8/18/2021
LMU-2600 Hardware & Installation Guide - PULS Wiki
https://puls.calamp.com/wiki/LMU-2600_Hardware_%26_Installation_Guide
2/44
You have some experience with installing equipment in vehicles
You are familiar with the use of AT Commands
You are familiar with the use of terminal programs such as HyperTerminal or PuTTY
1.3 About CalAmp
CalAmp is a leading provider of wireless communications products that enable anytime/anywhere access to
critical information, data and entertainment content. With comprehensive capabilities ranging from product
design and development through volume production, CalAmp delivers cost-effective high quality solutions to
a broad array of customers and end markets. The Company also provides wireless data communication
solutions for the telemetry and asset tracking markets, private wireless networks, public safety
communications and critical infrastructure and process control applications. For additional information, please
visit the Company’s website at www.calamp.com (http://www.calamp.com/) .
1.4 About the CalAmp Location Messaging Unit-LMU-2600™
The CalAmp Location and Messaging Unit-LMU-2600™ (LMU-2600™) is a mobile device that resides in
private, commercial or government vehicles. The LMU-2600™ is a single box enclosure incorporating a
processor, a GPS receiver, a wireless data modem, and a vehicle-rated power supply. The LMU-2600™ also
supports inputs and outputs to monitor and react to the vehicular environment and/or driver actions.
Flexibility
The LMU-2600™ features CalAmp's industry leading advanced on-board alert engine that monitors vehicle
conditions giving you the most flexible tracking device in its class. The PEG™ (Programmable Event
Generator) application supports hundreds of customized exception-based rules to help meet customers'
dynamic requirements. Customers can modify the behavior of the device to meet with a range of applications
preprogrammed before shipment or in the field. Combining affordability and device intelligence with your
unique application can give you distinct advantages over your competition.
Over-the-Air Serviceability
The LMU-2600™ also incorporates CalAmp's industry leading over-the-air device management and
maintenance system software, PULS™ (Programming, Updates, and Logistics System). Configuration
parameters, PEG rules, and firmware can all be updated over the air. Our web-based maintenance server,
PULS™ scripts, and firmware, can all be updated over-the-air. PULS™ offers out-of-the-box hands free
configuration and automatic post-installation upgrades. You can also monitor unit health status across your
customers' fleets to quickly identify issues before they become expensive problems.
2 System Overview
2.1 Overview
The entire purpose behind a fleet management system is to be able to remotely contact a vehicle, determine its
location or status, and do something meaningful with that information. This could include displaying the
vehicle location on a map, performing an address look-up, providing real-time driving directions, updating the
vehicles ETA, monitoring vehicle and driver status or dispatching the vehicle to its next pick up.
These functions, of course, are completely dependent on the capabilities of the vehicle management
application. The role of the CalAmp LMU-2600™ is to deliver the location information when and where it is
