Construction operations software and technology platform Tenna has released TennaINTEL, which offers a way to track and manage heavy equipment as well as ancillary assets around yards and jobsites, and the newest addition to the family of TennaBLE Beacons, the TennaBLE RT1 for small tools.

TennaINTEL, which is available in a plug-in or solar configuration, is the latest iteration of equipment trackers in Tenna’s hardware suite.

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Designed for tracking heavy or mid-sized equipment, the plug-in configuration (TennaINTEL P1) reads ignition on/off information for understanding utilization in addition to GPS location tracking. The solar-only configuration (TennaINTEL S1), for trailers and other mid-sized assets without engines, monitors location when stationary or when in motion (e.g., being towed). TennaINTEL P1 sources power from the asset when running, without drawing from the asset battery when the ignition is off. Both versions of the TennaINTEL recharge with the sun via a solar cell and offer expanded memory for reporting when working in areas without cellular coverage, which is a challenge contractors face when working in remote locations.

TennaINTEL reads Bluetooth Low Energy beacons around it — which contractors can use to track ancillary assets such as small tools, parts, attachments, accessories and other consumable or material inventory — in conjunction with the machine it is installed on. With TennaINTELs installed on heavy equipment that moves around jobsites or equipment that lives in the yard, contractors can create a “network effect” of assets in their fleet and across their areas of operations all tracked and managed on Tenna; a “network” that can continuously expand due to Tenna’s durable hardware that enables contractors to track specialized items in their mixed construction fleets that they never had tracking solutions for previously.

In addition to TennaINTEL, Tenna has released the latest model of its Bluetooth beacon, the TennaBLE RT1, which is intended for autonomous small asset and tool tracking. The compact device is Tenna’s smallest BLE offering at just 1.71 inches in diameter, which lends itself to installations with limited available real estate.

With TennaINTEL, multiples of these assets, when tagged with one of Tenna’s BLE Beacons (up to 128 beacons at a time), can be read for autonomous location tracking simultaneously with monitoring a piece of equipment.