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3.) FIREWALL
If you have a firewall on your computer, you will need to allow access to your computer by
opening the same TCP port that you configured in your router setup.
For Windows XP:
a.) Go to Control Panel > Windows Firewall.
b.) Under Exceptions tab, select “Add Program”. If you don’t see the TR Management
Center listed, browse for it.
c.) Next, go to “Add Port”. Input a name and TCP port.
4.) GPRS SETTINGS
GPRS settings can be obtained from the carrier of the SIM you are using in your TR-203.
Your SIM carrier can provide you with the APN, user name and password, and DNS
addresses. Your carrier may use all these settings, or just one or two in which the remaining
should remain blank. You can also find this information for many popular carriers at Appendix
5.) SKYPE SETTINGS
TR Management Center 203 program connects TR-203 by Skype out. Please buy Skype
credit. TR Management Center 203 cannot work if there is no Skype credit. You could buy
Skype credit by selecting AccountBuy Skype Credit on the menu bar of Skype
3.3 Copyrights and Example Information
The copyright on all software and hardware mentioned in this manual belong to their
respective owners.
1. The copyright of Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista
belong to the Microsoft Corporation.
2. The copyright of the Skype program belongs to Skype Technologies S.A.
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3. The copyright of Google Map belongs to Google Inc.
4. The copyright of Intel Pentium belongs to the Intel Corporation.
5. The copyright of AMD belongs to Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
All text and telephone numbers mentioned in this manual are used as an example only.
We apologize in advance for any coincidences.
Any copyrights not mentioned in this manual belong to their respective owners.
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3.4 Install TR Management Center 203
You could find the TR Management Center 203 Program in the Product CD.
Please install TR Management Center 203 by the steps below.
Step 1: Please insert the product CD in the CD ROM of the PC.
AutoRun installation window will be brought up as the screenshot
Step 2: Please click “Install PC software” to install TR Management Center 203
The “Install Shield Wizard” window will be shown as below.
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Step 3: Please click “Next” button.
Step4: Please click “Install” button.
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Step 5: Please wait while Install Shield Wizard install TR Management Center 203.
Step 6: Please click “Finish” button.
The shortcut icon of TR Management Center 203 will be built on the desktop of PC.
You could start TR Management Center 203 by clicking the icon or select Start Programs
Globalsat TR Management Center 203 Launch TR Management Center 203
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3.5 TR Management Center 203 Screen Introduction
Google Map Menu
You can click
Query Tool to
display Query Tool
Main Tool Data Output Area
Status Bar
There are six parts of TR Management Center Screen as below.
Menu: The basic menu options
Main Tools: Shows the trackers' connection status, Network service status
Query Tool: Used for searching history data and finding coordinates
DataOutput Area: Shows the tracker login status, received network data and query
results
Google Map: Shows the Google Map
Status Bar: Show the network Service status
The detailed description of each part is as following.
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managing trackers
3.5.1 Tracker and Main Tool Bar
Main tool is for managing trackers and showing the server status
Buttons for adding and
Trackers List
Command Status
Network Service Status
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3.5.2 Query Tool
data
Tool
Query tool is for looking up for the history data and coordinate.
Find history
Data Tool
buttons
Find Result Tool
Coordinate Location
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3.5.3 Data Output Area
Data output area is for displaying the last position, history data, network logs, command logs.
Last Position: Shows each of the last position data sent from all the TR-203 trackers on
tracker list.
History Data: Shows all the position data sent from all the TR-203 trackers on tracker list.
If you turned off the TR Management Center 203, all the history data will be deleted. You
could look for the data by Query Tool.
Network Logs: Shows the data logs that TR-203 sent to TR Management Center 203
Command Logs: Show the command logs that TR Management Center 203 sent to
TR-203
3.6 Skype Setup
In stead of sending SMS to trackers by mobile phones, TR Management Center 203 sends
SMS to trackers by Skype. You can not only send SMS to trackers for asking report by Skype,
but send SMS to set the parameters of TR-203’s function.
In order to send SMS by Skype, please complete the following steps to activate the SMS
function of Skype.
Step 1: Install Skype Software
You can download Skype fromwww.skype.com or the website of the local Skype distributor.
Please refer to the instruction of Skype to install the software.
Note: The pictures and instructions provided in this manual are based on Skype version
3.6.1.xxx. If they do not match the version of Skype you are currently using, please download
and upgrade to the latest version from the Skype website.
Step 2: Please create a user account.
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Once you have created an account, you can login and use Skype's basic functions.
Step 3: Buy Skype credit
Step 4: When you launch the TR Management Center 203 program, the following
security verification pop-up window will appear in the lower right corner of the screen asking
you to allow the TR Management Center to use Skype functions.
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Click the blue text to request Skype access.
Select "Allow this program to use Skype"
If you accidentally select "Do not allow this program to use Skype", please change this
from within the Skype program at "Options -> "Advanced"
Note:
The exact procedure may vary from the version of Skype. Please refer to the Skype
manual for more information.
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4 TR Management Center 203 Operation
4.1 TR Management Center Basic Setup
Before operating the TR Management Center 203, please set the operation parameters of the
TR Management Center 203 in the Basic Setup. It will make the afterward operation work
properly.
Basic Setup
Basic Setup Interface
Please set the communication port for connecting network for the first time of using TR
Management Center 203. Please check “Auto Start Skype.”
Please click OK button.
4.2 Tracker Management
TR Management Center 203 can track and manage up to 5 trackers. You have to set the
parameters of TR-203 while adding a set of TR-203 in the TR Management Center.
The tracker’s information and parameters must be properly configured before using other
functions of TR Management Center 203. Then your tracker can correctly send report back to
the TR Management Center 203 and that the program can correctly display the tracker's
current location on the map.
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4.2.1 Set up TR-203
You can remotely or connect TR-203 to PC to set the parameters of TR-203 by TR
Management Center 203.
Step 1: Add your TR-203 in the Tracker list by clicking the Add button.
You will see the window below.
Step 2: Please enter the information of the TR-203 in the fields.
Tracker name
Tracker phone
number
Tracker IMEI code
Give a name to TR-203 by entering the name here
The phone number of the SIM card in this TR-203. Select the
country/area code by clicking the button beside the field.
IMEI code of TR-203. You can find IMEI code on the back cover
Select country
code by clicking
this button
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of TR-203
Group
Display icon
Select the group which TR-203 will be classified to
Select an icon for TR-203 to be shown on the map
Step 3: If you would connect TR-203 to PC by USB cable to set TR-203, please click “USB
Configuration” button after you connect TR-203 to PC by USB cable. Then please click SOS
button and go to Step 6
If you would remotely set TR-203, please click “First Configuration” button.
You will see the window below.
Step 4: Please enter the field on the window.
Server IP
TCP Port
APN
The fixed IP for the computer running the TR Management Center 203
Set the communication port for connecting network. Default is 5000.
The APN depends on the SIM card for the telecommunication service
provider used by your TR-203 (The list below is for service providers in
Taiwan. Please refer to theAppendix for your APN.)
User Name
Password
Contact your GSM/GPRS network service provider
Step 5: Please click “Send” button.
You will see the window below.
There are 3 tags on the window. You could click the tag to set the parameters. It takes about 2
minutes for TR Management Center 203 to get the parameters from TR-203.
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Step 6: Please set the parameters of Basic Setting.
Time Zone
Default report
mode
Motion Sensor
Sensitivity
Low Battery Alarm
Report Media
Select your local time zone
TR-203 will automatically go into the "Default report mode" when it
is powered on.
There are 3 report modes:
Periodic mode
Motion mode
Standby mode
The number of vibration which activates TR-203 to send alarm report
under parking mode, sleeping mode and moving report under motion
mode. The value range is 1~30. The larger the number is, the less
sensitive the device is.
Choose device to send out low battery alarm report to mobile phone
or to TR Management Center 203 or to both of the two.
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Step 7: Please set the parameters of Security Setting.
SOS Alarm
Report Media
Report Interval
Number of mobile
phone reports
Number of TRMC203
reports
SMS report for SOS alarm
Phone number 1~3
Choose TR-203 to send SOS alarm report to mobile phone or
TRMC203 (TR Management Center 203) or to mobile phone +
TRMC203
Set the interval between sending 2 SOS alarm report
Select how many SOS alarm report TR-203 will send to mobile
phone
Select TR-203 to send SOS alarm report to TR Management
Center 203 once or continuously
Set the 3 phone numbers for receiving SOS alarm report while
the Report Media is Mobile Phone or Mobile Phone +
TRMC203
Note: Phone number 1 will also be the phone number for
receiving the phone call of voice monitor
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Step 8: Please set the parameters of Communication.
Server IP address or
Domain name
Port
User Name
User Password
APN
DNS1
DNS2
Step 9: Please click OK.
The fixed IP or domain name for the computer running the TR
Management Center 203
Set the communication port for connecting network. Default is
5000.
The 2 value depend on the SIM card for the
telecommunication service provider used by your TR-203
The APN depends on the SIM card for the telecommunication
service provider used by your TR-203 (Please refer to the
Appendix for your APN.)
Please contact your telecommunication service provider about
DNS.
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4.2.2 Tracker Management
Tracker Management is used to manage registered or previously configured trackers. In
Tracker Management, you can edit or delete trackers.
You can find Tracker Management from the Menu "Management" "Tracker
Management". Or you can click the Manage button.
The Tracker Management option under Management in Menu
Manage button under Trackers List
Tracker Management interface
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4.2.3 Deleting a TR-203 tracker
There are two ways for deleting TR-203 trackers in the TR Management Center 203
1. Select "Management" "Tracker Management" from menu bar.
Choose the TR-203 you want to delete, and then click on the "Delete" button.
2. The other way of deleting TR-203 tracker is selecting a tracker from the Trackers List and
right clicking the mouse button to bring the tracker menu. Now click on Delete Tracker to
delete the selected tracker.
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Method 2 for deleting a tracker
A confirmation window will appear when deleting a tracker
Note: Deleting a tracker does not actually delete its history data from the database. To
delete all history data, please use the editing features in Microsoft Access.
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4.2.4 Editing a TR-203 tracker
If you want to change the information of TR-203 tracker, you can edit the information by
“Edit tracker”
There are two ways of bring up “Edit tracker”
1. Click “Management” “Tracker Management” from menu.
Double click a tracker, and then the window of “Edit tracker” will be brought up.
The other way of bringing “Edit tracker” is selecting a tracker from the Trackers List and right
clicking the mouse button to bring the tracker menu. Click on Edit Tracker
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Edit Tracker window
After editing the information, click Save to save the setting.
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4.3 Tracker Group Management
You could classify trackers to different groups for convenient tracker management.
4.3.1 Add a Group
You could add a group from the Menu "Management" "Add Group".
The window of Add Group will be brought up.
Please enter the name of the new group in the field of “Input new group name”
Please click Add button. The new group will be listed on the Trackers List.
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4.3.2 Edit Group
You could change the trackers to different group from the Menu "Management" "Edit
Group"
The window of Edit Group will be brought up.
Please select the group that you want to add trackers. And then please click Modify button.
Then you could add trackers to this group in the window below.
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Please select the trackers for adding them in this group.
Please click the Edit button.
4.3.3 Rename Group
You could change the name of the tracker group from menu “Management” “Rename
Group”
The window of Rename Group will be brought up.
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Please select the group you want to change name. And then click Modify button.
Please enter the new name in the field of New Group Name.
Please click OK.
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4.3.4 Delete Group
You could delete group from “Management” “Delete Group”
The window of Rename Group will be brought up.
Please select the group you want to delete and then click Delete button.
You will see the window below.
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Please click Yes button to delete the group. The trackers under this group will be classified to
“Other” group.
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4.4 Instruction of using TR Management Center
4.4.1 Ping TR-203
You could ping TR-203 by TR Management Center 203.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Ping. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Please click OK. TR-203 will send its location to TR Management Center 203 like the
screenshot below.
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You could check
the tracker to
display its
location on the
map by the icon
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4.4.2 TR-203 Periodic Report
You could make TR-203 periodically send its location to TR Management Center 203.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Periodic Report. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Please set the Report Interval. And then click OK.
TR-203 will send its location to TR Management Center like the screen below.
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You could check
the tracker to
display its
location on the
map by the icon
You could make TR-203 exit from Periodic Report by making it enter standby mode or motion
mode or sleeping mode.
Enter standby mode
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
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Step 2: Please select Standby. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Please click OK button. TR-203 will exit from Periodic Report Mode.
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4.4.3 TR-203 Motion Report
Motion mode is for user to get the continual location report when the vehicle installed with
TR-203 is moving. In addition to the continual location report, TR-203 will also send regular
location report when the vehicle installed with TR-203 is not moving.
You could make TR-203 enter motion mode by the steps below.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Motion Report. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Please set the Report Interval in Static State and the Report Interval in Moving
State. And then please click OK.
You could make TR-203 exit from Motion Report by making it enter standby mode or periodic
mode or sleeping mode.
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Enter standby mode
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Standby. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Please click OK button. TR-203 will exit from Motion Report Mode.
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4.4.4 TR-203 Parking Mode
Park mode is for user to make TR-203 send alarm location report when the vehicle installed
with TR-203 is moved. In addition to the alarm location report, TR-203 will also send regular
location report when the vehicle installed with TR-203 is parked.
You could make TR-203 enter parking mode by the steps below.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Parking. You will see the window below.
Alert state is when TR-203 is static.
Alarm state is when TR-203 is moving.
Step 3: Please set the Report Interval in Alert state and the Report Interval in Alarm state.
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And then please click OK button.
You could make TR-203 exit from Parking Mode by making it enter standby mode or periodic
mode or motion mode.
Enter standby mode
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Standby. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Please click OK button. TR-203 will exit from Parking Mode.
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4.4.5 TR-203 Sleeping Mode
In order to save the power of TR-203, you could make TR-203 enter sleeping mode. When
TR-203 is under sleeping mode, its GSM module and GPS module will be turned off, the
motion sensor will be turned on. TR-203 will also regularly send report to TR Management
Center 203 according to the Report Interval in Alert State. When TR-203 senses vibration, it
will send alarm report to TR Management Center 203 according to the Report Interval in
Alarm State.
You could make TR-203 enter sleeping mode by the steps below.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Sleeping. You will see the window below.
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Alert state is when TR-203 is static.
Alarm state is when TR-203 is moving.
Step 3: Please set the Report Interval in Alert state and the Report Interval in Alarm state.
And then please click OK button.
You could make TR-203 exit from Sleeping Mode by making it enter standby mode or periodic
mode or motion mode or parking mode.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Standby. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Please click OK button. TR-203 will exit from Sleeping Mode.
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4.4.6 TR-203 Voice Monitor
You could send a command to TR-203 to make it call the phone number you set for SOS
alarm phone number 1. Then you could listen to the sounds around TR-203 from SOS phone
number 1.
Note: In order to avoid wasting unnecessary phone call cost, it is suggested to turn off the
voice mail box of the SOS phone number 1.
You could make TR-203 start voice monitor by the steps below.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Voice Monitor. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Click OK button. TR-203 will call the SOS phone number 1.
You could stop voice monitor by hanging up the phone call.
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4.4.7 TR-203 Geo-fence
Geo-fence is for you to set up to 10 areas as permissible areas or restricted areas for TR-203.
TR-203 will start to get fixed of the location as soon as it enters Geo-fence mode. TR-203 will
keep fixing the location. Once TR-203 detects it enters restricted area or gets out the
permissible area, it will send its location to TR Management center 203.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
Step 2: Please select Geofence Setup. You will see the window below.
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Step 3: Click Add button. Click and drag the mouse on the Google map to draw a rectangle as
the Geo-fence range. The coordinates of the upper left corner and right bottom corner will be
automatically loaded to the field of coordinate.
Please choose the Alarm Type.
4.4.8 TR-203 Data Logger
Data logger
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
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Step 2: Please select Data logger. You will see the window below.
4.4.9 Turn off TR-203
You could remotely turn off TR-203 by TR Management Center 203.
Below please find the steps.
Step 1: Please right click on the TR-203.
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Step 2: Please select Turn OFF. You will see the window below.
Step 3: Please click OK button.
TR-203 will be turned off.
If you would like to turn on TR-203, please press the power key on the device.
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4.4.8 Comparison between parking mode, motion mode, sleeping mode, and
standby mode
All the data sent from TR-203 will be stored in the database of TR Management center 203.
You can make this data show on Google map or export them into KML format.
4.5.1 Look up for history data
You can look up for the history data that TR-203 sent to TR Management center 203 by Query
Tool.
"Query Tool"
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Item Description
Tracker Select the tracker whose history data you’d like to look up for
Type To look up for the data according to the time of Tracker’s
timer (Tracker Time) or the receiving time of the PC (Local
Time)
Start time The start time of the period of looking up the history data
End Time The end time of the period of looking up the history data
Find Start to look up for the data
Export Export the data into KML format
Delete Delete query results
Total records Display the quantity of the history data between the Start time
and End time
Page number Display the page of the history data (Each page has 200
records)
Prev Page Go to the previous page
Next Page Go to the next page
After specifying all the queried conditions, click the Find button and the query results will be
shown on the Data Output Area.
Query Result list
The results will also be shown on the Google Map. Please click the History Query tag on
top of the Google Map to show the results.
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Query results displayed on the Google Map
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If you select a piece of result under the Data Output Area, its location and corresponding
details will be shown on the Google Map.
If you click on one of the tracker icon on the Google map, the selected tracker’s data under
Data Output Area will be highlighted.
4.5.2 Export the data into KML format
You can export the queried data into KML format for others to show the data on the Google
map or Google earth.
Step 1: Please refer to 4.5.1 to look up for the history data.
Step 2: Please click the Export button on the Query Tool. And then enter a name for the
exported data in the field of File name.
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Enter a name for the exported KML file
4.5.3 Delete the history data in the database
You can delete the history data in the database.
Step 1: Select the name of the tracker and time interval whose data you’d like to delete.
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Step 2: Click the Delete button.
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4.6 Update TR-203’s Firmware
You can update TR-203’s firmware by the TR Management Center 203.
Step 1: Please connect TR-203 and PC by the USB cable.
Step 2: Please press Power button and pin the reset key at the same time.
Step 3: Please release Reset key and then release Power button.
Step 4: Please run the “TR Management Center 203” program.