Lynx™ Detail Features List

Routes and Field Trips

• NEW! Document Imaging. Scan in and save pictures, documents with hand writing, etc.
• Build routes from scratch or automatically using the "Busing Zones"
• Automatically shows user what routes a new student should ride
• Setup multiple runs (double routing), "no return" routes and "transfer" routes
• Assign a student to any number of routes or field trips in a single day
• Reverse your AM route to a PM route with one click
• Routes can run every day or on selected days
• Draw route zones and walkout zones for automated bus stop scheduling
• Lynx calculates the cost of field trips based on driver pay, mileage and time
• Optimize routes for time or distance
• Automatically assigns rider to appropriate route
• Calculates stop times and durations (length of stay at stop)
• Shift route by any number of minutes (snow days, alternate scheduling, etc.)
• Shift selected stops by any number of minutes
• Override student stop address, e.g. pick-up/drop-off student at babysitter's address
• Track hazardous, dangerous stops, sex offenders near a stop
• Calculate rider time onboard vehicle (limit exposure to exhaust fumes)
• Color code stops based on user-defined stop types
• Web interface for parents to look up pick-up/drop-off times
• Define permanent or temporary "avoid areas" and identify hazardous areas, e.g. railroad crossings
• Handles Fixed Routes and/or On Demand aka Dial-A-Ride
• Drag and drop student(s) to another stop in the route or another route entirely

Passengers

• NEW! Document Imaging. Scan in and save pictures, documents with hand writing, etc.
• Query passenger/pupil records based on school, address, street, grade, route, extra-curricular activities, medical conditions, etc.
• Supports automatic updates from all of the popular pupil management programs
• Manage special needs and handicap, early childhood, and elderly riders
• Fast access to critical passenger information, e.g. routes and pick-up times, parent names, phone numbers, addresses, map location, etc.
• Manage student contacts, e.g. mother, father, babysitter, doctor, dentist, etc. (unlimited number of contacts for each student)
• Track student infractions
• Manage student reminders, e.g. John will be on vacation April 10th-15th (driver's see this note as well)
• Use student photos to print ID Cards, Bus Passes, etc.
• Manage bus fares, i.e. bus fare accounting
• Quickly lookup the best routes for the address of the passenger
• Automatically graduates students to next grade and school (User configurable)

Fleet Maintenance

• NEW! Document Imaging. Scan in and save pictures, documents with hand writing, etc.
• Track your fleet's fuel efficiency with fuel usage graphs and reports
• Record and view fleet maintenance history
• Handles scheduled and unscheduled maintenance
• On-screen reminders show when you need oil changes and any other type of maintenance
• Work orders can be automatically created based on mileage, days, day of month or date, e.g. change oil every 3000 miles
• NEW! Manage warranty repair items. Keeps track of all warrantied items, install date.
• NEW! Track serial numbers of parts installed on vehicles, print recall reports
• Track serial numbered parts for warranty repairs
• Manage Purchase Orders
• Track inventory
• Track Mechanics

Drivers

• NEW! Document Imaging. Scan in and save pictures, documents with hand writing, etc.
• Track important driver data, e.g. hire, termination and renewal dates, payroll info, etc.
• Set reminders for license renewals, insurance, and drug testing
• View driver utilization statistics
• Manage driver absenteeism
• Track driver volunteering for trips/routes
• Manage driver assistants
  

Mapping

• NEW! Map out sex offender locations or any other "hazards" such as RR crossings, busy intersections, etc.
• NEW! Report bus stop proximity violations to registered sex offenders
• Print full-color route maps with highlighted routes and stops
• Validate addresses based on 4 different mapping data sets
• Process and print special event trip maps
• Automatically calculates student's distance from their school based on roads or in a straight line
• GPS tracking of vehicles (requires additional hardware)
• Geocode addresses automatically or manually, i.e. put a pushpin where the house should be
• Identify hazardous pick-up/drop-off areas, e.g. busy streets, sex offender locations, railroad crossings, etc.
• Override automated route seqments with "Route via" segments, e.g. change routing to avoid a single road
  

Route Sheets - Several formats available

• Detail Route Reports
• Summary Route Reports
• Student route assignment reports (for a grade or teacher)
• Student Information Report
• Reports can show pick-up/drop-off addresses, overriding addresses, travel time, pick-up/drop-off time, directions from last stop, distance, contact information, parent names, school attending, grades, etc.
  

General Reports

• State reports. Shows mileages, numbers of students from various distances, days attended, etc.
• Buses, students, drivers, routes, schools, fuel usage, fleet maintenance, etc.
• Print reports showing total rider exposure time on a vehicle
• User-defined reports using SQL (Structured Query Language) or Crystal Reports®
• Over 100 reports in all
• Beginning of year reports, i.e. Student listing by grade or school with each rider's routes and times, route reports for publishing in newspaper
• Reports can be emailed as PDF attachments right from Lynx
• Export reports to DBF, CSV, HTML, MS Excel and many others

Mail Merge Documents

• Disciplinary
• Parent letter, e.g. let the parents know what bus their child will be on at the beginning of the year
• Unlimited User-defined letters from within Lynx™
• Merge Lynx data with Microsoft Word documents
• Print postcards, letters, etc.

Payroll

• Build payroll records from routes and/or drivers. Add adjustments to each run if needed.
• Interfaces with QuickBooks Pro (Inquire about other accounting software interfaces)

Redistricting

• Define unlimited district maps using scenarios
• View statistics based on current Lynx student data
• View square miles for a zone, number of student bused to/from a school for one or many zones
• Print maps of district boundaries/zones

Advanced Features

• Manually or automatically geocode student stops and addresses
• The Lynx™ Advanced Query allows you to graphically create reports on ANY data within Lynx™
• Use SQL to batch modify data or generate specialized reports
• Secure internet access for drivers, parents, teachers, etc.
• Fast and easy to use "Web Update" feature. Automatically determines if you have the latest version and downloads it if needed.
• Supports multiple monitors, i.e. show route map on one screen and student info on the other

Technical Support

• Automatic web updates
• On-site technical support available
• Unlimited live online technical support included with annual maintenance

Additional Services

• Large format map printing
• Data conversion (We can import almost ANY data)
• Custom report writing
• Additional geocoding services
• Routing assistance services
• Custom software development

Hardware and software requirements

• Windows 2000 or higher including Windows Vista
• Pentium III processor or higher
• 256 MB RAM
• 2 GB of free hard drive space
• Monitor with display resolution of 1024x800 or higher