Real time fleet tracking technology is generally used for dispatching, or when vehicles are located in other areas or in other branches, cities or states, and need to be tracked over the internet from various locations. Also when there is a need for fleet management throughout the day or when customer service is your business' top priority. With real time vehicle tracking, a dispatcher can see where his fleet is within minutes and re-route a driver to a new call in the same area saving on time, gas, money, and overtime.

Configurable Features:

• Geo-Fence
  Define a geographic boundary around your vehicel, which if violated, will alert you.
• Maximum Speed Exceeded
  An alert is sent when the maximum speed is exceeded for a set period of time. Both speed and time variables are defined by the owner.

Reporting Features:

• Vehicle Location Request
  Recieve current location, speed, and heading
• Vehicle Location HIstory Request
  Access historical locations and events history
• Top Speed of the Day
  The fastest speed of the current day (resets after midnight)
• Low Battery Notification
  The DirectTrack unit will alert you if your vehicle's battery dips below 10.5 volts (or any voltage you define)
• Milage Notification
  Alerts you every 3,000 miles traveled (for oil changes), or any milage you define
• Continuous On/Off Reporting
• Archived History
  Archived history is available on the DirectTrack website for up to three months

Remote Features:

• Door Lock / Unlock
  Electronic device installed in the vehicle to unlock doors, turn on lights, sound the horn or control any electrical device on board the vehicle.
• Starter Interrupt
  Allows the owner to remotely enable/disable the starter when the ignition is not engaged (stop teen drivers from misbehaving or recoup stolen vehicles
• Power Management
  Control the use and distribution of the vehicle's power
• Battery Backup
  DirectTrack contains its own backup battery so it's still usable, even if your vehicle is out of commission

Other Features:

• Its Compact Size means DirectTrack is easily hidden
• Over 98% US coverage and virtually all of Mexico and Canada

Possible Applications:
Dispatching, monitor remote vehicles, convenience of Internet accessible information, need email alerts, centralized data without a LAN or WAN, responsiveness to customer service issues is important

Mode of Operation:
Real time with position updates every 5-minutes, free email alerts & free pings

Communication Method:
GPS data is transferred from the vehicle to the Internet using the Mobitex mobile wireless, all data, network. No roaming charges or excessive monthly taxes like cellular network based systems.

Features & Benefits:

• 5-minute updates standard with fixed monthly airtime rates
• FREE manual pings (updates between 5-minute intervals)
• FREE email alerts for speeding, movement after hours, zone violations
• Automatically locate the closest vehicle to service address
• Save location names for display on reports and email alerts
• Very easy to use and web-based for easy access using Internet Explorer
• ActiveX map controls for fast, easy manipulation
• View first/last movement of the day, total drive time, stop time and milage
• Point and click zone (geo-fencing) creation
• No driver intervention & covert tracking capable
• Records data outside of coverage area and automatically updates on return
• Data stored on-line for 90 days
• Optional sensors to monitor engine idle time, monitor door open/close, on/off, action, and more
• Send firmware updates via the network
• Nonvolatile memory store data if power is lost

Data Available:

• Location/position by approximate street address
• Route taken - breadcrumb trail
• Start / stop time, stop duration and approximate stop location
• Speed, max speed along trip, speed above X mph