Teletouch Communications has introduced its new generation of wireless mobile
asset tracking products with start/stop motion detection.
In addition to traditional location reporting features, these new tracking
products notify fleet managers when a trailer is in motion and when it breaks
a designated "geofence" (the borders of a specific area, such as
a terminal).
When a trailer starts or stops moving, the devices transmit the location
and other data, via satellite, to the mapping software at the trucking company's
fleet management office. By knowing when a trailer is moving and when it is
on course, companies can log time more effectively and develop more efficient
routing, billing and payment procedures.
"One of this product's greatest benefits is that, for under $350, Teletouch
customers are getting a unit with a motion feature that isn't even available
on competing products that cost two or three times as much," said Teletouch
president J Kernan Crotty. "In addition, our mobile asset tracking product
sends notifications only when alarms are triggered or at predefined intervals,
meaning it costs Teletouch customers only pennies to know where a trailer
is and when it started or stopped moving."
The entirely self-contained, durable and cost-effective tracking products,
which are attached discreetly to trailers, are available in three formats.
All three feature the start/stop functionality.
There is a one-way device that sends reports at designated intervals, a two-way
device that is "pingable," and a line-powered device that is attached
to a power source on the tractor or trailer portion of a truck and sends out
information regarding location, fuel level and overspeed. Teletouch also makes
these devices with a detachable antenna, meaning the device can be mounted
on flatbed trailers and inside the chassis rails of trailers.
"Teletouch is the only company that provides start/stop notification
capabilities, and we're the only company that can mount a device so it is
possible to track a flatbed trailer or a chassis," Crotty said. "Pair
those unique elements with our price points, and Teletouch is the only choice
when it comes to asset tracking."
