Learn basics about Spotlight and flashing tags.
Spotlight provides a visual method for outdoor field team members to quickly locate vehicles that have been selected through a search using the Logistics Mobile App. When the search locates a vehicle that matches the Spotlight criteria, the tag (inside the vehicle) will flash the specified light pattern (e.g., long red flash or short green flash).
Utilizing the Spotlight feature provides many benefits:
- True driver audit (cars moved, task completion time, idle time)
- Vehicle statistics (time moved, associated driver, dwell time)
- Unauthorized driver detective reports
Spotlight uses BLE to connect to the Cognosos Model RT- 270 tracking tags and operates based on the search criteria and outcomes. Once the search has been initiated and activates the tag spotlight, it begins listening for BLE beacons from the vehicle tags, once every second. When the tag is heard, the app tells the tag to flash if the vehicle is on the list.
The Spotlight software feature works specifically with the Cognosos Model RT- 270 (Generation 4) tracking tag.
Your mobile device must have bluetooth set to on to communicate with the tags and run Spotlight mode.
See the logistics mobile article Creating & Running Spotlight Searches for information on engaging the spotlight feature and flashing tags.