Enable the tracking of equipment’s geographic location in Onix Work and Onix Worker with ABAX integration. In this article, you’ll learn how to automatically fetch the equipment’s last-known location on the map.
1. What is ABAX?
From Summer 2022 Release, Onix Work is enabled to integrate with ABAX (www.abax.com) to get location data of your equipment.
- ABAX provides GPS devices, which are then attached to your equipment.
- ABAX can supply suitable devices for most equipment, ranging from small battery-powered Bluetooth devices to larger units that need SIM-card and external power. Learn more.
You can integrate ABAX with Onix Work when you have an ABAX account.
- This integration will send requests daily to get the location of the ABAX devices.
- The equipment’s location will be displayed on a map in the Onix Work and Onix Worker apps.
- The location will be updated at 12AM every day.
2. Set up ABAX - Onix Work integration
In ABAX
To integrate with ABAX, you need to activate the ABAX API by setting up two parameters: Client ID and Client Secret.
The Client ID must be obtained from ABAX. This requires a separate developer account from your normal ABAX user account. If you do not have a developer account, you must create one before proceeding. To obtain the Client ID from ABAX:
- Visit www.abax.com → Select Resources and Developer API from the navigation bar → Click Login.
- Log in to your account → Select Production and locate the Dashboard.
- Click Create API Credential → Insert values for Name and Redirect_uris (any name will do).
- Click Create API Credentials → Your new credentials will appear on the page.
This Client ID must be linked to your ABAX account. ABAX support will handle this for you:
- Take a copy of your Client ID together with the name of your organization and send it in an email to api@abax.no.
- When the connection is paired, you can start setting up Onix Work.
In Onix Work
In the Settings module:
- Navigate to System → External data-sources → GPS tracking.
- Select ABAX as the provider → Choose a contact that will be responsible for this integration.
- Insert Client ID and Client Secret found in the ABAX Dashboard → Apply → Your integration is now ready for use.
3. Enable tracking in each equipment
You need to input the ABAX Serial Number property to each equipment that requires location tracking.
- Go to the Equipment module → Locate and open your equipment.
- In the equipment, navigate to the Properties section → Click Edit.
- In the pop-up panel, choose Select properties → Select Add a property → Select ABAX Serial Number → Save.
- Fill in the serial number of your ABAX device.
The location of your device should now be updated daily from ABAX and is visible in the equipment’s Map tab.
