GeoTab HOS Integration
Automatically pull actual start and end times for historic routes from GeoTab, with no manual entry required.
GeoTab HOS Integration automatically pulls the actual start and end times of historic routes from GeoTab into Laminar Copilot. Once connected, these actual times populate on their own — no manual action required.
Setting up GeoTab HOS Integration
GeoTab HOS Integration requires a one-time setup with our Support team to connect your GeoTab account.
Submit a support ticket to get started. Our team will walk you through connecting your GeoTab account.
If your workspace isn't connected yet, you'll also see a Use Actual Hours badge near the Start Date column on the Schedule tab in Command Center. Clicking it explains what the integration does and lets you book a setup call with our team. The badge disappears once your GeoTab account is connected.
How drivers are matched
GeoTab HOS Integration matches drivers between Copilot and GeoTab using their phone number or email address. For a route's actual times to sync to the correct driver, at least one of these must match exactly between the driver's record in Copilot's Driver Roster and their profile in GeoTab.
If neither a driver's phone number nor email matches between Copilot and GeoTab, their historic route times won't sync. If actual times aren't appearing as expected for a driver, check that their phone number or email matches on both sides first. Drivers who don't match are flagged in the Audit Panel.
How it works
Once your GeoTab account is connected, Copilot automatically pulls actual start and end times for historic routes from GeoTab — you don't need to do anything to trigger it.
This is the automatic counterpart to Actual Route Start and End Times: where Advanced Route Time Editing lets you manually correct a route's actual times, GeoTab HOS Integration fills them in for you automatically once a route is historic.
When a route runs long
When GeoTab shows a route ending late enough that its driver won't have a full 10-hour reset before their next scheduled route, Copilot flags that next route:
- The next route keeps its scheduled start time.
- The driver's assignment on that route is invalidated, because they're no longer eligible to run it. The route stays assigned to them until you reassign it.
- Copilot texts the driver and your AFP management contacts. See Text Message Notifications for the wording.
To clear the flag, edit the route and assign a different driver, or unassign the driver.
You can turn the text to your AFP management contacts on or off with the Management Reset Violation Alert switch in Automated Texts Settings. It's on by default.
Copilot only checks the driver's very next route. Routes further out in their schedule aren't flagged, and Copilot doesn't reassign the route for you.
If a route still leaves its driver a full 10-hour reset, nothing changes and no texts are sent.