Hughmer Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I've been looking for ages for a non subscription tracker, If Im lucky I'll post a pic of a unit I got from gomatics. It's made by Taimwanese company Haicom and cost me £200 The tracker is basically a GPS receiver with a SIM card. It works in 3 ways 1 You can set up the tracker so that if it moves it sends your phone a txt. 2 You can phone the unit and it will send GPS data to your phone. By holding a USB adaptor to your earpiece, you can decode this and display the tracker's whereabouts on eg Autoroute. 3 The unit will also send GPRS data via the sim to a global sever run by HAicom. I'm using a Virgin sim that permits 25Mb of data per day for 30p a day - but only on days when it's used. GoMatics sent me the unit switched on and using Haicom's server, I monitored its progress from mid Wales to the Sorting office in Swansea, Cardiff and park royal . The journey took 3 days but the battery went flat after 2 so I missed the last leg to my home. Virgin charged me 90p and told me the amont of data sent was negligable. just a few Kbs The global server is a new feature. and it means you dont have to use your own phone or computer to find the tracker. Just remember your password and you could track the thing in a web cafe or police station. I'm going to buy an aditional "car kit" (£66) this is a little black box that connects the tracker to the vehicle sysytems. It also has a panic button , alarm triggered input and 2 relay circuits, so You could send a text message to the unit and eg stop the fuel supply or set off a smoke grenade inside the cab. It also has a microphone input that allows you to evesdrop remotely. I'm also going to buy an additional battery pack so that if a thief disconnected my vehicle batteries, the unit will keep sending data for longer that 48 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallii Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Thats a neat solution and best of all not expensive to run. I will investigate further when I get back from hols. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayjsj Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Looks great ! all I need then is the 'pump action Shotgun' and Ammo for when i go to retreive my 'recently stolen' pride and joy from the 'Travellers camp' where it will probably be taken to. Do you feel lucky ? Punks. I like It ! >:-) Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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