# Hirro

> Hirro keeps a living inventory of every machine and attachment in your fleet, from the yard to the site. Hirro is a Rotion company, based in Belgium.

## What it does
Hirro gives rental fleets and contractors a living inventory. Tag your assets once. Every walk, gate pass and road trip keeps the count up to date.

## How it works
- Phone walk-by: The Hirro app runs in the background on your team's phones. When someone walks between the rows, every tag they pass is heard and placed in its zone.
- Fixed zones: Gateways at the gate, the wash bay and the workshop log every pass. You see what is being washed, repaired or ready, without anyone typing it in.
- Live 4G: Live trackers report GPS position over 4G for high-value machines and for anything that leaves the yard.
- Carrier and attachment: A gateway on the truck reads the tags it carries. You know which breaker left with which low loader, and which one never came back.

## Hardware
- Standard tag: Most machines and attachments. Swappable battery. (BLE · IP67)
- Rugged tag: Built-in magnet. Up to 8 years. (IP67 · IK09)
- Mini tag: Tools and small equipment. (BLE · small)
- Live tracker: GPS over 4G, anywhere. (GNSS · LTE-M)
- Gateway: Gate, wash bay, workshop or truck. (BLE to 4G)

## Who it is for
- Equipment rental: Know what is ready to rent out. Stages at gate and wash bay, Attachments matched, Missing items flagged.
- Contractors: Stop searching sites for your own equipment. Depot counted on every walk, Per-site lists, Idle machines visible.

## Questions and answers
### How Hirro works

#### Can I track equipment without gateways?
Yes. Staff phones running the Hirro app hear the tags as people walk the yard, so you can start with phones only. Add gateways at the gate, wash bay or workshop when you want stages to log themselves.

#### How accurate is it?
Hirro places each asset in a zone of your site, such as Row A or the wash bay. On the spot, the radar on the phone guides you to the asset. We report zones, not metres.

#### Does it drain staff phones?
In our field test on a Belgian rental yard, the app used about 3 to 5% of phone battery per shift.

#### What about assets that leave the yard?
Live trackers report GPS position over 4G. A gateway on a truck reads the tags on the attachments it carries, so you know what left with which vehicle.

#### Can I use the tags I already have?
Yes. Hirro reads standard BLE tags (iBeacon and Eddystone). Other protocols need a one-off integration.

### Equipment rental software for yards and attachments

#### How do I find attachments on a rental yard?
Tag each attachment. Staff phones and gateways hear the tags and place them in a zone of the yard. Search the attachment in Hirro, then follow the radar on your phone to the spot.

#### Can Hirro track check-in and check-out?
Yes. A phone at the gate hears the tags on a truck as it comes in and checks them against the contract. If nobody stands at the gate, a gateway there can do the same.

#### We already use another tracker on our machines.
Keep it. Hirro can read its data and adds what it misses: the yard, the stages and the attachments. If you switch, the months left on your old contract come off our licence, up to 12.

#### Does it work with our rental ERP?
Yes. Hirro works with any ERP, including SAP, Odoo and Microsoft Dynamics. Each tag links to the asset through a connector, the API or an export.

### Equipment inventory software for contractors

#### How do I keep an equipment inventory without manual counts?
Tag your equipment. Staff phones and gateways hear the tags as people work, so the depot is counted continuously and the register stays current.

#### Can I see which equipment is on which site?
Yes. Live trackers and gateways on trucks report what left the depot and where it went, so each site has its own list.

#### Do I need gateways in the depot?
No, not to start. Staff phones do most of the reading. Gateways help in covered halls or where nobody walks every day.

### Asset tags, gateways and kits for your fleet

#### Can I buy hardware without the software?
No. The tags only make sense with a Hirro plan, so every order comes with one. The configurator shows which plan fits your asset count and the help you want.

#### How long does delivery take?
Starter kits are in stock in Belgium and ship within 2 weeks. Other kits and custom orders ship in 5 to 6 weeks. We confirm the date when we confirm the order.

#### How do I order hardware?
Build your kit in the configurator on this page and send the order. There is no payment online: we confirm the price and delivery by email or phone, then ship.

#### How long does a tag battery last?
The Standard tag runs up to 3 to 4 years and the Rugged tag up to 8 years. Battery life depends on how often the tag broadcasts. The Standard tag battery is a CR2477 that you can swap in seconds.

#### Do I need gateways?
Not to start. Staff phones do most of the reading. Gateways make gate, wash bay and workshop stages update on their own, and a gateway on a truck tracks what it carries.

#### Can I lease the hardware?
Yes. Lease per device per month over 36 months, with battery swaps and replacements of failed units included. Leased hardware goes with yearly software billing.

### Pricing

#### How is Hirro priced?
Per site. Billed yearly, Start is €417 a month for up to 100 assets, Operate €833 for up to 1,000 assets and Scale €3,333 for unlimited assets. Extra sites cost €417 a month on Operate and €833 on Scale. Hardware comes on top, close to cost, bought or leased.

#### Why is the hardware so cheap?
We price tags and gateways close to cost so they never block a deal. You pay for the software and the yard workflow, not a markup on tags.

#### Can we pay monthly?
Yes, at 20% more on the software, when you buy the hardware from us. Leased hardware goes with yearly software billing.

#### Which ERP systems does Hirro connect to?
Any ERP, including SAP, Odoo and Microsoft Dynamics. Start includes an export, Operate one connector, and Scale all connectors plus the API.

#### Is there a long lock-in?
No. Terms are yearly, prices are public, and your own hardware is welcome.

#### What do we need to buy to start?
Tags for the assets you want to track and a plan for the site. Staff phones with the Hirro app do the reading, so you need no gates or beacons to start. Add gateways later where a stage should log itself.

#### Can we ask ChatGPT or Copilot about our assets?
Yes, from Operate up. Through the Hirro MCP server, ChatGPT, Claude or Microsoft Copilot answer questions from your live inventory, such as where an asset is or what has been idle.

### Switch your asset tracking with credit up to 12 months

#### How does the switch credit work?
If you leave another tracking contract, the months left on it come off your Hirro software licence, up to 12 months. It covers the licence, not hardware.

#### Can we keep our current tracker on the machines?
Yes. Hirro can read its data and add the yard, the stages and the attachments. You decide later whether to replace it.

#### Can we keep our tags?
Yes, if they are standard BLE tags (iBeacon or Eddystone). Other protocols need a one-off integration.

### Event and stage rental inventory tracking

#### How do I track which kit went to which event?
Tag each case and item. A phone at the loading dock hears the tags on the truck, and Hirro matches them to the event.

#### Do I need readers in the warehouse?
No, not to start. Staff phones read the tags as people work. Gateways help in areas where nobody walks every day.

### Stock and demo machine tracking for machinery dealers

#### Can Hirro keep our stock list up to date?
Yes. Staff phones hear the tags as people walk the yard, so each machine has a zone and a time it was last heard, without a manual count.

### Equipment tracking for utilities and public works

#### Do crews need to scan anything?
No. The app runs in the background on crew phones and hears tags nearby. Staff open it only to search or to link a new tag.

#### What do the phones share?
You choose: only the tags a phone hears, or the phone location too.

#### Where is the data stored?
On AWS in the EU. A standard DPA is available.

### Integrations

#### Can Hirro work with our current telematics?
Yes. Keep your trackers on the machines. Hirro reads their data and adds the yard, the stages and the attachments.

#### What is the MCP server for?
MCP is the standard way AI assistants connect to other software. The Hirro MCP server lets ChatGPT, Claude or Microsoft Copilot read your live inventory, so staff can ask where an asset is without opening Hirro.

#### Which plan includes which integration?
Start includes an export. Operate adds one ERP connector and the MCP server for AI assistants. Scale adds all connectors and the API.

### Security and privacy

#### Is it legal to track equipment with employees’ phones under GDPR?
It can be, with a clear purpose and the right setup. In tag-only mode the app reports which tags it hears, not where the person is. Agree the mode with your works council, and record it in our data processing agreement.

#### Is Hirro ISO 27001 certified?
Not yet. We are working toward ISO 27001 certification.

#### Do you sign a data processing agreement?
Yes. Every customer signs our standard DPA.

### Hirro vs Trackunit Kin

#### Is Hirro an alternative to Trackunit Kin?
Yes, for yards and depots. Hirro uses your staff phones as readers and places each asset in a zone of your site. Trackunit Kin is built around Trackunit machine units and gateways.

#### Can Hirro run alongside Trackunit?
Yes. Keep Trackunit on your machines. Hirro reads its data and adds the yard, the stages and the attachments.

#### How does pricing compare?
Hirro publishes its prices: from €5,000 per site per year, billed yearly. Trackunit prices Kin by quote, with monthly billing and contracts of generally 36 or 42 months.

### Hirro vs Hilti ON!Track

#### Is Hirro an alternative to Hilti ON!Track?
For machines and attachments in a yard or depot, yes. For a large fleet of hand tools checked out to workers, ON!Track is built for that job.

#### Do staff need to scan assets in Hirro?
Only once, to link a tag to an asset. After that, staff phones hear the tags in the background as people work.

#### Can Hirro use our existing tags?
Hirro works with standard BLE tags (iBeacon and Eddystone). Other tags need a one-off integration.

### Hirro vs Sensolus

#### Is Hirro an alternative to Sensolus?
For rental yards and contractor depots, yes. Hirro uses staff phones as readers and tracks stages and attachments. Sensolus is strong for returnables read by fixed gateways.

#### Do I need gateways with Hirro?
Not to start. Staff phones do most of the reading. Add gateways at the gate, wash bay or workshop when you want stages to log themselves.

#### Which is cheaper?
It depends on the number of assets per site. Sensolus charges €1 per asset per month for location tags. Hirro charges per site, from €5,000 per year, with tags close to cost.

### Yard cost calculator: what searching and lost equipment cost

#### How much time do rental yards spend searching for equipment?
It differs per yard, so the calculator starts from your own numbers. Count the searches in one normal week, time a few of them, and include the people who wait, such as a driver with a truck at the gate.

#### Where do the starting cost numbers come from?
They are our estimates for a typical gateway and gate setup, not quotes. Gateway and gate prices vary by supplier and site. We confirm Hirro prices with your order.

#### Do you store what I type in?
No. The calculator runs in your browser. We only see your numbers when you send them to us with the form.

### EU Data Act checklist for rental companies

#### Does the EU Data Act apply to equipment rental companies?
Yes, when you own or rent out connected machines. You are a user towards the manufacturer, and your customers are users of the machines they rent. Before a rental contract, you tell the renter what data the machine generates.

#### Who owns the data from a rented machine?
The Data Act doesn't hand out ownership. It gives users the right to access the data and share it with a service they choose. Both the owner and the renter can be users, so agree in the rental contract who may use the data.

#### What changed on 12 September 2026?
Connected products placed on the EU market from that date must be designed so that users can reach their data easily, and where relevant directly. Machines bought earlier are still covered by the access rights that apply since September 2025.

#### Is this checklist legal advice?
No. It is a practical summary for rental companies. Check your contracts with your lawyer or your trade association, such as the European Rental Association, which publishes its own guide.

#### Where does Hirro keep tracking data?
On AWS in the EU. A standard DPA is available, and you can export your asset data through the API or an export.

## Pages
- [Home](https://hirro.eu/): Hirro keeps a living inventory of every machine and attachment. Tags, phones, gateways and live trackers update it as your fleet moves.
- [How Hirro works](https://hirro.eu/how-it-works/): Staff phones, fixed gateways and live trackers hear Bluetooth tags and place each asset in a zone of your yard. Start with phones only, no wiring.
- [Equipment rental software for yards and attachments](https://hirro.eu/equipment-rental/): Know which machines and attachments are ready to rent out, and what came back from site. Staff phones place every asset in a zone of your yard, with no wiring to start.
- [Equipment inventory software for contractors](https://hirro.eu/contractors/): Keep the equipment register true across your depot and sites. Hirro counts the depot on every walk, keeps per-site lists and shows idle machines.
- [Asset tags, gateways and kits for your fleet](https://hirro.eu/hardware/): See what you can tag and how tags, phones, gateways and live trackers fit together. Then build your own kit with the Hirro plan that comes with it, and send the order.
- [Pricing](https://hirro.eu/pricing/): Hirro costs from €417 a month per site, billed yearly, with hardware close to cost on top. Public prices, yearly or monthly billing and switch credit up to 12 months.
- [Switch your asset tracking with credit up to 12 months](https://hirro.eu/switch/): Still tied to another tracking contract? Switch to Hirro. We move your assets over and take your remaining months off our licence, up to 12.
- [Field test on a Belgian rental yard](https://hirro.eu/field-test/): What we learned tracking machines and attachments on a Belgian rental yard for a week: zone-level positions, about 3 to 5% phone battery per shift, no gateways.
- [Event and stage rental inventory tracking](https://hirro.eu/event-rental/): Know which cases, truss, generators and light towers went to which event, and what is still at the venue. Staff phones read the tags at the loading dock.
- [Stock and demo machine tracking for machinery dealers](https://hirro.eu/machinery-dealers/): Keep your stock list true: new and used machines, demo units out with customers, attachments and the workshop. Staff phones read the tags as they walk the yard.
- [Equipment tracking for utilities and public works](https://hirro.eu/utilities/): Generators, pumps, signs and barriers across depots, vans and work sites. Hirro keeps a list per site and per depot, read by the phones your crews already carry.
- [Integrations](https://hirro.eu/integrations/): Hirro links each tag to the asset in your ERP, such as SAP, Odoo or Microsoft Dynamics, works alongside your telematics, and offers an API and an MCP server.
- [Security and privacy](https://hirro.eu/security/): Hirro stores data in the EU on AWS, signs a standard DPA, and lets you decide what staff phones report: only the tags they hear, or their location too.
- [Book a demo](https://hirro.eu/book-a-demo/): Pick a time for a call with Hirro. We look at your fleet and yards, show the live inventory, and agree on next steps.
- [Hirro vs Trackunit Kin](https://hirro.eu/hirro-vs-trackunit/): Hirro and Trackunit Kin both track equipment with Bluetooth tags. Compare who reads the tags, location, pricing and contracts, and when each one fits.
- [Hirro vs Hilti ON!Track](https://hirro.eu/hirro-vs-hilti-ontrack/): Hilti ON!Track manages tool fleets with check-out to people. Hirro tracks machines and attachments in yards and depots. Compare reading, pricing and fit.
- [Hirro vs Sensolus](https://hirro.eu/hirro-vs-sensolus/): Sensolus tracks returnables and assets through fixed gateways at €1 per asset per month. Hirro tracks rental and depot yards with staff phones. Compare both.
- [Yard cost calculator: what searching and lost equipment cost](https://hirro.eu/yard-cost-calculator/): Put a number on searching for machines and attachments, lost items and stock counts. Then compare the starting cost of gateways and gates with phones and tags.
- [EU Data Act checklist for rental companies](https://hirro.eu/eu-data-act-checklist/): An EU Data Act checklist for equipment rental companies: your connected fleet, your rights towards manufacturers, your rental contracts and your software vendors.
- [About Hirro](https://hirro.eu/about/): Hirro is the asset tracking brand of Rotion, the Belgian software company founded in 2021 by Maarten Tak and Jonas Janssen. A team of 10+ in Antwerp and Brussels.
- [Privacy statement](https://hirro.eu/privacy/): What hirro.eu collects when you book a demo, order hardware or read the site, why, who processes it, and how to reach us about your data.

## Pages in Nederlands
- [Materieel tracking voor verhuurbedrijven en aannemers](https://hirro.eu/nl/): Hirro houdt een levende inventaris bij van elke machine en elk aanbouwdeel. Tags, telefoons, gateways en live trackers werken hem bij terwijl je vloot beweegt.
- [Hoe Hirro werkt](https://hirro.eu/nl/hoe-het-werkt/): Telefoons van je mensen, vaste gateways en live trackers horen Bluetooth-tags en plaatsen elke asset in een zone van je depot. Start met alleen telefoons.
- [Software voor materieelverhuur: depot en aanbouwdelen](https://hirro.eu/nl/materieelverhuur/): Weet welke machines en aanbouwdelen verhuurklaar zijn en wat van de werf terugkwam. Telefoons van je mensen plaatsen elk stuk in een zone van je depot.
- [Materieelbeheer software voor aannemers](https://hirro.eu/nl/aannemers/): Houd je materieelregister juist over depot en werven. Hirro telt het depot bij elke ronde, houdt lijsten per werf bij en toont stilstaande machines.
- [Bluetooth-tags, gateways en kits voor je materieel](https://hirro.eu/nl/hardware/): Bekijk wat je kunt taggen en hoe tags, telefoons, gateways en live trackers samenwerken. Stel dan je kit samen met de Hirro-formule die erbij hoort.
- [Prijzen](https://hirro.eu/nl/prijzen/): Hirro kost vanaf € 417 per maand per site, jaarlijks gefactureerd, hardware dicht bij kostprijs erbovenop. Publieke prijzen en overstapkorting.
- [Stap over op Hirro met korting tot 12 maanden](https://hirro.eu/nl/overstappen/): Nog gebonden aan een ander trackingcontract? Stap over op Hirro. We zetten je materieel over en trekken je resterende maanden af van onze licentie, tot 12.
- [Praktijktest op een Belgisch verhuurdepot](https://hirro.eu/nl/praktijktest/): Een week tracking op een Belgisch verhuurdepot: posities per zone, ongeveer 3 à 5% telefoonbatterij per shift, geen gateways.
- [Voorraadtracking voor event- en podiumverhuur](https://hirro.eu/nl/evenementenverhuur/): Weet welke flightcases, truss en generatoren naar welk evenement gingen, en wat nog op locatie staat. Telefoons lezen de tags aan de laadkade.
- [Voorraad- en demomachines volgen voor machinedealers](https://hirro.eu/nl/machinedealers/): Hou je voorraadlijst juist: nieuwe en tweedehands machines, demo's bij klanten, aanbouwdelen en werkplaats, gelezen door telefoons van medewerkers.
- [Materieel volgen voor nutsbedrijven en openbare werken](https://hirro.eu/nl/nutsbedrijven-en-openbare-werken/): Generatoren, pompen, borden en hekken over depots, bestelwagens en werven. Hirro houdt een lijst per werf bij, gelezen door de telefoons van je ploegen.
- [Integraties](https://hirro.eu/nl/integraties/): Hirro koppelt elke tag aan het materieel in je ERP, zoals SAP, Odoo of Microsoft Dynamics, werkt samen met je telematica en biedt een API en een MCP-server.
- [Beveiliging en privacy](https://hirro.eu/nl/beveiliging/): Data in de EU op AWS, een standaard verwerkersovereenkomst, en jij beslist wat telefoons melden: alleen de tags die ze horen, of ook hun locatie.
- [Plan een demo](https://hirro.eu/nl/demo-boeken/): Kies een moment voor een gesprek met Hirro. We bekijken je vloot en je depots, tonen de live inventaris en spreken de volgende stappen af.
- [Trackunit alternatief](https://hirro.eu/nl/trackunit-alternatief/): Zoek je een alternatief voor Trackunit Kin? Hirro volgt materieel op je depot met de telefoons van je medewerkers. Vergelijk positie, prijzen en contracten.
- [Hilti ON!Track alternatief](https://hirro.eu/nl/hilti-ontrack-alternatief/): Zoek je een alternatief voor Hilti ON!Track voor machines en aanbouwdelen? Vergelijk hoe Hirro en ON!Track tags lezen, wat ze kosten en wanneer elk past.
- [Sensolus alternatief](https://hirro.eu/nl/sensolus-alternatief/): Zoek je een alternatief voor Sensolus? Hirro leest tags met de telefoons van je medewerkers, zonder vaste gateways. Vergelijk lezen, prijzen en wanneer elk past.
- [Kostencalculator depot: zoeken en verloren materieel](https://hirro.eu/nl/kostencalculator-depot/): Zet een bedrag op zoeken naar machines en aanbouwdelen, verloren stukken en inventarissen. Vergelijk daarna de startkost van gateways met telefoons en tags.
- [Checklist EU Data Act voor verhuurbedrijven](https://hirro.eu/nl/checklist-eu-data-act/): Een checklist voor materieelverhuurders onder de EU Data Act: je verbonden vloot, je rechten tegenover fabrikanten, je huurcontracten en je softwareleveranciers.
- [Over Hirro](https://hirro.eu/nl/over-ons/): Hirro is het asset tracking-merk van Rotion, het Belgische softwarebedrijf van Maarten Tak en Jonas Janssen (2021). Een team van 10+ in Antwerpen en Brussel.
- [Privacyverklaring](https://hirro.eu/nl/privacy/): Wat hirro.eu verzamelt als je een demo boekt, hardware bestelt of de site leest, waarom, wie het verwerkt en hoe je ons bereikt over je gegevens.

## Pages in Français
- [Suivi de matériel de chantier pour loueurs et entreprises](https://hirro.eu/fr/): Hirro tient un inventaire vivant de chaque machine et accessoire. Balises, téléphones, passerelles et traceurs le mettent à jour quand votre parc bouge.
- [Fonctionnement de Hirro](https://hirro.eu/fr/fonctionnement/): Les téléphones du personnel, des passerelles fixes et des traceurs captent les balises Bluetooth et placent chaque équipement dans une zone de votre dépôt.
- [Gestion de parc pour la location de matériel](https://hirro.eu/fr/location-de-materiel/): Sachez quelles machines et quels accessoires sont prêts à louer, et ce qui est revenu du chantier. Les téléphones de vos équipes placent chaque pièce par zone.
- [Inventaire du matériel de chantier pour entreprises](https://hirro.eu/fr/entreprises-de-construction/): Gardez votre registre de matériel juste, du dépôt aux chantiers. Hirro compte le dépôt à chaque passage et montre les machines inactives par chantier.
- [Balises Bluetooth, passerelles et kits pour votre parc](https://hirro.eu/fr/materiel/): Balises, téléphones, passerelles et traceurs 4G : voyez ce que vous pouvez baliser, puis composez votre kit avec la formule Hirro qui l'accompagne.
- [Tarifs](https://hirro.eu/fr/tarifs/): Hirro coûte à partir de 417 € par mois et par site, facturé à l'année, matériel proche du prix coûtant en plus. Prix publics et crédit de changement.
- [Changez de solution de suivi, crédit jusqu'à 12 mois](https://hirro.eu/fr/changer-de-systeme/): Encore lié à un autre contrat de suivi ? Passez à Hirro. Nous transférons vos équipements et déduisons vos mois restants de notre licence, jusqu'à 12.
- [Test terrain dans un dépôt de location belge](https://hirro.eu/fr/test-terrain/): Une semaine de suivi sur un dépôt de location belge : positions par zone, environ 3 à 5 % de batterie du téléphone par poste, aucune passerelle.
- [Suivi du matériel pour la location événementielle](https://hirro.eu/fr/location-evenementielle/): Sachez quels flight cases, structures et groupes sont partis vers quel événement, et ce qui reste sur place. Les téléphones lisent les balises au quai.
- [Suivi du stock et des machines de démo](https://hirro.eu/fr/concessionnaires-de-materiel/): Gardez votre stock à jour : machines neuves et d'occasion, démos chez les clients, accessoires et atelier, lus par les téléphones du personnel.
- [Suivi du matériel pour réseaux et travaux publics](https://hirro.eu/fr/reseaux-et-travaux-publics/): Groupes, pompes, panneaux et barrières entre dépôts, camionnettes et chantiers. Hirro tient une liste par chantier, lue par les téléphones de vos équipes.
- [Intégrations](https://hirro.eu/fr/integrations/): Hirro lie chaque balise à l'équipement dans votre ERP (SAP, Odoo, Microsoft Dynamics), fonctionne avec votre télématique et propose une API et un serveur MCP.
- [Sécurité et vie privée](https://hirro.eu/fr/securite/): Données dans l'UE sur AWS, DPA standard, et vous décidez ce que transmettent les téléphones du personnel : seulement les balises qu'ils entendent, ou aussi leur position.
- [Réserver une démo](https://hirro.eu/fr/reserver-une-demo/): Choisissez un créneau pour un échange avec Hirro. Nous examinons votre parc et vos dépôts, montrons l’inventaire en direct et convenons des prochaines étapes.
- [Alternative à Trackunit](https://hirro.eu/fr/alternative-trackunit/): Vous cherchez une alternative à Trackunit Kin ? Hirro suit le matériel du dépôt avec les téléphones de votre personnel. Comparez lecture, prix et contrats.
- [Alternative à Hilti ON!Track](https://hirro.eu/fr/alternative-hilti-ontrack/): Vous cherchez une alternative à Hilti ON!Track pour vos machines et accessoires ? Comparez la lecture des balises, les prix et les cas où chacun convient.
- [Alternative à Sensolus](https://hirro.eu/fr/alternative-sensolus/): Vous cherchez une alternative à Sensolus ? Hirro lit les balises avec les téléphones de votre personnel, sans passerelles fixes. Comparez lecture et prix.
- [Calculateur de coûts du parc : recherches et pertes](https://hirro.eu/fr/calculateur-couts-parc-materiel/): Chiffrez les recherches de machines et d'accessoires, les pertes et les inventaires. Comparez ensuite le coût de départ des passerelles avec téléphones et tags.
- [Checklist Data Act de l'UE pour les loueurs de matériel](https://hirro.eu/fr/checklist-reglement-donnees-ue/): Checklist Data Act de l'UE pour les loueurs de matériel : votre flotte connectée, vos droits envers les constructeurs, vos contrats et vos fournisseurs de logiciels.
- [À propos de Hirro](https://hirro.eu/fr/a-propos/): Hirro est la marque de suivi d'actifs de Rotion, éditeur belge fondé en 2021 par Maarten Tak et Jonas Janssen. Plus de 10 personnes à Anvers et Bruxelles.
- [Déclaration de confidentialité](https://hirro.eu/fr/confidentialite/): Ce que hirro.eu collecte quand vous réservez une démo, commandez du matériel ou lisez le site, pourquoi, qui le traite et comment nous joindre.

## Documentation
Technical docs in English: https://docs.hirro.eu/ (summary for language models: https://docs.hirro.eu/llms.txt)

- [What is Hirro?](https://docs.hirro.eu/): Hirro keeps a living inventory of machines, attachments and small kit. Staff phones hear the tags, so you start without gateways, and each asset lands in a zone.
- [Digital twin and maintenance](https://docs.hirro.eu/app/digital-twin/): Each tagged asset gets a digital twin in Hirro, with a usage ledger, a maintenance log, service planning, wear flags and certificates with expiry reminders.
- [Phone app](https://docs.hirro.eu/app/phone-app/): The Hirro phone app hears tags in the background, finds an asset with search and the radar, links new tags with two scans and shows the asset passport.
- [Web dashboard](https://docs.hirro.eu/app/web-dashboard/): The Hirro web dashboard shows every site on a map, each asset with its zone, stage and last sighting, and flags what needs attention.
- [Setting up zones and stages](https://docs.hirro.eu/app/zones-and-stages/): How to draw the zones of a site in Hirro, name them the way your team talks, and set up stages such as returned, washed, checked and ready.
- [Tag battery life and battery swaps](https://docs.hirro.eu/hardware/batteries/): How long Hirro tag batteries last, what changes battery life, and how to swap the CR2477 battery in a Standard tag.
- [Buy, lease or bring your own hardware](https://docs.hirro.eu/hardware/buy-lease-or-bring-your-own/): Buy Hirro tags and gateways close to cost, lease them over 36 months with swaps included, or keep the standard BLE tags you already own.
- [Mounting tags on machines, attachments and tools](https://docs.hirro.eu/hardware/mounting-tags/): Where and how to fix Hirro tags with a magnetic mount, pads, screws or cable ties, and how to link each tag to its asset with two scans.
- [Tag lineup](https://docs.hirro.eu/hardware/tag-lineup/): The Hirro hardware lineup. Standard, Rugged and Mini tags for assets, site and vehicle gateways for zones and trucks, and live trackers for what leaves.
- [API](https://docs.hirro.eu/integrations/api/): The Hirro API lets your own tools read assets, zones, stages and sightings, push assets in, and receive events through webhooks.
- [MCP server for AI assistants](https://docs.hirro.eu/integrations/mcp-server/): The Hirro MCP server lets ChatGPT, Claude and Microsoft Copilot answer questions from your live inventory, without opening Hirro.
- [ERP and exports](https://docs.hirro.eu/integrations/overview/): How Hirro links each tag to the asset in your ERP, such as SAP, Odoo or Microsoft Dynamics, and sends zones, stages and sightings back.
- [Working next to telematics](https://docs.hirro.eu/integrations/telematics/): Keep the telematics units on your machines. Hirro reads their data and adds the yard zones, the stages and the attachments they do not see.
- [Frequently asked questions](https://docs.hirro.eu/reference/faq/): Short answers about how Hirro works, accuracy, battery use, gateways, maintenance, privacy, hardware, delivery, ERP links and getting started.
- [Glossary](https://docs.hirro.eu/reference/glossary/): The terms used in Hirro and in these docs, from zone and stage to parent and child, walk-by, passport, digital twin, gateway and MCP.
- [Plans](https://docs.hirro.eu/reference/plans/): Hirro is priced per site per year in three public plans, Start, Operate and Scale, plus Enterprise for groups. Hardware comes on top, close to cost.
- [Security and privacy](https://docs.hirro.eu/reference/security-and-privacy/): Hirro stores data in the EU on AWS, signs a standard DPA with every customer, and lets you choose what staff phones report.
- [How Hirro works](https://docs.hirro.eu/start/how-hirro-works/): How tags and staff phones, with optional gateways and live trackers, feed one inventory that places each asset in a zone, logs its stage and keeps its history.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.hirro.eu/start/quickstart/): Set up your first Hirro site in one day. Draw your zones, link a tag to each asset with two scans, and let staff phones do the reading.
- [Choosing a tracking mix per site](https://docs.hirro.eu/tracking/choosing-a-mix/): How to combine staff phones, site gateways, vehicle gateways and live trackers on a site, starting with phones and adding hardware where it pays off.
- [Live trackers for assets that leave the yard](https://docs.hirro.eu/tracking/live-trackers/): A live tracker reports GPS position over 4G for high-value machines and units that travel alone, such as light towers and generators.
- [Parent and child: which attachment left with which machine](https://docs.hirro.eu/tracking/parent-and-child/): A vehicle gateway or live tracker hears the tags that ride along, so Hirro knows which bucket or breaker left with which machine or truck.
- [Site gateways and zones that update themselves](https://docs.hirro.eu/tracking/site-gateways/): A site gateway listens at one fixed spot, such as the gate, wash bay or workshop, so every pass is logged and stages update without typing.
- [Walk-by scanning with staff phones](https://docs.hirro.eu/tracking/walk-by/): The Hirro app hears tags in the background as staff walk the yard, so you can track equipment without installing gateways.
- [Zones and accuracy](https://docs.hirro.eu/tracking/zones-and-accuracy/): Hirro places each asset in a named zone of your site, not at a coordinate, and the radar on the phone guides you the last metres.
- [Tracking attachments and small tools](https://docs.hirro.eu/use-cases/attachments-and-small-tools/): How to tag buckets, breakers, quick hitches and tools with Hirro, link them to the machines they travel with, and find them on the yard.
- [Equipment inventory for contractors](https://docs.hirro.eu/use-cases/contractors/): How contractors use Hirro to keep a per-site list of machines, containers and tools, find idle equipment and stop renting what they already own.
- [Asset tracking for equipment rental companies](https://docs.hirro.eu/use-cases/equipment-rental/): How rental companies use Hirro to find machines and attachments before dispatch, check in returns, and see what is ready to rent.

## Insights
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- [The EU Data Act for rental companies: who gets the machine data?](https://hirro.eu/blog/eu-data-act-equipment-rental/): Both of you. Under the EU Data Act, the rental company that owns a connected machine and the customer who rents it are both users, so both can ask for the data the machine generates. Since 12 September 2026, new connected machines must be designed to make that data easy to reach. This is general guidance, not legal advice.
- [Why AirTags fall short for construction equipment.](https://hirro.eu/blog/airtags-construction-equipment/): AirTags work well for finding one lost item, and that is what Apple designed them for. For a fleet they fall short: they are tied to personal Apple accounts, they alert nearby iPhone users they are travelling with, and they do not feed a shared inventory or your ERP. A fleet needs tags that report to one company system.
- [Bluetooth tags or GPS trackers for construction equipment.](https://hirro.eu/blog/bluetooth-tags-vs-gps-trackers/): Use GPS trackers on powered, high-value machines that leave the yard on their own. Use Bluetooth tags on attachments, tools and anything without power. GPS tells you where a machine is on the map; Bluetooth tells you where an asset is on your yard. Most fleets end up with a mix of both.
- [Construction equipment theft: what tracking can and cannot do.](https://hirro.eu/blog/construction-equipment-theft/): Tracking does not stop a thief, but it changes two things. A hidden 4G tracker on a high-value machine shows where it went after it left. Tags on attachments and tools show sooner that something is missing. Fences, locks, marking and good habits on site still do most of the preventing.
- [How to count equipment without a stock count.](https://hirro.eu/blog/count-equipment-inventory/): Tag each asset and let the phones of people already walking your yards and stores hear the tags. Every pass confirms which assets are where. The count happens in the background, every day, so your register stays true between audits without anyone walking the rows with a clipboard.
- [How to find attachments on a rental yard.](https://hirro.eu/blog/find-attachments-rental-yard/): Tag every attachment, let the phones your staff already carry hear those tags as they walk the yard, and place each one in a named zone such as Row B or the wash bay. A search then answers with a place, and the radar on the phone covers the last metres.
- [Can you track equipment with employees' phones under GDPR?](https://hirro.eu/blog/gdpr-equipment-tracking-employee-phones/): Yes, if you set it up with care. The aim is to track equipment, not people, so collect only what you need, tell staff what the app does, and agree the rules before rollout. With Hirro you choose whether phones report tag sightings only or their own location too. This post is general guidance, not legal advice.
- [Rental turnaround: from returned to ready.](https://hirro.eu/blog/rental-turnaround-returned-to-ready/): Turnaround is the time from the moment a machine comes back through the gate to the moment it is ready to rent again. To shorten it, first see where it goes. Log each stage automatically with gateways at the gate, the wash bay and the workshop, then look at the dwell time per stage.
- [Can you track equipment without gateways?](https://hirro.eu/blog/track-equipment-without-gateways/): Yes. A phone running a tracking app can do the job of a gateway, hearing Bluetooth tags as staff walk the yard. You start with no wiring, no power points and no installation day. Gateways are still worth adding at spots where you want every pass logged, such as the gate or the wash bay.

## Insights in Nederlands

- [Hoe vind je aanbouwdelen terug op een verhuurdepot?](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/aanbouwdelen-terugvinden/): Geef elk aanbouwdeel een tag, laat de telefoons die je mensen al op zak hebben die tags horen terwijl ze over het depot lopen, en plaats elk stuk in een benoemde zone zoals Rij B of de wasplaats. Een zoekopdracht antwoordt dan met een plaats, en de radar op de telefoon doet de laatste meters.
- [Waarom AirTags tekortschieten voor bouwmaterieel.](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/airtag-bouwmaterieel/): AirTags zijn goed om één verloren voorwerp terug te vinden, en daarvoor ontwierp Apple ze. Voor een vloot schieten ze tekort: ze hangen aan persoonlijke Apple-accounts, ze waarschuwen iPhone-gebruikers met wie ze meereizen, en ze voeden geen gedeelde inventaris of ERP. Een vloot heeft tags nodig die naar één bedrijfssysteem rapporteren.
- [Bluetooth-tags of gps-trackers voor bouwmaterieel.](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/bluetooth-tags-of-gps-trackers/): Gebruik gps-trackers op aangedreven, dure machines die zelf het depot verlaten. Gebruik Bluetooth-tags op aanbouwdelen, gereedschap en alles zonder stroom. Gps vertelt waar een machine op de kaart staat; Bluetooth vertelt waar een asset op je depot staat. De meeste vloten gebruiken uiteindelijk een mix van beide.
- [De EU Data Act voor verhuurbedrijven: wie krijgt de machinedata?](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/data-act-verhuur-materieel/): Allebei. Onder de EU Data Act zijn het verhuurbedrijf dat een verbonden machine bezit en de klant die ze huurt allebei gebruikers, dus allebei kunnen ze de data opvragen die de machine genereert. Sinds 12 september 2026 moeten nieuwe verbonden machines die data makkelijk bereikbaar maken. Dit is algemene informatie, geen juridisch advies.
- [Diefstal van bouwmaterieel: wat tracking wel en niet kan.](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/diefstal-bouwmaterieel/): Tracking houdt geen dief tegen, maar verandert twee dingen. Een verborgen 4G-tracker op een dure machine toont waar ze naartoe ging nadat ze vertrok. Tags op aanbouwdelen en gereedschap tonen sneller dat iets ontbreekt. Hekken, sloten, markering en goede gewoontes op de werf doen nog altijd het meeste preventiewerk.
- [Doorlooptijd in de verhuur: van retour tot verhuurklaar.](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/doorlooptijd-verhuurmaterieel/): Doorlooptijd is de tijd tussen het moment dat een machine terug door de poort komt en het moment dat ze opnieuw verhuurklaar is. Wil je die verkorten, kijk dan eerst waar ze naartoe gaat. Log elke fase automatisch met gateways aan de poort, de wasplaats en de werkplaats, en bekijk dan de verblijftijd per fase.
- [Mag je materieel tracken met de telefoons van medewerkers onder de GDPR?](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/gdpr-materieel-tracken-telefoons-medewerkers/): Ja, als je het zorgvuldig opzet. Het doel is materieel volgen, geen mensen, dus verzamel alleen wat je nodig hebt, vertel medewerkers wat de app doet, en spreek de regels af voor de uitrol. Met Hirro kies je of telefoons alleen tagwaarnemingen melden of ook hun eigen locatie. Dit artikel is algemene informatie, geen juridisch advies.
- [Kun je materieel tracken zonder gateways?](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/materieel-tracken-zonder-gateways/): Ja. Een telefoon met een trackingapp kan het werk van een gateway doen, en Bluetooth-tags horen terwijl medewerkers over het depot lopen. Je start zonder bekabeling, zonder stopcontacten en zonder installatiedag. Gateways blijven de moeite waard op plekken waar je elke passage wilt loggen, zoals de poort of de wasplaats.
- [Hoe tel je materieel zonder voorraadtelling?](https://hirro.eu/nl/blog/voorraadtelling-materieel/): Geef elk asset een tag en laat de telefoons van mensen die al over je depots en magazijnen lopen de tags horen. Elke passage bevestigt welke assets waar staan. De telling gebeurt op de achtergrond, elke dag, zodat je register juist blijft tussen audits zonder dat iemand met een klembord de rijen afloopt.

## Insights in Français

- [Pourquoi les AirTags ne suffisent pas pour le matériel de chantier.](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/airtag-materiel-chantier/): Les AirTags sont efficaces pour retrouver un objet perdu, et c'est pour cela qu'Apple les a conçus. Pour un parc, ils ne suffisent pas : ils dépendent de comptes Apple personnels, ils alertent les utilisateurs d'iPhone avec qui ils voyagent, et ils n'alimentent ni inventaire partagé ni ERP. Un parc a besoin de balises qui remontent vers un système d'entreprise.
- [Balises Bluetooth ou traceurs GPS pour le matériel de chantier.](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/balises-bluetooth-ou-traceurs-gps/): Utilisez des traceurs GPS sur les machines motorisées et coûteuses qui quittent le dépôt par elles-mêmes. Utilisez des balises Bluetooth sur les accessoires, l'outillage et tout ce qui n'a pas d'alimentation. Le GPS dit où se trouve une machine sur la carte ; le Bluetooth dit où se trouve un actif sur votre dépôt. La plupart des parcs combinent les deux.
- [Le Data Act européen pour les loueurs : qui obtient les données des machines ?](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/data-act-location-materiel/): Les deux. Selon le Data Act européen, le loueur qui possède une machine connectée et le client qui la loue sont tous deux des utilisateurs, et peuvent donc demander les données que la machine génère. Depuis le 12 septembre 2026, les nouvelles machines connectées doivent rendre ces données faciles d'accès. Ceci est une information générale, pas un avis juridique.
- [Comment compter le matériel sans inventaire.](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/inventaire-materiel-chantier/): Équipez chaque actif d'une balise et laissez les téléphones des personnes qui parcourent déjà vos dépôts et magasins entendre les balises. Chaque passage confirme quels actifs sont où. Le comptage se fait en arrière-plan, chaque jour, si bien que votre registre reste juste entre deux audits, sans que personne ne parcoure les rangées avec un bloc-notes.
- [Comment retrouver les accessoires sur un dépôt de location ?](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/retrouver-accessoires-depot-location/): Équipez chaque accessoire d'une balise, laissez les téléphones que votre personnel porte déjà entendre ces balises en traversant le dépôt, et placez chaque pièce dans une zone nommée, comme la rangée B ou l'aire de lavage. Une recherche répond alors par un lieu, et le radar du téléphone guide les derniers mètres.
- [Peut-on suivre le matériel avec les téléphones du personnel sous le RGPD ?](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/rgpd-suivi-materiel-telephones-personnel/): Oui, si vous le mettez en place avec soin. Le but est de suivre le matériel, pas les personnes : collectez seulement ce dont vous avez besoin, expliquez au personnel ce que fait l'application, et fixez les règles avant le déploiement. Avec Hirro, vous choisissez si les téléphones remontent seulement les détections de balises ou aussi leur propre position. Cet article est une information générale, pas un avis juridique.
- [Rotation du matériel de location : du retour à la remise en location.](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/rotation-materiel-location/): La rotation, c'est le temps entre le moment où une machine repasse l'entrée et celui où elle est à nouveau prête à louer. Pour la raccourcir, voyez d'abord où passe ce temps. Enregistrez chaque étape automatiquement avec des passerelles à l'entrée, à l'aire de lavage et à l'atelier, puis regardez le temps de séjour par étape.
- [Peut-on suivre le matériel sans passerelles ?](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/suivi-materiel-sans-passerelles/): Oui. Un téléphone équipé d'une application de suivi peut faire le travail d'une passerelle, en entendant les balises Bluetooth pendant que le personnel parcourt le dépôt. Vous démarrez sans câblage, sans prises électriques et sans journée d'installation. Les passerelles restent utiles aux endroits où vous voulez enregistrer chaque passage, comme l'entrée ou l'aire de lavage.
- [Vol de matériel de chantier : ce que le suivi peut et ne peut pas faire.](https://hirro.eu/fr/blog/vol-materiel-chantier/): Le suivi n'arrête pas un voleur, mais il change deux choses. Un traceur 4G caché sur une machine de valeur montre où elle est allée après son départ. Des balises sur les accessoires et l'outillage montrent plus tôt qu'il manque quelque chose. Clôtures, serrures, marquage et bonnes habitudes sur chantier font toujours l'essentiel de la prévention.