BikeTrax GPS Platform 5 Update

BikeTrax GPS Platform 5 was released at May 7, 2024 at 08:23 UTC and the system load and performance are stable. Please contact us if any issues arise.

With the release of BikeTrax GPS Platform 5 in the near future, we have many new updates to announce.

Modern web app

There is a brand new modern webapp which will contain all the new features going forward. This is a mobile-friendly PWA (progressive web app) which brings more usability, functionality, and ease.

Modern PWA

Don’t worry if you aren’t ready to switch over yet, you can go to the legacy login page from the main login page, or there is a button to switch back to the legacy app from the modern app in the settings page switch to legacy.png , or you can just navigate to this URL (this link will only work after the update has gone live): https://traccar.powunity.com/legacy

Please be sure to check out the changes in how geofences are added and enabled over at Geofences and information on the new reports at Reports.

Here is a list of additions and improvements in this portion of the platform.

Add logs report page - a new option to see raw device data directly from the web app
Improved live routes
Direct calendar creation - simple calendar can now be defined directly from Traccar web app.
Events drawer on the main screen
Address search on the map
Google Maps layers
Links to Google Maps and Street View
Map compass and scale controls
Responsive design enhancements
Updated reports to use configurable grid instead of fixed table layout
Dynamic map layer switching in the web app without page refresh
New combined report option
Faster reports - summary, trips and stops now have a fast option with some reduction in accuracy
Trip parameters can be configured per device
Major UI redesign for the modern web app
Geofence management support in the modern app
Fixes for broken maps, including Yandex
Custom marker color for devices - for example you can color device based on ignition
Custom report and geofence colors
Many new map layers and overlays
Map view for trips, stops and route reports
Multiple devices support for the summary report
Sounds for web notifications
Device images - you can upload an image per device to display in the popup
WebSocket connection keepalive; no more random error popups
Performance improvements in the modern app to handle large number of devices
Option to access last position in computed attributes
Show driver name instead of ID
Persisted device filtering
More sorting and filtering options for devices
Show geofences on most of the screens with map
Show device count by status
Search field in settings on mobile
A feature to adjust speed limits threshold

BikeTrax GPS API/Server

There’s also been a lot of changes to the BikeTrax GPS server however the API has remained stable, save a couple minor changes. There has only been the moving of the list of geofences from devices to positions as the parent entity. If you query for an Event , servertime has been renamed to eventtime.

The list of notable features are included below.

Device link sharing - create temporary links to track individual devices
Event to notify about sent queued commands
List of current geofences moved from devices to positions
Automatic command triggering by events
Sending commands to groups of devices
API for deleting positions
Commands allowed for readonly users
A fix for motion event duplication
GPX export - an API endpoint to export positions in GPX format.
Token API authentication - token can now be used directly for all API calls
Support KML export - new API endpoint to export positions in KML format
Support CSV export - new API endpoint to export positions in CSV format with all attributes as separate columns
Events are now using GPS time when possible instead of relying on server time