Benefon Track Pro User Manual
BENEFON
CONFIGURATOR
for the
Benefon Track Pro
All rights reserved.© Benefon Oyj, 2004.
Publication number:YZ2680-4
NOTE: This manual is intended for guidance when making initial and major configurations for the Benefon Track Pro mobile
phones; however, it does not replace the phone´s own manual. Use this manual concurrently with the phone´s own manual.
Also note that separate M PTP doc ument wi th detail s is re quired fo r the rem ote op eration and con figurat ion of t he phone .
Information in this manual is subject to change without notice. BENEFON reserves the right to change or improve their products
and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements.
BENEFON is not responsible for any loss of data, income or any consequential damage whatsoever caused.
Some of the features described in this ma nual are option al and intende d to be purch ased separately. For more info rmation, pl ease
contact your dealer.
Manufacturer: Benefon Oyj
P.O. Box 84
24101 Salo
FINLAND
Web site: www.benefon.com
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CONTENTS
CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE
BENEFON TRACK PRO ...................................... 7
A: MPTP MESSAGES AND
REMOTE CONFIGURATION (OTA).................................... 7
B: THE BENEFON CONFIGURATOR
SOFTWARE AND LOCAL CONFIGURATION ..................... 8
Connecting the phone to the
Benefon Configurator software................................ 9
Loading settings from the phone
to the software ........................................................ 10
Saving settings in a computer disk .......................... 10
Changing default mobile phone ...............................11
Transferring settings from the
software to the phone .............................................. 11
Disconnecting the phone
from the software .................................................... 12
ACTIVATING NEW FEATURES......................................... 12
SIM FEATURES: SHORT MESSAGES ............................... 13
Reading and editing existing messages ................... 13
Deleting a short message ........................................ 13
Writing and sending a short message ...................... 14
SIM FEATURES: PHONE BOOKS ..................................... 15
Editing and adding an entry .....................................15
Deleting entries.......................................................15
Moving and copying entries ..................................... 16
Arranging entries .................................................... 16
USER SETTINGS ............................................................ 17
Phone settings ........................................................ 18
LANGUAGE .................................................................................. 18
DATE AND TIME SETTINGS........................................................... 18
AUTOMATIC KEYLOCK.................................................................. 19
UNITS.......................................................................................... 19
Settings for power on and power off timers ............. 19
Call settings............................................................ 20
REDIAL MEMORY ......................................................................... 20
AUTOMATIC ANSWER................................................................... 20
Message setup ........................................................ 20
SMS SERVICE NUMBER................................................................ 20
MESSAGE TYPE............................................................................ 20
MESSAGE VALIDITY TIME............................................................. 21
VOICE MAIL NUMBER................................................................... 21
Broadcast message setup ....................................... 21
TELEMATICS: SURVEILLANCE ....................................... 22
About telematics ..................................................... 23
Tracking.................................................................. 24
DURATION ................................................................................... 24
INTERVAL.................................................................................... 24
ACTIVATION ................................................................................ 24
Condition check....................................................... 25
DURATION ................................................................................... 25
INTERVAL.................................................................................... 25
Area tracking .......................................................... 26
INTERVAL.................................................................................... 26
CENTER POINT ............................................................................ 26
RADIUS........................................................................................ 26
ALARM MODE .............................................................................. 26
ACTIVATION................................................................................. 26
Default behaviour for location request .................... 27
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TELEMATICS: TELEMATIC SETTINGS ............................. 28
Status messages ..................................................... 29
USAGE.......................................................................................... 29
STATUS MESSAGE LIST ................................................................ 29
Protocol settings ..................................................... 29
AUTHORIZATION........................................................................... 29
MPTP MESSAGE STORAGE............................................................ 30
MESSAGE VALIDITY ...................................................................... 30
SMS SERVICE NUMBER ................................................................ 30
Error reports .......................................................... 31
Position precision ................................................... 31
Primary use of emergency button............................ 32
Service center number ............................................ 32
Mobile group numbers ............................................ 32
Trace log ................................................................. 33
TRACE LOG SETTINGS .................................................................. 33
TRANSFERRING TRACE LOG......................................................... 34
OPENING AND PROCESSING REMOTELY SENT
LOG FILE (IN THE BENEFON CONFIGURATOR) .............................. 36
PROCESSING TRACE LOG BY USING SOME
OTHER APPLICATION.................................................................... 36
TELEMATICS: EMERGENCY SETTINGS ........................... 37
Basic emergency settings........................................ 38
SOS ACTIVATION .......................................................................... 38
EMERGENCY CANCEL TIME .......................................................... 38
NAMING EMERGENCY CALL.......................................................... 38
SELECTING EMERGENCY CALL CYCLE MODE................................ 38
SETTING EMERGENCY CALL CONNECTION
WAITING TIME .............................................................................. 39
SETTING EMERGENCY CONFIRMATION FOR
EMERGENCY MESSAGE DELIVERY ................................................ 39
EMERGENCY CENTER NUMBERS .................................................. 39
Making emergency cycle ......................................... 40
MAKING AN EMERGENCY CALL WHICH
INCLUDES BOTH CALL NUMBERS AND SMS NUMBERS ................ 41
CANCELLING EMERGENCY CYCLE ................................................ 41
TELEMATICS: EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTS .................42
About emergency environments...............................43
Configuring emergency environments ..................... 43
TELEMATICS: AUTHORIZED NUMBERS .......................... 44
TELEMATICS: GPS .........................................................45
Setting GPS operating mode .................................... 46
GPS sleeping time (in economy mode) ..................... 46
NMEA output ........................................................... 47
GPS tuning...............................................................47
Assisted GPS ...........................................................48
Poor satellite coverage ............................................48
TELEMATICS: POWER ....................................................49
Settings for manual power on and off ...................... 50
Settings during battery charging .............................50
CHANGE GPS OPERATING MODE.................................................. 50
NOTIFY SERVICE CENTER WHEN CHARGING ................................ 50
Notify service center of battery status .....................50
WAYPOINT TRACKING.................................................... 51
Creating waypoints ..................................................52
Resetting the coordinates ........................................ 52
Marking all waypoints for activation/
deactivation at once ................................................. 52
SENSOR SETTINGS: VERTICAL SENSOR ........................53
Naming the sensor ..................................................54
Specifying sensor usage ..........................................54
Polling interval ........................................................ 54
No-alarm duration ...................................................54
Pre-alarm duration..................................................54
Post-alarm interval ................................................. 55
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Alert trigger ............................................................ 55
Missing sensor alert ................................................ 55
Vertical sensor alerts ..............................................55
ENCRYPTING MESSAGES ............................................... 56
Activating encryption ...............................................56
Generating keys ...................................................... 56
Selecting encryption options.................................... 57
MENU LOCKS AND ACCESS CODES ................................ 57
Security code for telematics and GPS ..................... 57
Changing security code............................................57
Menu lock for phone settings ................................... 58
User interface lock .................................................. 58
TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................... 58
"DUMMY QUESTIONS" ................................................... 58
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CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE BENEFON TRACK PRO
CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE
BENEFON TRACK PRO
There are several ways to configure settings for the
Benefon Track Pro:
•A: You can use the MPTP commands, and transfer
settings remotely, over the air by sending a proto
col message to the phone. The MPTP commands can
be sent as a command string or through a specific
software, such as the Benefon In Charge.
•B: You can use AT commands for configuring settings and transfer them to the phone locally, via the
BW data/NMEA cable. This can be easily done by
using the Benefon Configurator software. In some
cases the BW cable must be purchased separately,
it might not be included in the sales package of the
phone.
•C: Limited set of features or purchased software
options may be available for configuration through
the phone´s own menu.
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A: MPTP MESSAGES AND
REMOTE CONFIGURATION (OTA)
MPTP configuration commands are used when a remote update of the phone configuration is needed.
Update can include all telematics settings and phone
numbers, such as emergency numbers, status mes
sages, authorized numbers, GPS operating mode.
MPTP updates also include commands for daily usage,
such as location request and tracking commands.
The remote configuration can be used for transferring
the settings only in case the settings are coded as
MPTP messages.
For more information on MPTP messages, please
see the separate document: Mobile Phone
Telematics Protocol (MPTP), located at the
Web site: www.benefon.com.
To receive full documentation, please contact
your Benefon Partner.
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A: MPTP MESSAGES AND REMOTE CONFIGURATION (OTA) 7
CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE BENEFON TRACK PRO
B: THE BENEFON CONFIGURATOR
SOFTWARE AND LOCAL CONFIGURATION
The Benefon Configurator software is intended for
configuring settings locally for the Benefon products,
e.g. Track Pro.
This configuration manual contains features available
for the Track Pro NT 2.0.
Since the Benefon Configurator is very easy to use, it
is advisable to make initial and other major configu
rations for the phone with this software.
When you are finished with editing the settings, you
can either transfer the settings back to the phone via
the BW cable immediately, or save them in a comput
er disk (as any normal file) for further use.
Another, slightly quicker way to transfer configurations made by Benefon Configurator is to use some
other application, e.g. the SetupLoad software. For
more information on it, please contact your dealer.
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The Benefon Configurator application window is split
up in two sections:
•The Benetree structure is located on the left. It consists of two main nodes: My Benefon (on-line) and
My Computer (off-line). By clicking the main nodes,
you have access to their sub-nodes. The software
consists of several groups of settings mainly struc
tured as sub-nodes, such as: Short messages, Phone
books, User settings, Telematics settings, GPS settings
and so on. By clicking the sub-nodes, you have
access to the corresponding Benefon Configurator
document files.
•The Document window is located on the right. The
setting groups may be divided up into interleaves
including several separate data fields, such as Track
ing settings, Emergency settings, GPS settings, Message
settings, Protocol settings and so on.
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8 B: THE BENEFON CONFIGURATOR SOFTWARE AND LOCAL CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE BENEFON TRACK PRO
Connecting the phone to the
Benefon Configurator software
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1. The BW cable may contain one or two square-end
adapters. Plug the data adapter (1) into a serial
port. Serial ports are located at the back panel of
your computer.
2. Plug the flat end of the BW cable (2) in the system
connector, located at the bottom of the phone.
Make sure the release button (3) is facing up.
3. Open the Benefon Configurator .
4. Choose the correct serial port from the toolbar:
Click the pop-up menu and highlight the desired
port.
Or, choose Settings from the Edit menu. Select the
Default communication port by clicking the check
box. Click Ok to exit the menu.
THE MAIN IDE A IS THAT THE PORT SEL ECTED IN SOFTWARE
MATCHES WITH THE PORT, THE DATA ADAPTER IS PLUGGED IN.
5. Double-click the main node My Benefon. Or, double-click the phone icon. Or, choose Connect from
the Mobile menu. Or, click the button Connect lo
cated on the toolbar.
6. The software establishes a connection to the
phone and renames My Benefon node according to
the type and the model of the phone, e.g. Track
Pro.
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B: THE BENEFON CONFIGURATOR SOFTWARE AND LOCAL CONFIGURATION 9
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7. At the same time, the software reads data from the
phone and loads it in the display. The data con
tains currently existing settings and menus from
the phone. These settings and menus are shown as
sub-nodes, such as Messages, User settings, and
Telematics settings.
8. If the software requests security code while loading the settings, you must key in the code and
press Ok. For more information on security code,
see
SECURITY CODE FOR TELEMATICS AND GPS ON PAGE 57.
9. Click the name label, e.g. Track Pro. The sub-nodes
will be displayed as icons on the working area, i.e.
the Document window, on the right.
10.You can select the desired sub-node/icon by clicking it. The data fields will be displayed.
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Loading settings from the phone
to the software
As you connect the phone to the software, all current
settings in the phone are copied to the software.
To load only part of the settings to the software,
choose Configurator... from the Edit menu (before
pressing Connect button). Check the desired setting
groups - the groups are shown in the Mobile phone start
up tasks. Click Ok while the dialog box is displayed.
Unloaded settings can be loaded afterwards in the
same session by choosing Open NNsettings from the
Mobile menu.
Saving settings in a computer disk
If the phone is not currently connected to the software, you can still make configurations, save them
and transfer them to the phone afterwards. When
working in off-line, data fields are available for editing
via My Computer node.
1. To save data in a computer disk, choose Save as...
from the File menu.
2. Select the destination drive and folder, and rename the file the way you like. Click Save. The software stores all data fields that the chosen node
contains.
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CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE BENEFON TRACK PRO
Changing default mobile phone
When any Benefon phone (or device) is connected to
the Benefon Configurator, the software identifies it
automatically, and offers you the correct data fields
for editing.
To make off-line configuration for some other Benefon
phone (e.g. Esc!) when the phone is currently unavail
able, you need to change the default mobile phone in
Benefon Configurator.
1. Change the default Benefon mobile phone by se-
lecting C onfigurator... from the Edit menu, or highlighting the desired phone model from the pop-up
menu, located on the toolbar.
2. Now the data fields of this "new" phone model are
available and can be opened from the My Computer
node on the left.
3. Click the desired node, e.g. User settings, press the
mouse´s right button and select New >Ok.
4. Similarily, you can close the file which is not needed any more by clicking it, pressing the mouse´s
right button and selecting Close.
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Transferring settings from the
software to the phone
While the Benefon Configurator software is connected
to the phone, you can save data in the phone.
1. First open the Benefon Configurator document
which content you want to save in the phone. To
recall settings previously stored in a computer
disk, select Open from the File menu, or press the
corresponding function icon on the toolbar.
2. Choose Save To Mobile from the File menu.
Or, click the function icon on the toolbar.
When transferring data to the phone, the previous
data is replaced with the new data.
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CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE BENEFON TRACK PRO
Disconnecting the phone
from the software
1. Choose Disconnect from the Mobile menu.
Or, click the button Disconnect on the toolbar.
2. Press and hold down the release button while removing the BW cable from the phone. (The release
button is located on the top of the flat end of the
BW cable.)
3. Gently pull the BW cable from the system connector (located at the bottom of the phone).
ACTIVATING NEW FEATURES
Some of the new features are sold separately, they
are not included in the basic NT 2.0 software package.
Such features are, e.g. Waypoint tracking, CSD trace
download, Encryption, Vertical sensor and Update of
an old software into the new NT 2.0 software.
When you purchase these new features, a Service acti-
vation key is provided to you by the dealer or the man-
ufacturer. The key is needed for activating the
features. Activation can be easily done with the Bene
fon Configurator.
1. First make sure, the phone has cable connection to
the Benefon Configurator.
2. Click Connect.
3. Select Save activation key from the Mobile menu.
4. Key in the Service activation key. (Note that when
updating the software, the phone may inform you
of the incorrect software version. You have then
less than 2 minutes time to key in the activation
key until the phone will power off itself. The key
can be stored while the software is still reading da
ta.)
5. Click Save.
6. Click Disconnect.
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CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE BENEFON TRACK PRO
SIM FEATURES: SHORT MESSAGES
Reading and editing existing messages
1. Double-click the icon SMS messages.
2. Messages are listed and can be read.
3. Double-click the message you want to edit.
4. Edit text and other details in the SMS edit buffer.
5. Click Ok when ready.
Deleting a short message
To delete a short message, highlight the message and
choose Sms, Delete message from the Edit menu.
You can also select Delete by pressing the mouse´s
right button.
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Writing and sending a short message
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1. Choose Sms, New m essage from the
Edit menu. The SMS edit buffer will be
displayed.
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2. Key in the message text (1) and the
recipient´s number (2). By clicking
the square next to the number (3),
the recipient´s number can be
fetched from the Phone book, assuming the number is found on SIM.
3. Make sure, the Sms service number is
correct. The number can be changed
by clicking the square next to it (4).
By selecting the option SIM card de-
fault, the SMS service number will be
picked up from the SIM card. If the
SIM card does not contain the SMS
number, select the option Own and
key in the SMS service number.
4. Select the desired Saving/Sending
option by checking one of the Action
boxes (5).
5. Complete the message by pressing
Ok.
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SIM FEATURES: PHONE BOOKS
As you open the Phone books, the memory entries
stored on the SIM card are listed and can be pro
cessed.
Index number stands for memory slot number.
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Editing and adding an entry
1. To edit details of an entry, click the desired entry.
To add a new phone book entry, click a blank line
(1).
2. Key in the name and number (2).
3. By pressing Tab on the keyboard you can move
from a data field to another.
Deleting entries
1. To delete a phone book entry, click the desired entry.
2. Press Delete on the keyboard. You can also choose
the command Delete from the Edit menu, or by
clicking the mouse´s right button.
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Moving and copying entries
1. To move or copy a phone book entry to another
slot, click the desired entry.
2. Press Ctrl+C (for copy) or Ctrl+X (for cut) on the
keyboard. Click the destination line and press
Ctrl+V (for paste) on the keyboard.
You can also choose the commands Copy, Cut and
Paste from the Edit menu, or by clicking the
mouse´s right button.
Or, you can click the corresponding function icons
on the toolbar.
Copy
3. If the destination line is reserved, you also need to
confirm, whether to overwrite the old information
or not.
- To overwrite the old information, click Yes in the
dialog box.
- To preserve the old information and transfer the
new information to another, free slot (Index num
ber), click No in the dialog box.
Cut
Paste
Arranging entries
Arrange the phone book by Index, Name, or Number (3)
either by
- clicking the title
- choosing the option from the Edit menu
- clicking the mouse´s right button.
•View by: This option rearranges the phone book
temporarily. When transferring the phone book data
back to the phone, the data will be arranged by the
old order.
•Sort by: This option rearranges the phone book per-
manently. When transferring the phone book data
back to the phone, the data will be arranged by the
new order.
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USER SETTINGS
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Phone settings
LANGUAGE
You can select the menu language, the phone uses.
Click the arrow and highlight the desired option (1).
DATE AND TIME SETTINGS
The time information determined here is used together with call logging, incoming messages as well as
alarm clock and timers.
When setting the date and time initially, the GPS
needs to be turned on and the position needs to be
read from a satellite.
Time zone
You can select the local time, your country uses. The
default time comes to your phone from a satellite and
it is called the standard Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC), i.e. "the Greenwich Time".
The standard time zone (UTC) shows here 00:00 and
you may need to correct it to match your local time
zone (2).
For example, the common time zone in Central and
Southern Europe and Scandinavia is +1:00. In East
ern Europe, Finland and Greece the common time
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zone is +2:00. Key in your local time zone shift with
numeric keys.
If the daylight-saving time is in use in your country,
you need to change the time zone manually each
time, when shifting from winter time to summer time
and vice versa. E.g. in Finland time zone in winter is
+2:00 but time zone in summer is +3:00.
NOTE: Adjusting time zone only affects the time
shown in the phone display. The time accompanying
MPTP messages is always in UTC format.
Time format
You can determine whether the time will be displayed
as 24 hours or as 12 hours am/pm.
Click the arrow and highlight the desired option (3).
Date format
By selecting Date and time, you can determine in which
order the time, date and year are displayed. Click the
arrow and highlight the desired option (4).
•dd.mm.yyyy
•mm.dd.yyyy
•yyyy.mm.dd
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CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE BENEFON TRACK PRO
AUTOMATIC KEYLOCK
The keypad lock is used to prevent accidental key
strokes.
If the automatic keylock is turned on (5), the keypad
will be locked automatically if no key has been
pressed for a few seconds.
•To turn the automatic keylock on, check the box.
•To turn the automatic keylock off, leave the check
box blank.
UNITS
You can select which one of the measurement systems you want to use to display distances: A metric
system or miles per hour.
Click the arrow and highlight the desired option (6).
The unit is used in route navigation.
Settings for power on and power off
timers
When the Power on timer is activated, the phone turns
itself on every day at the same time.
When the Power off timer is activated, the phone turns
itself off every day at the same time.
1. To activate the timer, check the box right next to
it (7a).
2. Select the power on/off time by clicking the digits
you want to change (hours/minutes/seconds). As
they are highlighted, click the arrows or key in the
desired numbers (7b).
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