User manual for "Samsara ELD"

Driver App
User Manual

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Table of Contents
Your Day in the Samsara App
1 Starting
Your Shift

2 During
the Day

3 Ending
Your Shift

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Advanced Features

Check Vehicle for ELD Materials

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Sign In & Select Vehicle

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Complete Pre-Trip DVIR (if appropriate)

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Add Log Form Data (if appropriate)

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Start Driving

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Take a Break

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Annotate Your Log

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DOT Inspection

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Transfer Logs

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Complete Post-Trip DVIR (if appropriate)

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Edit Your Log (if appropriate)

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Certify Your Logs

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Go Off Duty & Sign Out

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4 Special Duty
Statuses

Yard Move

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Personal Conveyance

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5 Alerts &
Prompts

Approval of Carrier Edits

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Uncertified Log

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Unassigned Hours

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Malfunction

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YOUR DAY IN THE SAMSARA APP

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Starting Your Shift
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Check Vehicle for ELD Materials

Sign In & Select Vehicle

The below items must be kept in-vehicle to be compliant
with the ELD mandate.

Write your login details down for easy access. If you
dont have login details yet, or youve forgotten them,
contact your Carrier administrator.
1. Download and open the Samsara Driver App.

This Driver App User Manual
Samsara DOT Instruction Sheet
Blank records of duty status graphs (8 days or more)

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2. Enter your login details and tap Sign In.

Complete Pre-Trip DVIR (if appropriate)
If driver vehicle inspection reports (DVIRs) are
appropriate for your vehicle, add a new pre-trip
inspection report:
1. From the DVIR view, review any existing DVIRs
for this vehicle.

3. Select your vehicle from the list, or search for one.

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2. To create a new report, tap Add Report.

4. Select Pre-Trip then tap Add/Remove Vehicle
Defects and review each item on the list against
your vehicle.

3. If you are presently Off Duty, you will be
prompted to go On Duty (not driving) before
beginning your DVIR.

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5. If defects are found, select the applicable defects and
enter a description and optional photo. Tap Done to
save. If Trailer is applicable, repeat step 4 for trailer.

Add Log Form Data (if appropriate)
1. From the Hours of Service view, tap Log.

2. Enter Trailer and/or Shipping IDs.

6. Tap Next and select Vehicle is SAFE to drive or
Vehicle needs attention. To certify, tap Certify
and Save.
3. Tap Overview to save Trailer and Shipping IDs edits.
Dont Certify Too Early:
Do not tap Certify and Submit unless you intend to
certify your log for the entire day.

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Start Driving
Once youve completed all of the pre-trip tasks in this
section, youre ready to drive.
When the vehicle begins moving, your duty status will
automatically switch to Driving, in accordance with
the ELD mandate.

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YOUR DAY IN THE SAMSARA APP

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During the Day
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Take a Break

Annotate Your Log

When the vehicle has stopped moving for 5 minutes,
your duty status will automatically be set to On Duty
(not driving). When its time for a break, you can change
your status to Off Duty. If you will use your vehicles
sleeper berth, you can set your driving status to the
Sleeper Berth option.

1. From the Hours of Service view, tap Log.

1. From the Hours of Service view, tap Current Status.
2. Tap the arrows to select the log date for the remark.

2. Select a duty status, then tap Save.

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3. Tap Add Remark, enter a description, then tap Save.

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DOT Inspection

Transfer Logs

During an inspection, present your electronic logging
device and the Samsara DOT Instruction Sheet to the
official per below.

1. From DOT Inspection screen, tap Transfer Logs.

1. From the Hours of Service view, tap Inspection.

2. Hand device and DOT Instruction Sheet to official
for review.

2. Select Wireless Web Services or Email.

3. Tap Overview when official is done reviewing.

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YOUR DAY IN THE SAMSARA APP

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Ending your Shift
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Complete Post-Trip DVIR (if appropriate)

Edit Your Log (if appropriate)

If driver vehicle inspection reports (DVIRs) are appropriate
for your vehicle, add a post-trip inspection report:

Per the ELD mandate, you cannot edit start or end times
for Driving status. To make other log edits, see below.

1. Follow the instructions for creating a new DVIR using the
Add Report button.

1. From the Hours of Service view, tap Log.

2. Set the DVIR type to Post-Trip.
3. Complete and certify the DVIR.
2. Tap the log time chart.

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3. Edit the Start Time, End Time, and Duty Status.

Certify Your Logs
1. From the Hours of Service view, tap Log.

2. Tap the arrows to select the log date youd
like to certify.
4. Enter a description for the log change.
5. Tap Save log update.

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3. Tap Certify and Submit.

Go Off Duty & Sign Out
Once youve completed all of the post-trip tasks in this
section, youre ready to end your shift on the app. You
must both go Off Duty and Sign Out from the Samsara
Driver app to end your shift.

Set Off Duty Status

4. Read the certification statement and tap
Agree - Submit.

1. Follow previous instructions to access the duty
status change menu. Set your status to Off Duty
2. Tap Save after optionally entering a remark
or location.
Dont forget to go Off Duty:
If you logout without entering shift information, you will
remain On Duty. If you have already certified your log,
your carrier administrator must be contacted to update
your log.

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Sign Out
1. Return to the Samsara Home screen if it is not
already displayed.
2. Tap the Sign Out button at the bottom of the screen.
3. Note: You may be prompted more than once before
logging out. For more details, see the section
Advanced Features > Alerts & Prompts.
Dont forget to Sign Out:
If you remain logged in on a vehicle, even when Off
Duty, driving time accumulated by another driver on
that vehicle could be applied to your driving record.

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ADVANCED FEATURES

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Special Duty
Statuses

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Yard Move

Personal Conveyance

This duty status may be available for selection if
appropriate. When this status is selected before
driving, your duty status will not be automatically set to
Driving. To set this duty status:

This duty status may be available for selection if
appropriate. When this status is selected before
driving, your duty status will not be automatically set to
Driving. To set this duty status:

1. Follow previous instructions to access the duty
status change menu. Set your status to Yard Move.

1. Follow previous instructions to access the duty
status change menu. Set your status to
Personal Conveyance.

2. Enter a remark to describe the situation (required).
3. Tap Save.

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2. Enter a remark to describe the situation (required).
3. Tap Save.

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ADVANCED FEATURES

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Alerts & Prompts

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Approval of Carrier Edits

Uncertified Log

Carriers may edit your logs. These edits may be sent to
you for approval.

Uncertfied log alerts will appear upon sign in and sign
out if you forget to certify your logs.

1. To review edits, tap Review carrier edits.

1. To review uncertified logs, select Review and Certify.

2. Review all log dates listed. Certify all logs by
selecting Agree - Submit.

2. Reject or accept edits, as appropriate.

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Unassigned Hours

Malfunction

Unassigned hours alerts will appear if your vehicle has
unassigned hours. After sign in, you can use the app to
claim these unassigned hours.

Diagnostic and malfunction errors are displayed on the
Hours of Service screen.

1. Review unassigned hour notification.

2. Claim or reject unassigned hours, as appropriate.

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1. From the Hours of Service view, tap D (diagnostic) or
M (malfunction) to view error source. Review all log
dates listed. Certify all logs by selecting
Agree - Submit.

2. Contact your Carrier administrator to
resolve malfunction.

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