FMS Tell Tale Status

FMS Tell Tale Status Introduction

Tell Tale was created in order to receive all available dashboard indication events that are available on truck via FMS protocol according to J1939 standard. SAE J1939 is the vehicle bus standard used for communication and diagnostics among vehicle components. Based on the same architecture FMS protocol dedicated to telematics systems is available. It has certain standardized parameters available, such as fuel consumption, engine work-hours, etc. Please visit http://www.fms-standard.com/ for more information and message structure.

What parameters should be enabled

Configurable parameters via SMS/GPRS commands can be found at FMB640_Device_Family_Parameter_list#FMS

How to parse Tell Tale data

Test

Quick links

FMS-Standard Description Document

Tell Tale only available on vehicles that support FMS standard

Tell Tale examples are provided in FMS-Standard Description document that is publicly available

Availability of parameter depends on vehicle’s model and configuration of the FMS interface of the truck.

FMS Tell Tale status is supported on FMB640 FMC640 FMM640 FMB630 FM6300 devices from firmware version 00.03.79