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  • Page 1: User Manual

    TR-151A / TR-151E Vehicle/Asset Tracker User Manual 0.9.9 Version...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Content 1. Introduction and Features....................3 1.1 Introduction ......................3 1.2 Features .........................3 1.3 Hardware........................4 2. Start-up.......................... 5 2.1 Accessories ......................5 2.2 Install SIM card and Battery ..................6 2.3 Charging the battery ....................9 2.4 TR-151 with magnetic holder ................... 10 2.5 Turn on/off the device.....................

  • Page 3: Introduction And Features

    1. Introduction and Features 1.1 Introduction TR-151 is a durable and water resistant GPS/GSM/GPRS tracker. Users can install TR-151 on vehicles or assets for tracking. It can send out SMS with its location (longitude and latitude) to user’s cell phone by GSM network or to personal computer by internet connection of GPRS network.

  • Page 4: Hardware

    1.3 Hardware TR-151A: Siemens GSM 850/1800/1900 GSM module: TR-151E: Siemens GSM 900/1800/1900 -20° to 55° C Operating temperature: GPS patch antenna Antenna Type: 86.7*48.9*32.5 mm Dimension: 2100mA rechargeable Li-ion battery Battery: For Charging, GPS, GSM and Status. LED indicator: Mini USB port for connecting to PC...

  • Page 5: Start-Up

    2. Start-up 2.1 Accessories AC charger TR-151 USB Cable Battery Mounting bracket with magnet (optional) TR-151 page 5...

  • Page 6: Install Sim Card And Battery

    2.2 Install SIM card and Battery Use a coin or screwdriver to loosen the screw on back cover. Lift up the back cover and remove it as the direction shown. TR-151 page 6...
  • Page 7 Push forward the cover of SIM card slot to the position marked with “OPEN”. Then lift up the cover. Insert the SIM card with its metal contacts facing down and the cut corner at the top left. Note: It is suggested to disable the SIM PIN protection function (asks SIM PIN entry while turn on the device) by your cellular phone before installing the SIM card in TR-151 Plug the battery connector into socket.
  • Page 8 Please put the connector wire under the battery, and then put the battery into battery compartment. NOTE: After installing the battery, the status LED will emit red light. After the LED go out, please wait for 5 seconds before turning on the power. NOTE: Please take out the battery if you do not use TR-151 for a long time.

  • Page 9: Charging The Battery

    2.3 Charging the battery Before using TR-151 for the first time, please fully charge it by connecting to AC power adapter under the power-off condition. (The attached battery is specially designed for TR-151. Please do not use other type of battery; otherwise it will damage the device. If you need to change the battery of TR-151, please contact your local dealer.) You can also charge the TR-151 by connect it to PC or Notebook via USB cable.

  • Page 10: Tr-151 With Magnetic Holder

    2.4 TR-151 with magnetic holder Insert the TR-151 with the Power button side facing out. Push TR-151 into the holder until it clicks in position. TR-151 page 10...
  • Page 11 There are 4 circular magnets on back of the magnetic holder for attaching TR-151 onto the metal material of vehicle or machine. To remove TR-151, slightly push outward the two sides of holder, and slide out the TR-151. TR-151 page 11...

  • Page 12: Turn On/Off The Device

    2.5 Turn on/off the device ● Turn on: After installing the battery, the status LED will emit red light. After the LED go out, please wait for 5 seconds before turning on the power. Press the power button for 3~4 seconds.
  • Page 13 Power button 1. Power On: Press and hold the power button for 3-4 seconds. The status LED will flash 2 times 2. Power Off: Press and hold the power button for 3-4 seconds. The status LED will flash 1 time. 3.
  • Page 14 USB connector There are two functions of the USB connector: Connect TR-151 to PC by a Mini USB cable and setup all its features and functions from application software through PC. Charge the battery by connecting a USB cable. Microphone For voice monitoring use.

  • Page 15: Dip Switch

    2.7 DIP switch Enable TR-151 to automatically power Users have to press the power button Switch 1 on when it is connected to external to power on TR-151 whether external power. power is connected or not. All LED works as user mode. Make all LED except status LED go off Switch 2 for secret tracking.

  • Page 16: Tr-151 Setup And Call Center Operation

    3. TR-151 Setup and Call Center Operation 3.1 Install the USB driver Insert the Driver CD into your CD-ROM driver. AutoRun installation window will appear. Click “Install USB Driver” button to install the USB driver. You will see two folders. If your Windows is Vista version, please double click to open “PL2303_USB_Driver_for_Windows_Vista”...

  • Page 17: Install The Call Center Program

    3.2 Install the Call Center program Click “Install PC Software” button to install the Call Center program. Follow the instruction to complete the installation process. After the installation is completed, you will see the icon “TR151-Call Center” appears on desktop. Double click on this icon to start TR151 Call Center program. TR-151 Call Center TR-151...

  • Page 18: Call Center Operation

    3.3 Call Center Operation 3.3.1 Set TR-151 by call center for the first time. Make TR-151 enter setting mode by setting DIP switch 3 to the “ON” position. Connect TR-151 and PC by the USB cable. Turn on the power of TR-151. (The status LED will emit red light showing it is under setting mode.) Start call center.
  • Page 19 If you do not know TR-151 which COM port is connected to, please click “Scan COM Port” button to automatically scan it. Then click “Setup” button to enter setup window. Then the window below will be brought up. Write down the IMEI code. Enter a name for TR-151 device in the field of User Name.

  • Page 20: View The Imei Code And Phone Number Of Tr-151 Device

    interval of sending Sleep mode reporting SMS in the field of Sleep Interval. Set how many Park mode reporting SMS will be sent in the field of Sleep Number of Reports. Enter the phone number for receiving Park mode reporting SMS in the field of Sleep Return Phone Number.

  • Page 21: Delete A User (Tr-151 Device) From Call Center

    3.3.3 Delete a user (TR-151 device) from Call center Management center can only store five sets of TR-151’s information. If user would like to add the set of TR-151, please delete one set of the existing TR-151. Click Management User Edit. Or click .

  • Page 22: Description Of The Call Center Ui

    3.4 Description of the Call Center UI Menu item Description File > Exit Close the Call Center program. Management > User Display the User (TR-151) Information. You can setup up to 5 users in the Call Information Center. (Each Call Center can manage up to 5 sets of TR-151.) Management >...
  • Page 23 Information: the basic information of TR-151 Item Description Firmware version of TR-151 Firmware Version International Mobile Equipment Identity Module IMEI On: The SMS returned by TR-151 will contain a local time. Off: The SMS returned by TR-151 will contain a Coordinated Universal Set Time Zone Time, abbreviated UTC.
  • Page 24 Default Report Mode Setting Item Description User can configure TR-151 to perform the “Default Report Mode”. There are 3 report modes: immediate report, period report, stop report (standby). When you select some report mode, the unavailable item will be disabled. Default Report Mode After power on the device, TR-151 will perform the “Default Report Mode”...
  • Page 25 sleep mode Set how many alarm SMS will be sent when TR-151 senses vibration Sleep Number of Reports under sleep mode Sleep Return Phone The phone number for receiving alarm SMS under sleep mode Number GPRS Setting Item Description The communication port for connecting GPRS network GPRS Port The APN of GPRS network station GPRS apn...

  • Page 26: Sms Tracking Commands And Configuration For Sms Call Center Software Developer

    3.5 SMS Tracking commands and Configuration for SMS Call Center software developer You can connect one TR-151 to PC and use GlobalSat PC software Call Center to send SMS tracking commands and SMS configurations to control the other TR-151 which is outside on the road.

  • Page 27: Operating The Tr-151

    4. Operating the TR-151 4.1 How to set SOS number of TR-151? Users can set SOS number of TR-151 by sending SMS via mobile phone. The format of SMS is following as: ?7,IMEI,4,SOS1,SOS2,SOS3,Return_Phone_Number! The table below explains the content of the SMS. Format Description Start sign...

  • Page 28: How To Set Tr-151 To Immediately Report Its Position By Sms

    4.2 How to set TR-151 to immediately report its position by SMS? Users can send an SMS by mobile phone to ask TR-151 to immediately report its position. The format of SMS is following as: ?0,IMEI,Report_Format,Return_Phone_Number! The table below explains the content of the SMS. Format Description Start sign...

  • Page 29: How To Set Tr-151 To Periodically Report Its Position By Sms

    4.3 How to set TR-151 to periodically report its position by SMS? Users can send an SMS by mobile phone to ask TR-151 to periodically report its position. The format of SMS is as below. ?1,IMEI,Report_Interval,Number_of_Reports,Report_Format,Return_Phone_Number! The table below explains the content of the SMS. Format Description Start sign...

  • Page 30: How To Set Tr-151 To Immediately Report Its Position By Gprs

    4.4 How to set TR-151 to immediately report its position by GPRS? Users can send an SMS by mobile phone to ask TR-151 to immediately report its position via GPRS network to TR-151 call center or GPRS server. The format of SMS is following as: ?8,IMEI,Return_Phone_Number! The table below explains the content of the SMS.

  • Page 31: How To Set Tr-151 To Periodically Report Its Position By Gprs

    4.5 How to set TR-151 to periodically report its position by GPRS? Users can send an SMS by mobile phone to ask TR-151 to periodically report its position via GPRS network to GPRS server (TR-151 call center). The format of SMS is as below. ?9,IMEI,Report_Interval,Return_Phone_Number! The description of SMS Format...

  • Page 32: Tracking/Monitoring Tr-151 By Gprs

    4.6 Tracking/Monitoring TR-151 by GPRS Users can make commands to TR-151 for asking immediate report, periodical report, or stop report via GPRS server and network. Report type Format Note Example TR-151 will return Immediate report $0,IMEI! *note1 $0,355632000166323! $OK! Period report $1,IMEI,sec! *note2 $1,355632000166323,30!

  • Page 33: Displaying The Location On Map

    4.7 Displaying the location on map The format of longitudes and latitudes got from TR-151 differs from the format of Google map/earth’s longitudes and latitudes. So users have to convert the format of longitudes and latitudes got from TR-151 into the format Google map/earth’s longitudes and latitudes before displaying the location on map. The format of longitudes and latitudes got from TR-151 is like E2459.79 and N12129.26.
  • Page 34 Or you can start the Internet Explorer and type "http://maps.google.com" to connect to Google Map ● website for displaying the location map. Input the latitude The Google Select "Satellite" or and longitude Map will "Hybrid". and click on display the It depends on Google Search button.

  • Page 35: How To Set Tr-151 Enter Geofence Mode

    4.8 How to set TR-151 enter Geofence mode? Users can send SMS to TR-151 for setting up to 10 permissible or restricted areas whose shape is circular or rectangular for tracking the vehicles or monitoring the equipment/assets. Users can choose to receive alarm message while TR-151 enters the restricted areas or to receive alarm message while TR-151 gets out the permissible areas.
  • Page 36 Note 1: The format of Google map/earth’s longitudes and latitudes differs from the format of TR-151’s. So users have to convert the format of Google map/earth’s longitudes and latitudes into the format of TR-151’s longitudes and latitudes before setting Geofence. The format of longitudes and latitudes in Google map/earth is like E121°99.9288’...
  • Page 37 User can set rectangular follows by two longitudes and two latitudes. circular follows by one longitude, one latitude and one radius. Rectangle Example: R,E12128.1883,N2342.8117,E12129.2186,N2459.8915 Circle (radius is 1000 meters) Example: C,E12129.2186,N2459.8915,1000 Note 4: Example: Send one SMS to setup Geofence. Boundary includes one rectangle (two longitudes and two latitudes E12128.1883,N2342.8117,E12129.2186,N2459.8915) When TR-151 gets out boundary, it would send format1, 10 times, 120 sec interval, alarm message...

  • Page 38: How To Make Tr-151 Do Voice Monitor Function

    4.9 How to make TR-151 do Voice monitor function? User can send a SMS by a mobile phone to ask TR-151 start the voice monitoring. The format of SMS is following as: ?6,IMEI,Return_Phone_Number! The table below explains the content of the SMS Format Description Start sign...

  • Page 39: How To Set Tr-151 Enter Parking Mode

    4.10. How to set TR-151 enter Parking Mode? Parking Mode is for users to make TR-151 to send out an alarm SMS to inform user while it senses vibration. Users can use Call Center or SMS to configure parameters: Enable parking time, telephone number, time interval and number of report.

  • Page 40: How To Set Tr-151 Enter Sleeping Mode

    4.11 How to set TR-151 enter Sleeping Mode? Sleeping Mode is for users to make TR-151 to send out an alarm SMS to inform user while it senses vibration. During sleeping mode, TR-151 does not connect to GSM network. So TR-151 cannot receive SMS during sleeping mode.

  • Page 41: The Return Format From Tr-151

    4.12 The return format from TR-151 Return SMS format from TR-151 The data format is configurable in the SMS tracking commands. There are two types of the data format as below. Format0 is for general end users who send SMS commands to TR-151 by their cell phone or PDA phone.
  • Page 42 HDOP Command End Format of return GPRS from TR-151 Format: Command_Head,IMEI,status,GPS_fix,date,time,longitude,latitude,altitude,speed,heading,number of satellites in use,HDOP,Command_End Example: $355632000166323,1,1,040202,093633,E12129.2252,N2459.8891,00161,0.0100,147,07,2.4! Format Value Note Command_Head IMEI (The number of IMEI) 0: Immediate report Status 1: Period report 2: Stop connect 1: Fix not available GPS_fix 2: GPS 2D Fix 3: GPS 3D Fix...

  • Page 43: Sms Configuration

    4.13 SMS Configuration User can configure following parameters into TR-151 by SMS. There are seven settings as below. SMS Default Return Phone Number Maximum GPS Fixing Time Default Report Mode Setting SOS Numbers Parking setting Sleeping setting GPRS setting Report type Format Return message SMS Default...
  • Page 44 Return_Phone_Number: TR-151 will send confirmed message back to this Return_Phone_Number. If user let Return_Phone_Number be empty, TR-151 will send report back to SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber. If Return_Phone_Number and SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber are both empty, TR-151 will send report back to caller ID. ReturnPhoneNnumberForDefaultReportMode: Return phone number for default report mode. TR-151 will send report to this number after it is turned on when Default Report Mode is set to immediate report or period report.

  • Page 45: Sms Configuration _ Sms Default Return Phone Number

    4.13.1 SMS Configuration _ SMS Default Return Phone Number Report type Format Return message SMS Default ?7,IMEI,1,Enable_SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber, ?7,IMEI,OK! Return Phone SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber,Return_Phone_Number! Number The description of SMS Format Description Start sign and function code IMEI IMEI of TR-151 Setting code for SMS Default Return Phone Number Disable Enable_SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber Enable...

  • Page 46: Sms Configuration _ Maximum Gps Fixing Time

    4.13.2 SMS Configuration _ Maximum GPS Fixing Time Report type Format Return message ?7,IMEI,2,Maximum_GPS_Fixing_Time, Maximum GPS ?7,IMEI,OK! fixing time Return_Phone_Number! The description of SMS Format Description Start sign and function code IMEI IMEI of TR-151 Setting code for Maximum GPS fixing time The time that allows for GPS fixing.

  • Page 47: Sms Configuration _ Default Report Mode Setting

    4.13.3 SMS Configuration _ Default Report Mode Setting Report type Format Return message Default report ?7,IMEI,3,Default_Report_Mode,Report_Interval, ?7,IMEI,OK! mode setting Number_of_Reports,Report_Format, ReturnPhoneNnumberForDefaultReportMode, Return_Phone_Number! The description of SMS Format Description Start sign and function code IMEI IMEI of TR-151 Setting code for Default report mode setting SMS immediate report SMS periodical report Default_Report_Mode...

  • Page 48: Sms Configuration _ Gprs Setting

    4.13.4 SMS Configuration _ GPRS Setting Report type Format Return message GPRS Setting ?7,IMEI,7,Port,APN,GPRS_Name,GPRS_pwd,DNS1,DNS2, ?7,IMEI,OK! Host_Name,Return_Phone_Number! The description of SMS Format Description Start sign and function code IMEI IMEI of TR-151 Setting code for GPRS setting Port GPRS Port of the Server GPRS_Name Please consult your GPRS network service provider for GPRS_pwd...

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