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TR-102
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    TR-102 Personal Tracker User Manual Version 1.7...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    5.3.1 Instructions for Beginners ..................45 5.3.2 Making GPRS connection between TR-102 and TR Management Center ..............................46 5.3.3 Asking TR-102 to send GPRS position report to TR Management Center ..............................48 5.3.4 Asking TR-102 to send SMS position report by Skype.......50 5.4 TR Management Center Query ................. 51 5.4.1 Look up for history data ..................51...
  • Page 3 5.5.2 Google map operation.....................59 6 Making TR-102 send or stop position report by SMS............60 6.1 How to ask TR-102 to return immediate position report by SMS? ........60 6.2 How to ask TR-102 to return periodic position report by SMS? ........61 6.3 The format of return SMS from TR-102 ..............

  • Page 4: Introduction

    There are three speed-dial keys and one emergency key on the TR-102. You can use these keys to protect and search children and old people. Further, you can use it as a security purpose and other purpose which needs remote positioning.

  • Page 5: Hardware

    TR-102 page 5 1.3 Hardware GSM module: embedded GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz , GPRS class 12 GPS Chipset: SiRF Star III Frequency: L1, 1575.42 MHz C/A code: 1.023 MHz chip rate Channels: 20 channel all-in-view tracking Antenna Type: Omni-directional GPS antenna...

  • Page 6: Start-Up

    TR-102 page 6 Start-up 2.1 Accessories AC power adapter TR-102 1300 mAh Li-ion Battery Mini USB cable Leather case (Optional) CD-ROM...

  • Page 7: Charging The Battery

    (The attached battery is specially designed for TR-102. Please do not use other types of battery; otherwise it will damage the device. If you need to change the battery for TR-102, please contact your local dealer.) 2.3 Install SIM card...

  • Page 8: Appearance

    TR-102 page 8 2.4 Appearance SOS button Power button GSM LED GPS LED Power LED Speaker Answer / Hang up Quick Dial 1 / Volume up Quick Dial 2 / Mute the microphone (10) Quick Dial 3 / Volume down...

  • Page 9: Button Description

    Power LED The LED will turn orange when AC adapter is plugged for charging the battery. If the battery power is low, this LED will be on in red, and TR-102 will send a warning SMS to SOS number. Power adapter...
  • Page 10 When Button Lock is on, the LED indicators will flash 3 times if any other button is pressed. (Only when power is off and USB cable is connected, you can press the power button to turn on TR-102.)

  • Page 11: Operating The Device

    TR-102 can receive better GPS signal while you turn on the device. NOTICE: If it does not successfully get the location fixed after turning the power on, TR-102 may be located in the weak signal area or on the move.

  • Page 12: Making A Phone Call

    2 seconds. ● TR-102 will firstly send SMS to the SOS number 1, then to SOS number 2, and then to SOS number 3. How does it work when you press the SOS button? To confirm that you have pressed SOS button correctly, TR-102 will long flash the red LED about 2 times.

  • Page 13: Tr-102 Management Center Setup

    TR-102 page 13 TR-102 Management Center Setup 4.1 Install the USB driver If the operating system of your PC is Vista, please click on the “USB Driver for Vista” button to install PL2303 USB driver of Vista version. Follow the screen instruction to finish the driver installation.
  • Page 14 TR-102 page 14 If the operating system of your PC is not Vista, please click on the “Install USB Driver” button to install PL2303 USB driver. Follow the screen instruction to finish the driver installation and reboot your PC to activate the USB driver.

  • Page 15: Install, Update, Uninstall The Tr Management Center Program

    TR-102 page 15 4.2 Install, Update, Uninstall the TR Management Center program 4.2.1 Install TR Management Center Step 1: Click “English PC Software” button to install the TR Management Center program. Step 2: Please follow the instruction of the Install Shield Wizard to install the English TR...

  • Page 16: Update Tr Management Center

    16 4.2.2 Update TR Management Center If you download a new version of the TR Management Center software from the Globalsat website, you could install the downloaded software to upgrade the TR Management center without un-installing the previous version of TR Management center.

  • Page 17: Tr Management Center Screen Introduction

    TR-102 page 17 4.3 TR Management Center Screen Introduction Menu Google Map Query Tool Data Output Area GPRS Tool TR Management Center Main Screen...
  • Page 18 TR-102 page 18 There are five parts of TR Management Center Screen as below. Menu: The basic menu options Shows the trackers' connection status, GPRS service status and the GPRS Tools: tracker's latest location Query Tool: Used for searching history data and finding coordinates...

  • Page 19: Tracker And Gprs Tool Bar

    TR-102 page 19 4.3.1 Tracker and GPRS Tool Bar GPRS tool is for managing trackers and showing the GPRS server status Trackers List Show tracker trace on Google Map display Skype Messaging Status GPRS Service Status Latest Tracker’s Location Data...

  • Page 20: Query Tool

    TR-102 page 20 4.3.2 Query Tool Query tool is for looking up for the history data and coordinate. Find history data Data Tool buttons Coordinate Location Tool...

  • Page 21: Data Output Area

    TR-102 page 21 4.3.3 Data Output Area Data output area is for displaying the GPRS data, GPRS log, and query result. The Output area is divided into GPRS Data, GPRS Log and Query Result GPRS Data: Shows the data sent from connected trackers. Only the last 100 entries from each tracker are shown.

  • Page 22: Skype Setup

    TR-102 page 22 4.4 Skype Setup In stead of sending SMS to trackers by mobile phones, TR Management Center sends SMS to trackers by Skype. You can not only send SMS to trackers for asking report by Skype, but send SMS to set the parameters of TR-151’s function.
  • Page 23 TR-102 page 23 Step 4: Test the Skype SMS function After completing the above process, please check if Skype's SMS functions can work by sending a test message to mobile phone. Follow the SMS messaging procedure below to send a SMS message and check that your Skype is working normally.
  • Page 24 TR-102 page 24 At the Send SMS interface, add the recipient's mobile phone number Write the content of SMS and click Send SMS button...
  • Page 25 TR-102 page 25 Step 5: When you launch the TR Management Center program, the following security verification pop-up window will appear in the lower right corner of the screen asking you to allow the TR Management Center to use Skype functions.
  • Page 26 TR-102 page 26 If you accidentally select "Do not allow this program to use Skype", please change this from within the Skype program at "Options "Advanced" Note: The exact procedure may vary from the version of Skype. Please refer to the Skype manual...
  • Page 27 TR-102 page 27 If the TR Management Center is not allowed to use Skype, please click on the "Change" button and select "Allow this program to use Skype".

  • Page 28: Firewall Setting

    TR-102 page 28 4.5 Firewall Setting The TR Management Center sends data via GPRS network, so the firewall must be configured to allow external access. When you launch the GPRS service, a Windows Security Alert window will appear. Click on the "Unblock" button to let the TR Management...

  • Page 29: Tr Management Center System Requirement

    TR-102 page 29 4.6 TR Management Center System Requirement The computer system requirements of the TR Management Center program: 1. The computer must be equipped with at least an Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent AMD CPU, 256MB of RAM and a network card.

  • Page 30: Tr-102 Management Center Operation

    TR-102 page 30 5. TR-102 Management Center Operation 5.1 TR Management Center Basic Setup Before operating the TR Management Center, please set the operation parameters of the TR Management Center in the Basic Setup. It will make the afterward operation work properly.

  • Page 31: Tracker Management

    TR Management Center can track and manage up to 5 trackers. You have to set the parameters of TR-102 while adding a set of TR-102 in the TR Management Center. If you have already set 5 trackers in the TR Management Center and want to set one more tracker, please delete one of the existing trackers in the TR management center.

  • Page 32: Adding And Setting A Tr-102 Tracker

    Step 3: From the "Management" menu, select "TR-102 Setup" and enter the setup interface. Step 4: After selecting "TR-102 Setup", please select the COM Port. If you are not sure which COM port you are using, click "Scan COM Port". Then please click "Setup" button to open the Setup window.
  • Page 33 TR-102 page 33 Scan Com Port interface Note: If your SIM card asks for SIM PIN entry, a window will appear prompting you for the PIN password. (Please make sure you enter the correct code as the SIM card will be locked after three failed attempts.
  • Page 34 Item Description IMEI code International Mobile Equipment Identity Firmware Version Version of TR-102 firmware. Tracker name Please enter tracker name. (English or Arabic name only) Phone number Please enter the phone number for this TR-102 and select the country/area code.
  • Page 35 TR-102 will send the location information by GPRS. Type TR-102 will send the location information by SMS. Type One, No matter what content of SMS sent to TR-102, TR-102 will only Protocol return one piece of SMS with the latest location information Type Two TR-102 will return SMS according to the command type of SMS: “Immediate report”, “Period report”, and “Stop report”.
  • Page 36 The time information of TR-102’s returned SMS will be Coordinated Universal Time, abbreviated UTC. Note: 1. When you select Type 1 for SMS Protocol, the format of SMS from TR-102 to your mobile phone will be like the following example Position Report:...
  • Page 37 Item Description SOS Number Assign phone numbers to the 3 SOS buttons. When SOS button is pressed, TR-102 will send location information to these 3 phone numbers by SMS. Quick Dial 1~3 Assign phone numbers to Quick Dial button 1~3 respectively. (see page 46 figure 5)
  • Page 38 5.2.1.4 TR-102 Phone List If you choose On for “Check Phone List” in the Phone Mode (5.2.1.2 TR-102 Phone Mode), TR-102 will only accept the phone call and SMS from the phone numbers in this Phone List. Item Description Phone...
  • Page 39 Once you have set up all of the parameters, please click on "OK" to apply the settings or click on "Cancel" to cancel the setup. Note 1: Once the parameters have been applied, the TR-102 will restart. Once it has finished reinitializing it can be used.

  • Page 40: Tracker Management

    TR-102 page 40 5.2.2 Tracker Management Tracker Management is used to manage registered or previously configured trackers. In Tracker Management, you can edit or delete trackers. You can find Tracker Management from the Menu "Management" "Tracker Management". The Tracker Management option under Management in Menu...

  • Page 41: Deleting A Tr-102 Tracker

    Choose the TR-102 you want to delete, and then click on the "Delete" button. 2. The other way of deleting TR-102 tracker is selecting a tracker from the Trackers List and right clicking the mouse button to bring the tracker menu. Now click on Delete Tracker to delete the selected tracker.

  • Page 42: Editing A Tr-102 Tracker

    Note: Deleting a tracker does not actually delete its history data from the database. To delete all history data, please use the editing features in Microsoft Access. 5.2.4 Editing a TR-102 tracker If you want to change the information of TR-151 tracker, you can edit the information by “Edit tracker”...

  • Page 43: Selecting Country Code/Area Code

    5.2.5 Selecting Country Code/Area Code It requires adding country code/Area code prior to the phone number while sending SMS by Skype to TR-102 or sending SMS to TR-102 by mobile phone when you and TR-102 are in the different country or area.
  • Page 44 TR-102 page 44 You can press the first letter of the country name by the keyboard to go to the countries with the same first letter. After selecting the country code, please click OK.

  • Page 45: Instruction Of Using Tr Management Center

    Please check that the firewall on your computer or router does not block the receiving TCP Port. If this port is not unblocked in the firewall, TR-102 will not be able to send its data to TR Management center through this port.

  • Page 46: Making Gprs Connection Between Tr-102 And Tr Management Center

    5.2.1.2 TR-102 Phone Mode) If you set the Answer Mode as “Off”, you can also make a phone call to TR-102 to ask it to make GPRS connection with TR Management Center. If Answer Mode is “ON”, please send SMS by Skype to TR-102 to make GPRS connection with the TR Management center.
  • Page 47 TR-102 page 47...

  • Page 48: Asking Tr-102 To Send Gprs Position Report To Tr Management Center

    GPRS connection between TR-102 and TR Management center. Step1: Select a GPRS connected TR-102, right click the mouse to bring up the option menu, and select “Send GPRS command” Step 2: Select the Report mode. If you select GPRS Period report or Stop connection and set period report, please also set the Report interval.
  • Page 49 TR-102 page 49 You can make the location of that position report to show on Google map by clicking that report. You can also click Satellite to see the location on satellite map.

  • Page 50: Asking Tr-102 To Send Sms Position Report By Skype

    5.2.1.2 TR-102 Phone Mode) Step 2: Select the TR-102, right click the mouse to bring up the option menu, and select “Send Command (Skype)” Step 3: Select the return mode. If you select SMS Period Report, please also set the Report interval, and number of report (Times) Step 4: Click Send.

  • Page 51: Tr Management Center Query

    51 5.4 TR Management Center Query All the data sent from TR-102 will be stored in the database of TR Management center. You can make this data show on Google map or export them into KML format. 5.4.1 Look up for history data You can look up for the history data that TR-102 sent to TR Management center by Query Tool.
  • Page 52 TR-102 page 52 shown on the Data Output Area.. Query Result list The results will also be shown on the Google Map. Query results displayed on the Google Map...
  • Page 53 TR-102 page 53 If you select a piece of result under the Data Output Area, its location and corresponding details will be shown on the Google Map. If you click on one of the tracker icon on the Google map, the selected tracker’s data under Data...

  • Page 54: Export The Data Into Kml Format

    TR-102 page 54 5.4.2 Export the data into KML format You can export the queried data into KML format for others to show the data on the Google map or Google earth. Step 1: Please refer to 5.4.1 to look up for the history data.

  • Page 55: Delete The History Data In The Database

    TR-102 page 55 5.4.3 Delete the history data in the database You can delete the history data in the database. Step 1: Select the name of the tracker and time interval whose data you’d like to delete. Step 2: Click the Delete button.

  • Page 56: Using Google Map

    TR-102 page 56 5.5 Using Google Map Google Map is an online map developed by Google Inc. It offers access to major maps of the world and is constantly updated. As Google Map is integrated into TR Management center, TR Management center can work under Internet connected status.

  • Page 57: Google Map Data

    TR-102 page 57 5.5.1 Google map data Google Map includes the basic map, satellite map, hybrid map and other map data. You can switch the map by the buttons on the upper right corner of Google map. Basic Map...
  • Page 58 TR-102 page 58 Satellite Map Hybrid Map...

  • Page 59: Google Map Operation

    TR-102 page 59 5.5.2 Google map operation Move the map: You can move the map by right clicking and dragging the map. Or you can move the map by the tool on the Google map. Zoom the map: You can zoom in or zoom out the map by scrolling forward or backward the...

  • Page 60: Making Tr-102 Send Or Stop Position Report By Sms

    Making TR-102 send or stop position report by SMS You can ask TR-102 to send immediate or periodic position report or stop periodic report by sending SMS via mobile phone or SMS tool. Before sending SMS to ask TR-102 to return the position report, please make the SMS protocol to be Type 2, and Return Type to be SMS.

  • Page 61: How To Ask Tr-102 To Return Periodic Position Report By Sms

    TR-102, please refer to 6.3 The format of return SMS from TR-102 If you want TR-102 to send 10 pieces of periodic reports for every 180 seconds to the phone number of 626123456 You can send SMS as ?1, 355632000166323,180,10,1,626123456 ! And then TR-102 will send position report every 120 seconds.TR-102 will return...

  • Page 62: The Format Of Return Sms From Tr-102

    TR-102 page 62 6.3 The format of return SMS from TR-102 If you send SMS to TR-102 for asking immediate or periodic position report, you will get the position report like the following format. Command_Head,IMEI,status,GPS_fix,date,time,longitude,latitude,altitude,speed,heading,number of satellites in use,HDOP,Command_End Format...

  • Page 63: How Does Tr-102 Work By Sms And Gprs

    TR-102 page 63 How does TR-102 work by SMS and GPRS?
  • Page 64 TR-102 page 64 Call Answer TR-102 Mobile Phone Figure 1 Answer mode is “On” SMS (any content, includes blank SMS) Mobile Phone TR-102 Figure 2 Answer mode is “On” Call or SMS Mobile Phone TR-102 (any content, includes blank SMS)
  • Page 65 TR-102 page 65 Mobile Phone Figure 4 TR-102 SMS (example) Position Report: SOS number 1 TR102 2005/01/02 11:20:30 When SOS button is 24.9965,121.4877 pressed. GPS fixed SOS number 2 SOS number 3 Mobile Phone Figure 5 TR-102 Answer Call Quick Dial number When Quick Dial button is pressed.

  • Page 66: Troubleshooting And Safety Info

    TR-102. Then you and the PIN code will not be asked the PIN code. is mismatched. Or connect the TR-102 to PC and enter the setup mode of TR Management Center program to enter the correct SIM PIN.
  • Page 67 When you use TR-102 to make a call, but the other party can not be reached for some reason (not turn on, busy line, reject the call), you may hear the voice that requests you to leave a message in the voice box. If you...

  • Page 68: Fcc Regulations

    TR-102 page 68 FCC Regulations: • This mobile phone complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 69 TR-102 page 69 RF Exposure Information (SAR) This model phone meets the government’s requirements for exposure to radio waves. This phone is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U.S. Government.

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