Tracker: Gateway Trips

The Gateway Trips report plots the gateway location as a trail (continuous line) on the map (i.e. the route the vehicle traveled). This report is most useful for a single gateway over a relatively short period of time (e.g. one gateway trip) where the same location is not visited repeatedly.

The report’s map shows the gateway trips, represented by a colored trail . The legend shows that green lines identify speeds under 10 mph (Slow Speed value), yellow lines identify speeds between 10 and 80 mph and red lines identify speeds greater than 80 mph (Speed Error value) (10 and 80 are default values). Markers identify start and end points as well as locations where the gateway stopped for an extended period of time.

The Stops Report data shows the extended gateway stops, their locations, the distance to the stop and the duration of the stop.

The GPS Speed Report provides data where gateways in a Speed Error state. It shows the location of the error state, the top speed and the time spent in the error state:

Note: the GPS Speed Report is only shown if a gateway has exceeded the speed defined for the Speed error configuration field (see configuration fields below).

Small, medium and large icons are used to indicate locations where the gateway stops. Angled triangles are used to identify gateway direction. Red trails are used to indicate locations where a speed threshold was exceeded. Start and stop markers indicate the extent of the trip. Clicking on these map items shows an information window about that location with options to obtain additional information. This report is most useful for a single gateway over a relatively short period of time (e.g. one gateway trip) where the same location is not visited repeatedly.

Enabling Pins displays markers where the gateway was at every hour (on the hour). Click on a pin for a pop-up with the date/time information.

Enabling Directions displays triangles to identify the gateway’s direction of travel at a location. Clicking the triangle displays a popup showing the gateway’s name, speed, and altitude at that location:

Note:

• The altitude display requires AMM 2.16.2+ and MGOS software version 4.3+.
• For increased accuracy in the Gateway Trips report, ensure that ALEOS gateways are properly wired to the ignition and that a shutdown delay is configured on each gateway. For more information about the shutdown delay see the ALEOS software configuration guide.

If an attempt is made to run this report with more than 10 gateways, the following message will be displayed, at which point 10 or fewer gateways will need to be selected before attempting to run the report again:

Basic Configuration Fields

• Gateway(s)^*: by default this is set to the gateway(s) selected in the gateway tree. Enter the name(s) manually to modify this field. Click on Filter to open the subfilter options.
• Vehicle Type: specifies the type of vehicles to include in the report. Clicking this field displays the Select a vehicle type popup allowing for All vehicle types or a specific vehicle type to be selected.
• Report time range^*: use the drop-down menu to select from Previous Months, Previous Weeks, Previous Days or Range. Enter the numeric value in the field. When Range is selected, use the calendar pop-up to select the dates. Alternatively, enter the date and time manually (yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm).
• Limit to map area^*: select Not Limited to include data from any geographic location. Select Manually defined area to create a temporary zone for the analysis – only data from inside this zone will be included in the report. Select One or more zones to limit the analysis to one or more predefined zones (see the AMM Operation and Configuration guide for more information about zones).
• Exclusion Zones: allows the report to exclude data from one or more predefined zones (see the AMM Operation and Configuration guide for more information about zones). Leave this option checked (default setting) to include data from any geographic location. Uncheck this option to specify zones to exclude data from.
• Draw each unit in a different trail color: select to use a different color for each trail. This is useful when multiple gateways are selected.
• Slow Speed^*: enter the value that will be considered as the slow speed. This value is represented as green.
• Speed Error^*: enter the value that will be considered as a speed error (i.e. speeding). This value is represented as red. The GPS Speed report will only be shown if a gateway has exceeded the value specified for this field.
• Show locations where GPS tracking was lost: based on the gateway’s GPS logs, it shows the locations where no GPS data was received and is represented by a black circle.
• Save for later or schedule a run time: enable to create reports that can be saved for future use. See Saving and Scheduling a Report for a Later Run Time for more information.

Advanced Configuration Fields

• Map Resolution: defines the size of colored “blocks” presented in a map. The default resolution is auto.
• Short stop^*: vehicle stops are shown with small sized red icons if they have been stopped for at least this many minutes (up to the medium stop value). Default is 10.
• Medium stop^*: vehicle stops are shown with medium sized red icons if they have been stopped for at least this many minutes (up to the long stop value). Default is 30.
• Long stop^*: vehicle stops are shown with large sized red icons if they have been stopped for at least this many minutes. Default is 60.
• Output Format: select HTML to generate the report in the browser window. Select Excel to display the generated report in Microsoft Excel. Select KML to display the generated report in Google Earth (requires that Google Earth is installed).

^*denotes a required field