Hours of Service 5.5 Release Notes
The changes listed on this page are for the initial March 2018, 5.5 Hours of Service host application and Hours of Service Driver Portal releases and subsequent patch.
For previous release notes, click here.
Patch 5.5.127
For the patch release in April 2018, the following updates were made.
eRODS and ELD Driver Log Report File Fixes and Enhancements
- The eRODS file (header and power events) displays all loads and trailers for the driver and that day and record duplications were eliminated.
- On the host, an eRODS file cannot be generated when a driver was not associated with an ELD-capable device during the requested time frame. This is done to ensure that an eRODS file can be properly generated and transmitted to the FMCSA website.
- General eRODS file fixes and improvements.
- The ELD Driver Log report now runs even if there are pending clockin/clockout events from the Driver Portal.
- The ELD Driver Log report is fixed to ensure that all clock in/out events are included.
Performance Enhancements
- Driver detail tab slowness experienced by several customers is now vastly improved.
- Saving edits slowness experienced by several customers is now vastly improved.
Other Fixes and Enhancements
- The failure response to the web service AddEx is more descriptive.
- Fixed an issue where a black "X" icon would be seen on Driver Details tab after an Unknown Driving Event assignment was accepted.
- Protective code to handle driving segments sent from the mobile with bad distance information.
- Both non-driving locations are editable for drive-time swaps and for split edits of non-driving segments.
- Personal conveyance records created on any type of AOBRD may be edited to any other duty status.
- Off-Duty Driving no longer shows on the Odometer Jump report.
Main Release - Overview
The changes described in this document cover the 5.5 Hours of Service release, including updates to the Hours of Service Driver Portal.
In this release, Hours of Service disables forecasting. That means that, when a non-Canadian mobile is out of communication with the back-end for over 90 minutes (generating a communication sensor failure, CSF) and the driver has a last known duty status of any type of driving (including personal conveyance or yard move), the host moves the driver into a transient on-duty status and indicates a sensor failure until the mobile communicates again. The transient on-duty status is removed after communication is reestablished and is replaced by the driver’s activities as recorded on the mobile. By disabling forecasting, situations where drivers are stuck in a “false driving” duty status are minimized.
AOBRDs (units that do not have the ELD-compliant firmware installed) used in areas that have GSM terrestrial coverage only (Canada, Mexico, some areas in the US) will show occasional invalid CSFs. ELDs, AOBRD Mode units, and AOBRDs in CDMA coverage are not vulnerable to these false CSF alerts.
Features and Enhancements
- Several reports and web services, including the driver log report, have been enhanced to correctly display personal conveyance and yard move.
- Host users may now send eRODS via email.
Fixes
- In Hours of Service host interface under Driver Details, the personal conveyance text displays differently from off-duty driving text.
- The Hours of Service Driver Portal interface, the personal conveyance text displays differently from off-duty driving text.
- Off duty records associated with personal conveyance are no longer reported as being on AOBRD devices.
- Host users are now able to set drivers as ELD-exempt.
- The message displayed on the mobile when a driver attempts to claim unassigned drive time that has already been allocated to a driver has been improved to read: “Cannot find a matching unassigned record, therefore cannot assign this record to driver.” The previous message follows.
Web Services
Several web services in the tables below that return duty statuses may now also return the ELD-specific statuses Yard Move and Personal Conveyance. These new values are only returned if the “TimeResolutionInSeconds” tag is set to true in the request.
For more information on web services in this and prior releases, go here: https://intinfo.omnitracs.com/display/qhosint/Integrating+with+Omnitracs+Hours+of+Service
Note: To ensure that integration is not affected by this release, the DriverLogQueueEX family of web services calls continues to show the drive segment even if under CSF.
HOS Web Services North America API
| Web Service | Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| CanadaDriverLogReport CanadaDriverLogReport CanadaDriverLogReport | CurrentActivity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| CanadaDriverLogReport CanadaDriverLogReport CanadaDriverLogReport | OnDutyNotDriving | Yard Move durations will be included |
| CanadaDriverLogReport CanadaDriverLogReport CanadaDriverLogReport | OffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| CanadaDriverLogReport2 CanadaDriverLogReport2 CanadaDriverLogReport2 | CurrentActivity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| CanadaDriverLogReport2 CanadaDriverLogReport2 CanadaDriverLogReport2 | OnDutyNotDriving | Yard Move durations will be included |
| CanadaDriverLogReport2 CanadaDriverLogReport2 CanadaDriverLogReport2 | OffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included in OffDuty |
| DriverLogQueue | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| DriverLogQueueEx | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| DriverLogQueueByGroup | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| DriverLogQueueByGroupEx | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| ExportDriverLog | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| ExportDriver | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| ExportDriver | TodayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| ExportDriver | TodayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| ExportDriver | YesterdayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| ExportDriver | YesterdayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| ExportDriverByDepotId | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| ExportDriverByDepotId | TodayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| ExportDriverByDepotId | TodayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| ExportDriverByDepotId | YesterdayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| ExportDriverByDepotId | YesterdayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| USDriverLogReport | CurrentActivity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| USDriverLogReport | OnDutyNotDriving | Yard Move durations will be included |
| USDriverLogReport | OffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| USDriverLogReport2 | CurrentActivity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| USDriverLogReport2 | OnDutyNotDriving | Yard Move durations will be included |
| USDriverLogReport2 | OffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| AddEx | InOffDutyDrvPolicy | Enable/disable driver's use of Personal Conveyance |
| AddEx | EnableYardMove | Enable/disable driver's use of Yard Move |
| AddWithCarrierName | InOffDutyDrvPolicy | Enable/disable driver's use of Personal Conveyance |
| AddWithCarrierName | EnableYardMove | Enable/disable driver's use of Yard Move |
| UpdateDriverEx | InOffDutyDrvPolicy | Enable/disable driver's use of Personal Conveyance |
| UpdateDriverEx | EnableYardMove | Enable/disable driver's use of Yard Move |
| UpdateEx | InOffDutyDrvPolicy | Enable/disable driver's use of Personal Conveyance |
| UpdateEx | EnableYardMove | Enable/disable driver's use of Yard Move |
| Get | EnableYardMove | Driver's setting for use of Yard Move |
HOS Web Services United States API
| Web Service | Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| GetDriverExportData | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| GetDriverExportData | TodayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportData | TodayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportData | YesterdayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportData | YesterdayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportEx | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| GetDriverExportEx | TodayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportEx | TodayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportEx | YesterdayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportEx | YesterdayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportDataExStartAt | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
| GetDriverExportDataExStartAt | TodayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportDataExStartAt | TodayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportDataExStartAt | YesterdayOnDuty | Yard Move durations will be included |
| GetDriverExportDataExStartAt | YesterdayOffDuty | Personal Conveyance durations will be included |
| GetDriverLogExportData | Activity | Adding new duty statuses (Personal Conveyance and Yard Move) |
Previous Releases
- Hours of Service 5.11 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.10 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.9 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.8 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.7 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.6 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.5 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.4 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.3 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.2 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 5.1 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 4.5 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 4.4 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 4.3 Release Notes
- Hours of Service 4.1 Release Notes
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