GPS Tracker GPS104 User manual

GSM/GPRS/GPS
TRACKER MANUAL
Preface
Thank you for purchasing the tracker. This manual shows how to operate the device smoothly
and correctly. Make sure to read this manual carefully before using this product. Please note
that specification and information are subject to changes without prior notice in this manual.
Any change will be integrated in the latest release. The manufacturer assumes no
responsibility for any errors or omissions in this document.

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Contents
1. Summary..................................................................................................................................3
2. Applications.............................................................................................................................3
3. Hardware Description .............................................................................................................3
4. Specs.........................................................................................................................................4
5. Usage........................................................................................................................................4
5.1 SIM card installation........................................................................................................5
5.2 Battery and Charger .........................................................................................................5
5.3 Startup...............................................................................................................................5
5.4 Initialization......................................................................................................................6
5.5 Change the password .......................................................................................................6
5.6 Add and Delete Authorized phone number ....................................................................6
5.7 Single Locating ................................................................................................................7
5.8 Auto track continuously...................................................................................................7
5.8.1 Track with limited times upon time interval...............................................................7
5.8.2 Track with unlimited times upon time interval...........................................................7
5.8.3 Smart track upon time and distance interval...............................................................8
5.9 Turning points update automatically...............................................................................8
5.10 GPS drift suppression ......................................................................................................8
5.11 Exact street address..........................................................................................................8
5.12 Location based service (LBS) / Cell-ID Locating .........................................................8
5.13 Monitor .............................................................................................................................9
5.14 Data logging .....................................................................................................................9
5.15 Data Load .........................................................................................................................9
5.16 Forward the third parties’ message\..............................................................................10
5.17 SIM card Balance Inquiry..............................................................................................10
5.18 Decide how many times of alarm message ..................................................................10
5.19 Alarms.............................................................................................................................11
5.19.1 Low battery alarm...................................................................................................11
5.19.2 GPS blind Spot alert ...............................................................................................11
5.19.3 SOS..........................................................................................................................11
5.19.4 Geo-fence ................................................................................................................11
5.19.5 Multi-area management..........................................................................................11
5.19.6 Movement alert .......................................................................................................12
5.19.7 Overspeed alert .......................................................................................................12
5.19.8 Built in Acceleration Sensor Alarm .......................................................................12
5.20 Sleep Mode.....................................................................................................................13
5.20.1 Sleep by time...........................................................................................................14
5.20.2 Sleep by shock/vibration ........................................................................................14

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5.20.3 Deep Sleep by Shock/vibration..............................................................................15
5.20.4 wake according to schedule....................................................................................15
5.20.5 No sleep mode.........................................................................................................15
5.21 Check the Vehicle State .................................................................................................15
5.22 Check IMEI ....................................................................................................................15
5.23 Terminal (local) Time Setting........................................................................................16
5.24 Reset Hardware ..............................................................................................................16
5.25 Configure parameters by USB ......................................................................................16
5.26 GPRS configuration.......................................................................................................16
5.27 Less GPRS traffic...........................................................................................................17
5.28 Set up monitor center number .......................................................................................17
5.29 Instructions for web platform and mobile APP............................................................18
6. Cautions .................................................................................................................................20
7. Faults & the Solutions...........................................................................................................21

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1. Summary
Working Based on existing GSM/GPRS network and GPS satellites, this product can locate
and monitor any remote targets by SMS or internet.
2. Applications
Vehicle rental / Fleet management etc
Powerful magnet + water-proof bag, adsorbing in the hidden place of car for tracking
secretly.
Protect child / the old / the disabled / pet etc
Provide peace-of-mind for businessmen
Personnel Management
Criminals Tracking
3. Hardware Description
3.1 Front face 3.2 Rear face
3.3 Side face
3.4 Bottom face
USB port for upgrade
firmware and charging
battery
SOS Button
Indicator
Built-in GSM/GPRS
antenna
Microphon
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ON /OFF

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3.5 Interior
4. Specs
Content
Specifications
Dim.
64mm x 46mm x 17mm(1.8” *2.5” *0.65” )
Weight
50g
Network
GSM/GPRS
Band
850/900/1800/1900Mhz
GPS sensitivity
-159dBm
GPS accuracy
5m
Time To First Fix
Cold status 45s
Warm status 35s
Hot status 1s
Car charger
12—24V input
5V output
Wall charger
110－220V input
5V output
Battery
Chargeable changeable 3.7V 1000mAh Li-ion battery
Standby
80hours
Storage Temp.
-40°C to +85°C
Operation Temp.
-20°C to +55°C
Humidity
5%--95% non-condensing
5. Usage
SIM card slot
Install the battery like this

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5.1 SIM card installation
Make sure that there is no call transfer and call display is on, and PIN code off. The SMS
message must in Text format, can’t be identified for PDU format.
5.1.1. Open the rear cover, and pick out the battery.
5.1.2. Push the foil up according the arrow on the foil and load the miscro SD card and
push back.
5.1.3. Put the SIM card into the holder as picture shows.
5.2 Battery and Charger
Do charge the battery to capacity in 8 -12 hours for first time. Please use the battery and
charger provided by the manufacturer. This unit adopts built-in Li-ion battery, and full
battery can standby 80 hours. After first use, the battery usually should be charged in 3-5
hours.
a: For it’s Li-ion battery, which contains harmful chemicals and may burst, please don’t
bump, puncture it violently and keep it off fire.
b: Please charge the battery in time to keep it working normally.
5.3 Startup
Put the SIM card and battery in place.
Turn on the unit outdoors by pressing the “on/off” button until the indicator is on.
For first use, please initialize the unit and restore it to default setting. (Please refer to
section 5.4 for instruction.)
In 10 or 40 seconds, the unit will begin to work and acquire the GSM signals as well as
the GPS signals. The indicator will keep flashing every 3 seconds when the unit has
received the signals.

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When this unit receives GPS signals normally, you can use it and do any setting as the
instructions of this manual.
5.4 Initialization
Send SMS command “begin+password”to the unit, it will reply “begin ok” and
initialize all the settings. (Default password: 123456)
For example, send SMS “begin123456”to the tracker, If executed, if will reply” begin
ok” .
5.5 Change the password
5.5.1 Send SMS command “password+old password+space+new password”to the unit
to change the password.
For example, send SMS “password123456 888888” to tracker, it will reply
“password OK” to confirm password has changed. Please remember the password.
5.5.2 Make sure the new password is in 6 digits Arabic numbers, or the tracker cannot
recognize the password.
5.5.3 When reading this user manual, you will notice that we have used "+" and "space"
between some words;"+" between two words means they should be written together as
one word and "space" between two words means you should leave one character
space between two words.
5.6 Add and Delete Authorized phone number
5.6.1 You must setup the authorized phone number before using geo-fence alarm, etc. Up to 5
numbers can be authorized.
5.6.2 Call the tracker for 10 times continuously and get its position, then it will save the cell phone
number as the authorized number automatically. and reply “add master ok” .
5.6.3 Add authorized phone number: Send SMS “admin+password+space+cell phone number” to
set up an authorized number, the other authorized numbers should be set by the first authorized
number, if the number is successfully authorized, the unit will reply “admin OK” .
5.6.4 Delete authorized phone number: Send SMS “noadmin+password+space+authorized number”
to delete the authorized number.
5.6.5 If you want to track the target when it enters into another country, you must add
the country code before the cell phone number. You should authorize your number in international
format as follows: “admin123456 008613322221111” to tracker to set 13322221111 as an
authorized number.

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5.7 Single Locating
5.7.1 If there aren’t any authorized number set-up, it will reply all calls with a location report; if
there are authorized numbers set-up, then it will not respond when an unauthorized number calls
it.
5.7.2 If you call it from authorized phone number, it will hang up and report a real-time location as
below:
5.7.3 When lost fix to satellites, it will track by LBS / CELL-ID. And the SMS will include two
positions:
GPS coordinates of the last known position.
LAC code. Open web platform and find “manual track” , put code received from tracker in LAC
and Cell-ID fields to locate by LBS technology.
5.8 Auto track continuously
5.8.1Track with limited times upon time interval
Send SMS command “fix030s005n+password” to the tracker device, it will report
the latitude & longitude at 30s intervals for 5 times. (s:second, m:minute, h:hour). This
command setting must be in 3 digits and the maximum value is 255.
e.g. fix030s005n123456
5.8.2Track with unlimited times upon time interval
Send SMS “fix030s***n+password” to the tracker, it will reply the latitude/longitude
continuously at 30 seconds intervals.
Note: The interval must not less than 20s.

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5.8.3 Smart track upon time and distance interval
5.8.3.1 Please set "track with unlimited times upon time interval" before this function, and send
"distance+password+space+distance", tracker will reply "Distance ok", and then tracker will
locate upon both the pre-set time and distance.
e.g. Send "distance123456 0050", it means distance is 50 meters; the number must be 4 digits
Arabic numbers.
5.8.3.2 Set this function on web platform: Set time interval first and then distance interval, tracker will
locate upon the time and distance.
5.8.3.3 Cancel: Send SMS “nofix+password”to the tracker device to cancel the “auto track” .
e.g. nofix123456
5.9 Turning points update automatically
5.9.1 The tracker will update the positions automatically to web platform once the vehicle changing
driving direction over pre set angle value to form a smooth trajectory consistent with the actual
road, this function is only effective in GPRS mode.
5.9.2 Send "angle+password+space+angle" to tracker, it will reply" angle ok". e.g. angle123456 040
5.9.3 The angle must be 3 digits Arabic numbers, default angle value is 30 degree.
5.10 GPS drift suppression
5.10.1 This function is deactivated by default, to activate this function, send SMS
"suppress+password" to tracker, it will reply" suppress drift ok". The GPS data stop updating if
vehicle is not driving and latitude and longitude always keep same, and GPS data updates
automatically when vehicle is moving.
5.10.2 Cancel: send "nosuppress+password" to tracker, it will reply “nosuppress ok"
5.11 Exact street address
5.11.1 You must set up the APN of your local GSM network for the SIM card in tracker first before
using this function, if there is user name and password for GPRS login, Please refer to section
5.26 to configure the APN, user name and password for GPRS login.
5.11.2 After configure the APN, send "address+password" to device, it will reply SMS including real
street/address name. For example: No.113, Guankou 2nd Rd, Nantou, Nanshan district,
Shenzhen, Guangdong, china.
5.12 Location based service (LBS) / Cell-ID Locating
If the tracker cannot establish a solid GPS Fix, it will calculate its location using Cell-ID GSM

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locating, Location reports will include the GPS coordinates of the last known positions as well as
a LAC code, Entering the LAC code to the “Manual Track” menu of web tracking platform
www.gpstrackerxy.com will enable you to see the tracker’s current location. You can also send
command “address+password” to the tracker to request exact address, track will automatically
switch to tracking by LBS in GPRS mode. Accuracy of LBS depends on the distance to the
nearest GSM Network Cell Tower or Base Station.
Note: This feature can be used normally in most areas according to the signal of GSM network. It
may not be available in some areas.
5.13 Monitor
5.13.1 The command to switch between Track mode and Monitor mode are “tracker” and
“monitor”.The default mode is “track” (Track mode).
5.13.2 Send SMS “monitor+password” to the unit, and it will reply “monitor ok!” and switch to
“monitor” mode.
5.13.3 Send SMS “tracker+password” to the unit, and it will reply “track ok!” and switch to “track”
mode.
5.14 Data logging
5.15.5 Auto logging：When the tracker device lost GSM signals or fall offline from GPRS, tracker will
log the tracking position and alerts automatically in the SD card on the basis of the pre-set
condition, when GSM signals get back, all the event alerts will be auto-sent to the authorized
numbers or web platform (server), but the logged tracking data should be loaded to the web
platform via SMS command.
5.15.6 Logging upon times: Send SMS: “save030s005n+password” to the tracker unit, it will reply
“save ok”, and will log the Latitude and longitude locations every 30 seconds for 5 times. (S:
second, m: minute; h: hour).
5.15.7 Multi-logging：Send SMS:”save030s***n+password” to tracker device, it will reply “save ok”.
5.15.8 Cancel logging: Send SMS “nosave+password”, e.g. nosave123456
5.15.9 Logging Clearance: send SMS: “clear+password” to tracker device, it will reply “clear ok”.
5.15.10 Logging Volume: It depends on the capacity of the SD card inserted in the tracker device.
5.15.11 The logged data in SD card can be copied to computers through card reader, and then the data
route can be checked by importing data in the menu “Data Import” of web platform
www.gpstrackerxy.com
5.15 Data Load
5.15.1 Current date Load: Send SMS: “load+ password” to tracker device, it will reply: “load ok” if the
device is working well under GPRS mode; if not, it will reply “load fail! Please check gprs” that