Thrane&Thrane TT-3026L easyTrack, TT-3026M easyTrack Getting Started

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Thrane & Thrane

TT-3026L/M

easyTrack

Getting Started

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1 Tabel of Contents

1 Tabel of Contents..............................................................................2

2 INTRODUCTION...............................................................................3

2.1 Free line of sight................................................................................3

2.2 Communication Modes....................................................................4

3 easyTrack COMMISIONING...........................................................5

3.1 Mobile number...................................................................................5

4 DNID – DATA NETWORK ID........................................................6

4.1 DNID Registration.............................................................................7

4.2 DNID Download................................................................................8

4.3 DNID Configuration..........................................................................10

5 EVENT.................................................................................................12

5.1 Event Configuration..........................................................................12

6 LAND MOBILE ALERT ...................................................................14

6.1 Land Mobile Alert Routing..............................................................14

6.2 Land Mobile Alert Configuration....................................................14

7 GENERAL CONFIGURATION........................................................15

7.1 Preferred Ocean Region....................................................................15

7.2 EGC – Enhanced Group Call.............................................................15

7.3 Local time............................................................................................17

8 APPENDIX 1 System Items..............................................................19

9 APPENDIX 2: COMMISSIONING FORM .....................................21

10 APPENDIX 3: DNID REGISTRATION FORM..............................23

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2 INTRODUCTION

This document describes how to commission and configure the tracking equipment (TT-3026L/M easyTrack) for use on a mobile object such as a vehicle etc.

The following equipment is necessary to carry out the instructions in this document:

1) TT-3026L/M easyTrack

2) TT-3616B Break Out Box

3) TT-3682C 100-240VAC Desktop Power Supply

4) Opt. 940 Connection cable 5 meter w. 90 degrees angular plug

5) A PC/Laptop with Windows operating system

6) easyMail, messaging program (TT-10236A)

7) A standard RS -232 serial cable (f.ex: TT-37-108819)

8) Installation Manual (TT-98-116078-A) For an overview of the items above refer to appendix 1. Follow the next three steps:

1) Connect the Opt. 940 Connection cable 5 meter w. 90 degrees angular plug to the

TT-3616B Break Out Box in accordance with the TT-3026L/M easyTrack Installation Manual (TT-98-116078-A) that you received together with the easyTrack.

2) Connect a standard RS -232 serial cable between the TT-3616B Break Out Box

and your PC/Laptop.

3) Connect the TT-3682C 100-240VAC Desktop Power Supply to the TT-3616B

Break Out Box.

4) Power on the system. (The Red and Green LED on the Break Out Box should light

up).

See figure 1 below:

Figure 1: System Set -up

2.1 Free line of sight

When the system has been set -up the easyTrack has to be switched on during the whole session and has to be positioned to have a free line of sight to a satellite.

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Depending on your location on the globe you should choose the most optimal ocean region (satellite) to use. A rule of thumb is to locate the easyTrack with a free line of sight towards the Equator.

Figure 2: Inmarsat Coverage Map

The figure 2 above showing some examples of locations of easyTracks where each of the four satellites is most appropriate.

North and South America:

If the easyTrack is going to be used in North or South America the most appropriate satellite to use is West Atlantic. See figure 2 above.

Europe and Africa:

If the easyTrack is going to be used in Europe or Africa the most appropriate satellite to use is East Atlantic. See figure 2 above.

Russia, China, India etc.:

If the easyTrack is going to be used in Russia, China, India etc. the most appropriate satellite to use is Indian Ocean. See figure 2 above.

Australia:

If the easyTrack is going to be used in Australia the most appropriate satellite to use is Pacific Ocean. See figure 2 above.

2.2 Communication Modes

Basically the Inmarsat -C system has 3 different modes: The messaging mode, the reporting mode and the distress mode.

− Messaging Mode: This mode is used to send and receive free text messages of up to 10Kbytes.

− Reporting Mode: This mode is used to send short messages like: Position reports, Data

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reports and Pre-programmed messages from the vehicle to the Fleet Tracking/Management software at the office. This mode can be compared to the SMS service from cellular systems.

− Distress Mode: This mode is used to send Land Mobile Alert back to the home office in case of a distress situation. A single press on a button can activate this mode. The T&T Opt. 112 external Alarm Button is available for that.

3 easyTrack COMMIS SIONING

Before you can use the easyTrack it has to be activated for communication in Inmarsat’s database. In order to do this you must commission the easyTrack at your national Telecom or directly with a Land Earth Station (LES). Together with the easyTrack shipment you also receive an Inmarsat commission form, which has to be filled in with customer details and faxed to the national Telecom or the LES. See appendix 2. Print appendix 2 and fill in the remaining spaces.

On the commissioning form you must fill in:

• Company details

• Type of Mobile Earth Station (Inmarsat -C)

• Mobile type (TT-3026L) and manufacturer (Thrane & Thrane)

• Inmarsat Serial Number (ISN) (4TT0871 XXXXXX) which can be found on the

label at the bottom of the easyTrack. See figure 3 below.

Figure 3: easyTrack Serial Number Label

When the national Telecom or LES has finished the registration procedures they will send you details about your mobile number for the easyTrack. This mobile number is necessary to send messages to your easyTrack.

3.1 Mobile number

The mobile number provided by your local Telecom or LES is a nine digit number starting with “4”. It is advisable to enter this mobile number into the easyTrack to be able to remember it at all time.

To enter the mobile number in to the easyTrack with the easyMail software please use the menu shown in figure 4:

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Figure 4: Mobile Number Menu

After selecting the Mobile Number menu the window in figure 5 will appear:

Figure 5: Mobile Number Window

Please type in the mobile number you received from the local Telecom or LES and press the OK button.

4 DNID – DATA N ETWORK ID

To be able to use the data-/position reporting mode in the Inmarsat -C system you need a so-called DNID number. DNID stands for Data Network Identity.

DNID: The DNID number refers to a mailbox at the Land Earth Station (LES) where all position/data reports from your easyTracks will be sent. With one DNID number you can track up to 255 easyTracks. If you have a fleet with more than 255 easyTracks you will need two or more DNID numbers.

Member Number: To be able to distinguish between the 255 easyTracks on one DNID number, each of the easyTrack units has a unique member number, which can be between 1 and

255. See figure 6 visualizing a fleet of easyTracks.

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Land Earth Station

DNID

Fleet with same DNID

DNID

Account

Member no.1

2 3 4 ……..… 255

Control Centre

Figure 6: Fleet of easyTrack

4.1 DNID Registration

To get a DNID number you have to contact the local telecom or LES that you want to use for tracking. You can use the DNID Registration Form in appendix 3 when applying for a DNID number.

When applying for a DNID number the LES needs the following information:

1) Customer name, Company Address, Customer e-mail address

2) Select ALL Ocean regions. See appendix 3.

3) Select Delivery Destination address for your position/data reports.

E-Mail:

E-Mail is the cheapest way to receive position/data reports and to send poll commands. You have to inform the Land Earth Station Operator (LE SO) to set up your DNID account to accept e-mails coming from the e-mail address your fleet tracking software uses to send the poll commands. This is to prevent e-mail spamming from other unknown e-mail addresses.

FTP:

This is a direct connection to the LES via the Internet, where the fleet tracking software has to ping the DNID account for position/data reports.

ISDN/PSTN/X.25-Modem number:

This is a direct connection to the LES two-stage interface where the fleet tracking software logs in with the username and password that you received when you registered the DNID. After log on with username and password it is possible to send poll commands, retrieve position/data reports and send text messages to easyTracks.

4) Select Delivery option (Immediate forwarding/ Mailbox storage / Scheduled forwarding)

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