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July 2016

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EquipmentWorld.com | July 2016 67 C aterpillar has com- pletely redesigned its VisionLink telematics dashboard, rebuilding the web interface to work better with smartphones and tablets and enabling it to display information from both third-party machine manufacturers and telemat- ics hardware makers. Developed under Cat's Virtual Site Solutions joint venture with Trimble and launched at the Bauma trade show, the next-generation version of VisionLink features a responsive website design. This allows it to pro- vide its full feature set and informa- tion layout across PCs and mobile devices. "The application is the same no matter where you access it," says John Thomas, director of marketing for Virtual Site Solutions. The new VisionLink design loads faster, is less cluttered and displays data in a much easier to digest for- mat, replacing the spreadsheet look of the old site with colorful graphs and charts to provide diagnostics at a glance. It also features infinite scroll, which works similar to your Facebook feed, loading up new data as you scroll down rather than forc- ing you to click between pages. The new design also features a customizable dashboard. "There was some level of customization in the current version of VisionLink and we are stepping that up," Thomas says. "Customers can actually choose what information they see on the screen along with the order it's in, the alerts and the type of reports they receive." This customizable dashboard greets customers upon login, giving immediate access to the machine data they want most. The dashboard is composed of widgets that can be edited and reorganized. To illustrate how useful this cus- tomization can be, during a recent press briefing Thomas added a widget to an example dashboard that tracks fuel levels of all active ma- chines in the field. Then he added it again, but this time restricted the ma- technology | by Wayne Grayson | WayneGrayson@randallreilly.com Cat rebuilds VisionLink telematics dashboard with mixed fleet view, responsive design With a responsive design allowing it to load with all available features on any device, Caterpillar's rebuilt VisionLink dashboard makes viewing machine data in the field faster and easier.

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