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Division 3 Modes of operationF1F2

United Kingdom

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006 The recording equipment shall possess four modes of operation:

  • operational mode,

  • control mode,

  • calibration mode,

  • company mode.

007 The recording equipment shall switch to the following mode of operation according to the valid tachograph cards inserted into the card interface devices:

008 In these situations the recording equipment shall use only the tachograph card inserted in the driver slot.

Mode of operation Driver slot
No card Driver card Control card Workshop card Company card
Co-driver slot No card Operational Operational Control Calibration Company
Driver card Operational Operational Control Calibration Company
Control card Control Control Control f1 Operational Operational
Workshop card Calibration Calibration Operational Calibration Operational
Company card Company Company Operational Operational Company

009 The recording equipment shall ignore non-valid cards inserted, except displaying, printing or downloading data held on an expired card which shall be possible.

010 All functions listed in II.2. shall work in any mode of operation with the following exceptions:

  • the calibration function is accessible in the calibration mode only,

  • the time adjustment function is limited when not in the calibration mode,

  • F3. . . . .

  • the company locks management function is accessible in the company mode only,

  • the monitoring of control activities function is operational in the control mode only,

  • F4the downloading function is not accessible in the operational mode (except as provided for in Requirement 150), and except downloading a driver card when no other card is inserted into the VU.

011 The recording equipment can output any data to display, printer or external interfaces with the following exceptions:

  • in the operational mode, any personal identification (surname and first name(s)) not corresponding to a tachograph card inserted shall be blanked and any card number not corresponding to a tachograph card inserted shall be partially blanked (every odd character — from left to right — shall be blanked),

  • in the company mode, driver related data (requirements 081, 084 and 087) can be output only for periods where no lock exists or no other company holds a lock (as identified by the first 13 digits of the company card number),

  • when no card is inserted in the recording equipment, driver related data can be output only for the current and eight previous calendar days.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 of 24 September 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and Directive 88/599/EEC concerning the application of Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85.

F2

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 of 13 June 2002 adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).

F3

Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1266/2009 of 16 December 2009 adapting for the tenth time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).

F4

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1266/2009 of 16 December 2009 adapting for the tenth time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).

Footnotes

f1

008 In these situations the recording equipment shall use only the tachograph card inserted in the driver slot.