FoxLite 2.0
Manual
Device firmware version: 1.2.7 Document version: 2.2.1 Author: Mirko Vermezovi
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e-mail:
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Jun 2009
Page 1: ...FoxLite 2 0 Manual Device firmware version 1 2 7 Document version 2 2 1 Author Mirko Vermezović e mail foxsupport geneko rs Jun 2009 ...
Page 2: ...neralEkonomik company All rights reserved Fox is the registered trademark of RB GeneralEkonomik company All rights reserved All other is the registered trademarks mentioned in the document are the ownership of those companies 2008 RB GeneralEkonomik printed in Serbia all rights reserved ...
Page 3: ...ding parameters for roaming 14 6 7 External Alarm Function 14 6 8 Fuel Level Measurement 15 6 8 1 Selecting Position for connecting Fuel Measurement Pin 15 6 8 2 Setting Parameters for FoxLite Device Fuel Measurement 15 6 9 Engine RPM Measurement 16 6 9 Remote Parameter Setup 17 6 10 Remote Executive Commands 17 6 11 Backup Device Parameters on SIM Card 17 6 12 Remote Firmware Update 17 6 13 Data ...
Page 4: ...the number of unsent records in logger memory L 44 11 8 Test Mode Vehicle Accumulator Voltage V 44 11 9 Test Mode Engine RPM R 44 11 10 Теst Mode Fuel Tank Level F 44 11 11 Test Mode GPS Module WDT W 44 11 12 Test Mode Time to Power Save or Time to Wakeup P 44 11 13 Test Mode Input Pins State 45 11 14 Test Mode Output Pins State 45 12 APPENDIX 46 12 1 Working without ignition pin 46 12 2 Power dev...
Page 5: ...xLite2 0 Instalation Manual 5 2 Overview Thank you for your interest in the Geneko FoxLite System This document contains basic information on installation of Geneko FoxLite 2 0 device into motor vehicles ...
Page 6: ...is necessary to install data server with internet access through appropriate IP address before devices are built in the vehicles This device is not designed for operation in the environment where it can be exposed to humidity to temperature out of the allowed temperature range defined in chapter 13 of this manual or in open space Manufacturer has no responsibility for damage occurred on the vehicl...
Page 7: ...It s role is to keep this device working in case of main power supply failure Built in GSM antena Unique connector for power supply connection and input and output signals Serial connector for PC connection see chapter 8 4 for device connecting to PC Solid casing made from ABS plastic suitable for operation in the vehicle LED signalization 3 4 Description of FoxLite System Parts Factory package of...
Page 8: ...al cable is optinal 4 2 Main Connector Pins Description 1 Configurable Digital GP input_1 built in pull_up resistor negative triger option 1 in configuration External alarm signal input pin option 0 in configuration Disabled option X in configuration 2 Digital input pin used for vehicle contact lock ignition signal built in pull_down resistor positive treiger 3 Configurable Digital GP input_2 buil...
Page 9: ...gurable Digital GP input_5 pin built in pull_down resistor positive triger option 1 in configuration Digital GP output_high pin If used as digital output this pin is pulled to high voltage equal to vehicle accumulator voltage when turned on or it is in high impedance state when turned off option 0 in configuration Disabled option X in configuration 8 Main power supply vehicle accumulator 12V or 24...
Page 10: ...r network search in progress or ongoing user authentication or network login in progress 75 ms on 3 s off IDLE mode The mobile is registered to the GSM network monitoring control channels and user interactions No call is in progress 75 ms on 75 ms off 75 ms on 3 s off One or more GPRS PDP contexts activated 500 ms on 50 ms off Packet switched data transfer is in progress Permanently on Voice call ...
Page 11: ...LED will start blinking or light on continually Step7 Close slide door Step8 Connect main connector to FoxLite device Green LED will turn ON if not refer to step 5 If it is still off check main power voltage Step9 Connect FoxLite device to PC Serial port with FoxLite serial cable and Start FoxLiteConfigurator software if not installed setup FoxLiteConfigurator application according to chapter 8 of...
Page 12: ...network by sending price using netlist file Netlist file contains GSM network list with prices Networks can be marked as white use this network wherever possible or black do not use this network or neutral GSM cell ID name sending Possibility to connect external alarm output to the device external alarm function Fuel consumption measure Vehicle accumulator monitoring Device backup battery low even...
Page 13: ...nimal setup speed o minimal distance from last sent position is traveled Record with regular GPS data includes time information vehicle status GSM cell info distance traveled from device start up wake up from power save and if selected max speed between two successive records with regular GPS data 6 1 2 Sending Events Device sends event data when event occur Record with event data includes event I...
Page 14: ... period or at predefined daytime 6 6 Different sending parameters for roaming FoxLite device can use different sending parameters when roaming is detected Using this option user will have much lower costs for sending data via GPRS when in roaming Following parameters can be setup to have different value in roaming Send GPS position when in roaming Maximum time period for position sending when in r...
Page 15: ...it is recomended to connect them there 6 8 2 Setting Parameters for FoxLite Device Fuel Measurement DC voltage from the fuel measuring instrument is proportional or vice versa to fuel level Device has built in attenuation module which could spread measuring range Voltage lavels for full and empty tank are advised to be within 0 to 24V In order to set parameters for fuel measurement it is necessary...
Page 16: ...to 8KHz Device has built in hardware frequency divider and after setting up RMPcoef parametaer device will be restarted Change will be noticable 30 60s after device reset In order to RPM measurement functions properly vehicle RPM signal must fulfill the following conditions 1 voltage VL must be less than 0 8V picture 2 2 voltage VH must be more than 2 2V picture 2 3 time intervals tH and tL must b...
Page 17: ... demand instant sending independent of logging mode and roaming status restore parameters from SIM card reset the device read device parameters read device debug information read device log file delete device log file 6 11 Backup Device Parameters on SIM Card SIM card in FoxLite can be used for parameter back up If there is need for device replacement parameters can be transmitted from device to d...
Page 18: ...ave mode device doesn t send any records using GPRS but GSM receiver is in stand by mode allowing reception of incoming voice calls and SMS messages There are 4 parameters to be setup for Power Save mode Power Save on off According to value of this parameter Power Save function can be disabled or enabled If disabled device will newer go to Power Save and it will operate in normal operating mode al...
Page 19: ... chanel neutral use this provider wherever white network is unavailable Currently netlist for networks 22003 and 22001 are available for uploading 6 16 Panic taster Any GPI pin can be configured to be panic taster Two parameter need to be configured GPIO X Configuration must be set to 1 and GP Input_X pin Event Code must be set to 1070 See chapter 12 for details about panic button installation 6 1...
Page 20: ...t can be coonected directly on accumulator end FoxLite device is designed for operation with accumulator voltages of 12V and 24V Ground i e another conductor for power supply from the main connector see chapter 4 2 should be connected to accumulator negative end or vehicle metal chassis if it is connected to ground Note when performing this action all precaution measures should be taken so that ac...
Page 21: ...LED will start blinking after a while blue LED will start blinking or light on continually Step6 Close slide door Step7 Connect main connector to FoxLite device Green LED will turn ON if not refer to step 5 If it is still off check main power voltage Step8 Configure device for proper operation regime using FoxLiteConfigurator program After saving configuration in FoxLiteConfiguration program devic...
Page 22: ...Installation package contains two files and one folder 1 setup exe 2 FoxLiteConfiguratorSetup msi 3 and dotnetfx folder To install program run setup exe In the first window click Next In the second window using browse option enter folder where to install the FoxLite Configurator program ...
Page 23: ...Exchange Suite After installing FoxLiteConfigurator you it is optional to install Siemens Module Exchange Suite This program allowes to change firmware by cable Installation of this program you can find in folder MES Click Setup exe and follow simple installation dialog After installation you must set port number for communication with FoxLite Port number depends on which ...
Page 24: ...Lite Configurator click on FoxLite Configurator shortcut in Programs FoxLite Configurator menu For more information about using FoxLite Configurator refer to FoxLite Configurator Manual 8 4 Connecting device to PC using serial port In order to connect device to RS 232 COM port on PC computer FoxLite2 0 serial PC cable is needed optional contact tehnical support for more information Connect one sid...
Page 25: ...nsor when fuel tank is empty Value have to be entered in mV Note This parameter is not used in new software version Fuel Measure Enable Default value Disabled Range Enabled or Disabled Remote command USA Description Fuel measuring enable disable option Full Fuel Tank Level Default value 6200 Range 1 or 2400 Remote command UP7 Description Value of measured voltage on fuel measurement sensor when fu...
Page 26: ...ed for this event code when low to high transition occures on input pin 4 if input pin 2 is enabled event with code value X 1 will be sent via GPRS When high to low transition occures on input pin 4 event with code value X 2 will be sent via GPRS Note this parameter can only have value divisible by 10 Note For details about event codes contact Geneko technical support GP Input 5 pin Event Code Def...
Page 27: ... for digital output_low If value X is entered for this event code when low to high transition occures on output_low pin if output_low is enabled event with code value X 0 will be sent via GPRS When high to low transition occures on output_low pin event with code value X 1 will be sent via GPRS Note This parameter can only have value divisible by 10 Note For details about event codes contact Geneko...
Page 28: ...rial port Firmware Update Server IP Address Default value 212 62 49 101 Range IPV4 32bits format Remote command FA Description Server IP address from which firmware is updated User should change this parameter only if told by Geneko support team Current Firmware Version Default value x x x Range x x x Remote command Description Current firmware version of FoxLite Current Firmware Update Folder Def...
Page 29: ...ster is activated Speed data format Default value 1 Range 1 knots or 2 km h Remote command KM Description Speed data format 1 knots 2 km h Vehicle Status Sending Enable Default value Enabled Range Enabled or Disabled Remote command SC Description If this parameter is enabled together with the position information on vehicle status will be sent Send Status With Events Enable Default value Disabled ...
Page 30: ...ge telephone number Remote command GS Description SMS Message Center Number This parameter depends on GSM mobile operator 9 5 Sending Options Auto Command Check Time s Default value 0 Range 0 300 86400 Remote command ACT Description Time period in which Fox device will check for new commands on server via GPRS Command check will not operate in power save mode If value 0 is entered device will neve...
Page 31: ...n Parameter of GPS position sending algorithm New position will always be sent if this time expires from last sent position Time is entered in seconds If parameter value is 0 it will be ignored in sending algorithm Min Angle Difference Between Two GPS Positions deg Default value 8 Range 0 1 to 90 Remote command MA Description Parameter of GPS position sending algorithm New position will not be sen...
Page 32: ...ent send open closed door battery empty by GPRS permission in roaming If enabled any change on enabled input pins will be sent via GPRS with correspnding event code Roaming GPS Send Enable Default value Enabled Range Enable or Disable Remote command SPR Description GPS position send enable in roaming If disabled GPS position event code 0 will not be sent in roaming GPS position will be sent only w...
Page 33: ...o 10000 Remote command MDR Description Parameter of GPS position sending algorithm when in roaming New position will not be sent until vehicle hasn t traveled this distance from last sent position Distance is entered in meters If parameter value is 0 it will be ignored in sending algorithm Roaming Min Speed to Send GPS positions km h Default value 5 Range 0 1 to 20 Remote command MSR Description P...
Page 34: ...wer save mode is about 20mA les than if option is enabled Power Save Enable Default value Enabled Range Enabled or Disabled Remote command UF1 Description If this option is enabled device will use power save mode In this mode when vehicle is not used device will enter power save regime and device will use reduced amount of energy from vehicle accumulator At the same time positions statuses are not...
Page 35: ... numbers are enetered in simple form ordinal phone number Phones registered as 1 2 3 are predefined to receive SMS notification if SMS alarm or SMS panic notification parameters are set to value 1 Phones registered as 4 5 to 100 can only voice call the FoxLite and receive SMS message including current postion and vehicle status ...
Page 36: ...server following options should be enabled and setup SIM card used in FoxLite device must have enabled incomming voice calls Server Phone Number must be setup Server command port must be setup When FoxLite device connects to server for command read it will send following sequence STXvehicleIdETX where STX 0x02 and ETX 0x03 vehicleId is vehicle ID in ASCII format example sequence for vehicle with I...
Page 37: ... you want to register as Server Phone Number send SMS message containing Server number activation code to FoxLite device phone number activation code is located on the FoxLite pack If the activation code was correct you will receive the following massage The server number phone number that you have sent password from has been successfully registered From now on you can use this phone number to con...
Page 38: ...nal string format int PR phoneNum Delete telephone number from phone book by phone number phone number string format int or 0int ACT string Configure auto command time min string format int 2 or 0 reset AP string Set firmware update password KL 0 or 1 Configure GPRS connection keep alive option ST string Configure TCP socket timeout s string format int 0 or 60 TO string Maximum time period for pos...
Page 39: ...off 1 GPS turned on UF9 0 or 1 Wake up on digital input change enable CS 0 or 1 Enable sending position when contact key is off MP 0 or 1 Configure send max speed between two GPS position RN string Record user note in the FoxLite device KM 1 or 2 Configure speed data format 1 knots 2 km h PN 0 or 1 Configure SMS panic send option AIA int Analog input attenuation string format 0 int 100 SPR 0 or 1 ...
Page 40: ...ands are not Case Sensitive RP This command will read all parameters in 5 sms messages ID IP FA PD PC GU GP GA GS MO CP KL ACT SP TO DT MT MA MS MD GC SE SC ES RE LM LP LT SA XS io1 io2 io3 io4 io5 i1 i2 i3 i4 i5 USA USC UF1 UF8 UF9 UP4 UP5 UP 6 UP7 UPA UT2 UT5 TOR MTR MAR MSR MDR SER ACTR LMR LPR LTR DTR SPR C S AIA CI MP KM PN ST FF GE RP Command Code Command Code Command Code this command will ...
Page 41: ...e FD This command will return FoxLite debug information response is only via SMS ID IP PD GU GP GA CP RE LM LMR NL UF1 V ad battery value N GSM net ID S GSM signal quality B buffer log size L flash log size GPS fix number number of satelites estimated HDOP error D date time ...
Page 42: ...value from 0 tо 2450 W time in seconds until automatic GPS module reset Reset occures in case that GPS module doesn t send any data for more than 15sec In normal conditions this parameter should have value from 13 to 15 sec P time to power save or time to wakeup Time format is Xmm ss X represent working status a active s sleep t tranzit from active to sleep or from sleep to active I input pins sta...
Page 43: ...est mоde GPS data validity GPS There are 3 parameters that describe quality of GPS data Fix number can have values 1 2 or 3 where 1 is no fix 2 is 2D fix and 3 is 3D fix Number of satelites shows how many satelites are used for getting GPS position This number can have values from 0 to 12 Greater number of satelites indicates more acurate GPS position Estimated HDOP error can have values from 1 mi...
Page 44: ...ding to this parameter it could be checked if RPM measurement functions properly and if the impulse number per rotation is set properly If RPM measured by FoxLite device is bigger than the one displayed on the meter for RPM in the vehicle then the parameter impulse number per rotation should be proportionally increased and vice versa This parameter value can be within range from 1 tо 100 values 1 ...
Page 45: ...put disabled GP input_2 state 1 on 0 off x input disabled GP input_1 alarm state 1 on 0 off x input disabled Contact input state 1 on 0 off note input for contact key is time delayed so change in test mode can occur one or two seconds after input state change 11 14 Test Mode Output Pins State This message shows output pin states If output pin is enabled and state is high corresponding bit in messa...
Page 46: ... device will remain without power and generate Accu low event after switching on if battery is exhausted device will perfor full start up which last for 30s more than regular wake up after switching on if battery is exhausted every GPS start up will be cold start up 12 3 Setting up panic button To set panic button first select GP digital inpust pin to use If you select GP1 GP2 GP4 with negative tr...
Page 47: ...060 input Panic 1070 input Engine block 2050 output 12 7 Frequently asked questions Q Which SMS command do I send to block deblock engine A If you connect and configure device considering chapter 12 4 then send So0 1 to block and So0 0 to deblock engine Q Why my device resets A After first start device will reset to sychronize time in real time clock After changing certain parameters device restar...
Page 48: ...FoxLite2 0 Instalation Manual 48 A Default password is 123456789 ...
Page 49: ...s 1 for high logic state VIH 2 25V Maximum voltage on input pins 1 for low logic state VIL 1 75V Pin 1 have pull up 100k to AccV 13 3 Impulse Inputs Features Impulse inputs number 1 RPM Impulse minimum voltage on input for engine RPM measurement 2 2V Maximum voltage of pause between input impulse for RPM measurement 0 8V Minimum duration of impulse on engine RPM measurement input 62 5us Maximum pa...
Page 50: ...ge GPS data format on device Serial port NMEA RMC GSA 13 8 Electric Power Consumption and Operation Autonomy Peak electric power consumption on VDD 12V 500mA Nominal electric power consumption on VDD 12V 50mA Minimal electric power consumption in power save mode on VDD 12V LED off 10mA Maximal electric power consumption in power save mode on VDD 12V LED off 30mA Operation autonomy with built in Li...
