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Introduction

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© 2005 ... Directions Ltd

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Introduction

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Welcome

Dear Customer,

Thank you for purchasing VTU008 Tracking Unit…

What is included in the pack:

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VTU008 unit

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GPS smart antenna

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VT Software CD

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Power lead

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Connector lead for the sensitive GPS antenna (is not included or necessary with newer high sensitivity
packages)

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Before you start

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Precautions

We recommend that electrical installation is performed by qualified persons.
Electrical installation must be performed carefully after checking the input voltage. All electric wires must
be properly insulated. All unused wires must also be properly insulated and if no future use is foreseen then
they can be cut shorter. Secure the lead and leftover wires so that they are not loose, but take care not to
damage the insulation.

 

Do not place the battery the wrong way round.

Summary of Contents for VTU008

Page 1: ...2005 Directions Ltd Vehicle Tracking Quick Start guide version 2 0...

Page 2: ...and Outputs 4 4 1 Connecting binary inputs 4 2 Connecting binary outputs Part VI Specifications 5 Part VII Software Installation 6 6 1 Adding a new Vehicle or Group 8 2 Setting up a tracking unit 15...

Page 3: ...ity packages 2 Before you start 2 1 Precautions We recommend that electrical installation is performed by qualified persons Electrical installation must be performed carefully after checking the input...

Page 4: ...e that the unit is disconneted from the elecrical supply b make sure that the PIN number is either disabled or set to 0000 This is most easily done using a mobile phone c insert your SIM as per pictur...

Page 5: ...ctrical installation is performed by a qualified auto electrical engineer Electrical installation must be performed carefully after checking the input voltage All electric wires must be properly insul...

Page 6: ...ehicle and is ideal for covert fitting Before attaching the antenna to the tracking unit you must fit the connector cable The connector cable has a PS2 type plug on each end but each is encased in dif...

Page 7: ...900 1800 MHz GSM Circuit Switched Data up to 14 4 kbps Antenna Type Built in dual band antenna GPS specifications Channels 12 parallel Cold Start 48 sec Warm Start 38 sec Hot Start 8 sec Update Rate...

Page 8: ...73 7 Tele Atlas Denmark 95 100 Tele Atlas Finland 173 100 Tele Atlas France 1200 100 Tele Atlas Germany 1180 100 Tele Atlas Great Britain 776 100 Tele Atlas Hungary 18 10 Tele Atlas Ireland Republic o...

Page 9: ...ehicle will be shown on screen Hardware Select which hardware unit you are using for VTU007 or VTU008 select VTU Icon You must enter a valid icon which will be used to represent the vehicle on the map...

Page 10: ...l be automatically filled in for you to save time You can always edit Vehicle Properties by highlighting a vehicle from the list and selecting Tracking Edit from the menu or clicking the Edit button u...

Page 11: ...Software Installation 9 2005 Directions Ltd General...

Page 12: ...e Latitude the latitude of the centre point of the geofence in milliseconds Longitude the latitude of the centre point of the geofence in milliseconds Radius radius of the geofence in meters Alarm whe...

Page 13: ...n Alarm geofence text set your own custom SMS alert message in the text box Please note that coordinates are automatically sent with the message Alarms the unit can also send alarm SMS messages to the...

Page 14: ...for Orange User name user name for access to the network APN wap for Vodafone username for O2 leave blank for Orange Password password for access to the network APN wap for Vodafone password for O2 le...

Page 15: ...n it should go back to sleep after X number of seconds Send position even if GPS position is not valid send position even if there is no signal from the GPS antenna This is only useful if you need inf...

Page 16: ...back to Sleep L0 Activity level T0 Period After an increase to the L2 threshold starts time T0 In this period the level of signal from the sensor must be higher than L0 for VTU to store positions If i...

Page 17: ...ng COM The unit must be connected to a PC using a serial cable For online download select Connect using modem The unit will communicate through its GSM modem For Internet download select Connect using...

Page 18: ...y Navigator will only download new data that has not been downloaded before This enables you to track vehicles from several computers 7 4 Tracking your vehicles You can track your vehicles using a GSM...

Page 19: ...t the bottom of the screen If the History tab is not visible then you can opened it from the main menu Tracking Show vehicle history Here you can see the date and time at which the vehicle was moving...

Page 20: ...ummary distance travelled and time taken Pause time the vehicle was stationary before the next journey The total time and length of all journeys in the report is shown at the end The CSV report create...

Page 21: ...ate only valid for VTU The coloured arrows in the date column mean A green arrow indicates a journey start A red arrow indicates a journey end To show a single position on the map highlight in the lis...

Page 22: ...nd Stop bits unchanged at 8 No parity 1 stop bit Modem From the drop down menu select which dial up modem you want to use and the type of dialing generally tone You can also set to Disconnect automati...

Page 23: ...Software Installation 21 2005 Directions Ltd In the Map tab you can set which information to display in the map label when replaying or showing vehicle journeys History tab...

Page 24: ...t and end points Accelerate history replay the journey is replayed a number of times faster than the recorded speed If you leave it unchecked Navigator will replay at the recorded speed Skip lags grea...

Page 25: ...his will bring the Scheduled Task dialog Schedule action select if you want to periodically locate the vehicle or download its history Communication device select how you want to communicate with the...

Page 26: ...t to only dial in during the evenings or weekends to get cheaper call rates Restrict days the scheduler will only connect on the selected days Restrict hours the scheduler will only connect during the...

Page 27: ...ocal alarm geofence Geofencing is only available in on line units 7 9 1 Setting up a geofence Set up the geofence Right click on a vehicle in the list and from the context menu select Geofencing Draw...

Page 28: ...e parameters as you want then click the Send settings button to transfer them to the unit Note that once a geofence has bee triggered and an SMS sent the geofence will be deactivated To reactivate the...

Page 29: ...Right click on a vehicle in the list and from the context menu select Send unit settings This will bring up the VTU settings dialog From the General tab check the Local geofence section See the Settin...

Page 30: ...ings dialog and click the Send settings button You can also unlock the local geofence by calling the unit from the designated mobile phone This time no rings should be heard NOTE Activating Deactivati...

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