Configuring Vehicles

You can configure settings for one vehicle or multiple vehicles at once. The configuration options you see depend on your fleet’s enabled features, the vehicle’s hardware capabilities, and installed accessories. Some options are only available when configuring a single vehicle.

Requirement: Permission

We introduced a new permission - Vehicle Configurations - that restricts who can change your vehicles’ feature configurations, such as the tracking interval or Driving Analysis settings.

If you think you should be able to make those changes, please adjust your own permissions under User Management or reach out to your company’s FleetControl admin.

Single Vehicle Configuration

1. Access FleetControl
2. Navigate to Vehicles
3. Inspect the target vehicle
4. Open Configure
5. Activate and set up the telematics unit, features, or accessories
6. Save the changes to the configuration

Bulk Vehicle Configuration

1. Access FleetControl
2. Navigate to Vehicles
3. Use Filter or Presets to find the desired group of vehicles
4. Select vehicles with V > Select all
5. Open the dot menu …
6. Choose Vehicle Configuration
7. Go to the telematics unit, feature, or accessory section you want to configure
8. Enable Process in Bulk Job for each section you want to change
9. Proceed to the Next step
10. Start Bulk Job

Note

Track your bulk configuration changes on the Vehicle Configurations page of FleetControl.

Configuration Options

Telematics Unit

Setup

Options and data for the section Setup are determined during the setup of the CloudBoxx in the vehicle either by means of the SmartControl app or an Installer Job.

CloudBoxx Installation Configuration

• Installation Variant: This specifies how the CloudBoxx is installed in the vehicle. Depending on the model, this can be “Default (CAN Installation)” or “OBD2 Installation”. Note: If the CloudBoxx is not connected to the vehicle’s CAN bus, select the “Default” option.
• Central Lock Connection Type: This specifies how the central lock is controlled. Choose between “Direct” and “None”. If you set it to “None”, you cannot control the central lock remotely and a physical key is required to unlock and lock the vehicle.
• Current Mileage: Some CloudBoxx installations require you to set the mileage manually. Enter the current mileage here, so we can calculate the correct mileage in the future.

Settings

• Activate Beeper: If enabled, the CloudBoxx makes a beeping sound when, e.g. a connection via Bluetooth is established.
• Activate Dead Reckoning Position: If enabled, the CloudBoxx can use dead reckoning to improve the position quality in areas with bad or no GNSS signal.

Supply Voltage Alarm Thresholds

• Alarm Threshold: An alarm is raised if the telematics unit supply voltage drops below this value. Must be 0.5 to 3.0 lower than the recovery threshold. Range 7 to 55.5 V.
• Recovery Threshold: A previously raised alarm is recovered once the telematics unit supply voltage raises above this value. Must be 0.5 to 3.0 greater than the alarm threshold. Range 7.5 to 56 V.

Feature Configuration

This section explains how to configure additional features for your fleet. For more details on configuring individual features, check out to the linked help pages for those features.

Tracking

The Tracking feature can be used to trigger the generation of additional vehicle states while driving, mainly to receive the current vehicle position. Trackings can be generated based on distance traveled, time elapsed, or heading changes.

Damage Detection

The Damage Detection feature generates events for various types of damages ranging from small bumps or scratches to crashes.

Smoke Detection

The Smoke Detection feature generates an event when someone is smoking in one of your vehicles. Using pattern recognition and factoring in the current state of the vehicle, our Smoke Detection service calculates the likelihood of a smoke event.

Driving Events

The Driving Events feature generates an event each time a high acceleration is detected while driving, e.g. heavy braking, harsh cornering, or even crashes. You are able to adjust various thresholds in order to tailor this feature to your needs.

Parking Events

The Parking Events feature generates events when abnormal acceleration or shocks are detected while the vehicle is parked, e.g. if someone is bumping into the vehicle or due to vandalism and break-in attempts.

Auto Immobilizer Control

The Auto Immobilizer Control feature can increase security by automatically locking the immobilizer of your vehicle (see disable-driving command) if certain conditions are met, indicating that the driver has left the vehicle without properly locking or securing it.

Accessories

CloudBoxx Keyholder

If a Keyholder is connected to the relevant CloudBoxx, the numerical values for the keyfob and RFID cards can be entered, viewed and deleted here. These values can only be changed when configuring a single vehicle.