reefer monitoring

Improve the compliance, profitability, and productivity of your reefer fleet with Reefer Monitoring. Control and monitor your cargo in real time during cold chain transport.

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Connect and control your refrigerated fleet.

Real-time visibility and control into the status and environmental conditions of your temperature-controlled cargo.

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Environmental Sensor

Wirelessly monitors temperature and humidity conditions in your refrigerated trailers. Install up to six in a single reefer.

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All major OEM integrations

Remotely control and monitor telematics and temperatures of Carrier and Thermo King units.

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Asset Gateways

Receives and reports reefer data to the Motive Fleet Dashboard.


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Door and Environmental Sensor

Monitor and get alerts on door openings alongside temperature and humidity data to prevent spoilage and resolve disputes.

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Simplify FDA compliance.

Simplify compliance and meet Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements with this cold chain monitoring system.

Temperature and humidity logs

Simplify reefer temperature and humidity logs monitoring. Access your current and historical temperature and humidity logs in the Motive Fleet Dashboard.

Digital records

Access historical temperature and humidity logs in the Reports tab of the Motive Fleet Dashboard. Export reports with specific time-periods, assets, and data frequency for analysis.

Proof of delivery

Demonstrate cold chain conditions during transportation via reefer temperature tracking logs in the Fleet Dashboard.

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FDA compliance and digital records per hour
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Lower reefer operational costs.

Improve your bottom line by reducing excess fuel, cargo spoilage, and reefer maintenance.

Environmental Sensor

Connect up to six Environmental Sensors to one Asset Gateway to create an advanced, multi-point reefer monitoring system. Resolve spoilage disputes with data and accuracy.

Reefer telematics

Control and monitor live and historical telematics with all major OEM integrations. This includes fuel use, fault codes, and reefer telematics. Proactively address maintenance and performance issues.

All-in-one

Lower your cold chain software costs with the all-in-one Motive Fleet Dashboard. Monitor reefer temperature and telematics data side-by-side with drivers, vehicles, and equipment in one view.

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Control reefers remotely.

Centralize the control of reefer units to reduce costly human errors in programming and use.

Centralized control

Remotely change set point, pre-trip mode, and other reefer settings in the Motive fleet dashboard.

Alerts

Set reefer monitoring alerts for all major OEM integrations units when the environmental conditions fall out of a specified range. Determine priority, frequency, and recipients of alerts depending on your needs.

Alarms

Keep tabs on all active reefer alarms through the Fleet Dashboard. Clear alarms during pre-trip or set an alert to be notified of specific alarm codes.

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Frequently asked questions

The environmental data is collected continuously and transferred to the Asset Gateway through a low-energy Bluetooth connection every 1 minute. In the case of a lost connection, the Motive Environmental Sensor can store the date up to 90 days of data while waiting to reconnect.

Nearly all Thermo King and Carrier units from 2021 onward support our integrations natively, without requiring an Asset Gateway. Older units can be retrofitted easily with the addition of a dealer-provided telematics box. Motive’s installation team will assist in confirming your requirements and ensuring a smooth adoption process.

With the API integration, no hardware is required. In some cases, operators choose to install Environmental Sensors for redundancy and additional coverage, coupled with an Asset Gateway.

The replaceable lithium battery in the Environmental Sensor lasts up to 3-5 years depending on environmental conditions.

Currently, the Environmental Sensor only works with Asset Gateway Solar, but both Asset Gateway Mini and Vehicle Gateway will soon support this sensor.

Yes, you can install a Motive Asset Gateway Mini or Motive Vehicle Gateway on your reefer to provide real-time, high-frequency location reporting and other telematics, alongside your use of our reefer APIs. However, our reefer APIs (Thermo King API and Carrier API) do not require an Asset Gateway or Vehicle Gateway in order to function.

Accessible temperature data starts at the installation of an Environmental Sensor or Thermo King and Carrier integration. Customers must maintain an active subscription to access temperature logs in the Motive Dashboard. Reefer monitoring data is avaialble for export to local data storage.

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