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OnDuty, the new mobile command centre An intelligent system control centre for OEM and retrofitting has been developed by the Berlin start-up company “Digitalisiere Jetzt 42 GmbH” Words Peter Hirtschulz
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owadays, modern motorhomes and caravans in all classes and segments are equipped with many technical devices and equipment. These include, for example: lighting, level indicators for The couple Kalwitzki on tour when deciding for OnDuty
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batteries or various tanks, but also air conditioning or heating systems and much more. Each device is individually developed and controllable by the corresponding manufacturer, similar to how there are various remote controls for TV, decoders, etc. on the table at home. A common and independent monitoring control simplifies the comfort and convenience for the users. Added value arises automatically through the use of the information from the devices that were previously unnetworked. Now the Berlin start-up company “Digitalisiere Jetzt 42 GmbH” has developed OnDuty - a tried-and-tested product similar to the smart home for the mobile leisure vehicle industry. “Why have more than one control element when it can be done differently? There was no such thing, so we just did it,” says Daniel Kalwitzki, the creative mind behind OnDuty. The theoretical basis for this development
is, among other things, the “CI-BUS” (Camping Industry BUS) launched in 2011 by the German Caravanning Industry Association (CIVD). A CIVD working group developed a BUS system specially adapted to the demands of the caravanning industry. This created the necessary conditions for the establishment of a common platform for the creation, maintenance and service of a uniform data bus system in the caravanning industry and put it on paper in a “CI-BUS cooperation agreement”. But OnDuty can do so much more: further necessary systems have been developed, such as switching and light control units that can be used modularly from very small to very large. That was the theory, but what about the practical implementation? The idea for OnDuty was born during a six-month trip through Europe by the founders, Ines and Daniel Kalwitzki, in their own camper van,
