{"id":5212,"date":"2017-12-07T13:32:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T21:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:26:21","slug":"aobrd-eld-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/aobrd-eld-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"AOBRD vs ELD: What&#8217;s the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5214\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/aobrd-eld-difference\/aobrdvseld\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/AOBRDvsELD.png?fit=432%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"432,432\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AOBRDvsELD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/AOBRDvsELD.png?fit=432%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5214\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/AOBRDvsELD.png?resize=432%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/AOBRDvsELD.png?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/AOBRDvsELD.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/AOBRDvsELD.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/AOBRDvsELD.png?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/AOBRDvsELD.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An Automatic on-board recording device (AOBRD) is \u00a0an electric, electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical device capable of recording driver&#8217;s duty status information accurately and automatically as required by \u00a7 395.15. The device must be integrally synchronized with specific operations of the commercial vehicle in which it is installed and, at a minimum, must record:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engine Use<\/li>\n<li>Road speed<\/li>\n<li>Miles driven<\/li>\n<li>Date and Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>AOBRD\u2019s are defined in \u00a7 395.2 and regulated in \u00a7 395.15. \u00a0These regulations were introduced in 1988 and are nearly 30 years old. \u00a0The systems that implement \u00a0AOBRD technology tend to be based on older technology and will become obsolete on December 18, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><b>ELDs Meet FMCSA\u2019s 395.20 Regulations<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Last year in the ELD Mandate, FMCSA introduced a new class of devices, Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs), that are defined in \u00a7 395.20 regulations. \u00a0These new devices are required to be used by drivers who are subject to record of duty status (RODS) regulations by December 18, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>ELDs represent the latest in technology and are much more sophisticated than the soon to be outmoded AOBRDs. \u00a0Among other things ELDs must be integrally synchronized with the engine on a commercial vehicle and must capture:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engine power status<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle motion status<\/li>\n<li>Total miles driven<\/li>\n<li>Total engine hours<\/li>\n<li>Engine power status<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle speed<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle location<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ELDs are more advanced than AOBRDs and are required to automate the capture of RODS data automatically at each duty status change, every 60 minutes while the vehicle is in motion, at engine power-on and off events, and at the beginning and end of personal use and yard moves. \u00a0In addition, ELDs must be capable of automatically transferring RODS data to FMCSA and must monitor themselves for diagnostics and malfunctions.<\/p>\n<p>The LiveViewGPS ELD implementation uses an Android or iOS device that connects wirelessly to an dongle or telematics device that is connected the the vehicle bus. \u00a0To meet the vehicle monitoring requirements, vehicle data is streamed continuously from the vbus device to the Android or iOS mobile device. \u00a0The mobile device processes this information on a background thread, performs the necessary calculations, presents the information to the driver using the familiar grid chart, and synchronizes it with back office servers that run on Amazon Web services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Automatic on-board recording device (AOBRD) is \u00a0an electric, electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical device capable of recording driver&#8217;s duty status information accurately and automatically as required by \u00a7 395.15. 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