The alarm manager makes it possible to get immediately informed about certain messages of your car. The use of this module depends on the portal right alarm manager. You need at least the right see to use the module.
Alarm messages
The alarm manager supports a bunch of different messages. Principally we distinct in messages about eventuating events and not eventuating events. An example for a eventuating event is a set telemetry input which gets active unexpectedly. A not-eventuating alarm in contrast might inform you about a vehicle which did not once enter the company area during the last 24 hours.
The following alarm messages are supported by alarm manager:
Alarms about eventuating Events
| Messagetype | Description |
|---|---|
movement message / Selfgeofence | Will be triggered, if the vehicle leaves its Selfgeofence resp. an active movement messager is warning. |
overspeed | Will be triggered, if the vehicle is faster than a in object settings set treshold |
idle | Will be triggered, if the ignition is on but vehicle is not moving or very slow. |
missing driver authentication | Will be triggered, if the vehicle is moving without a registered driver. |
removing / fixing of the box in the retainer | Will be triggered, if the box is removed resp. fixed in its retainer |
box start | Will be triggered, if the box is started |
temperature value | Will be triggered, if the temperature sensors are exceeding a in object settings set treshold |
missing on-board power supply | Will be triggered, if the box is losing its on-board power supply, for example because the battery is low. |
regain of on-board power supply | Will be triggered, if the box regains its on-board power supply. |
YellowPad alarm | Will be triggered, if a as alarm set button on the YellowPad is pressed. |
telemetry message | Will be triggered, if a telemetry input sends a message about a specific status change. |
area message | Will be triggered, if the vehicle enters or leaves a specific area. |
Alarms about not eventuating events
| Messagetype | Description |
|---|---|
missing location message | Will be triggered, if during a set time range no location message was registered in the portal. |
invalid GPS | Will be triggered, if during a set time range no valid GPS signal was registered. |
missing telemetry message | Will be triggered, if during a set time range a defined status change of a specific telemetry input was not registered. |
missing area message | Will be triggered, if during a set time range the vehicle did not enter a specific area. |
Alarm events
In alarm events you can display past, but also open alarms. By using different filter options you are able to research events.
The menu on top offers the following functions:
| Controls | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reload | reloads the table data |
| delete selected | deletes all selected events |
| confirm delected | confirms all selected events |
In the table you can see all available alarm events. By default the events of the last 2 month are displayed. By using the filter menu you can filter by a specific car, another timerange, a specicfic alarm profile or the status of the event. Furthermore you can use the free text search to look for buzz words.
For a single alarm event you can also see the time it was triggered, the triggering vehicle, the corresponding alarm profile, the history and status. The history might be expandable by clicking on 
. On top he action menu offers the following functions:
| actions | ||
|---|---|---|
| show event details | shows the details of the event in a separate pop-up |
| show profile details | shows the details of the corresponding alarm profile in a separate pop-up |
| show on map | show the position of the vehicle at the time the event was triggered (not always available) |
| delete alarm event | deletes this event |
| confirm alarm event | only for open events: confirms this event |
If you open the pop-up for event details you have also the possibility to export this event as PDF.
To use the actions for deleting and confirming events, you have to have at least the portal right alarm manager confirm.
Alarm profiles
In alarm profiles you can administrate your individual profiles.
You are able to display the profiles in two views: profile based or vehicle based.
In profile-based view the profile is leading in the table. You can see at first glance, which vehicles were assigned to a profile, which message type is selected and if the profile is currently active. On top he action menu offers the following functions:
| actions | ||
|---|---|---|
| edit alarm profile | opens the editor for this profile |
| show details | shows the details of this alarm profile in a separate pop-up |
| (de-)activate alarm profile | based on the current status you can change it here |
| delete alarm profile | deletes this profile including all assignments and events |
To use the functions delete, (de-)activate and edit, you have to have at least the portal right alarm manager edit.
In vehicle-based view the vehicle is in focus. Here you can easily see, which profiles are assigned to a specific vehicle and if they are active. Please notice that profiles can only be (de-)activated globally. The status of a profile is the same on every vehicle. The action menu on the right also offers the following functions:
| actions | ||
|---|---|---|
| edit assignments | Shows all current assignments in a pop-up. You can edit or delete them. |
| copy assignments | Copy all assignments of a vehicle to another Attention: the old assignments of this vehicle will be overwritten! |
| delete assignments | deletes all assignments of this car |
To administrate assignments, you have to have at least the portal right alarm manager edit.
By using the menu on top you also have the following functions available:
| controls | ||
|---|---|---|
| reload | reload table data |
| create new alarm profile | opens the assistent to create a new alarm profile |
| deactivate selected alarm profiles | all selected profiles will be set to inactive |
| activate selected alarm profiles | all selected profiles will be set to active |
Besides reload, these functions are only available if you have the portal right alarm manager edit.
Create new alarm
Settings
Here you can manage your settings regarding the alarm profile and alarm event view.
For both modules you can set, how many rows should be displayed on module start. Confirm your selection by clicking save.