Using Digital Tachograph

Viewing Driver Information

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The Drivers tab shows Driver Hours and Driver Logs, which you can select from the list on the left. Some pre-defined filters are available in this list so that you can choose all drivers or logs, or just particular drivers or logs, for example only drivers who are in violation. The columns in the table change depending on whether you have selected Driver Hours or Driver Logs.

For both tables, you can use the Find Drivers field to search for drivers by name in the grid. When you type a letter or character into this field, search results of driver names that match some or all of your search terms display immediately in the grid. Click the 'x' button to the right of the search field to clear the current search term.

Viewing Driver Hours

When you select one of the filters under Driver Hours, you can view information about your driver's current status, and their used and remaining hours.

The table contains the following information:

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The driver's name is listed in the Driver column. To the left of the driver's name is the driver's current tachograph status, as reported by the digital tachograph device. Hover over the status icon to see a tooltip. These are the available statuses, and the pictogram icons, that can display under this column:

  • Available: ico_digitach_available.png

  • Driving: fleet_digitach3.png

  • Error: ico_digitach_error.png

  • Not Available: ico_digitach_notavailable.png

  • Resting: ico_digitach_resting.png

  • Working: ico_digitach_working.png

To view a driver's details, click the name in the grid to open the Edit Driver details dialog box. From this dialog box you can edit the driver's login type and 14-digit digital driver card ID number. If you change the driver's login type to any value other than 'Digital Tachograph', you disable support for this feature and remove the driver from the Digital Tachograph grid.

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The Today section includes the following information about driving, work, and break activities for each driver within the current midnight-to-midnight day:

  • fleet_digitach3.png Driving Time: The total number of hours and minutes that the driver has spent driving a vehicle in the current midnight-to-midnight day, in hh:mm format.

  • fleet_digitach4.png Driving + Working Time: The total number of hours and minutes that the driver has spent driving a vehicle, and any working time not spent driving, in the current midnight-to-midnight day, in hh:mm format.

  • fleet_digitach3.png Remaining Drive Time: The number of driving hours and minutes remaining in the current day before the driver violates the driver hours regulations, in hh:mm format.

  • Break: The latest time on the current day that the driver can start the next mandatory break. Drivers must take 45 minutes of break time within every 4.5 hour driving block, in 12-hour clock format (for example '3:30 PM').

  • Rest: The latest time on the current day that the driver can start the next mandatory rest period of between 9 and 11 hours. Drivers must take an 11 hour rest period every day, or up to a maximum of two breaks of between 9 and 11 hours per week, in 12-hour clock format (for example '8:30 AM').

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The This Week section includes the following information about driving, work, and break activities for each driver within the last week:

  • fleet_digitach4.png Driving + Working Time: The total number of hours and minutes that the driver has spent driving the vehicle, and any working time not spent driving, in the current week, in hh:mm format.

  • fleet_digitach3.png Remaining Drive Time: The number of driving hours and minutes remaining in the current week before the driver violates the driver hours regulations, in hh:mm format.

  • Next Weekly Rest: The latest date and time in the current week that the driver can begin the next weekly rest period of 45 continuous hours. Shown as a timestamp, for example 'Thu, Oct 25, 12:30 PM'.

  • 10 Hour Days: The number of "10 hour days", which are permitted up to twice a week, recorded for this driver over the last week. Typically, only 9 driving hours are permitted per day. Shown as a simple numeric value.

  • Reduced Rest: The number of "reduced rest" periods, which are rest periods of between 9 and 11 hours rather than the standard 11 hours, and permitted up to three times a week, recorded for this driver over the last week. Shown as a simple numeric value.

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The Next Week section includes the following information about driving availability for each driver in the following week:

  • fleet_digitach3.png Remaining Drive Time: The number of driving hours and minutes that are available to the driver in the week that follows the current week before the driver violates the driver hours regulations. Drivers are permitted to drive only up to 56 hours in a week, or 90 hours in any two consecutive weeks (for example, if the maximum number of driving hours have been used in the current week, only 34 driving hours will be available in the following week), in hh:mm format. If the hours used in the next week exceed those that are legally permitted, they are shown as a negative number in red text.

Viewing Driver Log Information

When you select one of the filters under Driver Logs, you can view information about your drivers' logs. Driver logs are synchronized with the platform automatically on a regular basis. You can manually synchronize the logs and you can download the logs to your computer.

The table shows the following information:

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Driver

The driver's name. To view a driver's details, click the name in the grid to open the Edit Driver details dialog box. From this dialog box you can edit the driver's login type and 14-digit digital driver card ID number. If you change the driver's login type to any value other than "Digital Tachograph", you disable support for this feature and remove the driver from the Digital Tachograph grid.

Last Sync

The date when the driver's latest log was automatically synchronized between the Digital Tachograph unit and the platform.

Next Sync Due

The date when the driver's next log is scheduled to automatically synchronize between the Digital Tachograph unit and the platform. Regular synchronization is required to remain compliant.

Status

The status of the current driver log. Can be "Available", "Overdue", or "Sync in progress". Overdue logs are those that failed to synchronize by the required date.

Notes

Notes for this driver's log from the digital tachograph unit.

Click the "View Logs" link to manually synchronize or download the driver's log.

Manually Synchronizing or Downloading Logs

The Driver Logs dialog box displays information about the current synchronization status, and a list of logs.

If the current log's status is "Overdue", you can click the Sync now link to manually synchronize the log for this driver.

The table includes an entry for each log. Click Download to save a particular log to your computer.

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