Sailor H412 User & Installation Manual - Iridium Tracking System
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Iridium Tracking System
With the Iridium Tracking System the SSAS control unit can send
information about the ships position. There are two ways to get the
position information:
Automatic ITS
Automatic ITS mode is set and enabled at the configuration page. In
this mode the SSAS unit will send periodical tracking messages. The
period between messages can be set from 1x5 minutes to 255x5
minutes.
ITS request
It is possible to send an SMS to the SSAS control unit to request
position information.
Send an SMS or Email to the Iridium terminal using the phone
number on the SIM card. The SMS or Email message shall contain
the following:
ITSREQ,
Where the password is an 1 to 8 digit code free of choice. The
password is set at the configuration page. Use capital letters.
Example:
ITSREQ,77347562
When the SSAS unit receives the ITS request message with a valid
password the SSAS control unit will send one message with position
information.
The recipients of ITS messages shall be entered at the configuration
page. It is possible to send both to an Iridium telephone number and
to an Email address.
Notice:
The ITS message will be send only to the recipient listed in the
configuration page. It will not reply to the sender if this is different
from the listed recipients.
Connecting a PC
When the Iridium SSAS Box is in normal mode the data interface of
the Iridium transceiver can be used for various data applications, e.g.
running the SMS PC client.
Connect a computer with a standard 9 pole RS232 serial cable to the
PC port on the Iridium SSAS Box. Set PC com port to 19200 baud
.
The Iridium SSAS Box will sense the data communication on the PC
port and enter a transparent mode where it will forward any data to
and from the Iridium transceiver.
In case the alert is activated the data communication will be stopped.
Notice:
When a PC program uses the Iridium Transceiver as a modem via
the PC port on the SSAS control box the test mode can not be
started. The Iridium Tracking System will not be able automatically to
send neither position data nor requested position data.
Stop the PC program in order to enable the use of the test mode or
the Iridium Tracking System.