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inkeper · Nov 4, 2011

Injun said: ↑

They do not have to install it on the dash. Drilling into the cubby puts holes in the dash.

All of the required wiring is in place, already in the umbilical behind the seat. They can plug it into that and give me the bracket. I will mount it myself, right where the old one is.
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I don't know if they have to, but they run new cable for the new Q/C. The old cable on the outside of the truck is folded and cable tied under the antenna mount. New cable runs from the new antenna and is routed into the truck a different way. And like I said, I am just repeating what he told me.

Moosetek13 · Nov 4, 2011

It ia also wired into the speakers differently,
In my ProStar, the front left speaker seems to be dedicated to the QC.
Well, most of the time. Sometimes I get music from it. Sometimes.

oc83baker · Nov 5, 2011

It a whole different set of wiring from the old one, they wires the goes into the antenna on the old one have a different connection than the new ones, on the new ones they mount the brain in the cubby hole under the bunk, all the wires have different connection from what the old one look like

BigBusMan · Nov 6, 2011

DO all of the trucks have the New qualcomm/elogs on them? and I have been wondering if it provides Wifi access for a laptop, or do you have to have an aircsard or something? I want to be able to have skype video chats while out and about and wasnt sure what I would need for that.

oc83baker · Nov 6, 2011

I don't think the wifi feature is activated, I try using it but no luck (somebody correct me if I'm wrong) and not all trucks have it but by dec 31 they say all trucks should have it. I still see company trucks with the old qualcom.

Injun · Nov 6, 2011

I still have the old QC. There may not be enough of the new ones to make all of the conversions before Dec 31. I'm following the lead of my terminal management on this. If Swift wants to shut me down on Jan 01, I will fight it. I have been told on a number of occasions that the installs will be done at my terminal, but have yet to see any of the new units in the shop.

Also, that recent court case may be a bit of a game changer. In other words, I'm in a holding pattern for now.

buddy_bill · Nov 6, 2011

inkeper said: ↑

I was put into a different truck recently, no not a new one, just new to me, and it came with the dreaded "New Quallcomm". I was in the truck a few days before I was able to take the class so I had plenty of opportunity to play with the thing. I couldn't get into the HOS part because I had not taken the class, but I did go through the training on the unit, several times. Overall first impression was not bad at all. The macros are easy to follow and you can scroll to the one you need fairly quickly and highlight it with a touch of your finger. The touchpad keyboard is a bit quirky and sensitive, typos are easy to make and fix. I have tried to reconfigure the touchscreen several times for finger placement, it gets slightly better each time.

The HOS section is a breeze to use as far as your logging goes. I have not tried to edit any yet because I think I am restricted somehow, but I haven't really needed to edit any yet, as far as I know. There is a drop down menu for descriptions of the more common tasks, pre trip, post trip, fuel, etc. I think they need a drop - hook added in there.

Someone posted that the 7/8 s of a mile traveled puts you on the drive line is a rumor, that is absolutely correct. I roamed all over the Sealy Walmart DC at yard speed for a total of 4 miles or so, and it kept me off duty while I was looking for that perfect empty trailer.

It keeps up with your 70, 14, and 11 hour clocks. It shows you miles traveled which interestingly is over what the odometer shows by several miles. It keeps up with daily hours used driving and hours used working not driving.

It DOES do split sleeper and lets you know how many hours you have to drive after the split. On a different screen you can see how many hours you have total to do the driving, say 4 hours drive time with 5 hours to do it. That was cool since I needed to split for the first time in 5 years of driving and it was easy despite my worries that I would screw it up

Something I found by accident; in the top right corner of the screen is a little clock that counts down the hours left to drive, and has DOT by it so you know it is driving hours. If you finger push that clock it will turn to an actual digital clock with the correct time of day for your terminal. When driving the screensaver in the HOS section displays a larger count down timer with hours left to drive displayed.

As far as the GPS, it is ok, I prefer my own so I don't even use the one on the unit, but it does have a few features that enhance parts of the screen.

Be aware that the new One Plus program being put into effect will actually look at your logs to determine your actual arrival times. You are given a next load assignment that may have a window for delivery say from 0200 til 1030. When you get the actual load asssignment, that delivery window now has a set time that Swift will insist is your appointment time. I argued for well over an hour that I accepted a load based on the window and it was not didpatched as I needed it to be. I lost the arguement, but gave them the old Mac22 and had it my way in the end.

All in all I think I will like it, some won't, buts that's ok too.

Sorry for being a bit long winded, I tried to keep it as brief as I could, there is lots more I left out for sure.
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...you said you used your own GPS, what kind do you use?

inkeper · Nov 6, 2011

I use a Rand. I have been trying the one on the Q/C some more but it doesn't seem to always route the shortest or quickest way. Last week I got a load out of Springdale Ar going to Sanger Tx. It wanted me to go through Tulsa to OKC and then straight down 35 to Sanger. The fuel route from Swift and the Rand agreed on going down through Muskogee, Mcalister on 69, and then taking 82 over to 35 from Dennison.

Gold_Miner · Nov 6, 2011

Fuel Route, does that mean you have to get fuel from only the stations they tell you to stop at? Forgive my newbie question, but heck I am a newbie....

Moosetek13 · Nov 7, 2011

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Fuel Route, does that mean you have to get fuel from only the stations they tell you to stop at? Forgive my newbie question, but heck I am a newbie....
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At least for company drivers, you generally only fuel at the designated stop(s).

If you run really low you can get opened up at other locations, usually for 50 gallons or so.

You do have some discretion, in a limited way. As in, you can skip a fuel stop if you don't think you will need fuel. I have done this when I had enough fuel to complete my delivery, usually when the fuel stop was at a Love's (I hate both their 'truck stops' and showers, so I don't want to waste a fueling there).

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