WABCO TAILGUARD - TailGUARD for Refuse Collection Vehicles

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4 TailGUARD™ for refuse collection vehicles
4.1 General functional principles
To avoid any accidents, observe the following safety instructions for
vehicles with braking intervention through TailGUARD:
 Vehicles with a prepared interface for TailGUARD: TailGUARD may not
brakeifthevehicle’sEBSsystemhasafault.
ThegeneralfunctionalprinciplesofthesystemcorrespondtothoseofTailGUARD™forTruck&Bus:
 TailGUARD™isactivatedwhenreversegearisengaged.
 Theareabehindthevehicleisthenmonitored(dependingontheapplication)bybetweentwoandsixultrasonic
sensors.Themaximumnumberofultrasonicsensorsthatcanbeinstalledprimarilydependsontherespective
liftingandtippingdevicesttedtotherefusecollectionvehicle.
 ThesensorsignalsaretransmittedoveraseparateLINbustotheElectronicExtensionModule,whichisanintegral
partofthesystem,andthenprocessedthere.
 Withregardtotheremainingscopeofthesystem,therearethreevariants:
• First variant:Ifthesystemisonlytobeusedasavisualdisplaytoalertthedriverwhenanobjectisdetected
intheareabehindthevehicle,anysuchobjectswithinthedetectionareaofthesensorsareindicatedbyLEDs
arrangedinbarsontheTrailerRemoteControldisplayandinputunit:
TailGUARD™ for refuse collection vehicles