Vehicle Track

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The OGLAS Vehicle Track wires into the accessory rail of a vehicle — or any engine on the site — and logs every run. Trips, hours, fuel-time, GPS, battery state. Equally happy on a tractor, a ute, a forklift, a golf cart, a generator, or the irrigation pump’s diesel — a single asset or a whole fleet.

What it does

Power up = new run — each start records a fresh log entry at zero minutes, with a GPS fix and the starting battery voltage.
Counts minutes while running — re-persisted to flash every minute so a flat battery never costs more than 60 seconds of log.
Records a path, not just a duration — periodic GPS waypoints during the run (configurable interval), so you have where it went, not just for how long.
Captures battery voltage at start, periodically during the run, and at shutdown. Lets you spot a failing alternator before the day it doesn’t crank.
Reads the engine via OBD-II (optional) — on vehicles with an OBD-II port: RPM, coolant temp, fuel level, speed, and fault codes (DTCs), logged with the run.
Measures how it’s driven via an IMU (optional) — harsh use, idle vibration, and tip/roll angle for a rollover warning on a tractor, quad, or forklift.
Back-walks unsent runs on each start — sends the most recent run first, waits for confirmation, then walks back to the next unconfirmed run until it hits one already recorded.
Rolls over — fixed ring buffer of 500 records by default; newest id overwrites oldest slot.
Shows alerts in the cab — sensor and site alerts appear on the on-board display while you’re in the vehicle. Low water, fence down, gate left open, engine service due — see alerts in the cab below.
Identifies the operator (optional) — a short list of names selectable at start, so the run log records who drove, not just what drove.
Triggers external devices — built-in button or configurable proximity rules can open a gate, ring a bell, or activate any other OGLAS device.

OBD-II and IMU

Two optional add-ons turn Vehicle Track from a run-logger into a condition-logger:

Water Trough Level

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The OGLAS Water Trough Level sensor is purpose-built for stock water — the troughs scattered across paddocks where animals depend on a working float valve and a charged pump. If a trough goes dry, you find out before the animals do.

What it does

Reports level periodically — default interval an hour; configurable down to minutes when you’re commissioning, back up to once a day when you trust it.
Raises an immediate out-of-water alert when level drops below a configured threshold — independent of the reporting interval. This is the message that matters and it doesn’t wait.
Includes GPS coordinates with each reading, so the hub knows which trough this is without you having to track node-id-to-paddock mappings by hand.
Reports battery voltage so you can replace the battery on schedule, not on failure.

Why GPS

A property with twenty troughs is a labelling nightmare. Without GPS:

GPS on OGLAS — Off-Grid Local Alert System

Vehicle Track

What it does

OBD-II and IMU

Water Trough Level

What it does

Why GPS