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Manual is about: Vehicle/Asset Tracker

Summary of TR-151A

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    Tr-151a / tr-151e vehicle/asset tracker user manual version 0.9.4.

  • Page 2: Table of Content

    Tr-151 page 2 table of content 1. Introduction and features............................................................................................ 3 1.1 introduction ..........................................................................................................3 1.2 features ...........

  • Page 3: 1. Introduction and Features

    Tr-151 page 3 1. Introduction and features 1.1 introduction tr-151 is a durable and water resistant gps/gsm/gprs tracker. Users can install tr-151 on vehicles or assets for tracking. It can send out sms with its location (longitude and latitude) to user’s cell phone by gsm network or to personal com...

  • Page 4: 2. Specifications

    Tr-151 page 4 2. Specifications 2.1 hardware gsm module: tr-151a: siemens gsm 850/1800/1900 tr-151e: siemens gsm 900/1800/1900 gps chipset: sirf star iii lp chipset frequency: l1, 1575.42 mhz c/a code: 1.023 mhz chip rate channels: 20 channel all-in-view tracking horizontal position accuracy: 10 met...

  • Page 5: 3. Start-Up

    Tr-151 page 5 3. Start-up 3.1 accessories tr-151 ac charger usb cable battery car charger mounting bracket with magnet (optional).

  • Page 6

    Tr-151 page 6 3.2 install sim card and battery z use a coin or screwdriver to loosen the screw on back cover. Z lift up the back cover and remove it as the direction shown..

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    Tr-151 page 7 z push forward the cover of sim card slot to the position marked with “open”. Then lift up the cover. Z insert the sim card with its metal contacts facing down and the cut corner at the top left. Note: it is suggested to disable the sim pin protection function (asks sim pin entry while...

  • Page 8: 3.3 Charging The Battery

    Tr-151 page 8 3.3 charging the battery before you can use the tr-151, you must complete the following procedures: 1. Fully charge the battery. Before using tr-151 for the first time, please charge it by connecting it with ac power adapter under the power-off condition. (the included battery is speci...

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    Tr-151 page 9 3.4 tr-151 with magnetic holder z insert the tr-151 with the power button side facing out. Z push tr-151 into the holder until it clicks in position..

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    Tr-151 page 10 z there are 4 circular magnets on back of the magnetic holder for attaching tr-151 onto the metal material of vehicle or machine. Z to remove tr-151, slightly push outward the two sides of holder, and slide out the tr-151..

  • Page 11: 4. Hardware Overview

    Tr-151 page 11 4. Hardware overview 4.1 appearance (1) power button (2) sos button (3) indicators (4) usb connector (5) microphone (6) external antenna connector.

  • Page 12: 4.2 Button Description

    Tr-151 page 12 4.2 button description power button 1. Power on: press and hold the power button for 3-4 seconds. The status led will flash 2 times 2. Power off: press and hold the power button for 3-4 seconds. The status led will flash 1 time. 3. Enter parking mode: press the power button once to en...

  • Page 13: 4.3 Dip Switch

    Tr-151 page 13 y sleeping mode: led will flash slowly 60 times and then it enters sleeping mode. 4. Power led: z the led emits orange light when charger is plugged for charging the battery. Z the led goes off after the battery has been fully charged. Usb connector there are two functions of the usb ...

  • Page 14: Operation

    Tr-151 page 14 5. Tr-151 setup and call center operation 5.1 install the usb driver 1.) insert the driver cd into your cd-rom driver. 2.) autorun installation window will appear. 3.) click “install usb driver” button to install the usb driver. 4.) you will see two folders. If your windows is vista v...

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    Tr-151 page 15 5.2 install the call center program 1.) click “install pc software” button to install the call center program. 2.) follow the instruction to complete the installation process. 3.) after the installation is completed, you will see the icon “tr151-call center” appears on desktop. Double...

  • Page 16: 5.3 Call Center Menu

    Tr-151 page 16 5.3 call center menu.

  • Page 17

    Tr-151 page 17 menu item description file > exit close the call center program. Management > user information display the user (tr-151) information. You can setup up to 5 users in the call center. (each call center can manage up to 5 sets of tr-151.) management > user edit for deleting a user. The c...

  • Page 18: 5.4 Tr-151 Setup

    Tr-151 page 18 5.4 tr-151 setup 1. Connect the usb cable to tr-151 and the usb port on your pc. 2. Set dip switch 3 to “on” position. 3. Turn on the power of tr-151. The status led will emit red light indicating it has already entered the setup mode. 4. Start call center program. 5. Click device > t...

  • Page 19

    Tr-151 page 19 information: the basic information of tr-151 item description firmware version firmware version of tr-151 module imei international mobile equipment identity set time zone on: the sms returned by tr-151 will contain a local time. Off: the sms returned by tr-151 will contain a coordina...

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    Tr-151 page 20 default report mode setting item description default report mode user can configure tr-151 to perform the “default report mode”. There are 3 report modes: immediate report, period report, stop report (standby). When you select some report mode, the unavailable item will be disabled. A...

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    Tr-151 page 21 sleep return phone number the phone number for receiving sleep mode reporting sms gprs setting item description gprs port the communication port for connecting gprs network gprs apn the apn of gprs network station gprs user name the account for connecting gprs network gprs user passwo...

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    Tr-151 page 22 5.5 sms tracking commands and configuration for sms call center software developer you can connect one tr-151 to pc and use globalsat pc software call center to send sms tracking commands and sms configurations to control the other tr-151 which is outside on the road. It can help call...

  • Page 23: 6. Operating The Tr-151

    Tr-151 page 23 6. Operating the tr-151 6.1 turn on / turn off ● turn on: when the device is off, press the power button for 3~4 seconds to turn on the device. When the device is on, gps will do cold start to locate its position for the first time with the green gps led on. If location is fixed, the ...

  • Page 24: Note :

    Tr-151 page 24 6.2 tracking/monitoring tr-151 by sms user can send the following tracking commands to tr-151 to control the device. After tr-151 receives the command, tr-151 will enter the specific report mode. There are five report types: immediate report, period report, stop (standby), geofence an...

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    Tr-151 page 25 ► sms report functions _ immediate report immediate report : when tr151 receives the sms command, it will return a sms to confirm the receipt of command. Tr151 starts to get position fixed within the maximum gps fixing time. If it can not get fixed the position within the period of ti...

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    Tr-151 page 26 ► sms report functions _ period report period report : when tr151 receives the sms, it will return a sms to confirm the receipt of command. Tr151 starts to get position fixed. When the gps position is fixed, it will again return the position data, and continue to send back the data by...

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    Tr-151 page 27 ► sms report functions _ stop report stop report : when tr151 receives the sms, it will return a sms to confirm the receipt of command and stop all report modes and back to standby status. Report type format return message 2 stop ?2,imei,return_phone_number! ?2,imei,ok! The descriptio...

  • Page 28

    Tr-151 page 28 ► sms report functions _ gprs immediate report gprs immediate report : when tr151 receives the sms command, it will return a sms to confirm the receipt of command. Tr151 starts to get position fixed within the maximum gps fixing time. If it can not fix the position in the period of ti...

  • Page 29

    Tr-151 page 29 ► sms report functions _ gprs period report gprs period report : when tr151 receives the sms, it will return a sms to confirm the receipt of command. Tr151 starts to get position fixed. When the gps position is fixed, it will again return the position data, and continue to send back t...

  • Page 30

    Tr-151 page 30 6.3 tracking/monitoring tr-151 by gprs report type format note example tr-151 will return 0 immediate report $0,imei! *note1 $0,355632000166323! $ok! 1 period report $1,imei,sec! *note2 sec= 5~86400 $1,355632000166323,30! Report every 30 seconds $ok! 2 stop connect $2,imei! *note3 $2,...

  • Page 31: 6.4 Geofence

    Tr-151 page 31 6.4 geofence 1. Send sms command to make tr-151 enter into geofence mode. The content of the sms also includes the rectangular or circular areas defined by longitutes and latitudes, getting in the restricted areas or getting out the permissible areas to send alarm, time intervals of a...

  • Page 32

    Tr-151 page 32 note 1: user can set up to 10 rectangular or circular boundaries. Each sms contains one boundary setting. User can send numerous sms to complete one set of settings, including numerous rectangular or circular boundaries. For example, if user wants to set the boundary includes 2 rectan...

  • Page 33

    Tr-151 page 33 note 3: example: send one sms to setup geofence. Boundary includes one rectangle (two longitudes and two latitudes Æ e12128.1883,n2342.8117,e12129.2186,n2459.8915) when tr gets out boundary, it would send format1, 10 times, 120 sec interval, alarm message to 626123456. ?4,355632000166...

  • Page 34: 6.5 Voice Monitor Function

    Tr-151 page 34 6.5 voice monitor function 1. Send sms with imei and return phone number to tr-151 to enable voice monitor function. 2. Then tr-151 will call back. Report type format return message 6 voice monitor ?6,imei,return_phone_number! ?6,imei,ok! The description of sms format description ?6 s...

  • Page 35: 6.6. Parking Mode

    Tr-151 page 35 6.6. Parking mode use pc or sms to configure parameters: enable parking time, telephone number, time interval and number of report. While the device is powered on, press the power button to enter parking mode. The status led will flash specific times to indicate the parking mode is en...

  • Page 36

    Tr-151 page 36 6.8 the return format from tr-151 return sms format from tr-151 the data format is configurable in the sms tracking commands. The return data format can be following two formats. Format0 is for general end users who send sms commands to tr-151 by their cell phone or pda phone. This fo...

  • Page 37

    Tr-151 page 37 format of return gprs from tr-151 format: command_head,imei,status,gps_fix,date,time,longitude,latitude,altitude,speed,headin g,number of satellites in use,hdop,command_end example: $355632000166323,1,1,040202,093633,e12129.2252,n2459.8891,00161,0.0100,147,07,2.4! Format value note co...

  • Page 38: 6.9 Sos Function

    Tr-151 page 38 6.9 sos function press the sos button, the status led will flash 3 times to indicate that the button is activated. Tr-151 will immediately send out emergency messages along with its gps report to 3 preset phone numbers..

  • Page 39: 6.10 Sms Configuration

    Tr-151 page 39 6.10 sms configuration user can configure following parameters into tr-151 by sms. There are four parts setting as below. Z sms default return phone number z maximum gps fixing time z default report mode setting z sos numbers report type format return message sms default return phone ...

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    Tr-151 page 40 return_phone_number: tr-151 will send confirmed message back to this return_phone_number . If user let return_phone_number be empty, tr-151 will send report back to smsdefaultreturnphonenumber . If return_phone_number and smsdefaultreturnphonenumber are both empty, tr-151 will send re...

  • Page 41

    Tr-151 page 41 ► sms configuration _ sms default return phone number report type format return message sms default return phone number ?7,imei,1,enable_smsdefaultreturnphonenumber, smsdefaultreturnphonenumber,return_phone_number! ?7,imei,ok! The description of sms format description ?7 start sign an...

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    Tr-151 page 42 ► sms configuration _ maximum gps fixing time report type format return message maximum gps fixing time ?7,imei,2,maximum_gps_fixing_time, return_phone_number! ?7,imei,ok! The description of sms format description ?7 start sign and function code imei imei of tr 2 setting code for maxi...

  • Page 43

    Tr-151 page 43 ► sms configuration _ default report mode setting report type format return message default report mode setting ?7,imei,3,default_report_mode,report_interval, number_of_reports,report_format, returnphonennumberfordefaultreportmode, return_phone_number! ?7,imei,ok! The description of s...

  • Page 44

    Tr-151 page 44 ► sms configuration _ sos numbers report type format return message sos numbers ?7,imei,4,sos1,sos2,sos3,return_phone_number! ?7,imei,ok! The description of sms format description ?7 start sign and function code imei imei of tr 4 setting code for sos numbers sos sos numbers return_pho...

  • Page 45

    Tr-151 page 45 ► sms configuration _ parking setting report type format return message parking setting ?7,imei,5,park_time,park_interval,park_number_of_rep orts,sensitivity,park_return_number,return_phone_num ber! ?7,imei,ok! The description of sms format description ?7 start sign and function code ...

  • Page 46

    Tr-151 page 46 ► sms configuration _ sleeping setting report type format return message sleeping setting 7,imei,6,sleep_time,sleep_interval,sleep_number_o f_reports,sensitivity,sleep_return_number,return_ phone_number! ?7,imei,ok! The description of sms format description ?7 start sign and function ...

  • Page 47

    Tr-151 page 47 ► sms configuration _ gprs setting report type format return message gprs setting ?7,imei,7,port,apn,gprs_name,gprs_pwd,dns1,dns2, host_name,return_phone_number! ?7,imei,ok! The description of sms format description ?7 start sign and function code imei imei of tr 7 setting code for gp...

  • Page 48

    Tr-151 page 48 note: tr-151 is designed for vehicle and asset for tracking purpose, not for carried by people..