Operators

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FleetConnect Data Flow
INTRODUCTION
FLEETCONNECT OFFICE TO DMS i1000 APPLICATIONS
(Begins at the middle top of the chart on page 10—
FleetConnect Ofce—and ends at the bottom of the
diagram—DMS i1000 FleetConnect.)
FLEETCONNECT OFFICE
FCEdit converts the text les (and any conguration
changes made in third-party software) into .502 and .slf
database les.
DATA TRANSMISSION (WIRELESS)
DB Manager sends modied transaction les to the
DMS i1000s wirelessly. By sending only modied “live”
les, cellular service costs and transmission times are
reduced. DBManager checks newly converted .502 and
.slf database les against a set of “live” les. “Live” les
are the most recent set of database les created by
FleetConnect Ofce. If a new database le is created
that differs from the “live” le, it means the le has been
modied since the last data transmission from the DMS
i1000s.
DATA TRANSMISSION (USB MEMORY DEVICE)
Transferring data via USB memory devices requires the
fuelers to bring the USB devices to the delivery truck
at the beginning of their shift, plug the USB device into
the DMS i1000, and load any new les onto the DMS
i1000 by using the Retrieve Database Updates
command. If the new .502 les have been copied to
the USB memory devices in the ofce, they will simply
rewrite the .502 les on the DMS i1000s when your
fuelers upload them.
DMS i1000
Modied .502 and .slf database les are loaded into
the LCP File Server of a DMS i1000. If a USB memory
device is being used, the Retrieve Database
Updates
command must be used to load the database
les. RF and cellular transmissions can be setup to
automatically load database les every time the DMS
i1000 sends data (this applies to logging on, logging off,
completing a delivery, and editing the database). Any
changes made on the ofce PC and received by the
DMS i1000 are applied to all subsequent deliveries.
DMS i1000 APPLICATIONS TO FLEETCONNECT OFFICE
(Begins at the bottom of the chart on page 10—DMS
i1000 FleetConnect—and ends at the middle top of the
diagram—FleetConnect Ofce.)
DMS i1000
After each delivery, the DMS i1000 compiles the
metrological, transaction, customer, driver, and product
data into transaction les (.trn). The transaction les
are then sent to the ofce PC either wirelessly (RF or
cellular), or they are downloaded to a USB memory
device.
DATA TRANSMISSION (WIRELESS)
If the transaction les are sent wirelessly (RF or cellular)
using the Send Transactions to Ofce
command, DB Manager receives the transaction les
(.trn) and noties FleetConnect Ofce that the les have
been received. Transmissions can be setup to be sent
automatically to the ofce
DATA TRANSMISSION (USB MEMORY DEVICE)
If the transaction les are sent via USB memory
device, when a shift is nished, the fuelers download
the transaction les created during their shift using the
Send Transactions to Ofce command and
return the USB device to the ofce after their shift.
FLEETCONNECT OFFICE SOFTWARE
FCRead converts the transaction les (.trn) into ASCII
text or XML les. The les can then be absorbed into
third party software.
If the les are transferred via a USB memory device,
they must be copied from the USB device and pasted
into the C:/DMS folder. From there, FCRead can convert
them into text or XML les.
THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
Third-party software imports the ASCII text les
from FleetConnect Ofce for processing and report
generation. If any dispatch data is generated by the
third-party software, it can be converted into ASCII text
les and imported into the FleetConnect database.