How to Monitor Vehicles

Showing the detailed description about monitoring panel features

All the options that can be found in the Monitoring panel are described below. Depending on the tasks assigned, you can choose to display some columns and hide the others. To do this, the user must have the appropriate rights to change the settings.

Monitoring Panel Customizer (Column Selection)

To customize the list, press the icon in the upper right corner of the Monitoring panel. In the left column, mark the check-boxes that should be displayed in the worklist and in the monitoring options menu. In the right column, you can select the options that are used more rarely — they will be shown in the additional menu and will be available there.

The icons in the upper part of the worklist " " can also be used. In some cases, it allows to sort the vehicles according to some properties (e.g. at the top are the moving vehicles, at the bottom — the stationary ones, and vice versa).

Other Buttons & Signs

Other buttons and signs that can be found in the Monitoring panel:

Icons	Description
	The vehicles that are selected for display on the map are checked in the first column of the table. To select all the vehicles, check the icon at the top of the table.
	A switch-button which shows that the items of the work list are sorted by name in direct order.
	A switch-button which shows that the items of the work list are sorted by name in reverse order.
	A switch-button which shows that the worklist displays singular vehicles.
	A switch-button which shows that the worklist displays a tree view of the vehicles (with grouping). Read more about the work list settings.
	The button to find and add the vehicles or groups to the list.
	The button to add all available vehicles or groups to the work list.

Types of Monitoring Options

All the options in the Monitoring panel can nominally be divided into two types:

• Options for Information

• Options for Action

Options for Information:

These icons contain some information about the current state of the vehicle. Options of information may be the followings:

• Location (Addresses and Geofences)

  • This column displays the location of the vehicles either in the form of addresses or in the form of geofences.

• Drivers

  • The column with the information about the drivers. This column can contain the driver’s photo, photo, and name, or photo and phone number depending on the display option chosen in the Monitoring panel customizer.

    • — no drivers bound;
    • — the assigned driver has no photo;
    • — several drivers are bound to the vehicle.
• Trailers

  • The column with the information about the trailers. This column may contain the photo or photo and name of the trailer depending on the display option chosen in the Monitoring panel customizer.

    • — no trailers bound;
    • — the bound trailer has no photo;
    • — several trailers are bound.
• Vehicle Tracking

  • / If you activate this option for single or multiple vehicles, the map is centered and scaled in such a way that all of them are constantly in sight. The icon will turn green, and a dot will appear inside of it. If you click the icon in the header, the option will be applied to all the vehicles marked in the first column.
• Motion State

  • This column shows whether a vehicle is moving or stationary, as well as whether the ignition is on or off. The motion state is defined on the basis of speed information.

    • — the vehicle is moving, the ignition is on;
    • — the vehicle is stationary;
    • — the vehicle is stationary, the ignition is on.
• Data Accuracy

  • This column indicates the data accuracy. This icon contains two bars,.

    The first bar indicates the availability of the satellites:

    • green — the satellites are available;
    • red — the satellites are not available;
    • grey — the satellites are not available for the period greater than the specified.
  • The second bar shows the latest data received from the vehicle:

    • green — the vehicle sent the data less than 5 minutes ago;
    • yellow — the vehicle sent the data within the last hour;
    • orange — the vehicle sent the data in the last 24 hours;
    • red — no messages for a long period of time;
    • grey — the vehicle never sent the data
• Connection State

  • Shows whether there is a connection with the vehicle at the moment.

    • — the vehicle is connected;
    • — the vehicle is not connected.
• Sensor State

  • Shows the current status of the ignition of the vehicle.

    • — the ignition of the vehicle is off;
    • — the ignition of the vehicle is on.
• Battery Level

  • In this column the the battery level of the device is displayed. There are 4 available states:

    • — battery level from 0 to 25%;
    • — battery level from 26 to 50%;
    • — battery level from 51 to 75%;
    • — battery level from 76 to 100%

Options for Action:

A click on these options allows to perform an action on the vehicle. These options may includes the followings:

• Quick Track

  • The buttons allow to build a track of vehicle movements.

    • — show a track on the map;
    • — remove a track from the map.
• Quick Report

  • The requested report is generated in the panel based on the template selected in the Monitoring panel customizer. Standard time interval (Today, Yesterday, Week or Month) is also configured there.

    • — execute a report
• Media

  • View the latest media files (pictures or video) received from the vehicle (works for the devices that have such functionality).

    • — the button to view media files;
    • — no pictures (video) available.
• Video

  • Opening a mini-window in the mode of video monitoring.

    • — click on the button to open a mini-window in the mode of video monitoring;
    • — there is no video available for the vehicle.
• Commands

  • Buttons to send commands to vehicles:

    • — there are available commands;
    • — the current user does not have enough access rights to execute commands;
    • — there are no commands available or no rights to execute them.
• Event Registrar

  • Manual registration for such events as fuel fillings, maintenance service and other events in the vehicle history.

    • — open registrar;
    • — not enough rights to register events for this vehicle.
• Properties

  • View vehicle or group properties dialog (depending on the mode of work list display). To open the properties dialog, press the icon next to a vehicle or a vehicle group.
• Clear List

  • The buttons used to clear the list. To remove all the vehicles or groups from the list, press the button in the header of the table. The same button is located in front of each vehicle or group and allows to remove the items individually.

If the options are selected for the additional menu (i.e. checked in the second column of the Monitoring panel customizer), you can find them in the column with the icon under the button .