Samsara Integration With Route4Me

Samsara takes a leading position in the field of connected operations, offering easy-to-install hardware and scalable cloud-based software. Samsara provides solutions that combine wireless sensors with remote networking and cloud-based analytics. Users of Samsara have access to real-time GPS tracking and diagnostics, high-definition dashcams with computer vision, live and historical fleet metrics, and tools for cargo and fleet asset monitoring. Additionally, Samsara offers many other features and various types of equipment designed for fleet tracking and fleet management and is also supported on Android and iOS mobile devices. This enables users to maintain stable and uninterrupted communication channels. Route4Me’s partnership with Samsara provides effortless tracking and vehicle fleet management to enterprise businesses in 2024 and beyond.

Establish A Samsara Telematics Connection With Route4Me

Click To Open Your Route4Me Telematics Integrations

To establish a telematics connection with Samsara, go to “Settings” from the Navigation Menu and then select “Telematics Integrations“. Then, on the Telematics page, click the “Add Telematics Connection” button at the top of the page.

Next, input an alias for the connection in the required “Connection Name” field (i.e., the name of the telematics vendor, etc.). Then, select “Samsara” from the “Telematics Vendor” menu.

After that, input your Samsara API key and Samsara account ID into the respective fields. Then, specify your preferred Vehicle Position Refresh Rate for the Samsara telematics connection.

The Vehicle Position Refresh Rate is the frequency at which Route4Me’s Telematics Gateway retrieves vehicle tracking data from the corresponding telematics partner. Most telematics vendors receive and store data between 1 and 5 minutes, while other vendors can capture data at a higher frequency. With Route4Me, you can set up the preferred Vehicle Position Refresh Rate and extract the tracking data as quickly as every second.

Next, check either or both the “Sync Telematics Data” and “Sync Customer Data” box to specify which data from Samsara you want to import into and sync with your Route4Me account. In detail, the “Sync Telematics Data” option toggles the default telematics functionality which enables you to import, sync, and track GPS vehicles on routes. The “Sync Customer Data” option enables you to import address data and other customer details from Samsara to your Route4Me account. NOTE: To establish a telematics connection with Samsara, you need to enable at least one sync option. Additionally, you can sync both telematics and customer data at the same time with Route4Me. To do so, simply enable both sync options.

After enabling the preferred data sync options, check the authorization box at the bottom of the window to agree with Route4Me’s Terms and Use policy and click the “Save” button to create your Samsara Telematics Connection.

Once the telematics connection is successfully established, you can see it on your Telematics page. In the “Synced Vehicle Count” column, you can view the percentage of successfully synchronized vehicles. To edit a telematics connection, click on the Gear Icon next to it and select “Edit” to modify the connection or “Remove” to delete it from your account.

Sync Telematics Data – Imported Telematics Vehicles From Samsara In Route4Me

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After successfully establishing a connection with your Samsara account, all vehicles are automatically imported and re-synchronized with your Route4Me account if you enabled the “Sync Telematics Data” option. To access your vehicles list, go to “Team” from the Navigation Menu and then “Vehicles“. There, you can edit and manage all Route4Me and telematics vehicles associated with your account. When vehicles are imported from Samsara or another Telematics Vendor, they can be found in the “Pending” tab of the Vehicles page. To enable a pending vehicle on your account, simply click the checkmark next to it. Alternatively, check the boxes next to all vehicles you want to enable and click the “Activate” button above the vehicles list.

Sync Customer Data – Imported Address Details From Samsara In Route4Me

Click To Open Your Route4Me Address Book Map

After successfully establishing a connection with your Samsara account, all addresses and associated custom data are automatically imported and re-synchronized with your Route4Me account if you enabled the “Sync Customer Data” option. In detail, all addresses from your Samsara Address Book are automatically imported and synced with your Route4Me Address Book and you can seamlessly open them on the Address Book Map. To do so, go to “Customers” from the Navigation Menu and then click either “Address Book List” or “Address Book Map“.

Dispatch Route4Me Routes To Samsara Fleet Telematics

To dispatch a route from the Route4Me Web Platform to your Samsara account, you need to assign a Samsara vehicle to the route. Learn more about assigning vehicles to routes with Route4Me’s dispatch management software.

After assigning an imported Samsara vehicles to a route, you can dispatch that route and send it to the associated Samsara account. To dispatch a route opened in the Route Editor, simply click the “Dispatch” button in the top-right of the page. Alternatively, you can click the “Operations” tab and select “Dispatch” from the menu.

NOTE: When you dispatch a route, customers on that route receive SMS and Email notifications informing them when their order is scheduled. These notifications also contain a tracking link for the order tracking portal, where customers can track order status updates. Additionally, learn more about Automated Email and SMS Customer Notifications.

Once the route is dispatched from the Route4Me Web Platform, it’s automatically sent to the connected Samsara account and instantly becomes available in the “Routes” page of the Samsara platform.

When dispatching a route from Route4Me’s enterprise routing software to Samsara fleet telematics, a copy of the route is sent to the associated Samsara account. This way, both the Route4Me and Samsara routes can be used and modified separately on either platform without affecting the other.

When you update Route4Me routes dispatched to Samsara on your Route4Me business route planner, all changes are automatically synchronized with your Samsara telematics account. To edit Route4Me routes without synchronizing changes with Samsara, open a route in the Route Editor. Then, click the “Operations” tab in the top menu bar and select “Undispatch“. Changes made to an undispatched route will not be synchronized with Samsara.

When you dispatch a route from Route4Me to Samsara, any Custom Data associated with destinations on the route in your Route4Me account will also be attached to the corresponding stops of the route in your Samsara account. Additionally, learn about using Custom Data for destinations, users, and more.

Tracking Your Samsara Vehicles On Routes In Your Route4Me Account

When your vehicles are out in the field, Samsara captures their tracking data and sends it to Route4Me, where it’s evaluated and processed. Then, Route4Me automatically associates the data with the corresponding vehicles and provides all available real-time and historical tracking information in the form of statistics, relevant metrics, and actionable intelligence.

You can track the activity of your vehicles in real time using the Route Editor or the Routes Map. To bring up a vehicle’s locations and tracking history on the Route Editor, click the Tracking Icon and check the “Tracking Path” and “Breadcrumbs” boxes. Then, click “Tracking Source” and select Samsara. Additionally, learn more about real-time GPS asset tracking.

NOTE: It may take up to 60 seconds for the vehicle(s) to appear on the map.

Compare Telematics Vendors With Route4Me’s Telematics Gateway

Route4Me’s Telematics4Me Gateway provides a list of all currently available telematics vendors in the world. On the Telematics4Me page, you can view comprehensive information and main features of all available telematics vendors, as well as compare them side by side. Comparing different telematics vendors enables you to choose the ones that best accommodate the particular needs of your unique business or business model.