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The ELD itself is a physical device that gets installed in the OBD-II port in the truck or vehicle. It records information about when the truck is operational.
by mattas 4y ago
The ELD itself is a physical device that gets installed in the OBD-II port in the truck or vehicle. It records information about when the truck is operational. The hours that the truck is operational need to be accounted for, which is (usually) done by a driver using a mobile app.
If a truck driver gets pulled over, they need to prove to the officer that they are operating within their hours. In the past, this was done with a physical log book.
- sumtechguy 4y agoThe ELD does tons of stuff. It tracks location, speed, doors, shifting (to teach better strategies to the driver), logs, fuel levels, and anything the engine can spit out thru that jbus (like obd-ii which some do use). We used to upsell tracking things and having parts on hand at the correct depots for fixing things before they became an issue on the side of the road. HoS is just one part of what those things do. But even the simplest of them usually hook into the data bus at some point to detect 'drive'. You can buy ones that are just apps and do only HoS. But not sure if those are considered legal anymore (been a few years since I messed with it). When you have 1 truck HoS is a big part of why you want them. When you have a fleet of 2000+ trucks your metrics are different in what costs more.