Is it legal to take the shorter break first/PeopleNet question?

I recently started with a new company doing PeopleNet, while my previous experience at my last OTR company was with Qualcomm.

On Qualcomm there was a button to check off where the tablet would automatically assume you were going to do a split sleeper if you took 2 or 3 hours in off duty or in sleeper. And the HOS page would automatically update.

PeopleNet does not do this for the shorter breaks (of either 2 or 3 hours). It will do it for the longer breaks (of 7 or 8 hours).

Questions:

1. Is there anyway to make PeopleNet automatically update the HOS after you take 2 or 3 hours in either off duty or sleeper birth, so you don't have to manually calculate the hours yourself?

2. Where in the new rules specifically does it state that you can use the shorter break (of either 2 or 3 hours) FIRST and it will still count towards the split sleeper birth?

I used the split sleeper by taking the 2 or 3 hour break first at my last OTR all the time once the new rules came out. However, I looked at the FMCSA with a few google searches and I couldn't find specifically where it says that you can use the shorter break first. Does anybody have a link to the FMCSA page where it specifically states that?

I ask for the link because during orientation one of the guys doing orientation said that whatever is on the tablet is whatever HOS you have left. But that's not right because I should be able to take the 2 or 3 hour break first and not have the PeopleNet tablet start wrongly screaming at me that I'm in violation. So I'm looking for where it states you can take the shorter break first on the FMCSA to show my dispatcher in case he questions it like the guy in my orientation did.

Because I know it's legal with the new 2020 HOS rules but I just can't find in the FMCSA where it specifically says the shorter breaks can count towards the split sleeper, whereas before in the old rules it had to be the longer break first.

 

Yeah that's what I saw but the thing is it doesn't specifically state that the shorter break can be used first, although it also doesn't specifically state that the longer break must be used first either.

Anyways like I said I've used the shorter break before with my old company. I spoke with an office person at my company and it turns out as of now PeopleNet doesn't have a button to hit where it will automatically update your HOS clock on the PeopleNet tablet when you take a 2 or a 3 hour break and I'll just have to remember it manually in my head when I take the shorter break first.

I swear PeopleNet is absolute garbage. I really took Qualcomm for granted, I never realized how superior it was to other systems like PeopleNet until I had to actually use PeopleNet lol.

I mean really these new HOS rules have been out for over a year, why wouldn't PeopleNet put a button that drivers can check off to let it know that we want to do the split sleeper while taking the shorter break first?

For referance this is what I'm talking about with the Qualcomm:

 

I didn't know PeopleNet was cheaper. Do you like PeopleNet over Qualcomm? I have seen several comments on this site about PeopleNet being garbage (and I agree with that sentiment). I never heard anybody complain about Qualcomm though.

Another thing my PeopleNet does is it seems that every single morning when I wake up from my 10 hour break it says the tablet isn't acting as an ELD so I have to restart the stupid thing so it can connect to wifi or whatever it needs to do. So irratating.