Trip Planning

About this topic

Audience: Drivers
Conditions/restrictions:
- Your company must be licensed for TruETA and TMWGoTripPlanning to use the Trip Planning functionality. If your company does not have both licenses, you will not see the Trip Planning icon or the Trip Planning screens.
- Your company must be licensed for and running SystemsLink 2018.3 or later.
- To view your trip on the embedded map, your company must be licensed for Trimble Maps.

If your company uses TruETA to plan trips and is licensed for TMWGoTripPlanning, you can view these trips on the Trip Planning screen in TMW.Suite Go Driver.

This illustration shows an example of a planned trip on the Trip Planning screen. This screen displays stop events along with suggest rest stops/rest times.

Icon	Definition
	Opens the Hours of Service screen Note: Your company must use a Mobile Comm device (such as a PeopleNet device) for this feature to function. If you have questions, contact your Support representative.
	Opens the Map screen
	Indicates a weather alert has been issued for that stop event or rest stop
	First stop event (such as a LLD or a BMT) on the order or trip with earliest date/time
	Suggested rest stops with earliest date/time The number and location of rest stops are based on your company’s TruETA setup. If you have questions, contact your company’s system administrator.
	Indicates a completed stop event or rest stop
	Additional stops on the trip or order with earliest date/time The number inside of the circle is associated with the stop number on the Stops grid in TMW Operations. This number will change based on the number of stops between the stop events. Note: Open the Legs screen or the Orders screen to view details about additional stops.
	Last stop event (such as a LUL or a EMT) on the order or trip with earliest date/time

Icon

Definition

Opens the Hours of Service screen

Note: Your company must use a Mobile Comm device (such as a PeopleNet device) for this feature to function. If you have questions, contact your Support representative.

Opens the Map screen

Indicates a weather alert has been issued for that stop event or rest stop

First stop event (such as a LLD or a BMT) on the order or trip with earliest date/time

Suggested rest stops with earliest date/time

The number and location of rest stops are based on your company’s TruETA setup. If you have questions, contact your company’s system administrator.

Indicates a completed stop event or rest stop

Additional stops on the trip or order with earliest date/time

The number inside of the circle is associated with the stop number on the Stops grid in TMW Operations. This number will change based on the number of stops between the stop events.

Note: Open the Legs screen or the Orders screen to view details about additional stops.

Last stop event (such as a LUL or a EMT) on the order or trip with earliest date/time

With the Trip Planning feature, you can:

View TruETA’s suggested trip route
View your pickup and drop stops
View suggested rest stops
Add rest stops or delete rest stops
Change a rest stop location or duration
View your Hours of Service
View your trip on the Trimble Maps

Loading the Trip Planning screen

To load the Trip Planning screen:

Log into the app.
Tap Menu. If you are using a tablet, skip this step.
Based on your company’s setup, tap Legs or Orders.
The Current Trips or Current Orders screen opens.
Do one of the following:
- View trip planning for the current trip
  
  Tap the Trip Planning icon.
  The Trip Planning screen opens.
- View trip planning for a different trip
  1. Tap Next.
    The Next Trips screen opens.
  2. Tap on the trip that you want to view.
    Information about that trip is displayed.
  3. Tap the Trip Planning icon.
    The Trip Planning screen opens.

Viewing weather alerts

To view weather alerts:

Load the Trip Planner screen.
In this example, there are two weather alerts.
Tap the Weather Alert icon next to a stop event or a rest stop.

The Weather Alerts screen opens. It displays information about the weather alert. Weather alerts are generated by the National Weather Service.

Viewing Trip Planning Hours of Service

Your company must use a Mobile Comm device (such as a PeopleNet device) for this feature to function. If you have questions, contact your Support representative.

To view your hours of service:

Load the Trip Planner screen.

Tap the Hours of Service icon.
The Hours of Service screen opens.

Field	Definition
Break	Currently not functional
Driving	Number of hours you have been driving for the current day
On Duty	Number of hours you have been on duty for the current day
Cycle	Number of hours you have been active for the current cycle Note: This value is based on your service rule.

Field

Definition

Break

Currently not functional

Driving

Number of hours you have been driving for the current day

On Duty

Number of hours you have been on duty for the current day

Cycle

Number of hours you have been active for the current cycle

Note: This value is based on your service rule.

Viewing planned trips on the Trimble Maps screen

To view a planned trip on the Trimble Maps screen:

Load the Trip Planner screen.
Tap the Map icon.
The Trimble Maps screen opens.
To return to the Trip Planning screen, click Close.