Caterpillar VisionLink

What is VisionLink?

VisionLink is the web and mobile application Caterpillar offers equipment owners to monitor their machines. Data is collected by Cat Product Link telematics hardware on the machine and sent to Caterpillar, where VisionLink displays it alongside maintenance and utilization information.

What data does it provide?

• Machine location and geofence alerts
• Operating and idle hours
• Fuel burned and fuel level, where supported
• Fault codes and machine health events
• Utilization and productivity summaries
• Service intervals and maintenance reminders

The data available depends on the machine, its Product Link hardware and the subscription level.

Getting data out of VisionLink

Caterpillar exposes VisionLink data to other systems through APIs, including an ISO 15143-3 (AEMP) feed. This lets fleet and maintenance software read Cat machine data without anyone exporting reports by hand.

VisionLink in a mixed fleet

VisionLink is built around Cat equipment. Contractors running several brands usually still need to check other OEM portals for their non-Cat machines, which is where a mixed-fleet platform helps.

How goAardvark uses it

goAardvark pulls Cat machine data from VisionLink and lines it up with your other brands, so Cat hours, location, fuel and faults appear in the same view as the rest of the fleet.