Digital tachographs

Comparing to traditional analogue equipments the most significant difference is that these ones record events not onto paper disk, but to a chip card similar to a bankcard. The following four equipments / manufacturers have type approval in Hungary:

• Actia / SmarTach
• Continental / 1381 (former Siemens)
• Efcon / EFAS
• Stoneridge / SE5000,

Useful links:

• Digital card order form (Hungarian) »
• Actia »
• Continental (Siemens) »
• EFAS »
• Stoneridge »

User manuals:

• Actia/Smartach PDF » - english  |  more languages
• Continental / 1381 PDF » english  |  more languages
• Efcon / EFAS PDF » english
• Stoneridge / SE5000 PDF » english  |  more languages

Basic requirements regarding operation of digital tachographs (beyond those of analogue tachographs):

• Data download from equipment at least once in every 3 months
• Data download from driver card at least once in every 28 days
• Archiving downloaded data (storing for one year)
• The company must be lock in to the tachograph
• There must me at least one spare paper roll to the printer