GPS Tracking Features

Cellular Assisted GPS:

Many of the GPS devices on the market today use simple or enhanced GPS. When you request a locate they turn on their GPS antenna, grab what they can from the satellites and then transmit a fix (latitude and longitude) to the website where it is displayed on a map. The issue is that signals from the satellites are very weak and if only a couple of them are "heard" then the locate will fail. They cannot locate a device that is in a home, connex box, trailer or garage. These types of obstructed enviroments require cellular assisted GPS. When you request a locate from a MOBILELOCK it turns on its GPS antenna and then transmits the raw data it receives to one of several PDE's (Positioning Determining Enterprise) within the Sprint network. These super servers cleanse the locate by discarding what appear to be weak or bounced signals and then combine in cell tower data where necessary. This allows MOBILELOCK to work where other GPS devices fail.

Simple Locates:

Sometimes all you want is to know where your asset is now. From within the Configure Units page you can click the Locate button and within 30 seconds receive back a link in the event history which when clicked displays a bird's eye using Microsoft Bing map with the estimated location of your asset. Using your mouse or the control buttons on the screen you can zoom in or out on the map for a better perspective.

Tracking Sessions:

You can configure your MOBILELOCK device to automatically send back locates to the website. You decide how often you want the locates (interval) and for how long you want it to run (duration). You can also configure it to stop when a low battery alarm is detected or to start when an alarm is detected. You don't want false alarms, especially if the alarm comes in at 2 am and the AC unit it is attached to is across town. Set up a tracking session to automatically start when vibration is detected. The session could do a locate every 10 minutes for a 30 minute duration (3-4 total) and if one of those locates shows up outside of a geofence then you can receive an "Exit Geofence" alarm.  This is what you want notification of!

Live Tracking:

You can set tracking sessions to locate every 24 hours down to every 10 seconds. Locates are dispayed on a Google Map on the Location View page in your account. Each locate is represented below the map and shows the time, range of accuracy (+/- feet) and the physical address it believes it is closest to. Longitude and latitude can also be obtained. Tracking sessions are stored in your account indefinitely and can be retrieved at anytime. Location accuracy will range depending on the number of satellites received versus cell tower data added.  +/- 8 feet can be achieved outside with line of sight to the sky where +/- 50 feet is more typical with a locate of the device indoors. 

Geofencing:

You can set up an unlimited number of geofences in your account and when devices travel into or out of those zones you can elect to be notified. Trucking companies want to know when their shipment leaves their customer's warehouse , arrives at their DC and then arrives at the retail store. Geofencing provides this. Plug in any address and determine the radius you wish to have for the zone. There is no limit to how small you can make the geofence but GPS locates can ping around several hundred feet so the smaller the geofence is the more chance there is of a false geofence exit or entry alarm.  

Click here to watch the geofence tutorial