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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | MAY 2014 35 technology Text INFO to 205-289-3554 or visit www.ccjdigital.com/info Insurance, Inc. www. w AITAInsurance.com For more information, please visit: AITAonline.com AITAonline.com Saving you money, mile after mile! Providing Products and Services to the Transportation Industry Since 1997 Visit our website for more information AITAonline.com O mnitracs made several announcements at the 76th annu- al Truckload Carriers Association's annual conference in Grapevine, Texas: Tire pressure and fuel monitoring alerts. Omnitracs now offers Tire Pressure Monitoring, Trailer Tire Inflation Alerts and Exact Fuel applications on its Mobile Computing Plat- form 50. TPM displays a graphical tire health indicator that codes the severity of events, while TTIA notifies back-office personnel of tire inflation events and configurable alert notifi- cations based on frequency, duration and type of event. Omnitracs' new Exact Fuel application, also available on the MCP50, monitors and transmits real-time fuel level details directly to fleet managers. NaviGo 5.1 in-cab navigation. Beginning this summer, Telogis' NaviGo 5.1 in-cab navigation will be available on the MCP110 and MCP200. NaviGo 5.1 offers near real-time navi- gation information and will include alerts when drivers exceed posted speed limits or enter an area identified by the fleet to require special attention, and lane guidance with better visual representation of complex highway exits and intersections. New ALK route guidance apps. ALK Technologies' Route- Sync and CoPilot FleetPortal applications will be available this summer for ALK's CoPilot Truck onboard in-cab navigation software for the MCP50, MCP110 and MCP200 platforms to improve route compliance and reduce operational costs. RouteSync integrates with the fleet's back office and onboard systems to ensure consistency between the planned and actual route. The CoPilot FleetPortal application allows fleets to visualize routes and generate fleetwide reports on vehicles' compliance to planned routes. – Jeff Crissey Omnitracs enhances MCP line Omnitracs' new Tire Pressure Monitoring application alerts both the driver and the back office to critical tire issues.