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ÜberTracker User Guide
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Configuration
Note: Read this entire section before attempting to
configure the ÜberTracker.
To configure the ÜberTracker, you will need a computer running a
terminal emulator (Hyperterminal, Teraterm, etc), a serial cable (or
USB to serial), and you will need to provide the ÜberTracker with
a power source. If installing in a car or truck, it may be easiest to
do this with a laptop inside the vehicle.
First, remove the 4 screws that retain the top of the ÜberTracker case
and pull off the top. In the corner by the power switch, you will find a
small female header. Plug the programming adapter into this port as
shown. Figure 4 shows the switch on the programming adapter in the
programming position (toward the center, indicated by an arrow and
the text “prog”). For configuration, set the switch in the other direction
(toward the outside of the programming adapter).
Connect the programming adapter to your serial cable and your
cable into your computer. Open up your terminal emulator to the
port you’ve connected to and set it up for 38400 baud, 8-bit data,
no parity, one stop bit and no flow control.
Now turn on your ÜberTracker. In the terminal window, you will see
the following information:
Interval = 10
Logs = 3
GPRS_fail = 0
Mode = 1
Remote Address = Blank
Remote Port = 0
Email Address = Blank
The ÜberTracker will now wait for 5 seconds for the user to press
their space bar to access the configuration menu. If the space bar
is not pressed in that time, the unit will go into regular operation.
Note:
It is important that the ÜberTracker DOES NOT run regular
operations with the serial adapter plugged in. The COM port that is
used is shared with the GM862 cell module. Port conflicts will occur
if the programming adapter is plugged in and the cellular module
becomes active, as indicated by the flashing green status LED.
Under default conditions, the user would have to wait 30 minutes
for this to occur. Nonetheless, the user must be aware that this is
a possibility and take care to avoid the condition.
At this point, press the space bar and the configuration menu will
be displayed in the terminal window (exact firmware version and
date subject to change without notice):
ÜberTracker, Firmware Version 1.0, 11/29/07,
WAAS Enabled
1) Change GPS lock interval, currently 10
minutes
2) Change number of logs per Email/GPRS
report, currently 3
3) Reset failure log
4) Change remote server address, currently
Blank
5) Change remote server port, currently 0
6) Change mode, currently email, Google
Maps links
7) Change email address, currently Blank
9) Save and exit
Description of the Configuration Menu Items
1) Change GPS lock interval
Pressing “1” will allow you to change the frequency with which the
ÜberTracker gets GPS fixes. This number is in minutes, and can be
set from 1 to 1440 minutes (1 day).
2) Change number of logs per report
Pressing “2” will allow you to change the number of GPS fixes that
are contained within each report, between 1 and 6. This setting
combined with the lock interval setting will determine how often
the ÜberTracker will report. For example, the default settings are
10 minutes for lock interval and 3 fixes per report, which means
that the unit will report every 30 minutes. This setting allows the
ÜberTracker to report as often as every minute, or as infrequently
as once in six days.
Figure 3: Programming Adapter
Figure 4: ÜberTracker with top off
