An event's occurring/beginning/finishing time is given in reports in the
format indicated in 'Advanced settings' section of a report template.
In the tables that include the duration of a state the hours may not be
combined into days (if the interval is longer than 24 hours). It means
that instead of '5 days 12:34:56' there will be '132:34:56'. To
disable days and leave only hours, choose the duration format
'hours:minutes:seconds' in the table properties of the report template.
This option does not only affect the formatting in the cells, but also
the row 'Total'. Moreover, the duration may be shown in in the format of
'hours (with two decimal places). For example, '3.45' instead of
'3:27'. This is done by means of activating the option 'hours (with
two decimal places)'.
If grouping is used, then a table receives additional column 'Grouping' displaying time in the following way:
Mileage can appear in reports on trips, geofences, rides, speedings,
digital sensors, etc., as well as in statistics and processed fuel level
chart.
Mileage is calculated according to settings of mileage counter on the 'General' tab in unit properties. Besides, mileage can depend also on Trip Detector because the intervals of movement and parkings are detected by it.
Mileage can be ordinary or adjusted. The adjusted mileage may be useful
to coordinate mileage detected by the program and mileage detected by
vehicle itself. Correction coefficient is set in unit properties on the 'Advanced' tab.
In Statistics and in various tables, you can find many possibilities for mileage:
In many tabular reports, mileage can be displayed. It can be calculated
either by all messages or by messages in trips. Choice of the method of
calculation is defined by the flag 'Mileage from trips only' in additional settings of the 'Report Template' dialog.
Mileage if less than 20 (miles or kilometers) is displayed with accuracy
to hundredths (other decimal places are simply cut). Measurement units
for speed and mileage (kilometers and kilometers per hour or miles and
miles per hour) are selected in additional settings of the 'Report
Template dialog'. There you can also set the option 'Mileage/fuel/counters with accuracy to two decimal places' to see mileage always with hundredths.
Average and maximum speed values can be included in the same reports as
mileage: trips, geofences, rides, speedings, digital sensors. Note that
the average speed directly depends on mileage because
it is calculated by dividing mileage by duration (for example, distance
traveled with a sensor on divided by duration of on state. That is why a
situation can happen when the average speed is zero and maximum speed
is a positive number. It can happen (1) if state duration is zero (see
explanation above); (2) if mileage is zero (unit was parked or the
mileage counter is set incorrectly); (3) if the mileage is
insignificant, for example, '0,01', and the result of division is
smaller than one. Note also that mileage can be calculated either by all
messages or by trips only (option in template's advanced settings), and this will obviously affect resulting values of average speed.
Maximum speed has nothing to do with mileage and any
counters. To calculate maximum speed within an interval, all messages
which get to this interval are analyzed and the largest speed value is
selected and displayed in the corresponding cell.
Speed is given only in integer numbers.
Many reports can provide information about fuel: fuel level
(initial/final), the volume of filled/stolen/registered/consumed fuel,
average consumption, etc.
In most cases to receive information about fuel you need the unit to
have corresponding sensors installed. They should be configured on the
tab 'Sensors' of 'Unit properties' dialog and the corresponding calculation methods should be chosen on the 'Fuel Consumption' tab.
Abbreviations used:
Without special fuel sensors, you can control fuel in the following ways:
The consumption by math does not require fuel sensors. The consumption
rates and coefficients indicated in the properties of the ignition and
engine efficiency sensors will be multiplied by time.
In a report template several methods of calculating fuel can be selected
simultaneously. In this case a separate column will be generated for
each method. Moreover, if there are several sensors of the same type,
then a separate column will be generated for each. If you want a certain
sensor to be used for fuel calculation, enter its name mask in the
filter 'Sensor masks' of the parameters of the table. If in the report
template you select columns that do not correspond to unit's properties,
in the resulting report there will be zeros in those cells.
In statistics, there is no possibility to show information for each
sensor separately. In the rows like 'Avg consumption …', 'Consumed by
…', 'Rates deviation …' etc. you can get only one value for each type of
fuel sensor (FLS/ImpFCS/AbsFCS/InsFCS). That is why consumed fuel
('Consumed by …') in statistics is the sum of the sensors of this type,
and average consumption ('Avg consumption …') is the arithmetic mean of
those sensors. However, the calculation of deviation from rates ('Rates
deviation …') depends on sensors' adjustments. If a unit has two sensors
of the same type, the deviation from rates is calculated for each
sensor separately but for the statistics (as it can be only one row) the
sum of those deviations is shown. Thus, the formula is:
Fuel consumption detected by FLS as well as average consumption
according to FLS can be calculated including fuel thefts or excluding
them. This is adjusted in advanced settings of a report template — the checkbox 'Exclude thefts from fuel consumption'.
Depending on this option, you can get summarized information about fuel
consumption or information about fuel consumed exactly by a vehicle.
By default the fuel level is given in integer numbers. The volume of the
fuel consumed/registered/stolen as well as the average consumption is
given correct to the nearest hundredth if their value is below 50 (if it
is higher, then integer numbers are used). However, if you consider it
necessary, you can see fuel always with accuracy to hundredths. For
this, check the option 'Mileage/fuel/counters with accuracy to two decimal places' in the report template (the rest of numbers will be rounded off).
If the U.S. measurements are selected, the fuel is measured in gallons and the average
consumption — in mpg (miles per gallon) unlike the European system where
the average consumption is measures in l/100km (liters per 100
kilometers).
The fuel calculation algorithms process the messages considering filtration that is configured on the 'Fuel Consumption' tab (the option 'Filter fuel level sensors values').
During the mathematical calculation the fuel consumption is computed separately for each pair of messages.
The following algorithm is used: