Fta tacho trainer case

I’ve got one, although bought direct from the manufacturer; Lisle Design in St Andrews. Have 4 driver cards and one company card. Chose the latest Stoneridge VU; SE5000 Exact Duo 2 and VDO v3.4. Could really do with some more cards for larger groups, that’ll be a New Year purchase.

I tend to put the cards in the units for a few minutes the night before so there is only about 12 hours gap for manual entry practice, I find any longer can lead to confusion. If you do one load of manual entries at the beginning of a session and then remove the cards, you can run another manual entry for different people at the end of the training session. Most people who have used the training case have said it was worthwhile and they got more from actually trying with real units than looking at a simulator. I use the VDO simulator to do a ‘walk through, talk through’ before getting victims (sorry; volunteers :smiley: ) to use the training case. The problem with the VDO dvd is that it puts 24 hours between card ejection and insertion, which looks unnatural, also it has ‘end country’ and ‘begin country’ the wrong way round. I also use the on-line Stoneridge simulator, basic but works well for manual entries, it’s also free, but you do need an internet connection. You really don’t need to put data on the cards unless you want to demonstrate analysis programmes to folk, in which case, using a real tacho card is probably more realistic and easier. Otherwise you will have to change activities and vehicle speed in real time on the training case to produce records.

Almost forgot to add, you should keep the case plugged into the mains and the VUs powered up as much as possible. If you don’t the internal batteries will eventually exhaust and you have a very expensive paperweight! I also bought myself a low voltage extension lead as the cable from the adapter to the box is too short for many training venues.

Good Friend - which simulator did you find that does the four VU’s? Drop me a PM if you like.