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StarFinder Aire Operation Manual
270-UM-002
User Manual
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Version 1.0
Dec. 5, 2015
(Preliminary)
Copyright Laipac Technology Inc.

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  • Page 1 Document No.: 270-UM-002 Document Type: User Manual Security Level: Open StarFinder Aire Operation Manual Version 1.0 Dec. 5, 2015 (Preliminary) Copyright Laipac Technology Inc.

  • Page 2: Release History

    Laipac Technology Inc. Release History Revision Date Content 2015/12/05 It is initial release 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1K3 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com http://www.laipac.com...
  • Page 3 Laipac Technology Inc. Content 1. Introduction to SF-Aire 1.1 Know about SF-Aire 1.2 LED Indicators and Working Status 1.3 Connection cable and its signal definition 2. Getting start 2.1 How to set up SF-Aire 2.2 SIM Card and its Installation 2.2.1 Requirement of SIM card...
  • Page 4 Laipac Technology Inc. 1 Introduction to StarFinder Aire (SF-Aire) 1.1 Know about SF-Aire Fig. 1.1-1 to 1.1-3 show the locations and names of the major physical features with this product Connection cable LED indicators Fig. 1.1-1 Top view of SF-Aire...
  • Page 5 Laipac Technology Inc. Mini USB Connector Micro SIM card receptacle Reset Button Fig. 1.1-3 The area behind Door 1.2 LED Indicators and Working Status Battery/Power LED indicator (Red) GPS status LED indicator (Green) GSM status LED indicator (Yellow) Fig 1.2 LED indicators There are 3 color LED indicators on SF-Aire.
  • Page 6 Laipac Technology Inc. Table 1.2 further describes how to identify the SF-Aire’s working status by observing the behavior of those 3 LED indicators. Function Battery/Power GPS status GSM status Powered by external power supply Powered built-in battery Without any power...
  • Page 7 Laipac Technology Inc. 2. Getting Start 2.1 How to set-up SF-Aire? The steps below outline what should be accomplished in order to operate SF-Aire. Detailed descriptions of these steps will be described in the following sections. 1. Ask your tracking service provider to open a service account on the service platform 2.
  • Page 8 SF-Aire. (2) If user is using LocationNow.com service platform from Laipac, in many countries or area, he could use the SIM card provided by Laipac. For detail, please contact Laipac’s Sales department. 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1K3 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com...
  • Page 9 Laipac Technology Inc. 2.2.2 Installation of SIM card Follow the steps below to install the SIM card into SF-Aire. Step 1 Remove 2 screws on the door Step 2 Open the door Step 3 Install SIM card Step 4 Insert card into the receptacle...
  • Page 10 If the version is lower than the one latest issued by Laipac for this product, utility will pop-up a window to remind user that a new version exists now, user can decide if he wants to update his device to a new one or stay with the current one.
  • Page 11 Laipac Technology Inc. 3.2 How to get utility software User can download this utility software by using the link below http://aws.locationnow.com/locationnow/ This software package is a compressed file with suffix “.7z” or “.zip”, such as, “LocationNowSuiteWeb20141105.zip”. Decompress it to get the executable program “LocationNowSuiteWeb20141105.exe”.
  • Page 12 Laipac Technology Inc. 4. Installation of USB driver 4.1 Installing USB driver on computer with Windows 7/8 (Automatically) (1) Connect SF-AIRE to computer through the USB cable coming with SF-AIRE (2) In most of case, computer screen’s bottom right corner can display hint bubble below It means SF-AIRE’s USB driver has been installed successfully.
  • Page 13 Laipac Technology Inc. 4.2 Installing USB driver on computer with Windows 7 (Manually) 4.2.1 Pre-installation Go to Start All Program LocationNowSuiteWeb Install Driver Then, click mouse’s right button to get menu below select “Run as administrator” Click “Install” 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1K3 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com...
  • Page 14 Laipac Technology Inc. Select “Install this driver software anyway” 4.2.2 Installation of USB driver (1) Click to exit installation process (2) Reset your computer (3) Connect SF-AIRE to computer through the USB cable. If PC screen’s bottom right corner displays hint bubble below, it means SF-AIRE’s USB driver has been installed successfully.
  • Page 15 Laipac Technology Inc. 4.3 Check the installation of USB driver If user’s computer is with Windows 7, user can follow the steps below to check if the requested USB driver has been installed on his computer successfully. (1) Using mouse to select and click the “Start” icon on screen’s bottom left corner...
  • Page 16 Laipac Technology Inc. (5) Click utility software icon below, shown on desktop, to run this utility (6) Using Mini USB cable to connect SF-AIRE to this computer (7) At this moment, in the “Device Manager” window, a new item, “Port (COM&LPT)”...

  • Page 17: Firmware Update

    Fig. 5-1 shows the flow chart for firmware update of SF-AIRE Start Run LocationNowSuite Web utility Utility will download its latest version from Laipac and install it on this computer Connect device to computer through Mini USB cable Utility will check the existing firmware version, if it is not the latest one, user will be asked to update this device’s firmware...
  • Page 18 Utility will check the application firmware version inside this connected device. If the version is lower than the one latest issued by Laipac for this product, utility will pop-up a window, shown as Fig. 5-2, to remind user that a new version exists now, user can decide if he wants to update his device to a new one or stay with the current one.
  • Page 19 Laipac Technology Inc. Fig. 5-3 If click “Yes”, utility will get the latest firmware from the server site on Laipac through Internet and download it to device Fig. 5-4 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1K3 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com...
  • Page 20 Laipac Technology Inc. (5) If updating process is done successfully, computer’s screen will shown Fig. 5-5 Fig. 5-5 (6) Disconnect plug of USB cable from the Computer’s USB port, then, plug into the same USB port, Fig. 5-6 is shown on screen. It tells user his device is ready to do configuration now.
  • Page 21 Laipac Technology Inc. 6. Configuration Refer to Fig. 5-6, click “Proceed to set up”, user will enter into operation menu shown as below Fig. 6-1 There are 5 sub-menus • SET UP • SYSTEM • I/O • APPLICATION • FILE...
  • Page 22 It is consistence with device’s IMEI No, which is a unique No. and important information being used by the tracking service platform Hardware version: Hardware configuration information reserved by Laipac Device ID: It is the same as device’s Serial No., which is 15 digits and also called IMEI No.
  • Page 23 Laipac Technology Inc. SIM PIN Number: If user’s SIM card is password protected, enable this option and input the PIN No. coming with this SIM card. Warning: A wrong input will result device can not access GSM/GPRS network. Also, it could cause this SIM card become an invalid one.
  • Page 24 Access Point. It could be blank in most of case. SERVER This is primary server which communicates with device Domain Name 1a: This is the domain name of the primary server. For Laipac’s aws.www.locationnow.com, it will be ‘laipgw1.com’. 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com...
  • Page 25 Laipac Technology Inc. Port 1a: This is the Port No. used by the primary server to accept the access from device. For aws.www.locationnow.com, it should be ‘1688’. Static IP 1: This is the static IP address of primary server. When device is not able to access primary server by means of domain name, this IP address will be used by device.

  • Page 26: Real Time Report

    Laipac Technology Inc. 6.2 SYSTEM 6.2.1 SYSTEM Report REAL TIME REPORT By Time Interval This option allows user to specify how often the device will generate a waypoint message, which including its position and working status, by time value in hours, minutes and seconds...

  • Page 27: Smart Log

    User can skip this setting 6.2.2 SYSTEM Phone Number Assistance #: (Not available, reserved by Laipac) #: The SMS Base Station Number is used when SF-Aire is SMS Base Station operating under SMS mode. All of the waypoints and alert messages can be sent to a SMS device with this phone No, such as cell phone or phone set.
  • Page 28 Laipac Technology Inc. 6.2.3 SYSTEM Date/Time Time Zone: Use this to select the time zone of user’s area in order that the device set up correct local date/time Use this to enable the daylight savings time start and end date...
  • Page 29 Laipac Technology Inc. Note: SF-Aire has a unique function. It is able to accumulate the vehicle’s working hours based on DC voltage signal change exerted on Input 1 port. This DC voltage signal should have direct relation with the On/Off status of vehicle’s engine. Also, it meets the trigger condition mentioned above.
  • Page 30 Low Level: Select threshold voltage value for Alert Low 6.3.4 I/O RS232 COM PORT: Reserved by Laipac and not opened to user yet 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com...
  • Page 31 Laipac Technology Inc. 6.4 APPLICATION 6.4.1 APPLICATION Speed & Mileage Over Speed Alert: In order to use this function, it must be enabled first. Device is capable of sending an alert if it moves faster then the specified speed limit value.
  • Page 32 Automatically Call Emergency #: (Not available, reserved by Laipac) 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com...
  • Page 33 Laipac Technology Inc. 6.5 File 6.5.1 File Import default file Following the steps below, user can acquire a set of default configuration. This set of configuration can be treated as factory setting. (1) Select “File” Click “Import default file” (2) Theoretically speaking, user can not make his device to work with the tracking service platform based on this default configuration.
  • Page 34 Laipac Technology Inc. 6.5.3 File Save file User can use this function to save the utility’s setting to a file under his selected folder on disk. (1) Select “Save file” and use the windows’ file browser to find the folder, here, it is C:/StarFinder-Aire (2) Type in the file name, such as, “SF-Aire Configuartion-1”, in “File name”...
  • Page 35 LocationNow Suite utility software. If user does want to use this access control on his SF-Aire, he can check with Laipac to find the instruction related to this function.
  • Page 36 Laipac Technology Inc. 7. Installation guidance (1) There exist 2 wires on the output cable of SF-Aire to be use for connecting external DC power supply (9 to 36V). However, for automotive application, only 12V car battery is accepted since very high spike voltage could be generated when vehicle’s engine is being started.
  • Page 37 Laipac Technology Inc. b. When device is installed vertically, it is better to have 90º and 180º open view to the sky, as shown in the drawings below. 90º open view 180º open view 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com...

  • Page 38: Appendix A: An Example For Configuration Of Sf-Aire

    (3) What service platform has been selected by him? He has selected https://l2p.trimble.com/locationnow/, which is a customized service platform from Laipac Technology Inc. (4) What are those key setting items related to the service platform and SF-Aire? The following settings are related to the service platform, LocationNow.com...
  • Page 39 Laipac Technology Inc. To meet his request here, (1) Input 1 should be enabled as “Ignition” (2) Also, “Input 1+” and “Input 1 –” should be connected to the external circuit which being used to detect the engine’s working status 6.2 Configuration on user’s SF-Aire...
  • Page 40 Laipac Technology Inc. Fig. 6.2-4 Fig. 6.2-5 Fig. 6.2-6 Fig. 6.2-7 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com http://www.laipac.com...
  • Page 41 Laipac Technology Inc. Fig. 6.2-8 Note It is important to click button to save the configuration into device. 20 Mural Street, Unit 5, Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel: 905-762-1228 | Fax: 905-763-1737 | E-mail: info@laipac.com http://www.laipac.com...