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Geotab GO6 Product Manual

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Quick Getting Started
Write down the serial number of your GO device.
Locate the OBD port in your vehicle
Plug the device in
The 3 lights on the device will show when the device has power, is connected and knows its
position. Go for a drive.

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  • Page 1 Geotab Product Guide Table of Contents Jump to What Is New Jump to Features Jump to Upgrading from Previous Versions Jump to Business Use Cases Quick Getting Started Write down the serial number of your GO device. Locate the OBD port in your vehicle...
  • Page 2 The online training videos help users understand the wide range of features and benefits that Geotab delivers. The short 2-3 minute videos work to combine training and learning with fun interactive marketing. The videos can be found by visiting Geotab’s YouTube channel...

  • Page 3: What Is New

    ● Create routes on a map and edit the routes by dragging, adding or removing points Support for new device features ● IOX (Input Output Expander) - a versatile expansion of the GO6 products using simple plug in cable. Supports Garmin, Iridium, IO, 3rd Party expanders ●...
  • Page 4 Rules ● New Rules Wizard with one click best practice rules ● Creating of advanced rules now Web based UI editor allowing to create more powerful rules ● New exception rules allowing gps and engine conditions to be combined. This allows rules such as those requiring a seatbelt to be worn when the vehicle moves ●...

  • Page 5: Product Features

    Legacy Features There are certain legacy features in Checkmate that have not yet been moved over to a web page. This includes certain uncommon features and reports. Geotab is working hard to make all features available on the web moving forward.
  • Page 6 OBDII port the device will not interfere with the safe operation of any of the vehicles equipment or interfere with the driver’s ability to operate the vehicle safely. If you are unsure, contact your Geotab Authorized Reseller or Installer.
  • Page 7 Checking your Installation: ● Using your PC or a smartphone, visit install.geotab.com. This web site is the final step to ensure your GO device is working. Note: do not add www.

  • Page 8: Map Types

    Free, open collaborative maps that can be improved or corrected by anyone contributing, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap. Setup your own login on the map website www.osm.org and start editing any mistakes or add posted road speed information to the maps. Geotab updates their maps on the my servers about once every month.
  • Page 9 This map type does not currently support traffic or street imagery. Custom Maps There is powerful custom maps support available - any maps that are supported by OpenLayers see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenLayers are supported. Examples of supported map types are: ● ArcGIS REST Servers ●...

  • Page 10: Live Tracking

    These can be administered from Administration- >Options. The view that is at the top of the list of all the predefined views is the default view that will be used when opening a new map. Zones can be shown or hidden to reduce clutter. New Routes can be added.
  • Page 11 Clicking on a map By clicking on the map, the following options are available ● Adding a zone will create a zone of the default size and square shape at the point clicked. This is useful for quickly creating zones and it can be edited afterwards. ●...
  • Page 12 By importing customers, office locations or other places into the system, these zone names will show instead of the address. If the location is a zone then it is underlined with the following to show the type of the zone. ●...
  • Page 13 Each vehicles track will be shown in a different color on the map. The colored bar to the left of the trip data indicates the color of that vehicles track on the map. The map itself has an automatic legend that shows at the bottom. Each exception applicable to the map and the stop icons are shown.
  • Page 14 Moving the mouse over the trail will show more info like time, speed and exceptions. When viewing trips on a map, the software will automatically push your left menu out of the way. To get the menu back, click on the orange line located to the left side of the page.
  • Page 15 What is a Trip? A trip is defined as one stop to the next. Stops can be ignition off events or idle stops where the vehicle is left running but it has not moved for a period of time. If the device in the vehicle can sense that the engine is no longer running (rpm), then Checkmate knows that a trip has ended.
  • Page 16 It is used to show where places are: like your office or depot, customers, airport, gas stations, states or areas. Also, to assist you with how much time drivers are spending at your customer zones, home zones etc. Zones are an important part of productivity analysis. To add a zone, click the Add Zone button.
  • Page 17 Zones can be imported in bulk, which is quick and easy, particularly if you have a lot of zones. You can enter an unlimited amount of zones. Through the use of zones, more meaningful reports can be created within the software, which displays your customer and office location information.
  • Page 18 The software can now recognize stops within zones, such as customer areas, and also indicate the amount of time spent at these locations. To change the shape of a zone, find the zone on the map or search for it in the zones list. Click on the zone and the menu as shown below will appear.
  • Page 19 A Microsoft Excel file is need with one of the two options below The SDK can be used by a developer to automatically synchronise customers into the system from a completely different application. Routing Send routes to garmin...
  • Page 20 Add routes on map and optimize...
  • Page 21 Messaging A Garmin device can be added to a GO 6 or GO 4v3 device using a cable purchased from a reseller Messages can be sent to any vehicle with a Garmin or to a group of vehicles. An inbox with replies that automatically update is used to manage this. Dispatch...

  • Page 22: Vehicle Setup

    Attach a GPS Navigation device (Garmin Nuvi) to a GO Device and allow the sending of messages, routing to location and changing of status in vehicle. Driver receives turn-by-turn navigation instructions to destination. Dispatcher sees current status on map using different colors. Dispatch vehicle to zone, address or any location on a map.
  • Page 23 Quickly import vehicles into Checkmate. Copy and paste from Excel and CSV files, or just type. The serial number should come first, followed by a tab, comma, or space, and then the vehicle description. Vehicles should be separated by a line break. Example: GV-xxx-xxxx-xxx Truck 123 Once complete, MyGeotab will automatically start receiving data from your vehicle(s).
  • Page 25 Driver feedback Groups For more information on how to set up groups and best practices click here.
  • Page 26 Detailed device info This advanced info is shown by clicking the more details button.

  • Page 28: Custom Parameters

    Custom Parameters Geotab support can provide special code that needs to be pasted into the custom parameters form. This looks something like: <Parameter Description="Log Debug" Offset="13" IsEnabled="true" Bytes="80" /> This unlocks special functionality and features and should be used with care.
  • Page 29 Install History This shows a report that extracts the data that was recorded when the installer tested the vehicle at http://install.geotab.com. Auxiliary Groups Auxiliary groups are used to make it easier for companies who wire in their auxiliaries to specific functions to group and manage those functions.
  • Page 30 Exceptions Checkmate has taken the best practices for rules and made them available for one click activation. This can be accessed under Rules & Groups -> Rules. The rules are broken up into three categories - safety, productivity and fleet. Safety relates to changing driving behaviour to reduce accident risk.
  • Page 31 These one click rules can be customized using the buttons below. The pen button allows customizing the rule. This very useful because you can use any one click rule as a template and then customize it to only apply to a specific driver or group very easily.
  • Page 33 Who and how to notify when a rule is broken The following notifications are available: ● An email can be sent to someone or to a group. ● A popup can be shown to a user if checkmate is open. ●...

  • Page 34: Email Templates

    ● An urgent pop up when the user is on the Checkmate website ● A notification to the user that is added to their notification list Email templates ● Create custom email messages sent to users when exception rules are violated. ●...
  • Page 35 Please note that there is a variable delay from when data is sent from the vehicle to the server and when the data is processed against a rule. Notifications for certain types of rule violations may thus be delayed slightly. If it is important to notify the driver real time, then please validate if this method meets your requirements.
  • Page 37 The following are examples of types of rules that can be created in this advanced editor: ● Entering or leaving a zone ● Backup faster than a speed ● Seatbelt not worn above certain speed ● Dangerous Driving Use the Exceptions report that is available under Rules and Groups to review which vehicles have broken which rules.

  • Page 38: Speed Graph

    Automotive Acceleration (g force monitoring) The table below gives the acceleration values experienced by a driver in different vehicle types. It is important to note that a typical car is quite different to a large truck. These values can be used when custom acceleration rules are created but the application already has some good built in defaults.
  • Page 39 See this link to get started. Geotab will update the OSM maps every month or so - so the changes will take a while to reflect. The navteq maps are updated every 6 months. Posted roadspeed data is not completely accurate. Especially residential roads in Canada and certain rural areas in the US.
  • Page 41 Groups ● Groups are a very powerful feature to organize your Checkmate system. It allows you to create a structure that groups your vehicles, rules, zones and users into different groupings based on how you need to see data in your organization. ●...
  • Page 42 ● Create your own groups and make them as complex or simple as you like. ● An example of a group setup: ○ The location node can be used to separate the assets into the area they service. ○ The report node is used for emailed reporting to ensure that the right report goes to the right team member at each location Risk &...
  • Page 43 If you install Checkmate on a standalone server in your own organisation then the following are the minimum requirements: Web Server These are the same specifications Geotab uses on its internal My Servers ● .Net Framework 4.0 SP 1 ● Windows Server 2003/2008/R2 64 bit ●...
  • Page 44 ● Ports required to be open: 80 and 443 Client ● .Net Framework 2.0 SP 1 ● Windows Vista(SP1), Windows XP(SP2 and SP3), Windows 7- 32bit/64bit, Windows 8 ● Minimum 2GB RAM ● Internet Access - High Speed for best performance ●...
  • Page 45 ● Using Excel to create custom reports allows great looking charts, reports with formulas and calculations and customization of the color and fonts to suit your business needs. ● These reports can be scheduled to be delivered via email. ● Dashboards can be created with custom graphs. ●...

  • Page 46: System Options

    ● The total number of bytes in emails that a particular rule or a scheduled report sends in one hour is less than 250 MB ● The total number of emails that a rule or a scheduled report sends in one hour must be less than 250 If the limit is exceeded, the emailing is disabled and the user can fix the report or notification and re-enable it.

  • Page 48: Vehicle Maintenance

    Audit Log This lists the audit of any event that happens in the system. This is useful to see in summary what parts of the system are being used by who and also maintains the security and integrity. Audit logs can also be used to monitor employee use of the system. Service Statues To view the health and status of the internal services of the system you can go to Administration->System->Service Statuses.
  • Page 49 This is a useful feature to track for example ● tire rotation ● minor and major services ● leases expiring This report will show upcoming reminders that need to be actioned. You can choose for example to see any reminders becoming due in the next 45 days. Reminders can be setup by clicking Setup Reminders.
  • Page 50 Table of Hardware Features Standard Features Device Optimal Driver In cab driver Feedback on PTO 3rd Trip Old touch install logging rating Feedback server rule party expansion storage integration GO4v3 2000 miles ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 2000 miles ✓...
  • Page 51 data engine Protocol ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Communication Options Device 2G GSM 3G HSPA CDMA Garmin Iridium WIFI RF local download GO4v3 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓...
  • Page 52 3rd Parties with devices like weigh scales can integrate through a free SDK Geotab has an open protocol that any 3rd party can send serial data to the GO device. That data is automatically sent to the Checkmate database and tagged with location and date and time ●...
  • Page 53 VIN Support for extra GM information ● Remote Scan Tool This allows Geotab support to remotely communicate directly with the engine computer. This is useful for adding support for new vehicle types remotely and troubleshooting any issues ●...
  • Page 54 900 Mhz radio is used to upload data for vehicles when they return back to the office in range of a special downloader that plugs into the network. The range is around 1000ft ● Accident reconstruction The device records in second by second resolution the last 100 seconds of position and speed data for detailed analysis of what happened in an accident The force being applied to the vehicle in any direction is recorded.

  • Page 55: Engine Data

    Geotab support for help. A general rule is that the newer the vehicle, the more data will be available.
  • Page 56 Security Clearances Security clearances are used in Checkmate to give only the functionality that is needed to particular users. This is important to: ● Ensure users only access what they are authorized for ● Simplifies Checkmate by removing menu items making it easier to use...

  • Page 57: Software Development Kit (Sdk)

    While the clearances can be customized, by default the clearances are: ● Administrator. This user has full and complete access to the system ● Supervisor. The user can administer most things but not users and database wide things like engine data, server status and system settings ●...

  • Page 58: Upgrading From Previous Versions

    Click here for the SDK faq and for getting started. Even includes a mini version of Checkmate with source code Individual pages eg. map of a vehicle can be embedded in your own webpages Upgrading from Previous Versions Upgrading from a previous version of Checkmate to 5.6 is a mostly automatic process, and you should be up and running without a hassle.
  • Page 59 2. Add a generic diagnostic, by using the “Add Engine Diagnostic” button, and add to the conditions. Open the advanced rule conditions editor by clicking on the script icon and copy or take note of the new ID:...
  • Page 60 ● Use groups for different customer types. That way reports will group and categorize automatically. ● Get minutes per customer visit or minutes spent visiting by category. ● In an actual case study, a large company using Geotab saves 3% on labour by monitoring how much time was done doing their customers’ deliveries.
  • Page 61 ● For asset utilization, Checkmate can tell what percentage of vehicles are not being driven over time and by region. In an actual case study, a large company using Geotab reduced their unutilized assets to 4% from a the industry standard of 10% or more.
  • Page 62 Optional integration with Asset Management System to provide repair data ● Best repair practices Data provides repair information Reduced unneeded parts expense ● Condition exceptions and threshold alerts based on like vehicles (peers) ● Scheduled component (brakes, starter, filters, alternator, etc.) maintenance based on: Ignition Cycles Hours Miles...

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