Frequently asked questions
The most important questions from civil-engineering crews about WENDY – answered briefly and directly: on drilling documentation to DVGW GW 321, the verified as-built chain from robot telemetry, vendor independence, price and the supported methods.
- Does WENDY meet drilling documentation to DVGW GW 321?
- Yes. WENDY produces the drilling and daily site logs required by DVGW GW 321 (Annexes E and D) – automatically and verifiably from the machine instead of retyped by hand.
- What sets WENDY apart from documentation tools like PlanRadar, Capmo or Phase0?
- Those tools document via manual entries, photos and messages and have no input for machine data. WENDY documents straight from the drilling machine – the as-built data comes from telemetry, not from what a person types.
- Where does WENDY's as-built data come from?
- Straight from the telemetry of the autonomous drilling robots BOB and BUDDEL, connected via MQTT. This creates a verified as-built chain – the defensible category versus plain documentation tools.
- Is WENDY tied to a specific drilling machine?
- No. WENDY is designed to be vendor-independent via open MQTT telemetry. HDD data systems like TRACTO (Grundodrill), DCI (DigiTrak locator) or Vermeer only log data to their own hardware.
- What does WENDY cost?
- WENDY starts at €49/month (net, B2B). That is below many per-user documentation tools – and WENDY delivers machine data those tools don't have.
- Which methods is WENDY made for?
- For trenchless pipe-laying: HDD/directional drilling and microtunneling, documented via the robot telemetry of BOB and BUDDEL.
- Does WENDY work offline on site?
- Yes. Captures are held offline in a local queue and sync automatically once a connection is available again – without data loss.
- Which languages is WENDY available in?
- The platform is available in German, English and Spanish; German is the primary language.
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