More visibility with Autotrak Camera Dashboard

Autotrak has extended its AutoCam video-footage service to include the Camera Dashboard software, which allows AutoCam users to view multiple cameras simultaneously on multiple tabs or computer screens.

AutoCam also includes tachographs to record a vehicle’s speed and distance travelled, and is one of several auxiliary fleet-management products provided by Autotrak.

Transport operators that manage large fleets will now be able to monitor numerous vehicle-camera sets simultaneously.

The use of cameras in the transport industry has become essential to manage assets. The process can, however, become complicated as hours of footage need to be sifted through to pinpoint a random event. This can be laborious and time consuming.

The AutoCam technology takes a photograph every ten seconds, which is made available to the user via the Autotrak website and mobile app at all times. This reduces the amount of time spent sifting through video footage.

Specific events that occur on the driver-facing camera are also flagged and analysed. These include unattended vehicles, camera tampering, movement of passengers, instances where the driver is not wearing a seatbelt and cellphone usage.

A consolidated daily event report is sent to clients with the image, time and location of particular events. With the Camera Dashboard, clients can monitor their drivers themselves. The system automatically updates with images of the camera footage, which can be enlarged.

The Autotrak app allows transport operators to become completely mobile with access to real-time vehicle tracking, viewing vehicle trip history, monitoring speeding and other exceptions on their mobile device. The app is available for download from Google Play, App Store and Windows Phone Store.

Autotrak currently supplies a variety of tracking-related products to all areas of the automotive industry including long- and short-distance trucking, construction, forestry, mining, agriculture, passenger transport, passenger cars and light delivery vehicles.