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Personal Tracker ST900
Ver. 0.2

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Table Contents
1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 4
2. Features ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
2-1. Hardware Specification ............................................................................................................................ 4
2-1-1. GSM/GPRS specification................................................................................................................ 4
2-1-2. GPS specification ........................................................................................................................... 5
3. Accessories................................................................................................................................................. 6
4. Install SIM card ............................................................................................................................................ 6
5. Charging battery ......................................................................................................................................... 7
6. Appearance ................................................................................................................................................. 8
7. LED & Button description ........................................................................................................................... 9
8. Key Functions & LED indicator ................................................................................................................... 9
9. Commands ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Summary of Commands ............................................................................................................................... 17
APPENDIX ..................................................................................................................................................... 18
Worldwide mobile network Access Point Name(APN) Settings. ........................................................... 18

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1. Introduction
ST900 is a mobile personal tracking device which is small in size as well as cost competitive.
It can be attached to the belt and report the current location data to your mobile phone or to the designated server
for the display on a PC whenever.
You can find your children’s location on a real time base or your children can send you a SOS signal any time.
2. Features
zNew technology and latest GPS Chipset.
zGSM Quad band support 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz band width.
zSMS/GPRS communication.
zThree speed dials.
zVoice monitoring
zVoice Call with Hands free kit
zVolume Up/Down in call
zSOS button for emergency.
zNotification for low battery
zAuto-report for real tracking.
zBuilt in motion detector for motion alarm.
zSafety zone function
z50 Geo-fence for notification.
zLogs 10,000 waypoints(Not implemented)
zSpeed violation alarm
zRemote update firmware by serial port(Not implemented)
zPower down mode
zIndicates for GSM,GPS and Battery capacitance level
2-1. Hardware Specification
2-1-1. GSM/GPRS specification
Item Description
Power Consumption Active mode :
report interval : 3min. – 77mA(10.8 Hours)
1Hour – 6.2mA(5.5 Days)

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Sleep mode : 4.4mA (7.8 Days)
Notice :
Not guaranteed, it heavily varies, depending upon GSM network and
GPS signal condition.
Frequency / Sensitivity GSM 850 / 900MHz -104dBm
DCS1800 / PCS1900MHz -102dBm
Temperature Range -20°C ~ +80°C
GPRS Multi-slot Class 10
Support all 4 coding schemes
(CS-1, CS-2, CS-3 and CS-4)
Battery Rechargeable 4.2V, Li-Polymer Battery- 800mAh
Dimension 49 x 73 x 16(T)
Weight 53(including the battery)
Approval CE, FCC, RoHS, GCF ( Option)
2-1-2. GPS specification
Item Description
Receiver Type 50-channel
GPS L1 C/A Code
SBAS : WAAS, EGNOS, MASA, GAGAN
Update Rate 1Hz
Accuracy Position 2.5m CEP
SBAS 2.0m CEP
Acquisition Cold starts 29sec.
Warm start 29sec.
Aided start <1sec.
Hot start <1sec.
Sensitivity Tracking -160dBm
Reacquisition -160dBm
Cold start -144dBm
Supply Voltage Single voltage supply : 2.8V or 3.0V
Digital I/O Voltage Level 2.8V or 3.0V

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Antenna type Intenna
Operating Temp -40 ~ +85℃
1 All SV @ –130 dBm
2 Dependent on aiding data connection speed and latency
3 Demonstrated with a good active antenna
3. Accessories
Wall Charger ---1
Data Cable ---1
Carry bag(option –1
Hands Free(option) --1
4. Install SIM card
Steps :
1. Pick up the stainless cover. 2. Put the SIM Card into the holder
3. Put down the stainless cover left and fasten it in place.

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5. Charging battery
●Initially, the rechargeable battery is recommended to charge completely before device usage. Connect ST900
to its supplied charger cable and allow a 4 hour battery charge time as bellow.
< Charging Status>
Red LED blinking : under 30% of full capacitance
Orange LED blinking : 30- 90%
Green LED blinking :Almost Full
Green LED lighting : Full

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6. Appearance

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7. LED & Button description
Item Description
SOS Emergency button.
OK Acknowledge button.
CALL1 Preset Phone Number
CALL2 Preset Phone Number
CALL3 Preset Phone Number
Power Power On/Off
LED1 GSM network status
LED2 GPS signal status
LED3 Battery status
8. Key Functions & LED indicator
Functions Description
SOS If you press the SOS button for more than 1sec,ST900 will send an emergency
SMS message with vibration to you after then, call up to your phone for voice
monitoring mode. If failed, the vibrator is generated for 2 times and trying to next
preset phone number. If it failed again in connection, call transfer to the next preset
phone number again. The SMS will send only one per each preset phone number.
If it failed all of these, it’s trying to first preset phone number again. It will be
looping until success.
If you want to cancel before successfully voice call, press OK button for more
2sec. then it will be stopped with vibration.
Call1/Call2/Call3 You can make a call to the preset phone number with CALL button.
Press the button for 1sec.or more, then the first phone number is ready to be
connected (it will be vibrated 1 time shortly). In this condition, It will be made. If you
want to call to the other phone number, then please press CALL2 or CALL 3 button
again and it will be vibrated 1 time shortly and then make it will trying outgoing call
also. If there’s any failed then it will be vibrated 2 times.
If you press the OK key for more than 2sec during the call, the call condition is
cancelled with 2 times vibration.
For voice communication, you need ear piece. If ear piece is not available, then

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ST900 will maintain ‘Silent Communication’ condition.
Notice : If it’s empty for pressed CALL key or can’t make a call then it will be
vibrated twice shortly.
Volume Up / Down You can control the volume up or down in voice call.
CALL1 : Volume up, CALL3 : Volume down
Ok 1. Incoming call: If you press shortly less than 1sec. or press the key of ear
piece, it will be accepted. To reject, just press this for more 2 seconds.
2. In call: If you press the key more than 2sec. or press the key of ear piece,
it will be ended.
3. In idle : If you want to check the battery level, just press this key for 2sec.
You can see the color of LED for battery status.
Red color : almost empty.
Orange color : enough
Greencolor:Full
4. Safety zone : Just press 4 times this key, then ST900 will be set a virtual
circle to alert when it goes to outside.
Using a PC program, you can set a virtual perimeter (circle) on a
geographic map, so that ST900 will send an alert notification to you when
it exceeds the preset zone. You can set or adjust the virtual perimeter by
SMS as well (min. 1 km).
In order to cancel this, just press 4 times again. It will be turn off with 2
times vibration.
The valid duration is 2 sec. under after press 1st OK pressed
Power Turn On :
If you press POWER button more than 3 sec, ST900 will be turn on with vibration,
LEDs and music sound through ear piece.
Turn Off:
If you press POWER button until turn on all of the LED, ST900 goes to shutdown
with sound through ear piece.
Blue LED GSM network indicator
Turn off this if get a network.
Otherwise it will be blinking as bellow..
No GSM : 4 times.
GSM limited service : 6 times.

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Sim Error : 7 times.
White LED GPS status indicator
Turn off if fixed GPS signal.
Otherwise it will be blinking as bellow.
No fixed : 2 times.
GPS error : 4 times.
LED3(3 colors) Battery indicator
Normally, it’s blinking shortly to indicate the battery level for user.
RED : Almost empty
Orange : enough
Green : full
9. Commands
auth(Authentication)
ST900 has a password to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the unit. you can also access it by others
phone if you lose your phone.
Command format : <nick name>;AUTH;<password>;<new password>;<owner Number>
Command : ST900;AUTH;123456;54321;21140109
Response : OK; AUTH; ;123456;54321;21140109
Notice : Default : nick name -“ST900” password -12345
find(Location poll)
ST900 will reply the current location to you then you can know whether moving or staying with current speed and
heading. the other way is call to ST900. If ST900 received one or more RING and disconnected, it’s automatically
reply the current location to you.
Command format : <nick name>;FIND
Response format : <nick name>;date;hh:mm::ss;<la>;<lo>;<speed>;<course>;<position fix>
Command : ST900;FIND
Response : ST900;20100825;06:57:35;37.478888;126.888888;4.50;0.00;1

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call(Preset phone number)
The phone buttons on ST900 can be preset numbers. If user press long key such as CALL1,CALL2 or CALL3
then ST900 will make a call to preset phone number.
Command format : <nick name>;CALL;<Phone 1>;<Phone 2>;<Phone 3>
Command : ST900;CALL;21140101;21140102;21140103
Response : OK; CALL;21140101;21140102;21140103
Notice : Even though you don’t have three preset phone number, you have to fill all of three fields.
Otherwise ST900 will be report parameter error.
speed(speed violation)
When ST900 moves at a greater velocity than the preset speed then it will report to owner.
Command format : <nick name>;SPEED;<speed limit>
Event Format : <nick name>;<status>;YYYYMMDD;HH:MM:SS;<Latitude>;<Longitude>;<speed>;<course>
;<gps fix>
Command : ST900;SPEED;100
Response : OK; SPEED;100
ST900;SPEED VIOLATE;20100826;11:25:26;+37.262839;+127.359847;160.000;000.00;1
ST900;SPEED OBEY;20100826;11:25:26;+37.262839;+127.359847;30.000;000.00;1
network(network Information)
In order to use TCP communication, you have to configure the network information to ST900.
Refer to “Worldwide mobile network Access Point Name(APN) Settings”.
Command format :<nick name>;NETWORK;<Bearer>;<APN>;<User ID>;<Password>
Command :ST900;NETWORK;1;telcel;telcel;telcel
Response :OK; NETWORK :1;telcel;telcel;telcel

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zone(alarm zone)
ST900 can alert when it goes out from the specified zone.
Command format :<nick-name>;ZONE;<enable>,<Index-No>;<Lat>;<Lon>;<Radius>
,<In>;<Out>
Parameter description
<enable> - enable:1, disable :0
<Index-No> - 2~50
<Radius> - 1~10000
<In>/<Out> - Event enable :1, Disable :0
Command : ST900;ZONE;1;2;37.478811;126.885642;5;1;1
Response :OK; ZONE;1;2;37.478811;126.885642;5;1;1
Event Format : <nick name>;<status>;YYYYMMDD;HH:MM:SS;<Latitude>;<Longitude>;<speed>;<course>
;<gps fix>
Event Message :
ST900;GEO-OUT:2;20100826;12:22:22;+37.478811;+126.885642;160.000;000.00;1
ST900;GEO-IN:2;20100826;12:22:22;+37.478811;+126.885642;100.000;000.00;1
szone
You can set radius for safety zone.
Command format: <nick-name>,SZONE,<radius>
Command : ST900;SZONE;2
Response: OK,SZONE,2
Unit : km
Event Format : <nick name>;<status>;YYYYMMDD;HH:MM:SS;<Latitude>;<Longitude>;<speed>;<course>
;<gps fix>
Event Message :
ST900;SZONE-OUT; 20100826;12:22:22;+37.478811;+126.885642;100.000;000.00;1
ST900;SZONE-IN; 20100826;12:22:22;+37.478811;+126.885642;100.000;000.00;1
motion(alarm motion)
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door back before leave your hotel room and stranger open the door then ST900 recognize any motion and report
it to you. It will be automatically disable this function after report.
Command format : <nick name>;MOTION;<ON or OFF>,<Level>
Command : ST900;MOTION;ON;4
Response : OK;MOTION;ON;4
Level : 1 ~ 10
G-range : there are 10 steps in 2G only.
battery(alarm low battery)
ST900 report a warning message when battery is low(about 20% bellows).
Command format : <nick name>,BATTERY,<ON or OFF>
Command : ST900;BATTERY;ON
Response :OK, BATTERY,ON
svr(sever parameters)
ST900 can communicate by TCP to your Pc or the server.
Command format : <nick name>;SVR;<Server IP>;<Port>
Command : ST900;SVR;211.123.45.1;12345
Response :OK;SVR; 211.123.45.1;12345
report( Auto report)
ST900 can automatically report to you by setting interval time value.
Range : 1 ~ 65535
Disable : 0
Command format : <nick name>;REPORT;<Interval time(sec.)>
Command : ST900;REPORT;600
Response :OK;REPORT;600
Notice : In case of TCP sending, ST900 is not always connected to the server. therefore, there’s needs time to
GPRS network access and you can’t get them immediately if report time is very shortly.

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imei(Get IMEI)
ST900 send a message of IMEI information to you.
Command format : <nick name>;IMEI
Command : ST900;IMEI
Response : OK,IMEI,111111111111110
ver(Get version)
ST900 send a message of ST900 software version information to you
.
Command format : <nick name>;VER
Command ST900;VER
Response : OK;Ver.;ST900-00.00-090929-A
bat?(battery left)
ST900 send a message about battery level to you.
Command format : <nick name>,BAT?
Command: ST900;BAT?
Response : OK,BAT,91.8%
stype(Send Type)
ST900 can support the SMS and TCP communication.
There are four types in protocol as follows.
Protocol type <mode> Description
SMS Only 0 Report a message through SMS only.
SMS Preferred 1 Report a message through SMS first and if failed then retry it by TCP.
TCP Only 2 Report a message through TCP only.
TCP Preferred 3 Report a message through TCP first and if failed then retry it by SMS.
Command format : <nick name>;STYPE;<mode>
Response : OK,stype,3

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Ptype(Protocol type)
ST900 can support several protocol type for users such as server, personal..and so on.
Command format : <nick name>;PTYPE;<protocol type>
Command : ST900;PTYPE;0
Response:OK;PTYPE;0
10. Others
Voice Monitor
ST900 have a microphone. So you can listen to the sound what happen in there.
Data logger
ST900 can store 10,000 way points which is included location and time.
Command format: <nick name>;LOGGER;<Enable/DIsable>;<Interval>

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Summary of Commands
Command Format
Set Auth <nick name>;AUTH;<password>;<new password>;<owner Number>
Location poll <nick name>;FIND
Set preset phone number
(SOS, Call 1,Call 2)
<nick name>;CALL;<Phone 1>;<Phone 2>;<Phone 3>
Set Zone :<nick-name>;ZONE;<enable>,<Index-No>;<Lat>;<Lon>;<Radius>
,<In>;<Out>
Set Safety zone Radius <nick-name>,SZONE,<radius>
Set motion alarm <nick name>;MOTION;<ON or OFF>,<Level>
Set battery alarm <nick name>,BATTERY,<ON or OFF>
Set over speed alarm <nick name>;SPEED;<speed limit>
Set network parameters
(APN,Usr ID,PWD)
:<nick name>;NETWORK;<Bearer>;<APN>;<User ID>;<Password>
Set server parameters
(IP,Port)
<nick name>;SVR;<Server IP>;<Port>
Set Auto-report <nick name>;REPORT;<Interval time(sec.)>
Get IMEI <nick name>;IMEI
Get Request version <nick name>;VER
Get Battery Capacity <nick name>,BAT?
Set Send Type <nick name>;STYPE;<mode>
Set Protocol Type <nick name>;PTYPE;<protocol type>
Alert : speed violation, auto report, battery low, geo-fence violation, motion
Emergency : SOS

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APPENDIX
Worldwide mobile network Access Point Name(APN) Settings.
Country Network Access Point Name - APN User Name Password
Albania Vodafone Twa guest guest
Argentina CTI internet.ctimovil.com.ar guest guest
Argentina Movistar internet.gprs.unifon.com.ar
internet.unifon wap wap
Argentina Personal gprs.personal.com [mobile number] adgj
Australia Optus internet guest guest
Australia Telstra telstra.internet guest guest
Australia Telstra
(data bundles) telstra.datapack [blank] Telstra
Australia Telstra
(pay by time) telstra.pcpack [blank] Telstra
Australia Three 3netaccess aa
Australia Vodafone vfinternet.au guest guest
Austria Drei drei.at guest guest
Austria Max Online gprsinternet GPRS [blank]
Austria Max Online
(Business) business.gprsinternet GPRS [blank]
Austria Max Online
(Metro) gprsmetro GPRS [blank]
Austria Mobilkom A1 a1.net [email protected] ppp
Austria OneNet web.one.at web web
Austria tele.ring web [email protected] web
Azerbaijan Azercell internet guest guest
Bangladesh Grameen Phone gpinternet [blank] [blank]
Belarus VELCOM web.velcom.by
unlim.velcom.by web unlim web unlim
Belgium Mobistar internet.be mobistar mobistar

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(personal)
Belgium Mobistar
(business) web.pro.be mobistar mobistar
Belgium Orange orangeinternet guest guest
Belgium Proximus
(Internet) internet.proximus.be guest guest
Belgium Proximus
(intranet) intraprox.be guest guest
Botswana Mascom Wireless internet.mascom guest guest
Brazil Claro claro.com.br claro claro
Brazil Oi gprs.oi.com.br guest guest
Brazil Oi (WAP) wapgprs.oi.com.br oiwap oioioi
Brazil TIM tim.br tim tim
Brazil Velox wap.telcel.com iesgprs iesgprs2002
Bulgaria GloBul internet.globul.bg globul [none]
Bulgaria M-Tel mms-gprs.mtel.bg mtel mtel
Cameroon MTN Cameroon INTERNET guest guest
Canada KORE Wireless apn.zerogravitywireless.com [blank] [blank]
Canada Microcell
(Fido) internet.fido.ca fido fido
Canada Rogers AT&T internet.com wapuser1 wap
Chile Entel PCS imovil.entelpcs.cl entelpcs entelpcs
Chile Telefonica
Movil web.tmovil.cl web web
China China Mobile cmnet guest guest
China China Unicom [none] guest guest
Croatia T-Mobile web.htgpr 38591 38591
Croatia VIPNET START gprs0.vipnet.hr 38591 38591
Croatia VIPNET PRO gprs5.vipnet.hr 38591 38591
Croatia VIPNET 3G 3g.vip.hr 38591 38591

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Colombia Movistar internet.movistar.com.co movistar movistar
Congo Vodacom vodanet vodalive [blank]
Costa Rica IceCelular icecelular guest guest
Czech
Republic Cesky Mobil (contract) internet guest guest
Czech
Republic Cesky Mobil (CM Prepay) cinternet guest guest
Czech
Republic Telefonica (contract) internet guest guest
Czech
Republic Telefonica (Go) gointernet guest guest
Czech
Republic Vodafone (contract) internet guest guest
Czech
Republic Vodafone (pre-pay) ointernet guest guest
Czech
Republic T-Mobile internet.t-mobile.cz guest guest
Denmark 3[none] guest guest
Denmark Orange web.orange.dk guest guest
Denmark Sonofon [none] guest guest
Denmark TDC internet guest guest
Dominican
Republic Orange orangenet.com.do guest guest
Egypt Click Vodafone internet.vodafone.net internet internet
Egypt MobiNil mobinilweb guest guest
Estonia EMT internet.emt.ee guest guest
Estonia RLE internet guest guest
Finland Dna internet guest guest
Finland Elisa
(Radiolinja) internet rlnet internet
Finland Saunalahti internet.saunalahti guest guest