Does elog need data ?

Is there any law saying the ELD needs to be connected to cell phone data in order to be compliant? I have tried using it with no cell service and it still logs the location and all required engine data to be compliant for the logs... But im thinking if i were to get inspected, they always ask for you to send your logs thru the email or whatever it is they use to transfer logs to their computer.. Which requires cell service.. Any of u guys run without having service hooked up?

 

Im not sure if email was the right word. But basically its a transfer over data. Every inspection ive had has been that way so thats why i wondered about that.

That makes sense what u said where if u were in a dead zone there would be no way to transfer over data even if u had it

 

Good to know ! Thank you for the info

 

Well that is a deep dark rabbit hole we can jump down i have my own authority and was debating whether or not to pay an extra 20 bucks a month for tablet data service just for the elog... Figure if i need data to do a log transfer during inspection i can just connect to the hotspot off my phone