Power Take Off (PTO)

Owned by Lincoln McGregor-Smith (Unlicensed)
Last updated: 2020-02-28 by Val Kennedy
2 min read

Most heavy vehicles include a Power Take Off function where the vehicle’s engine is used to power some other equipment on the vehicle, like a pump used for loading/unloading. Many of our customers use this feature in their day-to-day operations. The status of the Power Take Off is also a good indicator of when a vehicle is being loaded/unloaded.

You may need to know the amount of fuel used when the vehicle is not being driven, i.e. while loading/unloading with the PTO. This is useful information, because in some cases this fuel is tax free. 

Features

  • Generating of PTO event records (from the telematics hardware) based on digital input data or CANbus (CANbus only available on certain hardware)
  • A PTO report to indicate detailed information when the PTO turned on/off as well as fuel used during PTO on (fuel used only available on certain hardware)
  • Power take off Summary report as a part of Vehicle Performance Monitor


The Power Take Off report can be found in NextGen in the Reports heading on the left-hand side of the screen, under Vehicle Performance Monitor.


After selecting the desired parameters, the below output will be generated. 


Clicking on the eye Event icon will open up specific events and display additional pertinent details. 

A valid event is typically indicated by a high number of satellites (7+) in the NSAT column, and a low number (<1.5) in the HDOP column.