GPS Trailer Tracking and Monitoring
GPS hardware and software for trailer tracking and monitoring, providing unparalleled visibility into the location, utilization, and health of your equipment.
Visibility and control
Real-time GPS tracking eliminates time spent on manual check-ins.
Maximize utilization
Utilization insights enable the repositioning of underused assets and automated client billing.
Protect your assets
Automatic geofence alerts detect unauthorized use to reduce theft and loss.
Minimize downtime
Preventive maintenance helps you stay ahead of issues to minimize equipment downtime.
Industry benefits
Motive Asset Gateways, Environmental Sensors, and OEM integrations provide unparalleled visibility and control, with support for all types of equipment. Our solution helps track, monitor, maximize, and protect your equipment, no matter what industry you operate in.
Construction
Prevent project delays and control costs with real-time insights into equipment location and performance, such as an overused excavator or an idle bulldozer. Optimize utilization, preempt costly breakdowns, and dispatch the right equipment to the right location. Safeguard against theft with real-time alerts and on-demand location requests.
Trucking & Logistics
Enhance customer relationships by ensuring the right trailer reaches the correct warehouse and providing timely delivery updates in transit. Combat theft, vandalism, and fraud with real-time alerts and on-demand location requests.
Oil & Gas
Efficiently track drilling rigs, tanker trucks, and auxiliary tools across vast terrains, reducing costly downtime, underutilized equipment, and environmental risks. Minimize loss and depreciation with complete visibility into your equipment’s condition and location, even in harsh environments.
Food & Beverage
Maintain FSMA compliance and ensure product freshness during transit with proactive, multi-point temperature monitoring inside the trailer. With real-time alerts and two-way command, manage issues promptly and remotely, preventing loss and mitigating costly manual errors.
Agriculture
Maximize utilization from tractors to harvesters with real-time location and usage data, reducing your seasonal costs. Avoid untimely breakdowns during critical planting or harvest seasons with preventive maintenance. With geofence alerts, protect valuable equipment from unauthorized use and theft.
Ensure tracking, visibility, and control over all types of equipment.
- Asset Gateway Mini – Monitor high-volume inventories, with a small form factor and 5-year battery life.
- Asset Gateway – Monitor high-value equipment and reefers, with solar power and cabled options for continuous tracking.
- Environmental Sensor – Monitor your reefer’s temperature and humidity.
- Plus AEMP 2.0 and Thermo King integrations.
Track and manage your equipment from a single platform.
Get real-time and historical visibility into equipment location, with assets and vehicles automatically linked when traveling together to ensure accurate delivery. Eliminate yard hunts and track a diverse range of equipment, from generators to heavy machinery.
Optimize equipment use and efficiency.
Keep your equipment and trailers utilized at full capacity with real-time insight into utilization and dormancy. Quickly see available equipment inside a geofence for effective capacity planning.
Quickly catch theft or misuse.
Receive alerts and address unauthorized use or theft when equipment unexpectedly leaves geofence perimeters. Quickly recover stolen or missing equipment with Locate My Asset (coming early 2024).
Stay on top of preventive maintenance.
Avoid costly repairs and downtime through predictive fault code monitoring and maintenance scheduled by engine hours and mileage. Get real-time alerts for assets requiring attention.
“The Asset Gateway Mini’s discreet size and unpowered mode means we can easily track each equipment’s location and engine hours, saving us valuable time and boosting utilization. The automatic vehicle asset pairing will also ensure the right equipment is delivered to the right job site.”
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Introducing the Asset Gateway Mini
Say goodbye to frustrating tracking issues with the new Asset Gateway Mini. Compact yet robust, it’s designed for monitoring the location, usage, and health of powered and unpowered assets. Monitor high volume inventories with a small form factor and 5 year battery life.
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Frequently asked questions
What kind of equipment can Motive track?
Asset Gateway Mini and Asset Gateway were designed to work on all different types of equipment – from unpowered assets such as dumpsters, to powered equipment like skid steers, as well as reefers and trailers.
Learn how to install the Asset Gateway in our Help Center.
How do I track the engine hours for my equipment?
Asset Gateway Mini and Asset Gateway can be connected via cable to the on/off line. When the engine is turned on, our devices will log those hours and store them for reports to be generated and shared.
Learn how to install the Asset Gateway in our Help Center.
What is the hardware warranty of the Asset Gateways?
The Asset Gateways are backed by an industry-leading, five-year hardware warranty.
How can I keep track of my equipment within a certain area?
The Motive Integrated Operations Platform allows the user to draw geofences around any geographical region. Motive will report all equipment and vehicles within the geofence.
Learn how to create a geofence in our Help Center.
Can Motive alert me when something moves in and out of a geofence?
With Geofence Alerts, you’ll receive an email that includes the time, date, geofence name, geofence category, and the asset ID when a vehicle enters or exits a geofence. You can also set a time frame for those alerts to track unauthorized use after hours.
Learn how to create a geofence alert in our Help Center.
Can I download Utilization Dormancy, and Geofence Inventory reports?
Yes. From the Motive Dashboard, click on Reports and select the desired report. You can export the results as a PDF or a CSV file.
Do I need a Motive Vehicle Gateway to use the Asset Gateway?
No. Asset Gateways are fully independent products that can be used with or without the Motive Vehicle Gateway.
What is the battery life for the Asset Gateways?
The Asset Gateway Mini boasts a five-year battery life with two daily location check-ins. However, it can also be powered continuously via cable. Meanwhile, the Asset Gateway is engineered for ongoing operation, harnessing power either from its built-in solar panel or through the 7-way trailer connection.
Do the Asset Gateways meet any automotive or industry standards?
The Asset Gateways undergo stringent testing and quality controls to withstand extreme outdoor conditions. The devices are water-resistant, impact-resilient, and are tested according to truck-specific vibration and temperature profiles. The Asset Gateway Mini also boasts a IP69K waterproof rating.
How does the Asset Gateway communicate with the Motive Dashboard?
We use a direct cellular connection to upload equipment or trailer location and other telematics directly to the Motive Dashboard. You can access data through Fleet View or Motive reports.
Learn more about the Fleet View in our Help Center.
What is asset tracking and monitoring?
Asset tracking and monitoring is the process of using technology, such as GPS, sensors, and software, to keep a real-time record of the location, condition, and usage of valuable assets, like trailers or equipment. This helps businesses manage and protect their assets efficiently, enhancing productivity and reducing risks.
How does asset tracking work?
Asset tracking works by attaching sensors / GPS devices to assets. These devices collect and transmit data, including location, condition, and utilization. Users can access this data through software to monitor, manage, and analyze the assets’ status and history in real time.
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