ASELSAN STC-8250A Installation manual

STC-8250A
Digital Tachograph
Operation Manual
AVU-AGD-OPE
Rev0.7
19.10.2017

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Declaration of Confirmation
This declaration, officially register the confirmation of the product named as
Definition : Aselsan Digital Tachograph
Model : Aselsan STC-8250A
TOE Version : v1.1
According to the Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 (Annex-1B) on recording equipment
in road transport (EU) dated 20 December 1985 and its latest ammendments.
Product is evaluated according to the following European Union regulations:
1. Regulation (EC) No. 2135/98
2. Regulation (EC) No. 1360/2002
3. Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006
4. Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2009
5. AETR Agreement.
ASELSAN A.Ş.
Communication and Information Technologies Divison
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mah. 296. Cad. No: 16
Yenimahalle 06370 ANKARA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ 3
Safety.............................................................................................................................. 8
Introduction .................................................................................................................. 10
General ......................................................................................................................... 10
Notational Conventions................................................................................................. 11
Legal Requirements....................................................................................................... 12
Driver Responsibilities................................................................................................... 12
Company Responsibilities.............................................................................................. 12
Tachograph Version....................................................................................................... 13
Copyright ...................................................................................................................... 13
Configuration ................................................................................................................ 14
Getting Started.............................................................................................................. 15
For the Driver and Co-Driver.......................................................................................... 15
For the Company ........................................................................................................... 16
Preparation of the Operational Environment................................................................. 17
Security Objectives for the Operational Environment .................................................... 17
OE.Activation ................................................................................................................ 17
OE.Approved_Workshops ............................................................................................. 17
OE.Faithful_Calibration ................................................................................................. 17
OE.Card_Availability...................................................................................................... 17
OE.Card_ Traceability .................................................................................................... 18
OE. Controls .................................................................................................................. 18
OE.Driver_Card_Uniqueness.......................................................................................... 18
OE.Faithful_Drivers ....................................................................................................... 18

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OE.Regular_Inspections................................................................................................. 18
OE.Type_Approved_MS................................................................................................. 19
General Look ................................................................................................................. 20
Front Panel.................................................................................................................... 20
User Interaction ............................................................................................................ 21
Display .......................................................................................................................... 21
Display Modes............................................................................................................... 21
Default Display (Speed & Odometer) (#1)...................................................................... 21
Current work periods and activities for driver and co-driver (#2)................................... 22
Weekly Remaining Driving Time for Driver 1 (#3). ......................................................... 23
Daily Remaining Driving and Rest Times for Driver 1 (#4). ............................................. 23
Driving Times for Driver 1 (#5)....................................................................................... 24
Driving Times for Driver 2. (#6)...................................................................................... 24
Driver and Co-driver Activities and Local Time (#7)........................................................ 24
UTC Time (#8)................................................................................................................ 25
Special Displays ............................................................................................................. 25
Activation status ........................................................................................................... 25
Out of scope.................................................................................................................. 25
Ferry transfer / Train crossing........................................................................................ 26
Basic Display Symbols.................................................................................................... 26
Using the Keypad .......................................................................................................... 27
Card Slots ...................................................................................................................... 27
Printer........................................................................................................................... 28
Paper Roll...................................................................................................................... 28
Service (Calibration and Data Download) Interface (6-Pin) ............................................ 29
Vehicle Dashboard Integration ...................................................................................... 29
Menu Tree..................................................................................................................... 30
Operation of Modes ...................................................................................................... 32
Operational (Driver and Co-Driver) Mode (Role)............................................................ 32

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Inserting driver and co-driver cards ............................................................................... 32
Manual Entries .............................................................................................................. 33
Setting Activities ........................................................................................................... 37
Begin and End Place ...................................................................................................... 39
Ferry or Train Condition................................................................................................. 40
Out of Scope Condition.................................................................................................. 40
Downloading Driver Card Data ...................................................................................... 41
Displaying Card Data ..................................................................................................... 43
Printing Card Data ......................................................................................................... 44
Acknowledge Event or Fault messages .......................................................................... 45
Messages, Warnings and Faults of Operational Mode ................................................... 45
Acoustic Alerts .............................................................................................................. 53
Withdrawing driver card and co-driver cards ................................................................. 53
Driver/vehicle change during operation ........................................................................ 54
Power saving mode ....................................................................................................... 55
Company Mode (Role)................................................................................................... 55
Company Inspection...................................................................................................... 55
Workshop Inspection .................................................................................................... 56
Functions of the company card...................................................................................... 56
Registration of the Company (Lock-in)........................................................................... 57
Entering Vehicle Registration Number ........................................................................... 58
Automatic Setting of Activity after Ignition OFF/ON ...................................................... 59
Ignition OFF Activities for Drivers .................................................................................. 59
Igniton ON Activities for Drivers .................................................................................... 60
Downloading Mass Storage (Vehicle Data) .................................................................... 60
Downloading Card Data................................................................................................. 62
Displaying and printing driver card and vehicle data...................................................... 62
De-registration of the Company (Lock-out).................................................................... 62
Acknowledge Event or Fault messages .......................................................................... 64
Messages, Warnings and Faults of Company Mode/Role............................................... 64

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Acoustic Alerts .............................................................................................................. 72
Control Mode (Controller Role) ..................................................................................... 72
Displaying Stored and Card Data ................................................................................... 72
Printing Stored Data ...................................................................................................... 74
Downloading Vehicle Stored and Card Data................................................................... 76
Acknowledge Event or Fault messages .......................................................................... 77
Messages, Warnings and Faults of Control Mode/Role .................................................. 77
Acoustic Alerts .............................................................................................................. 84
Calibration Mode (Workshop Role) ............................................................................... 84
PIN Entering .................................................................................................................. 85
Calibration .................................................................................................................... 85
Built-in Test................................................................................................................... 86
Test Drive ...................................................................................................................... 86
Displaying Vehicle Stored and Card Data ....................................................................... 86
Printing Vehicle Stored and Card Data ........................................................................... 86
Downloading Vehicle Stored and Card Data................................................................... 86
Messages, Warnings and Faults of Calibration Mode ..................................................... 86
Acoustic Alerts .............................................................................................................. 92
Unknown Equipment..................................................................................................... 92
Motion Sensor............................................................................................................... 92
Unknown User (Role) .................................................................................................... 93
Messages, Warnings and Faults of Unknown Role ......................................................... 93
Acoustic Alerts ............................................................................................................ 101
General Settings .......................................................................................................... 101
Language..................................................................................................................... 101
Display Backlight Level ................................................................................................ 102
Local Time ................................................................................................................... 102
UTC Correction ............................................................................................................ 103
Pictogram Combinations ............................................................................................. 104

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Sample Printouts......................................................................................................... 106
24h Driver Card Printout.............................................................................................. 106
24h Driver Card Printout Continued............................................................................. 107
24h Vehicle Unit Printout ........................................................................................... 108
Events & Faults Vehicle ............................................................................................... 110
Detailed view of events & faults VU printout............................................................... 112
Events & Faults Card Printout...................................................................................... 113
Overspeeding Printout ................................................................................................ 114
Technical Data Printout ............................................................................................... 115
Software Information .................................................................................................. 116
National / Regional abbreviations and European time zones ....................................... 117
Warnings about Tachograph Usage ............................................................................. 119
Care of Tachograph ..................................................................................................... 119
Care of Cards ............................................................................................................... 119
Warranty and Producer Information ........................................................................... 120
Document Revision History ......................................................................................... 121

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Safety
Before using your STC-8250A digital tachograph, please read this operation manual.
General Precautions
ALWAYS use only ASELSAN authorized accessories. (Download devices, calibration
tools, cables and etc.).
Other unauthorized accessories have the risk of fire hazard, explosion, personal
injury or damage to the STC-8250 digital tachograph.
Risk of Accident!
For traffic safety reasons, please do not attempt to insert or withdraw the driver
card(s) while the vehicle is moving!
Caution!
Changes or modifications to your STC-8250 digital tachograph may void its
compliance with government laws/rules and make it illegal to use.
Avoid using the STC-8250 digital tachograph at temperatures below -25°C or above
70°C.
Avoid storing the STC-8250 digital tachograph at temperatures below -30°C or above
75°C.
Caution!
If the STC-8250 digital tachograph is stored more than 30 months on the shelf without
installing to the vehicle, the battery in the tachograph is discharged and encryption
keys can be erased because of it. In this case, “Internal fault - 032-xxx-000-000”
warning appears and tachograph will be useless. To avoid this, please make the
battery changed in the certified Workshops before due date.
Please read this operating instructions carefully before using your STC-8250 digital
tachograph.

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Introduction
General
The ASELSAN STC-8250A digital tachograph (hereinafter abbreviated as STC-8250) is a
secure recording device which records the driving times, work periods, availability periods
and rest periods of the driver and co-driver. Additionally, STC-8250 automatically records
the speed and distance covered by the vehicle. The securely recorded vehicle and driver
related data by the digital tachograph serve as proof for the controlling bodies (e.g. police).
The digital tachograph STC-8250 complies with the technical specifications as specified in
the Commission regulation (EC) No. 1360/2002 of 13 July 2002 and Commission regulation
(EC) No. 1266/2009 of 16 December 2009, the 7th and 10th adaptations of Council regulation
(EEC) No. 3821/85 to the technical progress of Recording Equipment in Road Transport
respectively.
This user guide is for all STC-8250 users (especially for drivers and company representatives
also for workshop staff and control bodies). The user guide describes the proper use of the
digital tachograph STC-8250 as specified in the regulation. Read the corresponding sections
carefully and familiarise yourself with the operation of the STC-8250 digital tachograph.

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Notational Conventions
The following notational conventions are used in this document.
Warning Message
A warning message indicates potential risk of injury or accident.
Attention!
The text nearby this symbol contains critical information to prevent damage to the
device, to avoid loss of data or to obey legal obligations.
Hint
The hint sign will give you some guidance, information or clues which is beneficial for
you if it is taken into account.
Book
The book sign indicates to a reference to another documentation.
Symbols
The asterisk mark indicates a special feature or option.
The reference sign indicates that the related issue will be explained detailly in
the given pages.
Steps
1. The numbered steps describes actions for the given step by step instructions.
2. Subsequent actions are numbered.

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Legal Requirements
The use of digital tachographs is administrated by the latest consolidated valid version of
the EC regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 Annex-IB together with EC regulations (EC) no.
561/2006. These regulations assign a number of responsibilities to the driver and the owner
of the vehicle (company). It is illegal to misrepresent, deactivate or delete recordings of the
digital tachographs and the tachograph cards. Also it is forbidden to falsify printouts.
Modifications of the digital tachograph or its electronic signals or data links, especially if
made with the intention of cheating, is forbidden and shall be punishable according to the
legal stipulations.
Driver Responsibilities
As the driver, you must ensure proper use of the digital tachograph and the driver card. If
the digital tachograph is malfunctioned, you must report the activities that is incorrectly
recorded on a separate sheet or on the reverse side of the printout. The notes must be
accompanied by your personal hand-written data (name, number of driver card, signature).
If your driver card is lost or damaged, or if it malfunctions, you must create a daily report
after your journey. This report is to be accompanied by your hand-written data and
signature. If your driver card is damaged or malfunctions, submit it to the responsible
authorities as soon as possible. Always notify the responsible authorities in your country of
the loss of your driver card immediately.
Without inserting a valid workshop card, any disconnection of the vehicle’s battery from
the vehicle’s electrical system will be recorded as a power supply interruption by the
digital tachograph. Always have your vehicle battery disconnected or tachograph
battery replaced by an authorised workshops and make sure the valid workshop card is
inserted.
Company Responsibilities
As company representative, monitor the digital tachograph and the tachograph card to
make sure that it functions properly, ensure that the vehicle and calibration data is entered
in the digital tachograph by an authorised workshop, ensure that your drivers use the digital
tachograph and the drivers’ cards properly, instruct your drivers to comply with the driving
times and the rest periods.

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The company or the tachograph owner has to administrate a workshop inspection of the
tachographs and store records from the inspection. It is the owner’s or company’s
responsibility to renew this inspection within every two years.
The STC-8250 digital tachograph must be additionally inspected, when
the vehicle’s tyre circumference has been changed,
the revolution ratio has been changed,
the registration (VRN) or identification (VIN) number of the vehicle has been changed,
the tachograph’s UTC time is differs more than 20 minutes from the correct UTC Time.
Tachograph Version
The operating instructions presented in this operational manual are valid only for the
Aselsan STC-8250A (v.1.1.0) digital tachograph.
Copyright
Aselsan Inc. reserves the right to make any changes to technical details in the descriptions,
specifications, and figures contained in this operating manual. This manual must not be
reprinted, translated into another language, or otherwise reproduced in whole or in part,
without written approval of Aselsan Inc.
© ASELSAN INC. 19 October 2017
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mahallesi, 296. Cadde No: 16 Yenimahalle 06370 Ankara
Phone: [phone] * Fax: [phone]
http://www.aselsan.com.tr

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Configuration
The parts that make up the configuration of STC-8250 Digital Tachograph Vehicle Unit:
1. STC-8250 Digital Tachograph
2. Printer paper,
3. Seal,
4. Screw,
5. Plug,
6. Fixing Screw,
7. Quick start guide,
8. Operation manual.
STC-8250 Digital Tachograph Configuration (Picture showing the configuration will be added)

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Getting Started
In order to use your STC-8250 digital tachograph, ensure that it is installed, activated
and calibrated according to your vehicle specific parameters at the certified workshops.
For the Driver and Co-Driver
1. Before starting your travelling, you must insert your driver card (with chip side up) in
to the driver slot (the left-hand slot).
Please refer to “Inserting driver and co-driver card(s)” on page 32.
2. Using the “Manual entry” you can add activities to your driver card.
Please refer to “Manual entries” on page 33.
3. Use the activity selection button to adjust the activity you want to carry out at that
moment.
Please refer to “Setting activities” on page 37.
4. Adjust the time to the current local time in your region.
Please refer to “Local Time” on page 104.
5. Important! During a rest period or break time, always set the activity to “ ”
6. In case of any faults or events in the device or system components, a relavant warning
message will appear on the display. Acknowledge the warning message.
Please refer to “Messages, Warnings, Faults and Pictogram Combinations” on
pages 45, 64, 76, 86 and 85.
7. You can print or display the activities from preceeding days as well as saved events, by
using the menu functions.
Please refer to “Displaying and Printing Card Data” on page 43-44.
8. At the end of the driving or working day, you can withdraw your driver card from the
card slot.
Please refer to “Withdrawing driver card and co-driver cards” on page 53.

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For the Company
1. Register your company within the STC 8250. Insert the company card into any of the
card slots.
Please refer to “Registration of the Company (Lock-in)” on page 57.
Attention!
The company cards must not be used for driving!
2. Withdraw the company card from the card slot at the end of the registration or data
download.
Please refer to “De-registration of the Company (Lock-out)” on page 62.

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Preparation of the Operational Environment
This section provides detailed information regarding to the security preparation of the
operational environment in accordance with the security objectives for the operational
environment described in AVU-ST is explained as following.
Security Objectives for the Operational Environment
For each security objective for the operational environment as listed in the AVU-ST, this
section shows the steps that the user has to perform in order to make the operational
environment fulfil the security objective.
OE.Activation
Vehicle manufacturers and fitters or workshops have to activate the TOE after its installation
before the vehicle leaves the premises where installation took place. The activation process
have to be completed before using the tachograph otherwise, no cards are accepted from
tachograph except from workshop cards (for activation and calibration purposes) and the
tachograph does not store any record (activity records, etc.) in its memory.
OE.Approved_Workshops
The workshops or fitters are responsible for installation, calibration and repair of the
recording equipment which are approved and trusted by the regulation (Official Journal No:
28171, regarding the regulations of workshop services of tachograph devices, dated
12.01.2012) of the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology. The Ministry of Science,
Industry and Technology governs the regulations and audit the workshop or fitters, which
are granted to be approved workshops or fitters.
OE.Faithful_Calibration
According to the regulation (Official Journal No: 28171, regarding the regulations of
workshop services of tachograph devices, dated 12.01.2012) of the Ministry of Science,
Industry and Technology, the workshops and fitters are responsible for entering proper
vehicle parameters into recording equipment during the calibration process. The workshops
or fitters have to either use manufacturer specific parameters or measured parameters
during the calibration process. The Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology governs the
regulations and audit the workshop or fitters.
OE.Card_Availability
Tachograph cards are available to TOE (STC-8250) users and delivered by Member State
Authorities to authorized persons only. Card issuance and related application procedures

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can be reached from https://staum.org.tr. Each user should apply for the relevant card type
to the STAUM Center.
OE.Card_ Traceability
As the member state authority STAUM is responsible to keep the white lists / black lists. If
the driver card is damaged or malfunctioned, driver’s or company owners have to submit it
to the responsible authorities as soon as possible. Responsible authority in country has to
be notified of the loss of tachograph cards immediately.
OE. Controls
Control officers are informed by the related member state authorities regarding their
responsibilities.
OE.Driver_Card_Uniqueness
Ensuring the driver card uniqueness is the responsibility of card issuing authorities.
OE.Faithful_Drivers
Drivers are informed by the user guidance to properly operate the tachograph. The driver,
must ensure proper use of the digital tachograph and the driver card. If the digital
tachograph is malfunctioned, driver must report the activities that is recorded incorrectly
on a separate sheet or on the reverse side of the printout. The notes must be accompanied
by drivers’ hand-written data (name, number of driver card, signature). If the driver card is
lost or damaged, or if it malfunctions, driver must create a daily report after the journey.
This report is to be accompanied by hand-written data and signature.
The company representatives have to ensure that drivers use the digital tachograph and the
drivers’ cards properly, instruct the drivers to comply with the driving times and the rest
periods.
OE.Regular_Inspections
Tachograph needs to be periodically inspected every two years. User is informed by a
warning message when the periodic inspection date is approaching.
The company or the tachograph owner has to administrate a workshop inspection of the
tachographs and store records from the inspection. It is the owner’s or company’s
responsibility to renew this inspection within every two years.
The STC-8250 digital tachograph must be additionally inspected, when
the vehicle’s tyre circumference has been changed,
the revolution ratio has been changed,

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the registration (VRN) or identification (VIN) number of the vehicle has been changed,
the tachograph’s UTC time is differs more than 20 minutes from the correct UTC Time.
OE.Type_Approved_MS
Workshops are responsible for pairing the type approved VU with a type approved MS.
Necessary instructions for installation of the VU and calibrations exist on this manual.

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General Look
Front Panel
The STC-8250 digital tachograph has the following display and control elements.
1. Alphanumeric Display
2. Service (Calibration and Data Download) Interface (6-Pin)
3. Keypad #1 for the driver (driver#1)
Short push for adjusting the driver activity,
Long push for driver card withdrawal.
4. Backspace key (backspace & clear or cancel)
5. Control key (backward / previous entry)
6. Card slot #1 for the driver’s tachograph card
7. Control key (forward / next entry)
8. Key (call menu, confirm )
9. Keypad #2 for the co-driver (driver#2)
Short push for adjusting the co-driver activity,
Long push for co-driver card withdrawal.
10. Card slot #2 for the co-driver’s tachograph card
11. Printer drawer (for inserting a new roll of paper see section “Paper Roll”)
12. Printer paper slot
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