I give up, ELD choked on the 3/7 split and now I don’t know what to do.

At 9:30am you should have a full clock.

 

The 5:25 break while loading is shorter than 7 hours so it doesnt matter if it is sleeper berth or off duty. If you started with fresh clocks at 0715 and took a 5:25 break while beimg loaded you could drive for 7:15 hrs (11-3:45=7:15) or until 0240, which ever comes first. When you reach the point when you either want and/or have to stop go to slepper berth for 7 hrs. It may show a violation at first but after the 7 hrs has passed it should correct itself. After the 7 hrs is complete you can either drive for 3:45 + unused balance of 11, or stay in any off duty status (off duty, sleeper, pc) until 10 consecutive hours of off duty/sleeper/pc has passed to get full 11 and 14 back.

I believe the problem you are having is that it initially shows a violation, but most systems I've seen or heard of correct the violation once the second half of the split berth is finished.

 

As long as the movement is legal and correctly logged, it doeant matter if the stupid ELD shows it as a violation or not. Legal is legal, requardless of what the stupid computer thinks.

 

If you don’t have any way to make the computer aware that you plan to split then the computer doesn’t know that you’re splitting your sleeper until the second period has been completed, making your log legal.

 

You mean sleeper berth?

 

Not familiar with the Rand. But Qualcomm has a box you check. So it knows what you are doing. Perhaps that is what you are missing.

 

I've heard mixed reviews on McNally electronics. As a general rule of thumb I try to stick with products that fall within the maker's area of expertise. Rand McNally is maps but not necessarily electronics. My Omnitracs hasn't goofed a split on me yet - but then again, I've never tried a split with the short part first either.

Regardless, prior comments are correct in that the mere fact that your log device calls it a violation doesn't necessarily make it a violation. For example:

One time I pulled into a truck stop and parked with like 10 seconds remaining on my 11. Before I could finish switching to sleeper, it chirped that I'd had a log violation. But when I finished switching to sleeper, it backtracked to when I shut the truck off, so it said I'd used 10:59 of my 11, but the log violation notice with the red exclamation mark on it was still active. I called compliance to try to clear things up and they just said not to worry - the logs themselves are what make violations, not the violation alert.

 

Go off duty and log out. Go have a beer and start over tomorrow.