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Geofencing
User Guide
Version 5.2
1 Introduction
1.1 About This Guide
This document is intended for administrators setting up evaluation and proof-of-
concept deployments of MOTOTRBO Dispatch over IP solutions. The document
describes how to configure and use the Geofencing feature.
1.3 Contacts
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2 Overview
The Geofencing feature in the TRBOnet Location Tracking module is designed for
implementing various motion and location-based subscriber management rules. In
the outdoor GPS-based scenario, the two types of source events for triggering
response actions are:
• Enter/exit a region
The next consecutive GPS fix from a subscriber is beyond a user-defined
perimeter.
• Speed above/below a threshold
A subscriber accelerates, slows down or remains stationary over a user-defined
limit.
A geofencing rule definition in TRBOnet can combine both location and motion data
received from a radio station to target the managed subscribers as broadly or
narrowly as required.
3 Operation
This section describes how to define map regions and specify region-based
geofencing rules.
Name
Specify a name for the new map region.
Description
Enter a description for the map region.
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Region tab
Color
Select a color to display the region on the map.
Fill region area
Select this check box to fill in the region area on the map.
Transparency
Specify the transparency level (in percent) for the fill color.
Coordinate system
From the drop-down list, select the convenient format (for example,
Decimal Degrees) for the coordinates.
Latitude/Longitude
Enter the coordinates of the point.
Click OK to add the point.
• Click the Edit link to edit the selected point.
• Click the Delete link to delete the selected point.
• Click Export to save the points' coordinates in a *.csv file.
• Click Import to add points to the region from a *.csv file.
• Click the Save button to add a region.
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• Click the Add Rule button (1) and select the appropriate rule from the drop-
down list (Map Region, Beacons, Radios, Lone Worker) to add a rule to the
current Geofencing configuration. A new rule will be displayed in the list of
rules (4).
• Click the Disable rule button (2) to disable the selected rule.
• Click the Delete rule button (3) to delete the selected rule.
General tab
• Name
Specify the rule name.
• Description
Add a description of the rule.
• Run the rule on a schedule
Select this option and in the boxes below specify the schedule for the rule to
run.
Days of week
In the drop-down list, select the days of the week on which to run the
Geofencing rule.
Start time
Specify the time at which to activate the rule.
Stop time
Set the time at which to deactivate the rule.
• Reset Alarm mode when the rule conditions are no longer met
Select this option to reset Alarm mode after the rule is triggered.
Location tab
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Speed tab
• All regions
Choose this option to apply this rule for all regions.
• All radios
Choose this option to apply this rule for all radios.
• Only selected radios
Choose this option to apply the rule for one or several radios.
• Select all (1)
Click this button to select all radios in the list.
• Deselect all (2)
Click this button to deselect all radios in the list.
• Collapse all (3)
Click this button to collapse the view of radios in the list.
• Expand all (4)
Click this button to expand the view of radios in the list.
• (5)
Click this button, and from the drop-down menu, select which list to display:
Radio List, Radio Groups, or Logical Groups.
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Lone Worker tab
• All Tasks
Choose this option to execute all Lone Worker tasks configured by the
administrator when the rule has been triggered.
• Only selected tasks
Choose this option, and in the list below, select the Lone Worker tasks to be
executed when the rule has been triggered.
Variable settings for Geofencing rules of various types (Map Region, Beacons, Radios
and Lone Worker) are represented in the table below:
Event type Tab Name Parameters Description
Common Settings General Name – specify the rule name;
Description – add the rule description;
Scheduler Run the rule on a schedule - select to start a scheduler
for Geofencing rules;
Days of week - select the days of the week on which to
activate the Geofencing rule;
Start time - set the time at which to start the rule;
Stop time - set the time at which to stop the rule.
Radios All radios – choose to apply this rule for all radios;
Only selected radios – choose to apply the rule for one
or several radios;
Select all – click to select all radios in the list;
Deselect all – click to deselect all radios in the list.
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Event type Tab Name Parameters Description
Beacons. General Control mode:
Allows configuring Control entering beacon coverage zone – select to
rules when a radio enable the rule when a radio enters beacon coverage
(s) enters or leaves zone;
the beacon Control leaving beacon coverage zone - select to
coverage zone enable the rule when a radio leaves beacon coverage
zone;
Activate Alarm mode if the rule has been triggered -
select to activate Alarm mode in the Dispatch Console if
Beacons rule has been triggered;
Reset Alarm mode if the rule is not triggered – select
to reset Alarm mode in the Dispatch Console
automatically if the rule condition was not triggered (for
example, when Control entering beacon coverage zone
is selected and the radio enters the monitored coverage
zone and then instantly leaves the zone, the alarm mode
in the Dispatch Console will be reset automatically)
Send Call Alert to a radio if the rule has been
triggered – select to inform radio subscriber if the rule
has been triggered;
Send Text Message to a radio if the rule has been
triggered – select to inform radio subscriber if Beacons
rule has been triggered;
Activate Lone Worker if the rule has been triggered –
allows automatically activating a Lone Worker policy for a
radio in case of entering or leaving beacon coverage
zone. Select to enable this option.
Scheduler See above.
Radios See above.
Beacons. All Beacons – choose to apply this rule for all beacons;
Enables rule for Only selected beacons – choose to apply the rule for
selected one or several beacons.
beacons
Lone Worker See above.
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