Last Seen Location Services Overview

Last Seen Location Services in ON!Track help you answer one simple question: Where was this tool or equipment last detected, and when?

Instead of relying on manual updates or memory, ON!Track automatically updates the last known location using connected location services such as scanners at locations, vehicles or machines, chargers, and the mobile app.

When a tool or piece of equipment is supported by location services, ON!Track shows the following information:

• Last seen: How long ago the tool was detected. Example: 15 minutes ago. 
• Last seen by: Where or by what the tool was detected. Examples: a warehouse name, a van name, a machine name, a charger, or the ON!Track app.
• Last seen source: The type of system that detected the tool. Examples: fixed location scanner, vehicle or machine, charger, mobile app, or Geotag.

These key details of assets are visible on Assets page as well as Smart Map. 

Where does the “Last Seen” information come from?

ON!Track can update Last Seen using multiple location services, including:

• Fixed location scanning (for example, warehouses, containers, or jobsite setups)
• Connected vehicles and machines (such as vans or heavy equipment)
• Connected Nuron chargers (Last Charged Location for supported tools)
• ON!Track mobile app scanning
• Geotag devices

• Global BLE network

Whenever one of these detects a tool and has a valid location, the Last Seen information is updated automatically.

How ON!Track chooses which location to display

Sometimes, more than one service detects the same tool around the same time. To keep the information clear, ON!Track applies simple reliability rules:

• Stationary gateway detections (for example, a gateway at a warehouse or jobsite) take the highest priority.

• Van or heavy equipment gateway detections take second priority. If both report at the same time, whichever is received first is shown.

• Nuron charger, ON!Track mobile app, and Geotag detections share the lowest priority. Among these, the most recent detection is shown.

This ensures users always see one clear and reliable Last Seen location, rather than multiple or conflicting results.

How Last Seen Location helps your business

• Fewer work delays: You can check if a tools availability in seconds. This helps work start faster and continue with fewer interruptions.  
• Less time spent searching: Teams know where to look first. This reduces walking around jobsites, warehouses, and vehicles. 
• Fewer missing tools: Clear last seen information helps find misplaced tools. This reduces tools being marked as lost. 
• Better planning and use of tools: Seeing where tools are actually used helps share them better across jobsites. This avoids tools sitting unused in one place while needed in another.

Benefits of last seen location services 

• Clear last location details: Each tool shows when it was last seen, where it was last seen, and what detected it. This gives a quick and clear picture of the tool’s last known location.  
• Works in many places: Last Seen updates can come from warehouses, containers, vehicles, machines, chargers, the mobile app, or Geotags. This means the same feature works wherever tools are used or stored. 
• One clear result: If more than one system detects the same tool, ON!Track shows only one clear last location. This avoids confusion from seeing different locations at the same time. 
• Easy to find in daily work: Last Seen information is available in tool details. It can also be shown in lists, maps, and reports to help with searching and tracking. 
• Same view for everyone: Workers, managers, and admins all see the same Last Seen information. This makes it easier to talk about where a tool is without confusion.

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