Hudson Valley Forestry tracked mulcher with raised head, chained down on a flatbed under a winter sky
Live diagnostics for heavy equipment

Know your iron
before it breaks.

We put real-time diagnostics, full history, and a dashboard you’ll actually use on any machine — old or new. Your local mechanic installs it in under an hour.

LIVERPM 1842COOLANT 92°COIL 412 kPaNO ACTIVE FAULTS
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Who we are

The big telematics companies want a sales call.
We’re the “I know a guy” option.

No demo gauntlet, no per-seat licenses, no 40-page contract. A rugged little box, a dashboard built for dirt, and a real person who answers the phone. Your data stays yours. Cancel whenever.

A real person answers

Text or call. You get us — not a ticket queue in another timezone.

Your mechanic installs it

Passive tap on the diagnostic port, 15–45 minutes. He gets paid, you get data. No cut harnesses.

Your data is yours

Export everything, share read-only links with your shop, walk away anytime with your history.

The system

Your whole machine,
on one screen.

This is the actual shape of the dashboard — live gauges, history, faults, location. Built for a phone in a cab, not a TV in a boardroom.

Live right nowSTREAMING
1842
ENGINE RPM
COOLANT92°C
OIL PRESSURE412 kPa
FUEL RATE18.6 L/h
BATTERY27.8 V

Updates every few seconds over LTE. Works wherever the machine does.

History that pays
+9%fuel burn vs. 90-day baseline — caught in week one

Months of hours, fuel, temps and pressures. Spot the slow drift before it’s a $14k injector job. CSV export anytime.

Ask your machine
Any codes on the skidder this month?
One: SPN 110 coolant temp, 3× under heavy load on hot days. No derate. Watch it, clean the radiator.
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Where’s the iron
41.74°N 73.93°W

Position history, geofence alerts, engine-on vs. working hours.

Faults, decoded
SPN 110 · COOLANT HIGHSPN 3361 · DEF · CLEAREDSPN 100 · OIL LOW · 1×

Plain-English explanations with severity — not just a blinking lamp. Trend-based heads-up before small stuff gets expensive.

Built for your shop
pulse.link/m/630d-rk7…READ-ONLY

Send your mechanic a live link before the service call. He shows up with the right parts the first time.

Ask your machine

Like texting the guy who knows everything about your iron.

Every reading gets logged. The AI reads the whole history and answers in plain English — with the numbers to back it up.

Pulse Assistant
Doosan 225LL-5 · Hudson Valley Forestry · 6,142 h
LIVE · J1939

DEMO · runs on a simulated 90-day log — the real thing answers from your machine.

Machines we speak

If it’s got a diesel
and a brain, we read it.

Anything 2005+ talks standard J1939. Tap a brand for the exact data points we pull. Older iron via J1708 too.

Caterpillar
2005+ electronic Cat engines (C7, C9, C13, C15, C18 etc.); many 1990s–early 2000s machines have J1708 or early J1939 · Skidders (e.g. 525, 545, 555) · Tracked Excavators (300 series) · Wheel Loaders (950–980)
Cummins (Engines)
2002–2005+ on most electronic Cummins (ISB/ISC/ISL/ISM/ISX); pre-2002 often J1708 or proprietary · Cummins-powered Skidders & Forwarders (various OEMs) · Cummins-powered Excavators (Case, Hitachi, etc.) · Cummins ISX / ISM / QSX in dozers, loaders, grinders
John Deere
Mid-2000s electronic engines (PowerTech, etc.); older 600/700 series commonly J1708 · Tracked Excavators (200D–470G etc.) · Wheel Loaders (444K–844K) · Dozers (450J–1050K)
Tigercat
Early 2000s electronic engines; current lineup fully J1939 with excellent tooling · Grapple Skidders (600 series) · Feller Bunchers / Harvesters (800 series) · Log Loaders / Knucklebooms
Komatsu
Mid-2000s electronic engines · Hydraulic Excavators (PC series) · Wheel Loaders (WA series) · Dozers (D series)
General / Other (Hitachi, Doosan, Link-Belt, Hyundai, older non-CAN)
Engine-dependent (2005+ for most electronic diesels); pre-CAN machines supported via sensors only · Hitachi / Deere excavators (rebranded) · Doosan / Daewoo excavators & loaders · Link-Belt forestry & construction

Core engine data (RPM, temps, pressures, fuel, hours, faults) on virtually all 2005+ electronic diesels. Hydraulics via add-on sensors. Full dataset in the open API.

The install

Four steps.
Zero drama.

01
Say the word

Order direct or through a partner mechanic. We ship the pre-configured node — J1939 Y-harness, LTE, GPS, sealed enclosure. Nothing to program.

Say the word
02
Your guy hooks it up

15–45 minutes. Passive tap on the 9-pin diagnostic port — listen-only, no cut harnesses, no warranty drama. He gets paid for the install.

Your guy hooks it up
03
It just starts streaming

Power on, LTE connects itself, your dashboard lights up in minutes. First 30 days of history included.

It just starts streaming
04
You run the show

Live data, trends, alerts, exports, mechanic links. Pause or cancel anytime — the history stays yours.

You run the show
Pricing — actually listed

One machine. One price.
No sales call required.

$500 for the hardware + install, then a flat monthly. Cancel whenever.

Core
$45/mo per machine

Stop flying blind.

  • Live + historical engine data
  • GPS + utilization
  • Critical fault alerts
  • CSV export
  • Mechanic share links
Most popular
Pulse
$55/mo per machine

Add the brain.

  • Everything in Core
  • AI queries — ask your machine anything
  • Trend-based maintenance heads-up
  • Priority support (a human)
  • Hydraulic add-on sensors
Partner
$65/mo per machine

For shops & small fleets.

  • Everything in Pulse
  • Multi-machine dashboard
  • API access
  • Branded reports for your customers
  • Volume pricing 3+ machines

30-day money-back on hardware if it doesn’t connect on your machine. Builders: free open API.

Talk to a real person

Tell us what you run.

No sales team, no spam. Tell us about your iron and we’ll tell you straight whether Pulse fits — usually same day.

We’ll never sell your info. It goes straight to us — nobody else.