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Defining the Core App Settings

The Core App Settings allows you to define options that the driver will have on the mobile device, such as whether the driver can add a stop, as well as what features may appear on the device. The options are described below. You can also hover over the tooltip icon for more information on each option.

Add Unplanned Stop - check to allow the driver to add an unplanned stop to a trip. Unplanned stops are added from the map in Drive. 

Map Features - click the arrow to open a list of features that can be displayed on the map in Drive; check the features you want the driver to be able to display on the map. Show Traffic will allow real time traffic to be displayed on the map; Show Weather will allow the current weather to be displayed on the map.

Disable Trip Autocomplete - check if you do not want the trip to automatically be completed. If this option is selected, the driver will have to manually complete the trip in the Day Planner.

Enable Travel History for current trip - check to allow the driver to see GPS pings on the map for the current trip. If this option is selected, enter the frequency the pings should be shown in Travel History GPS Interval (in minutes). For instance, if you enter 5 as the interval, the driver will see a position ping for every 5 minutes.

Enable Third Party Apps - check to.....

Allow Next Button - check to have a Next button appear on the map in Drive. If the driver presses the Next button, the next required task for the current stop will be displayed.

Include Original Task Data NEED MORE INFO

Default Landing Page - click the arrow and choose the page that should appear when the driver opens Drive. The options are Map, Planner, and HOS.
Note: Compliance only customers should choose HOS as the default landing page.

Slide Out Menu - click the arrow and choose the options that should be visible to the driver in the slide out menu.

Completion Message - enter the message the driver should see when the completing a trip or ending the day.

Workflow After Trip Completion Occurs - click the arrow and choose the action that happens in Drive when trip is completed. The options ae Return to my Day Planner, Return to Map View, and Logoff - I'm done for the day.

Sync: interval (minutes) - WHAT AM I SYNCING BETWEEN - HOST AND DRIVE, COMPLIANCE AND DRIVE, DRIVE AND ENTIRE SYSTEM?

Sync: satellite interval (minutes)

Sync: batch size

Sync: max log entries

Sync: max sent box entries

Insert Not At Origin stop - check to allow a new origin to be added to the trip if the driver is not at the defined origin when the trip is started. If this option is  enabled, the JSON configuration defined in Start Not At Origin Config determines when the new origin is used. 

Enable Always On Display - check to have the device screen remain on while Drive is the foreground application.

Login Session Timeout (minutes) - IS THIS ONLY IF NO INTERACTION? enter the amount of time, in minutes, when Drive should be automatically logged out.

Ask driver to confirm logout - check to have a confirmation message appear when the driver logs out of Drive. 

Warn active trip on logout - check to have a warning message appear if the driver logs out of Drive while there is still an active trip. 

Force Login on App Start - check if the driver should be forced to log into Drive, even if there is a valid token WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN?

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