Table of contents INTRODUCTION CONNECTING FM3101 MODULE ONNECTING OWER UPPLY ONNECTING NTENNAS INDICATION CONFIGURING FM3101 MODULE ONNECTING ONFIGURING THE ODULE HECK P AND ANUAL ONFIGURATION GPS R ECEIVER AND ORTS ONFIGURATION DDITIONAL ETTINGS AND REFERENCES DATA TRANSFERS ENDING BY GPRS...
1. Introduction In this manual the first steps using FM3101 module and basic operation for testing and integration to custom systems is described. Reviewed chapters are FM3101 connection, configuration and data acquisition and transfer. T R A K G P S . C O M...
Connect power supply to the FM3101 as shown in the figure. Detail connection pinout and schemes are described in "FM3101 User Manual" 5’th chapter. 2.2 Connecting Antennas Connect GSM and GPS antennas to their sockets according to the sticker on the FM3101 module. GPS antenna...
2.3 LED indication Check if LEDs are blinking, as they should. When GPS signal is not received, the Navigation LED is blinking as follows: When GPS signal is received, the Navigation LED is blinking as follows: When Navigation LED is off, that means a short circuit is GPS antenna or connector.
For the first time, when launching Nokia 12 Configurator, you need to specify what port it will use to connect to module. Plug the cable to FM3101 Port2. Click "File" - "Preferences". In the new window mark "M2M system protocol", choose the Communication Port that you are using and set Baud Rate to 115200.
To finish configuration, click "Configure finish configuration, click "Configure module" button. The default par file could be downloaded downloaded at: http://www.trakgps.com/downloads/fm31 fm3101/ defaultcfg.par 3.3 Check-Up and Manual Configuration Up and Manual Configuration To configure module manually manually choose "M2M System Mode" and click "M2M "M2M Bearer...
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Click on "Connection 1" and click "Read parameters" button. If by default the connection Click on "Connection 1" and click "Read parameters" button. If by default the connection Click on "Connection 1" and click "Read parameters" button. If by default the connection is Connection 1 (by GPRS), wireless bearer should be set to TCP GPRS.
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In the toolbar click "GSM Settings", Settings", "Advanced" and "Short Messages". Click Click "Read parameters" and check the operators SMS center number. "Message Validity Period" is usually set parameters" and check the operators SMS center number. "Message Validity Period" is usually set parameters"...
Password is set in the "Security" tab. If you are not sure what password is entered, enter new password in both fields and click "Write Parameters" button. Also check Authorized Numbers list to see which numbers can send requests and configuration messages to the device. If list is empty, it means that any number can send these messages.
"Port1" should be set to "GPS", "Port2" – to "System Protocol", "Port3" – "Java Serial Port". Depending on used GPS receiver, choose a baud rate – some units support 9600, while others work with 4800 bps. If changes were made, click "Write Parameters" button. 3.5 Additional Settings and Preferences Modules Imei number, software and hardware version numbers can be...
“opa opa location_get”) and send to the number of the card inserted to the FM3101 module. Identifier and password may differ depending on the settings and client needs, but the default identifier and password are "opa". Note, that while monitoring device with Terminal, Location Get requests are not shown in the log.
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When data is not sent automatically, a command "+<identifier> <password> flush" can be sent to module. This is the request to send immediately the freshest data packet using GPRS to the server defined. For automatic transfer some data acquisition parameters should be set. These are: Acquire Interval (Id = 0) - Interval in milliseconds to acquire new data (coordinates and sensor readings).
5. IMlet Loading To load an IMlet to the module click "Imlet Loading" in the toolbar and select "Cable". Click "Browse" button under PC dialog box and set the path to the folder with Imlets (.jar files). By default in every module "Keep GPRS Context" and "Avl Midlet" should be installed. Select the midlet and click ">"...
7. Monitoring Module To monitor module you will need terminal (can be downloaded from TrakGPS website: http://www.trakgps.com/downloads/fm3101/terminal.zip). Plug the same cable, which was used to configure module, to the Port 3 and launch terminal. Choose the COM port, that you are using and click "Connect".
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wirelessdevice.DevicePackage.ParamFailureException: IDL:wirelessDevice/Device/ParamFailureException:1.0". Try replacing antenna and check its connection. Note, that it may take up to few minutes to set the clock. After initializing all parameters device shows final line: "Running TAvl application version (2.1.11 [AI2V])", where numbers and symbols in brackets represent current Imlet version. When new coordinate is stored in the memory, device responds with line "Data added to Data store append only list [Elements=44] [Append only list=Rms append only list [Size=44] [Last=0] [First=0] [Max records=0] [Name=store] [Circular=true] [Size indexes=[44]]].
What is the problem? Check if FM3101 module has GSM network. You can view it in Configurators title window - it's shown in the left side, near the operators' logo. If module is not in network coverage or GSM signal is too low, it may not establish operators' name.
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