Shutting the truck off but still logging drive time

Got no clue.
But I am curious as to why your testing a new device , are they taking out the mcp200?

 

Is the control head (whatever it might be, tablet, etc.) hardwired to the device, or wireless connection, ie. Bluetooth, cellular, WiFi etc.? Might be some lag there.....mine does the same thing. If I make the change manually in about 5 min. the system makes another entry in the log, so I have 2 entries for the same event. Which is OK I guess.......but if I start driving again before the system makes its entry I will only have one. I do that when I need to show a stop and don’t want to wait for the system to switch to the line 4.

 

How long are we talking about? There is a 180 second (3 minute) "buffer" before the ELD will set to Om Duty from Driving. The way I read the ELD rules is it's optional, but our ELD at work is the same way. Even with the key out of the truck, we have to wait 3 minutes before we can go on duty.

 

Well, when I replied I was 100% sure I read the 180 second timeout in FMCSA 395. I went and looked and now cannot find any specified timeout other than a simple "in motion" timeout of 3 seconds from when the speed drops to 0, the truck is no longer in motion. (Under 395, Appendix A 4.3.1.2.

Still, ours will not let one change to on-duty for 3 minutes. Very annoying.
Dunno if that's compliant or not, but it would surprise me if Omnitracs would get it wrong. Could just be a company option though.

 

you guys are making all this to hard
use the PRND rule

P for out of hours, lunch or sleep time
R for backing into docks
N for on duty time
D for getting from here to there.