Truck-tablet interface

A materials handling vehicle communication system comprising:

• a vehicle network that facilitates an exchange of information with vehicle electronic components of a materials handling vehicle;
• an embedded information core having a core processor communicably coupled to the vehicle network for communication with the vehicle electronic components;
• and
• a tablet that mounts to the materials handling vehicle, the tablet having a tablet processor, wherein:
• the tablet is configured for communication with the embedded information core without using the vehicle network;
• and
• the tablet is agnostic to the vehicle electronic components that communicate with the embedded information core across the vehicle network;
• wherein:
• when the tablet is communicably coupled to the embedded information core, the tablet processor functions in cooperation with the core processor, defining a distributed multi-processor vehicle control architecture where the core processor receives from the tablet processor, an instruction to modify an operation of the materials handling vehicle;
• the core processor converts the instruction into a modification command according to a parameter extracted from the instruction;
• and
• the core processor transmits the modification command to an associated vehicle electronic component across the vehicle network to modify the operation thereof.