OPTIC: Transforming ground operations with seamless Navixy API integration

In the strictly regulated aviation sector, up-to-date and historical data around aerodromes are essential for investigating any incidents with vehicles within the aerodrome perimeter. Here comes OPTIC — an enterprise-grade solution that enhances Navixy's core tracking capabilities with sophisticated access control and asset management. Read the article to discover what special opportunities OPTIC provides for ground services and why its creators rely on the Navixy platform.

OPTIC, a product of StreamTrak, a telematics company specializing in the installation and maintenance of vehicle tracking devices, was created to solve this challenge. Though the application's primary focus is the aviation industry, particularly ground handling and maintenance, its customer base extends to other sectors such as mining and construction. The creators of OPTIC integrated it with Navixy to enhance data visualization, access control, maintenance, and reporting. OPTIC is deployed at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, as well as with other aviation clients who value tracking asset status in real time over static location mapping.

As a business owner and CIO, integrating Navixy has been transformative for our OPTIC software solution, creating a powerful synergy that enhances both platforms while driving operational efficiency and customer value. Navixy’s robust data capabilities provide critical insights, including driver trip reports, asset engine hours, driver identification, speed anomaly detection, and streamlined reports. These metrics are continuously monitored by aerodromes and cross-verified with our systems, ensuring the accuracy and reliability our clients expect. George Young, CIO, StreamTrak

The solution was initially designed to work with Teltonika and Aplicom's cutting-edge telematics devices, fully integrated into the Navixy platform.

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Key features and value of OPTIC: a sophisticated solution for flawless service

Interface designed for the client's needs: Real-time insights into access control status, employee certification tracking, and asset assignments. The dashboard provides key metrics on active assignments, pending updates, and upcoming certificate expirations. OPTIC offers a simplified, high-speed map interface for clients who find traditional telematics maps overwhelming.

Sophisticated access control: By leveraging Navixy’s real-time visibility of airport assets, similar to how flight information screens display airline data, OPTIC moves beyond traditional GPS-based "dots on a screen," offering operational insights tailored to aviation needs. This helps monitor equipment availability at airport stands to ensure necessary ground support for aircraft. Precise tracking is directly linked to delay reduction via optimized asset distribution across airport zones.

In OPTIC, asset access is implemented through hardware key assignments, ensuring that only authorised and properly certified personnel can operate specific assets. Vehicles can be categorized based on roles, departments, or operational requirements.

Group-based access management: Flexible asset and personnel grouping allows fleet managers to efficiently organize operations. Assets can be categorised by type, while staff can be grouped by departments. This enables managers to quickly assign the correct assets to the correct teams. Access control applies to various asset types, such as toilet service vehicles, vans, and water service units.

Example: Out of service management & engineering control

To ensure operational readiness and fleet efficiency, aviation customers, like EasyJet and DHL, use separate panels with limited access only for leasing providers. Maintenance service contractors are assigned to directly manage out-of-service vehicles. Those can be flagged as “out of service” and relocated to a separate category in Navixy. Only maintenance engineers retain the authorization to operate marked vehicles.

Real-time certificate management: Automated tracking of personnel certifications and permits with proactive expiration notifications. This driver identification system is integrated into Navixy via an iframe. A specialized login system with custom user permissions supports single sign-on (SSO).

A next-level fleet maintenance solution: OPTIC was designed to minimize downtime and optimize vehicle servicing by integrating maintenance tracking with operational data. Engineers can scan a vehicle barcode and instantly retrieve all relevant details, integrating data from Navixy and external maintenance systems like IBM Maximo and TMS.

Safety and industrial compliance: To improve workplace safety, regulatory compliance, and vehicle readiness, OPTIC allows assigning all vehicles to drivers based on their permissions and operational roles. Before starting to operate a vehicle, a driver must go through a security checklist, receiving access only after successful completion. A built-in alarm system activates if an unauthorized driver attempts to operate a vehicle. Vehicle immobilization is available for greater control.

To enhance fleet efficiency and compliance tracking, OPTIC users can utilize axle load monitoring and cargo weight detection. Integrated with axle load sensors, this feature supports real-time weight calculations through FMS data or Bluetooth sensors, allowing dispatchers to monitor "loaded/unloaded"status directly in Navixy.

Advanced reporting and comprehensive analytics: Data is pulled from Navixy's API and formatted into reports relevant to the needs of ground services. The OPTIC solution includes a self-service request system where customers can submit requests for custom reports. These expanded reports help companies identify underutilized training and improve insurance risk assessment.

Navixy integration: Smooth process for meaningful results

Overall, our experience as a system integrator with Navixy has been seamless and highly productive, greatly enhanced by Navixy’s powerful API capabilities. These robust APIs have streamlined our development efforts, enabling us to build efficient integrations that elevate our OPTIC software solution. We’re thrilled about the potential for even more advanced direct API functionality in future updates, which will further empower our team to deliver innovative, data-driven solutions to meet customer needs. Tim King, Head of Software Development, StreamTrak The StreamTrak development team leveraged several key components of the Navixy ecosystem:

• Synchronisation: Regular synchronisation of asset data, employee information, and tracker states by leveraging the Navixy API.
• Real-time сommand interface: Direct communication with asset trackers for access control updates using Navixy's raw_command infrastructure.
• Data сonsistency: Data between OPTIC and Navixy synchronisation via comprehensive API operations. All asset, personnel, and organisational changes are reflected across both systems in real-time.
• Category and department management: Navixy's organizational systems are applied for structured fleet oversight, including category, tags, and department systems for consistent fleet management.

Navixy benefits admitted by the system integrator:

• Navixy's API library is comprehensively documented, making it straightforward to implement the integrations we needed.
• Scalability is one of Navixy’s main advantages. The platform helps to design solutions for fleets of all sizes and create a flexible framework that pulls data from Navixy, flight information systems, and maintenance platforms. The modular system is applicable for creating tailored solutions for aviation, construction, logistics, and other industries.
• Navixy support team has been exceptionally helpful when clarification or guidance was needed, often providing creative solutions to help us achieve our goals.

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Navixy's powerful API has been a cornerstone of our growth, allowing OPTIC to develop seamless integrations that pull Navixy data, customize it for specific needs, and share it with customers or third parties. This enhances OPTIC’s capability to provide tailored, data-driven solutions while amplifying Navixy’s functionality through OPTIC’s advanced analytics. The result is a streamlined business logic that enables us to focus on innovating customer solutions without extensive server-side changes. By leveraging Navixy’s data to strengthen OPTIC and using OPTIC’s capabilities to enhance Navixy, we’ve solidified our competitive edge, reduced operational costs, and positioned our business for scalable growth in a dynamic market. George Young, CIO, StreamTrak

Conclusion: Evolution never idles

Built atop Navixy’s robust tracking foundation, OPTIC stands as an enterprise-grade solution engineered for the complex demands of airport ground operations. Its initial release, ACCESS+, brings real-time visibility and sophisticated access control to the forefront, soon to be joined by OPTIC AIS (Asset Information System), OPTIC MAINTENANCE+, OPTIC SAFETY+ and OPTIC VSS (Video Platform) modules that will complete a comprehensive operational suite.

At the heart of this progress is the Navixy REST API: a powerful framework for integration and innovation. For StreamTrak it enables continuous development, custom features, and seamless connectivity across platforms. For system integrators, it opens the door to building scalable, aviation-ready solutions without reinventing the wheel.

OPTIC application will be available on Navixy Marketplace. Contact Customer Success Manager to know more details and the ways Navixy can accelerate the business growth of a particular company.