Device Manual
The history screen allows you to see the last 10 attempted position reports and their associated data
(time, lat, lon, altitude) and whether the reports were sent successfully over Iridium.
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Report Frequency
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Using this menu option the frequency of automatic position reporting can be viewed and set. Options
range from ‘Continuous’ which will obtain and send reports as quickly as possible, to 12-hours,
allowing for 2 automatic reports per day. There is also a BURST mode.
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Burst Settings
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Burst mode allows the device to collect many GPS reports, in order to get more accurate tracking
information, but to send them as a batch in order to keep airtime costs down. For example, the device
can collect a GPS fix every 5 seconds, and then transmit those positions once per minute.
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To set burst mode, in the Report Frequency you need to choose Burst. Then, in the Burst Settings
menu you can choose how often you wish to take a fix (Burst fix) and how often you wish to transmit
(Burst transmit).
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Note: This mode will use power more quickly than other tracking modes, since GPS is kept on all of the time.
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Although airtime costs are reduced using burst mode, depending on your settings you may use more
than 1 credit per transmission. 1 credit will pay for up to 3 positions inside a single fix. So, for
example, if you are taking a position every 5 minutes, and transmitting every 15 minutes (so 3 fixes
transmitted), this will cost 1 credit per transmission. If you take a position every 5 minutes, and
transmit every 30 minutes (so 6 fixes transmitted), this would cost 2 credits per transmission.
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Activity Sense
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Turning activity sense ON will mean that the tracker will switch between the normal ‘report
frequency’ when stationary, and transmitting using the ‘burst settings’ when moving.
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NOTE - THIS CAN COST SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF CREDITS, ONLY TURN THIS ON IF YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
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Activity sense can be particularly useful if you want to transmit whilst you are moving, and then
transmit at a much slower rate when you are not moving. For instance, tracking vehicles or aircraft.
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There are sensitivity levels inside the Activity Sense menu which are useful to tweak when the device
thinks it is ‘moving’ - this will depend on your exact situation, but we have found that setting both
options to ’24’ is a good start, and works for most situations.
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Alerts Menu
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Timer Alert
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This option allows you to set an alert message to be sent after a pre-defined interval. This is useful if
you would like to send an alert in the eventuality that you are not able to cancel the alert within a pre-
defined time. Timers can be chosen between 5-minutes to 12-hours.
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Dead Man’s Switch
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