Bluetooth tag installation

Stick It On or Zip-Tie It: Geotab Tool Tag Installation

Drills, cases, hoses, cords, and gear too small for a full tracker. We scope the right tag for your gear.

See small tool tracking

Geotab small tool tracking tags in front of the MyGeotab Asset Map on a laptop

Geotab tool tag size and fit

What's in the Box

  • Bluetooth tags, scoped to your gear

Tags go on drill cases, tool boxes, ladders, hoses, and cords, and we scope the right tag for each tool class.

  • Mounts: adhesive back, or a zip tie.
  • Plugs into: nothing.
  • Read by: the trackers and cameras already in your fleet, hub tags, and the Hubble Network.
  • Reports: last-seen location, where and when.
Black Bluetooth tool tag for Geotab small tool tracking, with two mounting ears for a tool case or a zip tie
Easiest route

Adhesive back, for cases and boxes

Tool cases, boxes, and gear with a flat side.

Open steel job box of tools on a site at dusk, each tool showing a Bluetooth tag signal, for Geotab small tool tracking
  1. 1

    Pick a flat spot on the case where it will not get knocked.

  2. 2

    Press the adhesive back on.

  3. 3

    That is the install. The trackers and cameras already in your fleet, hub tags, and the Hubble Network pick it up and report its last-seen location.

Zip-tie route

Zip tie, for handles, hoses, and cords

Gear with no flat side.

Drill, grinder and impact driver on a dark job site, each with a Geotab Bluetooth tool tag signal, beside a pinned toolbox
  1. 1

    Zip-tie the tag to a handle, hose, or cord where it will not get knocked.

  2. 2

    Same readers, same last-seen location on your map.

How You Know It Worked

  • That is the install. Last-seen location (where and when) on your map.
  • Tag will not stay on: wipe the spot clean and dry and press it on firmly, or zip-tie it where adhesive will not hold.
  • Tag not on the map yet: call (877) 771-2236 or email support@gpsfms.com, and we confirm its last-seen location with you.

If your gear is different

Geotab Tool Tag Installation on Every Kind of Gear

Round handles, dusty surfaces, and tools that wander are still a quick job for your own crew.

What if the gear has no flat side, like a hose, a cord, a ladder, or a round handle?

Your crew: Zip-ties the tag to a handle, a ladder rung, or the end of a hose, where it will not get knocked.

How we help: Same readers, same last-seen location on your map.

What if the surface is dusty, oily, or cold?

Your crew: Wipes the spot clean and dry and presses the tag on firmly, or zip-ties it where adhesive will not hold.

How we help: We scope the right tag and mount for your gear.

What about a tool that sits in the shop or yard for weeks?

Your crew: Leaves it where it is.

How we help: Its last-seen location stays on your map, with where and when it was last read.

What if a tool rides off on another crew's truck, or stays behind at the site?

Your crew: Keeps working, with nothing extra to do.

How we help: Every reader picks up every tag, and separation and left-behind alerts flag a tool left at the site.

What if the gear is too big, powered, or valuable for a tag?

Your crew: Puts a GO Anywhere Plus on it instead, with the same press and place.

How we help: We scope the right tracker for powered, high-value, or remote units.

Where should a tag go on a tool?

Where it will not get knocked: on a flat side of a case or box, or zip-tied to a handle, hose, or cord.

What reads the tags once they are on?

The trackers and cameras already in your fleet, hub tags, and the Hubble Network report its last-seen location.

Which gear should get a GO Anywhere Plus instead of a tag?

Powered, high-value, or remote units belong on a GO Anywhere Plus, and we scope the right one for your gear.

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