We released a big update to our job management software over the weekend of 6th/7th June.
The aim was to improve the performance of our software and make your data more secure. We added a new server with much more power and also added encryption to the logged in part of the site.
To make sure the page is encrypted, look out for the padlock in your browser bar.
Encryption was already included on our iPhone and iPhone monitor apps so this update completes the circle and brings enhanced encryption to all aspects of our software.
At the same time, Apple also released v9.1 of our Monitor app. See a full list of enhancements and improvements to our iPhone and iPad Monitor app, updated as new versions of our app gets released.
We’re always keen to hear how you find AutoAlert, any features or suggestions we can add to make your experience even more “magical’.
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Find out more about all the features of are unique job management application.
Check out our Instant messaging demo to see how AutoAlert can help you improve communications with your engineers, sub-contactors and customers.
Check out our quick demo video which gives a brief introduction to our web and mobile based instant messaging application.
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Find out more about AutoAlert Instant Messaging or Sign up to AutoAlert.
Even if you’re employees or subcontractors doesn’t have the latest smartphone, you can still use AutoAlert Jobs to send the details of their next job to any standard mobile telephone.
To send a job to an employee or subcontractor on their standard phone, simply click on the More icon (
) next to the relevant job.
Then click Send Message.
The message box will be shown with the job details already pre-filled in the message field.
You can change the message or add further details.
Select the telephone number for your employee or subcontractor from the drop down list or click Other to send to a different telephone number.
Then press Send SMS.
Your employee or subcontractor will receive the message SMS on their phone. (This is a mock-up as we don’t have any feature phones in the office, but it works just the same).
You can click on the message to bring up a website formatted for any phone, including old feature phones.
More information about AutoAlert Jobs Management and AutoAlert Messaging.
This is a quick guide to getting started with our AutoAlert Monitor Application on your iPhone or iPad:
If you haven’t already downloaded the application, you can get it from the iTunes store.
AutoAlert Monitor is a simple application for the iPhone and iPad which provides all the benefits of AutoAlert but in the palm of your hand.
With AutoAlert Monitor you can:
AutoAlert provides transparency over your business.
No more ringing around, trying to find out where your colleagues are or whether a job has been done. You can also quickly and easily communicate with your colleagues.
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I often find myself searching for directions on my computer but then want to view those directions on my phone.
Fortunately with the cloud, this is pretty easy and doesn’t need you to search again from scratch on your phone.
If you don’t already know how to get directions from your desktop on to your smart phone, or from your computer to one of your colleagues phones simply and easily and with a minimum of clicks, then check our tips below:
If you’re using Apple Maps on your computer and on your iPhone or iPad. Simply press the sharing button and then select the device you want to share the directions with.
Then, on your iPhone (or iPad)
This will show you the directions on a map, you can also get turn by turn navigation by clicking the Start button.
Provided you’re signed in to Google, if you’ve searched for directions on Google Maps on your web browser. The locations will automatically be shown on Google maps on any other device.
Open Google Maps on your phone, press the directions icon and then click the relevant location in your history to populate your origin or destination and get the directions between the two.
With AutoAlert Messaging, sending directions to someone else’s phone is very simple.
One of the benefits of using AutoAlert is the ability to cut and paste information from another application into AutoAlert and then send that as a message to one of your colleagues.
If you’re already got the directions from Google Maps, then simply
), When your receive the text message on your phone, you can simply click on the URL in the message to open Google Maps on your phone with your directions.
If you’re logged into AutoAlert and want to send directions from one of your vehicles, or send directions from another address, then there are two simple ways to do this.
If you want to get directions from the current location of one of your vehicles, simply click on the vehicle, enter the destination in the Directions to field and click .
This will open your direction in google maps.
From there you can change the directions, add route options or change from driving to walking etc.
If you have Google Maps on your phone, you can open the application and use the two locations which are available in your history (see above).
If you want to send the directions to another phone, then copy the URL from your web browser, go back into AutoAlert and click the messages icon . You can then decide whether to send the message as an instant message to one of your connections or by SMS.
Clicking on the link in the message will automatically open the directions in your map application on your phone.
To get directions from a particular location,
to open the directions in Google maps
This will open your direction in google maps.
From there you can change the directions, add route options or change from driving to walking etc.
If you have Google Maps on your phone, you can open the application and use the two locations which are available your history (see above).
If you want to send the directions to another phone, then copy the URL from your web browser, go back into AutoAlert and click the messages icon . You can then decide whether to send the message as an instant message to one of your connections or by SMS.
Clicking on the link in the message will automatically open the directions in your map application on your phone.
If you want to get directions from one location to another, then you can obviously do this via Google Maps, Apple Maps or a whole hosts of other applications.
However, if you want to get the directions from one of your vehicles to you, or to another location. Then this is simple to do using AutoAlert’s iOS Monitor application.
Simply open AutoAlert iOS Monitor, go to the radar screen, tap on your vehicle and then enter the address into the search bar and press done. T
This will launch Google Maps if you have it, otherwise it will launch Apple Maps on your phone with your directions ready including turn by turn navigation if required.
You can of course copy and paste any information you want into a message and send it via AutoAlert. This saves you the time and effort of having to write out a text from scratch on your phone.
Find out more about AutoAlert Messaging and our iOS Monitor application, and how they can benefit your business.
GB United was formed to raise money for the Afghan Heroes Charity through a tractor ride around the UK. AutoAlert has provided sponsorship through the provision of a portable tracking unit enabling you to see the current location of Terry and his tractror. 16th May 2010
GB United have organised the Afghan Heroes Tractor Drive of Great Britain to honour the courage and sacrifice of soldiers who have lost their lives in afhanistan.
Terry Williams volunteered to the drive a tractor for 276 days to honour all our fallen heroes starting on 2nd May 2010.
Get involved and visit Terry at any of his stop, for more information check out the GB United website or see his latest location.
Terry is using an AutoAlert Portable GPS Tracking unit to monitor his location in real time.
Check out all the features of AutoAlert’s GPS tracking, job management and messaging platform.
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