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The FuelOmat vehicle identification system is deployed in millions of vehicles, supported in over 10 thousands petrol stations all over the world and has more than 15 years of proven success. Recently, OMA PS released a new FuelOmat generation which implements wireless communication between the station components.

FuelOmat enables refueling in petrol stations without cash, credit cards or vouchers. A Vehicle Identification Unit (VIU) is installed next to the vehicle fuel inlet and is used as the authorization and payment device. An additional unit, the DataPass, can be used for extracting odometer and other data from the vehicle bus. A VIU reader is installed on the fueling nozzles at the stations and reads the VIU using secured, short range, contactless technology. It does this only when the nozzle is inserted into the vehicle fuel inlet.

The system ensures that the fuel goes only to the vehicle/fleet of the account to be charged. Any attempt to remove the nozzle and refuel another vehicle will immediately suspend the process. It is also possible to collect odometer and engine hour data from the vehicle for consumption and maintenance reports and also to prevent unauthorized fuel transfer from the vehicle fuel tank.

The same system can also track attendant activity: every attendant uses a contactless Authorizer tag to activate the dispenser for non-VIU refueling. At the end of the shift, the station manager gets a shift report with the cash and transactions slips that need to be collected from every attendant. The system can also report each attendant’s productivity index.

A complementary FuelOmat component is the centralized Head Office server which generates reports, including exception reports. Fleet managers can prevent unnecessary expenses by remotely logging-in to the system and setting limits and restrictions for every vehicle. These include:

  • Setting fueling limits per day/week/month
  • Restricting fueling to stations in a specific region
  • Allowing fueling only on specific days of the week 

    • This added value service for fleets is offered today by many global and regional oil companies.

    The New FuelOmat

    OMA PS has recently released its new FuelOmat Gold system which can be deployed within just a few hours at each station and within minutes in each vehicle.

    OMA PS was one of the first companies to deploy a wireless network on the forecourt. Based on this experience, OMA PS has developed the new wireless solution which uses several redundancy mechanisms to overcome blocking of wireless communication on the forecourt.

    This new wireless solution enables faster FuelOmat deployment at service stations while reducing installation and support costs. FuelOmat Gold simplifies the vehicle installation by installing the FuelOpass ring around the fuel inlet and connecting the DataPass to the vehicle bus for odometer and other fleet data.

    The spectrum of vehicle devices starts from FuelOpass - an affordable, passive VIU – and extends to the DataPass and µDataPass, which connect to the vehicle bus and collect critical data. µDataPass is shaped as an OBDII plug and connects directly to the OBDII connector in the vehicle, thus eliminating the need in complex installation.

     

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