XtremeTrakGPS XT-300 User manual

XtremeTrakGPS XT-300 User Guide
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Thank you for purchasing the XtremeTrakGPS XT-300
baery-powered live GPS tracking device!
The XT-300 is one of the most technologically advanced
baery-operated GPS tracking device on the market,
providing locaon updates every 20 feet when walking
(speed less than 10mph) or every 10 seconds if the speed
exceeds 10mph.
The truly LIVE tracking methods employed by the XT-300
enable it to perform under a wide variety of applicaons,
providing GPS tracking for everyone from Alzheimer’s
paents to athletes (cyclists and runners), from toddlers
to teens, from freight shipments to airport luggage. The
applicaons for the XT-300 are limited only by the human
imaginaon.
Opons for the XT-300 GPS tracking unit include
extended-life baery kits providing up to 75 hours of
actual movement on a single charge. We oer runners’
and cyclists’ pouches for tracking athlec events such
as cycling circuits and marathons, and even magnec
weather-resistant boxes enabling covert placement
under a vehicle.
Not surprisingly, the XT-300 has garnered rave product
reviews in the press. GPS Magazine calls it “The most
accurate, easy to use GPS Tracker available.” It’s a
testament to our sta and their dedicaon to design and
build nothing less than the best product of its kind on
the market, without excepon. At XtremeTrakGPS, we
go to extremes to deliver a world-class product, and are
equally dedicated delivering of a comparably world-class
customer service experience.
For this reason, LIVE support is embedded directly into
our tracking system. If you encounter dicules, have
addional quesons, or simply want to say “job well
done”, we’re always delighted to hear from you.
Use common sense when cleaning your XT-300 – use a
so damp cloth, do not use solvents or alcohol-based
cleaning agents. The XT-300 is not waterproof, so
don’t submerge it in water. And the housing - like any
plasc - can melt under extreme heat, so don’t subject
it to environments where temperatures exceed 160°F.
Given proper care, your XT-300 GPS Tracking device will
provide reliable service for years to come.
Thank you for choosing the XT-300. We sincerely
appreciate your business!
INTRODUCTION
Figure 3.0 XT-300 Live Tracker

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Your XT-300 tracking service needs to be acvated prior
to use. To acvate, simply call us at 405-749-1105
between the hours of 7am-7pm Monday through
Friday, and 9am-5pm on Saturday.
Once your device has been acvated, it can take between
2-3 hours for it to start transming.
If you wish to cancel your service, simply contact us
before the 25th of the month.
The single biggest dilemma confronng a baery-
operated product of this nature is managing the delicate
balance between baery life and update performance.
Everyone wants the fastest update possible so they can
see the device as it moves in real-me. The problem is
that faster updates ulize more baery, and packing
addional baery into a device increases cost, weight,
and size.
Other products on the market are comparavely
primive, solving the baery dilemma by providing
2-minute, 5-minute, or even 15-minute updates. Some
are even “ping” based, updang their locaon only when
you specically ask for it. The problem with such slow
updates is that they cannot provide an historical playback
to enable you to see (with any degree of accuracy) where
the GPS tracking device has been.
Conversely, the XT-300 provides real-me 10-second
updates, recording history for later playback so that
you can see everywhere the device has been – even if
you weren’t watching at the me. We balance the need
for long baery life by embedding an on-board moon
sensor, enabling the device to power o and conserve
power aer 120 seconds of no movement.
The instant the device moves, it powers back up,
reconnects, and resumes transmission.
Using this method, the XT-300 doesn’t last “X” number
of hours aer a charge. Rather, it lasts 8 to 10 of actual
movement me with the standard baery. If a device
on a vehicle moves 1 hour per day, the baery will last
approximately 8-10 days on a single baery charge. If it
moves 2 hours per day, the baery will last roughly 4-5
days. If it moves nonstop, it will last between 8 and 10
hours. Bearing this in mind, we must also menon that
the moon sensor is incredibly sensive to vibraon –
even a passing vehicle may vibrate the vehicle on which
the XT-300 is installed enough to wake it. Under normal
circumstances this isn’t a problem, as the XT-300 will go
back to sleep aer 120 seconds of no movement, but
if the vehicle is parked on a busy street it can lead to a
dramacally reduced operang period for that specic
baery charge. For extended tracking, an extended
baery kit is available to extend the baery life to up to
75 total hours of movement. With the extended baery,
and driving approximately 1 hour per day, the extended
baery would last about 75 days on a single charge.
In order to access the live tracking features of the XT-300,
simply load your web browser on your PC (or Mac) and
go to hp://live.xtremetrakgps.com.
Make sure to have your login details handy that you
received during your device acvaon. To enter your
informaon, look for the login box, as shown on the next
page in Figure 5.0.
BATTERY CONSIDERATIONS
DEVICE ACTIVATION
WEB TRACKING INTERFACE

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In the Authorizaon Tab on the le side of the screen,
enter your login ID and password you selected during
acvaon, then click the LOGIN buon.
Once login is complete, the map will immediately jump
to your area and the locaon of your vehicle(s). You
may move your mouse over the vehicle to show specic
informaon about the vehicle such as latude, longitude,
and the speed at which the vehicle is traveling.
The locaon(s) of your vehicle(s) on the map are updated
every 10 seconds.
You may move the map within the browser by clicking on
the map, holding the mouse buon down, and dragging
the map. Double-click on an area to zoom in on it, or roll
the wheel on the back of your mouse to zoom in and out
on the center of the map. Clicking on a vehicle marker
(not the ag, but the vehicle marker itself) will open a a
“Device Opons” window (Figure 6.0, next page) which
gives you the ability to change the vehicle marker, change
the name on the ag, change the color of the ag or ag
text color, retrieve the address of the vehicle’s current
locaon, or auto-center (follow) the vehicle. To change
the vehicle marker, click on the vehicle marker image
below the save buon. A window will appear giving a
selecon of dierent vehicle icons you may use.
To change the text which appears on the ag, simply
change the text in the eld labeled FLAG TEXT. You may
change the color of the ag or text by clicking the COLOR
buon to the right of each eld, respecvely. When
you’ve nished making your changes to the ag color,
text color, ag text or vehicle marker, simply click the
SAVE buon.
The phone driver feature is available with paid access
to the SKYPE network, allowing you to phone the driver
through your PC. Other opons listed are not applicable
to the XT-300, such as locking and unlocking doors,
enabling and disabling the starter, honking the horn,
and remote starng the vehicle - these are available only
with hard-wired devices which must be physically wired
under the dash of the vehicle to perform these funcons
(such as the XtremeTrakGPS XT-100 or XT-200), thus do
not apply to a baery-operated device like the XT-300.
Figure 5.0 Web Interface Login
Figure 5.1 GPS Tracking Web Interface

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On the le side of the map screen you will nd a Control
Panel, providing tabs for Authorizaon, Map Control,
Vehicles, Reports, Alert System, Search, Direcons and
Roung, Address Markers, Live Support, and Historical
Playback. Clicking on any of these tabs will provide
access to each group of funcons. This control panel is
the key to all funcons and features of the web-based
tracking system. Through it the system provides access
to reports, alerts, live support, 90-day historical playback
and an unending array of other features – with more
new features constantly being added.
You may select the “Map Control” tab from the control
panel to the le, and the map control panel will open,
providing controls to zoom, pan, and set map rendering
opons. The XtremeTrakGPS system relies on Microso
Virtual Earth Maps to provide mapping of the coverage
area. In larger metro areas, high-resoluon aerial images
(also known as Bird’s Eye images) are available; in more
rural areas, even Hybrid view may not provide the same
level of detail as larger metro areas.
If you live in a rural area, you may nd it more useful to
select “Map View” in lieu of Hybrid or Bird’s Eye view.
When fully zoomed, the maps provide detailed street-
level informaon, enabling you to see the precise locaon
from which your XT-300 tracking device is transming.
When zoomed out completely, you have a complete view
of the world. If you have only one device, the “Center
Map” checkbox will automacally center the map on
that unit. If you have mulple devices, “Center Map” will
posion the center of the group of devices at the center
of the browser. If you select a single vehicle (under the
vehicles tab), the “Center Map” checkbox will tell the
system to center on the selected vehicle. “Opmize
Zoom” will zoom as closely as possible while sll keeping
the device or group of devices on the viewable map at
MAP CONTROL TAB
CONTROL PANEL
Figure 6.0 GPS Device Opons
Figure 6.1 Map Control Interface

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once. “Show Trac” will show trac ow and congeson
levels over major interstates and highways. Measured
areas will be highlighted in green for normal trac ow.
Areas experiencing moderate slow-downs in trac ow
will be highlighted in yellow, and areas with major trac
snarls will be highlighted in red. Areas highlighted in black
indicate complete blockages and trac at an absolute
standsll. By default, your login will show ALL the devices
associated with your account – up to a maximum of 512
units on screen at once.
In viewing all vehicles, you manually control the area of
the map you wish to view by using the zoom and pan
features to move the map within the view port. Clicking
the Map View buon will show a simple view of the map.
Satellite will show satellite imagery. Hybrid combines the
most useful features of both Map and Satellite views,
superimposing street lines and names over the top of
the Satellite imagery. The N, S, E or W seng allows you
to select between four dierent angles to view Birds’ Eye
imagery for a beer indicaon of surrounding terrain.
In order to select an individual vehicle, you may
select the “Vehicles” tab from the control panel,
and select a specic vehicle from the dropdown list.
Selecng a single vehicle from the dropdown list on the
VEHICLES tab enables you to turn all other markers o,
enabling quick isolaon of the target from among a large
eet of vehicles. This feature is oen used in conjuncon
with the “center map” checkbox on the map control to
“follow” a vehicle wherever it goes. Individual vehicle
selecon is also used to specify which specic vehicle to
replay under the historical playback control. Specifying a
single vehicle to track has implicaons under a number
of dierent controls. Check each secon of the manual
for the impact of individual vehicle selecon on each
funcon.
Currently there are 20 dierent report opons available.
More reports are being added regularly. There are two
types of reports – online reports which appear onscreen,
and oine (Excel) reports which are emailed to the
address you specify. Some reports - such as the vehicle
mileage by state report or vehicle operang report – are
available only via email largely due to the me required
to generate the report.
Another major dierence between online reports and
oine reports is the fact that an online report is typically
run for a single vehicle for a single day. Oine reports
can be run for ALL your vehicles for a period of several
months. Note: When you request an oine report for
mulple vehicles, bear in mind the ramicaons of your
request. An Excel spreadsheet only supports a maximum
of 65,535 rows. If you have more data over a period of
several months than can t in 65,535 rows, the report
will be truncated at row 65535. When a report is selected
from the Reports control, a semi-transparent overlay
appears on the map. Note that the device markers
connue to move, always reecng their locaons on
the map beneath. On this reports overlay, you may select
the specic parameters used for the selected report.
When reading a report, you will typically see a series
of dates/mestamps, along with the physical address
(or lat/lon, if the vehicle is connuing on a more-or-less
straight course), as well as vehicle speed and heading.
Headings are expressed in the range of 0 – 359, indicang
thedirecon in which the vehicle is poinng. Zero is
north; the value increments clockwise. Reports may be
highlighted and copied/pasted into Excel spreadsheets.
TRACKING OPTIONS
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Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a homebuilder, HVAC
installaon contractor, electrical or plumbing contractor.
You want to know what me your guys are arriving on
the job site each morning…. and what me they leave
in the aernoon. With the Zone Alert feature of the US
Fleet Tracking system, you can easily dene an unlimited
number of “Alert Zones” (also known as “geo-fences”)
and the system will automacally nofy you – by e-mail
or SMS text message (or both) – any me one of your
vehicles enters or exits the zones you dene. Dening
Alert Zones couldn’t be easier. First, zoom in on the area
in which you want to create a zone nocaon. From
here, it’s as simple as clicking the Alert System tab on the
Control Panel and selecng the opon to “Show Alert
Editor”. A window similar to that shown in Figure 8.1
(right) will appear at the boom of your screen. Click the
“Add Zone Alert” buon. In the rst eld, select a name
for your zone, and then click and drag the pushpins at
each corner of the highlighted zone on the screen.
You may roll the wheel on the back of the mouse to zoom
in or out on the map, or click and drag to move the map
while the Alert Nocaon Editor is open. An Alert Zone
can be as small as a driveway, or as large as an enre
connent. Note: While an Alert Zone can be as small as
a driveway, the funconality of an Alert Zone depends
on the device making one transmission on one side of
the box, and a second transmission on the opposite side
(inside vs. outside). Select the nocaon method that
you prefer.
You can have XtremeTrakGPS send an SMS text message
to your cell phone, or e-mail to any address you specify.
When you’ve nished specifying the e-mail address
or SMS address, simply click the opon to “Save Alert
Zone”, and the zone you’ve created will be added to the
list at the le. It’s that easy!
It’s possible to draw a zone so small that the device is
unlikely to make a transmission from within the dened
area. When in doubt, to increase reliability of Alert Zone
nocaons, it is recommended that you make the
box larger than the simple edges of a driveway. A area
of 100 feet square is the recommended minimum size.
TEXT AND EMAIL ALERTS
Figure 8.0 Reporng Interface
Figure 8.1 Geo-Fence Alert Sengs

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Note: SMS addresses are like email addresses. Some
wireless carriers dene their SMS addresses as
1 + areacode + cellnumber@[yourcarrier.com] (e.g.
[e-mail]). Others do not recognize
the address if there exists a 1 before the area code. If
your SMS alerts are not arriving at your cell phone, try
changing the SMS address without the 1 and saving the
change to see if it makes a dierence.
With a correctly dened zone, you receive nocaon
anyme a vehicle enters or exits the area you’ve
specied.
The Speed Alert is a close relave of the Zone Alert.
Speed Alert enables you to dene speeds at which you
are noed. Speeds (like Alert Zones) can be dened for
specic vehicles, or for every vehicle in your eet. Any
me one of the specied vehicles exceeds the dened
speed; the XtremeTrakGPS system will nofy you with an
SMS text message to your cell phone, an e-mail, or both.
From the same Alert Editor window, select the opon
to “Add Speed Alert”. Specify a name for your alert (so
that you can nd it later in the list at the le), and select
whether you want the alert to apply to all vehicles or a
specic vehicle by selecng a vehicle from the dropdown
list. Fill in the speed in the next eld, and you’re almost
nished. Check the appropriate box and populate the
elds for SMS text message or e-mail nocaons
(depending on the method you prefer), and select the
opon to “Save Speed Alert”. You’ll see your alert added
to the list box at the le. Alerts are easily removed by
selecng the items in the Alerts list on the le side of
the Alert Editor Window and clicking the “Remove”
buon. When you are nished creang or eding Alert
Zones and Speed Alerts, click the [X] at the upper right
corner of the Alert Editor Window to close it and resume
normal operaon.
The “Search” feature enables the user to nd locaons
of selected subjects within a certain area. For instance, if
you were to type in “pizza” or “gas staons” in the “Find”
window pushpins would populate on the map of the
closest locaons that matched your search criteria.
A “Search Results” box will open on the right side of
your screen (See Figure 9.0) with addresses and phone
numbers for the locaons appearing on the screen. In
the simplest of terms, if it is in the phone book, the
XtremeTrakGPS tracking system will show it to you on
the map.
Direcons and Roung The “Direcons and Roung”
feature enables the user to enter a start and stop
address, along with up to 20 addional stops on a route.
The system will plot the route with driving direcons. By
default, “no opmizaon” is checked. This will show the
route in the order in which the stops were entered.
Note: Popups must be enabled on your browser in order
to receive driving direcons. Most browsers (IE, FireFox,
SEARCH
DIRECTIONS AND ROUTING
Figure 9.0 Local Search Results for “Gas”

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Safari, Chrome, etc.) allow you to enable popups from
our site specically while connuing to block popups
from unwanted sites.
If the checkbox is turned on for “Fastest Time”, the route
will be opmized and the stops reordered in such a
manner as to allow the driver to complete all stops in the
shortest amount of me.
If the checkbox is turned on for “Shortest Distance”, the
route will be opmized and the stops reordered in such a
manner to allow the driver to complete all stops with the
lowest possible mileage. Please note that the shortest
mileage is not always the fastest me – for example,
interstate travel might predicate slightly higher mileage,
but also higher speed and thus shortest me. In order
to receive driving direcons, the popup blocker on your
browser may need to be disabled temporarily to enable
the pop-up window with driving direcons to appear.
The Address Markers tab exists to enable the placement
of user-dened markers on the map. These markers can
provide quick and easy locaon of warehouses, oces,
and other landmarks relevant to your daily use of the
US Fleet Tracking vehicle tracking system. To access
this feature, select the “Address Markers” tab and click
“Show Address Editor”. Aer typing the name you wish
to appear on the marker label, type the address into the
address eld and click the “Find Lat:Lon” buon. The
system will nd the closest match in the database and
populate the latude and longitude with that locaon.
Alternavely, if you know the latude and longitude
(based on the posion of a vehicle), you can simply type
the latude and longitude and click the “Find Street
Address” buon. To place the marker on the map, click
the “Add Address” buon at the lower right corner of
the Address Editor window. A target icon will appear at
the locaon specied. When your mouse is placed over
this target icon on the map, a small window will appear
providing complete address informaon. To remove an
address marker, simply select that item in the list on
the le side of the Address Editor Window and click the
“Remove” buon. When you are nished creang or
eding your address markers, click the [X] at the upper
right corner of the Address Editor Window to close and
resume normal operaons.
In yet another of our connuing paern of industry rsts
(and our undying dedicaon to world-class customer
support), XtremeTrakGPS provides LIVE on-line chat
support from within the vehicle tracking interface.
With LIVE Chat Support embedded directly into our
tracking system (See Figure 11.0, next page), you can ask
quesons or be given direcon on how to use specic
parts of our system even while you connue to interact
with the system. There is no need to close the chat
window or go try something and come back. In fact, you
can leave the Live Support window open even while you
manipulate the map – zoom in, zoom out, pan the map,
select an individual vehicle or all vehicles, or even run
reports or historical playback. No other vehicle tracking
product on the market provides such an advanced level of
technical support and assistance to the user community
– because no other vehicle tracking company cares as
deeply about the sasfacon of its clients.
To talk with a LIVE support engineer, simply select the
Live Support tab on the control panel, and click the
buon labeled “Live Support System”. A window will
appear at the top of your screen similar to Figure 11.0.
LIVE CHAT SUPPROT
ADDRESS MARKERS