Opter Driver and Opter Terminal

Some features of Opter Driver and Opter Terminal may require a specific version of Opter.

Opter Driver is available for iOS and Android. For Android, the app is available in two variants, Opter Driver (classic) and Opter Driver Labs. All new features below apply to the iOS app and Opter Driver Labs unless otherwise stated. Opter Driver for iOS and Opter Driver Labs for Android have the same version number.

Opter Terminal is only available for Android.

Latest version of the apps are:

• Opter Driver: 2.4.27

• Opter Terminal: 81.0

• Opter Driver (classic): 2.1.2

Smart locks (2.4.27)

Smart locks can now be managed in Opter Driver. Click on Unlock {0} in the POD view to open the smart lock app.

If you want to start using smart locks in Opter, you will need to set up an EDI connection that downloads information about the lock to the order. Contact for more information.

• Smart locks

• Pods (POD) in Opter Driver

Extra dimension 1-5 and extra ID 1-5 (2.4.27)

You can use the Mobile data settings SHI_ExtraDimension1Name-SHI_ExtraDimension5Name and SHI_ExtraId1Name-SHI_ExtraId5Name to name the fields Extra dimension 1-Extra dimension 5 and Extra ID 1-Extra ID 5 in Opter Driver.

Previously, the names you gave them were only shown in the Changes view, now they are also shown with the correct name in the task list and detail view.

More information:

• Extra dimension and extra ID in Opter Driver

• Mobile data settings (window)

Price item/material site link (2.4.26)

When you add items, and have selected a Price item, only the material sites linked to that item are displayed. And vice versa, if you select the material site first, only the Price items linked to that material site will be displayed. In order to select a material site in the app, the Price item must be linked to the material site on the Price items tab in the Material sites register.

More information:

• Article view in Opter Driver

• Material sites (window)

Print job lists (2.4.25)

It is now possible to print mission lists after departure scan at Terminal. Set PrintAssignmentListPermission to "true" and the driver can send a print request to Opter where the order list can be printed from Order > Terminal printing.

More information:

• Printing a job list after departure scan (Opter Driver)

Using the Bluetooth scanner (2.4.25)

If you want to use a standalone Bluetooth scanner (instead of your mobile phone's built-in camera), select Use Bluetooth scanner on the Settings page in Opter Driver. Then activate Bluetooth on your mobile device and pair with the Bluetooth scanner.

More information:

• Settings in Opter Driver

• Scanning with Opter Driver

Adding packages with scanning (2.4.25)

You, as a dispatcher/system administrator, decide whether drivers should be able to add new parcels to shipments/orders by scanning the parcel label.

Areas of use:

• If the driver has received a shipment where he does not know in advance how many packages the shipment has and what the package numbers are.

• If the driver creates a new order in the app and then wants to scan all the packages included.

If you choose to allow drivers to add packages to shipments/orders by scanning them, you can make exceptions for certain services.

The Add package with scanner feature is already available in Opter Driver (classic) for Android, but is improved in Opter Driver for iOS and Opter Driver Labs for Android:

• The driver can remove packages that were incorrectly scanned.

• The driver can directly change the dimensions of the packages he adds.

More information:

• Adding parcels with scanning in Opter Driver

• Allow packages to be added by scanning in Opter Driver

• Services (window)

• Mobile data settings (window)

Early pick-up warning (2.4.25)

As a dispatcher, you can choose whether drivers receive a warning in Opter Driver if they pick up a shipment too early. You make the setting per customer in the customer register.

The warning appears if the following applies:

• The driver will collect from the sender, or change the status to Picked up, at a time before the earliest collection of the order.

• This is the first shipment on the order. When scanning, the warning is only displayed during pickup scan at the sender's premises, i.e. not during departure scan at the Terminal.

When the warning appears in the app, the driver can undo the scan/status change or go ahead and still change the status to Picked up. So it's just a warning, not a block.

More information:

• Warning for premature collection, Opter Driver

• Pods (POD) in Opter Driver

• Scanning with Opter Driver

Long press opens both the detail view and the menu (2.4.24)

If the driver long-presses on a shipment in the shipment list, both the detail view (1) and the menu (2) open. The menu then covers part of the detail view.

If, as a dispatcher, you want the driver to see the detail view before selecting any action in the menu, set the Mobile data settings OpenMenuOnLongClickFromShipmentlist to "False". This means that the behaviour in the app will be the same whether the driver long-taps or just taps on a shipment in the shipment list, i.e. the detail view opens.

More information:

• Selecting long-haul behaviour on shipments in Opter Driver

• Pages, tabs and menus in Opter Driver

• Mobile data settings (window)

Require changes on status change (2.4.24)

If the signaller wants the drivers to register at least one change on the shipment/order in order to change the status to Picked up (for example), then tick the checkbox Require changes for status Picked up in the window Life cycles.

In Opter Driver, when the driver changes the status to Picked up (for example), the button Changes appears in yellow colour. Yellow colour of the button means that changes must be entered.

More information:

• Require changes when changing status in Opter Driver

• POD view in Opter Driver

• Pods (POD) in Opter Driver

Send SMS with link to Track & Trace (2.4.24)

The receiver can sign the proof of delivery in Track & Trace. This way, the recipient does not have to touch the driver's device. To make it easier for the recipient to find the order, the driver can send an SMS with a link directly to the order on Track & Trace. The driver can send XML with a link to Track & Trace if the shipment is in status Picked up or later in the life cycle.

This feature is activated using the Mobile data settings SMSSignaturePermission and is already available for Opter Driver (classic) for Android.

More information:

• Sending an SMS with a link to Track & Trace

• Activating SMS with a link to Track & Trace

• Mobile data settings (window)

Setting the settings the driver can make (2.4.24)

Drivers can make a number of settings themselves in Opter Driver, see image below.

As a system administrator, you can choose whether or not to display the following three settings in the app:

• Hide future shipments (1 in the picture above).

• Hide locked shipments (2).

• Turn off GPS (3).

By default, these settings are displayed, allowing drivers to choose to switch off the GPS, for example. If you do not want drivers to be able to switch off the GPS, set the Mobile data settings ShowSettingDisableGPS to "false". The setting Turn off GPS will no longer be displayed in the app, and the driver cannot switch off the GPS in the app.

More information:

• Settings in Opter Driver

• Setting the settings the driver is allowed to make in Opter Driver

• Mobile data settings (window)

Alarm message displayed when scanning (2.4.24)

If there is an alarm message on the package, it will be displayed every time the package is scanned throughout the life cycle of the order.

More information:

• Scanning with Opter Driver

• Alarm message when scanning

Show previous/next shipment in detail view (2.4.24)

You can scroll between shipments in the detail view by pressing the back arrow (1) or the forward arrow (2).

More information:

• Pages, tabs and menus in Opter Driver