Capricorn Electronics VIGIL User Manual

Vigil geo OPERATING Instructions

Your Vigil geo is a very powerful device that can track, monitor and provide remote control from any cellular phone. In order
to make it as accessible and as simple to use as possible, we have provisioned Vigil at the factory to perform the more
common functions "out of the box". It has many capabilities that we do not mention here, so contact us for any special
requirements. First follow the separately provided instructions for the installation of the Vigil geo into your craft.

Loading SIMCAR D

f your Vigil geo did not ship with a SIMCARD, follow the steps below. NOTE: YOU MUST disconnect all external power

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supply connections when changing SIMCARD. This may mean unbolting the positive terminal or disconnecting the boat's
battery, while you do this.

Remove screws as shown in FIG. 1. Carefully slide out the Vigil circuit board.
Make sure the Battery is disconnected as seen in FIG. 4.
Remove the black Battery holder by releasing the clips from the main board one at the time. Locate the

SIMCARD holder see FIG. 2. Gently push the silver slide toward main holder body to release. Swivel
SIMCARD carrier up.

Insert an activated SIMCARD with the golden contact side facing downwards and the cut corner facing up as
shown. See FIG. 3
Hinge carrier closed. Slide silver slide back away from main body to lock.

Next, take the small white plug from standby battery and slide it into the power socket as shown in FIG 4.
This only goes in one way. Do NOT force.
You are now ready to load the phone numbers. Test with just one cellphone first, then load others later as
required.

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Set up your phone to send a text message (SMS) TO the phone number issued with the SIMCARD

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you just loaded into Vigil. The SIMCARD phone number will have been issued along with the SIM card by
the network provider. The first message you must send Vigil is your cell phone number

. Send the following

text message::
ADDPHONEn<>88888888<>+(country code)(area code)(your cellphone number) (n is ph 1 to ph 4.)
eg : ADDPHONE3 88888888 [phone] (This is loaded as ph # 3)
Spaces are indicated by <>. Don’t insert any spaces in the phone number itself. The eight 8's are a factory

password that you should change later.
Now send this off. Vigil should respond with a confirmation message. If no response is received within about

3 minutes, it means it either did not receive the message or there was a syntax error in the command.
If this worked, you can close the unit up again carefully, making sure the o-ring is clean and seated properly.

Incorrect installation of O-ring voids warranty.

ADDING PHONE NUMBERS

You can store up to four phone numbers. Add them using

ADDPHONEn<>PASSWORD<>+(country code)(area code)(your cellphone number)

eg : ADDPHONE3 88888888 [phone] (this is loaded as Ph. # 3)

LOADING the SIMCARD PHONE NUMBER

Most SIMCARDS do not have a phone number stored internally, so you need to load the number assigned to the SIMCARD
by the network provider. Do this by sending Vigil the following command:

DEVPH<>+(country code)(area code)(SIMCARD phone number)

eg: DEVPH [phone]
If you don’t add the Device Phone number, vigil will still work, but the TIME will not be updated from the network

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LIST REGISTERED PHONES

To check the four recipient phone numbers stored in Vigil. Send the following command:

GETPHONE
REMOVING a PHONE NUMBER

Send the following text to your vigil
REMOVEPHONEn <>PASSWORD<> +(country code)(area code)(phone number) (n is ph # 1 to 4)
eg: REMOVEPHONE2 <>88888888 [phone] ( this removes ph # stored as #2)
To change a number, you can load the new number over the old using ADDPHONE. If there is no room left, vigil will advise

with a message.

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