Camera settings

Camera settings allow you to customize your cameras' audio and video settings for your fleet.

Note: The settings described in this article are intended for the GO Focus Plus and may not be available for all camera models.

You can customize a variety of settings for your cameras to tailor their audio and video capabilities to match your fleet's needs.

Customizable settings include:

  • Audio: Choose whether or not to record in-cab audio, and set your preferences for chime and voice alerts.

  • In-cab coach settings: Set the language and preferred gender for your in-cab coaching audio alerts.

  • Video: Enable or disable the driver-facing camera, or turn on Lens as a Sensor to keep event detection running without recording cabin video.

  • Events: Choose whether to use chime or voice alerts for a number of common events detected by your camera. In some cases, you can select the volume level of the alert as well. You can also fine-tune the threshold for each event using a slider.

Camera settings can be configured on a per-camera basis using the Assets page. They can also be set up for all cameras in your database using the System Settings page.

Some camera settings are also available on the Settings page in the Video menu. These include:

  • Privacy: Set your privacy settings, including blurring driver and passenger faces, license plates, and pedestrians.

  • Data: Set your preferences for data retention on your camera SD card and in the cloud. You can also choose how you want to split your SD card storage between continuous video and event recordings.

Default camera settings

Default settings allow you to customize the set up for all new GO Focus series cameras added to your database.

You can update default settings for your cameras on the System Settings page.

Settings are divided into four categories:

  • Audio: Customize the audio feedback for your cameras, and enable recording audio.

  • In-cab Coach Settings: Customize language and audio settings for in-cab coaching.

  • Video: Enable the driver-facing camera.

  • Events (Available under Advanced Settings): Customize the cameras in-cab alerts for various types of events.
    Note: For event settings with customizable sensitivity, hover over the Info icon beside the event name to learn more about each sensitivity level.

Customizing your default settings will apply to all new GO Focus series cameras added to your database, and will update the default settings for existing cameras. Settings that have been customized for specific cameras in your database will not change.

Adjusting your default camera settings

Learn now to adjust the default settings for GO Focus series cameras in your database.

Important: Camera default settings is currently only available for GO Focus Plus cameras.
  1. Click the Profile icon in the top toolbar and select System Settings.
  2. Navigate to the Devices tab.
  3. Edit the Geotab (GO Focus series) Default Settings to your desired set up.
  4. Click Save.
Your chosen settings will take effect for all new cameras added to the database. Existing cameras that differ from the default settings will not be affected.

Setting alert thresholds

Learn how to fine-tune the thresholds for events detected by GO Focus Plus and GO Focus Pro cameras in MyGeotab.

Each event threshold is a slider across its full range, with Low, Medium and High marked on it. Thresholds are shown as actual values, so you can set the exact value your safety policy calls for instead of choosing one of three presets.

You can change thresholds on a single asset, edit them in bulk across selected assets, or apply them fleet-wide.

Note:

Existing thresholds carry over unchanged. If your cameras used Low, Medium or High, they keep the same thresholds, now shown as values. Thresholds tuned in the Geotab Video Rules add-in also carry over to these settings. The add-in will be deprecated gradually, so switch to the settings described here if you use it.

  1. Open the Assets page:
    1. In Classic MyGeotab, click Assets in the main menu.
    2. In Next-Generation MyGeotab, open the Assets app from the main menu or your app library.
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  2. Select the Cameras tab.
  3. Select the camera you want to set alert thresholds for from the list.
  4. Select the Devices & Settings tab.
  5. Find the event you want to adjust.
  6. Drag the slider for each threshold to the value you want.

    Low, Medium and High are marked on each slider. For example, you can set the phone use duration anywhere from 2 to 10 seconds, where High, Medium and Low sit at 4, 5 and 7 seconds.

  7. For Tailgating and Safe Driving, adjust the thresholds on the combined chart.
  8. Optional: Use the Chime, Voice alert and Warning controls beside the event's thresholds to set the in-cab feedback for that event.
  9. Click Save.

Enabling and disabling the driver-facing camera

Learn how to enable or disable driver-facing cameras, or turn on Lens as a Sensor, in MyGeotab.

Lens as a Sensor stops the driver-facing camera from recording video while its AI keeps running, so in-cabin events and in-cab alerts continue without cabin footage.

  1. Open the Assets page:
    1. In Classic MyGeotab, click Assets in the main menu.
    2. In Next-Generation MyGeotab, open the Assets app from the main menu or your app library.
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  2. Select the Cameras tab.
  3. Select the camera you want to enable or disable the driver-facing camera for from the list.
  4. On the Other Devices card, under Video, toggle Driver-facing camera on or off, depending on your needs.
  5. Optional: To keep event detection and in-cab alerts running without recording cabin video, select Event detection only (no media recordings) under Driver-facing camera.

    This option applies only while the driver-facing camera is on.

  6. Click Save.

Privacy settings

Privacy settings for your cameras in MyGeotab allow you to enable blurring to protect driver or passenger privacy.

Privacy blurring is available for drivers and passengers in vehicles equipped with driver-facing cameras. It is also available for license plates and pedestrians for road-facing cameras.

Privacy settings apply to all new events. They do not apply to:

  • Live streaming video

  • Historical trip footage

  • Previously generated event recordings

Enabling and disabling privacy settings

Learn how to enable privacy settings for your cameras.

Note: Privacy settings are currently available only at a database level. There is no way to enable privacy settings for individual cameras at this time.
  1. Open the Video Settings page:
    1. In Classic MyGeotab, navigate to Video > Settings.
    2. In Next-Generation MyGeotab, navigate to Video > Video Settings in the main menu. If you don't see Video in your menu, you may need to access the app from your app library or download it from the Marketplace.
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  2. Select the Data & Privacy tab.
  3. Under Privacy, enable or disable the following settings:
    • Blur Driver & Passenger
    • Blur License Plates
    • Blur Pedestrians
  4. Click Save.

Power management

Two stage power mode is a power management feature that manages power consumption for dashcams by transitioning between two parking stages based on vehicle inactivity.

Note: Winter mode is enabled by default for all GO Focus Plus and GO Focus Pro dashcams.

After the vehicle parks, the dashcam enters Light Nap and uses low power to stay connected for remote wake. After 72 hours of continuous parking, the dashcam transitions to Deep Sleep to cut parking power consumption.

In Deep Sleep, the dashcam disables its network connection. It wakes every 24 hours to check for queued commands or updates. When the vehicle movement is detected, the dashcam exits Deep Sleep and restores full functionality.

While a dashcam is in Deep Sleep, the dashcam does not actively record or stream video and remote wake is unavailable.

Data retention

Data retention settings for your cameras help ensure you maintain compliance with regulatory requirements while retaining high-value data.

Balancing compliance and data retention is achieved using independent retention controls for camera and cloud data, and partitioned storage for continuous and event recordings.

You can set data retention settings in two ways:

  • Camera retention controls how long video is stored on the dashcam before being overwritten.

  • Cloud retention controls how long video is stored in the cloud.

Regulatory requirements may require fleets to strictly limit how long video data is retained on the dashcam. Independent controls mean you can set your camera retention controls to comply with regulations while setting your cloud retention controls to match your fleet’s needs.

On-device storage is also split between continuous recording and event recordings. This partition allows the device to store important event recordings for longer before they are overwritten. It does not affect the way event detection, alerts, and uploads function.

Setting data retention periods

Learn how to set your data retention periods in MyGeotab on your cameras and in the cloud.

  1. Open the Video Settings page:
    1. In Classic MyGeotab, navigate to Video > Settings.
    2. In Next-Generation MyGeotab, navigate to Video > Video Settings in the main menu. If you don't see Video in your menu, you may need to access the app from your app library or download it from the Marketplace.
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  2. Select the Data & Privacy tab.
  3. Under Data, select a retention period for Camera and for Cloud.
    Note: Actual data retention may be shorter for camera storage if the storage fills before the selected duration.
  4. Click Save.

Setting data partitions for camera storage

Learn how to set the partitions for your local camera storage using the Settings in MyGeotab.

  1. Open the Video Settings page:
    1. In Classic MyGeotab, navigate to Video > Settings.
    2. In Next-Generation MyGeotab, navigate to Video > Video Settings in the main menu. If you don't see Video in your menu, you may need to access the app from your app library or download it from the Marketplace.
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  2. Select the Data & Privacy tab.
  3. Under Data, use the slider bar to set the threshold for Continuous Recording and Event Recording.
  4. Click Save.