III: Connecting to Telematics:

Once Support has confirmed the setup is complete you can begin to test and follow the below "IV Counter instructions."

IV. COUNTER INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE: Cars+ only reads and loads from the transponder in Online RAOPEN and Online RACLOSE, and NOT the Batch OPEN and Batch CLOSE programs. This is because the vendors we work with can only report the vehicle's current odometer and tank level. They cannot report what these readings were in the past. For the Batch programs, the mileage and fuel level must be manually entered.

A. OPENING RA's with Telematics turned on;

This explanation assumes that the reader is familiar with the basic operation of the CARS+ RA Open and Close screens.

In field 13 enter the vehicle number that has been previously connected to your chosen telematics vendor. The mileage and fuel level will be loaded into Cars+ representing the current reading from the transponder. (Note: these readings may be different from the current readings in Cars+).

CARS+ assumes that all of your vehicles are registered with your chosen vendor and so will ask the vendor for current odometer and fuel on every unit. If the vehicle is registered, the vendor will respond with the requested data. If the vehicle is NOT registered, the vendor will not respond and CARS+ will then default to either a blank field or last odometer and fuel tank reading that was entered into CARS+, depending on how your Location is configured.

Two one character codes will appear on line 14 to indicate where the odometer and tank level data came from. The codes are:

T = Value came directly from the Telematics vendor.

O = Override. The user manually corrected the value sent by the vendor.

M = No value came from Telematics. This value either was loaded from a CARS+ file or was manually entered by the rental agent.

In the example below, "TT" both the odometer reading and the fuel tank reading came from the telematics feed.

EXAMPLE:

OPTION: P_____________ RA OPEN 1 Name(L/F/T) BILLINGS/JOHN 11 Ret Dt/Tm 08-08-12/0800 2 Address 15 SOUTH ST 12 Ret Loc/Drop FAR01/* 3 C/S/Z SANTA ANA/CA/92777 13 Veh/Cl/Rt/Cl 027204/C/SDL0/C 4 Ph/DOB/Gen 803-555-1212/02-02-60/* 14 Odm/Fuel/Ppd 20100/8/N TT 5 Locl Cnt * 15 Cell Phone * 6 Li/St/Ex/Ver 123/CA/02-02-16/* 16 Empl/Drw ANNE/1 7 FOP/#/Ex/LOA VI/XXXXXXXXX0111/02-16/*/* A-Rates G-Dts/Misc 8 Ath#/Amt */* B-DB/Cust H-RA Close 9 Sr/Ty/ID */R/*/* C-Deposit N-Notes 10 Notes * D-Options O-Other Windows

C. CLOSING RA's with Telematics turned on:

RAs wth vehicles that have been previously connected to your chosen telematics vendor, should be handled normally as explained in RACLOSE and the mileage and fuel level will be loaded into Cars+ representing the current reading from the transponder.

EXAMPLE:

OPTION: A_________ RA CLOSE #L6060404 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 21255/3/127.05 OT 5 Empl/Drw ANNE/1 Total T&M 267.10 37.00 6 Notes * Total Non-T&M 130.05 FOP VI XXXXXXXXX0111 2 Discount * 3 Tax/Surcharge 9.85 A-T&M Charges name:BILLINGS Subtotal-1 407.00 C-Option Charges date:08-04-12 1500 Less Dep/Reimb * D-Payments odom: 20100 8 Less Payments 407.00 E-Other Charges veh#:027204 4 Change Back * F-RA Open Bill-To:THERMEON C Balance * O-Other Windows N-Notes F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALC F6=SEARCH ESC=EXIT

Note the additional added features in field 1.

The "OT" indicates that the vehicles tank level and odometer was supplied by the telematics vendor, but the first reading for odometer was manually edited by the rental agent changing the value sent by the vendor.

The number below the "OT" after the "Total T&M" indicates the percentage of the remaining fuel level left in the tank. (So in this case the "37.00" indicates that the customer used 63% of the fuel.)

Other examples, depending on the Telematics vendor used, could show Miles/fuel/Chg/and an additional indicator after the "Chg" (Example = 21255/3/127.05/M.) Where the "M" indicates that the fuel was a Manual entry.

T = Value came directly from Telematics vendor.

O = Override. The user manually corrected the value sent by the vendor.

M = No value came from Telematics. This value either was loaded from a CARS+ file or was manually entered by the rental agent.

L = Per liter fuel rate for when the prompt "CALC FUEL ON TANK LEVEL (Y) OR DISTANCE TRAVELED (N), is answered "Y" (this value only appears on the Close screen).

NOTE: Cars+ only reads and loads from the transponder in Online RAOPEN and Online RACLOSE, and NOT the Batch OPEN and Batch CLOSE programs. This is because the vendors we work with can only report the vehicle's current odometer and tank level. They cannot report what these readings were at a specific point in the past. For the Batch programs, the mileage and fuel level must always be manually entered.

Data Import can occur:

Online RA Open when initially opening an RA

Online Open when doing an X subwindow Vehicle Exchange

Online Close

[Data is NOT imported in the process of closing and cloning contracts in the Multi-month RA program]

Data Export can occur:

Opening an RA - in online or batch mode

Vehicle Exchange

Voiding a RA

Closing an RA - in online or batch

Opening Non-Revs

Closing Non-Revs

Infleeting new units - with either Vehicle Inventory Control or Import Vehicle Records

Selling old units