common Security Mechanisms]).
The Bluetooth® protocols used by the ITS interface]
The following acronyms and definitions specific to this Appendix are used in this appendix:
exchange of information/data between a master unit (i.e. the tachographs) and an external unit through the ITS interface over Bluetooth®.
Data sets as specified in Annex 1.
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport
Basic Rate
Enhanced Data Rate
Global Navigation Satellite System
Identity Resolution Key
Intelligent Transport System
Low Energy
Personal Identification Number
Personal Unblocking Code
Service Identifier
Serial Port Profile
Secure Simple Pairing
Transfer Request Parameter
Transfer Response Parameter
Vehicle Unit
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