Teltonika AT1000 User manual

AT1000 User Manual
V1.3

Contents
1. INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3
ATTENTION ........................................................................................................................................................3
INSTRUCTIONS OF SAFETY ................................................................................................................................4
LEGAL NOTICE ..................................................................................................................................................4
ABOUT DOCUMENT ...........................................................................................................................................5
BATTERIES ..........................................................................................................................................................5
PACKAGE CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................5
2. CHARACTERISTICS...........................................................................................................6
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS...................................................................................................................................6
MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS.....................................................................................................................6
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS .......................................................................................................................7
ACCESSORIES ......................................................................................................................................................7
3. PREPARATION OF THE DEVICE...................................................................................8
INSERTING SIM CARD .......................................................................................................................................8
INSERTING THE BATTERIES ..............................................................................................................................9
CONNECTING AT1000 TO PC ...................................................................................................................... 10
CLOSING AT1000 DEVICE COVER:............................................................................................................... 10
4. CONFIGURATOR ..............................................................................................................11
5. OPERATIONAL BASICS .................................................................................................. 12
PROFILES.......................................................................................................................................................... 12
EVENTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 13
6. CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................... 14
OPERATIONS MENU........................................................................................................................................ 14
GLOBAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................................... 15
GPRS settings................................................................................................................................................ 15
GPS fix settings ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SMS settings .................................................................................................................................................. 15
General settings .............................................................................................................................................. 16
PROFILES PARAMETERS.................................................................................................................................. 20
Sleep............................................................................................................................................................... 21
Data save....................................................................................................................................................... 21
Data send....................................................................................................................................................... 22
BATTERY SETTINGS........................................................................................................................................ 22
DEFAULT SETTINGS........................................................................................................................................ 22
Scenario #1 ................................................................................................................................................... 22
Scenario #2 ................................................................................................................................................... 23
Scenario #3 ................................................................................................................................................... 23
I/O SETTINGS.................................................................................................................................................. 23
7. SMS COMMAND LIST...................................................................................................... 25
GETVER............................................................................................................................................................. 25
GETSTATUS....................................................................................................................................................... 26
GETINFO........................................................................................................................................................... 26
GETOPS ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
GETGPS ............................................................................................................................................................. 27
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8. UPDATING FIRMWARE TO THE LATEST VERSION............................................... 28
9. MOUNTING RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................... 29
10. CHANGES LOG.............................................................................................................30
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1. INTRODUCTION
AT1000 is a terminal with GPS and GSM connectivity, which is able to determine the object’s
coordinates and transfer them via the GSM network. This device is perfectly suitable for applications
where location acquirement of remote objects is needed. Device operates using internal batteries only
and its main applications are tracking of objects which do not have onboard power supply.
Attention
Personal or portable computers to be connected to the device
must comply with the requirements of DIN EN 60950-1.2003.
Do not disassemble the device more than it is allowed. If the
device is damaged, the power supply cables are not isolated or
the isolation is damaged, before unplugging the power supply, do
not touch the device.
All wireless data transferring devices produce interference that
may affect other devices which are placed nearby.
The device may be fitted only by qualified personnel.
The device must be firmly fastened in the predefined location.
The programming must be performed using a second class PC
(with autonomic power supply).
The device is susceptible to water and humidity in environment
with IP class greater than IP65.
Use only batteries provided by Teltonika. If wrong battery is
used, the device may malfunction. Teltonika takes no
responsibility for device damage caused by third party batteries.
Any installation and/or handling during a lightning storm is
prohibited.
Please use cables provided with AT1000 device.
Teltonika is not responsible for any harm caused by using wrong
cables for PC <-> AT1000 connection.
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Teltonika reserves the right to change or modify the device in a
way that feels is acceptable and is not in disagreement with terms
and conditions.
Ensure that the batteries are not immersed in water. When
stored, keep the device in a cool and dry place.
Ensure that device and batteries are not exposed to hot surfaces
or direct sunlight.
When transporting, ensure that batteries are safe from metal
articles and do not keep it with metal rings, chains, etc.
Do not damage battery with sharp objects.
Do not try to charge the battery – this may lead to explosion
and/or other harms.
Instructions of safety
This chapter contains information on how to operate AT1000 safely. By following these
requirements and recommendations, you will avoid dangerous situations. You must read these
instructions carefully and follow them strictly before operating the device!
The device uses a 5V...7.2V DC batteries.
To avoid mechanical damage, it is advised to transport the AT1000 device in an impact-proof
package.
The device is designed to be mounted in a zone of limited access. All related devices must meet
the requirements of standard EN 60950-1.
Legal Notice
Copyright © 2010 Teltonika. All rights reserved. Reproduction, transfer, distribution or storage
of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without the prior written permission of
Teltonika is prohibited.
Other products and company names mentioned here may be trademarks or trade names of their
respective owners.
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About document
This document contains information about the architecture, mechanical characteristics,
configuration and possibilities of the AT1000 device.
Acronyms and terms used in document
•PC – Personal Computer.
•GPRS – General Packet Radio Service.
•GPS – Global Positioning System.
•GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications.
•SMS – Short Message Service.
•AC/DC – Alternating Current/Direct Current. (check out new album Black Ice!)
•Record – AVL data stored in AT1000 memory. AVL data contains GPS and I/O information
•AVL packet - Data packet that is being sent to server during data transmission. AVL packet
contains from 1 to 25 records.
•Profile – operating mode for AT1000 device. It consists of list of settings indicating how
device should behave in certain situations.
Batteries
AT1000 is autonomous device which uses two R14 (IEC 60086 standard) batteries. Batteries
used in this device are single charge Li based type and should have the following parameters:
•Voltage: 3.6V
•Nominal capacity: 5500mAh
•Max pulse current not less than: 2000mA
Teltonika recommended batteries are available for sale from Teltonika office or distributors .
Only with these batteries correct device operation and (or) prevention of permanent damage to device
is guaranteed.
Warning: use only the same sort of batteries in pair and do not mix old batteries with new ones.
Package contents
The AT1000 device is supplied to the customer in a cardboard box containing all the equipment
that is necessary for operation. The package contains:
1. The AT1000 device.
2. Micro USB cable.
3. 2 x 3.6V batteries (optional with 4 additional batteries)
4. A disclaimer
5. Driver/softaware download link
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2. CHARACTERISTICS
Basic characteristics
GSM / GPRS features:
•Teltonika TM1Q quad band module (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
•GPRS class 10
•SMS (text, data)
GPS features:
•No less than 20 channel receiver
•No less than -160 dBm sensitivity
Special features:
•Smart profile switching (any element dependant)
•Highly configurable data acquisition and sending
•Multiple geofence areas
•Real-time process monitoring
•Authorized number list for remote access
•Firmware update via GPRS or USB
•Configuration update via GPRS or USB port
•TCP/IP or UDP/IP protocol support
•7500 record storing
•Extra long lifetime
Mechanical characteristics
Figure 1. AT1000 dimensions
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Electrical characteristics
AT1000:
•Power supply: 5...7.6V DC
•Operation temperature: -20°C ... +60°C
Batteries:
•Voltage: 3.6V
•Nominal capacity 5500mAh
•Max pulse current not less than 2000mA
The lifetime of AT1000 is subject to configuration and coverage of GPS and GSM signals.
According to recommended default configuration expected lifetimes:
•6 months - GPS acquire every 1 hour and data sending every 24 hour.
•25 days - GPS acquire every 20 minutes and data sending every 1 hour.
Expected battery lifetime depends on:
•Temperature;
•Humidity;
•GSM level
•GPS satellite visibility
•Configuration of device – additionally monitored parameters, etc.
Expected battery self discharging is 1-3% per year in normal humidity and 20°C. .
Accessories
Note: Teltonika doesn’t provide any additional equipment like panic
Buttons or other, except of 1 – wire digital thermometer. This device is not included
in AT1000 package and can be offered by special order only.
Digital thermometer
There is a possibility to monitor temperature via AT1000. In order to achieve such functionality
digital thermometer has to be connected to device input. AT1000 supports 1-Wire Parasite-Power
digital thermometer (DS18B20-PAR). Figure 4 shows thermometer connection scheme.
Figure 2. AT1000 and Dallas sensor connection
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3. PREPARATION OF THE DEVICE
Inserting SIM card
 
 
 Open AT1000 device
 Open SIM card lid and insert the SIM card
 Close SIM card lid
 Push SIM card lid in the shown direction to lock it and assemble AT1000
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Inserting the batteries
Figure 3. Inserting the batteries.
AT1000 is autonomous device which uses two R14 (IEC 60086 standard) batteries. Batteries
used in this device are single charge Li based type and should have the following parameters:
•Voltage: 3.6V
•Nominal capacity: 5500mAh
•Max pulse current not less than: 2000mA
Teltonika recommended batteries are available for sale from Teltonika office or distributors.
Only with these batteries correct device operation and (or) prevention of permanent damage to device
is guaranteed.
Warning: use only the same sort of batteries in pair and do not mix old batteries with new ones.
Note: In order not to discharge the batteries, please remove them if not using the
device. After inserting new batteries to the device, please remember to reset the battery
level counter in the configurator. If new batteries are not inserted, do not try to reset this
counter (more details about the battery level counter are described in user manual documentation).
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Connecting AT1000 to PC
Figure 4. Connecting micro USB cable to AT1000
When AT1000 is connected for the first time to PC, you will be prompted with 'Found New
Hardware' window. Click 'Cancel' to stop automatic installation process. It is required to install
AT1000 drivers before connecting device to PC. More details on how to install the driver can be found
in the paragraph above (2.3 Intalling the drivers).
Figure 5. Found New Hardware window
Closing AT1000 device cover:
On closing AT1000 case, please pay full attention on mounting the rubber gasket. It MUST be placed
correctly into the groove to protect device from the surrounding environment. Make sure it is not bent
or not damaged in any other way:
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NOTE: placing rubber gasket correctly into the groove!
4. CONFIGURATOR
AT1000 Configurator is software used to setup the device. You can save or read the settings
and read modem IMEI number with it. Please download the latest version of AT1000 Configurator
from Teltonika webpage: http://avl1.teltonika.lt/downloads/AT1000/.
To use Configurator with AT1000, make sure that batteries are inserted in the device and it is
connected to PC. In the configurator please choose correct COM port used by the device. You may
find out which COM port is used by following these steps below:
•Right-click on 'My Computer' and choose 'Properties';
•Go to 'Hardware' and click on 'Device Manager';
•Expand 'Ports (COM & LPT)' menu. Look for COM port number near 'STM Virtual
COM Port':
Figure 6. STM Virtual COM Port number
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5. OPERATIONAL BASICS
Profiles
In order to preserve the battery, AT1000 is designed to stay in a sleep mode as long as possible.
Device periodically (each 2 seconds) wakes up for a very short time and checks states of IO events. If
IO event(s) state has changed, profile manager changes to profile according to logical sentences.
IO events
1st Profile
logic
Low battery
voltage
2nd Profile
logic
Entered
roaming
network
3rd Profile
logic
Device is
moving
4th Profile
logic
Door opened
AND
not in
geofence zone
Profile manager
Is first
logical
sentence
true?
Is second
logical
sentence
true?
Is third
logical
sentence
true?
Is fourth
logical
sentence
true?
START
checking
logical
sentences
every 2
seconds
No No No
Switch to
profile #1
Yes
Switch to
profile #2
Switch to
profile #3
Switch to
profile #4
Switch to
profile #5
Yes Yes Yes
No
Figure 7. Profile switching diagram.
After device reset or startup, AT1000 always loads profile #1 as default. In the next 10 second
period it checks all IO event conditions and switches to appropriate profile in case there are any
events. If no – then device switches to profile #5 which is default profile for device when no
conditions are met.
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See profile manager configuration chapter for more information about logical sentence
structure.
Events
I/O elements can generate events according to hysteresis algorithm. If I/O event operand
“Hysteresis” is selected, events will be generated as it is shown in the illustration below:
Figure 8. Event generation according hysteresis algorithm
AT1000 uses this method to calculate those IO element events that have Delta parameters: GPS
speeding, GSM signal level and Analog input.
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6. CONFIGURATION
Main AT1000 Configurator windows consist of five parts: operations menu (1), global
parameters settings (2), profiles parameters settings(3), battery parameters (4) and firmware version (5):
Figure 9. Main AT1000 Configurator window
Operations menu
This is a list of commonly used operations such as:
•Defaults: choose one of 3 available default settings for the device. Every time you launch
Configurator software, you either have to load settings from file, or load default settings and
modify values manually.
•Load from file: click this button to load device settings from file so you don't have to enter
them by hand every time you want to configure the device.
•Save to File: click this button to save manually entered setting to a file.
•Read from flash: reads settings that are already stored in AT1000 device.
•Write to flash: saves the settings to AT1000 memory. Note, that you have to load these settings
from file or enter them manually first.
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•Get IMEI: reads AT1000 modem IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number.
Note, that after you connect device to power supply, it takes several seconds to load modem –
only then Configurator is able to read it. Otherwise it will be displayed as 'none'.
•Device startup: click this button to test data acquisition and data sending. This feature initiates
position acquisition from the GPS satellites. After coordinates are received, data is sent to
server as defined in global parameters.
•COM port: click this drop-down list to choose which COM port is used by AT1000 to connect
to PC. See chapter 4to find out number of the port.
•Refresh button: click it to refresh all available ports on PC. This button is used when you
connect AT1000 to PC while Configurator software is already launched, but it did not detect
Virtual COM Port yet.
Global Parameters
Global parameters are common settings for device and are used with every profile. These are
GPRS settings, GPS fix settings, SMS settings and general settings.
GPRS settings
•Mode: select data transfer mode for GPRS connection – TCP/IP or UDP/IP;
•APN: (Access Point Name) this is operator provided parameter and is used to open GPRS
connection in GSM network. Please contact your GSM operator to find out your APN.
•Username: APN username used to open GPRS connection in GSM network. In some cases it
is not required and field is left blank.
•Password: APN password used to open GPRS connection in GSM network. In some cases it
is not required and field is left blank.
•IP: this is destination server IP address to which AT1000 is sending data using GPRS.
•Port: this is destination server port number to which AT1000 is sending data using GPRS.
GPS fix settings
•Timeout: AT1000 is using this time interval (in seconds) when trying to establish its location. If
it fails to do so in given time, device considers that GPS is not available at the moment.
SMS settings
•Password: enter a password for all incoming SMS to the device. Device will discard all recieved
SMS with passwords that do not match the entered one.
•Authorized numbers: a list of GSM numbers – AT1000 will read messages only from listed
number and discard all messages from other numbers. If no numbers are entered, AT1000 will
read messages from all numbers. The first number is server GSM number – it is used to send
SMS to server modem. Numbers have to be entered in international format without '+' sign.
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Figure 10. Authorized numbers window
General settings
•Movement sensor: these parameters combined with onboard vibration sensor are used to
define if device is moving. While measuring (during Scan time) device captures Vibration
Count, after the end decision is done accord to equation (Scan Time / Average Time to
Impulses) ≤Vibration Count. If equation is true, then device is considered as moving.
Figure 11. Movement sensor settings window
Figure 12. Movement sensor measurement diagram
•Geofence zones: these parameters allows to know if device is in certain area or not.
Geofencing Frame border is measured in meters. Zone Border feature is specially used in order
to specify certain region within which crossing will not be indicated as event until border is cmpletely
crossed (hysteresis-like principle).
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Figure 13. Geofence border working principle (1)
Figure 14. Geofence border working principle (2)
Geofence Shape: Individual Geofencing Zone shape selection. There are two shapes available:
Circular or Rectangular.
Geofence Event Priority: Reserved for future uses, leave 0.
Geofence Enter Event: Individual Geofencing Zone Entering event generation functionality. If
enabled – when device enters specified area, an event of selected priority will be generated.
Geofence Exit Event: Individual Geofencing Zone Exiting event generation functionality. If
enabled – when Device exits specified area, an event of selected priority will be generated.
Geofence Center Longitude (X, degrees) / Geofence Left Bottom Corner Longitude (X1,
degrees): Individual Geofencing Zone Center Longitude coordinate for Circular shape or Left Bottom
Corner Longitude coordinate for Rectangular shape.
Geofence Center Latitude (Y, degrees) / Geofence Left Bottom Corner Latitude (Y1, degrees):
Individual Geofencing Zone Center Latitude coordinate for Circular shape or Left Bottom Corner
Latitude coordinate for Rectangular shape.
Geofence Radius (R, meters) / Geofence Upper Right Corner Longitude (X2, degrees):
Individual Geofencing Zone Radius measured in meters for Circular shape or Upper Right Corner
Longitude coordinate for Rectangular shape.
Not Used / Geofence Upper Right Corner Latitude (Y2, degrees): Individual Geofencing Zone
Right Corner Latitude for Rectangular shape. Not used for Circular shaped zone.
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Figure 15. Geofence settings window
•IO events: according to these settings device will respond changing circumstances and include
certain information to records.
Low Battery: information that device battery is low.
Critical Battery: information that device battery is critically low.
Roaming: information that device is in roaming state.
GPS timeout: information that GPS fix is not obtained within predefined time.
GPS speeding: information about device movement speed.
GSM level: information about GSM signal strength.
Land/water map: information about whether device is on water or on land.
Temperature*: temperature measurement information.
Analog input*: analog input voltage measurement information.
Alarm button*: alarm button state information.
Cell ID: information about GSM cell ID number.
* - Temperature sensor, Analog input and Alarm button shares the same hardware so only one feature
can be used at the time. More information about IO events can be found in Profile manager section.
Figure 16. IO events window
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Level field and delta indicate a value level – when it exits or enters value +- delta/2, device
generates an event. I.e. to generate speeding event when speed reaches 80 km/h enter level value 40
and delta value 80. This would make low level of speed 0 km/h (40 – 80/2) and high level 80 km/h
(40 + 80/2). When current speed exits this range, event will be triggered. As alternative you can also
enter level 90 and delta 20. This would trigger event when speed becomes 80...100 km/h. Battery level
is measured in percentage, speeding measured in km/h, GSM level is measured in point with
maximum value of 5.
Average field is not currently in use and is reserved for future functionality.
•Profile manager: managing between profiles is done via Profile Manager. Basically it is done
via logical sentences, which are collection of criteria encoded in 50 characters.
If external circumstances are identical to those stated in logical sentence, profile switching
occurs. There are four sentences: getting from first to fourth profile. Switching to fifth profile occurs
when there are no valid sentences which matches to IO events.
Figure 17. Profile manager window
Table 1. Legend of logical sentence parameters
Example of good logical sentence: MR1=0&{{CI1=1|GT1=0}^AI1<3000}
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