Usage of Trailers

Usage of Trailers

Online tracking:
  • Trailers can be displayed on the map if they are checked in the panel in the first column.
  • Trailers can be displayed in the 'Monitoring' panel as a column if this option is selected in the 'User Settings' dialog.

In notifications:

  • You can configure a notification to get informed when a trailer is bound to a unit or unbound from it.
  • Using notifications, you can also unbind trailer automatically, for example, when entering the destination point.

In reports:

  • Many tables (such as 'Trips', 'Geofences', 'Parkings' etc.) can have a column that displays a trailer if any was bound to the unit on certain interval.
  • As a part of 'Advanced Reports' module, you can generate tables for individual trailers and trailer groups. Two tables are currently available — 'Bindings' and 'Custom fields'.

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