Before starting
To use the integration, make sure to follow the next steps.
Make sure the trucks are equipped with one of the approved devices:
Expert 1
Expert 2
FMC130
FMC880
FMC650
Register a company account in Swiss ePortal. Look at this ePortal registration guide for help.
If you are a not a company based in Switzerland, you will also have to: log in and register your foreign vehicles on the ePortal under: "NETS – Foreign Vehicles"
🔔 Only register foreign vehicles under: "NETS – Foreign Vehicles".
Wait to receive a physical letter containing your verification code at your company's address.
🔔 Please note that this code might take a few days to arrive and that there is currently no digital method to receive this code.
If you use trailers (separate from your truck units), use one of the following methods to add trailer data to our system:
Trailer Auto-Connect – Automatically detects and assigns trailers to trucks when some conditions are met.
Manual Assignment via Online Map – Manually add trailer details by selecting a vehicle in the Online Map and clicking "Add trailer".
BLE Tag on Trailers – Attach a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device to your trailers and use our BLE solution to automatically track which trailer is connected to a truck.
After these steps, you will be ready to set up the integration on our platform.
When all set up is ready
After completing the steps above and finishing the set up on our platform, we will automatically send daily GPS route data to FOCBS, however you can additionally use our manual corrections feature if the automatic submission fails or if corrections are necessary.
The daily declaration will contain the vehicle's route through Switzerland, Lichtenstein, plus information about the connected trailer/trailers if there was any connected.
FOCBS will calculate and invoice tolls based on the submitted vehicle and route data.