Autel has released Guided ADAS, an application enabling Autel Calibration system owners to use their frame, targets and expedited setup with OE software accessed in-house or via the Autel Remote Expert platform to calibrate vehicles not yet covered by Autel tablet ADAS calibration software.
Autel depends on automakers to make the latest model diagnostic, servicing and calibration software and specifications available. This creates a lag time for the newest vehicle coverage to reach Autel tablets. To address this and provide technicians with a comprehensive, all-in-one solution, Autel developed Guided ADAS.
"We are always playing catchup when it comes to coverage. That is just the reality of being an aftermarket software developer,” said Stewart Peregrine, senior executive of ADAS sales at Autel. “Yet technicians, especially those working in collision, need to calibrate new or newer vehicles. With Guided ADAS, Autel users can take advantage of all the benefits of their calibration systems -- ease of use and efficiency -- step-by-step instructions, optical positioning, unlevel floor compensation and validated documentation, along with our quality targets, patterns and calibrators -- and use OE calibration software to complete the task.”
Guided ADAS, which is compatible with all of the Autel calibration systems -- the Standard, MA600, IA800, IA900 or the new IA700 frames -- allows shops to use their own OE subscriptions and tools or contract with a Remote Expert with OE software subscriptions for the setup specifications and to initiate ADAS calibration on new vehicles.
There are three calibration scenarios available in the application. The first allows the in-house or Remote Expert technician who has referenced the OE calibration data and has determined the vehicle uses the same procedures and targets as a previous model year to retrieve the detailed setup instructions, including target type from the Autel calibration database. Autel offers calibration coverage for more than 40 brands and hundreds of models and model year vehicles sold in North America.
The second application allows technicians to input and save the specifications for completely new or existing vehicles with new-to-the-model ADAS components that lack historical parameter data.
The third scenario allows technicians to use the Autel patterns, targets and calibrators identified by the OE as acceptable for calibrating the identified vehicle. The technician would then determine the position identification method, i.e., radar location, front camera or front of the vehicle, then input the distance and height of the target to meet the OE's vehicle placement requirements.
Next, the user selects "Start Placement." The system will display placement instructions for MA600 or Standard frame system users or activate the optical positioning cameras and guide the user to place the target and frame at the correct distance, offset and angle to the vehicle when the IA700, IA800 and IA900 frames are used.
Remote Expert Platform
The Autel Remote Expert platform enables technicians to contract with an experienced technician with OE tools or subscriptions to complete the calibration if needed. Remote Experts are also available for modular flashing, new ECU programming and OE tasks currently not supported by Autel software. Released on the Autel MaxiSYS Ultra series of tablets more than two years ago, the Remote Expert platform has seen incredible growth, averaging more than 4,000 monthly orders.
The Remote Expert application and network platform connect technicians with remote module programmers, automotive diagnosticians and system experts to complete tasks requiring OE data, software or tools through a peer-to-peer network. Remote Expert capitalizes on the tremendous advancements in multi-server networks and transmission speeds. These advancements enable Experts to transmit software to the control module of a technician's vehicle with sustained low latency if the car is down the block or thousands of miles away.
"Remote Expert is like a virtual lifeline from the technician to an Expert,” said Autel's Director of Technical Operations Maurice Miller. “Whatever the challenge, from a tricky diagnosis to module programming, a technician can use the platform to reach out to an Expert. ADAS calibration assistance has quickly grown in need. With the development of Guided ADAS, we foresee even greater growth.”
For information on Guided ADAS, Remote Expert or Autel's complete line of ADAS solutions, visit Autel.com.
