Endoacustica: Satellite real time and logging system tracking device manual

WTK Tracking device

After installing Tracker, start the program.

Important!
Please do not remove the connected phone while the application is in "connected" state. The results might be unpredictable.

Exit the application through Main / Exit. Otherwise, (e.g. if you use the exit button in title bar), the messages received in the message grid since last start up are not saved to disc.

It is recommended, but not absolutely imperative, to use external power for both the computer and a connected phone. If the phone loses power during communication with the application, the results can be unpredictable. Messages could, in a worst case scenario, be lost if the application/phone communication is interrupted in a critical phase. In a mobile situation however, this is something that you have to risk in order to use the system.

REQUIREMENTS

Computer System Environment

- PC (stationary or laptop) running Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP.

- 600-MHz processor.

- 128 MB RAM.

- 32 bits color at 1280x1024 pixels (Minimum screen resolution should be 1024x768 pixels)

WTK Unit

Note! Make sure your Tracker unit is correctly installed and ready to communicate.

GSM phone/modem

WTK Tracker uses the GSM network for communication with Locator units. Therefore, a GSM phone with data cable connected to serial/USB port or a Nokia Card Phone 2.0 installed as modem with a correctly assigned serial communication port (e.g. COM1, COM2, etc.) is necessary to communicate with the Locator units.

WTK Tracker have been tested with the following GSM cellular phones:

- Sony/Ericsson T68i (Including USB and Bluetooth connection)

- Sony/Ericsson T610 (Including USB and Bluetooth connection)

- Sony/Ericsson R520m (Including USB and Bluetooth connection)

- Sony/Ericsson GC79 Wireless Lan Card/GPRS

- Nokia Card Phone 2.0

Note 1! A lot of businessmen have Palm Pilots or Psion Revos and these typically synchronise through com port 1 over the RS232 cable. The Palm Pilot/Psion will have to be either temporarily reassigned to another com port or else an additional RS232 serial port (hardware) needs to be installed in the PC so one can connect simultaneously to both the Palm Pilot and the Connector PC over RS232 cables.

Note 2! Other phones than listed above cannot be guaranteed to work with Followit Connector. Infrared port communication is not supported. The "basic requirement" is that the mobile phone has an AT serial interface that allows SMS sending in PDU format. However, the AT serial interface and the PDU format is not standardized between GSM manufacturers (or even among phone models from the same manufacturer).

Note 3! An RS232 cable (for example Ericsson model No. DRS-11) is required to connect the Sony Ericsson phones to the PC/laptop. RS232 cables usually have to be ordered in advance (e.g. from the Eshop on the Sony Ericsson website http://www.sonyericsson.com). USB connection can be made through Sony Ericsson DCU11 cable.

Note 4! GSM user plans supporting SMS (Short Message Service) is needed for both the Locator unit and the GSM phone connected to your PC.

Map Application

Note! Followit Connector PC does not include mapping resources. Mapping must be achieved by Route66 or any other map application with support to listen for a GPS receiver on a serial port is needed to visualize received Locator positions.

The mapping application need support for NMEA 0183, a standardized GPS position interface protocol. The NMEA sentences used are: GPGGA, GPRMC & GPGLL.

Virtual Serial Ports

To use a map application with the Connector PC software you need the ability to transfer position data from one application to the other over serial interface. This can be achieved by:

1. Two serial ports connected to each other with Null modem cable. (Three serial ports will be used if the phone port is included.)

2. Two connected Virtual Serial Ports. (See "VSPD" software, courtesy of MKS Software. Available for purchase at http://www.mks.zp.ua/products.html .)

Note1! For VSPD software, be sure to use the right version for your Windows operating system. MKS have more information on what software that is needed for your operating system.

Note2! If after installation and setup one experiences a message from Connector PC ' unable to find com port X' where X is the com port assigned for the data to be sent to the mapping application. Then exit all the applications and restart the whole PC/laptop. This will ensure that the new Com port settings take effect. One can check the com port setting under Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device Manager/Ports. Here one should be able to see the com port settings for example:

Commmunications Port (Com1)
Virtual Serial Port (Com5)

VERSION 1.2 INFO

- Supports Tracker versions 1.01 and 1.11 and 1.2

- Support for up to 1000 unique Trackers.

- Send and receive orders to and from Tracker units via SMS (Short Message Service).

- Logging of incoming and outgoing messages to text file located in program folder where application is installed.

- Use of serial ports from COM1 up to COM12.

- The application automatically retrieves new messages from the GSM-phone every 1-5 seconds (depending on application settings). Remember that a short time interval is more power consuming than a long time interval, be sure that phone has enough power.

- Sends NEMA to listening map application (e.g. NMEA 0183 sentences GPRMC, GPGGA & GPGLL).

Supported Locator orders are:

- Locator initialization
- Tracking request
- GeoFence and Speed limit
- Buffer request (returns buffered positions)
- Checkpoint route
- Send and receive "free-text" SMS to generic GSM phone, maximum of 160 characters. (Do see what your local GSM provider has support for, this support might be less than 160 character GSM standard.)

INSTALLATION

Full Installation Instructions

HOW DO I ...

... use a GSM phone on serial cord?
... use a Card Phone (e.g. PCMCIA modem)?
... add a Tracker unit to the application?
... remove a Tracker unit from the application?
... change application settings?
... set application in "Connected" state?
... set application in "Disconnected" State?
... send a "free text" SMS?
... send an order to a Tracker unit?
... view a single message from message list?
... track a Tracker unit?
... send a single received position to map application?
... use a received position to create "Checkpoint" or "GeoFence"?
... toggle application always on top?
... delete one or a selected number of messages?
... delete all messages?
... know meaning of the message flags?
... send a latitude/longitude position to map?

... use a GSM phone on serial cord?

1. Connect the RS232 serial cord to your GSM phone and your computer. Cancel any requests to install software drivers for the mobile phone. The Connector PC has its own SW drivers and communication can be interrupted if other drivers are used.

2. Make sure you have your phone powered up and WTKcorrectly installed on your computer.

3. Open Preferences in either the Setup menu or the right click popup menu.

4. Make sure "Phone with serial cord:" radio button is checked.

5. Set the right COM port and bit rate. (GSM standard bit rate is 9600 bps)

6. Return to the main window and set the application to connected state using the drop down menu ‘Main’ or the Connect button in main window.

... use a Card Phone (e.g. PCMCIA modem)?

1. Install the Card Phone according to manufacture specifications.

2. Make sure you have your Card Phone inserted and running.

3. Make sure you have WTK soft.correctly installed on your computer.

4. Enter Preferences in either the Setup menu or the right click popup menu.

5. Make sure "PCMCIA Card Phone" radio button is checked.

6. Set the right COM port. (You will find what COM port your Card Phone is using by accessing the modem settings in the Control Panel of Windows.)

7. When the right COM port is set, return to main window and set application to connected state using the drop down menu ‘Main’ or the Connect button in main window.

... add a Tracker unit to the application?

1. Make sure application is in disconnected state.

2. Enter Main menu (or access right-click popup menu)

3. Select "Manage Locators".

4. Select Add button.

5. Enter Locator ID number.

6. Enter Locator tel. number. Use international format without the initial "+". Example. "44743953983" for a number in UK.

7. Enter a Nickname for this Locator unit.

8. Select the correct Locator version from the drop down select box. (Version Number is Printed next to ID number on Locator unit.)

9. Save this Locator by pressing Save button.

... remove a Tracker unit from the application?

1. Make sure application is in disconnected state.

2. Enter Main menu (or access right-click popup menu).

3. Select "Manage Locators".

4. Select Locator unit to be removed by marking the Locator name with a mouse click.

5. Press the "Remove" button.

6. Press "Yes" to confirm the removal of the selected Locator or press "No" to cancel.

... change application settings?

1. Make sure application is in disconnected state.

2. Enter Setup menu (or access right-click popup menu).

3. Select "Preferences".

4. Change to desired settings.

5. Press Update button.

... set application in "Connected" state?

Note! In the ‘Connected’ state the Connector PC program can send and receive messages to and from Locator units.

1. Make sure the GSM phone or PCMCIA Card Phone is connected to the correct serial port.

2. If "Send positions direct to port" is checked in settings, make sure you have an application listening for serial data on COM port connected to the NMEA port. Else the application will not work properly (e.g. some procedures will be a bit slower than they should be). If "Send positions direct to port" is not checked, no data will be sent on NMEA port and you do not need a listening application.

3. Enter Main menu (alt. access right-click popup menu) or press "Connect" button in main window.

4. Select "Connect to PC phone".

5. Wait a few seconds until "Connected" is shown in green in status box window.

6. Start using application in connected state.

... set application in "Disconnected" State?

Note! In the ‘disconnected’ state, the Connector PC program settings can be changed.

1. Enter Main menu (alt. access right-click popup menu) or press "Disconnect" button in main window.

2. Select "Disconnect".

3. Wait a few seconds until " - - - - - " is shown in red in status box.

4. Start using application in disconnected state.

... send a "free text" SMS?

1. Make sure application is in "Connected state" (see above).

2. Open "SMS Functionality" menu (either in menu bar or in right-click popup menu).

3. Select "Send Regular SMS".

4. Enter phone number in international format (max number of digits is 15 with no initial '+').

5. Enter message text.

6. Press Send button and wait until message dialog closes.

Note! The application will now try to send your message. This might take up to 17 seconds depending on application workload and the answer time of your cell phone. If the Send operation is successful the outgoing message will appear in the message grid. If the Send operation fails you will be notified through popup error dialog.

... send an order to a Tracker unit?

Note! Before sending an order for the first time, be sure to have carried out the procedure to initialize the Locator - see ‘Init mode’ section.

1. Make sure the desired Locator is registered in "Manage Locators" (see above).

2. Make sure application is in "Connected state" (see above)

3. Open "SMS Functionality" menu (either in menu bar or in right-click popup menu).

4. Select desired order from menu.

5. Select Locator unit in the order dialog.

6. Enter necessary information in appliance with WTK specification.

7. Press Send button and wait until message dialog closes.

... view a single message from message list?

1. Double click the desired message.

2. View message parameters in popup dialog.

3. Close dialog by pressing "OK".

... track a Tracker unit?

1. Make sure you have an application that supports GPS coordinates over serial port and that this application supports the NMEA 0183 protocol.

2. Make sure you have a valid connection for system-internal data flow (e.g. null-modem or virtual serial ports).

3. Make sure the unit that is to be positioned is registered in the application and that at least one position is received.

4. Make sure that "Send NMEA on port" check box is checked in the application "Preferences".

5. Make sure the application is in "Connected" state.

6. In main window. Select the Locator to be positioned in the drop-down list.

7. To change the "active" Locator: Select another registered Locator in the drop-down list.

... send a single received position to map application?

1. See point 1 through 3 in "... track a Locator unit?"

2. Make sure that "Send Position continuously..." check box is NOT checked in the application "Preferences".

3. Find the desired received position in message grid. Make sure it really is a position message (e.g. that it has a "Pos" flag in yellow color).

4. Double click the desired received position message

5. Press the "Send to map" button.

6. Position should be shown in map application.

... use a received position to create "Checkpoint" or "GeoFence"?

1. Find the desired received position in message grid. Make sure it really is a position message (e.g. that it has a "Pos" flag in yellow color).

2. Make sure application is in "Connected" state.

3. Double click the message to open message dialog

4. Press "Checkpoint" button to use as checkpoint or "GeoFence" button to use as GeoFence.

5. Set further parameters according to selected mode.

6. Press "Send" button to send message to Locator.

... toggle application always on top?

1. Enter Setup menu (or access right-click popup menu).

2. Select "Toggle Always On Top".

Note! Depending on the active state application will either be on top of every other application or in normal mode.

... delete one or a selected number of messages?

1. Make sure application is in "Disconnected" (see above).

2. Mark one or more messages to delete from message grid by first highlighting the message by clicking on it, then hitting the delete button. The message will remain there until steps 3 and 4 are completed.

3. Enter Setup menu (either in menu bar or in right-click popup menu).

4. Select "Delete Selected".

5. Answer 'Yes' to delete selected message/messages or 'No' to cancel.

6. Wait while application updates the system.

Warning! Deleted messages cannot be retrieved back to the message grid. Though, messages will not be deleted from log file.

... delete all messages?

1. Make sure application is in "Disconnected" (see above).

2. Enter Setup menu (either in menu bar or in right-click popup menu).

3. Select "Delete All".

4. Answer 'Yes' to delete all messages or 'No' to cancel.

5. Wait while application updates the system.

Warning! Deleted messages can not be retrieved back to message grid. Though, messages will not be deleted from log file.

... know meaning of the message flags?

RX = Incoming message indication

TX = Outgoing message indication

RX Ok = Ok reply message from Locator

RX Err = Error reply message from Locator

RX Pos = Position message from Locator

... send a latitude/longitude position to map?

Note! This is if you want to send a simple latitude/longitude position to the map application.(You find this feature under Send menu or in the right click popup menu.) Make sure that "Send Position continuously..." check box is NOT checked in the application "Preferences".

1. Select the format your coordinates are represented in. The application will perform the conversion from your format to the right format automatically. (Remember that coordinates must be map date WGS84.)

2. Enter the latitude coordinate parameters. (E.g. minimum of degrees & decimals and maximum of degrees, minutes, seconds & decimals.)

3. Enter the longitude coordinate parameters. (E.g. minimum of degrees & decimals and maximum of degrees, minutes, seconds & decimals.)

4. Press "Send To Map" to send this position to map application or "Cancel" to return to main window.

LOCATOR MODES

Initialisation mode
Tracking mode
GeoFence / Speed Limit mode (Simple one-point GeoFence)
Buffer Request mode
Checkpoint mode

Initialisation mode

Mode Description: Aborts current mode of Tracker operation and sets selected Tracker parameters. After an ‘Init’ mode command the Tracker will be ready to receive a new mode selection. All parameters sent in the ‘Init’ message including the sender’s mobile phone No., are saved in the Tracker’s flash memory and will not be lost if the Tracker loses power. Parameters sent in all other modes e.g. Interval, are stored by the Tracker in RAM and will be forgotten if the Tracker loses power.

When one first receives the Tracker or if one changes the Tracker Sim card operator, then the following procedure is necessary:

a) Initialise the Tracker using the 10 step procedure below.

b) Wait 5 minutes to be sure that the Tracker has received the ‘Init’ order and then disconnect power from the Tracker. No confirmation reply will be received even if one has selected yes for ‘Send reply’ in the ‘Init’ command. This procedure will store the new operator’s SMS service centre No. in the Tracker’s flash memory.

c) Resend the ‘Init message’

The Tracker will now be ready to accept new mode commands and will have the correct SMS service centre No. programmed in its flash memory. It will now be able to reply and send position and alarm SMS messages to the phone No.s specified in the ‘Init’ command.

1. Select a Locator unit.

2. Set 1st and/or 2nd phone number that alarm SMSs are returned to.

3. "SMSC number for Locator SIM" - SMS Service Center phone number (Locator version 1.11 and higher.). If you do not have this information, contact the mobile phone operator who provided the Locator sim card.

4. "SMS check interval" - The interval that the Locator is to check for new messages. The format is hhmmss (hours/minutes/seconds). Do not set this interval too high if you want the Locator to answer new orders quickly.

5. "Send reply" - Decide if the Locator should send confirmation replies that a new mode is set. It is recommended to select Yes for this function.

6. "Transfer full buffer" - Set this if you want the Locator to send the entire buffer when requested.

7. "GPS condition" - Set if Unit should be on all the time or only on when a selected interval is present. If ‘Sleep’ is selected, then if no further mode commands are sent, the Locator will go into a sleep mode after 10minutes. The Locator will then wake up at intervals defined by the SMS check interval. This setting is useful for applications requiring long battery life. If ‘wait’ is selected a small round buffer which stores 5 positions is continuously updated every 10 seconds with a new position.

8. "Alarm Type" - Set alarm type. (If no alarm type... use '0')

9. "Coordinate System" - Set the coordinate system in which the Locator should produce position fixes. (Default is "WGS84" - global map date.)

10. "Buffer Size" - Set size of buffer (1-10 positions). These can later be retrieved by a "Buffer Request".

11. Press Send button the send the message to Locator or Cancel to return to main window without sending message.

Tracking mode

Mode Description: Locator transmits positions at the specified time interval. A specified number (max. 999) or infinite (until mode is terminated).

1. Select a Locator unit.

2. "GPS fix interval" - Set the time interval that the Locator should try to read it's geographical position from GPS fix.

3. "No. of GPS fixes" - Set the number of positions that will be sent or stored to buffer. ( '0' = infinite )

4. "Action Condition" - Set action condition. (Store or transmit positions)

5. "GPS data fail time" - If no valid position is reached during this time period the entire buffer will be sent to user. If action condition is set to ‘Transmit’, then GPS data fail time is not used. If action condition is set to ‘Store’, then if no valid GPS position is established after this ‘GPS data fail time’, the entire buffer is sent to the user. Entire buffer = buffer size defined in init mode. But when answer route in init mode is set to SMS, only the last 5 positions will be sent due to cost and efficiency.

6. Press Send button the send the message to Locator or Cancel to return to main window without sending message.

GeoFence / Speed Limit mode (Simple one-point GeoFence)

Mode Description: Locator will transmit notice when selected position and/or speed condition are reached.

1. Select a Locator unit.

2. "Combination" - Select if GeoFence and Speed Limit should be used together or on their own.

3. "Check interval" - Set the time interval when the Locator unit should check if GeoFence or Speed Limit conditions are met.

4. "No. of alarm reports" - No. of alarm reports means the number of times an alarm SMS will be sent if the limit conditions are met. For example: If the check interval is set to 1 minute and No. of alarm reports set to 3, then if the limit conditions are met continuously for 3 minutes ,3 limit alarm messages will be sent, one after each limit check at 1 minute intervals. After these 3 transmissions have been made, no more messages will be sent during this limit cycle regardless of whether the limit conditions are met or not. Set this parameter to '0' if you don't want a limit to how many reports that are sent when conditions are met.

5. Coordinates - Enter the Lat/Long coordinate for the point centering the GeoFence box. You can enter this in either Decimal Degrees, Degrees and Minutes or Degrees, Minutes and Seconds.

6. "Radius" - Set the radius to create the size of the GeoFence box.
Note! This radius creates a squared box with length of selected radius from center point to each four box sides in +/- horizontal and vertical direction.

7. "Condition" - Set if report should be sent when Locator unit enters the box or leaves the box.

8. "Speed limit" - Set speed limit in kilometers per hour.

9. "Speed condition" - Set if reports should be sent when Locator units goes above or below the speed limit.

10. Press Send button the send the message to Locator or Cancel to return to main window without sending message.

Buffer Request mode

Mode Description: Sends the contents of the buffer to the user (max. 10 when using SMS). Buffer size is set in initialisation message.

1. Select a Locator unit.

2. Press Send button the send the message to Locator or Cancel to return to main window without sending message.

Checkpoint mode

Mode Description: A number (max. 15) of checkpoints are defined. The checkpoints consist of an area defined by a coordinate point and the radius around this point. A timeslot also have to be defined for the checkpoint with start time and stop time. Mode is started when all checkpoints are defined and "Start checkpoint mode" message is sent to the Locator unit. The unit will send notice when sub mode and checkpoint conditions are met.

1. Select a Locator unit.

2. "Sub Mode" - Decide if the object of this message is to set a new checkpoint, to start the checkpoint mode or clear all checkpoints from Locator memory.

3. "Checkpoint Geographical Parameters" - Set checkpoint parameters for latitude and longitude. Don't forget to set the right hemisphere. This information have to be provided only if sub mode is "New Checkpoint".

4. "Radius" - Set checkpoint radius (e.g. how far away from checkpoint the area limit is). This information have to be provided only if sub mode is "New Checkpoint".

5. "Checkpoint Time Slot" - Set checkpoint time slot. Defined parameters are start time and end time (end time must be at least one minut later than start time). This information have to be provided only if sub mode is "New Checkpoint".

6. Press Send button the send the message to Locator or Cancel to return to main window without sending message.