Higher Resolution, lower cost AVL Tracking

Enable simple, precise tracking and monitoring of activity, speed, maintenance, mileage and more and at all times. No matter what network you use, LMR or LTE-M, TALLYMATICS lowers bandwidth requirements while delivering higher, audit friendly resolution using our patented Contrails compression algorithm. Contrails delivers 12x the geo-tracking resolution compared to uncompressed solutions

Network Flexibility – LMR (TW200, TW5344, TW5744) and LTE-M (TW400)

It’s not just about what you prefer, its a matter of what you have. You may have a good LMR network, but coverage might not be complete across an entire school district, and cellular is. Conversely, you may not have good cellular coverage, therefore you HAVE to deploy LMR. We work with both scenarios, and indeed you can have LMR based devices and cellular devices reporting to TruFleet simultaneously, therefore ensuring that no school bus is compromised anywhere in your district. The best part is that local two-radio dealers are well equipped to manage both types of network solution, and therefore make great partners!

Keep track of Bus Events with Digital Inputs (TW400, TW200, TW5344, TW5744)

Sprite TW400 has 4 digital inputs, programmable active high or low, allowing remote tracking and observation of the state of bus equipment such as:

• Door Open/Close
• 8-Way Light On/Off
• End of trip seat check systems like Child Check Mate System®
• Crossing Gate Up/Down

The state of a particular input can be tracked on the TruFleet Route Replay, showing the state throughout the trip. Reports for each input for each bus can also be created and viewed. There are input restrictions, therefore it is necessary to decide which types of status update is more important.

The TW200 for MotoTRBO applications has 2 digital inputs, and the TW5x44 smart antenna for Tait applications has 1 digital input.

3 Outputs for notification in the Vehicle (TW400)

Sprite TW400 has 3 digital outputs that can be used to sound piezo-electric buzzers, turn on warning lights or any other mechanism for alerting vehicle operators for situations such as:

• Poor Driving Behavior
• Failure to present driver ID
• Dangerous road conditions ahead

Emergency Button (TW400)

Safety is a major consideration when your children are involved. If there is a problem, there are multiple ways in which a driver can alert management to a problem. But there should ALWAYS be a tried and true method to notify management … right on the system being used to track the vehicle day in and out. Key requirements are:

• Rapid, distinct notification
• Accurate, persistent location information
• An error resistant mechanism

With TALLYMATICS emergency feature, when an emergency is triggered (with a programmable depression debounce), the TW400 will send an Emergency event notification to TruFleet and enter an emergency state.  While in an emergency state the TW400/200 ignores the ignition signal and remains continuously active and report location updates until the emergency state has been cleared by an authorized user. 

The Emergency status is presented to the fleet operator visually within TruFleet using event notification pop-ups and a color change of the vehicle ID bar in the vehicle list.  When configured, email notifications will be sent indicating the emergency event.  

On Board Diagnostics – Keep the Buses running (TW400)

You’ve got light duty and heavy duty buses. You need to know when there is a problem so you can take proactive measures to ensure an issue does not escalate into something worse. You also want to keep a watchful eye on the maintenance schedules of your vehicles … and you don’t want to depend on your bus drivers to inform you when the Malfunction Indicator Lamp comes on. TALLYMATICS Sprite TW400 connects to the bus On Board Diagnostic port, J1979 light duty OR J1939 heavy duty, to give you important information about a MIL coming on, Diagnostic Trouble Codes that result from the MIL and parameters such as engine hours of operation, fuel levels etc.