Traqmate User Manual V1.0
June 14, 2005
Copyright © 2005 Track Systems Technologies, LLC
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Traqmate Basic
System Description
Traqmate Basic is the easiest form of data acquisition. You can literally just Velcro the unit into a
car and get very sophisticated results in a matter of minutes. Data is stored in Flash memory
inside the Sensor Unit and can be extracted through the COM serial port on the front panel of the
unit.
Controls
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Figure 7 - Sensor Unit Front and Rear Panel
The front panel contains a power switch button, four LED lighted indicators, and a
communications port.
PWR / REC –Power Switch Button
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Turns unit on - push button once, “PWR” LED goes on
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Turns Record on - push button while “PWR” LED is on and “REC” LED goes on; a
second push and the “REC” LED goes off
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Turns unit off - hold button down until “PWR” LED goes off
LED Light Displays
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“PWR” LED - lights green when power is on
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“REC” LED - lights red when Record is turned on
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“COM” LED - lights yellow when Communications is in progress on the COM port
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“GPS” LED - flashes red to indicate that you have obtained GPS coverage. The rate of
flashing indicates the sampling rate currently selected.
COM – Communications Port
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Plug the Traqmate Display Unit (DU) into the Sensor Unit
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Plug in a PC communications cable to download into Traqview
The back panel contains an auxiliary port, a GPS port, and a power port.
PWR – Power Port
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Plug in the cigarette lighter power adapter
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Plug in the power cable from the car battery power
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Plug in the battery pack power cable
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Plug in the AC adapter power cable
GPS – GPS Antenna Port
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Plug in the GPS antenna
AUX – Auxiliary Port
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Auxiliary connector port for digital and analog sensors (This feature will be available in
future releases.)
