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VPC100 Quick Start Guide VPC100 Series Quick Start Guide Copyright 2016 IC Nexus Corporation. All rights reserved...
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Remove T57 OBDII info Disclaimer This documentation is provided for use with IC Nexus products. No license to IC Nexus property right is granted. IC Nexus assumes no liability, provides no warranty either expressed or implied relating to the usage, or intellectual property right infringement that may result from its use.
VPC100 Quick Start Guide 1 Precautions Safety Precautions In order to use this product safely, please take special note of the following precautions. • Read all product manuals and related documentation before using this product. Use this product correctly and safely. Follow all warnings. •...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide Write Prohibited Regions Data stored by the EEPROM, i.MX6 electrical fuse (e-Fuse) is used by the software contained in this product. Do not write to these regions as this may cause the product stop working correctly. Purposely writing to these regions voids the product warranty. Warranty As described in the Product Warranty Policy provided with this product, the main board is covered by a one year replacement warranty starting from the time of...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide 2 Overview The VPC100 is a communication gateway designed for in-vehicle applications or IOT (Internet of Things) applications. The VPC100 offers some unique features, including the latest NXP iMX6UL (ARM Cortex-A7) application processor, a dual (or quad) band 3G modem and a ublox GPS receiver.
VPC100 Quick Start Guide 2.2 VPC100 Connectors WiFi Antenna Host Front View Antenna (optional) SIM socket Antenna GPIO | GND | DC-IN (unscrew front cover to insert sim card) Label Color Status LED1 Green Can be set on/off by GPIO2_18 LED2 Green Can be set on/off by GPIO2_19...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide 3 VPC100 Installation VPC100 installation is divided into two portions, basic installation and full installation. You are allowed to perform the following functions after completing basic installation: (1). A PC (or a mobile phone, a tablet with WiFi function) is connected to internet through VPC100, and (2).
VPC100 Quick Start Guide 3.1 Basic Installation You need to prepare the following devices and accessories before basic installation: One VPC100 One 3G SIM Card One network cable and one PC (Windows), or One mobile phone/tablet/PC/NB device with WiFi function ...
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VPC100 Quick Start Guide If you want to: Connect VPC100 to PC with a network cable, go to Step 3。 Connect VPC100 to a mobile phone or tablet with WiFi function, go to Step 4。 Step 3:Connecting one end of a network cable to VPC100 LAN port and connecting the other end to PC LAN port.
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VPC100 Quick Start Guide Note: VPC100 Ethernet default IP: 192.168.1.1 VPC100 Ethernet DHCP server IP range: 192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.100 VPC100 WiFi default IP: 192.168.2.1 VPC100 WiFi DHCP server IP range: 192.168.2.2 ~ 192.168.2.100 While connecting to VPC100 device manager, you can either type http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.2.1.
VPC100 Quick Start Guide 3.2 Full Installation You need to prepare the following devices and accessories before full installation: One VPC100 One 3G SIM Card One network cable and one PC (Windows), or One mobile phone/tablet/PC/NB device with WiFi function ...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide Appendix A: VPC 100 Device Manager The default IP address for VPC100 is 192.168.1.1 In your browser’s address bar, enter http://192.168.1.1. Enter username & password (default username: admin, password: 12345678), and press Login to log into the system. NOTE: The source code of VPC100 Device Manager is available for your modification after a purchase.
VPC100 Quick Start Guide GPS function When GPS antenna is connected and with signal quality, VPC100 device manager will display GPS coordinates at 1Hz frequency (refresh coordinates 1 time per second). Note: The map used in device manager is Google Map. The PC (or mobile phone) must be connected to Internet for browser to show GPS coordinates with Google Map.
VPC100 Quick Start Guide GPIO function GPIO OUT can set HIGH/LOW value and output it to GPO pin on VPC100. For example, to enable (turn on) LED 1, select HIGH on device manager and press <Change it> to modify its setting. To disable (turn off) LED 1, select LOW on device manager and press <Change it>...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide 3-Axis G-sensor Data This function of 3-axis micro accelerator can measure the changes of x, y, z axes based on the gravity. In case the GPS signal quality is poor and this signal loses GPS navigation ability, the 3-axis information combined with E-compass can be used to establish a complementary azimuth computing system.
VPC100 Quick Start Guide E-compass function This page displays VPC100 on-board E-compass 3-axis (x, y, z) data. E-compass reports the data by measuring the direction of the Earth's magnetic field. This function can be used to show your present vehicle direction. Page 18...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide System Date & Time This function allows user to set system date and time. In lower portion of user interface, you may use New Date & Time to set system date and time, and click <Change it> to change the present time to new system date and time. Page 19...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide System Monitor This System Monitor function can display current usage of CPU & memory on VPC100. CPU frequency: For showing present processor operating frequency CPU usage: For showing present processor usage (loading) Memory Size Total: For showing total system memory capacity Free: For showing free system memory capacity ...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide System Parameter setup This function allows you to set some system parameters: OpenGTS Sever IP: for setting OpenGTS Server TCP/IP information Unique ID: It sets present device ID. User can setup device ID for this device. Do not use the same ID on multiple devces (ID must be UNIQUE).
VPC100 Quick Start Guide Setting Password Enter your new system login password in New Password field, and click <Change it> to update your old password to the new one. Page 22...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide A-9 Setting Network Wlan0(WiFi interface) IP setting: for showing and/or setting present TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP for WiFi network. Eth0(Ethernet interface) IP setting: for showing and/or setting present TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP for Ethernet. After completing all network settings, click <Change it> to save them. Page 23...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide A-11 wcdma monitor This function is to show the status of 3G (GSM/WCDMA) modem. SIM card: for showing a message about whether SIM card is detected. Mode: for showing SIM card transmission mode for wireless transmission (GSM(2G), WCDMA(3G)) ...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide Appendix B: OpenGTS Installation (Windows) OpenGTS is a web server based system created with Java (Open source) so you are required to install a web server (Tomcat). For recording vehicle traveling status, you need to additionally install a MySQL database. Because the web server will connect to MySQL, you need to install MySQL JDBC Driver.
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VPC100 Quick Start Guide Setup folders and system parameters: In Windows desktop, click Start → Programs → Accessories and right click on “Command Line Tool”, and select "Run as Administrator" to run Windows command line tool. In command line tool, enter below commands: md C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\ cd c:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\ mklink /D JDK “C:\Program File( x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_91\”...
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VPC100 Quick Start Guide After downloading, run apache-tomcat-7.0.69.exe with default configuration option. Disk D:\ is preferred for target installation. After completing installation, you also need to add system variable. In Windows desktop, click Start → Setup → Console and then click System →...
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VPC100 Quick Start Guide ③ CATALINA_HOME ④ GTS_HOME To starting your compilation, click windows Start → Programs → Accessories in Windows desktop and click on “Command Prompt” and select "Run as Administrator" to open a command prompt, and type the following commands: C:\>...
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VPC100 Quick Start Guide and thus a database gts and the following data tables will be created: ① Account - Account owner table ② User - User table ③ UserAcl - User Access-Control-List table ④ Device - Device information table ⑤...
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VPC100 Quick Start Guide and in Password field, enter your password (Account and Password are created by executing the command bin\admin.bat Account -account:sysadmin -pass:password –create). Page 31...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide Appendix C: OpenGTS Installation (Linux) Note: OpenGTS is used as a demonstration server to work with VPC100. It is not part of VPC100 product. Please check below link for more information on OpenGTS: http://www.opengts.org/ C-1 Host Computer Setup a Linux host computer with the following minimum software and hardware requirements: ...
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VPC100 Quick Start Guide export GTS_HOME=/usr/local/OpenGTS Setup mysql JDBC wget -c http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.1 8.tar.gz tar xzvf mysql-connector-java-5.1.18.tar.gz sudo cp mysql-connector-java-5.1.18-bin.jar $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext/. sudo ln -s /usr/local/OpenGTS_2.6.0 /usr/local/OpenGTS Download OpenGTS: Download OpenGTS from http://www.opengts.org/ unzip OpenGTS_2.6.0.zip sudo cp OpenGTS_2.6.0 /usr/local Then we ant all files and deploy track.war file. ant all anttrack.war use tomcat manager to deploy:...
VPC100 Quick Start Guide Show java prcess $GTS_HOME/bin/psjava Installing “events.war” ant events use tomcat manager to deploy (assuming your PC IP address is 192.168.200.150) http://192.168.200.150:8080/manager/html HTTP Based Device Communication Servers (using the "gprmc" servlet) Building the "gprmc" Servlet: ant gprmc use tomcat manager to deploy (assuming your PC IP address is 192.168.200.150)
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