Manage and Configure PTV Navigator G2

Applies to: PTV Navigator G2 admins — account, license, deployment, and fleet-wide configuration.

Once your account is active, a few configuration steps get PTV Navigator G2 ready across your whole fleet before drivers start their first tour. This article walks through license access and fleet-wide configuration in order.

License keys and account access

The account portal is home base for your license keys, subscription, and app downloads. If you haven't activated your account yet, do that first: activate your account.

Configure fleet-wide preferences

Use the Preferences Generator to set app behavior and fleet-wide settings, exported as a ready-to-use JSON file. Upload it directly in the portal — PTV Navigator G2 applies it automatically the first time each device logs in.

Typical use cases:

• Lock down the app for MDM or kiosk deployments — disable manual logout, disable user-triggered app updates, lock the connection mode
• Control map behavior — show or hide the download section, allow or block map updates and deletion
• Set the app language centrally instead of relying on the device's language
• Pre-load a license key so the app logs in automatically on first start
• Enable optional features fleet-wide, such as the Safety Warner driver-assistance function

Configure vehicle profiles

Use the Vehicle Profile Generator to define vehicle dimensions, weight, axle load, hazmat class, and tunnel restriction codes. Upload it directly in the portal — up to 10 profiles per license, applied automatically the first time each device logs in.

Automatically license the app via MDM

Download the APK from App Download & Documentation in the portal to roll out via your MDM. Access to a Play Store version can be provided upon request.

As part of that rollout, you can also license every device automatically instead of entering the key by hand. PTV Navigator G2 (v1.1.0 and later) supports Managed Configurations, an Android Enterprise feature that lets your MDM push app settings to devices. Currently, license key provisioning is the one setting supported this way:

1. Create a Managed Configurations JSON file containing the key, for example:

   {
       "license_key": "YOUR_NEW_LICENSE_KEY"
   }

2. Upload the JSON file to your MDM tool.
3. Assign the configuration to the target devices — it's applied automatically the next time the app starts.
4. Verify on a device that PTV Navigator G2 picked up the new license key.

Full reference: Managed Configurations documentation.

Note: Managed Configurations currently covers the license key only — app behavior and vehicle settings are the Preferences and Vehicle Profile Generators above.