About the AVL Agent

The AVL Agent improves system scalability by allowing processing of AVL data to be handled separately from other data received from the mobile computer.

In addition, this server component adds a new real-time function to scheduling. The Trapeze PASS Schedule Server recognizes the vehicle’s last known location. Currently, the Schedule Server does not consider the in-transit location reported by AVL information when offering solutions.

With AVL Agent, same day solutions are based on current vehicle location rather than geocoded events. This makes it easier to “find” a vehicle in a certain area especially during vehicle slack times when the exact whereabouts of a vehicle may not be known. That is, with the previous scheduling method, the Schedule Booking Wizard finds the next scheduled geocode. With AVL Agent, the Schedule Booking Wizard considers the vehicle’s last known location.

The following graphic illustrates how the AVL Agent is used with Schedule Booking Wizard.

The Use AVL feature on the Details tab in the Vehicles screen is applied when both the MDT Server and AVL Agent functions are enabled.