GPS
The Ohio Schools Council's preferred vendors for Global Positioning System (GPS) units for members are Seon Systems Sales Inc., Synovia, LLC and Zonar Systems. These vendors have agreed to provide their products to OSC members at a substantial discount.
GPS units on school buses and other vehicles can be very beneficial in locating vehicles in real time, tracking routes, monitoring the timing of routes, idle time, variance of speed and from routes, the exact time of entering and exiting a specific location and more. With additional features of inputs/outputs, you can monitor when and where a vehicle’s parking break, stop arm, flashers or wheelchair lift are activated, as well as when the entrance door is opened. A GPS product can assist you not only in an emergency situation, but for regular route monitoring and verification. In addition, these products have the capability of integrating with some routing software. Contact Tami Perkins for vendor information at (800) 264-1326, ext. 103 or email tperkins@osconline.org.
Below are brief descriptions of each vendor's system:
Seon Systems Sales Inc.
Seon is the world’s #1 supplier of mobile video surveillance for the bus and coach industry. Our premium quality bus camera systems and GPS fleet tracking solutions have made Seon the partner of choice for student transportation managers across North America. With over 100,000 systems in the marketplace with less than a 1% failure rate, Seon is also the leader in reliability. Offering local, personalized sales, service and installation support, Seon is the smart choice as your partner in Ohio.
4-camera Surveillance system
Seon’s four camera surveillance system is the ideal solution for monitoring the on-board activities of students and bus drivers. A selection of premium quality cameras and variety of lens sizes, coupled with a rotating gimbal for accurate positioning, ensure you have complete video and audio coverage of the entire bus. Seon’s mobile DVR, the Trooper TL4, provides high-resolution recording and storage of video footage, and is fully integrated with our GPS Fleet Tracking solution, vMax Live Plus.
vMax View software simplifies the viewing, archiving and retrieval of video data from the hard drive of the DVR. It allows administrators to retrieve key details about onboard incidents or pin-point the exact location a passenger exited using video synchronized with mapping software. vMax View also features SmartBlur™ - the new video archive blurring feature that blur faces across the entire video clip to ensure passenger confidentiality.
Live GPS Fleet Tracking System
vMax Live Plus is a web-based vehicle tracking solution that lets you track the status and location of any bus on your fleet in real-time – essential in any emergency situation. Get live alerts on any important events live on-screen, or sent to you by email if you’re away from the office. vMax Live Plus helps school transportation officials act faster, by providing instant insight on the location of a bus in a map-view, and save money, by identifying unwanted driver behavior such as excessive idling. Fully-integrated with Seon’s camera systems, vMax Live Plus’ DVR Health Check feature also lets you monitor the status of your camera system in real-time, eliminating excessive downtime.
Synovia, LLC
Synovia provides Transportation Management Software that allows districts to enhance safety, improve efficiency and reduce operating costs. Our solution allows you to track and manage vehicle activity using GPS technology, compare planned versus actual route status and accurately manage driver time & attendance. Synovia’s product suite offers the following capabilities:
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Dashboards
- Time & Attendance Management
- Real-Time Route Management with ETAs
- Integrated Comparative Analysis
- Drill Down Reporting
- Engine Diagnostics
Synovia’s solution is backed with Synsurance. This industry-leading program offers a hosted, turnkey solution and lifetime hardware/software warranties with no upfront costs.
Zonar Systems
Zonar offers the V2J HD-GPS, ZPass Student Tracking, and EVIR Inspection modules. With their flexible system, schools are free to pick and choose the solutions that work best for them. All information gathered from Zonar’s products is organized in their secure, web-based Ground Traffic Control application. This user-friendly software comes with dozens of pre-made and customizable reports, as well as one-click data export to Excel and an open API for using data in third-party systems for routing, payroll and more.
The V2J HD-GPS is the in-vehicle device that collects the latitude, longitude, time and odometer of all assets. This device can also be upgraded to provide diagnostics capabilities. The V2J serves as the hub to transmit data from all other Zonar devices.
Zonar’s patented ZPass tracks student ridership, using student RFID cards. Students swipe their ZPass ID card when entering or exiting the bus, then the time, date and location is logged and immediately transmitted to a secure database that is accessible via Zonar's Ground Traffic Control application. Parents can also use our ZPass+ system to have their child’s ridership information sent to them in a text message. The ZPass+ service is billed directly to parents.
Inspections and maintenance can be organized and integrated with Zonar’s patented EVIR inspection solution. Pre- and post-trip inspections are performed with the handheld device, which scans the RFID tags placed at key points around the vehicle. All maintenance information is organized in the web-based Ground Traffic Control application.