Counters

To work with counters, the Edit counters access right is required.

On the General tab, apart from other properties, you can configure the mileage, engine hours and GPRS traffic counters.

Mileage counter

You can select one of the following mileage calculation methods:

MethodDescription
GPS

Calculation based on GPS coordinates (possible for any unit).

Mileage sensor

Calculation based on the mileage sensor.
Relative odometerCalculation based on the Relative odometer sensor which counts the distance travelled since the last message.
GPS + engine ignition sensorCalculation based on GPS coordinates and the readings of the ignition sensor.

When using the GPS or GPS + engine ignition sensor method for mileage calculation, altitude is taken into account. However, if the difference between its values from the last received message and the previous one exceeds 500 metres, altitude is ignored.

If a sensor (including a validation sensor) needs a parameter from the previous message, such a sensor cannot be used as a method of mileage calculation. The exception is the relative odometer.

The selected calculation method influences the data in reports (mileage, duration), tracks (mileage), and messages (distance). If the selected method is based on a sensor which is not configured for the unit, the mileage values are equal to zero.

Questions and answers

Reports show incorrect mileage. What should I do?

Possible explanations and actions:

1. Outliers of data.

To detect such outliers, build a track of unit movement for the appropriate period. Outliers of data will be seen on the track as dashed lines.

Ways to overcome outliers:

  • Enable filtering of unit positional information in messages (on the Advanced tab of unit properties). This will not affect old messages but applied to new ones.
  • To correct data in reports, change settings of trip detection, in particular, reduce Maximum interval between messages and increase Minimum satellites.

2. Incorrect settings or operation of the mileage counter.

  • Check the mileage counter settings on the General tab of unit properties.

Engine hours counter

The counter of engine hours calculates the working time based on the following sensors:

  • engine ignition sensor;
  • sensor of absolute engine hours;
  • sensor of relative engine hours.

The counter values are indicated in hours, therefore, you can use fractional values rounded to the nearest hundredths. Use a point as a separator.

If a sensor (including a validation sensor) needs a parameter from the previous message, such a sensor cannot be used as the method of calculating engine hours. The exception is the sensor of relative engine hours.

The counter of engine hours is used in many report tables.

GPRS traffic counter

The GPRS traffic counter is designed to calculate the volume of the received and transmitted traffic.

To reset the counter, click Reset counter. Immediately after that, the system will suggest saving the counter value in the unit history.

You can run the GPRS traffic report for this counter.

Counter values

In the Current value field opposite each counter, you can specify the value from which mileage, engine hours or traffic should be calculated.

For the counter values, the following limitations apply:

CounterMaximum value
Odometer2 668 767 km or 4 294 967 miles
Engine hours counter1 193 046
GPRS traffic counter4 194 303

Enable the Auto option to the right of the field in order for new data to be added to the specified value automatically.

To reset counter values manually, type 0 in the Current value field.

In addition to the method mentioned above, you can set and reset counter values using jobs or notifications.

The values of engine hours and mileage counters can be shown in the unit tooltip and in the extended unit information.

The Timeout option from the sensor properties and the Maximum interval between messages option from the Advanced tab are taken into account only in reports and don’t work for counters online, except for the ignition sensor selected for the engine hours counter (see above).

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