Auxiliary rules

Auxiliary rules help you manage sensors and other external input devices connected to your GO device.

These rules work with dedicated auxiliary groups to apply them to the correct vehicles in your fleet. Users must have access to a specific auxiliary group to work with it.

If you give a user access to an auxiliary group that is outside their usual data scope, they might see assets they shouldn't be able to see. To avoid this, you can grant access to an auxiliary group only within their reporting scope. You can do this using the Additionally allow reporting by these groups label on the User Edit page. This lets them view related events on the map and create reports using that event data.

Adding auxiliary rules

Learn how to add auxiliary rules to help manage sensors and other external input devices.

Before adding an auxiliary rule, you’ll need to set up auxiliary groups in your group tree.
  1. Navigate to Groups & Rules > Rules and click Add.
  2. Add the basic details for your rule:
    1. Create a name for your rule.
    2. Optional: Choose a color for your rule and select Visible. When the rule is broken, it will be shown on the map by an icon in that color.
    3. Select the appropriate auxiliary group the rule will apply to using the Publish to groups dropdown list.
    4. Optional: Add any necessary comments to your rule.
  3. Under the Conditions tab, select the connected auxiliary port using the More dropdown list.
  4. Select True for the value from the opened Condition Value Selection then select Add to associate the new rule with this auxiliary input.
  5. Set up the logic behind the rule:
    1. Click a Condition type to open the options for each condition.
    2. Enter the values needed to measure that condition.
    3. Click Add to add your condition to the rule.
    4. Optional: Click the Scroll icon to open the Advanced conditions editor to write your own custom conditions.
  6. Under the Notifications tab, set up notifications for your rule:
    1. Click your desired notification type (for example, Add email).
    2. Specify the desired recipients and any other necessary details, such as notification type.
    3. Click Add.
  7. Click Save.
Auxiliary rules display on the Rules page under the Advanced heading.

Creating groups for auxiliary rules

Learn how to create groups to help you manage and apply auxiliary rules to assets in your fleet.

  1. Navigate to Groups & Rules > Groups in the main menu.
  2. Under the Company group, add a new group called Auxiliaries.
  3. Add a subgroup under Auxiliaries for your specific auxiliary (for example, Salt truck).
  4. Navigate to the Assets page in the main menu.
  5. Select the assets you want to add to your auxiliary group and click Edit.
  6. Under Asset Information, click the radio button for Add Groups and select your auxiliary group from the dropdown list.
  7. Click Save changes.
You can add your auxiliary group to your auxiliary rule using the Publish to groups option.