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Vehicle/Asset Tracker

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0.9.4
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    TR-151A / TR-151E Vehicle/Asset Tracker User Manual 0.9.4 Version...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Content 1. Introduction and Features.................... 3 1.1 Introduction ......................3 1.2 Features ....................... 3 2. Specifications ....................... 4 2.1 Hardware......................4 3. Start-up........................5 3.1 Accessories ......................5 3.2 Install SIM card and Battery ..................6 3.3 Charging the battery ....................8 3.4 TR-151 with magnetic holder ...................

  • 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: Specifications

    2. Specifications 2.1 Hardware GSM module: TR-151A: Siemens GSM 850/1800/1900 TR-151E: Siemens GSM 900/1800/1900 GPS Chipset: SiRF Star III LP chipset Frequency: L1, 1575.42 MHz C/A code: 1.023 MHz chip rate Channels: 20 channel all-in-view tracking Horizontal Position Accuracy: 10 meters, 2D RMS Velocity Accuracy: 0.1 m/s...

  • Page 5: Start-Up

    3. Start-up 3.1 Accessories TR-151 AC charger USB Cable Battery Mounting bracket with magnet Car charger (optional) TR-151 page 5...

  • Page 6: Install Sim Card And Battery

    3.2 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-150.

  • Page 8: Charging The Battery

    3.3 Charging the battery Before you can use the TR-151, you must complete the following procedures: 1. Fully charge the battery. Before using TR-151 for the first time, please charge it by connecting it with AC power adapter under the power-off condition. (The included battery is specially designed for TR-151.

  • Page 9: Tr-151 With Magnetic Holder

    3.4 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 9...
  • Page 10 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 10...

  • Page 11: Hardware Overview

    4. Hardware Overview 4.1 Appearance Power button SOS button Indicators USB connector Microphone External antenna connector TR-151 page 11...

  • Page 12: Button Description

    4.2 Button description 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 13: Dip Switch

    Sleeping mode: LED will flash slowly 60 times and then it enters sleeping mode. 4. Power LED: The LED emits orange light when charger is plugged for charging the battery. The LED goes off after the battery has been fully charged.

  • Page 14: Tr-151 Setup And Call Center Operation

    5. TR-151 Setup and Call Center Operation 5.1 Install the USB driver TR-151 1.) Insert the Driver CD into your CD-ROM driver. 2.) AutoRun installation window will appear. 3.) Click “Install USB Driver” button to install the USB driver. 4.) You will see two folders. If your Windows is Vista version, please double click to open “PL2303_USB_Driver_for_Windows_Vista”...

  • Page 15: Install The Call Center Program

    5.2 Install the Call Center program TR-151 1.) Click “Install PC Software” button to install the Call Center program. 2.) Follow the instruction to complete the installation process. 3.) After the installation is completed, you will see the icon “TR151-Call Center” appears on desktop.

  • Page 16: Call Center Menu

    5.3 Call Center Menu TR-151 page 16...
  • Page 17 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 Information the Call Center. (Each Call Center can manage up to 5 sets of TR-151.) Management >...

  • Page 18: Tr-151 Setup

    5.4 TR-151 Setup 1. Connect the USB cable to TR-151 and the USB port on your PC. 2. Set DIP Switch 3 to “On” position. 3. Turn on the power of TR-151. The status LED will emit red light indicating it has already entered the setup mode.
  • Page 19 Information: the basic information of TR-151 Item Description Firmware Version Firmware version of TR-151 Module IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity On: The SMS returned by TR-151 will contain a local time. Set Time Zone Off: The SMS returned by TR-151 will contain a Coordinated Universal Time, abbreviated UTC.
  • Page 20 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 21: Gprs Setting

    Sleep Return Phone The phone number for receiving Sleep mode reporting SMS Number GPRS Setting Item Description GPRS Port The communication port for connecting GPRS network GPRS apn The apn of GPRS network station GPRS user name The account for connecting GPRS network GPRS user password The password for connecting GPRS network GPRS DNS 1/ DNS 2...

  • Page 22: Sms Tracking Commands And Configuration For Sms Call Center Software Developer

    5.5 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. It can help Call Center service providers to evaluate TR-151 and build their own SMS Call Center efficiently.

  • Page 23: Operating The Tr-151

    6. Operating the TR-151 6.1 Turn on / Turn off ● Turn on: When the device is off, press the Power button for 3~4 seconds to turn on the device. When the device is on, GPS will do cold start to locate its position for the first time with the green GPS LED on.

  • Page 24: Tracking/Monitoring Tr-151 By Sms

    6.2 Tracking/Monitoring TR-151 by SMS User can send the following tracking commands to TR-151 to control the device. After TR-151 receives the command, TR-151 will enter the specific report mode. There are five report types: Immediate report, Period report, Stop (Standby), Geofence and Voice monitor.

  • Page 25: Sms Report Functions _ Immediate Report

    ► SMS Report functions _ Immediate Report Immediate Report: When TR151 receives the SMS command, it will return a SMS to confirm the receipt of command. TR151 starts to get position fixed within Maximum GPS Fixing Time. If it can not get fixed the position within the period of time, it will return the previous location.

  • Page 26: Sms Report Functions _ Period Report

    ► SMS Report functions _ Period Report Period Report: When TR151 receives the SMS, it will return a SMS to confirm the receipt of command. TR151 starts to get position fixed. When the GPS position is fixed, it will again return the position data, and continue to send back the data by the Interval Time you set.

  • Page 27: Sms Report Functions _ Stop Report

    ► SMS Report functions _ Stop Report Stop Report: When TR151 receives the SMS, it will return a SMS to confirm the receipt of command and stop all report modes and back to standby status. Report type Format Return message Stop ?2,IMEI,Return_Phone_Number! ?2,IMEI,OK!

  • Page 28: Sms Report Functions _ Gprs Immediate Report

    ► SMS Report functions _ GPRS Immediate Report GPRS Immediate Report: When TR151 receives the SMS command, it will return a SMS to confirm the receipt of command. TR151 starts to get position fixed within the Maximum GPS Fixing Time. If it can not fix the position in the period of time, it will return the previous location.

  • Page 29: Sms Report Functions _ Gprs Period Report

    ► SMS Report functions _ GPRS Period Report GPRS Period Report: When TR151 receives the SMS, it will return a SMS to confirm the receipt of command. TR151 starts to get position fixed. When the GPS position is fixed, it will again return the position data, and continue to send back the data by the Interval Time you set.

  • Page 30: Tracking/Monitoring Tr-151 By Gprs

    6.3 Tracking/Monitoring TR-151 by GPRS 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! $OK! sec= 5~86400 Report every 30 seconds Stop connect $2,IMEI! *note3 $2,355632000166323! $OK! *note1: When TR-151 receives this command, it will send the report back immediately. It will send only one time, and the GPRS connection is still on.

  • Page 31: Geofence

    6.4 Geofence 1. Send SMS command to make TR-151 enter into Geofence mode. The content of the SMS also includes the rectangular or circular areas defined by longitutes and latitudes, getting in the restricted areas or getting out the permissible areas to send alarm, time intervals of alarm report, number of reports, report format and return phone number.
  • Page 32 Note 1: User can set up to 10 rectangular or circular boundaries. Each SMS contains one boundary setting. User can send numerous SMS to complete one set of settings, including numerous rectangular or circular boundaries. For example, if user wants to set the boundary includes 2 rectangles and 1 circle.
  • Page 33 Note 3: 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 gets out boundary, it would send format1, 10 times, 120 sec interval, alarm message to 626123456. ?4,355632000166323,R,E12128.1883,N2342.8117,E12129.2186,N2459.8915,out,120, 10,1,616123456! Example: Send three SMS to setup Geofence.

  • Page 34: Voice Monitor Function

    6.5 Voice monitor function 1. Send SMS with IMEI and return phone number to TR-151 to enable voice monitor function. 2. Then TR-151 will call back. Return Report type Format message Voice monitor ?6,IMEI,Return_Phone_Number! ?6,IMEI,OK! The description of SMS Format Description Start sign and function code IMEI of TR...

  • Page 35: Parking Mode

    6.6. Parking Mode Use PC or SMS to configure parameters: Enable parking time, telephone number, time interval and number of report. While the device is powered on, press the power button to enter parking mode. The status LED will flash specific times to indicate the parking mode is enabled. Press the power button again to disable the parking mode.

  • Page 36: The Return Format From Tr-151

    6.8 The return format from TR-151 Return SMS format from TR-151 The data format is configurable in the SMS tracking commands. The return data format can be following two formats. Format0 is for general end users who send SMS commands to TR-151 by their cell phone or PDA phone.
  • Page 37 Format of return GPRS from TR-151 Format: Command_Head,IMEI,status,GPS_fix,date,time,longitude,latitude,altitude,speed,headin g,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 ddmmyy date...

  • Page 38: Sos Function

    6.9 SOS function Press the SOS Button, the status LED will flash 3 times to indicate that the button is activated. TR-151 will immediately send out emergency messages along with its GPS report to 3 preset phone numbers. TR-151 page 38...

  • Page 39: Sms Configuration

    6.10 SMS Configuration User can configure following parameters into TR-151 by SMS. There are four parts setting as below. SMS Default Return Phone Number Maximum GPS Fixing Time Default Report Mode Setting SOS Numbers Report type Format Return message SMS Default ?7,IMEI,1,Enable_SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber, ?7,IMEI,OK! Return Phone...
  • Page 40 TR-151 will send confirmed message back to this Return_Phone_Number. Return_Phone_Number: If user let be empty, TR-151 will send report back to Return_Phone_Number SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber. are both empty, Return_Phone_Number SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber TR-151 will send report back to caller ID. Return phone number for default report mode. TR-151 ReturnPhoneNnumberForDefaultReportMode: will send report to this number after it is turned on when Default Report Mode is set to immediate report or period report.

  • Page 41: Sms Configuration _ Sms Default Return Phone Number

    ► 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 of TR IMEI Setting code for SMS Default Return Phone Number Disable Enable_SMSDefaultReturnPhoneNumber Enable...

  • Page 42: Sms Configuration _ Maximum Gps Fixing Time

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

  • Page 43: Sms Configuration _ Default Report Mode Setting

    ► 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 of TR IMEI Setting code for Default report mode setting immediate report period report Default_Report_Mode...

  • Page 44: Sms Configuration _ Sos Numbers

    ► SMS Configuration _ SOS Numbers Report type Format Return message SOS numbers ?7,IMEI,4,SOS1,SOS2,SOS3,Return_Phone_Number! ?7,IMEI,OK! The description of SMS Format Description Start sign and function code IMEI of TR IMEI Setting code for SOS numbers SOS numbers The confirmed SMS sent to the phone number to indicate the setting is Return_Phone_Number successful.

  • Page 45: Sms Configuration _ Parking Setting

    ► SMS Configuration _ Parking Setting Report type Format Return message Parking Setting ?7,IMEI,5,Park_Time,Park_Interval,Park_Number_of_Rep ?7,IMEI,OK! orts,Sensitivity,Park_Return_Number,Return_Phone_Num ber! The description of SMS Format Description Start sign and function code IMEI of TR IMEI Setting code for Parking setting Set the active time for entering parking mode. The unit is second. Park_Time Time interval of sending data report.

  • Page 46: Sms Configuration _ Sleeping Setting

    ► SMS Configuration _ Sleeping Setting Report type Format Return message Sleeping Setting 7,IMEI,6,Sleep_Time,Sleep_Interval,Sleep_Number_o ?7,IMEI,OK! f_Reports,Sensitivity,Sleep_Return_Number,Return_ Phone_Number! The description of SMS Format Description Start sign and function code IMEI of TR IMEI Setting code for Sleeping setting Set the Sleeping Time. The unit is hour. When it reaches the Sleep Time, TR-150 will wake up and send a SMS message, then go back to Sleeping Sleep_Time mode.

  • Page 47: Sms Configuration _ Gprs Setting

    ► 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 of TR IMEI Setting code for GPRS setting GPRS Port of the Server Port GPRS_Name Please consult your GPRS network service provider for...
  • Page 48 Note: TR-151 is designed for vehicle and asset for tracking purpose, not for carried by people. TR-151 page 48...

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