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Document No.:

270-UM-002

Document Type:

User Manual

Security Level:

Open

StarFinder Aire Operation Manual

Version 1.0

Dec. 5, 2015

(Preliminary)

Copyright Laipac Technology Inc.

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Summary of Contents for StarFinder Aire

Page 1: ...Document No 270 UM 002 Document Type User Manual Security Level Open StarFinder Aire Operation Manual Version 1 0 Dec 5 2015 Preliminary Copyright Laipac Technology Inc ...

Page 2: ... Inc 20 Mural Street Unit 5 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1K3 Canada Tel 905 762 1228 Fax 905 763 1737 E mail info laipac com http www laipac com 2 Release History Revision Date Content 1 0 2015 12 05 It is initial release ...

Page 3: ... 2 2 2 Installation of SIM card 3 Installation of Utility Software 3 1 Introduction to LocationNowSuite 3 2 How to get utility software 3 3 Installation of utility software 4 Installation of USB driver 4 1 Installing USB driver on PC with Windows 7 8 Automatically 4 2 Installing USB driver on PC with Windows 7 Manually 4 2 1 Pre installation 4 2 2 Installation of USB driver 4 3 Check the installat...

Page 4: ...pac com 4 1 Introduction to StarFinder Aire SF Aire 1 1 Know about SF Aire Fig 1 1 1 to 1 1 3 show the locations and names of the major physical features with this product Fig 1 1 1 Top view of SF Aire Fig 1 1 2 Bottom view of SF Aire Connection cable LED indicators Connector of external GPS antenna Installation hole x 3 Door for SIM card installation ...

Page 5: ...dicators on SF Aire They are as below Battery Power LED indicator Red indicate if device has been powered on by built in battery or external DC power supply GPS status LED indicator Green indicate if device has located its position or not GSM status LED indicator Yellow indicate if device has connected to GSM network or not Mini USB Connector Micro SIM card receptacle Reset Button Battery Power LE...

Page 6: ...connect GSM network ON Flashing fast Connected to GSM network ON Flashing slowly Table 1 2 1 3 Connection cable and its signal definition No Signal Name Description Wire s colour 1 DC External DC power supply Red 2 GND Ground and External DC power supply Black 3 Output 1 Output port 1 connection Light green 4 Output 1 Output port 1 connection Pink 5 Output 2 Output port 2 connection Purple 6 Outpu...

Page 7: ...IE 9 browser and Adobe Flash Player 9 0 or above 4 Install the latest version of LocationNow Suite utility software 5 Connect SF Aire to the computer though a USB cable 6 Install USB driver on computer 7 Disconnect SF Aire with computer 8 Run utility 9 Connect it to the computer again 10 Utility will check the firmware version and remind if device should update its firmware 11 Configure the device...

Page 8: ...vice plan For a SIM card with data plan it should come with the following setting parameters GPRS APN The Access Point Name is used by your SIM card to connect to the GPRS network The Access Point is the carrier s server through which the traffic becomes converted from GSM to GPRS Internet traffic GPRS APN User Name The user name authorizes your SIM card to access your carrier s Access Point It co...

Page 9: ...il info laipac com http www laipac com 9 2 2 2 Installation of SIM card Follow the steps below to install the SIM card into SF Aire Step 1 Remove 2 screws on the door Step 2 Open the door Step 3 Install SIM card Step 4 Insert card into the receptacle Step 5 Push the card to the end Step 6 Close the door and tie 2 screws ...

Page 10: ...Player by using link below and install it on his computer http get adobe com flashplayer This Web based utility software package includes the following function parts 1 Management of data communication between computer and SF AIRE 2 Management of firmware version After completing the downloading and installation process of this package on user s computer whenever utility is running and SF Aire is ...

Page 11: ... package is a compressed file with suffix 7z or zip such as LocationNowSuiteWeb20141105 zip Decompress it to get the executable program LocationNowSuiteWeb20141105 exe 3 3 Installation of utility software Follow Setup Wizard instruction click Next step by step user can complete the installation of this utility software easily During installation it is suggested to select having an icon on user s c...

Page 12: ...B cable coming with SF AIRE 2 In most of case computer screen s bottom right corner can display hint bubble below It means SF AIRE s USB driver has been installed successfully Depending on computer it may appear other COM Port number here rather than COM5 such as COM 6 COM 9 Note User can refer to the method introduced in section 4 2 3 to check if this USB driver has been installed successfully If...

Page 13: ... Fax 905 763 1737 E mail info laipac com http www laipac com 13 4 2 Installing USB driver on computer with Windows 7 Manually 4 2 1 Pre installation Go to Start All Program LocationNowSuiteWeb Install Driver Then click mouse s right button to get menu below select Run as administrator Click Install ...

Page 14: ...ver software anyway 4 2 2 Installation of USB driver 1 Click to exit installation process 2 Reset your computer 3 Connect SF AIRE to computer through the USB cable If PC screen s bottom right corner displays hint bubble below it means SF AIRE s USB driver has been installed successfully Depending on computer it may appear other COM Port number here rather than COM5 such as COM 6 COM 9 ...

Page 15: ...Windows 7 user can follow the steps below to check if the requested USB driver has been installed on his computer successfully 1 Using mouse to select and click the Start icon on screen s bottom left corner 2 Moving mouse to point to Computer and right click the mouse to get a pop up window Moving mouse to point to Properties then click 3 Select and click Device Manager on screen s top left corner...

Page 16: ...r window a new item Port COM LPT will come out if using mouse to click the icon on left of this item it will generate a item labeled as Personal Tracer COMX 8 If user can see this item coming out and does not disappear it means the requested USB driver is installed successfully 9 If user is not able to see action described in step 7 and 8 or Personal Tracer COMX comes out and disappear he needs do...

Page 17: ...F AIRE Fig 5 1 Start Run LocationNowSuite Web utility Connect device to computer through Mini USB cable Utility will check the existing firmware version if it is not the latest one user will be asked to update this device s firmware Disconnect USB cable then connect it again Download the latest firmware to the device Start configuration of SF Aire Utility will download its latest version from Laip...

Page 18: ...date itself to its latest version Fig 5 2 is the cover page pay attention to its version Internet connection is always requested Fig 5 2 3 Connect device to computer through Mini USB cable coming with SF Aire Utility will check the application firmware version inside this connected device If the version is lower than the one latest issued by Laipac for this product utility will pop up a window sho...

Page 19: ...nd Hill Ontario L4B 1K3 Canada Tel 905 762 1228 Fax 905 763 1737 E mail info laipac com http www laipac com 19 Fig 5 3 4 If click Yes utility will get the latest firmware from the server site on Laipac through Internet and download it to device Fig 5 4 ...

Page 20: ... mail info laipac com http www laipac com 20 5 If updating process is done successfully computer s screen will shown Fig 5 5 Fig 5 5 6 Disconnect plug of USB cable from the Computer s USB port then plug into the same USB port Fig 5 6 is shown on screen It tells user his device is ready to do configuration now Fig 5 6 ...

Page 21: ...737 E mail info laipac com http www laipac com 21 6 Configuration Refer to Fig 5 6 click Proceed to set up user will enter into operation menu shown as below Fig 6 1 There are 5 sub menus SET UP SYSTEM I O APPLICATION FILE The follow sections will describe those settings and their function under those 5 sub menus ...

Page 22: ...Password It is authorized by the tracking service platform Both Device ID and Password are used by the tracking service platform for Managing device s access to the platform as well as tracking its position and working status Protecting the information exchanged between platform and device Management of the service platform GSM band This is for setting up the frequency that your GSM provider netwo...

Page 23: ...u are tracking service based on Short Message System rather than LocationNow SMS mode should be enabled It tells the device to transmit its information to another SMS device Fall Back Mode This section is used to decide how the device will react in the event there is no GSM coverage GPRS SMS In the event of GPRS communication is lost the device will automatically switch to SMS mode While GPRS beco...

Page 24: ...eted to the Access Point of GPRS network Check with your SIM Card provider for this item User Name It is authorized by your SIM card s provider in order to access the carrier s Access Point It could be blank in most of case Password It is authorized by your SIM card s provider in order to access carrier s Access Point It could be blank in most of case SERVER This is primary server which communicat...

Page 25: ...le to access back up server by means of domain name this IP address will be used by device Port 2 Port No combined with Static IP2 for communicating with device Note As a rule if both Domain Name 1a and Static IP 1 are set up device will try to communicate with primary server through its domain name first static IP second If the tracking service platform is with the back up server when both Domain...

Page 26: ... and seconds Waypoint per Report User also can specify how many waypoint messages will be included into a report sent to remote server In normal case one waypoint message per report is suggested By Distance Interval User can specify to how far to generate a waypoint message by distance value in kilometres miles or meters Note SF Aire is able to generate and send waypoint messages in both by time a...

Page 27: ...er Assistance Not available reserved by Laipac SMS Base Station The SMS Base Station Number is used when SF Aire is operating under SMS mode All of the waypoints and alert messages can be sent to a SMS device with this phone No such as cell phone or phone set Once this number is set up device only accepts the command sent by the SMS device with this number If leave it as blank device will accept c...

Page 28: ...a user defined date when his area starts its Daylight savings time DST End Date It is a user defined date when his area ends its daylight savings time 6 3 I O 6 3 1 I O Input INPUT 1 Input setting items allows user to activate Ignition or disable Disable the function related to the working status of vehicle s engine which has installed SF Aire Alert E Level when Ignition On Off This setting is use...

Page 29: ... activate and select the functionality related to each output All these two outputs are driven by their own individual internal relays and wired as Normally Open contact if user treats them as two individual switches Server sends switch on or switch off command to drive those internal relays in order to control the status of these 2 switches OUTPUT 1 User can enable or disable this output port by ...

Page 30: ...tage value is higher than High Level setting device will send out an alert message to server to remind server an Alert High event occurs Alert Low If input voltage value is lower than Low Level setting device will send out an alert message to server to remind server an Alert Low event occurs Alert High Low If input voltage is either higher than High Level or lower than Low Level setting device wil...

Page 31: ...remented value will be added to the Accumulator s current mileage value Starting Value It is defined b user and is recommended to match the odometer reading in the equipped vehicle From there user can specify the unit of distance being kilometers or miles and the mileage value will accumulate from there Mileage Alert This alert must be enabled before it can be used This alert will be sent to the r...

Page 32: ...ng status of vehicle s engine Active The Towing Alert must be enabled before it can be used Trigger Value User can set up the Trigger Value of G sensor As default it is 2Gs It is suggested that user to keep this recommended value in order to sense movement Accident Alert When device senses a high impact hit or a vehicle collision it can send an Accident Alert message to remote server Active The ac...

Page 33: ... setting 1 Select File Click Import default file 2 Theoretically speaking user can not make his device to work with the tracking service platform based on this default configuration User needs set up his own configuration 6 5 2 File Import file Following the steps below user can acquire a set of configuration from a saved configuration file on his computer 1 Select File Click Import default file 2...

Page 34: ...e under his selected folder on disk 1 Select Save file and use the windows file browser to find the folder here it is C StarFinder Aire 2 Type in the file name such as SF Aire Configuartion 1 in File name block then click Save 3 Now a file namely SF Aire Configuartion 1 cfg has been created under the folder C StarFinder Aire Note The functions of Save file and Import file provide a very efficiency...

Page 35: ...on inside of user s SF Aire To meet this kind of request Laipac has developed a special mechanism for SF Aire This mechanism is called access control With the help of this mechanism user can purposely create a special password on his own device Without the correct password un authorized person is not able to access this protected device by using LocationNow Suite utility software If user does want...

Page 36: ...re connect to polar of DC power supply b Black wire connect to polar of DC power supply 2 Picture below shows the position of built in GPS and GSM antennas inside of SF Aire Try to keep at least 50 cm or more clearance away GPS antenna and at least 20 cm or more clearance away GSM antenna The idea working environment for GPS antenna is shown below It will allow device to be very easy to receive st...

Page 37: ...ll Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel 905 762 1228 Fax 905 763 1737 E mail info laipac com http www laipac com 37 b When device is installed vertically it is better to have 90º and 180º open view to the sky as shown in the drawings below 90º open view 180º open view ...

Page 38: ... those key setting items related to the service platform and SF Aire The following settings are related to the service platform LocationNow com Device ID When user opens his account on this service platform he should be assigned a unique Device ID for his SF Aire it is serial No of this device also called it as IMEI No Password Also an authorized Password under his account it is 00000000 here Besi...

Page 39: ... 39 To meet his request here 1 Input 1 should be enabled as Ignition 2 Also Input 1 and Input 1 should be connected to the external circuit which being used to detect the engine s working status 6 2 Configuration on user s SF Aire Fig 6 2 1 to Fig 6 2 8 shows those key setting items to meet the request from his application case Fig 6 2 1 Fig 6 2 2 Fig 6 2 3 ...

Page 40: ...Laipac Technology Inc 20 Mural Street Unit 5 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel 905 762 1228 Fax 905 763 1737 E mail info laipac com http www laipac com 40 Fig 6 2 4 Fig 6 2 5 Fig 6 2 6 Fig 6 2 7 ...

Page 41: ...20 Mural Street Unit 5 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5 Canada Tel 905 762 1228 Fax 905 763 1737 E mail info laipac com http www laipac com 41 Fig 6 2 8 Note It is important to click button to save the configuration into device ...

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