Pausing Tracking on Assets

Fleet assets are sometimes used for a mix of business and personal. At some companies, employees regularly use personal assets for business. At other companies, company-owned assets may be authorized for personal use outside of work hours.

That's why GpsGate lets you switch between collecting tracking data and ignoring tracking data. This maintains fleet data integrity while honouring employees' data privacy rights. With GpsGate, you have a few options for pausing tracking depending on the needs of the fleet.

Ad hoc or infrequent switches

If a fleet asset's business vs. personal trips are ad hoc, they are not on a predictable or regular schedule. The stopping or starting of tracking is not a common occurrence. In this scenario, an operator can manually edit whether the server is receiving and logging a asset's position and tracking data - or ignoring it. Learn how to toggle tracking on & off.

Automated switching with high customization

Sometimes assets have a typical working schedule but you need flexibility. Scripting can automate the switch from tracking asset positions to ignoring asset positions. By using tags and scripting, the scheduling is highly customizable. Tags are flexible and easy to manage. If different assets maintain different schedules, you can also handle this using different tags. If assets or schedules change, you can easily switch tags. Learn how to automate schedules with scripting.

Automated switching with fixed schedules

Sometimes working hours are fixed across an organization and very predictable. This could allow you to set tracking schedules by roles. While not as flexible, this method doesn't require scripting. Learn more about the tracking schedule plugin.