If you are configuring RMS to get some or all of its sighting data from Steelroads, you will need to store information that enables RMS to automatically access your account.
Steelroads Login
This is the login or user name of the account.
Steelroads Password
This is the password of the account.
NOTE: Steelroads passwords typically expire every 90 days. Put a reminder to yourself to change your password every 80 days and when you have done that in Steelroads, be sure to update the password in RMS. This way you will never be caught by surprise. These passwords are case sensitive.
Steelroads Trace List(s)
This is the name of the trace list that RMS references in order to get complete history of your private/permanent railcars. It is recommended that you establish a trace list in Steelroads that contains all of your private/permanent railcars. If you don't have private/permanent railcars, in other words, if you only borrow your equipment for one shipment at a time (temporary), it is not recommended that you use trace lists. If you have both permanent and temporary railcars, establish your permanent railcars in trace lists and RMS will trace the temporary railcars individually every time you run an RMS import.
You may now be realizing that history for temporary railcars may not be as complete as permanent railcars. That may be true since RMS can only get the last location of a temporary railcar, so if you run an RMS import every 4 hours, three times a day (7am, 11am, 3pm), there may be two events that happen between 7am and 11am. The second event will be imported, the first event will not. For many shippers, this is an acceptable thing. If you require complete history for temporary railcars, then you have two other options: 1) get access to the Steelroads Parameter Trace, which may involve a fee 2) buy Enhanced CLM (sighting) data from Railcar Tracking Co. Contact Customer Support and we'll help you.
NOTE: You may only have 1,000 railcars per trace list, so if you have more railcars, establish separate trace lists. If you have multiple trace lists, you must enter them in this reference value separated by semi-colons. For example: SRTRACE1;SRTRACE2;SRTRACE3
NOTE: No one else should run these trace lists because they are similar to a mailbox. If the trace list is run, it empties the mailbox. Only RMS should run these trace lists to ensure that you have complete history.
NOTE: The trace lists will only store the last 4 days worth of data, so you must run an RMS import at least that often. You may schedule an RMS import. See the Scheduler help topics.