GPS stands for global positioning system, which is a mechanism that uses navigational satellites to determine the exact location of a vehicle or person. Synovia uses GPS technology to enable fleet operators to do the following:


  • Locate your vehicles and monitor events that occur on them.
     
  • Produce a variety of reports using the historical activity of your vehicles.
     
  • Communicate with your vehicle operators, using an optional peripheral device.
     
  • Collect time and attendance data for your employees.


This is how Synovia's system works:


  • Your vehicles communicate constantly with the satellite network to establish vehicle location (within two meters) and related data such as speed and direction.
     
  • Your vehicles communicate periodically with the cellular network based on triggered, programmed, and timed events:
     
    • Triggered events, such as stop arm deployment and entrance door operation, are sent via the cellular network to the database in real time.
       
    • Programmed events, such as excessive idling, are reported after a vehicle's activity matches the event conditions outlined by the GPS device's code. In the example of excessive idling, the event would be reported after a vehicle remains running and has not moved for a designated period of time.
       
    • Timed events indicating the vehicle location are sent at the programmed frequency (typically every 30 seconds).


The following diagram shows how Synovia makes use of GPS to get information from your vehicles to the Synovia software.