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because they are modular. “That allows us to provide
upgrade packages as technologies advance,” explains
Heilmann. Wi-Tronix customers can always switch to
a newer wireless technology when it becomes avail-
able and when it makes good fiscal sense for them to
do so. The company’s upgrade packages also include
new features and functionality, as well.
For example, one of the company’s latest fuel saving
tool enhancements is Wi-Nav, a device that was creat-
ed to increase the accuracy monitoring real-time fuel
tank levels on mobile assets. The upgrade added new
modules internal to the Wi-PU and, according to Heil-
mann, it also included “a 3-axis accelerometer, gyro-
scopes, and a digital compass capability that didn’t ex-
ist when the first systems were deployed. There wasn’t
a platform for that, now there is that technology.” The
upgrade gives operators more accurate fuel readings
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