Transport & Logistics, Agriculture

Truck & Trailer Coupling

Bluetooth Low Energy systems to track truck trailers and agricultural machinery

Transport & Logistics Solutions - findy IoT

What is Truck & Trailer coupling?

When most of the trucks and agricultural machines already have GPS enabled, another question emerges:  How can you extend tracking options to trailers, loads and containers?

findyIoT Bluetooth Low energy delivers. We have rugged hardware compatible with older GPS fleet management devices or systems as well as new, cutting edge, mobile trackers. 

A BLE Beacon is attached to a trailer (or agricultural tool). A BLE receiver is connected to the GPS fleet management device through RS232 / RS485 or 1-Wire.  Over Omnicom LLS protocol a list of BLE devices is being sent to the GPS device, and from there to your tracker or fleet management software.

Options available:

  • Motion state of the BLE Transmitter can be used to identify and pair only with moving objects.
  • Accelerometer data can give real-time updates on whether an item is in transport mode or in operational mode.
  • Magnet sensors provide data or alarms in the event of a door opening.
  •  Temperature sensors enable temperature logging for “cold chain” shipments.
  • Tilt, weight, and GPS/GNSS intermodal package tracking options available
Project Start date

Project Start date

2018

Project goal

Project goal

Identify coupling and decoupling of implement

Global service

Project volume

more than 2000 units

Our Partners

System technology

Truck Trailer coupling

Truck or agricultural equipment (machinery)

Third-party GPS tracker

Truck Trailer coupling

RS232/RS485 or 1-wire connection to findy Bluetooth gateway

Radio connection to findy BLE transmitter installed in the trailer or implement

Products used

Configuration

Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons are set to report once at 50 seconds in motion (for units with motion sensor) or 110 seconds stationary

Data received

Bluetooth Low Energy Gateway is set to send data over RS232 or RS485 over Omnicom LLS Protocol

Chosen solution benefits

  • Long lasting battery
  • Compatibility with old GPS
  • Fleet management units from Teltonica, Ruptela, BCE
  • Competitive price
Truck Trailer coupling
Data received

Data received

- ID of the closest findy IoT Bluetooth receiver
- Motion state / Temperature / Reed switch state
- Battery level
- RSSI

System performance

- BLE Beacons battery lifetime is more than 2 years
- Additional filtering algorithms developed

Project benefits

Project benefits

- Statistics of trailer / implement usage
- Positioning of trailer / implements
- Maintenance information based on work hours of each unit
- Retro fitting on existing GPS Fleet management systems
- Toll taxes calculations

Project Results

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