It’s Mine Technology ITM 106 User manual

ITM 106
Quick Start Guide
It’s Mine Technology
Upway House • School Hill
Lamberhurst • Tunbridge Wells • TN3 8DF
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Table of Contents
Introducing the ITM 106 .................................................................................1
Make sure you have everything............................................................1
Get ready ....................................................................................................... 2
Charging the Tracker ............................................................................2
Fitting the SIM card. .............................................................................3
Get Set ........................................................................................................... 4
Initialise ............................................................................................... 4
Activate................................................................................................4
Go!!................................................................................................................. 5
Authorize .............................................................................................5
Real Time Response..............................................................................5
Auto Tracking ....................................................................................... 6
Geo Fence ............................................................................................ 7
Movement Alert...................................................................................7
Shake Sensor........................................................................................ 8
SOS ......................................................................................................8
Low Battery Warning............................................................................8
Magnetic Cover ....................................................................................8
Technical Specifications...................................................................................9
Trouble Shooting ........................................................................................... 10

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Introducing the ITM 106
he ITM 106 is a tracking device which has been designed to be simple to use and
set up. At It’s Mine Technology we have carried out extensive testing of the
functionality of the device. This guide documents its main capabilities as well as
giving some of the findings of our own testing.
We believe that the most effective way to use the tracker is in SMS mode. This means that
you will receive SMS messages giving location information in a format that includes a link
to Google Earth. The tracker is best used in conjunction with a smartphone where clicking
the link will take you directly to Google Earth on the smartphone’s default browser.
Using GPRS is not covered in this guide as we believe it drains the battery too quickly and
can be hard for users to set up. That said you may have the need for a web based
continuous monitoring capability. If so please email us at [e-mail].
Make sure you have everything
Inside the box you should find the following:
An ITM 106 Tracker
Two lithium batteries in a waterproof pouch
A European standard battery charger
A UK plug adapter
A USB cable
A magnetic rear cover
We opted for the use of a combination of the European standard battery charger and a UK
plug adapter because it seemed to offer the greatest flexibility to our customers.
If anything is missing please email us at [e-mail].
Intro
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Get ready
Charging the Tracker
You can find the two batteries in the waterproof pouch.
We have found that a battery will last on standby for
around five days. As you have two batteries you can
always keep one on charge while the other is in use.
Battery life is impacted by the number of times that the
tracker has to fix position and send a response.
For example, if you ask the tracker to report its position
every half an hour it will last for around 72 hours before needing replaced. When we
tested the SOS function it reported every three minutes for 8 hours. You can read more
about this later.
Plug the UK plug adapter into the European standard
charger. Then place one of the batteries in the cradle. The
LED will turn red indicating that it is charging and then
green when it is finished.
The European standard lead comes with two connectors.
One for the charger and another fitted with a mini USB
which can be used to charge the tracker via the mini USB port on the side.
When you are setting up the tracker for the first time you should put the SIM card in place
first which we describe later.
To replace the battery slide it into the back of the tracker making sure that the + and –
signs are facing upwards.
SetUp
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Fitting the SIM card.
When you open up the back of the tracker you will see two slots. One is for an SD memory
card which can be used to store locations information if you are using GPRS and you lose a
connection. You can see it clearly on the left in the picture below marked ‘Micro’ . As we
have already said we do not propose to detail the GPRS functionality here.
Slide your SIM card into the SIM card slot as shown above. It is important to make sure
that the card is fitted properly as most problems come from having the SIM not making a
good connection with the tracker.
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Get Set
Initialise
It is now time to initialise the tracker. Put the back on, either the ordinary plastic one
or the one with the magnets then take it outside, it will pick up a GPS signal faster in
the open air. Press the on button for three seconds and it will take less than a minute
for the tracker to acquire both the mobile and GPS signal. Once it does a green LED
will flash twice every four seconds. Please note that the off button puts the Tracker in
sleep mode rather than it being turned completely off. Simply being able to turn the
tracker off by pressing a button is not something that we want a potential thief to be
able to do.
The USB port can also be used to charge the tracker.
Activate
To activate your tracker wait until the green LED is flashing every four seconds then send an SMS
to the Tracker to start it working. The format of the SMS is “begin” followed by the password.
The default password is “123456” but you can change it later. Your activation SMS should be the
following “begin+123456”, without the quotation marks and leaving out the plus sign. It will
send an SMS back to you saying “begin ok”. In all cases the plus sign should not be used in the
actual SMS.
To change the password send an SMS like this “password+oldpassword
newpassword”.Remember to leave a space between password+oldpassword and
newpassword. A password should never be more than six digits.
Activate
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Go!!
Authorize
A total of five mobile telephone numbers can be registered
with the device to receive tracking information. We would
suggest that you always keep one free so, in the event of your
tracked item being lost or stolen you can authorise a number
for police use.
It is important to have at least one authorised number
otherwise the tracker will not allow you to set up other
functions such as Geo Fence.
To set up an authorized number send an SMS to the tracker in the following format:
“admin+password+space+mobilenumber”.
Real Time Response
This kind of enquiry is often referred to technically as ‘polling’. To get the precise
location of the tracker at any time you can call it from a mobile phone and if there is
no authorized number it will simply send the coordinates to the mobile number that
made the call. If there is no authorized number then the tracker will respond with an
SMS to the number that called it. If there is then the tracker will only reply to a call
from one of these numbers.
When you call the tracker it will hang up after between three and five rings and then
report its position. By default the tracker will send the latitude and longitude, the
speed, time and the unique identification code of the tracker known as the IMEI.
There will also be a clickable link to Google maps.
ShowTime
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R E M E M B E R !
If you are travelling to
another country
remember to add 00 and
your country code. For
example if you are in the
UK you would send
admin+password+space+
0044mobilenumber

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Auto Tracking
In auto track mode the tracker will send location information at predetermined
intervals. You can set this up by sending an SMS using the following syntax:
Fix followed by
s: second
m: minute
h: hour
n: number of reports
The values must be given as three digits up to a maximum of 255. The format of the
SMS should be time + value + number of reporting times + password.
Example: You want the tracker to report its location every 10 minutes ten times.
“fix010m010n123456”
Example: You want the tracker to report its position every hour for twenty four hours.
“fix001h024n123456”
Example: You want the tracker to report its location every hour until it is told to stop.
In this case you use the * character to tell the tracker that there is no limit on the
number of reports.
“fix001h***n123456”
To stop auto tracking send the following:
“nofix123456”
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Geo Fence
You can set the tracker to report if it is moved out of an area by setting a ‘Geo Fence’.
To do this you send an SMS giving the latitude and longitude of a square. You first set
the upper left hand limit of the square by giving its longitude and latitude then the
same for the bottom right hand corner. Don’t make the square too small, it should be
a minimum of 100 metres square. You can find the longitude and latitude by using
one of the many online mapping systems.
The format is stockade+password+space+latitude,longitude,latitude,longitude
Example:
“stockade123456 27.145698,10.346251,27.134961,10.297612”
To deactivate the Geo Fence send “nostockade+password”
Example “nostockade123456”
Movement Alert
The tracker can be set up to send an alert if it is moved more than 500 metres from a
set location. The tracker has to be in the same location for up to ten minutes for its
position to be fixed before the movement alert activation message is sent. Once the
movement alert has been set the tracker will send out SMS messages every three
minutes until deactivated
To activate send “move+password”
Example “move123456”
The tracker will reply with an SMS saying “move ok”
To deactivate send “nomove+password”
Example “nomove123456”
ShowTime
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R E M E M B E R !
Your first line of defence against
a thief is our It’s Mine brand.
When using the ITM 106 Tracker
as a crime prevention aid always
use the label provided to put
potential thieves off.

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Shake Sensor
The tracker can send an alert if it is shaken. You can set the level of shaking that the
tracker will react to from 1 to 10. 1 is the lowest sensitivity to being shaken with 10
the highest. This is useful as an anti-tamper function. For example you could
experiment with the level at which the tracker responds to being pulled of whatever
it has been fixed to or when the back is opened.
The format is “password+shock+space+sensitivity”
Example “123456shock 5”
To deactivate send “password+noshock”
Example “123456noshock”
SOS
The SOS button is used to send an automated message to authorised users if the
person with the tracker needs help. If held down for three seconds the tracker will
begin sending a “help me” message to all authorised numbers along with its location
until it receives an acknowledgement from one of the authorised numbers. The
format is “help me!” sent from the authorised phone. The tracker will send a message
every three minutes to all authorised numbers. When we tested this the battery
lasted for eight hours. We could also use Google Maps to see the actual building
where the person carrying the tracker was.
Low Battery Warning
The tracker will send a low voltage warning to all authorised numbers every thirty
minutes when the voltage drops to 3.7 volts.
Magnetic Cover
Replace the ordinary plastic cover with the one fitted with magnets when you want to
attach the tracker to anything magnetic. Using the magnetic cover will not affect the
working of the tracker.
ShowTime
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Technical Specifications
Content
Specs.
Dim.
64mm x 46mm x 17mm(1.8”*2.5”*0.65”)
Weight
50g
Network
GSM/GPRS
Band
850/900/1800/1900Mhz
GPS chip
SIRF3 chip
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
120hours
Storage
Temp.
-40°C to +85°C
Operation
Temp.
-20°C to +55°C
Humidity
5%--95% non-condensing
Tech Stuff
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Trouble Shooting
Fault
Solution
Fails to start up
Make sure the battery and the SIM card
are properly installed.
No GSM signal
Make sure the battery and the SIM card
are properly installed.
No location information in SMS
Check that the tracker’s led is flashing
twice every four seconds before using
it.
Trouble?
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