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Hours of Service Enhancements

We have enhanced our automated “Hours of Service” interface as follows:

  1. In trip monitor, there are now ACTIVE flags to WARN you if a driver will run out of hours on an active load.
  2. When dispatching a load, the system will actively WARN you if the driver does not have enough hours left in the DAY or the DRIVING WEEK to complete the load you are dispatching them on.
  3. In the vehicle address book (list of vehicles), there is a quick filter that lets you see all trucks with drivers managed by the automated hours of service system.

These enhancements

  • Make it easier to manage your fleet of drivers and their respective available hours in real time.
  • Improve the ability for your dispatchers to ensure your drivers adhere to the “hours of service” regulations.
  • Proactively warn you of potential hours of service issues.
  • improve your ability to meet CSA 2010 legislated requirements.

Recognition: Sylectus integrates with the QUALCOMM (US) and Shaw Tracking (Canadian) automated “Hours of Service” technology. Sylectus provides this “hours of service” data via a real-time interface with Qualcomm / Shaw as an add-on productivity/compliance feature to our AllianceVF and AlliancePro subscribers.

Here are more details about the enhancements:

In trip monitor, there are now ACTIVE flags to warn you if a driver will run out of hours on an active load.
  • In trip monitor,
    • If the driver has less than 2 hours driving time left, their “Hours of Service” value will turn YELLOW. It will turn RED if they have less than 30 minutes of driving time left.
    • If the driver does not have enough “available hours” to make the next stop “protect time”, their available driving hours will turn RED.
  • In trip monitor, we now show
    • The “number of minutes” it will take the driver to reach the “next stop”;
    • The “number of minutes” they will have left in their daily driving hours AFTER they reach the next stop.
    • If he “number of minutes” they will have left in their daily driving hours AFTER they reach the next stop is negative, we will show this value in RED.

Here is a screen shot of where you will find the data.

When dispatching a load, the system will actively WARN you if the driver does not have enough hours left in the DAY or the DRIVING WEEK to complete the load you are dispatching them on.

When dispatching a load, the system will:

  • Calculate the total time required to run the load from first pick up to final delivery.
  • Compare the “trip hours” to the selected driver “available hours”, both today and “this week” (based on the drivers hours of service “week”).
  • Clearly indicate (WARN) if the driver has insufficient hours to complete the assigned load.

Here is a screen shot of a portion of the “Dispatching” screen showing “Hours of Service” warnings.

In the vehicle address book (list of vehicles), there is a quick filter that lets you see all trucks with drivers managed by the automated hours of service system.

Here is a screen shot of the Vehicle Address Book showing the ability to filter the search by trucks with the “Hours of Service” tracking.

Wherever the “Hours of Service” hours are shown, you can “Drill Down” to see the detailed hours of service data. Here is a quick snapshot of one of the key data screens showing “Hours of Service” data:

The data on the screen is as follows:
  • Last Checked/Pulled by Sylectus: The date and time the Sylectus system last performed a poll of the QUALCOMM Hours of Service (QHOS) data. The Sylectus system will poll QHOS about every 5 minutes.
  • Last Available Hours Recalculated by QHOS: The date/time that QUALCOMM last recalculated the HOURS OF SERVICE data for this driver.
  • Current Duty Status: Shows the current status of the driver and can be one of:
    1. Off Duty
    2. Sleeper Berth
    3. Driving
    4. On Duty, Not Driving
    5. Off Duty, Driving
  • Last Duty Change: Shows the date/time when the driver changed to the current duty status.
  • Today Available Driving Hours: Number of minutes of available driving time available today.
  • Today Available Duty Hours: Number of minutes of available duty time available today.
  • This Week Remaining Duty Hours: Number of minutes remaining in total cumulative on-duty time for the week.
  • Today On-Duty: Total minutes spent on-duty today starting at the driver’s depot DOT “Start of Day”.
  • Today Off-Duty: Total minutes spent off-duty today starting at the driver’s depot DOT “Start of Day”.
  • Today Sleeper: Total minutes spent in the sleeper berth today starting at the driver’s depot DOT “Start of Day”.
  • Today Drive Total minutes spent driving today starting at the driver’s depot DOT “Start of Day”.
  • Yesterday On-Duty: Total minutes spent on-duty yesterday starting at the driver’s depot DOT “Start of Day”.
  • Yesterday Off-Duty: Total minutes spent off-duty yesterday starting at the driver’s depot DOT “Start of Day”.
  • Yesterday Sleeper: Total minutes spent in the sleeper berth yesterday starting at the driver’s depot DOT “Start of Day”.
  • Yesterday Drive Total minutes spent driving yesterday starting at the driver’s depot DOT “Start of Day”.

Thanks to Stephanie Doak from Bolt Express for these great suggestions.

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