January 2026 Newsletter
Protect your assets on icy roads
Here in the US, the current severe winter weather means that the roads are icier than usual. And unfortunately, some of our customers have experienced collisions in their test vehicles as a result. If you don't already have an accident event configured for your VDRs, you might want to talk to your Aptiv representative about setting up data collection when the air bag triggers or the vehicle experiences sudden deceleration. It's also a good idea to consider setting up video to capture footage of any events and reduce your liability exposure.
Upcoming change: LED A will blink green
We recently rolled out some updates to our cloud platform that will temporarily change how the LEDs behave on EP-800 and EP-2000 devices. The LED labeled A is green during normal operation. In the past, it was solid green when connected to the cloud and blinking green when not connected to the cloud. Now LED A is still green, but it will always blink, even when connected to the cloud. This LED will revert back to the previous behavior later in the year. Please contact your Aptiv representative if you have any questions or concerns.
Qualifier at Automation & Testing Torino
Ciao to our customers in Italia! February 11-13, we will be at the Automation & Testing trade show in Turin, Italy. If you will be at the event, please stop by and say hello. We would love to show you all the latest Qualifier improvements, including the EP-800 VDR and Video Insights AI-enabled video labeling. Hope to see you there.
GMT comes to Next-Gen Qualifier

We recently made some interface improvements to Next-Gen Qualifier, including one that has been requested by many customers: the current time in GMT is now displayed in the upper left corner. As you probably already know, Qualifier records test drive events in GMT in order to make it easier for geographically dispersed teams to collaborate. If you have other suggestions for improvements, please tell your Aptiv representative or use the Aptiv Support Desk to let us know.
Pro tip: Bookmark the status page
Qualifier doesn't experience outages very often, but when we do, we post a notice on the Status Page in our Help Center. We recommend bookmarking that page. Then, if you ever have trouble accessing Qualifier, you'll be able to see if it's a known problem with the site, or if it's an issue that is only affecting your system.


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