User manual for "ST20 ELD"

November 2017 -Rev. 1.17
Driver must carry this document, either on paper or electronically, inside the vehicle

Suntech ELD - Hours of Service (HOS)
Mobile APP - Drivers Guide Booklet

INTRODUCTION AND COMPLIANCE

The latest HOS Mobile APP, released on the first half of 2015, is complaint
with US Federal FMCSA title 49 part 395 AOBRD 395.15, 395.16 and the
latest modifications to the rule including the current suspension of the two
1am to 5am OFF duty periods for the 34 hours restart.
There is Certification menu option that indicates that the mobile APP,
mobile device used were self-certified according to federal requirement.
The driver's log file exported by the mobile APP is generated according to
the latest ELD data element dictionary released by FMCSA.

Contents

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- Introduction and compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- FMCSA certification
................................. 3
- Account types (driver, support personnel, non-authenticated) . . . . . . 3
LOGGING ON
- Driver login and Support Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- Bluetooth device discovery and pairing. ELD diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DRIVERS ACTIVITIES - BEFORE CHANGING DRIVER STATUS
- Vehicle profile
................................. 6
- Drivers profile. Team drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- Creating shipments
................................. 7
- Assumption of unidentified records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- Malfunction/Diagnostic indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
WORKING WITH THE APP AND CREATING DRIVER LOGS
- Personal use, yard moves and exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- Changing drivers status and Principal screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- Remaining times
................................. 9
- Violations (proactive notifications and occurrence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
- Reviewing, editing, exporting and certifying drivers logs . . . . . . . . . . 10
- DOT Inspection (ELD LOCK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
- Creating annotations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Regulations the mobile APP is compliant with:
- 60-hour/7 days or 70-hour/8 days Rules
- 34 hour week restart with latest suspension of two periods 1-5am
- 11 hours driving for the day
- 14 hours on duty for the day
- Sleeper Berth provision
- Passenger Seat provision
- Personal Conveyance provision
- 30 minutes break provision
- Canada Cycle 1 and 2 Regulations
- Location recording for vehicles engine turned on and off, and location
recording every 60 minutes if vehicle is moving
- Mobile device permits duty status changes only when the vehicle is at
rest
- The mobile device warns the driver, visually and/or audibly of any
malfunction
- When the vehicle is stationary for 5 minutes or more, the mobile device
will default to on-duty not driving and the driver must enter the proper
status
- The mobile device (ELD) performs self-test, as well as a self-test at any
point upon request of an authorized safety assurance official
The HOS Mobile APP is not compliant for (exclusions):
- Passenger-carrying vehicles
- States of Hawaii and Alaska

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FMCSA REGISTRATION

As a substitution to an exterior faceplate, a Certification menu item will
display the certification image as evidence that the mobile device has been
tested, certified and approved as meeting the performance requirements.

ELD Identifier: Suntech
ELD Registration ID: pending

SUPPORT PERSONNEL

The Suntech ELD supports multiple ECM-linked devices including wireless
and wired hardware. For wired devices (e.g. Suntech ST20, CalAmp
LMU4230, CalAmp VeoSphere) the tablet must be plugged to the ECMlinked device at all times in order to read required ECM data.
For the ELD to properly read required engine data, the vehicles engine
must be turned on and running. Please, wait for about 10 seconds, after
turning the engine on, for the engine data to be available.
When an ELD is installed the first time, support personnel must do the
initial configuration and diagnostic of the ELD.

Bluetooth discovery and pairing. ELD Diagnostic

From the login screen select the Support option from the menu (top right
corner). The support personnel will scan for ECM-Link devices. Bluetooth
must be enabled on the phone/tablet.
In order to help you identify the ECM-linked device you need to connect to,
some vehicles are equipped with a small decal showing the ECM-linked
device ID:

ACCOUNT TYPES

Driver: Unique, per-driver account used by drivers under 49 CFR Parts 385,
386, 390, and 395 regulations (hereon HOS). This account records duty
status changes (RODS) and allows the export of drivers records for display,
print and agent output file generation.
Support: Account used by the carrier and ELD manufacturer to setup,
configure, update and troubleshoot the ELD. No duty status changes are
recorded with this account and no access to drivers record of duty status
changes is permitted under the support account.
Non-authenticated: All operation of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) is
recorded under this account (a.k.a Unidentified Driver) if no driver has
logged into the ELD. Non-authenticated records (vehicle movement and
on-duty time) are stored on the ELD as well as the carrier and should be
assumed by a driver account.
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On the ELD, select the ECM-linked devices ID
showing on the dashboards decal (if vehicle
equipped with decal).
Once the ECM-Link device shows in the screen, tap on it and a diagnostic
will be performed on the EDL to make sure all necessary functionality is
available. Once the diagnostic passes, the ELD is ready for driver operation.
In order for the ELD to be compliant several parameters must be acquired
from the vehicles Engine Control Module (ECM) and other internal
systems have to be 

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