Carrier Transicold’s Lynx Fleet expands TRU maintenance management capabilities

Carrier Transicold has introduced a new Maintenance dashboard for its Lynx Fleet telematics platform where users can create customized preventive maintenance (PM) schedules for their transport refrigeration units based on performance data collected and communicated in real time.

“With the Maintenance dashboard, Lynx Fleet users can proactively schedule preventive maintenance based on what the equipment tells them instead of relying on calendar alerts and manual checks of TRU controllers,” said Scott Blair, senior digital program manager, Lynx Fleet Telematics.

The Maintenance dashboard uses Lynx Fleet’s two-way management and control capabilities to transform how users manage the scheduled maintenance of their TRUs. It introduces the ability to set up distinct PM intervals based on calendar days or operating hours for up to three items on the truck or trailer, including total diesel engine hours, total switch-on hours, start cycles and high-speed engine hours. The dashboard shows where each asset is in its PM cycle using precise numerical values and a simple color-coded indicator that flashes red, yellow and green.

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The Maintenance dashboard includes other features via the Lynx Fleet telematics network:

• A tabular data presentation similar to the Lynx Fleet Asset View which displays the latest data about all the user’s assets on the Lynx Fleet network in one place. Information can be filtered and sorted to prioritize the most essential information.
• Streamlined communication with Carrier Transicold dealers that allows for collaborative TRU performance monitoring.
• Centralized access to the information Carrier dealers need when scheduling service. This includes the asset ID, TRU model type and model number, engine operating hours, and when preventive maintenance was last performed.

Available now, the Maintenance dashboard is among the many benefits of Lynx Fleet’s Monitor & Enhanced Control data plan. Activation requires a data plan and commissioning by an authorized Carrier Transicold dealer.