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AT210 Vehicle Tracking Device 

 

User Guide 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Version: 

2.9 

Date:  

July 2016 

 

 

Summary of Contents for AT210

Page 1: ...AT210 Vehicle Tracking Device User Guide Version 2 9 Date July 2016 ...

Page 2: ... part of TCP IP LED Light Emitting Diode MEMS Micro Electro Mechanical System NMEA National Marine Electronics Association defined a GPS output format OTA Over the Air remote configuration of devices PC Personal Computer PCB Printed Circuit Board PDU Protocol Description Unit describes a binary SMS format RFID Radio Frequency Identification SIM Subscriber Identity Module SMS Short Message Service ...

Page 3: ...aling when mated Features The main features of the AT210 are highlighted below Compact size approximately cigarette box dimensions IP67 sealing Cortex M3 ARM Processor SiRFstar IV GPS 163dBm sensitivity and anti jamming feature Telit GE865 QUAD band GSM GPRS modem Internal GSM antenna ceramic PIFA type Internal GPS antenna 25mm ceramic patch optional external antenna Low power consumption near zer...

Page 4: ...nal self resetting fuse Internal Battery 3 7V 450mAh lithium optional Battery Life 5 hours continuous operation 4 days operation in hourly update mode Data transfer modes GPRS TCP UDP Inputs outputs 2 digital inputs 1 digital output low side MOSFET switch RS232 serial port ADC input 5 0V range iButton input Driver ID iButton Current consumption 25mA 13 8 VDC typical 4mA sleep mode without battery ...

Page 5: ...Hardware Description Overall Dimensions 77 x 71 x 32 mm Back up battery Each AT210 is supplied with a 450mAh back up battery which is fixed to the PCB and connected as shown below ...

Page 6: ...tions please see page 7 Power requirements The AT210 operates from a DC Voltage between 7 and 36 Volts We recommend that a permanent live power source is used to supply the AT210 If current drain is of concern please refer to the power management section for options to minimise vehicle battery drain when stationary for long periods External GPS antenna optional The AT210 has an internal GPS antenn...

Page 7: ...e enclosure cover please ensure that both clips are snapped into place to guarantee IP67 sealing Note that the GPS antenna faces the top of the enclosure with the slots Ensure that the PCB is aligned with the guide slots inside the enclosure and carefully push in until the clips are fully engaged Mounting The AT210 can be secured to a flat surface with double sided foam adhesive tape screwed in pl...

Page 8: ...s is essential to prevent any damage through fault scenarios Analogue to Digital Converter ADC Input The ADC input can be used to measure analogue voltages up to 5 0V maximum External scaling can be used to measure higher voltages if necessary Integrated Accelerometer s The AT210 has a built in 3 axis MEMS accelerometer that operates in the range 2g and is used to measure driver behaviour accelera...

Page 9: ...age Temperature 40 85 C Operating Temperature without battery 20 60 C Operating Temperature with battery 0 45 C Typical Power Consumption Operating Mode Current 13 8V Current 27 6V Power Consumption Fully Operational 25mA 14mA 400mW Battery charging 500mA 275mA 7W Sleep no battery 0 5mA 0 3mA 7mW Sleep with battery 10uA 10uA 0 1mW Environmental Specifications Parameter Specification Storage temper...

Page 10: ...closed in are optional arguments Response Format Each command will result in one response by the same mode as the command was received For multiple commands see the section Multiple Command Response Format The format of an individual response message is as follows AAAA status CR LF Where status is one of the following values UN Unknown Command OK Command Completed Successfully ER Command Failed Er...

Page 11: ...can all be used over SMS UDP or TCP sockets The response will always be returned by the same mode as the command is received so commands submitted by SMS will be responded to by SMS to the sender s phone number Note that the sender s telephone number must be disclosed for the response to succeed When sending commands over TCP UDP sockets please do not include carriage return CR or line feed LF cha...

Page 12: ... be entered without the port number Alternatively a hostname can be accepted for the IPAD parameter in which case the GPRS network service provider will provide the DNS look up to resolve the hostname to an IP address Maximum hostname length is 64 characters NOTE IP address should be entered WITHOUT LEADING ZEROS TCP Host Port Number PORT1 The port number for the TCP host as required for GPRS mode...

Page 13: ...m text messages are sent for external power loss and low external power supply input less than the level defined by CPWR Configure Power Monitoring CPWR This command sets the conditions for sending external power alarms CPWR low_external_voltage_level low_external_voltage_delay external_power_event_d elay The voltage level can specified with decimal places e g 11 5 The delays are in seconds When e...

Page 14: ... wake set disable_gps_on_timed_wake to 1 Journey Timed Message Interval JTIM This parameter defines the maximum time interval between position update reports whilst in a journey The journey mode is dictated by the IGNM setting as below IGNM Journey Detection Method 0 GPS speed 1 Digital input 1 2 Digital input 1 3 External Voltage The appropriate value for Journey Timed Interval will depend on the...

Page 15: ..._source low_power_mode where ignition_source is one from the above table 1 and 2 being the same Default is 1 If low_power_mode is 0 then power down is disabled and if it is 1 then power down is enabled Power down mode is automatically enabled when ignition_source is set to 2 In other ignition_source modes low_power_mode is disabled by default but it can be enabled by specifying a value of 1 when s...

Page 16: ...t will indicate that the location is network based in addition to invalid GPS Driver ID Configuration DRIC Command to configure driver ID source authorisation reporting and timeouts DRIC driver_id_source reminder confirm report_all immobilise validity_timeout_secs auth_timeout_secs imob_output_state server_authorisation allow_manual_imob_override reminder_timeout_sec where driver_id_source 0 none ...

Page 17: ... Default is 2 DBUG level Information displayed 0 Only NMEA output on serial port 1 1 Display errors only 2 Display normal diagnostic information 3 Display extended diagnostic information 4 Display maximum diagnostic information OTA Programming PIN Code PASS OTA PIN code feature which can be used to prevent unauthorised reconfiguration by SMS The PIN code is specified using the PASS command The PAS...

Page 18: ...ult ACMY and DCMY is 50 Example ACMY 35 set cornering accel threshold at 3 5 m s s DCMY 45 set cornering decel threshold at 4 5 m s s Collision Event Threshold COLN This parameter defines the acceleration deceleration threshold on any axis to be classified as a collision event COLN specifies the threshold in m s s 10 integer format Default is 100 Device Orientation ORTN This parameter defines the ...

Page 19: ...from the last ignition off position that will trigger a tow alert 0 disables distance check 100 65535 default 500 speed_kmh speed threshold to trigger a tow alert The speed must exceed the threshold for the time in the speed_seconds field to trigger an alert 0 disables speed check 20 65535 default 50 speed_seconds time for which the speed must be above the threshold in the field speed_kmh to trigg...

Page 20: ...ed Examples CDOP 1 2 use digital output 1 for Reminder Default settings for CDOP are CDOP 1 1 Note applications can be assigned to only one digital output If an application has been assigned to a digital output and then later assigned to a different one the previous assignment will be set to zero not assigned Please refer to the driver behaviour application note and DB001 data sheet for details of...

Page 21: ...Accelerometer Wake up Interrupt Configuration MEMS This parameter allows the configuration of the criteria to determine if motion has been detected If so an accelerometer based wake up interruption will be generated waking the device from sleep The accelerometer has two modes for detecting motion Single click detection and Double click detection In single click detection mode a trigger is generate...

Page 22: ...esholds Z axis 2g Y axis 3g and X axis 5g Time limit 25 ms latency 100 ms and window 20ms latency and window not relevant for single click detection Immobilise IMOB Set digital output for purposes of vehicle immobilisation giving the option of making the activation conditional on vehicle ignition statusand speed to ensure safe immobilisation When this command is used the output will remain in the ...

Page 23: ... read i e not currently in the whitelist the device will query the host server for approval to accept the new iButton This process should take approximately 10 seconds iButtons approved by the host will be added to the whitelist and when presented again in the future they will be immediately authorised by the device iButtons that are declined will not be added to the whitelist and will not allow t...

Page 24: ... code serial number Host request to add iButton to declined list DRID VERIFY hours Host request to set the device whitelist verification period 0 65535 0 disables the request For example DRID AT110 CHECK 351777042187300 01 0000125408C9 Restore Factory Default Settings FACT Resets all parameters to factory defaults or client defaults as built into the device firmware When using this command please ...

Page 25: ...brate DIAG 6 check battery and ext voltage and debug to RS232 DIAG 7 recalibrate accelerometer at rest values DIAG 8 RESERVED DIAG 9 RESERVED Erase Stored Reports ELOG Erase stored reports from non volatile flash memory If no argument is specified all reported will be deleted otherwise the specified number will be deleted oldest first Non Volatile Set NVST Initialise runtime and lifetime odometer ...

Page 26: ... not provide any message buffering or communication retries etc and hence it is not recommended for operation applications Device Shutdown SHDN This sets the device to sleep mode and turns off the immobiliser output for a specified number of minutes or indefinitely SHDN minutes Where minutes is in the range 1 to 65535 The minutes parameter is optional and if it is omitted the shutdown is indefinit...

Page 27: ...PRS status availability OK ERR or N A if errors in any above status e g GPRS OK 98 9 APN connection status OK ERR or N A if errors in any above status e g APN OK 10 TCP socket status OK ERR or N A if errors in any above status e g SKT OK 11 TCP ack status OK ERR or N A if errors in any above status e g ACK OK 12 Ignition inactivity OK or ERR e g IGN OK current state of IGN 13 Immobilisation output...

Page 28: ...em has failed to open a socket on the specified IP address and port number Can be caused by incorrect TCP address settings IPAD PORT a fault at the host server or even wider internet problems If necessary re configure the IPAD PORT using the commands IPAD ip or hostname PORT port number Modem TCP acknowledgment Error This indicates that the device can proceed all the way to open a socket and deliv...

Page 29: ...d reporting interval minutes Integer STIM stationary timed report interval minutes Integer ITIM idling timed report interval minutes Integer IDLE idle mode start threshold seconds Integer STPD stop report delay seconds Integer OSST overspeed threshold kmh Integer OSHT overspeed hold time sec Integer OSIT overspeed inhibit time sec Integer MODE GSM reporting mode Integer PROT reporting protocol Int...

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