Detecting the engine running hours accurately is sometimes very important. For example, the maintenance of earthmoving equipment is usually specified based on engine operating hours.
Currently there are a number of ignition source options, i.e.:
DIN1 - sometimes very difficult to find a source which is switched on only when the engine is running, but not “key in ACC II position but engine not running”.
Voltage - more accurate, but still susceptible to false positive condition when the vehicle is connected to a battery charger.
Currently the system uses OR logic: any specified input source will cause the ignition to be considered ON.
It would be fantastic if the development team would allow us to select the logic: OR / AND
For example, we would like to use the following logic to determine the ignition source:
- Voltage > 26,4V
AND
- DIN 1 activated
This logic would allow very accurate calculation of engine running hours, avoiding almost all edge cases.
Hello @Stelvio,
Hope you are doing well. You are right, Ignition source was based on OR Logic.
If you wish to have some functionalities that you want to implement on the devices, you may coordinate with one of our Sales Managers so we can further assist you. If you don’t have any contacts with our Sale managers, please contact them on our official website https://teltonika-gps.com/ and click on the “Contact Us” button. When you will click, please fill the form and submit it.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Patrick S.
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Thank you, Patrick.
I tried contacting the sales team. Unfortunately, the manager for our region - Georgia - was very dismissive of our request. She told me that Teltonika isn’t interested in talking to us , because the technical team is too busy to consider requests from companies that aren’t already integrators. She then advised that all requests from our region a forwarded to her and, basically, that I’m wasting her time.
Previous contact with that sales manager followed a similar tone.
I’ll send the request through the Wialon team. They are very responsive and always happy to hear our suggestions.