TachoAssist Driver

TachoAssist Driver tutorials

Everything you need to check your own driver card, screen by screen, on a computer and on a phone.

On a computer

  1. Upload your first file3 steps
  2. Card reader for Windows5 steps
  3. The TachoAssist Driver app for Android4 steps
  4. Your analysis3 steps
  5. Infringement report4 steps
  6. Fill in your work time5 steps
  7. Your plan and settings2 steps

Upload your first file

  1. Add the file

    Add the file

    Pick your driver card file (.ddd) or a ZIP, or drag it onto the page.

  2. Start the analysis

    Start the analysis

    Check the file and start the analysis.

  3. Your analysis

    Your analysis

    After “View results” your analysis opens on Home.

Upload every new download of your card the same way.

Card reader for Windows

  1. Install the free app

    Install TachoAssist Card Reader from the Microsoft Store. Or download the ZIP: there is no installer, you unzip it and run the app.

  2. Sign in

    Sign in

    Sign in with the same account you use in the browser.

  3. Insert the card

    Insert the card

    Plug in a USB smart-card reader and insert your driver card. Reading starts by itself.

  4. The file is in your account

    The file is in your account

    The file goes to TachoAssist on its own.

  5. See the analysis

    See the analysis

    Your analysis is on Home.

The TachoAssist Driver app for Android

  1. Install the app

    Get the TachoAssist Driver app on Google Play

    Install TachoAssist Driver from Google Play.

  2. Sign in

    Sign in with this same account.

  3. Read the card over USB

    Read the card over USB

    The app has a card reader built in: connect a USB reader to the phone and insert the card.

  4. Or over Bluetooth (beta)

    Or over Bluetooth (beta)

    Download the card straight from the tachograph — the card stays in it.

Everything you upload in the app shows up here as well.

Your analysis

  1. Overview

    Overview

    The summary of your card: what was found and the key figures.

  2. Day by day

    Day by day

    Your card’s activities on a timeline and in a calendar.

  3. Infringements

    Infringements

    Each infringement with its rule, its date and an explanation.

Infringement report

  1. Open the report menu

    Open the report menu

    The menu is at the top of Home.

  2. Language and sections (optional)

    Language and sections (optional)

    Choose the document language for every report from this menu, and the extra sections of the infringement report.

  3. Choose the report

    Choose the report

    Pick the report, then PDF or Excel and the period.

  4. Generate

    Generate

    The document is also kept in Recent reports.

The activity, summary and working time reports work the same way; the activity report can add “Time by country and activity log”. For any period, use Reports.

Fill in your work time

  1. Find the empty day

    Find the empty day

    A day with nothing on your card says “Mark this day”. Click it.

  2. Say what it was

    Say what it was

    Pick Day off, Leave or Sick, then Save.

  3. Explain unknown time

    Explain unknown time

    For time the card could not see, say whether you were resting, doing other work or available.

  4. Export

    Export

    Export the period as a PDF or a CSV file.

  5. Attestation of activities

    Attestation of activities

    For a period with no card data, create the attestation and hand it to your employer.

Your plan and settings

  1. Your plan

    Your plan and when the trial ends. Subscribe or change the plan here.

  2. Language

    Language

    Change the language of the app.

On a phone

  1. Install and sign in4 steps
  2. Read your card with a USB reader3 steps
  3. Download your card over Bluetooth (beta)6 steps
  4. Home: your score and infringements3 steps
  5. Work time: leave and export4 steps
  6. Reports3 steps

Install and sign in

  1. Install the app

    Get the TachoAssist Driver app on Google Play

    Install TachoAssist Driver from Google Play.

  2. Sign in

    Sign in, or tap Register to create an account.

  3. Home

    Home

    Home shows three ways to add your card: a file, the USB reader or Bluetooth.

  4. Language

    Language

    The language is in Settings — the gear at the top.

Read your card with a USB reader

  1. Open the reader

    Open the reader

    The reader is under Uploads.

  2. Insert the card

    Insert the card

    Connect the USB reader (an OTG adapter works) and insert the card.

  3. Uploaded

    Uploaded

    The card is read and uploaded. The analysis follows in a moment.

Upload file works the same way, with a .ddd file from your phone.

Download your card over Bluetooth (beta)

  1. Open the Bluetooth download

    Open the Bluetooth download

    It is under Uploads.

  2. Find the tachograph

    Find the tachograph

    Start pairing on the tachograph, then pick it from the list.

  3. Confirm the code

    Confirm the code

    Check that the 6-digit code is the same on both screens and confirm on both.

  4. Choose the slot

    Choose the slot

    Pick the slot your card is in.

  5. Downloading

    Downloading

    Keep the phone near the tachograph until it finishes.

  6. Done

    Done

    The file is in TachoAssist.

The card stays in the tachograph. It works with smart tachographs version 2 that print “GEN2 v2”.

Home: your score and infringements

  1. Your risk score

    Your risk score

    Points from the last 28 days, and what they come from.

  2. Infringements

    Infringements

    Tap an infringement to see the rule and the details.

  3. Activities

    Activities

    Your days, activity by activity.

Work time: leave and export

  1. Open your work time

    Open your work time

    The work time card is on Home.

  2. Pick the empty day

    Pick the empty day

    Tap a day with no card record.

  3. Say what it was

    Say what it was

    Pick Day off, Leave or Sick, then Save.

  4. Export

    Export

    Export the period as a PDF or a CSV file from the same screen.

Explain unknown time the same way, with “Explain this period”.

Reports

  1. Open the report builder

    Open the report builder

    Every report starts in the Reports tab.

  2. Report and period

    Report and period

    Pick the report and the period, then download the PDF.

  3. Recent reports

    Recent reports

    Your downloaded reports wait here.

Every other report works the same way. Attestations have a segment of their own.

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