Setting up the Abax connection involves activating the connection for your organization and linking an Abax device to the correct Spot. Activating the connection and linking the device are separate steps: an active connection does not yet determine which Spot the device corresponds to.
Check the prerequisites
You need Spotilla administrator permissions, and the Abax integration must be enabled for your customer account. Activate the connection and manage Abax links in the Spotilla browser interface. If Abax does not appear under integrations, contact your Spotilla contact person to check its availability.
Make sure you have the connection credentials Client ID, Client Secret and Key Name, and know which Abax device corresponds to each Spot. All three credential fields are required. During activation, these details are sent to an external integration service to establish the connection.
The Spot must be available to you and must already have a tag attached to it. The tag must also have an internal identifier. This is different from the number printed on the physical tag: the tag's internal identifier is sent when an Abax link is added. The Spot name or the number printed on the tag alone is therefore not enough.
If needed, see attaching a tag in the browser or attaching a tag on Android and iOS. If the internal identifier is missing, check the tag's details in the tag register. Attaching a tag to a Spot does not yet create an Abax link.
Activate the connection
- Open Settings from the main menu in the browser and select the Integrations tab. Open the Integrations table within it.
- Click Abax in the table's Software column. This opens the connection form.
- Select Activate integration and fill in Client ID, Client Secret and Key Name using the details agreed for the connection.
- Select Save at the bottom of the form. Wait for the success notification, then check the updated table to confirm that the Integration status on the Abax row is In use.
When the connection is in use, Linked devices appears in the Actions column on the Abax row. The credential fields are not shown in the form for an active connection, so you cannot view or edit their values there. If the credentials need to be changed, contact Spotilla support to find out how to change them before removing any links.
The In use status indicates that an integration account exists. It does not indicate the status of data transfer or when data was last received.
Link an Abax device to a Spot
- Open Linked devices on the Abax row. Check the existing links before adding a new one.
- Select Link new device below the device list that opens.
- Select the correct Spot in the Select spot field. Only Spots with a tag attached are available for selection.
- Open the list in the Select device field. You can search for an Abax device by its alias or registration number. Check both if there are several similar names.
- Check Abax type. The default is Vehicle, and the other option is Equipment. Select the correct type for the device.
- Save the link using the Link new device button on the form and wait for the success notification.
Devices without an alias are excluded from the device selection. The Equipment option therefore does not guarantee that all Abax Equipment devices are available for selection, and changing the type does not remove this restriction.
Check the saved link
Close the device list and open Linked devices again to retrieve the links from the integration service again. On the same row, check the Spot, the tag identifier, the Abax identifier in the Linked Abax device column and Abax type. You can filter the list using the search fields below the columns. Click the Spot name link to open the Spot form.
Use the device identifier to verify the device if the names are similar. A familiar vehicle name alone is not enough to confirm the correct link. Reopening the list is also important when checking the tag: immediately after saving, the newly added row does not yet contain the tag information.
The success notification and the reloaded list of links confirm different things. The notification indicates that the link request succeeded; the reopened list shows the link returned by the integration service. Neither alone confirms that recent device data has been received, and the list of links does not show a receipt time.
View the Spot's saved location
You can view the location displayed by Spotilla on Android and iOS. Reopen the details of the correct Spot and check its name and identifying details. If needed, see the instructions for finding a Spot's details.
In the Spot details, tap the Location button to open the location on a map. If the button says No Location, the Spot details contain no location that can be opened on a map, and the button is disabled.
The displayed location is primarily based on the fixed coordinates set for the Spot. If these are missing, another location saved for the Spot is used, followed as a last resort by the coordinates of the most recent read event. A fixed location can therefore override another saved location. For more information, see how Spot locations work.
The location button or map marker does not indicate that the location came from Abax, and the view does not show when the Abax data was measured or received. A missing location alone does not indicate that an Abax transfer has failed either. This check concerns the saved location displayed by Spotilla, rather than verifying receipt of Abax data.
If you need confirmation of Abax data transfer, ask Spotilla support to investigate whether data has been received. Provide the Spot, the number printed on the tag and its internal identifier, the Abax device identifier, the time period you checked and your observations. The connection settings do not indicate which types of data are transferred or how often updates occur.
Replace a device or remove a link
Open Linked devices and click the trash icon at the right end of the row for the link you want to remove. Confirm the removal by selecting Yes, or cancel by selecting No. After a successful removal, the row disappears from the list. Reopen the list and confirm that the link is no longer shown.
This action removes the link between the Abax device and the Spot; it does not delete the Spot or the tag. If you are replacing a device, remove the old link and add a new one as described above. Check the identifiers of the new link again.
The removal of a link does not indicate what happens to previously received data or history. Do not use link removal to clear data; contact support separately to determine how the data should be handled.
Deactivate the connection
First remove all Abax links. While any linked devices remain, the interface locks the Activate integration checkbox and hides the Save button.
Once the reopened device list is empty, close it and click the Abax name to reopen the connection form. Clear Activate integration and select Save. After the success notification, check that the table shows the status Not in use. Successful deactivation deletes the integration account. Deactivating the entire connection is a different action from removing a single device–Spot link.
If activation, linking or removal fails, check the error message and reopen the relevant table before trying again. Do not assume the change has been saved just because you selected an option on the form.