Once the Digidown is connected and indicating that it is ready to download,
press the ‘Card’ button on the Digidown to start downloading of the driver
card in the VU.
During download, the LED by the button pressed will flash repeatedly
about twice each second. Successful completion will be indicated by the
LED blinking briefly about once every second. Download of data from a
driver card in a VU generally takes a small number of minutes to complete.
The Digidown Blue provides the facility for driver, company, control and
workshop cards to be read direct into the unit. With the Digidown
disconnected from other equipment, insert the card to be downloaded (chip
down) into the smart card slot in the side of the unit. The unit will first
check that the SD card is satisfactory and will then download the
tachograph card.
During card download direct into the unit, the LED by the ‘Card’ button will
flash repeatedly about twice each second. Successful completion will be
indicated by the LED blinking briefly about once every second. Download
of data from a driver card direct into the Digidown Blue takes in the region
of 1 minute (depending on the tachograph card).
A driver card (or any other type of tachograph card) may be downloaded
into the Digidown Blue and into its SD card whilst the unit is connected to
a PC’s USB port. In this case the required power is taken from the USB
connection. If the Digidown Blue is always connected to a USB port when
downloading tachograph cards then the internal batteries are not required.
Data upload via Bluetooth
After downloading of data from a VU or direct from a tachograph card that
data can be sent back to base or to a service provider via Bluetooth.
Data upload using the Digidown Base box
The Digidown Base box itself (when enabled with the Digidown Host
Software) is continually ready to receive data from a previously paired
Digidown Blue unit. When downloading from a VU or card has been
completed press the Bluetooth button on the Digidown Blue unit. Initially
the associated blue LED will light whilst the unit checks for files available
for upload. The blue LED will then start flashing slowly (about once every
2 seconds) whilst it makes the connection to the Digidown Base box. If
you are in range of the Digidown Base box then it will generally flash 3 or
4 times. Once the connection has been made then the flashing will
become much quicker (about twice per second) as the available files are
uploaded.
Once uploading has been completed the Bluetooth LED will switch to
blinking briefly about once per second.
