Zone Based Visibility Windows

The parent-focused bus tracking applications have the ability to view the live position of vehicles associated with keys being followed by the parent with the following restrictions:

  • 2 hours before the AM Bell Time, and 30 minutes after the AM Bell Time of the student school
  • 30 minutes before the PM Bell Time and 2 hours after the PM Bell Time of the student school

Let's consider the following example:

I'm a parent, and I am tracking my student who attends "Anytown Elementary School" which has the following bell times defined by the school district in the Bytecurve 360 application:

  • AM Bell Time: 8:45 AM
  • PM Bell Time: 3:35 PM

As a parent using the app, the icon for the bus associated with the key I track for my student attending Anytown Elementary School will be visible during these time frames, and the school bus icon will move along the map as we receive the events from our various GPS data partners to indicate the most recent vehicle positioning.

  • AM: Bus icon is visible between 6:45AM and 9:15AM
  • PM: Bus icon is visible between 3:05PM and 5:35PM

Tracking Multiple Students with varying School Bell Times


If you are a parent that tracks multiple students, who attend multiple different schools with varying Bell Times, and you have the same alert zone being used for both students, the initial bus visibility window for the morning will be from the earliest AM bell time among your students to 30 minutes past the latest bell time of your students.  


By the same logic, initial visibility window for the afternoon will be 30 minutes prior to the earliest bell time to two hours past the latest bell time of your students.

AM Visibility Windows
  • Elementary student with an AM school bell time of 7:30am; bus icon visible between 5:30am and 8:00am.
  • Middle school student with an AM school  Arrival bell time of 8:30am; bus icon visible between 6:30am and 9:00am.


The combined bus icon visibility window in this scenario is from 5:30am until 9:00am. No icons will be displayed outside of these hours.

 

PM Bus Visibility Windows

  • Elementary student with a PM school bell time of 2:30pm; bus icon visible between 2:00pm and 4:30pm
  • Middle school student with a PM school bell time of 3:00pm; bus icon visible between 2:30pm and 5:00pm


The combined bus icon visibility window in this scenario is from 2:00pm until 5:00pm. No icons will be displayed outside of these hours.




School Arrival / Departure Notification Only Visibility Windows

If a parent elects only to opt in to School Arrival and School Departure notifications, the bus visibility window is reduced.  The bus icon will be visible for 30 minutes before and after each student's School Arrival and School Departure bell time.


Note:  Parents must enable both School Arrival and School Departure notifications in order to see the bus icon in the AM and PM.  If only School Arrival notifications are enabled, the bus icon will only be visible in the AM.

If multiple students are added to an account, the bus icons will be visible for +/- 30 minutes for each students Arrival and Departure bell time.


School Arrival Visibility Windows

  • Elementary student with a School Arrival bell time of 7:30am; bus icon visible between 7:00am and 8:00am.
  • Middle school student with a School Arrival bell time of 8:30am; bus icon visible between 8:00am and 9:00am.

 

School Departure Visibility Windows

  • Elementary student with a School Departure bell time of 2:30pm; bus icon visible between 2:00pm and 3:30pm
  • Middle school student with a School Departure bell time of 3:00pm; bus icon visible between 2:30pm and 3:30pm