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Understanding each type of Alert

Complete guide to all Track My Ride alert types. Set up notifications for movement, speeding, zones, maintenance, battery issues, and driving behaviour.

Track My Ride can send you alerts (notifications) for all sorts of things happening with your vehicles. This guide explains every type of alert available and what each one does.

You can get alerts via:

  • Push notification (in the mobile app)
  • Email
  • SMS text message

Movement alerts

These alerts tell you when and how your vehicles are moving.

Driving or journeying

What it does: Tells you when your vehicle starts moving.

When you can be notified:

  • After being parked for more than 30 minutes
  • Anytime the vehicle moves
  • Between 6pm and 6am (after hours)
  • Between 11pm and 6am (late night/early morning)
  • On Saturday or Sunday
  • On the weekend
  • On a weekday
  • For more than 2 or 3 hours non-stop

Good for:

  • Knowing when staff start work
  • Checking if someone's using the vehicle after hours
  • Monitoring unauthorised weekend use
  • Seeing if someone's on a really long trip

Speed exceeding (single point)

What it does: Alerts you the moment your vehicle goes over a certain speed.

Speed options:

  • Choose preset speeds: 90, 100, 105, 110, 120, 130, or 140 km/h
  • Or set your own custom speed limit

Good for:

  • Catching speeding immediately
  • Safety monitoring
  • Compliance with company speed policies

Speed exceeding (3 consecutive points)

What it does: Alerts you if your vehicle stays over the speed limit (not just a quick moment of speeding).

Speed options: Same as single point speeds

Good for:

  • Avoiding false alerts from brief speed-ups (like overtaking)
  • Catching sustained speeding
  • More serious speeding violations

Difference from single point: Single point triggers instantly. This one needs 3 GPS readings in a row over the limit, so it catches people who are actually speeding, not just accidentally going 2 km/h over for a second.

Entering a zone

What it does: Tells you when your vehicle enters a specific area you've set up.

Zone options:

  • Choose specific zones you've created
  • Or select "All zones" to get alerts for any zone

Good for:

  • Knowing when staff arrive at work
  • Tracking customer site arrivals
  • Monitoring depot returns
  • Seeing when vehicles enter specific areas

Exiting a zone

What it does: Tells you when your vehicle leaves a specific area.

Zone options: Same as entering a zone

Good for:

  • Knowing when staff leave work
  • Tracking how long vehicles stay at customer sites
  • Monitoring departures from depot
  • Security - being alerted if a vehicle leaves a secure area

Maintenance & service alerts

These alerts help you stay on top of vehicle servicing and maintenance.

Odometer exceeding (km)

What it does: Reminds you when your vehicle has travelled a certain distance.

How to set it: Enter the kilometre reading you want to be alerted at

Good for:

  • Service reminders (e.g., alert me at 150,000 km for the next service)
  • Tracking when maintenance is due
  • Monitoring high-mileage vehicles

Example: Set an alert for 50,000 km if your next service is due at 50,000 km.

Hourmeter exceeding (hours)

What it does: Alerts you when the engine has run for a certain number of hours.

How to set it: Enter the number of engine hours

Good for:

  • Equipment maintenance (machinery that's serviced by engine hours, not kilometres)
  • Trucks and heavy vehicles
  • Generators or stationary equipment

Example: Set an alert for 500 hours if that's when your equipment needs servicing.

Date exceeding (date)

What it does: Reminds you when a specific date arrives.

How to set it: Choose the date you want to be reminded

Good for:

  • Registration renewal reminders
  • Insurance expiry dates
  • Annual service dates
  • Permit or licence renewals
  • Any date-based deadline

Example: Set it for 30 June if your rego expires then.

Sensor alerts (hardware trackers only)

These alerts only work if you have a hardwired GPS tracker installed (not phone tracking). They use sensors in the tracker to detect things happening with the vehicle.

Motion detected while engine is off

What it does: Alerts you if your vehicle moves when the engine isn't running.

No options: It's simply on or off

Good for:

  • Theft detection (someone towing your vehicle)
  • Unauthorised movement
  • Vehicles being pushed or moved without starting

Important: This is a security alert. If this triggers, your vehicle might be getting stolen or moved without permission.

Engine turned on

What it does: Tells you the moment the engine starts.

No options: It's simply on or off

Good for:

  • Knowing exactly when vehicles start work
  • Monitoring unauthorised use
  • After-hours vehicle use detection
  • Simple "vehicle is now active" notifications

Voltage

What it does: Warns you about battery or power problems.

Battery alert options:

For cars:

  • Disconnected external power or main battery
  • Below 12.2 volts
  • Below 12 volts
  • Below 11.8 volts
  • Or set your own custom voltage level

For trucks:

  • Below 26 volts
  • Below 25 volts
  • Below 24 volts
  • Or set your own custom voltage level

Good for:

  • Catching flat battery problems before they strand you
  • Knowing if the tracker's power cable gets disconnected
  • Monitoring battery health
  • Preventing no-start situations

Battery voltage guide:

  • 12.8V = fully charged car battery
  • 12.2V = getting low
  • 11.8V = nearly flat, might not start

Inputs

What it does: Alerts you when certain wired accessories or systems change state.

Options:

  • Input 1 or 2 wire: Low to High (power turns on, over 9 volts)
  • Input 1 or 2 wire: High to Low (power turns off, 0 volts)

Good for:

  • Custom installations (PTO systems, beacons, refrigeration units)
  • Door open/close detection
  • Equipment on/off monitoring

Note: This is an advanced feature that requires special wiring. Most users won't need this unless they've had custom inputs installed.

Green driving alerts (hardware trackers only)

These alerts help you monitor driving behaviour and improve driver safety. They detect aggressive or unsafe driving.

Harsh acceleration

What it does: Alerts you when someone accelerates too hard or fast.

Sensitivity options:

For cars:

  • Low sensitivity: 0.60 G
  • Medium sensitivity: 0.50 G
  • High sensitivity: 0.45 G
  • Or set your own custom G-force level

For trucks:

  • Low sensitivity: 0.45 G
  • Medium sensitivity: 0.40 G
  • High sensitivity: 0.35 G

For heavy vehicles:

  • Low sensitivity: 0.40 G
  • Medium sensitivity: 0.35 G
  • High sensitivity: 0.30 G

Good for:

  • Driver safety monitoring
  • Fuel efficiency (harsh acceleration wastes fuel)
  • Vehicle wear and tear reduction
  • Driver training and coaching

Harsh braking

What it does: Alerts you when someone brakes too hard or suddenly.

Sensitivity options: Similar to harsh acceleration (different G-force values for different vehicle types)

Good for:

  • Safety monitoring (sudden braking often means following too closely)
  • Brake wear reduction
  • Driver behaviour improvement
  • Identifying dangerous driving patterns

Harsh cornering

What it does: Alerts you when someone takes corners too fast or sharply.

Sensitivity options: Similar to harsh acceleration (different G-force values for different vehicle types)

Good for:

  • Safety monitoring (sharp corners at speed are dangerous)
  • Vehicle stability and safety
  • Cargo protection (items shifting in the back)
  • Driver training

Additional settings for all alerts

No matter which alert type you choose, you can customise these settings:

Vehicles

Choose which vehicles trigger the alert:

  • Specific vehicles - Select individual vehicles from your fleet
  • All vehicles and devices - Every vehicle triggers this alert

Frequency limit

How often can this alert trigger?

Options: 1 minute to 2 hours

Why this matters: Without a frequency limit, you could get bombarded with alerts. For example, if you set a speed alert and someone's driving on the highway speeding, you'd get an alert every few seconds. Setting this to "15 minutes" means you'll only get one alert every 15 minutes even if they're speeding the whole time.

Zone limit

Make this alert only trigger in certain zones.

Example: You only want harsh braking alerts for a school zone you've created, not everywhere else.

Turn off alerts for specific times of the day

Set times or conditions when the alert shouldn't trigger.

What it's for: Maybe you don't want to be woken up by alerts at 3am, or you don't want weekend alerts.