Given below applications can be used to configure the TD key or TD2 tool:

• TachoDrive Express
  Application included with the device in an electronic form. The installator is located on the device memory that is detected by the MS Windows as a local drives (TACHODRIVE or TACHODRIVE2). The application is also available on the manufacturer's webpage.
  To configure the key one needs to go to the Other on the panel located on the left side and then click Configuration.
  
• TACHOMATT Yellow
  Configuring the TachoDrive key or TachoDrive2 tool is possible after selecting the Tools -> Settings from the main menu and going to TachoDrive key confirguration.

One needs to remember to save the configuration after selecting appropriate options on the device memory by using the Save configuration, that is located in the top-right corner in both applications.

• If the key still downloads the data, that is, the first LED flashes green, one should wait untill the transmission is finished (first LED in constant green). Despite the transmission error, the transmission has been completed successfuly.
• However, if the first LED goes red, it means that there is a transmission error indeed. In that case one should count the number of red flashed of the LED and find a corresponding error in the manual (available in the TachoDrive Express software and on the manufacturer webpage). After removing the cause of the error, one can try to downalod the data again.

The error message - Transmission error. Error 12 - can be eliminated by confirming it with the tachgraph OK button.

It means an error of data transmission. In order to get more information regarding the problem, one needs to count the number of flashes of the information LED. Its number corresponds to the error code and description of which one can find in the key manual. The manual is also available on the manufacturer webpage.

The most common reason in such situation is a prior unsuccessfull trial to download the data from the tachograph. Even though the download was unsuccessfull, the tachograph registers the downloading trial as well as its date and hour. Therefore during the next download from the last download, the tachograph will make it accessible only from that date. If there were no other activites performed in the meantime, the data can be an empty set and the TACHOMATT Yellow as well as TachoDrive Express calendar will not mark corresponding fields in green.

Therefore it is recommended to choose the Activities from tachograph and select demanded time period in fields from and to while configuring the TD key or TD2 tool.

The down arrow in the load calendar represents the day at which the downloading the data from the digital tachograph or driver card has been done.

Green fields in the loading calendars represent days that the data from the digital tachograph or driver card has been downloaded for, while the calendar square marked green in half means, that the data from a given day misses some information, that is, the data from 0:00 till 23:59 is not full. Such situation occurs when the data has been downloaded from a tachograph from a current day, i.e.: at 14:00 o 'clock. The tachograph will make access only to the information from that day from 0:00 till 14:00 and the square in the calendar of TACHOMATT yellow and TachoDrive Express will be green in half.

The information regarding TachoDrive Express version can be found on the top of the application, on the system bar.
Additional and more detailed information can also be found after clicking the i button in the top-right corner, there are given below information in the displayed window:

• application version number,
• connected TachoDrive key serial number.

Additionaly, after clicking the Check for updates, one can get information whether the manufacturer has provided any later version of the applciation on the Internet.

The TachoDrive keys and TachoDrive2 tools are designed for different markets. The cooperation between the TachoDrive Express software and the TD key or TD2 tools is possible only if the region of the application is compatible with the region code of the device. If it is not the case, then the TachoDrive Express will display "Application error: code x" after plugging the key to the PC, where the x stands for the number 8,9 or 10. This message means lack of compatibility between the application and the device region. In that case one should use the device that was designed for an appropriate region.

In case You have purchased the device with an incorrect region, please contact Your distributor. The manufacturer can also change the TD key or TD2 tool region for a fee on customer's request.

The latest firmware version available for TD or TD2 device can be found at the beginning of given below page. In order to read the firmware version installed on the device, one needs to connect the TD or TD2 to the PC and then follow one of the following procedures:

• TachoDrive configurator
  Start the TachoDrive configurator application. There will be a string of characters displayed on the screen on the status bar, similar to the one given below:

  USB3-0F2E-250-263-89

  The  next to last string respresents the version of the TD or TD2 firmware version. In the given above example, the installed version of the firmware is 2.63.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• MATT TD.txt
  The TD and TD2 devices are recognized by the operating system as mass storage devices. One should open the MATT TD.txt file located on the device memory. The file includes a line similar to the one given below:

  Tachodrive S/N: USB30F2E25026389

  In string USBxxxxxxxxxxxxx the figures from twelve to fourteen represent the installed firmware version. In the given above exmpale, the version of the TD firmware installed is 2.63.
  
  
  
• TachoDrive Express
  Start the TachoDrive Express application and click the "i" button in the top-right corner. There will be an information window displayed. The firmware version currently installed on the connected TD or TD2 device is shown in the FW field.
  
  

In order to format the memory of TachoDrive devices one should:

1. Plug TD key in to a computer.
2. Select the Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Managament from the menu Start or (if Control Panel is presented in View category): Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Managament.
3. In Computer Managament window, select Disk Management from the left panel.
4. Click the right mouse-button exchange disk TACHODRIVE from the main window, from the list of all available disks.
5. Select the Format command from the contextual menu. The parameters' window of disk format will be opened.
6. Set up the below format parameters:
   • Volume label: TACHODRIVE
   • file system: FAT32
   • allocation unit size: 1024
   • perform a quick format: off
7. Press OK button.
8. The statement will appear:
   

   WARNING: Formatting will erase all data on this volume.
   To format the volume, click OK. To quit, click Cancel.

   One should click the OK button to start formating TachoDrive memory.
9. The format process progres you can observe in table Status column with the list of all available disks.
10. The format is finished when in the Status column appears Healthy inscription. The key is ready for work and can be disconnected from the computer. 

ATTENTION! Do not disconnect the key during the memory format otherwise it could lead to damage of the TachoDrive memory! 

After putting the jumper in the Download Key slot, it is possible to perform service activities such as updating the firmware of the key.

ATTENTION!
The jumper must be put in a way described by the manufacturer and only on its clear demand.

The TD key drivers are located in the application folder, in UpdateDrivers subfolder during the TachoDrive Express installation. If the add new hardware wizard start during the firmware update, one should select that folder as a location where the wizard should search for drivers.
The drivers for Windows Vista and other os versions can be found in the Download section.

1. Check if the TD key has the latest available firmware version installed. In order to check the currently installed firmware version, go to the question no. 11
2. In case of Siemens tachograph, one should check if there is any card inserted authorizing for data download. This tachograph is the only one that do not respond with any error message in such situation.
3. Insert the jumper for the key firmware update, connect the TachoDrive key do the PC and start the TachoDrive Express or TACHOMATT Yellow application. If the key:
   • goes into an update mode, update the firmware to its latest version available.
   • is detected as a mass memory device, it means that the TachoDrive key has a malfunction (damaged hardware) and You should contact Your distributor.

After connecting to the PC TD key which works in updating mode (it means with connected a jumper or, when it is TachoDrive PLUS, with the pressed CARD button) one should make sure that in operating system appropriate drivers are installed. The drivers are delivered with TD Configurator and are in subdirectory TDUpdateDrivers. To update the key correctly drivers in version 1.0.005 are needed.  

In order to check version of currently installed drivers one should press START button  -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager and in Other devices group find position PIC18F4550 Family Device. After clicking on it by right mouse button one should choose commands: Properties -> Driver -> Driver details. Number of driver version is visible in window Driver Files Details in the line File version. 

If driver version is lower than 1.0.005 one should close the window Driver Files Details and press Update driver button and give subdirectory TDUpdateDrivers of TD Configurator as a location of a new driver version.