Altox GSM-4 GPS User manual

O p e r a t i o n a l M a n u a l
ALTOX GSM-4 GPS
General Guide for Installation
- Install the device as far as possible from metal parts and wiring
harnesses.
- For better receiving of GPS-GLONASS signals direct the upper part of the
device casing to the windshield minding metal obstacles.
- Recommendation: connect device supply directly to the OBD-II connector
wires where pin 16 is +12В, pin 4 is GND (common).
- Analog output AN commutates at GND. It is used to start some heaters
using an analogous signal and to connect status LED located in the button
from the package.
- Auxiliary output OUT commutates at GND. It is used to connect a coolant
pump or the interior's heater via a power relay. It is switched on with the
delay (see SMS-command TIME2) after the heater is switched on. It is
switched off with the delay (see SMS-command TIME3) after the heater is
switched off.
- If you need to implement additional options of remote control of output
OUT (for example, to block engine remotely) activate setting SEPAROUT1.
It switches the output mode into manual control mode (SMS-commands:
ACTIVATE / DEACTIVATE).
In this mode setting KEEPOUT1 activates option to save and to
subsequently restore of output OUT state when the module's power supply
is switched off and then switched on, respectively.
Please indicate the place of ALTOX module's location in the vehicle for
possible maintenance:
Authorized Service:
Installation Date:
Altox

SMS Status Messages:
HEATER ON 30min - heater status and time until switching off
GSM (0-31): 28 - GSM receive signal level (not less than 10)
Voltage: 12.8V - car-system voltage
Output: off - auxiliary output OUT status
Specifications
LED
GSM-antenna
(adhesive tape)
GPS-antenna
(magnet)
LED status (in SIM card slot)
Solid - request to SIM card, searching for network connection
Slow blinking (once every 2 seconds) - waiting mode
Fast blinking (5 times every second) - establishing of GPRS/RING/SMS/USSD
Installing a Button to Switch on the Module
Make a Ø8mm hole in the plug or in another easily accessible for a driver
place. The button is connected in accordance with the color of the main
connector wires (key: Input IN - +12V, LED: output AN - resistor - +12V).
Note: if a non-latching button (FIXKEY1 setting) is used to switch heater on
heater will not be switched off automatically after time specified in TIME1.
General Information
Dear buyers of ALTOX equipment!
We thank you for purchasing a new ALTOX GSM-4 GPS device. This device
will provide you with great options to control your autonomous starting
parking heater.
You need a SIM card for your ALTOX device. It is recommended to use
special plans for M2M equipment.
Use
Using ALTOX system you can control your starting parking heater remotely
using a phone. ALTOX GSM-4 GPS device is equipped with in-built GPS-
GLONASS module which allows controlling the vehicle's location via a text
message (SMS), ALTOX HEATER mobile Internet app and via ALTOX SERVER
2.0 monitoring system in the real-time mode (TRACKING1 setting).
Control and Programming
You can start using your ALTOX module right after you have saved
authorized phone numbers in settings (3 cells: NUM1 / NUM2 / NUM3).
Saving of the first caller's phone number into cell NUM1 follows up
automatically (cell NUM1 should be empty).
To save other phone numbers use a text message instruction
NUMX:+YYYYYYY, where X is a number from 1 to 3, and +YYYYYYY is a
phone number.
To clear the cell send NUMX instruction without specifying a phone number.
There are the following control options:
- Outgoing voice call and DTMF commands;
- Outgoing text messages (SMS instructions);
- Mobile applications Thermo Call, HeaterRC or others;
- Direct control via a button in the car's interior;
- Via web interface of the mobile Internet app http://altox.ru/app
Управление исходящим вызовом
Call the phone number of the SIM card installed in the GSM module. The
phone number you are using to make a call should already be saved in the
device (see text messages SMS-commands). If the call is made using a
number that has not been saved in the ALTOX module, the connection with
the device will end without receiving a response signal. The working status
of the heater will not change.
If this setting is not active (CALL0), the call is dropped after a certain
number of ringing tones.
1 ringing tone - the heater switches on,
2 ringing tones - the heater switches off.
Red - Power Supply +12V (via fuse 1А)
Black - GND (Common)
Pink - Input IN (connection of the button)
Blue - Analog output AN (commutates at GND)
Grey - Auxiliary output OUT (commutates at GND)
Please deactivate PIN code request
before inserting a SIM Card!
Parameter
Value
Power Supply Voltage
10V - 28V
Standby Current
less than 35mA
Max Current for Auxiliary Output Terminals
150mA
Operating Temperature
from -40 to +80°С

After the response module for a voice call, you should enter a DTMF-
command by pressing a relevant tone button:
- Switching the autonomous heater ON/OFF – press 1.
- Request account balance – press 2.
- Request heater status – press 3.
After a minute the connection is dropped automatically.
The parking heater will be ON for the specified in settings time period
(TIME1), and additionally LED on the button installed in the car will be
activated.
Control via Button
The standard ALTOX equipment also includes a button (it is installed if
required in the car's interior). This button controls the heater and indicates
its current working status.
Control via Internet
This option allows controlling the heater in the real-time mode via
Internet-app ALTOX HEATER (http://altox.ru/app) using your phone's or
tablet's browser. Detailed recommendations on setting up the Internet-app
and switching the module to the GPRS mode can be found in the document
«Description of ALTOX HEATER Internet-application».
Attention! If you decide not to use the option of controlling the heater via
Internet after switching the module into the GPRS mode, you should switch
the GPRS mode off by sending a text message command «APN1:».
Control via SMS
Send a SMS-command to the phone number associated with the SIM card
installed in the module. Text message commands can be sent from any
phone number. If the password is set (PASS setting), then before entering
any command, you should include its value with no spaces (for example,
«1111START», where 1111 is password, START is an command).
When setting SEPAROUT1 is activated, the auxiliary output OUT is switched
into a manual control mode (to implement additional options).
Note: after the setting of the APN point, ALTOX module will switch into
GPRS mode. Internet traffic amounts to less than 3MB/month without
rounding off (TRACKING0), in TRACKING1 mode - less than 30MB/month.
Text SMS with General Settings:
T30,0,0 F0 - TIME1/2/3, FIXKEY0
P0 S0 K0 - PULSEOUT:0, SEPAROUT0, KEEPOUT0
S1:w0,v11.0 - SMSF1, SMSW0, SMSV:11.0
C1 P"" - CALL1, PASS: (up to 4 characters)
N1""/N2""/N3"" - NUM1, NUM2, NUM3 - phone numbers cells
B"*100#":10,5:1 - BAL:*100#, BTIMER1:10, BTIMER2:5, TRANSLIT1
Text SMS with ID and Internet Settings:
ID:12345678901234 - Unique Device Identificator
S"XXX.X.X.X","XXX" - SERVER1:XXX.X.X.X, SERVER2:XXX
G"apn","user","pass" - APN1:apn, APN2:user, APN3:pass
C3,2 P30,30, T0:10 - COUNT1/2, PING1/2, TRACKING0,TMOTION:10
F5,10,15,60 R90,90 - FREQ1/2/3/4, ROAM1/2
Text SMS with GSM Stations Data:
The text message contains 7 cells with data: N, MCC, MNC, LAC and CID.
N - number of cell from 0 to 6 (if a cell is empty, all fields have value 0),
MCC - country code, MNC - network code, LAC -local area code, CID - cell
ID. LAC and CID fields values are displayed in hexadecimal notation.
Internet Settings
Command
APN Access Point (ask your mobile provider)
APN1:internet
APN User Name (ask your mobile provider)
APN2:login
APN Password (ask your mobile provider)
APN3:password
Internet-application server's IP address
SERVER1:X.X.X.X
Internet-application server's port
SERVER2:XXX
Number of attempts to establish GPRS before reconnect
COUNT1:3
Number of attempts to establish TCP before reconnect
COUNT2:2
Ping frequency in home network, 1-99 sec
PING1:30
Ping frequency in roaming, 0-99 sec (0-OFF)
PING2:30
Tracking mode (committing routes to the system)
TRACKING1 /0
Settings for the TRACKING1 mode
Command
Switching threshold moving/parking, km/h
TMOTION:10
Transmission frequency in motion (0-50km/h), 1-99sec
FREQ1:5
Transmission frequency in motion (50-100km/h), 1-99s
FREQ2:10
Transmission frequency in motion (>100 km/h), 1-99sec
FREQ3:15
Transmission frequency when parked, 0-9999sec (0-OFF)
FREQ4:60
Transmission frequency in motion (roaming), 0-999sec
ROAM1:90
Transmission frequency when parked (roaming), 0-9999s
ROAM2:600
Auxiliary Output Control
Command
Switch ON only the auxiliary output OUT
ACTIVATE
Switch OFF only the auxiliary output OUT
DEACTIVATE
Heater Control
Command
Switch the heater ON (operation time from TIME1)
START
Switch the heater ON for a time period of ХХmin (10-120)
START:XX
Switch OFF the heater
STOP
Request a text message (SMS) with the heater status
STATUS

1) By default, the module uses the option of forwarding all incoming
SMS that are not commands to the last phone number registered in the
module or entered into cells NUM1/2/3.
To deactivate this option use commands SMSF0.
2) To switch on the automated sending of status text messages when
the heater's status has been changed, send SMS command SMSW1.
3) In the waiting mode, when the parking heater is switched off, ALTOX
module controls car system voltage. When the voltage drops below the
predefined value XX (SMSV:XX setting), the system will send an alarm SMS
text message to the first authorized phone number entered into settings
(NUM1/2/3). The next alarm SMS text message about the voltage drop will
be sent in 3 hours.
4) CALL0 setting switches the module into the mode of dropping
incoming calls which allows saving money.
5) NUM1/2/3 commands set up authorized phone numbers. Phone
numbers should be entered in the international format.
6) BTIMER1:N allows receiving an automated SMS with account balance
information every N days. To switch off this option send a SMS command
with value 0 («BTIMER1:0»).
To request the account balance of the SIM card (by number from the BAL
setting) use SMS command «USSD». If you need to request data for another
phone number, add it in the command: «USSD:*XXX#».
Note: MCC, MNC, LAC and CID data allow to determine the location of the
vehicle on the map (using Google, Yandex services, etc.).
LAC and CID fields values are displayed in hexadecimal notation.
Settings
You can enter several settings simultaneously, dividing them by commas.
If the password is set (PASS:XXXX), then before entering any instruction,
you should include its value with no spaces (XXXXSETTINGS1).
1) To change the default operation time of the heater use text message
command TIME1:XX, where XX is operation time from 10 to 120 minutes.
2) When using the auxiliary output OUT as a controlling signal for the
car's interior ventilation, set the delay time for switching on of OUT after
the heater's start using setting TIME2:XX, where XX is a value from 1 to 20
minutes.
3) When using the auxiliary output OUT as a controlling signal for the
coolant pump, set the delay time for switching off of OUT after the
heater's stop using setting TIME3:XX, where XX is a value from 1 to 9
minutes.
4) To change the mode of auxiliary output OUT into the pulse mode use
setting PULSEOUT:XXX, where ХХХ is the value for the impulse duration
from 1 to 999 seconds.
To change back to the normal mode set the value to 0 («PULSEOUT:0»).
5) To switch auxiliary output OUT to the manual mode use command
SEPAROUT1. In this mode the control of the auxiliary output is carried out
using text message commands ACTIVATE and DEACTIVATE.
6) ) In the SEPAROUT1 mode after setting KEEPOUT1 is activated, the
module saves and then restores the state of OUT when the power supply is
switched off and subsequently switched on.
Additional commands
Command
Send USSD-request *XXX# using the module's SIM card
USSD:*XXX#
Send text message ХХХ from SIM card's number to NNN
SMS:NNN:XXX
Request GSM stations data (MCC,MNC,LAC,CID)
GSMINFO
General Settings Commands
Command
Request a text message (SMS) with general settings
SETTINGS1
Request a text message (SMS) with Internet settings
SETTINGS2
Restore to factory default settings
SETDEFAULT
User Settings
Command
Forwarding of incoming SMS (to switch off use SMSF0)
SMSF1 /0
SMS status when the heater's status changes
SMSW1 /0
SMS about car system voltage drop
SMSV1 /0
CALL1 - response incoming call, CALL0 - dropping call
CALL1 /0
Setting the password before entering SMS-commands
PASS:XXXX
Save the phone number into cell NUM1
NUM1:+YYYYYYY
Save the phone number into cell NUM2
NUM2:+YYYYYYY
Save the phone number into cell NUM3
NUM3:+YYYYYYY
Save USSD number for account balance requests
BAL:*XXX#
Timer for sending SMS with balance, 0-99 days (0-OFF)
BTIMER1:10
Timer for sending balance into application, 1-9 hours
BTIMER2:5
Transliteration of cyrillic characters
TRANSLIT1 /0
Technical Settings
Command
Default operating time of heater, 10–120 min
TIME1:30
Delay before switching on of OUT, 1–20 min
TIME2:0
Delay before switching off of OUT, 1–9 min
TIME3:0
Type of button: latching / non-latching
FIXKEY1 /0
Pulse mode for OUT, 0-OFF (0-999 sec)
PULSEOUT:0
Manual control of OUT (on/off)
SEPAROUT1 /0
Restoring of the state for OUT after power supply
KEEPOUT1 /0