System configuration by smartphone: BPW ARC App for electrohydraulic auxiliary steering system Active Reverse Control

• BPW ARC App for vehicle operators, vehicle manufacturers and service stations
• Perform initial commissioning and function checks easily via smartphone
• System status, notifications and alarms at a glance

Wiehl, 7.6.2022 --- BPW's electrohydraulic auxiliary steering system Active Reverse Control (ARC) for Self-steering axles has already made it easier to reverse with truck drawbar trailers and semitrailers in tight manoeuvring spaces. Now BPW is also making initial commissioning, function checks and diagnostics of this system easier with the BPW ARC App, available to download for free for Android and IOS devices in the Play Store or Apple Store in English, German, French and Italian.

Diagnostics of wired system via laptop is a thing of the past: today, drivers, vehicle manufacturers and service stations simply need to whip out their smartphones to configure BPW's Active Reverse Control during initial commissioning, to access system information, perform system tests or query warning messages. BPW is the first provider to introduce an app for its electrohydraulic auxiliary steering system that gives users speedy access to all important information via a Bluetooth interface to the system control unit.

After downloading the app, users can register for a suitable user profile with BPW with the corresponding user rights. For example, with basic access, the driver has the option of calling up steering parameters, checking the power supply or viewing alarms. As a registered user, the driver can also adjust the steering sensitivity (reactivity) of the system to their own driving preferences from the standard settings by +/- 20%. The driving behaviour of the trailer when reversing changes depending on the reactivity settings. A higher degree of reactivity causes the axle to react earlier, meaning that the axle turns in more quickly with a greater angle at the beginning of the turn. Conversely, a lower degree of reactivity means that the steering axle turns into the curve to a lesser extent at the beginning of the curve but realigns itself more quickly during forward travel.

Vehicle manufacturers can use enhanced user functions as part of the commissioning of the electrohydraulic auxiliary steering system, for example to easily select the right configuration for their vehicle via the app, to set the maximum steering angle and bleed the steering axle as well as to perform system tests and view, edit and reset warning messages.

Ziya Albayrak, Product Manager at BPW: "With our auxiliary steering system Active Reverse Control, drivers can manoeuvre their trailers with self-steering axles faster and more safely, even when reversing. The reversing system is particularly interesting for those applications where space for manoeuvring is limited for loading and unloading, for example on narrow streets in city centres or on construction sites and depots. The new BPW ARC App now allows vehicle manufacturers and service stations to work efficiently, because all information is available in one app in a user-friendly layout.

BPW ARC App for IOS devices in the App Store

BPW ARC App for Android devices in the Google Play Store