Samsara Telematics Integration with Route4Me Route Planner

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. With Samsara, users get real-time GPS tracking and diagnostics, high-definition dash cameras with computer vision, live and historical fleet metrics, and measurements, tools for cargo, and fleet assets monitoring, as well as many other features and various types of equipment designed for fleet tracking and fleet management. Samsara is also supported on Android and iOS mobile devices, allowing users to maintain stable and uninterrupted channels of communication. Route4Me’s partnership with Samsara provides a fast and smooth tracking experience in a reliable and effortless manner.

Establishing a Telematics Connection with Samsara

To establish a telematics connection with Samsara, first, log into your Route4Me account. Next, go to the My Account tab from the navigation menu and then select  Telematics Gateway respectively.

On the Telematics Gateway page, click Add Telematics Connection in the top left corner of the screen.

Next, input the name/alias for the connection into the corresponding field (i.e., the name of the telematics vendor, etc.).

Then, select Samsara from the Telematics Vendor drop-down menu.

After that, input your Samsara API key into the corresponding field.

Next, input your Samsara account ID into the corresponding field.

After that, specify the preferred Vehicle Position Refresh Rate for the Samsara connection in the corresponding field.

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 are able to set up the preferred Vehicle Position Refresh Rate and extract the tracking data as quickly as every second.

Finally, check the authorization box at the bottom of the window to agree with Route4Me’s Terms and Use policy and then click Save to finish.

Once the telematics connection is successfully established, it is displayed respectively on the Telematics Gateway page. In the Synced Vehicle Count column, you can view the percentage of successfully synchronized vehicles. To edit the corresponding connection, click on the gear icon next to it and then select the preferred option.

Viewing Your Samsara Vehicles in Your Route4Me Account

All imported vehicles become available on the Vehicles page in your Route4Me account and can be edited respectively.

You can assign your imported vehicles to already planned routes, as well as to the routes that are being planned.

The data received from Samsara is automatically associated with the ID numbers of the corresponding vehicles. You can track the activity of your vehicles in real time using the Route Editor or the Routes Map. To bring up your vehicles’ locations and tracking history on the map, first, click Tracking, then hover your mouse cursor over Route, and finally, select one of the corresponding timeframes from the list.

When your vehicles are out in the field, their tracking data is captured by Samsara and sent to Route4Me where it is 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. For your convenience, vehicles’ icons can be changed to the logos of the corresponding telematics vendors (i.e., when you have integrations with multiple telematics vendors).

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

Route4Me’s Telematics4Me solution provides the list of all telematics vendors that are currently available 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 fully accommodate the particular needs of your unique business or business model.