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OttoFleet Management System (OFMS)

The PERSENTECH OFMS is an entry-level fleet management solution for SMEs who use vehicles to conduct their business and who must:

  • Account for the safety of the drivers through vehicle tracking and messaging.
  • Maintain a diary of vehicle-use for business purposes using trip information.
  • Minimize operating costs to improve business profitability.

The OFMS solution consists of devices, smartphone applications, and a web application capable of communicating with the devices and smartphones over a GSM-GPRS wireless cellular network.  The devices use GPS information for position and speed, and also vehicle diagnostic information for fuel economy and many other vehicle performance metrics.  The smart phone applications use the GPS information only.  The cellular network is used to interrogate the devices for position and vehicle diagnostic information as well as providing a messaging channel for emergency and business-specific communications. The devices and smartphones require a data plan and the trip details and messaging are optimized to reduce the amount of data transmitted through the network.

Features and Benefits


The PERSENTECH OFMS solution is designed to address the SME needs with the following benefits:

  • Safety:
    • Lone worker location information and emergency alert notifications.
    • In-vehicle driving assistance – notification of speed limits, certain road hazards and safety zones, and red light camera intersections in mapped coverage areas helps prevent fines and collisions.
  • Cost savings:
    • Real-time vehicle performance displayed – fuel economy, carbon emissions and idling feedback to help influence driving behaviour and vehicle operating costs.
    • Data usage over wireless network optimized to minimize charges and can be configured by the user according to the desired frequency of position, trip, and messaging information.
  • Vehicle use and expense tracking:
    • Collects vehicle usage, fuel costs and maintenance costs incurred while operating a vehicle for business and personal purposes.
    • Identifies vehicle abuse and driving behaviour characteristics.
    • Generates trip reports required for tax-related vehicle expense purposes.
  • Simple and easy to use:
    • A portable device that can be easily installed in any vehicle and moved to any other vehicle without requiring professional installation services.
    • A web browser interface to locate, communicate with, and monitor the use of the fleet vehicles.

The OFMS solution is available for sale in the following three business scenarios:

  • One-time licensing fee with annual software update fees (optional) that introduce new features.
  • An OFMS monthly subscription charge for access to a dedicated web portal location containing the personalized SME web application and database. The monthly subscription charge includes the hosting and database charges, and the OFMS licensing fee. This is a flat monthly fee for any number of vehicles or devices and the customer is the system administrator.  Wireless data network charges are not included in this fee and such charges are the responsibility of the customer.
  • An OFMS monthly subscription charge for access to a shared web portal and database.  Customers pay a monthly service charge to access vehicle tracking and trip information.  This is a subscription charge per device or smart phone application.  PERSENTECH is the system administrator and manages the shared database. Wireless data network charges are not included in this fee and such charges are the responsibility of the customer.

The OFMS devices available for use with the OFMS web application include:

  • The PERSENTECH CVS42-OFM device that includes the core GPS-GPRS-OBD and display technologies.
  • The PERSENTECH OttoFleet Mobile smart phone application, currently available for the iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones.

For more information on availability and pricing, please contact a sales representative at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 1-888-647-4564.

The OFMS system topology is shown in the following figure.