User manual for "Atlas"

HOS-Reporter Mobile App
Drivers Guide
Rev 1.09

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Table of Contents
Introduction and Compliance ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Certification ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Account Types ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Logging On ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Driver Login ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Atlas Bluetooth Discovery and Pairing ............................................................................................................................... 5
Atlas Diagnostics ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Vehicle Profile ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Driver Profile and Team Drivers ............................................................................................................................................ 7
Creating Shipments ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Assumption of Unidentified Records .................................................................................................................................... 8
Malfunction and Diagnostic Indicators ................................................................................................................................. 9
Changing Driver Status .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Personal Use, Yard Moves and Exemptions ....................................................................................................................... 10
Violation Timers .................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Reviewing, Editing and Certifying Logs ............................................................................................................................... 11
Creating Annotations........................................................................................................................................................... 12
Logbook and Exporting Driver Logs..................................................................................................................................... 12

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INTRODUCTION AND COMPLIANCE
The HOS-Reporter Mobile App, when installed with an Atlas in-vehicle telematic device, is complaint as an ELD
with FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) and CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) title 49 part
395 AOBRD 395.15, 395.16 and the latest modifications to the rule.
There is a Certification menu option indicating that the mobile app, and telematic device are certified and listed
by the FMCSA.
The driver's log file exported by the HOS-Reporter app is generated according to the latest ELD specifications
and ELD data element dictionary released by the FMCSA.
Regulations the HOS-Reporter Mobile App is compliant with:
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60-hour/7 day or 70-hour/8 day Rules
34-hour week restart (with latest suspension of two periods 1:00am-5:00am)
11 hours driving for the day
14 hours on-duty for the day
Sleeper Berth provision
Passenger Seat provision
Personal Conveyance provision
30 minute break provision
Location recording for vehicle engine on/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 telematic device (ELD) performs self-test, and self-test upon request of an authorized safety
assurance official

The HOS-Reporter Mobile App is not compliant for (exclusions):
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Passenger-carrying vehicles
States of Hawaii and Alaska

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CERTIFICATION
As a substitute for an exterior faceplate, a Certification menu item will display the certification image as
evidence that the HOS-Reporter Mobile App and the telematic device has been tested and certified as meeting
the ELD performance requirements.

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ACCOUNT TYPES
Driver:
Unique, per-driver account under 49 CFR Parts 385, 386, 390, and 395 regulations (herein HOS). This account
logs the record-of-duty-status (RODS) changes and allows the export of driver records for display, print and
output file generation.
Support: (Carrier Admin)
Account used by the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) carrier and HOS-Reporter to setup, configure, update,
and troubleshoot the mobile app and the telematic device. No duty status changes are recorded with this
account and no access to driver RODS changes are permitted under the support account.
Non-authenticated:
All operation of a CMV is recorded under this account if no driver has logged into the HOS-Reporter Mobile App.
Non-authenticated records (vehicle movement and on-duty time) are stored on the telematic device and in the
CMV carrier account and should be as

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