Spatial fences allow you to confine objects to a prescribed geographic region. Alerts can be sent upon entering and/or leaving the fenced zone as well as in the event of delayed vehicle or asset. Initially, user should configure Geo-fencing in Smarterping to confine objects to a prescribed geographic region.
Later, we need to configure “Zone out” event to notify if object left zone. To do so, follow the steps listed below:
1. Sign in to your Smarterping account.
2. Click on Settings in the top left menu icon.
3. On the Settings window, click on Events tab
4. To create new event press + button in left bottom corner.
5. Event properties window will appear.
6. Adding a event – Zone out (event is triggered if object left zone) requires following pieces of information.
The available fields and it's actions are explained below:
Event
Event name - event name that will be displayed in events list.
Event type - select the event type “Zone out” in the events list
Active - Turns on and off event. Useful if you don’t want to receive event messages but want to keep event for further usage.
Objects
Selected objects - select object for which event is created. To select multiple objects keep "Ctrl"button pressed.
Object control
Send command - read service manual of your GPS device to get all available commands.
Notification about event
System message - turns on and off system message. Note: system message will be seen only in used browser window.
Auto hide - automatically hide message after some period of time.
Sound alert - choose notification sound.
Message to e-mail box - turns on and off message to e-mail which is triggered by selected event. Note: notification may be sent to different e-mails, separate e-mail addresses with comma.
SMS to mobile phone - sends event message via SMS. Note: this option is unavailable with current version.
Event conditions
Selected zones - select zone from list. For selecting multiple zones keep "Ctrl" button pressed.
7. After setting parameters, press Save button.