From: john@loadman.com <john@loadman.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 7:00 PM
To: Hiser, Daniel William <dwhiser@illinois.edu>
Subject: Truck Status August 08

Hi Dan,

Column definitions and actions:

• NoGPS is the count of lift records missing GPS coordinates. Lifts without GPS can’t be assigned to a customer by location
• Loads is the count of lift records
• GPS is the count of truck location records, typically recorded every 20 to 30 seconds
• On/Off is the count of meter power on and power off messages
• Missed is a load that was weighed while lifted but the empty container wasn't weighed when set down because of the fork angle
• Neg is the count of lifts negative by more than 100 lbs. A high count indicates a calibration problem
• Status is a summary of what the counts mean.
  
  • Blank means no problems detected
  • No Loads means that no lifts were recorded.
  • No GPS means no GPS coordinates were recorded
  • Missing GPS means more than 10% of loads lacked GPS coordinates.
  • XX% negative loads is lifts/neg when the result is greater than 10%
  • No truck locations means that lifts have GPS coordinates but the truck isn’t recording location records
  • No GPS and no loads means the truck is connecting but not sending data

“No Loads” means that truck didn’t record any loads during the route.

For “No Loads” and “XX% negative loads”, call Richard at 206-898-7801 and have a bubble level to see if the problem can be fixed with calibration. Richard may diagnose a problem that could require your dealer to make a service call to fix it.

For “No GPS” or "Missing GPS", get in the cab of the truck and locate the GPS antenna (a black plastic magnet-backed square about an inch on a side and ½ an inch high) and ensure that it is plugged in and near the windshield so it is exposed to the sky and not covered up by something. You can also go into troubleshooting mode and go to TROUBLE GPS which will display the number of satellites that the meter can lock onto and the current lat/lon.

For "Missed", the gross weight of the lift is stored in the container weight and the load weight is zero. To "repair" the record, subtract the empty container weight from earlier lifts at that location and store the difference in the load weight.

There’s a separate table at the bottom of truck reports that indicates the last time the meter connected. If the truck is active and the meter should have connected but hasn’t sent any data, call me (John) at 425-235-4335 and I can help troubleshoot connection problems.

jcc