R-Connect Online Portal
R-Connect telematics module and remote diagnostics as standard equipment
The ROPA Tiger 6S comes with the efficient telematics hardware including SIM card for online access as standard equipment. The telematics module is thus the basis for proactive Service 4.0, particularly for predictive analytics and fast assistance and diagnostics if service is required on any continent. If service work is required, the service technician can link directly to the terminal and the machine controller to assist the driver with resolving the problem.
The dashboard shows the current status of your machines and the daily output. The location, road and harvesting travel along with the current harvesting progress of each machine can be viewed in the individual view along with detailed data. Finished orders are transmitted to the R-Connect portal where they can be viewed and evaluated by the machine schedulers as well as downloaded.
R-Connect in the myROPA portal is a perfect tool for drivers and schedulers for online order processing and for optimisation of machines and fleets.
Now, the scheduler can be present virtually "live" on the machine with the help of online facilities. A diesel supplier, for example, can also be granted access to the current location of the machine and the fuel level as well as AdBlue level, if provided.
The ROPA R-Connect online portal can be opened via a web browser on any device (PC, tablet, smartphone).
R-Connect - simply connected
Many things become much easier with the R-Connect
Many things become much easier with the R-Connect online portal, even if it's only about bringing a snack for the driver to the field.
Experience the numerous possibilities of ROPA R-Connect and talk to your ROPA company representative or sales partner.
R-Connect monitor - silver medal at Agritechnica
R-Connect Monitor offers intelligent and fully automatic image documentation during the sugar beet harvest. Photos tagged with the location are automatically taken during lifting and while emptying the bunker. The pictures taken by the optional camera on the cabin roof for monitoring the state of the crop before harvest and the pictures of the camera on the unloading conveyor for checking the quality of the harvest during unloading are allocated to the lifting order in the R-Connect portal.
R-Connect monitor for image documentation
The harvested area, the yield (number of bunker fillings) and the position of the beet clamp can all be recorded. This Agritechnica innovation can now save a visual record of the beet area before the harvest and also the result of the harvest.
- Images tagged with location record.
- Documentation of the machine settings with the image.
- Photos tagged with the location are automatically taken during lifting and while emptying the bunker and allocated to the harvest order in the R-Connect portal.
R-Connect online service
Remote diagnostics, help and maintenance
At Agritechnica in Hanover, ROPA demonstrated the new Tiger 6S, which is networked with the R-Connect portal via the telematics module installed as standard. ROPA's R-Connect monitor has won a silver medal for the innovations at Agritechnica for fully automated image documentation during the sugar beet harvest.
Now the online service is focused on the further development of the R-Connect online portal.
If a driver needs an assistance in case of service, the R-Connect online service can be used to provide a remote support. In the future, the downtime can be reduced thanks to the new functions of predictive maintenance (predictive service).
(Watch the video with Tiger 6S)
Since 2018, the first ROPA beet harvesters and loaders have been sending their data to a cloud - the latest models (Tiger 6S, Panther 2S and Maus 6) have this function as standard. The machines forward almost all sensor data to German servers. Collecting these data provides a wide range of possibilities from tracking and order processing to service support. More about practical use of the portal read on page 108.
Originally, ROPA focused on the connection to the farmpilot management software (Profi 2/2018), but today the goals are different. Due to a wide variety of platforms within the cultivation, logistics and harvesting chain, both locally and globally, ROPA is now promoting an independent system: without an agrirouter on a direct route to the cloud.
"The XML standard is not sufficient for our requirements," explains Michael Gruber, head of sugar beet technology branch. "We need a simple and especially stable system. All components that are not a permanent part of the machine are too vulnerable to failure, as the experience of the past shows," he explains and adds: "From the power supply unit of the tablet PC with the wired or wireless connection to the manual data transfer, there were always some problems." For these reasons, the manufacturer is now trying to integrate all modules in the machine terminal and in the own online portal. While, for example, fleet management and transfer of created beet places is not yet possible at the moment, the groundwork has been done. As Gruber says: "We are at a point when all relevant data are recorded."
GOOD TO KNOW
- In particular, facilitation of service work and order data is in focus
- The groundwork has been established, further development steps will follow
- The online platform R-Connect was expanded to include the administration level myRopa
Basis: myRopa.com
Initially, the developers introduced the R-Connect portal, but there is now also a second, higher-level platform 'myropa.de'. This portal is intended for the machine owners. All customer-specific data are stored here. For example, vehicle identification numbers, specific equipment features and software versions of all electronic components. It may seem a bit impractical at first glance, however helps immensely, e.g. for service work.
One of the newest functions of myRopa is the order and customer management. The data can be imported as a CSV file and are available on the connected machines. It can also be used to establish a driver's access and, in the future, to order spare parts. This platform can also be used to communicate with service technicians. In addition, supplementary documents, maintenance notes and history, e.g. on replaced spare parts, are stored for each machine. A digital machine record should be established in future, containing all repair and service work for a particular machine. Upon request, the portal also provides service instructions, e.g. for oil change.
COULD FOR THE SUGAR BEET - THE ONLINE PORTALS MYROPA AND R-CONNECT
In 2018, the Profi magazine first published a report on R-Connect. While creating the portal, the programmers have learned new things, dropped useless features and developed new visions. Here is an update.
Here you can download the Profi report as a pdf file: Cloud für die Rübe - Onlineportale myRopa und R-Connect.pdf
We are happy to provide you with the professional article as a pdf download:Beet in the Cloud - MyRopa and R-Connect.pdf