User manual for "Alert Gps Inc. ELD"

Rev. 1.09

Hours of Service (HOS) Mobile APP
Drivers Guide Booklet

INTRODUCTION AND COMPLIANCE
The latest HOS Mobile APP, released in 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
- Self-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
................................. 5
- 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, and certifying drivers logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
- Creating annotations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- Logs chart
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- LogBook and Exporting Drivers Logs (Print/Display and . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Data file transfer)
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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
- Location recording for vehicles engine turned on and off, and location
recording every 60 minutes, if the 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
- Oilfields operation
- States of Hawaii and Alaska

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SELF-CERTIFICATION

DRIVER LOGIN

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

Each driver using the system will have a unique login ID. This login name
and password is for the specific drivers use only and must not be shared
with any other person (driver or not). The login name belongs to the driver
and is linked to the drivers personal information (e.g. drivers license,
etcetera). If the driver changes carriers and is now driving for a different
carrier, the login name will remain the same and it is the drivers obligation
to ask the home base carrier to update carrier name and DOT number in
the system.
The driver is restricted to be logged on to only one mobile device at any
time. In order for the driver to log in on a different mobile device, the
driver must change to off duty status and logout from the previous device.

Drivers login unlock. In an event that the driver is still logged in a device,
but the device ceased to function or gets lost, the driver must call the
home base carrier and ask for his login name to be unlocked. The unlock
process will change the drivers status to off duty at the time the driver
solicited the login unlock and will deregister the old mobile device from
the system in order to let the driver log on a different mobile device.

ACCOUNT TYPES

SUPPORT PERSONNEL

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.

Bluetooth discovery and pairing. ELD Diagnostic

Support: A support account is 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 a drivers record
of duty status changes is permitted under the support account.
Non-authenticated: All operations of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
are 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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When an ELD is installed, support personnel must do the initial
configuration and diagnostic of the ELD. After running a diagnostic, the
support personnel will pair the ELD with the ECM Bluetooth reader and will
make sure the ELD is ready for driver operation. In order for th

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