Heavy Equipment Management

Telemetry, compliance, and predictive analytics for heavy-duty fleets

AutoPi connects to machinery using SAE J1939, CAN, and CAN-FD interfaces to collect powertrain, hydraulic, and environmental sensor data in real time. Devices log locally when offline and synchronize securely to the cloud over signed, compressed channels. Every machine becomes a traceable data node, capable of streaming performance, faults, and location with full version control.

Typical setup includes PID sampling every 1–10 seconds, burst capture on threshold breach, geofence triggers for job sites, and integration with REST or MQTT APIs for external systems. Device templates are applied per OEM, engine type, or model year, ensuring consistent parameter decoding and reliable multi-vendor compatibility.

All telemetry data, including GPS, IMU, and CAN/J1939, is timestamped for sub-second correlation between machine behavior and site conditions. Operators can analyze fuel usage, duty cycles, or load balance across excavators, tractors, or cranes with audit-backed configuration control and OTA firmware updates.

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Equipment Performance Monitoring

Equipment Performance Monitoring

Capture live telemetry from engines, hydraulics, and actuators using CAN and SAE J1939 signals. Monitor RPM, load pressure, fuel rate, and oil temperature in real time from excavators, tractors, or cranes. Logged data enables predictive maintenance, identifies wear trends, and extends machine lifespan by scheduling service before faults occur. All readings are timestamped and traceable through the AutoPi Cloud for audit and reporting.

Operational Efficiency

Operational Efficiency

Use real-time analytics to detect idle time, fuel inefficiency, or unbalanced duty cycles across the fleet. Combine GPS and CAN data to map activity zones, optimize job site routes, and minimize off-load movement. Insights from machine utilization reports highlight underperforming assets, reducing downtime and fuel waste. Integrate results with REST or MQTT APIs for use in ERP or maintenance planning systems.

Safety and Compliance

Safety and Compliance

Validate operator behavior, engine runtime, and fault logs to ensure compliance with on-site safety regulations. Automatically trigger alerts on DTC events, overheating, or hydraulic anomalies. Each alert is enriched with timestamp, GPS position, and sensor trace for traceability. Documentation and compliance reports can be exported as PDF or CSV to simplify inspections and audits.

J1939 Standard Compliance

J1939 Standard Compliance

Built around full SAE J1939 support for diagnostics, fault detection, and multi-vendor interoperability. All ECUs communicate through standardized PGNs and SPNs, ensuring compatibility across engines, transmissions, and auxiliary systems. The platform decodes, validates, and logs each frame for cross-OEM analysis and long-term machine performance benchmarking. AutoPi ensures compliance with evolving J1939 extensions while maintaining secure, versioned configurations across devices.

Real-time Monitoring

Achieve superior performance with data-driven, real-time monitoring

Real-time visibility across excavators, tractors, harvesters, and cranes gives operators full control of equipment health and utilization. The AutoPi platform collects data from CAN and J1939 networks, GPS, and environmental sensors to track load, idle time, and fuel rate with sub-second accuracy. Each signal is logged with precise timestamps, allowing correlation between engine load, operator behavior, and site conditions.

Equipment can operate in fully connected or remote conditions. Devices buffer offline and automatically synchronize to the cloud when coverage is restored, ensuring no data loss from operations in mines, farms, or construction zones. Collected data can be visualized in dashboards, exported to CSV/JSON, or consumed through REST or MQTT for integration into ERP and maintenance systems.

Threshold rules can trigger alerts for abnormal engine temperature, pressure fluctuations, or hydraulic imbalance. Automated workflows generate work orders, schedule inspections, and dispatch technicians based on live conditions rather than fixed intervals. This reduces downtime, prevents component failure, and maintains uptime targets across fleets operating under high mechanical load.

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SAE J1939

Reliable communication and diagnostics with SAE J1939 compliance

The AutoPi platform implements full SAE J1939 support for communication, diagnostics, and control across heavy-duty machinery. All data frames, parameter group numbers (PGNs), and suspect parameter numbers (SPNs) are parsed, validated, and logged to ensure interoperability across OEMs and subsystems. This guarantees consistent communication between engines, transmissions, and auxiliary modules on mixed-brand fleets.

Each ECU interaction can be configured with filters, custom request rates, and event-based capture for DTCs, throttle, torque, or fuel rate. Data is normalized into structured time series, enabling long-term trend analysis and benchmarking across vehicles or applications. J1939 transport and diagnostic messages are version-controlled, ensuring that all devices use identical decoding definitions for reproducible results.

Integration options include REST, MQTT, and scheduled file exports for downstream analytics and reporting systems. Combined with real-time monitoring, the J1939 implementation enhances safety, enables predictive maintenance, and ensures compliance with industry standards for reliability and emissions.

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Frequently asked questions

Technical answers about heavy equipment telematics, J1939, CAN bus data, predictive maintenance, geofencing, and integrations.

Heavy equipment telematics combines on-board data acquisition (CAN/J1939, auxiliary sensors, GNSS) with secure backhaul to a cloud platform. It enables asset tracking, engine and hydraulic monitoring, fault logging, utilization analysis, and maintenance scheduling. AutoPi devices buffer when offline and synchronize over signed, encrypted channels to preserve data continuity on remote sites.

Predictive maintenance uses time-series from engines, hydraulics, temperatures, vibrations, and DTCs to detect drift and abnormal patterns before failure. With AutoPi you can define thresholds and slopes, capture high-rate bursts on trigger, and open tickets or webhooks automatically. Scheduled exports (CSV/JSON/PDF) feed EAM/CMMS systems for work orders, while per-device histories support trend analysis.

SAE J1939 defines transport, diagnostics, and parameter messaging (PGNs/SPNs) over CAN for heavy-duty vehicles and machinery. Compliance ensures consistent decoding of engine load, fuel rate, torque, temperatures, and DTCs across OEMs. AutoPi normalizes J1939 frames into structured time series for reliable analytics and reporting without custom adapters per brand.

Devices acquire raw CAN/J1939 frames with hardware timestamps and apply DBC/definition libraries to decode signals with units, scaling, and validity. Edge filters down-sample non-critical signals and retain full-rate data near thresholds. The platform aligns signals with GPS/geofence context and exposes both frames and decoded values via REST, MQTT, and scheduled file exports.

GPS tracking provides live positions, movement history, and dwell times per machine. Geofences for depots, job sites, and restricted zones generate enter/exit events, enforce curfew policies, and drive utilization KPIs. Events can be streamed via webhooks to security systems, while daily summaries help supervisors review idling, unauthorized moves, and on-time arrival.

AutoPi enforces per-device authentication, transport encryption, signed payloads, and role-based access control. All actions (configuration changes, OTA updates, command execution) are logged with user, device ID, and result code. Devices store data locally during outages and perform verified sync on reconnection to prevent tampering or loss.

Fleet templates define loggers, triggers, jobs, and returners per OEM/model year. OTA rollouts can be staged and rolled back with versioning; every change stores author, timestamp, and diff. Parser updates and firmware images are distributed over secure channels, keeping instrumented machines aligned without manual site visits.

The platform supports REST pull, MQTT topics (QoS/retained), and scheduled exports (CSV/JSON/PDF) with partitioning by date, asset group, or site. Webhooks can be emitted for trips, geofence events, DTCs, and threshold breaches. This enables automation of work orders, analytics in BI, and bulk ingestion into data lakes for long-term modeling.

Fuel metrics are derived from J1939 SPNs (e.g., fuel rate, engine load) and cross-checked with engine speed and operating states. Idling is computed from speed, PTO status, and throttle position over a configurable window. Reports aggregate fuel burn and idle ratios per site, shift, and asset to support coaching and cost control.

Ruggedized AutoPi devices with J1939/CAN interfaces, GNSS, and optional I/O are suited for construction and agriculture. They support CAN and CAN-FD, hardware timestamping, offline buffering, and secure sync. Installations can include external antennas, sealed connectors, and accessory sensors (temperature, vibration, door) for comprehensive telemetry in dust, vibration, and temperature extremes.
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