AEF VT Certification Roadmap & Documentation Kit

The AEF VT Certification Roadmap & Documentation Kit serves as the authoritative procedural and technical framework for validating compliance with ISO 11783-6 (Virtual Terminal) and AEF-specific extensions. It outlines a staged certification pathway—including pre-certification validation, formal conformance testing via AEF-accredited labs, and post-certification maintenance—aligned with AEF’s versioned certification levels (e.g., VT 3.0, VT 4.0, VT 5.0). Central to the kit are the AEF Conformance Test Specifications (CTS), which define pass/fail criteria for over 200+ test cases covering UI behavior, object pool management, dynamic object handling, ECU interaction protocols, and error recovery mechanisms. The documentation component includes mandatory artifacts such as the VT Declaration of Conformance (DoC), VT Configuration File (VTF) schema templates, version-controlled VT Object Pool definitions, and traceable test reports. Crucially, the roadmap integrates version synchronization rules between VT software, AEF CTS versions, and underlying ISOBUS stack releases—ensuring backward compatibility while enabling feature evolution like multi-language support, touch gesture handling, and secure firmware updates.