Route Settings; Saving A Routing Profi Le; Loading A Routing Profi Le; Road Preferences - ALK CoPilot Truck Laptop User Manual

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Using CoPilot Truck

Route Settings

CoPilot Truck offers a number of standard PC*MILER
route types and options. For a full description, see the
PC*MILER Route Types
Select Menu > Settings > Routing. You will
need to scroll down to see some of the options.
Routing Type: Select Practical or Shortest.
Toll Roads: Select whether your want CoPilot to
Use toll roads, Never use them, or to Avoid If
Possible.
Options: Select National Network or 53 Ft. Trailer.
Check Override Restrictions for Light Vehicle Routing.
Check International Borders Open to allow your route to cross
international borders.
Check Hazmat Routing to generate trips for hazardous material routing
(see
pages 42-43
Vehicle Restriction: (Not currently available) Click Edit Vehicle
Restriction and enter the information that pertains to your vehicle. If
nothing is entered here, your route will avoid all truck-restricted roads by
default. If information is entered, some restricted roads may be used
where appropriate.
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for more information).
Saving a Routing Profi le
Different combinations of route settings can be saved
as routing profi les for use at a later time.
Click Save Routing Profi le.
Enter a name at the prompt and click OK.
Loading a Routing Profi le
Click Load Routing Profi le.
Select a profi le from the list and click OK twice to
apply the profi le and close the Routing window.

Road Preferences

(Available only after a routing profi le has been saved.)
Scroll down and click View/Edit Road Preferences.
For each road type: Choose whether you want
CoPilot to Strongly Avoid, Avoid, be Neutral,
Favor or Strongly Favor when calculating a route.
Speed: Select an appropriate speed for each road.
Note:
Changing the default route and road preferences
in CoPilot will affect the route calculated and ETA shown.

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