Vehicle Tracking quick start guide
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Here you specify how the VTU will communicate with the Navigator software. There are three
way - serial cable (COM), GSM (modem), GPRS (TCP/IP).
COM
Select the
Port
to which the VTU is connected. If you have VTU008 leave the
Baud rate
at
38400, for VTU007 use 9600. It is best to leave
Byte size
,
Parity
and
Stop bits
unchanged at
8/No parity/1 stop bit.
Modem
From the drop down menu select which dial-up modem you want to use, and the type of dialing
(generally
tone
).
You can also set to
Disconnect automatically after
a set time in case Navigator and the VTU
connect but fail to communicate, and
Automatic redial attempts
to retry dialing in if connection
was unsuccessful.
TCP/IP
Here you must enter the address (
Server IP/Name
),
port
,
user name
and
password
for
communication via the Internet (GPRS). These will be supplied to you with your VTU008 unit.
Map
tab:
