Aspicore GSM Tracker
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Real-Time GPS GSM Tracking with S60 cellphone
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New version 3.21 includes refined power save, support for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and GpsGate "TrackerOne" protocol.
Compatible with free buddy tracking services
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Introduction
Makes your phone into a real-time AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) tracking
device. Also for personal location tracking. See your track in real time on
Google Earth or GpsGate.com!
Low
data costs thanks to packet data and compact messages. Uses location data from a GPS or cell tower
information.
Purpose
The product is intended for fleet tracking, field force automation or personal location tracking.
Would you like to...
- View the whereabouts of your entire fleet from your desktop?
- Know the closest vehicle or technician to the next job site?
- Access yesterday's detailed route history for every vehicle in your
fleet?
Want to protect your Nokia device against theft?
With a system based on Aspicore GSM Tracker, you can!
What does the application do?
Cost-effective and efficient tool to track the locations of mobile phones in a vehicle tracking system
or in a buddy tracking website.
Aspicore GSM Tracker is an S60 application, which makes the smartphone into a real-time AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) tracking device.
The application determines the location with a GPS receiver
and transmits the tracking data to a server in real-time through a cellular packet data connection.
The data connection to the server is usually made via the Internet.
System description and purpose
Typically the server computer stores the received tracking data into a SQL database. The data can be visualized with simple map software, (e.g. Google
Maps for Enterprise, Google Earth) or it can be linked to a professional fleet management system or a mobile workforce management system.
Individual users can use Aspicore GSM Tracker for personal location tracking. They can e.g. automatically publish their current location and daily track on their web page.
They may recover a lost GPS phone through an SMS enquiry.
Users can share their current location online with their buddies using
the free GpsGate.com service provided by Franson Technology AB.
Features
Adjustable accuracy and data cost
You can configure the timers and events, which trigger the data send action. By default, the data is sent in a compact
UDP datagram, only a little over 100 packet data bytes per message.
This means that the data transfer costs are minimal compared to e.g. SMS and
the communication transactions are very fast.
Cell ID capable
You don't even need necessarily to have as many GPS receivers as tracked mobile phones, if a lower accuracy
suffices and there are only a few places or standard routes you want to have
recognized.
The location of the mobile phone can also be determined by the network cell id,
which identifies the cell tower the phone is connected to.
Position polling by SMS
You can use standard SMS to enquire the location of your phone. The location is indentified
e.g. by an integrated GPS or by the cell tower.
Autostart
You can set the application to start automatically into the background every time the cell phone is powered up.
Once the application is installed and cofigured, the user does not need to take care of it.
Remote management
Mass installation (over the air) and remote management is possible for professional users.
Location tracking system possibilities
Central location database
The central database can be a powerful SQL engine running in a desktop or server
computer. It handles hundreds of mobile tracking targets.
(Depending on the tracking frequency and resolution.)
The database accumulates position data from the mobile phones being tracked.
Each record in the database is identified by the IMEI code of the phone the data belongs to.
The location data can be collected to an industry standard SQL database.
This makes it straightforward to integrate with the rest of your company data systems.
Launch location aware web page in mobile web browser
Customized HTTP server application can automatically show personalized location aware pages on the standard mobile browser.
This opens many possibilities to create exciting applications. Aspicore GSM Tracker can run in the background
and the user interacts with the custom mobile internet page.
Use cell tower based location estimation
If you are not using a GPS receiver, you must first create a mapping from the
network cell ID to a geographical location.
Unless you get the cell tower location lists from your mobile operator,
you can collect the data yourself by driving around the places you want to have recognised by the system
and have Aspicore GSM Tracker with GPS to record the GPS coordinates of the network cells.
When the system is eventually being used, the mobile will report its network cell information to the system
server by using Aspicore GSM Tracker. The server compares the network cell information to the accumulated
data and converts it to an estimated geographical location. This way you can track your sales representatives,
delivery men, children etc without them needing to carry a GPS receiver with them.
How to evaluate?
The central database solution is not included, but customers can use
Aspicore's test server in the Internet for evaluation and testing.
The test server can also be used to evaluate the network cell based positioning.
Collect first the cell locations along your daily routes with a GPS and then try positioning
without a GPS receiver!
This is a more affordable and a real-time alternative to operator based mobile phone positioning.
Server interface and script examples
Aspicore GSM Tracker sends data to the server through an UDP/IP, TCP/IP or HTTP
connection. Pros and cons of these alternative connection methods are listed
here.
Data format for UDP and TCP is plain ASCII and it is described
here.
You can write the receiving end program yourself by using TCP or UDP sockets, if you wish.
You are free to use the sample
Perl scripts or
Java code
to process the UDP datagrams and store them to a MySQL database.
You can also use our Aspicore UDP Server
tool. Http data from S60 v2, v3 or S80 can be processed as shown in our
PHP and
ASP samples.
There is a freeware Windows .NET PC utility to receive NMEA datagrams via UDP and send
them to a standard GPS moving map program through COM ports.
Aspicore Ltd is willing to provide you with the data collection database server software
or to assist you to integrate the Aspicore GSM Tracker solution into your enterprise system.
See pictures 1 and 2 as a
demonstration, how it is possible to integrate the
Aspicore GSM Tracker real time location data with Microsoft MapPoint .NET Web
Service.
Advantages
Why to choose Aspicore GSM Tracker?
Partners and services
Selected partners
including
tracking services
ready to use
We are seeking for international partners.
Compatibility
Supported phones
Any Series 60 smartphone.
S60 platform 1st Edition (Symbian OS v6.1)
- Nokia 3600, 3620, 3650, 3660, 7650, N-Gage, N-Gage QD
- Sendo X, X2
- Siemens SX-1
- Lenovo P930
S60 platform 2nd Edition (Symbian OS v7.0s/8.0)
- Nokia 3230, 6260, 6600, 6620, 6630, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6682, 7610, N70,
N72
- Panasonic X700, X800
- Samsung SGH-D720, SGH-D730
S60 platform 3rd Edition (Symbian OS v9.x)
- Nokia 3250, 5500, 5630 XpressMusic, 5730 XpressMusic, 6110 Navigator,
6220 Classic, 6290, 6710 Navigator, 6720 Classic, E50, E51, E60, E61, E62, E65, E70, E71,
E75, E90, N71, N73, N75, N78, N79, N80, N82, N85, N86 8MP, N91, N92, N93,
N95, N96
- Samsung SGH-i450, i550W
NB. N73, N93 owners
S60 platform 5th Edition (Symbian OS v9.4) Released!
- Nokia 5230, 5800 XpressMusic, N97, X6
Series 80 platform 2nd Edition (Symbian OS v7.0s)
Supported GPS devices
Internal GPS or any NMEA-0183 compliant Bluetooth GPS. Tested with
- Nokia Wireless GPS Module LD-1W or LD-3W
- Nokia N95, 6110 Navigator, E90 internal GPS
- Socket Bluetooth GPS receiver (technically identical to Emtac)
- Holux GR-230 Bluetooth GPS
- Holux GPSlim236
- Anycom GP-600 BC79 Bluetooth GPS
- TomTom Wireless GPS
- Belkin Bluetooth GPS Receiver (resembles Fortuna Clip-On)
- Bluei Wireless GPS Receiver
- FALCOM NAVI-1
- FALCOM NAVI-XT
- Pretec BluetoothGPS
- Pretec BluetoothGPS Mini
- Deluo / Polstar PBT-111
- Deluo BlackBox Bluetooth Receiver
- Rikaline GPS-6033 Bluetooth GPS
- RoyalTek RBT-2001 Bluetooth GPS Receiver
Test compatibility with other devices by downloading the free trial version.
If you want to use the internal GPS of a Nokia phone, enable "Assisted GPS" and disable "Network based" in
phone positioning settings. Check that positioning server is supl.nokia.com.
Buy
Purchase full version from
Aspicore eShop. Payment by a credit card.
Paypal payment available for some market areas through the
Handango
site.
More info
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Installation and configuration
(Adobe PDF, 112 kB)
Usage instructions
(Adobe PDF, 100 kB)
Setup instructions for GpsGate.com service
(Adobe PDF, 208 kB, for v3.1x only)
Setup as a GpsGate TrackerOne tracking unit
(Adobe PDF, 476 kB, for v3.17)
Flyer
(Adobe PDF, 504 kB)
Français
Installation et configuration
(français, Adobe PDF, 32 Ko)
Tour d'horizon de l'application
(français, Adobe PDF, 38 Ko)
Help
Aspicore
GSM Tracker 1.14 Help for S60
Aspicore
GSM Tracker 2.xx Help for S60
Aspicore
GSM Tracker 3.xx Help for S60
Aspicore
GSM Tracker Help for S80 (with installation info for Series 80)
Frequently Asked Questions
Support FAQ
(Including detailed installation instructions for S60)
Discussion forum
See questions and suggestions from other users or enter your own posts in our
support forum.
Version history
Aspicore GSM Tracker for S60 (v1.14)
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Aspicore GSM Tracker for S60 2nd Ed (v2.20)
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Aspicore GSM Tracker for S60 3rd & 5th Ed (v3.21)
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Aspicore GSM Tracker for S80
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