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VITA-350

GPS, GPRS, DI/O, RS232     

Automatic Vehicle Location 
Device

User Manual

Summary of Contents for VITA-350

Page 1: ...VITA 350 GPS GPRS DI O RS232 Automatic Vehicle Location Device User Manual...

Page 2: ...curate and reliable However the original manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result from such use Acknowlegement Micr...

Page 3: ...shipped VITA 350 device 1 CD ROM with User s manual Advantech Utility 1 User s Manual 1 GPS antenna 1 GPRS antenna 1 Power cable 4 Mounting screws If any of these items are missing or damaged contact...

Page 4: ...ency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc tion manual may cause harmful interference to radio commu nications Operation of this device in a residential area is likely to...

Page 5: ...ntative or Advantech s customer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance Please have the following information ready before you call Product name and serial number Descri...

Page 6: ...VITA 350 User Manual vi...

Page 7: ...r 2 Connector Table 12 2 1 Connector Table 12 2 1 1 COM port connector CN2 12 2 1 2 GPS antenna connector CN3 13 2 1 3 SIM Holder Subscriber Identification Module CN5 14 2 1 4 GPRS antenna connector C...

Page 8: ...VITA 350 User Manual viii Appendix B Accessories 60 B 1 Power Cable 60 Appendix C Mechanical Drawing 64 Figure C 1 VITA 350 Mechanical Drawinng 65...

Page 9: ...Information CHAPTER 1 General Information This chapter gives background information on the VITA 350 Sections include Introduction Features Quick Installation Guide RF Antenna Installation Specificatio...

Page 10: ...h Utility easy to use APIs VITA 350 offers an easy management and integration for all devices Air Interface Updating VITA 350 provides remote parameters upgrade over the air OTA Therefore no need to r...

Page 11: ...er space with wall mount kit or strong adhesive double sided tape and make sure VITA 350 will sustain during the vibration or shaking situation 1 4 GPS Antenna Installation The antenna must be mounted...

Page 12: ...VITA 350 User Manual 4 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...

Page 13: ...nna cable 5 Route the shielded antenna cable through the ferrite core in order to minimise radio frequency interference 6 Take special care when plugging and unplugging the antenna connector 7 Take ca...

Page 14: ...ANTARIS 4 positioning 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 te...

Page 15: ...ing Scheme CS1 4 Internet service TCP UDP HTTP FTP SMTP POP3 1 6 4 Programmable Digital I O Digit GPIO 5 In 5 Out VIH 2 64 3 3V Input logic 1 VIL 0 0 66V Input logic 0 VOH 3 2 3 3V Output logic 1 VOL...

Page 16: ...t work No GPS signal Blue LED GPRS Indicator LED Mode VITA 350 Status 1 LED Permanently ON GPRS Power Down 2 LED 600ms ON 600ms OFF Limited Network Service No SIM inserted No PIN enter Network search...

Page 17: ...9 Chapter 1 General Information 1 7 System Dimensions...

Page 18: ...VITA 350 User Manual 10 Figure 1 1 System Outlook Dimensions...

Page 19: ...TER 2 Connector Table This chapter explains the setup procedures of VITA 350 hardware including instructions on connecting peripherals and indicators Be sure to read all safety precautions before you...

Page 20: ...ts 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 CN2 COM1 Part Number 1654000056 Footprint DBCOM VM5MS Description D SUB CON 9P...

Page 21: ...unction needs the expander antenna and the GPS connector is a standard Female SMA connector CN3 GPS Antenna Con Part Number 1654001599 Footprint RF SMAC037 Description RF Conn 5p 180D F DIP SMA C037 G...

Page 22: ...M card 3V and SIM interface compatible with ISO 7816 IC Card standard CN5 SIM Holder Part Number 1654000639 Footprint SIM WL608C Description SIM card conn 6p 90D F SMD WO Pb WL608C3 M04 TR Pin Pin Nam...

Page 23: ...ion needs the expander antenna and the GPRS connector is a standard Female Reverse SMA connector CN6 GPRS Antenna Con Part Number 1700004811 Footprint CABLE SMAFN9 Description Coaxial Cable 10cm SMT S...

Page 24: ...nual 16 2 1 5 Battery Connector CN9 WB_2V_1 25mm CN9 Battery Con Part Number 1655902032 Footprint WHL2V 125 Description WAFER 2P 180D M 1 25mm 53047 0210 Pin Pin Name Signal Type Signal Level 1 BAT_VC...

Page 25: ...ut or out put defined The default setting is 5 bits input and 5 bits output PLUG_10_3 50mm CN11 GPIO Part Number 1652000746 Footprint ME050 35010 Description PLUG IN BLOCK 10P 90D DIP ME050 35010 WO P...

Page 26: ...connector 12 V 24 V CN14 Supplies main power to the VITA 350 PLUG_4_3 50mm CN14 Power Con Part Number 1652000744 Footprint ME050 35004 Description PLUG IN BLOCK 4P 90D DIP ME050 35004 WO P Pin Pin Nam...

Page 27: ...SW1 Momentarily pressing the reset button will activate a reset SW1 Power Reset Button Part Number 1601063200 Footprint SW HDK632BR ST Description PUSH SW L 5 85mm Reset Button HDK632BR Pin Pin Name...

Page 28: ...or LED Mode VITA 350 Status 1 LED Permanently ON GPRS Power Down 2 LED 600ms ON 600ms OFF Limited Network Service No SIM inserted No PIN enter Network search in progress Ongoing user authentication Ne...

Page 29: ...machine interface application environ ment which supports the functions to customize M2M applications in the Windows XP and Windows CE envi ronment M2M Utility software pro vides a windows based mouse...

Page 30: ...nnected to Internet Intranet VITA 350 is extremely flexible and easy to use The client could use M2M Utility to get set the information of devices A VITA 350 device will be automatically probed and sh...

Page 31: ...th an execution program and you just copy the program to your computer 3 1 5 How Does VITA 350E Work VITA 350 platform includes two parts controlling engine and client utility The controlling engine i...

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Page 33: ...As a quick introduction to using VITA 350 platform complete the fol lowing procedure to run VITA 350 and M2M utility that was copied to your computer s hard disk drive during the software installatio...

Page 34: ...linked automatically 5 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 sen...

Page 35: ...e build in functions shipped with VITA 350 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 Sendin...

Page 36: ...mand list data Command Data list Show the VITA 350 status list Open button in GPS Received Data group Open the GPS port Close button in GPS Received Data group Close the GPS port Clear button in GPS R...

Page 37: ...D static text in M2M platform information group Platform name and should be VITA 350 OS version static text in M2M platform information group OS version and got from VITA 350 Bootload Version static t...

Page 38: ...fault quality value is 5 Get Screen button Get the current screen of VITA 350 The default size of screen width is 320 and the default size of screen height is 240 Start Control button Begin controllin...

Page 39: ...31 Chapter 3 Advantech M2M Utility Disable Control button Stop controlling the VITA 350 by mouse and keyboard Keyboard Input edit Keyboard input field Input characters will be sent to VITA 350...

Page 40: ...e PC connected COM port ID All available serial ports will be a item in this list You should select a available serial port and connect VITA 350 with this port Get Time button in the Device Date Time...

Page 41: ...nected and defined by user Reboot button in H W Reset group Reboot the VITA 350 device Screen Emulator Quality edit in Screen Emulator Quality group Define the screen quality percent when getting scre...

Page 42: ...er Options group Define the first server IP address The VITA 350 will send data to the first server peri odically First IP Port Number edit text in Server Options group Define the first server socket...

Page 43: ...ll 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 b...

Page 44: ...n where n is from 1 to 10 GPIO Value n combo box in GPIOs Direction Value group Spec ify the output value of GPIO pin n when the direction of the pin defined to output GPIO Status n picture in GPIOs...

Page 45: ...ector Select begin time of GPS data in VITA 350 End Date date selector Select begin date of GPS data in VITA 350 End Time time selector Select begin time of GPS data in VITA 350 Save to File edit text...

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Page 47: ...firmware file It should include the file path and filename Version static text Show the firmware version for upgrading firmware Check sum static text Show the checksum for upgrading firmware Browse bu...

Page 48: ...e button Start upgrading specified firmware to VITA 350 The upgrade procedure is the following 1 Power on VITA 350 device 2 Connect your PC to VITA 350E with COM port by Modem cable 3 Choose your PC C...

Page 49: ...41 Chapter 3 Advantech M2M Utility 4 Press the Search Button on the Command Page VITA 350 information will be read to your PC...

Page 50: ...VITA 350 User Manual 42 5 Go to the Upgrade Firmware page in M2m utility and press the Browse button to select the latest firmware...

Page 51: ...tech M2M Utility 6 The upgrading firmware information will be shown on the screen then press the button Upgrade to VITA Device 7 Change the tab page to Command Page you will read the string DOC_CMD_WR...

Page 52: ...e strings UpgradeUtyCmd begin and UpgradeUtyCmd Success 9 Now upgrading firmware is successful then you need to re boot the VITA 350 to run new firmware 10 After you re boot the VITA 350 please check...

Page 53: ...vice work or not Begin Test button Start the I O functions test for VITA 350 The I O tests include GPS test SD Card test flash ROM test and GPIO test Reset Device button Reset the VITA 350 and set def...

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Page 55: ...47 Chapter 3 Advantech M2M Utility Data Format page This page lets you see the fields of GPS data...

Page 56: ...VITA 350 User Manual 48 About page...

Page 57: ...t identifiers of VITA 350 The format identifiers supported by VITA 350E are list as follows Identifier Data String Description Example ID ssss Platform ID Number 001 TYPE ssss Platform Type Name Advan...

Page 58: ...from RMC valid or RTC of VITA 350E 071128 YYYYM MDD YYYYMMDD UTC Date Value is from RMC valid or RTC of VITA 350E 20071128 HHMMSS HHMMSS UTC Time Value is from RMC valid or RTC of VITA 350E 205950 RM...

Page 59: ...4523 GGA 3 d Direction N north S south N GGA 4 DDDMM mmm m Longitude 12145 1214 GGA 5 d Direction E east W west E GGA 6 q GPS quality indicator 0 Fix not avail able or invalid 1 GPS SPS Mode fix vali...

Page 60: ...orced to operate in 2D or 3 D mode A GSA 2 x Mode 1 Fix not available 2 2D 3 3D 1 GSA 3 s 1 PRN number of satellites used in solution NULL for unsued fields GSA 4 s 2 PRN number of satellites used in...

Page 61: ...sed in solution NULL for unsued fields GSA 12 s 10 PRN number of satellites used in solution NULL for unsued fields GSA 13 s 11 PRN number of satellites used in solution NULL for unsued fields GSA 14...

Page 62: ...id V invalid A VTG 1 t t Course Over Ground degrees True 0 if over current DOP mask VTG 2 T Units T degrees True VTG 3 m m Course Over Ground degrees Magnetic 0 if over current DOP mask VTG 4 s s Spee...

Page 63: ...Definition The VITA 350 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 i...

Page 64: ...on A 1 GPIO Definition 5 IN 5 OUT is default GPIO setting and it could be customized Ex 4 IN 6 OUT Table A 1 GPIO Definition GPIO No Function GPIO_1 IN GPIO_2 IN GPIO_3 IN GPIO_4 IN GPIO_5 IN GPIO_6 O...

Page 65: ...Low Voltage all standard output and I O pins VSS VSS 0 4 V IOH_H Output High Current all standard high strength output and I O pins VO VOH 10 mA IOH_L Output High Current all standard low strength ou...

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Page 67: ...59 Appendix B Accessories Appendix B Accessories...

Page 68: ...60 Appendix B Accessories The VITA 350 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...

Page 69: ...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 Power Input Voltage 9 3...

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Page 71: ...63 Appendix C Mechanical Drawing Appendix C Mechanical Drawings...

Page 72: ...VITA 350 User Manual 64 Appendix C Mechanical Drawing C 1 Mechanical Drawing...

Page 73: ...65 Appendix C Mechanical Drawing Figure C 1 VITA 350 Mechanical Drawinng...

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