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  • Page 1: User Manual

    VITA-350E GPS, GPRS, DI/O, RS232 Automatic Vehicle Location Device User Manual...
  • Page 2 Acknowlegement Microsoft Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. For more information on this and other Advantech products, please visit our websites at: http://www.advantech.com http://www.advantech.com/eplatform For technical support and service, please visit our support website at: http://www.advantech.com/support...

  • Page 3: Packing List

    Before you begin installing your device, please make sure that the follow- ing materials have been shipped: • VITA-350E device • 1 CD-ROM with User's manual, Advantech Utility • 1 User’s Manual • 1 GPS antenna • 1 GPRS antenna •...
  • Page 4 Do not attempt to recharge, force open, or heat the battery. Replace the battery only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Discard used batter- ies according to the manufacturer’s instructions. 根據交通部低功率管理辦法規定： 第十二條 經型式認證合格之低功率射頻電機，非經許可，公司、商號或使用者均不 得擅自變更頻率、加大功率或變更原設計之特性及功能。 第十四條 低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通信；經發現有干擾 現象時，應立即停用，並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。前項合法通信， 指依電信規定作業之無線電信。低功率射頻電機須忍受合法通信或工業、 科學及醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之干擾。 VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 5 Additional Information and Assistance 1. Visit the Advantech web site at www.advantech.com where you can find the latest information about the product. 2. Contact your distributor, sales representative, or Advantech's customer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance.
  • Page 6 VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    3.1.3 PC System Requirements..........23 3.1.4 Installing MRM Utility ..........23 3.1.5 How Does VITA-350E Work? ........23 Getting Started..............25 Format of Sending Packets..........49 Appendix A GPIO Definition ..........56 GPIO Definition .............. 56 GPIO DC Spec..............57...
  • Page 8 Appendix B Accessories ............60 Power Cable ..............60 Appendix C Mechanical Drawing ........64 Figure C.1:VITA-350E Mechanical Drawinng .... 65 VITA-350E User Manual viii...

  • Page 9: General Information

    General Information This chapter gives background information on the VITA-350E. Sections include: • Introduction • Features • Quick Installation Guide • RF Antenna Installation • Specifications • System Dimensions Chapter 1 General Information...

  • Page 10: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Find a suitable place inside the car for installing the unit. Find a suitable place to install VITA-350E and put the external GPS antenna toward the sky - not covered or shielded by any other object containing metallic material.

  • Page 11: Gps Antenna Installation

    AVL unit to the power source (12 or 24 VDC). Check all LED indicator blinks regularly to confirm VITA-350E working status. Put VITA-350E on a proper space with wall mount kit or strong adhesive double-sided tape and make sure VITA-350E will sustain during the vibration or shaking situation.
  • Page 12 Step 3: Push the antenna firmly into position. Note: Do not mount within the wiper movement arc area. Do not mount on the tinted area as displayed below. VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 13: Gprs Antenna Installation

    Note: The adhesive tape side is the active side and must face the sky. Make certain to mount in position outside of the wiper blades movement arc. Do not mount on the tinted area at the top of some widescreens as these can contain metal content and may degrade the antenna sensitivity.

  • Page 14: Specifications

    Supports different serial protocols (NEMA, UBX, & RTCM) Support Active Antenna Antenna short and open circuit Power brown-out protection: No external reset hardware needed Operating temperature range: -40 to 85°C • Accuracy Position 2.5m CEP 5.0m SEP Position DGPS/SBAS2 2.0m CEP 3.0m SEP VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 15: Gsm/Gprs Specifications Of Siemens Mc55 Module

    • Accuisition GPS_Mode_(U Fast Normal High Auto Mode BX-CFG_Msg) Acquisition Mode Sensitivity Mode Mode Cold Start Warm Start Hot Start <3.5s Reacquisition <1s • Sensitivity Tracking -158 dBm Acquisition & Reacquisition -148 dBm Cold Starts -142 dBm 1.6.3 GSM/GPRS Specifications of Siemens MC55 module Tri-band MC55 EGSM900 /GSM1800/1900 GPRS multi-slot Class 10...

  • Page 16: Serial Connectivity

    GPRS Data Transfer in progress. LED ing on transmission activity goes ON within 1 sec after data pack- ets were exchanged. Orange LED (Status Indicator) LED Mode VITA-350E Status 1 LED ON Loading image stage 2 LED OFF System OK VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 17: System Dimensions

    1.7 System Dimensions Chapter 1 General Information...

  • Page 18: Figure 1.1:System Outlook Dimensions

    Figure 1.1: System Outlook Dimensions VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 19 Connector Table This chapter explains the setup procedures of VITA-350E hardware, including instructions on connecting peripherals and indicators. Be sure to read all safety precautions before you begin the installation procedure. Chapter 2 Connector Table...

  • Page 20: Chapter 2 Connector Table

    Chapter 2 Connector Table 2.1 Connector Table 2.1.1 COM port connector (CN2) The VITA-350E provides 1 serial ports (COM1: RS-232 TX/RX) in one DB-9 connector (COM1). You can find the pin assignments for the COM port connector in Appendix A.

  • Page 21: Gps Antenna Connector (Cn3)

    2.1.2 GPS antenna connector (CN3) The GPS function needs the expander antenna, and the GPS connector is a standard Female SMA connector. GPS Antenna Con. Part 1654001599 Number Footprint RF-SMAC037 Description RF Conn 5p 180D(F) DIP SMA-C037-G Pin Name Signal Type Signal Level RF_IN Chapter 2 Connector Table...

  • Page 22: Sim Holder (Subscriber Identification Module) (Cn5)

    Supported SIM card +3V, and SIM interface compatible with ISO 7816 IC Card standard. SIM Holder Part 1654000639 Number Footprint SIM-WL608C Description SIM card conn 6p 90D(F)SMD WO/Pb WL608C3- M04-TR Pin Name Signal Type Signal Level SIM_CCVCC SIM_CCRST SIM_CCCLK SIM_CCIO VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 23: Gprs Antenna Connector (Cn6)

    2.1.4 GPRS antenna connector (CN6) The GPRS function needs the expander antenna, and the GPRS connector is a standard Female Reverse SMA connector. GPRS Antenna Con. Part 1700004811 Number Footprint CABLE-SMAFN9 Description Coaxial Cable 10cm SMT SMA(F) to I-PEX Pin Name Signal Type Signal Level Chapter 2 Connector Table...

  • Page 24: Battery Connector (Cn9)

    2.1.5 Battery Connector (CN9) Battery Con. Part 1655902032 Number Footprint WHL2V-125 Description WAFER 2P 180D(M) 1.25mm 53047-0210 Pin Name Signal Type Signal Level BAT_VCC +3.3V WB_2V_1.25mm VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 25: Gpio (General Purpose Input Output) (Cn11)

    2.1.6 GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) (CN11) The board supports 10-bit GPIO through GPIO connector. The 9 digital in and out-puts can be programmed to read or control devices, with input or out-put defined. The default setting is 5 bits input and 5 bits output. CN11 GPIO Part...

  • Page 26: Power Connectors (Cn14)

    2.1.7 Power Connectors (CN14) Main power connector, +12 V / +24 V (CN14) Supplies main power to the VITA-350E. CN14 Power Con. Part 1652000744 Number Footprint ME050-35004 Description PLUG-IN BLOCK 4P 90D DIP ME050-35004 WO/P Pin Name Signal Type Signal Level +12V / +24V PLUG_4_3.50mm...

  • Page 27: Power Reset Button (Sw1)

    2.1.8 Power Reset button (SW1) Momentarily pressing the reset button will activate a reset. Power Reset Button Part 1601063200 Number Footprint SW-HDK632BR-ST Description PUSH SW L=5.85mm Reset Button HDK632BR Pin Name Signal Type Signal Level uP_RESET# Chapter 2 Connector Table...

  • Page 28: Led Definition

    GPRS Data Transfer in progress. LED ing on transmission activity goes ON within 1 sec after data pack- ets were exchanged. Orange LED (Status Indicator) LED Mode VITA-350E Status 1 LED ON Loading image 2 LED OFF System OK VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 29 Advantech MRM Utility Advantech MRM Utility software is a comprehensive, flexible human machine interface application environ- ment, which supports the functions to customize MRM applications in the Windows XP, and Windows CE envi- ronment. MRM Utility software pro- vides a windows-based, mouse driven system to identify AVL Data and GPS Tracking System.

  • Page 30: Chapter 3 Advantech Mrm Utility

    350E products provide GPS/GPRS enabled systems including remote controlling & accessing functions to be connected to Internet/Intranet. VITA-350E is extremely flexible and easy to use. The client could use MRM Utility to get/set the information of devices. A VITA-350E device will be automatically probed and shown on your Utility screen.

  • Page 31: Installation

    VITA-350E product. MRM Utility on Windows XP is the client for configuring and controlling VITA-350E remotely, you must copy and execute it into a PC system. 3.1.3 PC System Requirements • OS : Microsoft Windows XP •...
  • Page 32 VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 33: Getting Started

    Power on the VITA-350E, plug-in COM port modem cable connec- tor to it and be sure that VITA-350E is connected to your PC. Launch the Advantech MRM utility. Select your PC connected COM port on “Configuration” page.
  • Page 34 Click on the button “Search”, the VITA-350E device connected on your PC will be probed and linked automatically. Select “Configuration” page again. This window includes set/get time, GSM/GPRS options, screen emulator quality, ACC power off delay, platform ID number and name, server IP, port, and send for- mat.
  • Page 35 Reboot the VITA-350E, then the data will be sent to your specified server. The build-in functions shipped with VITA-350E can help you to accom- plish some basic controlling data format. You can also change your own data format which will be described in Chapter 3, “Format of Sending Packets”.
  • Page 36 There are 4 groups on the tab page: “Command Data”, “GPS Received Data”, “GSM/GPRS Received Data”, and “AVL Platform Information”. “Search” button in the “Command Data” group : Search the VITA-350E device on the serial port cable. “Clear” button in the “Command Data” group : Clear the command list data.
  • Page 37 “Clear” button in “GSM/GPRS Received Data” group : Clear the GSM/ GPRS Received data list. “GSM/GPRS Received Data” list : Show the VITA-350E GSM data. “Product ID” static text in AVL platform information group : Platform name and should be “VITA-350E”.
  • Page 38 You can change the screen emulator quality on “configuration” page. The default quality value is 5 %. “Get Screen” button : Get the current screen of VITA-350E. The default size of screen width is 320, and the default size of screen height is 240.
  • Page 39 “Disable Control” button : Stop controlling the VITA-350E by mouse and keyboard. “Keyboard Input” edit : Keyboard input field. Input characters will be sent to VITA-350E. Chapter 3 Advantech MRM Utility...
  • Page 40 • Configuration page This page is the main settings page for VITA-350E. These values will be got first when the VITA-350E is searched. There are several groups in this page. These groups include “Host Serial Port”, “Device Date/Time”, “GSM/GPRS Options”, “GPRS Baud Rate”, “COM Baud Rate”, “H/W Reset”, “Screen Emulator Quality”, “ACC Power Off Delay”, “Platform...
  • Page 41 GPS module. This is fixed and should not be change by user. “COM Baud Rate” combo-box in “COM Baud Rate” group : Define the baud rate of VITA-350E COM module. This COM via VITA-350E is connected and defined by user.
  • Page 42 Customized Platform. “ID number” edit in “Platform Options” group : Define the ID number of VITA-350E. This text will be sent to server when the format included the string <ID>. “ID name” edit in “Platform Options” group : Define the ID name of VITA-350E.
  • Page 43 VITA-350E internal memory. If the server is connected, then the unsent data will be sent again. The Re- Send Head string is defined to replace the normal send-head string when the re-send process happened. For example, if the Re-Send Head string is “$@”, then the re-sent data head will be changed from “$,”to “$@”.
  • Page 44 • GPIO Setting page The “GPIO Setting” Page enables you to define and get the GPIO direc- tions and values from/to VITA-350E remotely. There are 9 GPIO pins in VITA-350E. Every GPIO pin could be set to input or output.
  • Page 45 The “Query” Page enables that you query GPS data from VITA-350E in specified time range. “Begin Date” date selector : Select begin date of GPS data in VITA-350E. “Begin Time” time selector : Select begin time of GPS data in VITA- 350E.
  • Page 46 VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 47 “Check sum” static text : Show the checksum for upgrading firmware. “Browse” button : Browse the folder and select a path and file to upgrade to VITA-350E. This upgrade firmware file should be named as MRMa- gent.bin. There is a file named MRMagent.ver in the same folder.
  • Page 48 “Upgrade to VITA Device” button : Start upgrading specified firmware to VITA-350E. The upgrade procedure is the following: Power-on VITA-350E device. Connect your PC to VITA-350E with COM port by Modem cable. Choose your PC COM port on Configuration Page in MRM utility. VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 49 Press the Search Button on the Command Page VITA-350E information will be read to your PC. Chapter 3 Advantech MRM Utility...
  • Page 50 Go to the Upgrade Firmware page in MRM utility and press the Browse button to select the latest firmware. VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 51 The upgrading firmware information will be shown on the screen, then press the button “Upgrade to VITA Device”. Change the tab-page to “Command Page”, you will read the string “DOC_CMD_WRITEFILE Cmd begin”. Chapter 3 Advantech MRM Utility...
  • Page 52 “UpgradeUtyCmd Success!”. Now upgrading firmware is successful, then you need to re-boot the VITA-350E to run new firmware. After you re-boot the VITA-350E, please check the “AVL Firm- ware Version” is the same with your firmware version. VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 53 The “Test Mode” page enables you test the I/O functions of VITA-350E device work or not. “Begin Test” button : Start the I/O functions test for VITA-350E. The I/O tests include GPS test, SD Card test, flash ROM test, and GPIO test.
  • Page 54 VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 55 • Data Format page This page lets you see the fields of GPS data. Chapter 3 Advantech MRM Utility...
  • Page 56 • About page VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 57: Format Of Sending Packets

    In this chapter, you could learn the format usage about AVL data fields. This chapter shows you how to format data sent by VITA-350E. Firstly, you must design the fields of data received to your server. Your server should have the capacity to process the data which sent normally or re- sent abnormally from VITA-350E.
  • Page 58 Value is from RMC valid or RTC of VITA- 350E. <RMC(1)> HHMMSS.sss UTC Time 205950.000 <RMC(2)> Status (A=valid, V=invalid) <RMC(3)> DDMM.mmmm Latitude 1825.4523 <RMC(4)> Direction (N:north,S:south) <RMC(5)> DDDMM.mmm Longitude 12145.1214 <RMC(6)> Direction (E:east,W:west) <RMC(7)> Speed over 63.52 ground (knots). VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 59 3 - GPS PPS Mode, fix valid) <GGA(7)> Number of satelli- ties in use (in tracking),ss=0..12 <GGA(8)> Horizontal dilution of precision h.h : HDOP <GGA(9)> Antenna altitude 59.0 re: mean-sea- level (geoid) <GGA(10)> Units of antenna altitude, meters Chapter 3 Advantech MRM Utility...
  • Page 60 3 PRN number of satellites used in solution (NULL for unsued fields) <GSA(6)> 4 PRN number of satellites used in solution (NULL for unsued fields) <GSA(7)> 5 PRN number of satellites used in solution (NULL for unsued fields) VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 61 12 PRN number of satellites used in solution (NULL for unsued fields) <GSA(15)> PDOP <GSA(16)> HDOP <GSA(17)> VDOP <GLL(1)> DDMM.mmmm Latitude 1825.4523 <GLL(2)> Direction (N:north,S:south) <GLL(3)> DDDMM.mmm Longitude 12145.1214 <GLL(4)> Direction (E:east,W:west) <GLL(5)> HHMMSS.sss UTC Time 205950.000 Chapter 3 Advantech MRM Utility...
  • Page 62 0 if over current DOP mask <VTG(4)> Speed (knots). 0 if over current DOP mask <VTG(5)> Units: N ®C knots <VTG(6)> Speed (Km/hr). 0 if over current DOP mask <VTG(7)> Units: K - Km/hr For examples, $,<TYPE>,<ID>,<FIX>,<DDM- MYY>,<HHMMSS>,<RMC(4)><RMC(3)>,<RMC(6)><RMC(5)>,<SP EED>,<ANGLE>,0,#<CR><LF> VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 63 GPIO Definition The VITA-350E is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for any reason. This feature ensures system reliability in industrial standalone or unmanned environments. Appendix A GPIO Definition...

  • Page 64: Appendix A Gpio Definition

    A.1 GPIO Definition Table A.1: GPIO Definition GPIO No. Function GPIO_1 GPIO_2 GPIO_3 GPIO_4 GPIO_5 GPIO_6 GPIO_7 GPIO_8 GPIO_9 GPIO_10 10 OUT is default GPIO setting, and it could be customized, Ex, 4 IN / 5 OUT. VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 65: Gpio Dc Spec

    A.2 GPIO DC Spec. VCCQ: 3.3V (Typical) VSS: GND Table A.2: Output DC Operating Conditions Output High Voltage, all VCCQ-0.1 VCCQ standard output and I/O pins Output Low Voltage, all VSS+ standard output and I/O pins IOH_H Output High Current, all standard, high-strength output and I/O pins (VO=VOH)
  • Page 66 VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 67 Accessories Appendix B Accessories...

  • Page 68: Appendix B Accessories

    Appendix B Accessories The VITA-350E requires several cables for normal operation. You can make them yourself or purchase an optional cable kit assembly, which includes the following. B.1 Power Cable CN15 PLUG_4_3.50 mm VITA-350E User Manual...
  • Page 69 PIN1: Power Input, Red line, 12 V / 24 V Car Battery DC constant Input. PIN2: ACC, Yellow line, Ignition/Switching power, see the related operating power at notes3. PIN3: GND, Black line, ground, Notes: 1. The length of Power cable is 3 M. 2.
  • Page 70 VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 71: Mechanical Drawings

    Mechanical Drawings Appendix C Mechanical Drawing...

  • Page 72: Appendix C Mechanical Drawing

    Appendix C Mechanical Drawing C.1 Mechanical Drawing VITA-350E User Manual...

  • Page 73: Figure C.1:Vita-350E Mechanical Drawinng

    Figure C.1: VITA-350E Mechanical Drawinng Appendix C Mechanical Drawing...
  • Page 74 VITA-350E User Manual...

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