- Trip starts
- Movement starts (departure)
- Event starts
- Event ends
- Event
- Movement ends (halt)
- Trip ends
Depending on the unit type, the start of a trip (or the start of a sub-trip) can be configured in the mobile device properties.
You can choose whether the start of a trip will be recorded when speed or revs are detected OR any of these options:
- A driver is identified and ignition is turned on.
- As soon as the ignition is turned on even if no driver has been identified.
By default, turning the ignition on will only start a trip if a driver has been identified. Note that the unit will always start a trip if speed or engine RPM is detected. For organizations where ELD is enabled, the option will however default to the "as soon as the ignition is turned on even if no driver has been identified" setting, which will be hidden from the UI. Read Mobile device settings when ELD is enabled for other default trip settings for ELD-enabled assets.
See the depiction below:
NOTE: When ignition starts and a vehicle is idling and the active driver is changed, the current trip will end and a new trip will be started for the new driver.
If you have a unit that supports sub-trips (FM units, certain VT units, MiX 4000, MiX 6000), the sub-trip functionality will be enabled by default.
DEFINITION: A sub-trip is the portion of a trip between the vehicle's departure (or the start of a trip for the first sub-trip) and the start of the following sub-trip.
Note that you can set the duration the vehicle should be standing with the ignition and engine off before a trip will be considered complete. This is known as the arming delay. Thus, arming delay is the length of time that the vehicle must be inactive before a trip ends and the unit re-arms. If the ignition is switched on again, within the arming delay period, the trip will not be ended, and the normal standing delay rules will apply. See the scenario below for an example.
You can set the standing delay to determine the duration the vehicle should be stationary before the next movement starts a new sub-trip. Standing delay indicates the length of time that the vehicle must be stationary while in a trip before a sub-trip is ended and a new sub-trip started. See the scenario below for an example.
See below for an example of the settings screen and the default values:
You can choose to be notified when sub-trips start and end by checking the option to send active messages on sub-trip start and sub-trip end box in mobile device properties. This is only available when there is a speed source.
See below for a examples to explain sub-trips in further detail:
Sub-trip depiction
The example below contains one trip with two sub-trips:
- Trip start
- Sub-trip one start
- Movement start (departure)
- Movement end (halt)
- Sub-trip 1 end
- Movement start (departure)
- Sub-trip 2 start
- Movement end (halt)
- Sub-trip end
- Trip end
Note that the light blue is an indication of when movement started and not necessarily when a sub-trip started. When movement starts however (e.g. after standing time) the sub-trip will subsequently be generated from the start of the trip, therefore at point 2 as shown above and in the example below.
The example below contains four sub-trips in one trip:
- Trip Start
- First sub-trip start (1)
- Movement start (departure)
- Movement end (halt)
- First sub-trip end
- Movement starts and the second sub-trip starts (2)
- Second sub-trip end
- Movement starts and third sub-trip starts (3)
- Third sub-trip end
- Movement starts and fourth sub-trip starts (4)
- Movement ends.
- Sub-trip four ends and the entire trip ends
Sub-trip scenario
The picture above depicts a trip containing 3 sub-trips. The red lines indicate events and the blue lines indicate idling events.
- At 10:56 ignition was turned on.
- 10:57 - 10:58 the vehicle moved.
- The driver kept the vehicle running while loading stock.
- 11:04 - 11:12 the vehicle moved.
- Driver kept the vehicle running while unloading
- 11:25 ignition was turned off.
Notes:
Standing delay = 2 minutes.
Arming delay = 1 minute
The idle event was set up to trigger when speed is less than 10km/hour.
11:01 Event 1 - Door open occurred.
11:13 Event 2 - Door open occurred.
11:19 Event 3 - Over speeding occurred.
Explanation
The trip duration is from 10:56 – 11:25, thus 39 minutes.
Driving time is from 10:57 – 10:58; 11:04 – 11:12; 11:15 – 11:21 thus 15 minutes.
Standing time is the trip duration time minus the driving time thus 14 minutes.
Depart is when movement starts, refer to the driving time indicated by the light blue on the timeline.
Halt is when movement ends.
Standing delay: after the vehicle came to a standstill at 10:58 the standing delay commenced. The vehicle did not depart within the 2 minutes therefore a halt occurred (end of light blue). This does not end the sub-trip however it only means that movement ended.
The sub-trip ends when the next sub-trip starts.
Sub-trip 1: 10:56 – 11:04 (duration: 8 minutes)
Sub-trip 2: 11:04 – 11:15 (duration: 11 minutes)
Sub-trip 3: 11:15 – 11:25 (duration: 10 minutes)
Event 1 occurred during sub-trip 1.
Event 2 occurred during sub-trip 2.
Event 3 occurred during sub-trip 3.
Arming delay was triggered when ignition was switched off at 11:25. At 11:26 the arming delay expired and the trip end time was calculated to be 11:25 because the arming delay has been set to 1 minute.
Idling time is the time that the idling event occurred as per set-up. The vehicle speed increased at 11:05 to be greater than 10 km/hour. At 11:10 the vehicle decreased speed below 10 km/hour. This means the idling event occurred from the trip start at 10:56 to 11:05 and can not be compared with standing time.
The second idling event occurred from 11:10 – 11:16.
Parking time
Parking time commences from the end of the last trip (including all the time out of trip, i.e. parked) for that period even if it is over midnight.
See the depiction below:
Standing time
Standing time indicates the time the vehicle spent standing, indicated in hours and minutes. Standing time is the time between halt (movement end) and depart (movement start). The standing time is also shown as a percentage of trip duration. It is the physical time that the vehicle was stationary within a trip, i.e. not moving. It is not recorded by the onboard computer but calculated by taking the trip duration time minus the driving time. It can be the time between the trip start and the first depart, the time between each halt and depart and the time between the last halt and the trip end. It can be possible that the engine is not running during the standing time (no revs) and the ignition is on but the asset is stationary.
In summary, if driving time indicates how long it took to drive from point A to point B; standing time is how long the ignition was on at point A and point B. Standing time is the part of the dark blue trip, not containing the light blue driving period on the .
Idle time
This shows the time spent idling, indicated in hours and minutes. Note that although idling time is shown as a percentage of trip duration, it cannot be reconciled with driving and standing time. Due to the way that these times are recorded, the idling time overlaps both driving and standing times, i.e. idling time can occur any time in the trip, including during driving time. Idling time is calculated based on the idle event setup for which the definition is controlled in the Event template. Condition to record this event is normally that the ignition is on, there are low engine revs (i.e. no power take-off being used) and the vehicle is stationary. This would cover engine warmup before starting to drive, pausing at traffic stops, etc. Idle is an event that can be seen below the trips on the Trip timeline.