User manual for "InTouch ELD - iOS"

InTouch ELD Quick
Reference Guide

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Logging on

Enter username and password and select the Login option, your logs will then be pulled through to the device. Logging into
the app for the first time will display the Select Equipment dialog. It will continue to display until the user chooses a specified
vehicle to use.

If the Driver is an Exempt Driver or a driver that operates under the short-haul exemption (395.1 (e)), upon logging in a dialog
will display confirming whether the driver chooses to continue as an exempt driver. By selecting the OK button, the No Logs
for Non-CDL-Driver Short-Haul Drivers operating within 150 air-miles exception will be enabled.
Note: The Connection bar which appears below the application header, only displays when the vehicle is disconnected to the
device. Yet, it can be removed if the close button is tapped.
If the driver logged into the application without the Location Services turned on, a snackbar will display on the main dashboard
and to other screens except for the screens navigated through the Settings menu. However, when the Location Services of
the device is enabled then the snackbar will no longer display.

Check Availability

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Before setting your initial status, you should first check that you have availability, select the Options button and then
select the Gain Time button.

Vehicle/Trailer

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To switch Vehicle or Trailer, select the Vehicle/Trailer option from within the Options screen, this will display the current
Vehicle and Trailer.
Switch Equipment by tapping the vehicle or trailer icon on the dashboard.
Vehicles and Trailers can also be filtered through text entry on the vehicle/trailer text fields. Text entry availability starts if
the total number of trailers/vehicles numbers 250 or more.
Switching or selecting a Vehicle with a preconfigured VBUS device enables the app to find and connect on the match
device.
Note: On the VBUS Settings, VBUS Data and Automatic Configuration should be enabled

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Change Status

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Set your Initial status by selecting the Start option and then select the required status from the drop down list displayed. If the device is out
of GPS coverage, the Location field will be blank, you must manually input your current location. If the device is within GPS coverage, the
Location field will be automatically populated with your current location. Also, the current status of the app is disabled to prevent adding
the same status consecutively.
The Time Remaining will be calculated and the countdown will commence from 8 hours, the time remaining panel is color coded in the
following formats:
Green: Between 8hrs and 3hrs; Amber: Between 3hrs and 1hr; Red: Less than 1hr remaining

 Personal Use  if this is enabled, the status will be set to Off Duty
automatically and will disable the other checkboxes. Selection of this
option will be recorded within the events history.
 Yard Moves  if this is enabled, the status will be set to On Duty
automatically and will disable the other checkboxes. Selection of this
option will be recorded within the events history.

Note: all options are enabled in all events

Personal Use is mentioned in the FMCSAs Supplemental Proposal, which was published on March 28, 2014, that mandates ELDs
for most drivers of CMVs that currently log. The proposal says that ELDs may be set up to allow drivers to put themselves in a special
driving category called personal use. When a driver selects this option, the ELD will record the time as off duty until the driver deselects the option. Off Road, on the other hand, determines that the vehicle is running on rough terrain. Lastly, Yard Moves, has been
established under a mandate which allows a driver or another personnel to perform duties like moving trucks around the home yard by
establishing a single set of thresholds for all ELDs in an On Duty, not Driving status without triggering the device by reaching the
thresholds.

DVIR

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Select the Vehicle DVIR button from the Main Menu, select the appropriate DVIR form from the options available, confirm
all of the checks as passed, failed or not applicable, then select the Finish DVIR to submit.

Tap to automatically select all the items

When failing a DVIR item, an option for selecting a severity level will appear with its corresponding color: High 
Red

, Medium  Yellow

, Low  Green

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Log on Co-Driver
To log on further drivers, select
Options from the InTouch ELD
main screen, then select the Logon
Co-Driver option and enter the log
on details as before.
Following a successful logon, the
co-driver is still Off Duty, he/she
should check their availability prior
to changing their status.
To switch to another logged-in
driver, select Options from the
InTouch ELD main screen then
select the Switch Co-Driver
option.
Select the Co-Drivers account, the
InTouch ELD app then asks the codriver to input the password to
authenticate the account.
When in Team Driving, The Co-Driver is allowed to review his/her information by having the Access Co-Driver Logs option on the lock
screen which allows them to access the Hours of Service dashboard and subsequently select the Logs option while the vehicle is still in
motion.

Once the Co-Driver successfully login, it will display the main dashboard with the co-drivers information with limited conditions
set in Review Mode.
When in Review Mode the Co-Driver cannot receive or
access:






When in Review Mode the Co-Driver can receive or
access:


Driving Notifications and alerts which relates
to the Primary Driver
Lock screen will not display even if the vehicle
is in motion
Cannot switch vehicle
Cannot change the current event in to Driving
event
Cannot update any preferences related to
background services





Note:
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Data Diagnostics and Malfunctions pop-up
dialogs
Pending Edit Request(s)
Allow modifications on previous events
Can edit current event to OnDuty ND, OffDuty
& Sleeper except chan

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