Find the breaker before renting another
Bluetooth tags on tools and attachments, read by machines and phones.
- Go-live
- Live in 3 working days
- How you buy it
- T1 tags, added to any plan
A hydraulic breaker rarely vanishes in one night. It gets left on a finished job, loaded onto the wrong trailer or lent to another crew. A T1 tag on each breaker, bucket and laser level records where it was last seen and who has it.
How tags go live
- Day 1
Choose what gets tagged
We walk the yard and tool trailers with your lead and list the items worth tagging, by value or by how often they wander.
- Day 2
Tag and assign
Tags go on with a rivet or adhesive. Each is scanned to its tool and given a home yard or trailer.
- Day 3
Crews start reading
Crew phones get the Gytix app, A1 gateways start reading nearby tags, and check-out to a crew or job begins.
What your yard lead receives
- Who it is for
- Crews sharing tools and attachments across jobs
- A tag list of every tool and attachment, with its home yard or trailer
- Last-seen location and time for each tag, from gateways and crew phones
- Check-out records showing which crew or job has each item
- A missing list of tags not seen for the number of days you set
- Attachment history showing which machine each bucket or breaker was last read beside
Is tag tracking the right fit?
Right for you if
- Attachments and tools move between jobs every week
- You have rented a breaker or bucket you already owned
- Crews carry phones and machines carry A1 gateways
Look elsewhere if
- You need a live position on one item between reads; that needs a B1
- Your tools stay locked in one shop crib and never leave
Example: a concrete contractor in Santa Teresa
A concrete and site contractor runs 30 machines and about 200 attachments and tools across warehouse pads in Santa Teresa and Sunland Park. Twice in one season it rented a breaker while its own sat on a finished pad. After go-live, the A1 gateways and the crews’ phones read tags as they pass. On Friday afternoon the yard lead opens the missing list: two pallet forks and a plate compactor not seen in six days, last read at a pad finished on Tuesday. A pickup collects them before the weekend.
Last seen, checked out, found
How a tag gets read. A T1 tag sends a short Bluetooth signal. Any A1 or A1S gateway, or any phone running the Gytix app, that passes within range records the tag with its own GPS position and the time. That becomes the tag’s last-seen location. A breaker parked beside a working excavator is read all shift; a laser level in a pickup is read whenever a crew phone rides along.
Check-out to a crew or a job. In the app, a crew lead checks a tool out to a crew or a job and checks it back in at the yard. The record shows who has it, from what date, and where it was last read, so a missing core drill starts with a name instead of a search of every trailer.
Attachments by machine. Buckets, breakers, forks, augers and compaction plates move between carriers all week. Gytix shows which machine each attachment was last read beside and on which job. It is a proximity record: it shows the breaker sat next to excavator 12, not that it was pinned on. Open a bucket’s record to see every machine it sat beside this month.
What tags cannot do. A tag is seen only when a gateway or crew phone passes nearby, so a tool left on a job nobody visits keeps its old last-seen point. Steel also blocks Bluetooth, so a tool shut in a job box may wait until the lid opens. For an asset that needs its own daily position, such as a trailer or a compressor, a B1 battery tracker is the better choice.
Tool tracking questions, answered
How does Bluetooth tool tracking work on a jobsite?
Tags on each tool are read by any nearby gateway or crew phone. A T1 tag sends a short Bluetooth signal, and any A1 gateway or phone running the Gytix app records its location and the time. You see where every item was last seen and which crew or job has it checked out.
How long does a T1 tag battery last?
A T1 tag runs for up to 3 years on its battery. It mounts with a rivet or adhesive, so it suits buckets, breakers and forks as well as hand tools. Tags are bought outright, singly or in packs of 25, plus a monthly charge per tag.
Can we track buckets, breakers and forks, not just hand tools?
Yes. Attachments are where tags earn their keep, because they move between carriers and jobs. A riveted T1 tag on a bucket, breaker, fork or auger is read by the gateway on whichever machine it sits beside, so you see which machine it was last near and on which job.
Do crews have to scan tools in and out?
Only if you want check-out records. Last-seen location builds itself as gateways and phones pass by. Check-out is a short step in the app where a crew lead assigns a tool to a crew or job, and it is worth doing for high-value items like breakers and laser levels.
How is tool and attachment tracking priced?
Tags are bought once, singly or in packs of 25, plus a monthly charge per tag. Tags work on any plan, including Field. Crew phones read tags at no extra cost because every plan has unlimited users, and every A1 gateway on a machine reads them too. The written quote after a walkthrough on your own fleet gives the exact figures.
Send us your tool list
Send your fleet list. We will show tool and attachment tracking on your own machines and quote it in writing.