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IEEE
TO STANDARDIZE BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION INPUT TO MOTOR VEHICLE
EVENT RECORDERS
IEEE
Project Extends Base Event Recorder Standard in Response to
NTSB Safety Recommendation
Contact:
Tom Kowalick, Chair, IEEE 1616 Working Group
+1 910-692-5209, tkowalick@nc.rr.com
or
Karen McCabe, +1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
For Release:
Immediate
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., USA, 9 May 2004 The IEEE has begun work to ensure that
brake and transmission data is recorded uniformly in motor vehicle
event data recorders. The new project, IEEE P1616a™, "Standard
for Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorders (MVEDRs), Amendment 1:
Brake and Electronic Control Unit (ECU) Electronic Fault Code
Data Elements," will require units to store a history of
time-stamped fault codes synchronized with other on-board MVEDR
devices.
The project responds to a safety recommendation made to the IEEE
by the National Transportation Safety Board asking that data from
brake and electronic control units for cars, trucks and other
vehicles be included in the soon-to-be-completed IEEE P1616 MVEDR
base standard. The first meeting on IEEE P1616a will be held in
June (see http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1616/home.htm
for details).
"This will be the first independent communications protocol
for brake and transmission fault codes in highway vehicles,"
says Tom Kowalick, Chair, IEEE P1616 Working Group and Professor
at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, N.C. "Our overall
goal is to give all parties, from auto, truck, bus and other vehicle
manufacturers to insurers, fleet owners, transit agencies and
emergency first responders, ready access to uniform data."
"We will, in all likelihood, enhance IEEE P1616a so it becomes
a broad standard that involves other technologies and end-user
requirements beyond brakes and transmissions. We are thus seeking
a wide spectrum of volunteers to work on IEEE P1616a. Everyone
is welcome to contribute. Upon its completion, this amendment
will be incorporated into the base MVEDR global standard."
IEEE P1616 and IEEE P1616a are sponsored by the IEEE Vehicular
Technology Society.
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