Idle Monitoring with Vehicle Ignition On
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The first method is setting up the device to activate a digital input whenever a condition threshold is met; for example idle time.
The applications for this method are
- When you want a report showing whether a vehicle was idle for more than X minutes, non-accumulative.
- Idling with ignition on reports
In this example, we want an alert that will send an email when an asset has been parked with ignition on for more than 30 mins at a time, not accumulative over a time period.
System Parameters
For idling while the ignition is on, first go into Oemserver.com, search for your device and select it using the checkbox, then set a system parameter choosing Idle Monitoring with the following settings:

Telematics Guru
Go to TG and select Admin from the Top Menu and click Alerts and then select New Alert (Advanced)
General Tab
This is where you can set up the name of the Alert and how the message format is set up. By using 'Tokens' you can also provide information sourced from TG in the message.
Assets Tab
Assign the asset from the list
Conditions Tab
Under Digital Input, Change the Input number to the one you selected in oemserver. If you've renamed the input under 'Manage Assets' the new name will appear here, for eg. 'Idling'
Notifications Tab
Choose the addresses to send the alert to
Advanced
On the Advanced tab, you can format the email that is sent once the alert turns off. Also make sure the 'enabled' check box is ticked.
Idle Monitoring with Vehicle Ignition Off
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The second method of idle tracking is through TG exclusively, you can set up an alert to notify you when an asset is stationary and ignition off (parked) for a set period of time. This alert will trigger only once until the Ignition is turned on again.
First go to Admin >> Alerts and create a new advanced alert. You can set the first up however you'd like the Alert to appear in your email or SMS applications.
Once you select which asset you want the Alert to apply to in the Assets tab, click on the Conditions tab and enter the following (for example) to set the Alert to trigger when:
- The Ignition is OFF
- On a Weekday between 0900 and 1700
- For more than 30 minutes
Note: The conditions in this alert method, are set to AND conditions, not OR. therefore, ALL conditions must be true for the alert to fire.