The hardware

HiVAM Sense

The HiVAM FleetSense tracker — one device, fitted one of two ways depending on the vehicle. This is exactly what the hardware line on this page pays for.

What actually goes on the vehicle

Core-OBD

Plugs straight into the vehicle's OBD2 diagnostic port — the same port a mechanic uses.

Fitted to: 16-pin J1962 OBD2 diagnostic port
Works on: Light and medium trucks with a working diagnostic port.

What it reads

Live position, speed and heading, with satellite-grade time on every record
Ignition on and off, engine hours and idling time
Harsh braking, harsh acceleration and cornering, from the onboard motion sensor
Fuel level, read from the engine's own computer rather than estimated from a gauge
Up to 143 engine readings from the vehicle's diagnostic bus, matched at fitting to the ones your specific vehicle answers
Crash detection, cross-checked against a sudden collapse in speed, keeping the seconds either side of the impact
A driver panic button that jumps ahead of everything else in the queue
Tampering: the unit being unplugged, or the vehicle bus going silent
A position fix every 10 minutes on its own internal battery after a power cut, for at least three days
Its own health: battery, network signal, firmware version and uptime

~2 minutes · no tools, no wiring

Core-FB

Wired into the fuse box, for vehicles without an accessible OBD2 port.

Fitted to: Fuse box — permanently wired in
Works on: Any truck, any age — including heavy vehicles with no usable diagnostic port at all.

What it reads

Live position, speed and heading, with satellite-grade time on every record
Ignition on and off, engine hours and idling time, sensed straight from the ignition circuit
Harsh braking, harsh acceleration and cornering, from the onboard motion sensor
Crash detection, cross-checked against a sudden collapse in speed, keeping the seconds either side of the impact
A driver panic button that jumps ahead of everything else in the queue
Tampering: an enclosure switch that reports the moment the case is opened
A position fix every 10 minutes on its own internal battery after a power cut, for at least three days
Its own health: battery, network signal, firmware version and uptime
Wired to permanent live as well as ignition, so it keeps reporting with the key out and the cab locked
Fitted out of sight behind the dash, where nobody in the cab can reach it

~20–30 minutes · fitted by an auto-electrician

The hardware

Built to AIS-140*

The device is engineered against the AIS-140 requirements Indian commercial vehicle telematics is held to — including the driver panic button, continuous position reporting and tamper detection.

What it watches

Eight things it keeps track of, continuously

None of these is a paid add-on or a higher tier. Every unit does all of it from the day it is fitted — the only difference between the two variants is engine data, which needs a diagnostic port to exist.

Location

GPS position, speed and heading, updated continuously.

Driving behaviour

Harsh braking and harsh acceleration, flagged from the onboard motion sensor.

Engine diagnostics

Fuel level and other data read straight from the vehicle's own engine computer (Core-OBD).

Tamper detection

Unplugging or disconnecting the unit is detected and reported immediately.

Crash detection

An impact signature from the motion sensor, cross-checked against a sudden collapse in speed, with the seconds either side of it kept.

Driver panic button

A physical button in the cab. It jumps ahead of every other message in the queue and is sent on its own, immediately.

Its own health

Battery charge, vehicle power, network signal strength, firmware version and uptime — so a unit in trouble is visible before it goes quiet.

Trustworthy time

Every record is timestamped on the device from satellite time, not stamped on arrival — so a queued record from a tunnel still lands on the timeline where it belongs.

No surprises

Works without signal

Out of signal? The device keeps recording — around 25 days of buffered data — and syncs automatically the moment it reconnects.

Works without power

Power cut to the vehicle? The device switches to its own backup battery and keeps sending a location fix every 10 minutes, for up to 3 days.

Priced at true cost

At true cost. Nothing marked up, on any plan.

Why it holds up

The parts nobody demos, and everybody eventually needs

Cryptographically tamper-proof data

Every transmission is signed inside the device, with a key generated on the chip that can never be read out — not by a thief, not by us. The platform verifies each one on arrival and quarantines anything that fails.

Over-the-air updates, fleet-wide

Firmware and configuration update across the whole fleet without anyone visiting a vehicle or unplugging anything. A device fitted this year keeps improving for as long as you run it.

Pre-paired before it ships

Each unit is matched to its vehicle before dispatch, so fitting is a handshake rather than a setup. A status light tells the fitter it is live and reporting — no laptop, no app, no phone call.

Ten-year service life

Specified for ten years, with one battery service at around year five under the maintenance contract. The device reports its own battery health long before it degrades, so that service is scheduled rather than discovered.

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