V-COM Communication System for Railway Vehicles

The voestalpine V-COM is a wireless communication system between rail vehicles and the V-COM receiver (Control Unit).

The train identifies itself through the installed transponder unit and communicates via an antenna loop located in the track bed.

The communication is bidirectional – from the vehicle to the receiver and vice versa. The activation signal for the transponder is emitted by the receiver. The data are transmitted via a Loop Transceiver to the voestalpine V-COM unit or from the unit to the vehicle.

After reprocessing, the data is suitable for further transmission to switch- or signal-controllers or third party IT systems.

Benefits:

Vehicle information about type, line, route, cat, punct, staff, fleet
Triggering the relay circuit board
Point position control
Assigning priorities
Automated vehicle tracking
Transmission of data to third party systems
Configuration via web interface
Programmed data remains on the control board even in the event of a power failure