MiX Telematics PBS9 Users Guide

MAPS

Installation Guide

Table of Contents

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3

1.1 Features ............................................................................................................................... 5

2 Environmental Requirements .................................................................................................. 6

2.1 Commissioning and Installation of the MAPS Beame .................................................. 7

3 Installation of PBS ................................................................................................................... 11

3.1 Part Numbers .................................................................................................................... 11

3.2 Description of connectors on FM 3xxxi ......................................................................... 12

3.3 Connection Sequence ..................................................................................................... 12

3.4 Commissioning and Installation of the PBS ................................................................. 13

3.5 Installation Requirements................................................................................................ 13

4 Verification................................................................................................................................ 13

5 Appendix A: Instructions how to replace the batteries ...................................................... 14

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1 Introduction

Asset + Beacon

MiX OBC + PBS in vehicle

MiX Fleet Manager

Beacon

Mobile Base Station

GSM/WiFi

RF

Customer Interface

This document is applicable to the MiX Asset Positioning System (MAPS).
MAPS enables all existing MiX Telematics installed vehicles to create a customer specific

wireless network, where each vehicle becomes a mobile beacon reader, would not require
any additional effort on the customers part. As the vehicles move around the sites and
depots they would encounter beacon equipped assets and relay information about the
position of those beacons.

A single software platform, MiX Fleet Manager, enables the management of vehicles as
well as beacon equipped assets. In MiX Fleet Manager, asset managers are able to keep
track of where there assets have been deployed and are currently in use. Vehicles in the
vicinity of these assets will also be shown on the same tracking screen, should the fleet
manager need to efficiently coordinate the redeployment of an asset to a different location.

MAPS consist of the following hardware:

1) An RF network transceiver or Pico Base Station (PBS) that is added into the
wiring harness of any existing FM Communicator OBC to convert the vehicle to a
Mobile Base Station (MBS)

2) The Beame (also called the Magix Beacon): The Beame communicates with a
Mobile Base Station (MBS) or stationary as a Fixed Base Station unit (FSB) via a
radio link. The MBS and FSB communicate with a remote server via a GSM link.
The Beacon is a wireless battery operated product. It is therefore easy to install.
The variant of Beame that is fitted with a GPS is called a “MAPS Beame”.

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Figure 1–Picture of the MAPS Beame

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Figure 2–Picture of the Pico Base Station (PBS)

1.1 Features

 The MAPS Beame is fitted with a movement sensor and a build-in GPS
 The MAPS Beame has a battery low detection. Should the battery become depleted,

the information will be sent to a server and communicated to the user with instruction
how to rectify it.

 The PBS fits in line between the FM OBC and the Code Plug socket.

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 The PBS is connected to the vehicle battery. An optional T-piece exists to allow the

installer to connect to power via the existing wiring.

2 Environmental Requirements

 The MAPS Beame can be installed in places where it is exposed to water jets and

temporarily immersion into water.

 The MAPS Beame was designed to endure standard transport vibration and shock.
 The MAPS Beame can endure a limited number of accidental drops
 The PBS is not water tight and was designed to be installed together with the FM

OBC (non-wet areas).

 The operating temperature for PBS and MAPS Beame is between -20 and 85 ºC.

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