ATrack AS700 Solar Powered Asset Tracker

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 Warning 

1. Connecting of the input wires can be hazardous to both the installer and your vehicle’s electrical system if not done by an experienced installer. This document assumes you are aware of the inherent dangers of working in and around a vehicle and have qualified knowledge of understanding electrical behaviors. An experienced technician with knowledge of installing audio system, relay wiring, or any electronic system in vehicle is highly recommended to perform installation.
2. While doing any operation without cover, please wear anti‐static gloves/rings to avoid the damage of Electrical Static Discharge.
3. Suggest to clean the solar panel surface periodically to ensure it gets sufficient sunlight for recharging.
4. Do not mix with other battery. This battery cannot mix with deposal or twice‐ recycled batteries in use. Otherwise, for its abnormal charge and discharge, it will cause overheated, distort, smoke or burning.
5. Keep the battery out of children’s reach and prevent them biting or swallowing the battery.
6. Do not insert the battery onto the charger for a long time. If charging beyond the normal time, the battery is still in the charger, please stop charging. The abnormal charging will cause battery overheated, distort, smoke or burning.
7. Do not put into microwave stove or any other pressure apparatus. Take the battery away from the cellular phone or the charger if it is instant heated or leak‐out (or odors) and depose it. The bad battery will causes overheated, smoke or burning.

Caution: When connecting the AS700 harness, make sure the harness is wrapped/isolated well in order to avoid water leaking from the harness.

Product name and Model name  

Contact Manufacturer
Company name: ATrack Technology Inc.
Address: 8F., No. 13, Ln. 120, Sec. 1, Neihu Rd., Neihu Dist., Taipei City 11493,
Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Sales

• Phone: +886‐2‐27975852 ext. 286
• E-Mail: smd@atrack.com.tw

Technical support

• Phone: +886‐2‐27975852
• E-Mail: tsd@atrack.com.tw

CE Representatives (CE Cert. have been processing)
The followings are authorized to represent ATrack Technology, in compliant to CE regulation.

• Company: APEX CE SPECIALISTS GMBH
• Address: Habichtweg 1 41468 Neuss Germany
  E-Mail:  Info@apex‐ce.com
• Company: APEX CE SPECIALISTS LIMITED
• Address: 89 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 4HT, UK
• E-Mail: Info@apex‐ce.com

Regulatory statement and RF exposure statement. 
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. this device may not cause harmful interference and
2. this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement

1. This Transmitter must not be co‐located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
2. For portable operation, this device has been tested and meets FCC RF exposure guidelines. When used with an accessory that contains metal may not ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines.

This device contains licence‐exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s licence‐exempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

Caution: Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation

1. To comply with the Canadian RF exposure compliance requirements, this device and its antenna must not be co‐located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Document Amendments

Note:
For the F/W Version column with specific firmware number, it means the modification(s) on the Comments column is done on this corresponding firmware version (and the versions thereafter). Please make sure you upgrade the firmware to the specified version before applying any changes made in this protocol.

Caution 

• When user changes the $FORM setting while there are still queued reports inside memory, those queued reports [with previous format] will be deleted in order to remain integrity.
• For Reports generated After powering‐up and Before GPS‐fixed, their GPS Time & RTC Time will be counted from 1970/01/01 & 2021/01/01 accordingly.

Product specification

Installation

Package Content
Verify that you received the following items in the package:

Optional Accessories
The optional accessories are: SIM Card Installation
AS700 supports installation of one Micro SIM card. To install a SIM card, please follow the instruction below to remove the cover and insert the SIM.

1. Turn the Knob to mark
2. Pull up the Knob cover
3. Slide down the SIM holder and flip it up slightly
4. Insert the Micro SIM as below. Flip the cover back, and slide it until a “click” sound is heard
5. Close the knob cover and Turn the Knob to mark.

Power on/off
Before the AS700 can be shipped to customers, the AS700 needs to be in the “Shipping mode”.

1. Power on:
   • To Press and hold the button (see chapter 2.7) for 3 seconds to switch the device to ON. When the device is successfully switched to ON, the LED (Green) will stay lit for 1 second, indicating that the device is ON.
   • Can also turn on the device directly by plugging in the USB (Type C). After successful power ON, it will begin charging.
2. Power off:
   1. To Press and hold the button for 3 seconds to switch to OFF. The device will completely OFF, and the device will enter shipping mode.
   2. When successfully switched to OFF, the LED (Green) will stay lit for 3 seconds, indicating that the device is OFF.

Configuration Port and Setting
The USB (Type A) 4pin to USB (Type C) cable is used to connect to the socket inside the AS700 and PC for configuring parameters and firmware upgrade. When the configuration cable is connecting to your PC/laptop, a “USB Serial Port” will show up in the device manager. This will be used as serial port to communicate with AS700. Please note down the COM port in order to select it correctly when using a terminal emulator.Next, connect the USB (Type A) 4pin to USB (Type C) cable as shown below.

Power I/O Pin Assignment (External Power Cable Optional)
The following figure shows the power I/O connector and its associated pin number.

LED Indication
Press the button to make LED blink.

The following figure shows the LED location of inside AS700.

Operating mode:

Charging mode:

• When the device is in the OFF state and plugging in the USB (Type C) or external power cable, the device will turn on.
• When the device is in the ON state, Device will detect the Battery voltage first and light the LED, the behavior please refer to the below

Caution on Utilizing Relay
Refer to the table below for the pin definition of the optional relay (ordering number: DRE12- XXX-10 for 12V relay and DRE24-XXX-10 for 24V relay) provided by ATrack:

The DIODE connected between pin 85 and 86 is very important to protect the relay coil and the connected device. It keeps away from the possible spikes aroused by switching on/off the engine.

Note:
A relay without the DIODE protection may cause damage to the relay coil and the connected device! Please proceed with care.
For the relay bought from aftermarket, make sure to select the one with protection DIODE installed. As the actual wire color in the following illustration may differ, check the number inscription on the relay or the socket.

Connecting AS700 Using ACT Tool (no support ACT for DVT phase) 

The following example shows how to connect the AS700 through ACT Tool.

1. Run ACT Tool and click on the [Connect Device].
2. Click on the [COM Port] and select the correct COM port with Baud rate 57600 (default).
3. Click on the [Yes] and wait until the querying data process is done.

Configuration

You may explore great features on the AS700 through AT commands either over the direct serial connection or remote via SMS/GPRS. The command syntax for direct or remote connections is the same. Each command should be following the specified format in the Protocol Document, and the command shall end with carriage‐return and line‐feed characters.

Connecting AS700 Using HyperTerminal 
The following example shows how to connect the AS700 through HyperTerminal. You may use other popular terminal emulators such as Putty or Tera Term Pro to establish a console session with the AS700.

1. Run HyperTerminal, select the correct COM port, and then click on the [Configure…] button.
2. The Port Settings should be as follows. Click on the [OK] button to close the Properties window.
3. Click on [File]  [Properties].
4. Click on the [Settings] tab and click on the [ASCII Setup…] button.
5. Check the following options and click on the [OK] button.
   

Documents / Resources

ATrack AS700 Solar Powered Asset Tracker [pdf] User Manual AS700, AS700 Solar Powered Asset Tracker, Solar Powered Asset Tracker, Powered Asset Tracker, Asset Tracker, Tracker

References

• User Manual