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Alopek, Inc
650 S Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
[email protected] 954-234-2397
©2007, Alopek, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use of the device outside of the specified voltage range may result in damage to
the device and/or undesirable results.
Please follow the specifications as listed in the table below. Alopek, Inc is not
liable for damage to the V-TRACK caused due to user error.
V-Track (@ 12 Volts)
Average
Current
(mAmps
)
Peak Current
(Amps)
GSM 850 &
900
GSM
1TX/1RX
1RX
Idle
390 mA
180 mA
65
DCS 1800 & PCS 1900
GSM
1TX/1RX
1RX
Idle
400 mA
190 mA
55 mA
4 LED Operation
The V-track has three LED’s.
PWR
:
Indicates power to the modem. LED is on when power is turned on and the modem is
operational. LED is off when power is removed or when the modem enters low power mode.
User LED 1: This LED indicates GSM/GPRS registration status. LED state of OFF indicates that
the device is not attempting to register to the network. Blinking LED indicates that the device is
trying to connect to the network. LED always ON indicates that the device is attached to the
network.
User LED 2: This LED indicates GPS fix status. The LED remains in OFF state when invalid GPS
data is received. The LED remains ON when valid GPS data is received.
4.1 Software Operation
The V-track will act as follows:
It will send a position report every 30 seconds while the asset is in movement
It will send a position report every 1 hour while the asset is not in movement
The movement/ stop report rate is controlled by the GPS speed. This means that if the vehicle is
placed in a platform and GPS detects that the speed is greater than 1mph then the device will
automatically change the report rate.
For proper unit operation is imperative all power conections are done properly as per following
schematics:
