July 8, 2017
Traccar GPS tracking system version 3.12 is available for download.
It has been a while since the last release, and there are a lot of exciting new things in this release. Most major changes are around the attribute system.
There is a new feature called "Computed Attributes". It allows you to add specially-formatted expressions to modify and add new position attributes. For example, it will allow you to automatically convert Teltonika "IO" values into meaningful attributes that can then be displayed for the user. The expression language is very flexible, and you can implement pretty much anything you want with it. Check the official documentation for computed attributes for more information on how to use it.
Another major improvement is the addition of well-known attributes to the web app. Now instead of English keys, which were sometimes hard to understand, you get localizable attributes with properly formatted values, with units where applicable. You don't need to remember the keys for commonly used attributes (for example, to set up a device speed limit). Now you can select a known attribute from a drop-down menu. This feature is available for all types of attributes (user, device, etc.). Please don't use attribute aliases anymore as we plan to remove them in one of the next releases.
With well-known attributes, we added quite a few strings to translate. If you see any missing or wrong translation, please help us to localize the Traccar project using the Transifex platform. It's really easy to use, and localization won't take much of your time.
And that's not even all the new things related to attributes. We have added all optional well-known attributes to the Route report. You can access them from the column header menu. All attribute values are properly formatted in the report as well.
There is a new Stops report, a new fuel drop notification and a few new alarm types. For more information about the new report, check the Trips and Stops documentation. Feel free to ask questions on the forum about any of the new features.
In the web interface, there is now a new panel for alerts. It's located on the right-hand side of the screen in desktop layout, and in a separate window in mobile layout. With this new feature, you will never miss any important notifications from your devices.
And there are many more smaller modifications and improvements, including support for voice and photos, new statistics options, new icon types, optimizations to distance calculation and geocoding, and seven new GPS communication protocols. As usual, there are also many bug fixes and improvements to existing protocols.
There are more new features and improvements on the roadmap for the Traccar GPS system. If you want to receive updates, please subscribe to the project newsletter.
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