Touch Screen fuel management from Balvin
Fuel management systems provider Balvin has outlined the features of its Touch Screen system, which it says is robust and easy to use.
“Fuel management systems require interactive data entry hitherto achieved by membrane keypad, either soft or tactile touch,” said the company.
“The commonly used membrane keypads suffer from pad deterioration, leading to complete failure or one or more entry buttons. This is hardly surprising for an outdoor device subjected to external environmental conditions.
“The Balvin Touch Screen System overcomes this, introducing a 12-inch touch screen… The high reliability and readability is achieved by using a sealed projected capacitance screen and high bright display respectively.
“Data entry such as mileage, and alphanumeric codes are entered on large and distinctive characters and pictures, thus eliminating the usual entry errors associated with the smaller membrane keypad.”
The mean time between failure (MTBF) of the touch screen far exceeds that of the membrane keypad, the company claims, adding that the additional cost is certainly not prohibitive.
“The Touch Screen offers two modes of operation for data collection; one, cable or RF Link to the office controller supplied by Balvin or the customer’s PC running Balvin application software. The second mode is web hosting, where data is collected from the internet, the connection through a SIM installed 4G/5G Router.
“In either case regardless of the connection, data is held in the touch screen and thus can be accessed directly from the screen in the event of transmission error either caused by the cable or the Internet.
“The user can also log in to the Touch Screen system from his smartphone by running remote application software compatible with the host.”
Furthermore, says the company, the system can be linked to the Balvin MTG4 Tank Gauge which will allow the customer to check the fuel level in the tank away from the site. The MTG4 tank gauge can also be run independently of the Balvin Touch Screen system.
