RavTrack PC Functions

Mapping Features

• Display a unique icon for each tracked vehicle
• Display user-configured Points of Interest
• Show distance to nearest tracked vehicle
• Show distance to nearest POI or waypoint
• Free-format graphics layer for user-defined graphics
• Track plot layer to show snail-trail of movement
• Various layers may be turned on or off
• Any image, .jpg, .bmp, .tiff file may be converted to a map
• ESRI shape files may be imported and overlaid
• Quick distance measurement tool
• Range-circle on/off switch
• Display only vehicle belonging to specific groups
• "Home" location may be fixed or obtained from GPS
• Built-in calibration tool to convert images and graphic files to map files
• Import geotiff and ESRI files without having to calibrate them
• Track-dot color may be configured to be proportional to radio signal strength (RSSI)
• Multi-Map.  Switch between multiple maps with a click of the drop-down map list
• Optionally, display an arrow at the Home location, pointing in the direction of travel

User-configurable Rules

• Inside geo-fence
• Outside geo-fence 

• Speeding in geo-fence
• Idling too long
• Idling too long in a certain area
• Missing or not reporting in
• Speeding too fast
• Going to slow
• Battery voltage
• Man-down from Personal Locator
• Alert from Personal Locator
• Critcal Alert from Personal Locator 
• Proximity to a POI
• Too far from Home location
• Too close to Home location
• Geo-fence may be a circle, ellipse, polygon, or rectangle
• Parameter rules may be limited to in or out of certain areas
• Rules may be configure by ID, ID range or Group name
• Individual voice prompts may be configured for each rule
• Rules may be configured to apply only in certain geographical areas.
• Rules may be configured to apply only at certain times of the day.
  
• Rules may be configured to apply only at certain  days of the week.

Operator Alerts

• Alerts are generated when rules are triggered
• Enable visual alert with pop-up window displaying vehicle info and alert name
• The label under a vehicle's icon will change color when an alert is active
• Enable audible alert by playing .wav file
• Enable sending of email alert message
• Enable sending a Twitter tweet with the alert
• Execute one of two external programs
• Operator may review alert list 
• Operator may sort alerts by time, type, or vehicle
• Operator may acknowledge alerts
• Operator may remove cleared alerts from the alert list
• Operator may filter alert list showing only certain types
• Alerts may be stored to a log file
• Each alert may have an individualized voice prompt
• Alerts may be defined to apply only is specific areas
• Alerts may be defined to apply only during certain hours
• Alerts may be defined to apply on only certain days of the week

"Object Info" Window

• Upper left of screen is a quick-view "Object Info" window
• information on whatever the operator clicks on, will be displayed
• Info may be on tracked objects/vehicles showing location and status
• Displays location of nearest POI
• Displays direction to nearest other vehicles
• Displays names of POIs and geo-fences
• Displays list of active alerts for selected vehicle
• Show distance from Home location
• Operator may sort nearby vehicles by name, distance, or heading 
• Operator may open the "Object Info" in a separate window making room for expanding the map
• Operator may open a list of tracked objects in a separate window. 

Other Functions 

• Print an image of the whole screen at any time
• Print a snapshot of the map with the tracked vehicles
• Print a snapshot of the map showing only vehicle with alerts
• Local GPS with NMEA messages may be used to locate Home location
• One-click to view communication status
• List all geo-fences
• List all POIs
• List all things drawn on the map
• Measure distance
• Measure accumulated distance point-to-point
• Display multipe individual vehicle status windows

System Configuration 

• Log file enable/configure/disable
• Text for comment in log file
• Name of the tracked object (cars, boats, trucks...)
• Edit/add/delete user groups.  User Groups are names such as Emergency vehicles, trains, squad 22,...
• Lat/lon format dd.ddd, dd mm.mmm, or dd mm ss.ssss
• Track-dot size
• Enable RSSI colors of track dots 
• Current map to view
• .wav file to play for alerts
• Enable/disable highlighting of icon captions
• Digital input descriptors
• Shell programs to execute upon alert trigger
• Units of measure (metric or English)
• Icon label font, size, and color
• Map centering
• Speed limits, voltage limits, and idle-time limit
• ESRI shapefile color, fonts, line weights, and caption handling
• Database location for multi-user systems
• Email server configuration 
• Define icon font face to use on vehicle labels
• Define icon font size and offset from icon

Log Replay 

• Entries in the log file may be replayed on the map
• User may play in real-time, fast-forward, or rewind.
• User may single-step through log entries forward or backward
• Historical location from the log is shown on map, and listed in a table for review by operator
• Any crystal report with data from the log file may also be replayed on the map
• Operator may retrieve log entries to replay based upon vehicle ID, location within a geo-fence, speed, voltage, idle time, or a combination of these

Historical Activity Log Database

• Use either Microsoft Access or Microsoft SQL Server
• MS Access for stand-alone and small systems
• MS SQL Server for larger systems
• Schedule automatic backups of activity log information
• Built-in log database pruning
• Also works with MS SLQ Express
• Backup copies of the historical Log table may be automatically deleted after preset time interval

Tracked Objects Database

• Location and status of all tracked objects are stored in a database
• Supports Microsoft ACCESS database
• Supports Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Multiple-copies of RavTrack PC may share one common database.
• Refresh rate to database is user-programmable.
• Third-party applications may easily read location and status of all tracked objects. 

General Features 

• Runs on a Windows XP/Vista/7 computer
• No internet conenction is required

Report Printing 

• Uses Crystal Reports 10
• Reports may be sorted by date/time
• Reports may be filtered by data/time
• Reports may be filtered by vehicle ID
• Reports may be filtered by User Group
• Reports may be filtered by geographic location
• Print a list of vehicles
• Print a list of vehicles with alefrts
• Print a list of moving vehicles
• Print a list of non-moving vehicles 
• Print details of vehicle status
• Print alert log
• Print movement log
• Export report data to Excel spreadsheets
• Export report data to text or .pdf files
  
• Any report from the log file may also be replayed on the map
• Address location is printed if MapPoint is used for location look-up
• Daily, weekly, and monthly vehicle usage reports are available
• Usage reports show hours used, idle time, and maximum speed.
• Graph speed, altitude, voltage, satellites, and RSSI parameters vs time
• Time interval on historical log reports may be limited to reduce the size of the report

The Log File

• Records vehicle movement
• Records alerts
• Record all, or only movements
• Historical log entries may be loaded onto map and replayed
• May be printed with Crystal Reports
• Stored in MS Access for easy post-processing
• All data logged (position, time, heading, altitude, I/O status, speed, ...) 
• Backup and Pruning of LOG table done automatically.
• User rights to prune or delete log entries my be restricted.

Importing Files 

• Garmin .gpx files may be imported
• Ozi Explorer .upt ans .wpt files may be imported
• Imported waypoints may be converted to POIs
• Import raw $PRAVE messages from a file

Tracked Vehicle Data

• One-click access to tracked object/vehicle information
• Speed, location, heading, altitude, input status, temperature, voltage, and idle time are all displayed.
• Tracking information stored in common database
• Database may be shared among multiple RavTrack PC workstations
• Individual icon may be configured for each vehicle
• Each vehicle may have its own track color
• Digital inputs may be enabled/disabled for each vehicle
• Database of all tracked objects is displayed on-screen
• Each tracked object/vehicle may be assigned to a user group
• Operator may configure an number of user groups
• Open database format for easy integration with other applications. 

Digital I/O Processing 

• Raveon's transponders have digital inputs
• Each input may be assigned a name
• I/O conditions may be assigned text (door open, panic alert, engine on)
• Individual vehicles may have inputs enabled or ignored
• Operator may be alerted to input changes/status
• Email message may be sent when an input changes
• Input status is displayed in "Info" window on main screen 

User-Configurable Main Screen 

• Layout of main screen may be configured by user.
• Size of map, size of Info Window, and size of vehicle list are all user-configurable.
• Sort vehicle list by ID, name, location, speed, heading, nearest POI, altitude, time of report, time of last movement, and input status.
• Displayed columns in vehicle list may be re-ordered by user.
• Color, font, and text size of text used to display vehicle names is user-configurable.
• User may switch maps to other images at any time
• Zoom from 1% to 40000% .
• Filter displayed vehicles by speed, idling, not-reporting, alerting, user-group, and moving  .
• Quickly jump between various locations on the map using a drop-down list of points-of-interest .
• Individual icons may be configured to rotate/point in the direction of travel.
• Quickly select which User Group member vehicles are displayed on the map.
• May be configured to restrict viewing to only specific User Groups, hiding all others
• Home location may be fixed or local GPS position
• Optionally, keep map centered on Home location

Communications with Vehic.es 

• Uses Raveon's $PRAVE message format from M7 transponders
• Receive position/status via RS232 serial links
• Receive position/status via winsock TCP socket
• Receive position/status via shared database
• Up to 6 communication channels operating at the same time
• Alerts, geo-fence, logging active on all 6 channels
• Telnet server easily connects M7 transponders via Internet
• Signal strength from each vehicle is displayed and logged 
• RaavTrack PC can automatically forward position report to other computers across a TCP/IP connection.
• Extensive statistics and diagnostic information to ensure reliable communications.

Google Earth 

• Any RavTrack PC may be configured to store Google's .kml files
• The position and status of all tracked vehicles are embedded in the .kml file
• .kml file generation interval is programmable
• User may choose the pallet and icon number to use for the vehicles
• Google Earth is easily configured to periodically retrieve the .kml file and display all of the tracked vehicles.
• Free version of GE uses pins/drops and upgraded version has vehicle icons on the earth image

Multi-User 

• Only one RavTrack PC need be connected to the radio system
• RavTrack PC will operated in single-user mode or multi-user mode
• Position/status information is exchanged using a shared database
• Each workstation may have its own set of rules, maps, and alerts
• Operators may be "administrators" with all rights
• Operators may be restricted to printing, view-only, importing, managing alerts, and/or editing vehicle information
• Each workstation can be configured to view and report on only the vehicles in designated User Groups.
  
  

• Up to 6 simultaneous communication channels to bring in position reports and status
• Any of the 6 channels may be configured for RS-232, Telnet Server, or Telnet Client.
• Remote location of M7 radios via simple terminal servers.
• RavTrack PC Unlimited can automatically forward position reports to remote computers.
• Multi-threading software for smooth background communications and routing.

Microsoft MapPoint 2010  (optional)

• Optionally run Microsoft Mappoint 2010 in parallel with RavTrack PC
• Use MS Mappoint to automatically look-up street addresses
• Automatically place vehicle icons onto the MapPoint map
• Use MS Mappoint to create routes for the tracked vehicles
• Address locations are stored to database for all users to see