Tracking

Tracking

There are several ways of switching to the 'Tracking' mode. One of them (switching from the 'Map' mode) has been described in the previous section. The other way is to move from the work list ('Units' mode). To do so, tap the line of the necessary unit in the work list.

'Tracking' mode provides you with the possibility to monitor both unit's location on the map, and parameters received from a unit. Note that unit's location can be shown as address (by default) or as unit's presence in geofences ('Geofences as addresses' flag in 'Other' section of gTrack Mobile Client's settings)


In order the units' movement arrows to be shown on the map in the mobile client, activate the option 'Show/Hide unit movement direction' in the main interface of gTrack.

History

You can view unit's events on the 'History' tab. All the events are presented here chronologically.

Types of events and provided information:


      Trip                               
Event's start time, duration, covered distance, unit's average speed 


      Parking                    
Event's start time, duration, location address 


       Fuel filling                      
Event's time, amount of fuel filled, location address 


         Fuel theft                  
Event's time, amount of theft, location address 

Choose any event in the history to display it on the map. In order the map to be centered on a unit of monitoring, tap its icon.

 Note that some values of event parameters (time intervals, amounts of fuel, unit's location) may differ from the values of the same parameters in the reports of the monitoring system. It occurs due to the implementation of different calculation systems in main gTrack and in gTrack Mobile Client. For example, upon detecting fuel fillings/thefts, mobile client uses time of a last message received before a fuel level changing, while main gTrack uses time of the first message from the interval with the biggest difference of fuel levels. Moreover, movement state in gTrack Mobile Client is determined only by GPS speed, while other methods can be used in main gTrack.

 Note that in gTrack Mobile Client the correctness of data received on any event depends on parameters indicated on the trip detector tab.

Info

The 'Info' tab displays an extended unit's information: location address, attached drivers (with phone numbers) and trailers, equipment data, values of custom fields, sensors, counters, and parameters.

Timeline

On the Timeline tab, you can visually evaluate the duration of events, find out their number and get detailed information about the grouped events (by tapping quantative indicator). Events include trips, fuel fillings and thefts. Besides, sensor state change (ignition sensor, custom digital sensor) and sensor values increase (mileage sensor, relative odometer, counter) are considered to be event types as well.

On the tab, you can view up to 4 event types simultaneously. Trips, fillings, and thefts are displayed by default at the bottom of the screen. To select other types, open the corresponding menu by tapping the event type at the bottom of the screen.


Events can be viewed on the map. To see the event, tap its tooltip. The map will be centered on it, and the event will be shown in one of the following ways based on the type:

  • trips — as a color track (if there are several tracks, they will be displayed in different shades of the same color);
  • fuel fillings and thefts — as a marker;
  • sensors — as a part of the track, which corresponds to the interval of sensor activation.

Tapping the tooltip again removes the event from the map.

When switching between the tabs in Tracking section, the events disappear from the map. Go back to the Timeline tab to return the events to the map.

 The maximum number of events that can be simultaneously displayed on the map is 10.

The events selected for display on the map are added to the event cache. To see the cache, tap the  icon in the upper right corner of the screen. After tapping on the event, the map will center on it. It is possible to remove one or several events from the cache (tap the delete icon next to its name) or all events at once (tap Remove all). The event cache is cleared if you change the type of events available for display.


Locator

The application supports a locator functionality. Locator is used to generate links and share current units' location. Locator can be available either from the work list ('Units' mode) or from the 'Tracking' mode. To generate a link, use left swipe in the line of a corresponding unit, and tap the 'Target'. In the appeared menu, choose locator's link validity period (from 1 hour to week). Then choose a necessary action: send a location link by any messenger on your smartphone, copy it, open in a browser, etc. Viewing is performed on locator's map which becomes available upon clicking on the provided link.




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