TrimTrac ProE Locator User manual

TrimTrac ProE Locator
Technical Manual
Including Enhanced Features and
Vehicle Adapter or Control Module
Part Number 80200-00-UG
Version 2.0e
August 2007

REVISION HISTORY
Version Primary Author(s) Description of Version Date
Completed
1.0 Bill Dussell Initial production release of manual.
Functional descriptions expanded.
Various updates to reflect current
firmware v1.03.00.0000.
January 2007
1.1 Bill Dussell Clarifications and updates up to and
including firmware v1.08.00.000
May 2007
2.0 Bill Dussell Control Module and v2.03.00.000
firmware updates
August 2007
2.0e Bill Dussell TrimTrac ProE August 2007

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Regulatory Approvals
CE
The TrimTrac ProE product complies with the
essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive
1999/5/EC as stated by the EC Declaration of
Conformity (CE0681). The TrimTrac ProE product
complies with the European Telecommunications
Standards Institute Specifications ETS300-342-1
(EMC for GSM 900MHZ and DCS 1800MHZ Radio
Equipment and Systems).
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72/245/EEC as amended by Directive 95/54/EC
(el*72/245*95/54).
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Part 15, FCC Part 24, and Industry Canada
requirements. The TrimTrac ProE product complies
with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must
accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
TrimTrac ProE
FCC ID: JUPTRIMTRACE
IC ID: 1756A-TRMTRACE

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Contents
About this Manual ........................................................................................................................................ xii
Related Information ...................................................................................................... xii
Technical Assistance.................................................................................................... xiii
Minimum Information Required for Technical Assistance ......................................... xiv
Firmware Release Notes ............................................................................................. xvii
Safety First ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
Simple Guidelines........................................................................................................... 1
Detailed Safety Information ........................................................................................................................... 3
Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals ............................................................................ 3
Electronic Devices .......................................................................................................... 3
Aircraft............................................................................................................................ 4
Blasting Areas................................................................................................................. 4
Potentially Explosive Atmospheres ................................................................................ 4
For Vehicles Equipped with an Air Bag ......................................................................... 5
Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) ................................................................................... 5
Battery Safety Information ............................................................................................. 5
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Introduction..................................................................................................................... 6
TrimTrac ProE New Features and Capabilities .............................................................. 7
Application Feature Details.......................................................................................................................... 14
Communication Mode .................................................................................................. 14
GPRS Connection and Setup ........................................................................................ 14
Expanded GSM Status Codes ....................................................................................... 16
Geofences...................................................................................................................... 20
Scheduled Hours Mode................................................................................................. 26
Runtime Meters............................................................................................................. 28
Fix, Log and Reporting Rates ....................................................................................... 30
Input Modes .................................................................................................................. 31
LPA Input Delay........................................................................................................... 32
Automatic Message Log Dump .................................................................................... 33
Motion Report Flag....................................................................................................... 33
Report Delay Flag......................................................................................................... 34
Diagnostics Mode ......................................................................................................... 36
Speed Enforcement ....................................................................................................... 36
Scheduled Report Mode................................................................................................ 38
Polling........................................................................................................................... 39
Query Hold Flag ........................................................................................................... 41
Transmit Attempts ........................................................................................................ 41
Motion Sensor Override................................................................................................ 42
Variable State Timeouts for High and Medium Priority Alerts.................................... 43
Application Scenarios................................................................................................................................... 44
Introduction................................................................................................................... 44
General Considerations................................................................................................. 44
Example Applications................................................................................................... 46
Summary End-user and Installation Instructions.......................................................................................... 56
Battery Powered Units .................................................................................................. 56

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Vehicle Adapter or Control Module Equipped Units ................................................... 57
External GPS Antenna .................................................................................................. 63
Vehicle Placement Guidelines ...................................................................................... 66
Technical Tips and Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................ 68
Introduction................................................................................................................... 68
Requesting Technical Assistance.................................................................................. 68
TrimTrac Basic State Machine ..................................................................................................................... 83
Introduction................................................................................................................... 83
State Machine Overview............................................................................................... 83
Motion Detection and Filtering..................................................................................... 85
State Machine Design Details....................................................................................... 85
Alert Handling – Vehicle Adapter or Control Module ................................................. 86
IDLE State .................................................................................................................... 88
FIX State ....................................................................................................................... 91
STATUS State .............................................................................................................. 91
TRANSMIT State ......................................................................................................... 92
QUERY State................................................................................................................ 98
DELAY State.............................................................................................................. 100
Alert Processing ......................................................................................................................................... 102
Summary of Alert Sequence Processing..................................................................... 102
Priority and Status-Levels........................................................................................... 102
High Priority Alert Processing.................................................................................... 103
Medium Priority Alert Processing .............................................................................. 104
Low Priority Alert Processing .................................................................................... 104
Server Application-side Considerations ..................................................................... 105
TrimTrac ProE Configuration .................................................................................................................... 109
Introduction................................................................................................................. 109
Provisioning Mode and Equipment ............................................................................ 109
Provisioning Set-up..................................................................................................... 109
Provisioning AT Commands....................................................................................... 116
TrimTrac ProE Defaults ............................................................................................................................. 137
Introduction................................................................................................................. 137
Security Considerations .............................................................................................. 137
Diagnostics.................................................................................................................. 138
TrimTrac Application Protocol .................................................................................................................. 140
Introduction................................................................................................................. 140
Message Format.......................................................................................................... 140
TrimTrac Application Protocol Message Summary (Sorted by Name)...................... 144
TrimTrac Application Protocol Message Summary (Sorted by Header).................... 145
TrimTrac Command and Response Summary............................................................ 146
Configuration Messages.............................................................................................. 147
Query Messages.......................................................................................................... 161
Position, Status and Response Messages.................................................................... 167
Specifications ............................................................................................................................................. 182
TrimTrac Part Numbers.............................................................................................................................. 183
Bibliography............................................................................................................................................... 184
Glossary...................................................................................................................................................... 185
Quick Reference Tables ............................................................................................................................. 187

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List of Tables
Table 1, Firmware Changes through v1.03.00.000......................................................... xvii
Table 2, Firmware Changes v1.03.00.000 through v1.05.00.000.................................. xviii
Table 3, Firmware Changes v1.05.00.000 through v1.06.00.000.................................. xviii
Table 4, Firmware Changes v1.06.00.000 through v1.08.00.000.................................. xviii
Table 5, Firmware Changes v1.08.00.000 through v2.03.00.000.................................. xviii
Table 6. GPRS Parameters, Settings, Messages and Commands .................................... 15
Table 7, GSM Status Codes Explained............................................................................. 19
Table 8. Geofence Parameters, Settings, Messages and Commands............................... 23
Table 9. Scheduled Hours Parameters, Settings, Messages and Commands................... 27
Table 10. Runtime Meter Parameters, Settings, Messages and Commands.................... 29
Table 11. Fix, Log and Reporting Rate Parameters, Settings, Messages and Commands
................................................................................................................................... 31
Table 12. GSM Polling Options....................................................................................... 40
Table 13, Provisioning Command for Default Configuration Settings and Log Clearing 46
Table 14, Minimize Communication Costs and Query-to-Fix ........................................ 48
Table 15, Sample Non-default Commands for Query-to-Fix Configuration.................... 48
Table 16, Stationary Asset Settings ................................................................................. 49
Table 17, Sample Non-default Commands for Stationary Configuration ........................ 49
Table 18, High Performance Settings .............................................................................. 51
Table 19, Sample High Performance Settings .................................................................. 51
Table 20, Start and Stop Motion Report and In-route Report Settings............................ 52
Table 21, Sample Start and Stop Motion Report and In-route Report Settings................ 52
Table 22, Disable Module Alert Configuration Settings .................................................. 53
Table 23, Construction Equipment Monitoring Settings ................................................. 54
Table 24, Sample Construction Equipment Monitoring Settings ..................................... 54
Table 25, High Priority Alert Processing........................................................................ 106
Table 26, Medium Priority Alert Processing .................................................................. 107
Table 27, Low Priority Alert Processing ........................................................................ 108
Table 28, Summary of AT Commands........................................................................... 116
Table 29, AT+CTKC Assignment .................................................................................. 117
Table 30, AT+CTKC? Query ......................................................................................... 118
Table 31, AT+CTKE Factory Default & Log Erase Command ..................................... 119
Table 32, AT+CTKF Assignment .................................................................................. 119
Table 33, AT+CTKF? Query.......................................................................................... 120
Table 34, AT+CTKJ Assignment ................................................................................... 121
Table 35, AT+CTKJ? Query .......................................................................................... 121
Table 36, AT+CTKG Assignment.................................................................................. 122
Table 37, AT+CTKG? Query ......................................................................................... 122
Table 38, AT+CTKK Assignment.................................................................................. 123
Table 39, AT+CTKK? Query ......................................................................................... 124
Table 40, AT+CTK0? Query .......................................................................................... 125
Table 41, AT+CTKP Assignment .................................................................................. 125
Table 42, AT+CTKP? Query.......................................................................................... 126
Table 43, AT+CTKX Assignment.................................................................................. 128

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Table 44, AT+CTKX? Query ......................................................................................... 130
Table 45, AT+CTKY Assignment.................................................................................. 131
Table 46, AT+CTKY? Query ......................................................................................... 133
Table 47, AT+CTKZ Assignment .................................................................................. 134
Table 48, AT+CTKZ? Query.......................................................................................... 135
Table 49, ATI Query....................................................................................................... 136
Table 50, Diagnostic LED Blink Rates........................................................................... 139
Table 51, Basic Message Format.................................................................................... 141
Table 52, Message Qualifiers ......................................................................................... 141
Table 53, Sample XOR Checksum Source Code............................................................ 143
Table 54, TrimTrac Application Protocol Messages (Sorted by Name) ........................ 144
Table 55, TrimTrac Application Protocol Messages (Sorted by Header) ...................... 145
Table 56, TrimTrac Command and Response Summary................................................ 146
Table 57, SET_ALERT_STATE Message..................................................................... 147
Table 58, SET_APP_CONFIG Message ........................................................................ 148
Table 59, SET_CONTROL_OUTPUT Message............................................................ 149
Table 60, SET_EXT_APP_CONFIG Message .............................................................. 151
Table 61, SET_EXT2_APP_CONFIG Message ............................................................ 153
Table 62, SET_GEOFENCE_CONFIG Message........................................................... 154
Table 63, SET_GPRS_CONNECT_CONFIG Message................................................. 155
Table 64, SET_GPRS_SETUP _CONFIG Message ...................................................... 156
Table 65, SET_GPS_CONFIG Message ........................................................................ 157
Table 66, SET_MODULE_CONFIG Message ............................................................. 158
Table 67, SET_PROV_CONFIG Message..................................................................... 158
Table 68, QUERY_CONFIG Message........................................................................... 161
Table 69, QUERY_CONTROL_OUTPUT Message ..................................................... 161
Table 70, QUERY_GEOFENCE_CONFIG Message.................................................... 162
Table 71, QUERY_LOG Message ................................................................................. 163
Table 72, QUERY_METERS Message.......................................................................... 164
Table 73, QUERY_POSITION Message ....................................................................... 166
Table 74, REPORT_POS and STATUS_MSG Messages.............................................. 168
Table 75, RESP_ALERT_STATE Message................................................................... 169
Table 76, RESP_APP_CONFIG Message...................................................................... 170
Table 77, RESP_EXT_APP_CONFIG Message............................................................ 172
Table 78, RESP_EXT2_APP_CONFIG Message.......................................................... 174
Table 79, RESP_GEOFENCE_CONFIG Message ........................................................ 175
Table 80, RESP_GPRS_CONNECT_CONFIG Message .............................................. 176
Table 81, RESP_GPRS_SETUP _CONFIG Message.................................................... 177
Table 82, RESP_GPS_CONFIG Message...................................................................... 177
Table 83, RESP_METERS Message .............................................................................. 178
Table 84, RESP_PROV_CONFIG Message .................................................................. 178
Table 85, RESP_Query_AGGR Message....................................................................... 179
Table 86, RESP_QUERY_LOG Message...................................................................... 179
Table 87, RESP_MODULE_APP Message ................................................................... 180
Table 88, RESP_MODULE_OUTPUT Message........................................................... 181
Table 89, TrimTrac and TrimTrac ProE Part Numbers.................................................. 183

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Table 90, Basic Unit, SMS and Security Parameters, Messages and Command ........... 188
Table 91, GPS Parameters, Messages and Command .................................................... 188
Table 92, Basic State Machine Parameters, Messages and Command........................... 189
Table 93, Enhanced Feature Parameters and Defaults.................................................... 192
Table 94, Vehicle Adapter or Control Module Parameters and Defaults....................... 193
Table 95, GPRS Communication Provisioning Read/Write Parameters........................ 194
Table 96, Extended TrimTrac ProE Read/Write Parameters.......................................... 195
Table 97, Geofence Settings. .......................................................................................... 196
Table 98, Stateless Operations........................................................................................ 197
Table 99, Read-only Parameters..................................................................................... 200
Table 100, Summary of AT Commands and Defaults.................................................... 208
Table 101, TrimTrac Application Protocol Messages (Sorted by Name) ...................... 209
Table 102, TrimTrac Application Protocol Messages (Sorted by Header) .................... 210
Table 103, TrimTrac Command and Response Summary.............................................. 211
Table 104. Parameter Name Field Cross-Reference..................................................... 212
Table 105. Control Module Installation Notes .............................................................. 215

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List of Figures
Figure 1. TrimTrac ProE Shown with Optional External GPS Antenna and Quick
Release Bracket........................................................................................................... 9
Figure 2. TrimTrac with Metal Bracket............................................................................. 9
Figure 3. Provisioning Module inserted into a TrimTrac ProE ....................................... 10
Figure 4. Vehicle Adapter Module inserted into a TrimTrac ProE ................................. 11
Figure 5. Control Module. ............................................................................................... 11
Figure 6. Sample Inclusive Geofence Message Log........................................................ 25
Figure 7. Sample Runtime Message Log......................................................................... 30
Figure 8. Control Module with Disconnected Stand-by Battery Leads........................... 57
Figure 9. Control Module with Stand-by Battery Leads Connected ............................... 58
Figure 10. Properly inserted SIM Card and latched holder. ............................................ 59
Figure 11. Align Arrows on base and module. ................................................................ 60
Figure 12. Module with all four corners securedly snapped into place........................... 60
Figure 13. Rubber Channel Plug Removed ..................................................................... 61
Figure 14. Vehicle Adapter Module Wires Properly Routed. ......................................... 61
Figure 15. Control Module Wires Properly Routed......................................................... 62
Figure 16. Cover in place with Wires Properly Routed.................................................. 62
Figure 17. External GPS Antenna RF Connector Plug.................................................... 64
Figure 18. External GPS Antenna RF Connector. ........................................................... 64
Figure 19. External GPS Antenna Connected to TrimTrac ProE .................................... 65
Figure 20. Vehicle Placement versus Expected Number of Reports................................ 67
Figure 21. Expected Reporting Frequencies..................................................................... 81
Figure 22. Warm Start TTFFs........................................................................................... 82
Figure 23. Summary TrimTrac Operational State Diagram ............................................. 83
Figure 24. HPA Processing in TRANSMIT ..................................................................... 94
Figure 25. MPA Processing in TRANSMIT..................................................................... 95
Figure 26. LPA Processing in TRANSMIT...................................................................... 96
Figure 27. Other Message Processing in TRANSMIT ..................................................... 97
Figure 28. TrimTrac ProE with Modules Removed. ..................................................... 110
Figure 29. Open SIM Card Holder. ............................................................................... 111
Figure 30. Properly Latched SIM Card Holder. ............................................................ 111
Figure 31. Properly Inserted Provisioning Module........................................................ 112
Figure 32. Provisioning Module Improperly Inserted. Upper Tab not Latched Properly.
................................................................................................................................. 112
Figure 33. TrimTrac ProE Connected to PC via Provisioning Module and USB A-to-A
Cable. ...................................................................................................................... 113
Figure 34. QUERY_POSITION Response Flowchart................................................... 165
Figure 35, Parameter Index (All).................................................................................... 207
Figure 36. Vehicle Adapter Module Alert Wiring Diagram........................................... 213
Figure 37. Control Module Wiring Diagram .................................................................. 214

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About this Manual
Welcome to the TrimTracTM Pro Locator Technical Manual. This manual is intended for
use by system integrators, service providers and application developers (collectively,
“Resellers”). It is not intended for end-users of the TrimTrac ProE locator. Any end-user
documentation is to be prepared and furnished by the Resellers.
This manual covers the TrimTrac ProE with 2.03.00.000 and later firmware and
operating on 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz Global System for
Mobile communication (GSM) networks.
Data and Event Reporting support is by Short Message Service (SMS), General
Packet Radio Service (GPRS), or both. This manual describes how to set up,
configure, install, operate, and troubleshoot the product. Even if you have used
other GSM or Global Positioning System (GPS) products before, Trimble
recommends that you spend some time reading this manual to learn about the
special features of this product. If you are not familiar with GSM or GPS, visit
Trimble Component Technologies’ Web site dedicated to the TrimTrac ProEduct
(www.trimtrac.com) for a look at the device, GSM and GPS. Trimble assumes that
you are familiar with Microsoft Windows (2000, XP), including HyperTerminal,
and know how to use a mouse, select options from menus and dialogs, make
selections from lists, and refer to online help.
While this manual does not apply to earlier versions of the TrimTrac locator, the
TrimTrac ProE locator is backward compatible with applications developed for
earlier versions of the TrimTrac locator.
This manual is available in portable document format (PDF) from the following
Web site:www.trimtrac.com/support .
Related Information
TrimTrac Web site at www.trimtrac.com . This site is dedicated to TrimTrac
locator. Application notes, technical notes, and other useful product information
are available from this site. These documents contain important information about
software and hardware changes.
Release notes – the release notes describe new features of the product,
information not included in the manuals, and any changes to the manuals. The
release notes, if any, are available for download from the above Web address.
Authorized partners have access to a download section of the www.trimtrac.com
Web site. To request a User Name and Password to access this download site,
please send an email to trim[email protected] . Please include all your contact
information.

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Technical Assistance
If you have a problem and cannot find the information you need in the product
documentation, please contact your local Trimble Component Technologies sales office,
sales engineer or distributor. The Trimble technical support organization can be reached
by telephone at 1-800-767-4822 when dialing from within the United States, or at +1-
408-481-7921 when dialing from outside the United States.
Alternately, you can contact your nearest authorized TrimTrac distributor:
Africa:
GLT, Ltd.
PO Box: 11083
Aston Manor 1630, South Africa
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
www.gpslt.com
Australia, New Zealand and South
Pacific Islands:
GeoSystems, Ltd.
PO Box 8160
Christchurch
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www.geosystems.co.nz
Europe:
GLT, Ltd.
Henfield Business Park, Shoreham Rd
Henfield, W. Sussex, UK BN5 9SL
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
www.gpslt.com
Latin America:
Topp Data Solutions
3055 NW 84 Avenue
Doral, FL 33122 USA
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.toppdatasolutions.com
North America:
Novotech Technologies
260 Terrence Matthews Cres Suite 101
Kanata Ontario
K2M 2G3 Canada
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.novotechdistribution.com
Topp Data Solutions
3055 NW 84 Avenue
Doral, FL 33122 USA
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.toppdatasolutions.com
When contacting technical support, please be prepared to provide the information listed
on the following page.

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Minimum Information Required for Technical Assistance
If you or a user reports difficulty with a TrimTrac ProE locator (i.e. no GPS fixes, not
communicating, LED not working, etc.), it is helpful to retrieve directly from the unit all
current configuration settings and the message log. In some cases, a more detailed debug
log file is required to trouble shoot communications related issues.
Please provide the requested information and follow the procedures described below:
1. Unit IMEI number
2. Name of SIM Card Carrier
Using a Provisioning Module
1. Insert the Provisioning Module in the TrimTrac ProE and connect to it via
HyperTerminal.
2. In HyperTerminal under the “Transfer” menu, select “Capture Text” and
name a file to which the data from the TrimTrac ProE will be saved.
3. To retrieve the configuration and message log, do one of the following:
a. In the HyperTerminal window, type the following AT commands in order:
ATI
AT+CTKC?
AT+CTKF?
AT+CTKJ?
AT+CTKG?
AT+CTKK?
AT+CTKP?
AT+CTKX?
AT+CTKY?
AT+CTKZ?
AT+CTKO?
b. Rather than repeatedly typing these commands, they can be typed once
and saved as a text file. Then use the “Send Text File” command under
the HyperTerminal “Transfer” menu to send the text file to the TrimTrac
ProE.
3. Send the resulting file as an email attachment to your Trimble technical support
representative.

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Over-the-Air Retrieval
If the TrimTrac ProE or Provisioning Module are not available, but the TrimTrac ProE is
otherwise communicating with the server application:
1. Send the appropriate QUERY_CONFIG messages to the TrimTrac ProE to
retrieve the GPS, Application, Provisioning, Extended Application and VAM-
only parameters. (Reminder: Multiple QUERY_CONFIGs can be included
in a single SMS message.)
2. Provide a log of raw messages, including all position, status and query
responses, as actually received from the TrimTrac ProE in either CSV or Text
file format
Additional Debugging Capability
In most cases, providing the information as requested in the preceding sections will
provide enough information to analyze the operation of the TrimTrac ProE; however,
additional information may be required to troubleshoot communications related issues,
particularly when GPRS is being used. As such, the TrimTrac ProE has additional data
logging capabilities that can be used to debug specific communication problems. To
utilize this enhanced debug logging capability, the TrimTrac ProE must be connected to a
Provisioning Module and a PC to which the data will be logged.
1. Insert the Provisioning Module in the TrimTrac ProE and connect to it via
HyperTerminal.
2. In HyperTerminal under the “Transfer” menu, select “Capture Text” and name a
file to which the data from the TrimTrac ProE will be saved.
3. Configure the device to operate in the manner in which the device will be used.
4. Enable the debug logging capability in the in the HyperTerminal window, type
the following AT commands in order
AT+CTDL=9,5,1
AT+CTDL=5,5,1
5. Issue following command to cause device to reboot in special debugging mode:
AT+CTDL
6. This will cause the device to operate in the debugging mode for as long as the
GSM modem remains powered up. If the GSM modem powers off for any
reason, the debugging mode will be disabled and will not be active when the next
time the GSM modem is powered back on. As such, if it is desireable to leave the

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debug logging mode active for more than one state machine cycle, then the
Anytime Polling mode should be set “2=OnDemand”. In so doing, the GSM
modem will remained powered up continuously and, as a consequence, the debug
logging will remain active. (Note: if Anytime Polling is set “2=OnDemand”, then
either change configuration of the device to power off the GSM modem or cycle
power to de-active the debug logging mode.)
7. Please return the resulting data log file, along with the complete unit
configuration and message log to your Trimble technical representative for
analysis.

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Firmware Release Notes
This manual covers the TrimTrac ProE with 2.03.00.000 firmware. Firmware changes
since 1.00.00.000 firmware are summarized in Table 1 through Table 5.
CHANGE SUMMARY FROM 1.00.00.0000 TO 1.03.00.000
Schedule Hours Status flag added to Position Reports and Status Messages. If motion
triggered message is logged during after hours, than TriggerType shall be set
“2=Exception Report” and the Scheduled Hours Status flag shall be set “1=After Hours
Motion”
Low voltage cutoff added to prevent over-draining AA alkaline batteries. If battery
voltage drops below cutoff voltage, a new Status Message will be created and logged
with the Battery Level indicated as 999% indicating that a low voltage cutout has
occurred.
If a LPA-based geofence was re-centered while outside GSM coverage, the
device would continuously attempt to transmit a re-centering notice until the
device re-entered GSM coverage. In the meantime, no new position fixes would
be computed.
If LPA mode was not set to “1=Disabled” and the LPA input was used for geofence
enforcement, the device would skip the DELAY State.
All motion triggered messages will have a TriggerType set “2=Exception
Report” if one or more enforced conditions are violated, including Scheduled
Hours, Geofences, Speeding, or priority inputs (HPA, MPA, LPA).
1 Hz GPS enabled before entering FIX state if motion is detected and Motion
Report Flag is set “1=Enabled”
Speed Reporting expanded to include Speeding Report Mode and Speeding
Countdown Timer capabilities
RTKZ message and checksum error corrected. Start/Stop reporting corrected.
Table 1, Firmware Changes through v1.03.00.000

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CHANGE SUMMARY FROM 1.03.00.0000 TO 1.05.00.000
Added Stop Report to Motion Report Flag
Eliminated redundant Scheduled Report transmissions
Improved GSM registration process while roaming on new networks
Table 2, Firmware Changes v1.03.00.000 through v1.05.00.000
CHANGE SUMMARY FROM 1.05.00.0000 TO 1.06.00.000
Added concurrent GPRS/SMS operation. TrimTrac can receive SMS messages
even while GPRS connection is established and respond via SMS or GPRS
depending upon availability of network services and Communication Mode
settings
Added 30 second MPA activation delay to guard against nuisance alerts
Improved GSM performance and status code reporting
Improved acknowledgement of OTA Configuration messages
Improved LPA-based Runtime Meter threshold reporting
Improved filtering of speed violations based upon Report Delay Flag settings
Table 3, Firmware Changes v1.05.00.000 through v1.06.00.000
CHANGE SUMMARY FROM 1.06.00.0000 TO 1.08.00.000
Improved GSM roaming and network registration
Improved consistency of GPS 3D fix reporting
Modified TrimTrac Session Protocol to send new NetEntry packet in response to
unsolicited NetEntry Nack. This capability allows the server application to
identify which TrimTrac is maintaining a GPRS session after a server-side
failure even when no user-data is otherwise being transmitted
Table 4, Firmware Changes v1.06.00.000 through v1.08.00.000
CHANGE SUMMARY FROM 1.08.00.0000 TO 2.03.00.000
Improved GSM registration while using SIM that require a SIM PIN
Improved Runtime Meter accuracies
Eliminated 160 character limit on GPRS data packets
Table 5, Firmware Changes v1.08.00.000 through v2.03.00.000

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Safety First
Simple Guidelines
Please follow these guidelines when configuring, using or recycling the TrimTrac
ProE. Violating these guidelines may be dangerous, illegal or otherwise detrimental.
Further detailed information is provided in this manual.
Do Not Operate Where Prohibited
Do not allow the TrimTrac ProE to operate wherever wireless phone use is prohibited or
when doing so may cause interference or danger. Examples include but are not limited to
operation in hospitals, aircraft, near blasting sites or wherever operation can cause
interference.
Interference
Like all wireless devices, the TrimTrac ProE may encounter electrical interference that
may affect its performance.
Avoid Body Contact with Device During Operation
Do not operate the TrimTrac ProE in direct contact with your body. Maintain at least 10
inches (25 cm) separation between the device and any parts of your body.
Qualified Service
Except for batteries and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card, the TrimTrac ProE
contains no user serviceable or replaceable parts. Non-functioning units must be returned
to an authorized service center for repair or replacement.
Accessories and Batteries
Use only approved accessories or batteries. Do not connect incompatible products.
There is risk of explosion or fire if an incorrect type replaces batteries or if battery
contacts are shorted. Do not stack battery modules with batteries inserted. Batteries
should only be inserted into battery module when the battery module is properly inserted
into the TrimTrac ProE and snapped in securely. Do not exceed the temperature ranges
or other environmental conditions specified by the battery manufacturer. Dispose of used
batteries according to the instructions provided with the batteries.
Water-Resistance
The TrimTrac ProE is not waterproof. It is water-resistant and tested to IP-55 standard
except when used with an external GPS antenna or Control Module. It is recommended
that it be used where it is relatively dry and not subjected to either water streams or
submersion.

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Recycling
For information on how to recycle this product in the European Union, go to
www.trimble.com/environment/summary.html or call [phone] and ask for the
"WEEE Associate" or mail a request for recycling instructions to:
Trimble Europe BV
c/o Menlo Worldwide Logistics
Meerheide 45
5521 DZ Eersel, NL.