The TALONCV001 is a self-contained vehicle tracking device that combines GPS location with
CDMA connectivity.
Logically, the ION appears to a user or a server application as a single endpoint device. It can
be queried, updated and configured either through a serial connection, or an over the air
CDMA IP connection, or through SMS messaging. The TALONCV001 presents itself over
these connections as an enhanced cellular modem with attached functional elements. These
elements include:
GPS locat ion e ngine
2 General Purpose Bidirectional I/ O (GPIO) pins
1 Relay drive pin output
Serial UART port
Input voltage monitor (optional)
Tim e rs
Watchdog lockup protection (Dedicated watchdog circuit is optional)
Fa c to ry load option for motion detection
Access to these elements and general purpose interfaces is done through an extended AT
command set as defined herein.
Application scene:
This product will be designed based on the VIA CBP8.2 CDMA 1X 800M&1900M Baseband
chipset, which includes GPS functionality, ARM CPU and CDMA protocol. This baseband
external connection 256M serial flash, CDMA 800M/1900M/GPS RF Transceiver, and RF
Front end circuit.
The device will use one dual band antenna(CDMA800&CDMA1900)and one dedicate GPS
antenna.
The TA LO N C V 0 0 1 provides support for specialized hardware features through extended AT
commands. The features supported include the following.
GPS
The major functionality of the GPS module is to compute the correlation results between the
incoming signal and the selected PRN code based on certain Carrier Doppler Frequency, Code
Doppler Frequency, code phase, carrier phase, and the particular satellite the module is
tracking or acquiring.
internal analog input scaled (Optional)
Supported
No
Supported(Dedicate Watchdog is Optional)
Optional(GPS/Sensor)
2 LED Supported
2 LEDs(one is RED,one is Green)
Build in battery(80MAH Lion)
4hours
No
8 colors
8 pin
< 5Watts
Two GPIO pins, GP1 and GP2, are presented to the external environment on the main
connector. They are general purpose bidirectional lines capable of providing system
interrupts to generate a report or drive logic levels to external devices. These lines are 2.8V
logic level and are 15V tolerant. These pins default to input. GP1 is pulled down representing
0 when disconnected; GP2 is pulled up representing logical 1 when disconnected. They
should be asserted to a known value if used. GP1 is intended to use for Ignition Sensing.
LED’s
Two LED status indicators are provided to verify correct installation and operation. The
status LEDs are color coded and directly convey the status of the CDMA and GPS subsystems
as described in the table below. Their valid operation also indicates operational status and
power.
LED Function Status
Red GPS On: GPS satellites acquired and
Locked
Flash Slow: GPS satellite search is
in progress
Off: No power or GPS subsystem
fault
Green CDMA/CDMA ConnectionOn: Indicates CDMA connection is
made
Flash Slow: CDMA subsystem
initialized but no connection
Flash Fast: CDMA initialization in
process
Off: No power or CDMA
subsystem fault
The ION provides user control allowing the LEDs to be extinguished once installation is
verified. This feature reduces power and further conceals the ION Tracker from untrained
parties wishing to defeat its operation.
UART
A UART port is provided for AT command and data interaction and optionally for application
specific control. When in power down mode, a character must be sent to the UART first to
wake it up. The port will stay awake for 5 seconds after any character received.
Relay Driver
A 500mA sink capable output pin is provided. This pin is meant to drive a relay coil indented
to interrupt the starter solenoid relay for the ignition circuit to a car.
Battery Monitor
The battery monitor is internal analog input scaled such that the DC value of the power input
pin to the ION system is measured. This value is scaled to span the most significant 8 bits of
the A/D and consequently covers a scale from 0 to 25.5 Volts.
Timers
Timers resident on the CDMA baseband chip generate periodic interrupts for power down
wakeup, watchdog support, report generation and other timer related functions. Report
timers are supported by related AT command and cause generation of periodic reports.
Watchdog
CBP8.2 chipset provide internal software Watchdog, and a physically dedicate Watchdog
circuit requirement is optional.
Motion Detect (Option)
A factory populates option for motion detector is provided. If populated at the time the
TALONCV001 is manufactured, this option will work with firmware power down options to
keep the TALONCV001 in a very low power down state until motion is detected. Upon
wakening, a report can then be generated.
1.2 Basic RF Performance
Items Requirements
TRP free space >= 20 dBm TRP free space
TIS free space <= -104dBm
Antenna loss <= -3 dB
TIS free space
TRP-TX Power Conducted
Antenna Loss <= -3 dB
Board RF Specification
Cellular Band RX
Frequency range
Sensitivity -108dBm (FER≤0.5%)
Dynamic range
Single tone Desensitization -102.4dBm(FER≤1%,-30dBm@±900KHz)
Intermediation Spurious
Response Attenuation
Conducted Spurious
Emission
Cellular Band TX
Frequency range
Maximum Frequency error ±300KHz
Maximum output power
power
Standby output power <-61dBm
Code domain power
Time reference ±1.0uS
869MHz~894MHz
-25~-108dBm (FER≤0.5%)
-102.4dBm(FER≤1%,-43dBm@±900 KHz/±1700KHz)
-91.4dBm(FER≤1%,-32dBm @±900 KHz/±1700KHz)
-80.4dBm(FER≤1%,-21dBm @±900 KHz/±1700KHz)
<-76dBm/1MHz(RX band)
<-61dBm/1MHz( TX band)
<-47dBm/30KHz(other frequency)
824MHz~849MHz
21 ~ 25dBm
<-50dBm
The code domain power in each inactive code channel
shall be 23 dB or more below the total output power
measured on both the I and Q data channel combined.
IP Stack
Upgrade Method Remote update / PC tool
RUIM Optional
Compatible with None-RUIM Supported
Remote Update Supported
Power Modes Supported
AT Command Supported
Report
Driver
GPIOs
LEDs GPS Status, CDMA Status
Watch Dog Supported (CBP8.2 integrated)
Reset Soft reset
Startup Banner Supported
Ipv4/IPV6
Supported;3000records
GPIO,LED,GPS,UART
Status
2.2 Remote Update
The TALONCV001 supports OTA field upgrades of the TALONC V0 0 1 resident application. An
over the air TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) connection is made over a UDP/IP connection.
A replacement file is then transferred from a server to the TALO NC V 0 0 1 and that file replaces
the previous application image.
2.2.1 Auto Execute
The Auto Execute Utility copies the contents of file system.exf into system executable RAM
and executes it from there. This file is the factory default application. Another file named
custom.exf can be loaded into the file system.
Auto Execute will look first for a file named update.exf and load and execute that in place of
custom.exf if it exists. If update.exf executes successfully, the previous copy of custom.exf is
deleted from the file system and update.exf is renamed to custom.exf.
2.3 Power Modes
The TALO N C V0 0 1 device supports several power modes that are set by the power mode
command. In full power mode the cellular subsystem will maintain a persistent cellular
connection whenever service is available as well as an IP connection where available.
Any hardware or software reset will interrupt any power mode and return the device to full
power mode. In summary, the conditions permanently restoring full power mode include:
Power cycle
Watchdog timeout
Reset command
CDMA phone call reset
SMS or UART power mode command
Motion detect (if detector installed and enabled)
When in a power down mode, the following resources will cause interrupts that will wake
the TALONCV001 and cause it to attempt complete the function associated with the
interrupt. Simultaneous interrupts will cause sequential completion of each associated
function. These interrupts include:
The related interrupt function will be attempted for a total duration set the associated
parameter in the power mode command.
2.4 AT Command
TALO NC V 0 0 1 commands are AT extensions specific to TA LONC V0 0 1 devices. They are closely
based on commands that are as similar as possible to other industry common devices and
are essentially subsets of standard ION commands. Common commands used with CDMA
modems supporting IP connectivity are not included within the TALONCV001 command set
extensions. These commands are left in their native structure, as defined by the respective
baseband CDMA chip supplier which product already in use.
Command Summary
The following commands are highly specialized to the TALONCV001. The commands listed
are intended to be similar to counterparts found in common CDMA modem command
extension.
1. AT+IONAA: Set append mode
2. AT+IONACK: Set acknowledgement mode
3. AT+IONAPN: Set APN
4. AT+IONBIN: Read the factory core software version (read only)
The TALONCV001 captures data and forms a report record with that data. This is a single
data structure intended to contain all of the typically useful data on the TALONCV001. Other
information can be queried separately using separate AT commands.
Reports are always generated by interrupts regardless of whether or not there is a GPS lock.
If no lock has ever been attained since hardware reset, default values of 0 are returned for
all GPS fields. If a lock has been attained and lost, the report will contain the last valid GPS
data including the timestamp of that data.
Base Requirements:
1. A report is generated in response to either an interrupt event or in response to
execution of associated AT commands explicitly requesting one.
2. GPS coordinates are stored in reports as signed hex values to save space.
3. To reduce data transmission costs, the data within a report record can be masked
and removed before it is transmitted.
4. Every report has a tag and each enabled interrupt or event generates a separate
report. The report tags indicate the cause of the generated report, which can be an
interrupt, an event or in response to a command.
2.6 Reset
There is an internal soft reset.
2.6.1 Context Preservation
When a reset is caused by the Network Watchdog or by the Reset command (modes 0,1),
the context of the system is being preserved and is restored after the reset. The context
includes all the periodic timers, the report queue, the odometer, etc. This allows to reset the
unit as a troubleshooting measure either periodically or due to Network Watchdog without
losing reports that are already in the queue or are pending on running timers. Note that the
reset process may cause 1-2min of inaccuracy in the timers and should not be considered as
very precise.
Modes 8/9 of the IONRS command perform soft and hard reset respectively without
preserving any context. Factory reset (IONFR) also does not preserve any context of the
system.
2.7 Startup Banner
After a reset a startup banner is printed through the UART only. The format and content of
the banner shown below:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against har mful interfer ence in a residen tial installation. T his equipment gener ates
uses and can radiate r ad io f requency energy and, if not ins tall ed a nd used in accordance with
the instructions, m ay cause harmf ul interference to r adio communicatio ns. However, there is
no guarantee that interf erence will not occur in a partic ular installat ion. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, the user is enc ouraged to try to correct the int erference by one or
more of the following measures:
-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-- Connect the e quipm ent into an out let on a c ircuit differ ent from that to which th e receiver is
connected.
-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This device complies wit h part 15 of the FCC Rules. O peration is subjec t 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.
Changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of
at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with