Development
Overview
The QR Code Associations API provides the functionality to retrieve asset information based on the QR code assigned to an asset.
Important! QR code associations are created by Caterpillar. Non-Caterpillar users (for example, dealers) can use the API to retrieve the asset information that can then be consumed by their applications.
Workflow
Each manufactured machine is assigned a QR code. The QR code is associated with the basic information about the machine, such as build year, manufacturer and product family, etc. The information can be accessed by scanning the QR and navigating to an encoded web URL, as in this example QR code for Caterpillar 926M wheel loader:
