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6. Set System Working Mode
This Tracker has 3 working mode, mode 1 is timing on off (default factory mode), mode 2 is keep working,
mode 3 is shock control.
Sending SMS “MODE*123456*X*Y” to the tracker, “MODE” is command, “123456” is the tracker
password, “X” is the working mode, it is 1 or 3, “Y” is the sleep time interval, from 01-99, unit is hour, only when
the X is 1, the Y is available, other wise there is no “*Y”, when the X is 2 or 3, the SMS will be
“MODE*123456*X”. after receive the command, the tracker will reply SMS “Working mode set to X (1 Timing
on off,2 keep working, 3 shock control)” . The working modes are described below:.
Mode 1 (Factory Default Mode) ------ Timing ON Off Mode
SMS is : MODE*123456*1*XX*YY*ZZ
This mode is the default working mode. under this mode, the tracker normally is powered off, and will
power on automatically according to the settings. After it wakes up, it will upload the the current location to
server, and then go to sleep again.
You can set the unit power on at the fixed time or the working frequency everyday.
“XX” stands for the interval time in hour. For example, 3 means the unit will 8 times everyday, and 12
means it work twice everyday.
“YY” stands for the fixed time when the unit will start working, in 24 hours.
“ZZ” stands for the local timezone.
For example:
“
MODE*123456*1*24
” means the unit will work once everyday, and it will start working at the time when it
is powered on at the first time.
“
MODE*123456*1*2*20*11
” means the unit will start working from
20:00
(at eastern
11
time zone), and
re-start working per
2
hours automatically, like
，
20:00, 22:00, 24:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00,
16:00, 18:00, 20:00.
“
MODE*123456*1*24*1*-6
” means the unit will start working from
1:00
(at western
6
time zone) everyday,
and restart working at this fixed time in the next day.
Under this mode the battery working time can be reached 3-5 years(Every day one time).
If the XX is lower than 24, the battery life would be short, lower and shorter.
Mode 2 ------ Keep working
SMS is : MODE*123456*2
Under this mode, the tracker will powered on all the time, if the tracker is moved or is triggered by shock
sensor, the tracker will locate and upload the location to the server by setting time interval, after the tracker
stop moving or no shock sensor trigger, the tracker will turn off GPS & GPRS, and stop upload location to
server, at this condition the tracker can receive the sms & calling.
