askcust develops GPS tracking software for farm machinery on top of existing telematics: tractor and combine tracks are broken down into field operations with worked area, idle time and violations. For farms that already have trackers but still copy completed work by hand from the telematics portal into work orders.
GPS monitoring of farm machinery is software that receives coordinates, speed and machine status from trackers and turns a track into a record of work: the field, the operation, the worked area and idle time. Unlike fuel monitoring, which answers where the fuel went, GPS monitoring answers where the machinery was and what exactly it did.
Area comes from the track and the implement's working width: only working passes inside the field count, overlaps are subtracted, and turns and transport moves are left out. The agronomist sees the hectares actually worked per field and operation, not what the work order says.
The track is split into operations: the field comes from its boundary, the implement from the reference list or a sensor, the working mode from speed and engine status. Instead of a line on a map, the manager sees operation, field, implement, area and time.
Rules capture idling with the engine running, leaving the field boundary, speeding during an operation and work outside the shift. The event goes straight to the engineer or agronomist in Telegram instead of getting lost in a general report.
Data from Wialon and from manufacturers' telematics is brought into one machine list with the same names, implements and fields. The fleet report is built the same way for a tractor of any make, with no manual merging of several exports.
The module works on data from existing trackers; the hardware and the telematics subscription stay with the provider.
Each machine's track is split into segments: field work, turning, transport, parking. Working segments are linked to a field by its boundary and to an operation by the implement or the agronomist's task.
Area is a strip along the working passes as wide as the implement, minus overlaps; the width comes from the implement reference list, not from the operator each time. The result is checked against the field area on the map.
Idling with the engine on, stops in the wrong place, speeding for a specific operation, leaving the field or working someone else's field are recorded as events with the time, place and machine.
A daily fleet report, a seasonal report per field, operator output, engine hours and mileage. Reports export to Excel and go to field operations records as the basis for work orders.
Current machine positions, the day's tracks and the worked parts of a field on top of the digital field map. The agronomist sees which part of a field is done and plans the next operation without calling the operator.
The engineer gets an event about idling or leaving the field, the agronomist about an operation finished in a field, the manager a daily summary. Everyone switches on only the notification types they need.
askcust does not install trackers: the system takes data from the telematics platform or manufacturer API the farm already has.
| criterion | Telematics platform portal | Machinery monitoring by askcust |
|---|---|---|
| Fields and operations | The platform's geofences and reports know nothing about crop rotation, technology maps or work orders. | The track is linked to fields, crops and operations from the farm's own reference lists. |
| Worked area | Calculated with the platform's settings, separately from the field areas in the accounts. | Calculated from the implement width and checked against the field area on the map. |
| Machines of different makes | Each platform shows its own trackers; the fleet is merged by hand from several exports. | Data from Wialon and manufacturers' APIs is combined into one machine fleet. |
| Reports | The platform's standard set of reports; changing a form for yourself is usually impossible. | Reports built around processes: work orders, operator output, a seasonal report per field. |
| Link to accounting | Completed work is copied into work orders and accounting by hand or through files. | Completed work goes to field records and BAS accounting without re-entry. |
| When to choose | A small fleet, the platform's reports are enough, and field records are kept apart from telematics. | Several machinery makes, and worked area per field and work orders from actual data are needed. |
askcust finds out which trackers and platforms are already working, what data they send and how often, and checks the tracks of several machines for the past week.
Machines, implements with working widths, fields with boundaries and operations go into reference lists; these turn a track into a record of work, so they are agreed with the engineer and the agronomist.
One operation, such as sowing, on several machines: the calculated area is checked against actual field data, and idle-time and violation rules are tuned on real tracks.
Daily reports, per-field reports and Telegram notifications for each role are switched on; completed work starts flowing into field records and BAS.
The remaining machines and operations move to the same scheme; support includes connecting new machines and updating implement lists before every season.
examples of askcust's work →not agriculture, but the same kind of task: records, CRM, automation
No, if the existing trackers send data to a platform with an API, such as Wialon, or the machinery manufacturer opens access to its telematics. askcust connects to this data and does not install hardware. A replacement is needed only where a tracker does not send the required data or the provider locks access to it, which becomes clear after the audit.
Yes. Tractors and combines with trackers in Wialon and machines whose data is available through a manufacturer's API are combined into one fleet with the same names, implements and fields. askcust writes a separate adapter for each source, so a new machinery make is added without reworking the reports.
From working passes: the track inside the field is split into segments, movement at working speed counts as work (plus a lowered implement where a sensor exists), and a strip as wide as the implement is built along these segments. Overlaps are counted once; turns and transport moves are left out. Accuracy depends on the frequency of track points and the correct implement width in the reference list.
Yes. The worked parts of each field are shown on top of the digital field map with the tracks and the operation date, so the agronomist sees what is done and what is not. The same data goes to field operations records, so the map and the report show the same figures.
The cost depends on the number of data sources, reports and accounting integrations, not on the number of hectares. askcust estimates the first stage (connecting the existing telematics, reference lists and per-field reports) with a fixed scope after the audit; notifications and accounting exchange come in later releases.
In the client's database, on the client's server or cloud account. The telematics platform remains the source, while tracks, calculated areas and events are kept in the farm's system regardless of the provider's plan. The history of tracks and areas can be retrieved for any season, even after changing the telematics provider. askcust has access only during development and support by agreement.
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