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SHOUT ts User Guide 

Version B 

March 11, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

451-92854-001 rev B 

 

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Page 1: ...020 by NAL Research Corporation 11100 Endeavor Ct Suite 300 Manassas Virginia 20109 USA Phone 703 392 1136 Email contact nalresearch com Powered by SHOUT ts User Guide Version B March 11 2022 451 9285...

Page 2: ...r trade practice use or related to the performance or nonperformance of any products accessories facilities or services or information except as expressly stated in this guide and or the Product and o...

Page 3: ...2 1 1 A 6 10 20 Added revision history Updated address Updated document number Updated content to match firmware version 2 2 3 Contact grouping v2 1 5 Map screen v2 2 0 Motion tab on Report Rate scree...

Page 4: ...revisions of the NAL documents are available from the NAL Research website at https www nalresearch com support documentation downloads Reference Title Revision Date 1 PECOS Message Definition Specifi...

Page 5: ...ox 19 2 8 Using the Slider Bar 19 2 9 Network Operation Center NOC 20 2 10Server for Trackers Software 20 2 11SatTerm Software 21 2 12Mapping NOC Server 21 3 Home Screen 22 3 1 Status Symbols 23 3 2 D...

Page 6: ...4 7 2 Chk Iridium 45 7 3 Test Rpt 45 7 4 Chk In 45 7 5 Map 46 7 6 Waypts 46 8 Settings Menu 48 8 1 Audio 48 8 2 Backlight 48 8 3 Calibrate 48 8 4 Contrast 49 8 5 Favorites 49 8 6 GPS 49 8 7 Language 5...

Page 7: ...pendix C Power Consumption 58 Appendix D Design Specifications 59 Mechanical Specifications 59 Electrical Specifications 59 Iridium Transceiver 59 GPS Receiver 59 Environmental Specifications Electron...

Page 8: ...Enter Emails 29 Figure 12 Choose Contacts 30 Figure 13 Choose Can d Msg and Enter Text Options 31 Figure 14 Select a Canned Message 31 Figure 15 Formatted Contact 33 Figure 16 Mailbox Check Rate 34 F...

Page 9: ...SHOUT ts User Guide Version B Document Number 451 92854 001B 9 of 62 TABLE OF TABLES Table 1 Status Symbols 23 Table 2 Standards Compliance 61...

Page 10: ...e access GMT Greenwich Mean Time GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System GPS Global Positioning System HACC Horizontal Accuracy HDOP Horizontal Dilution of Precision IC Industry Canada IMEI Internatio...

Page 11: ...mber 451 92854 001B 11 of 62 SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol TBR Time Between Reports TDD Time Division Duplex TDMA Time Division Multiple Access VDOP Vertical Dilution Of Precision USB Universal S...

Page 12: ...ng less than 110 A during sleep With an internal 1 95 A Hr rechargeable Li ion battery depending on the environmental conditions it can send a position report every ten minutes for more than ten days...

Page 13: ...for future reference Check In The SHOUT ts supports sending a quick check in message using a single key Man Down The SHOUT ts has an integrated motion sensor used to activate a man down situation Geof...

Page 14: ...device status during emergencies and tracking The guarded emergency button activates a dedicated emergency message sequence until cancelled by the user The USB Micro B port is for charging firmware u...

Page 15: ...pears when charging is complete The device can be safely operated and does not need to be turned off while charging The charging cycle completes quicker when the device is turned off While using the S...

Page 16: ...to be recalibrated periodically To do this open the Setting Calibrate menu Figure 3 Resistive Touchscreen 2 5 BASIC NAVIGATION Turn on the SHOUT ts by holding down the Power Back button for approxima...

Page 17: ...header bar indicates the remaining allowable number of characters that can be entered into the text box Figure 4 Keyboard Screen Use the keyboards to enter text inside the text box The recommended ha...

Page 18: ...tylus to accurately position the cursor over the character to be edited Holding and sliding a finger inside the text box prompts the device to display a segment of the text in the header bar as shown...

Page 19: ...onger than the screen can display a slider bar appears on the right hand side Hold and drag the slider with a fingertip to quickly scroll the list A slight finger movement either up or down makes the...

Page 20: ...ce A NOC can be a sophisticated central monitoring center equipped with servers connected to high speed networks A NOC can also be as simple as a handheld mobile device a laptop or a desktop attached...

Page 21: ...be carried out via SatTerm and a computer connected to the SHOUT ts For contacts and canned messages the SHOUT ts sends only short codes instead of the message body to a NOC server Short codes are th...

Page 22: ...clock against the GPS receiver 2 Enter a PIN if the device is set up with password protection Note NAL Research ships the SHOUT ts without password protection However if the Personal Identification N...

Page 23: ...epresents valid time and date fix Two bars represent 2D fix or dead reckoning Three bars represent 3D fix with HDOP higher than 2 0 Four bars represent 3D fix with HDOP less than 2 0 Although the SHOU...

Page 24: ...battery is not depleted and a valid position fix was previously acquired the SHOUT ts can recall the correct date and time The message Date Time unavailable is displayed when the SHOUT ts is unable t...

Page 25: ...out two seconds 2 Go to the Tracking Format menu to set the report format 3 Go to the Tracking Rpt Rate menu to set the reporting rate and turn tracking on The SHOUT ts is now in tracking mode and rea...

Page 26: ...symbol next to them Unread messages have a green closed envelope symbol A closed envelope symbol appears at the top of the screen when an unread message s is in the Inbox Go to the Settings Audio men...

Page 27: ...of priority and then by the oldest to the newest messages The symbol appears at the top of the screen when there is a queued or dequeued message s in the Outbox Failed messages can be deleted or rese...

Page 28: ...of the list 5 5 COMPOSE The Compose menu provides options to enter edit and send canned messages free text messages or a combination of canned and free text messages to 1 a NOC server 2 a predefined...

Page 29: ...ding the finger away to the top of the screen or bottom of the screen cancels this option 3 Choose Contacts a If Choose Contacts is selected and if contacts were entered with SatTerm a list of contact...

Page 30: ...il addresses and free text messages share the same memory space with a maximum allowable length of 309 characters Long email addresses and multiple email addresses reduce the number of characters avai...

Page 31: ...ars in the order they were entered with SatTerm Figure 14 Select a Canned Message b Tap a canned message to view the complete canned message c Tap Select to choose the message d Hold a finger inside t...

Page 32: ...ption is turned on then GPS location will be added to the message Messages with GPS location takes longer to complete because the SHOUT ts has to acquire a GPS fix 5 6 CONTACTS Contacts is an address...

Page 33: ...rom the SHOUT ts that is referenced to a specific contact the NAL Research s NOC server forwards the message to the email address listed on the second line of the contact Application developers can de...

Page 34: ...um link is enabled The Mbox Rate is used to set mailbox check rate time between mailbox checks and to enable mailbox check automatically Select either a predefined rate or a user defined rate with an...

Page 35: ...ult setting these messages do not have GPS information included Messages with GPS location attached can take longer to complete because the SHOUT ts has to acquire a GPS fix first Depending on the val...

Page 36: ...nu is dimmed for both tabs when tracking is disabled However even when tracking is disabled and the labels are dimmed you can still enter the report rate The On Off buttons enable disable the SHOUT ts...

Page 37: ...port transmission To avoid draining the battery unintentionally carry out frequent maintenance on the Outbox and delete unwanted failed messages The SHOUT ts logs and saves all position reports in its...

Page 38: ...lored for specific applications Geofence tracking works independently as a separate tracking mode or can be implemented along with standard tracking Setting geofence parameters is complex NAL Research...

Page 39: ...enabled the Geofences symbol at the top of the screen changes from dimmed gray to bright white The SHOUT ts immediately checks the GPS receiver to determine whether the device is inside an enabled fen...

Page 40: ...6 MAN DOWN The Man Down option allows you to set the options used by the Man Down Alert feature The Man Down Alert detects when the SHOUT ts is motionless for a configurable amount of time and trigge...

Page 41: ...three alerts can be selected Locator Alert Configurable audio alert that sounds until the Man Down Alert is disabled You can set the alert type from the Audio menu Start Emergency Starts emergency mod...

Page 42: ...e SHOUT ts default setting is to log and save all position reports in its circular memory You can turn off this feature with the Data Log menu When the SHOUT ts memory is full the oldest reports are o...

Page 43: ...SHOUT ts User Guide Version B Document Number 451 92854 001B 43 of 62 Turning the SHOUT ts off does not cancel the emergency mode You MUST select the Cancel 911 option to cancel the emergency...

Page 44: ...e position by observing the Horizontal Accuracy HACC HACC is measured in meters HACC is defined as the radius of a circle centered on the true value that contains the GPS measurement Thus a position f...

Page 45: ...determine if a valid fix is possible Once a valid fix is obtained the GPS receiver is turned off and the most recent 3D fix information is displayed on the screen This information called test report c...

Page 46: ...a Best Fit zoom which scales the map to fit the points on the screen The maximum zoom for this is limited to 5 000 km Figure 23 Map You can select a point from the list to view more detailed informat...

Page 47: ...ix c Label the point d Save the waypoint 3 Select the Label option to open a full keyboard to enter the waypoint label 4 Select Add to save the waypoint into the SHOUT ts nonvolatile memory for later...

Page 48: ...e All is on Use Preview to test the audio volume and sound before selecting 8 2 BACKLIGHT Use the Backlight option to set the period of inactivity after which the SHOUT ts turns the Liquid Crystal Dis...

Page 49: ...eiver By default Portable model is used this is suitable for most applications However for those requiring functionality at high altitudes speeds or accelerations select an alternate model Portable de...

Page 50: ...aximum velocity of 250 m sec maximum vertical velocity of 100 m sec sanity check type altitude maximum position deviation large Airborne 4g Only recommended for an extreme dynamic environment no 2D po...

Page 51: ...can be up to a four digit number Use the Access Control List ACL to set which menu icons are visible If a menu option is disabled in the ACL it is also removed from the favorites 8 12 TIME DATE Use th...

Page 52: ...t quickly a GPS fix may not be immediately available however the emergency indication flag will be set After sending the first three emergency reports the SHOUT ts reverts back to the default emergenc...

Page 53: ...ive seconds when the SHOUT ts sleeps It can be turned off to save power using Settings LED menu 9 3 TURNING OFF Turn off the SHOUT ts by holding the power On Off button for approximately two seconds A...

Page 54: ...request of an authorized user When PMS is enabled the Format menu has an additional option called PECOS as shown in Figure 26 below Figure 26 PECOS Option in Format Menu BREVITY With PMS enabled you...

Page 55: ...save a contact s via the keyboard The contact s can only have two fields Name and IMEI number MAP While in PECOS mode location update points are displayed in blue There is also an option to add a cont...

Page 56: ...ogram provided as part of the firmware download from the NAL Research website https www nalresearch com support documentation downloads Figure 28 Run Firmware Loader Program 2 With a USB cable attache...

Page 57: ...er 451 92854 001B 57 of 62 6 Wait for the programming to complete 7 A message box pops up indicating the loading is complete The new firmware is now loaded on the device It may take a few moments for...

Page 58: ...configured for report rate of more than two hours can only send 750 tracking reports Important Data presented here are only estimates and are highly dependent on the operating environment and antenna...

Page 59: ...us LED Screen 3 0 TFT 400 x 240 pixels ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS Main Input Voltage 5 0 VDC Peak Current 1 5 A 5 0 VDC Battery Type Lithium ion Battery Capacity 1 95 A Hr Charging Voltage USB 1 0 USB...

Page 60: ...140o F Operating Humidity 75 RH Storage Temperature 20o C to 60o C 4o F to 140o F Storage Humidity 93 RH ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS BATTERY Operating Temperature 20o C to 60o C 4o F to 140o F Opera...

Page 61: ...le 2 Standards Compliance Regulatory Approvals Radio Tests EMC Tests Mechanical Electrical Tests CE ETSI EN 301 441 V1 1 1 2000 05 ETSI EN 301 489 1 V1 4 1 2002 08 ETSI EN 301 489 20 V1 2 1 2002 11 EN...

Page 62: ...ailure to comply can result in the imposition of fines and penalties the loss of export privileges and termination of your contractual agreements with NAL Research The export and re export of NAL Rese...

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