Teletrac Inc. of Garden Grove, Calif., an originator and provider of metro and regional fleet location information systems, is offering trailer and asset tracking units that increase the security of commercial vehicle trailers
and mobile assets as well as provide inventory management.
The units install in a piece of equipment or a truck trailer, reporting location information if they have started to move, or have been stopped for a pre-set time period.
Teletrac's partnership with Numerex Corp. allows nationwide coverage in the U.S. as well as coverage in Mexico and Canada, via Numerex's Cellemetry network. Users can also set the units to report location information from any point in the U.S. if they have been moved outside of a pre-set zone of compliance.
The Trailer and Asset Tracking Units report through FleetDirector, Teletrac's wireless vehicle location information system that allows operators and owners to view the location of their commercial vehicle fleets in real-time on their computer screens. Trailer and Asset Tracking Unit location reports can be viewed on screen, or through alerts sent to operators and owners portable devices.
Instead of constantly polling for and reporting unit status and location, both units are programmed to report to the user new location information only if they have been moved, stopped for more than a set amount of time, or moved outside of a defined geographical zone.
The Asset Tracking Unit secures a piece of equipment or cargo with its own power source, and contains a receiver, an antenna, wiring and a backup battery.
Users may choose to set the Trailer or Asset Tracking Units as either "armed" or "disarmed" through a switch. An armed unit automatically reports to the dispatcher when movement occurs, communicating new location and status information. If the unit is disarmed, no locations or statuses are sent to the user. Instead, locations are logged to a data storage box, which can be recovered and downloaded upon request by a technician. As the unit moves, it will continue to send in location messages based on time and distance.
For more information on Teletrac's Trailer and Asset Tracking Units, or Teletrac's full line of commercial vehicle location information systems, call (800) 835-3872, or visit Teletrac on the Web at www.teletrac.net.