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1. GPS Last Valid Fix Activity Real Time Clock VHF Beacon Schedule Frequencies MHz Real Time Clock On Time 180 Time N A Activity1 255 Time UTC 14 37 15 Start date 27 05 2012 Start time 00 00 00 Uplink 441 000 Time UTC 14 01 01 Trial 3 Date NIA Activity2 0 Date 12 05 2011 Enddate 27 05 2012 Endtime 23 59 58 Date 22 06 2011 Downlink 441 000 Valid count 0 Lat 7 N A Counter 5 hi _ 00 00 00 RF Comm Time RF Modem hl cti 00 00 00 orrection VHF Beacon 150 800 sesh Avg Fix s 29 3 Long 7 NIA Hibernation Mortality Enable 00 00 00 High Power 150 Next Measurement Altitude m N A Hibernation active E Period 00 10 00 Disable 00 15 00 Time 16 00 00 Memory Counter 00 00 00 Date 12 05 2011 Activity 0 Temperature GPS 333 TEC Se eS Se pa System Collected Data RF GSM Sat Comm Argos System Collected Data RF GSM SatComm Argos GSM Globalstar Real Time Clock Transmitter Control Real Time Clock Mode 2 7 Fixes per SMS 7 bit retry disabled Time UTC 14 39 26 Mode GPS Data Repetition Rate s 30 Time UTC 00 06 56 Destination iim CoC Date 12 05 2011 Channel 51 401 630 MHz Number of Blocks 1 Date 01 01 2000 Pin 0000 UTC 01 00 00 ARGOS ID Hex 01234567 GPS Triplet Buffersize 30 UTC __ o2 00 00 Correction Correction Position Transmission RF Argos Schedule Electric SMS Delay 0 SMS Count 0 Comm Interval Data Timer Phif2 500 Start da
2. Advanced settings G Files and Folders A Automatically search for network folders and printers F Display file size information in folder tips Display simple folder view m Explorer s Folders list Display the contents of system Folders Display the full path in the address bar O Do not show hidden tiles and folders show hidden tiles and folders wt Restore Defaults Figure 2 Settings for Folder View in Windows Vista The necessary change of the data path from the program folder to the Virtual Store folder is not done automatically Please refer to 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet on how to do this This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 29 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 2 5 Registering Subsystems There are two subsystems that have to be paid for to use them The coordinate transformation and the mail reception The coordinate transformation allows you to transform the ECEF earth centred earth fixed and geographic coordinates as provided by GPS Plus as standard when exporting to one of over 90 coordinate systems see Appendix F Available Coordinate Systems with over 50 different reference ellipsoids see Appendix G Available Reference Ellipsoids Even user defined coordinate systems are possible If you purchase this subsystem
3. WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Slovenia SI D48 SI Hermannskogel Bessel ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Spain ES MADRID1870 ES lt 7m Madrid Struve ED50 ES EST99 peninsular Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 ES ZNW99 northwest Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 ES BAL99 Balearic isl Potsdam Hayford Int ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 223 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Sweden SE RT90 SE Stockholm Bessel SWEREF99 SE geocentric GRS80 ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Switzerland CH ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 CH1903 CH LI 1993 Zimmerwald Bessel CH1903 CH LI Bern Bessel CHTRS95 CH LI geocentric GRS80 GRANIT87 CH Zimmerwald Bessel WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int NORTH AMERICAN Inter
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5. This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is equivalent to 4 2 2 Export GPS Data Please refer to this description Because not all data is transmitted some of the data in the exported file is marked as not available N A 6 2 3 GPS View Data a This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is equivalent to 4 2 3 View GPS Data Please refer to this description Because not all data is transmitted some of the data in the exported file is marked as not available N A 6 2 4 GPS Show Chart This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is equivalent to 4 2 4 Show GPS Chart Please refer to this description 6 2 5 Erase Fix Data This command looks very similar to 6 2 1 Get Fix Data Again select the slots you want to erase and then press Erase Data You will warned that data from the selected slots will be erased If you answer the question with yes you want to erase a 20 second countdown will open This is the last chance to cancel the erase procedure by pressing the ESC key or the clicking on the Cancel button on the countdown form This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 142 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 3 Activi
6. Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 Commands Menu tie GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Activity Beute Com Port i H pty grn a Set Collar Time Collar Telemetry Collar Configuration Collar Status Collar Software Reset Collar Hardware Reset Save Collar Information Collar Upgrade Edit Virtual Fence Send Virtual Fence Receive Virtual Fence Clear Virtual Fence Get All Data TS Erase All Data tht Get Mortality Events es Erase Mortality Events Get Proximity Data Erase Proximity Data Clear Argos Buffer Warmestart GPS Coldstart GPS Monitor GPS Restore Configuration Collar Firmware Update Link Manager Telernetry Link Manager Firmware Update 26 04 2011 13 56 UTC L Link Manager Firmware Update Figure 70 Main window with commands menu open in Collar mode In the Commands menu are commands for the direct control of the collar and for collar testing 4 4 1 Set collar time To have the correct time and date after battery replacement it 1s important to set the correct time and date in every collar The program suggest the time and date of the computer adjusted by the UTC correction configured in the options of GPS Plus see 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet You will notice that the displayed time continues to run To change the time click on the hours minutes or seconds and then click on the up or down arrows To change the date click on the drop down arrow and
7. Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Upload GPS Schedule Schedule File Example GRF Terminal Collar Figure 150 Send Terminal GPS Schedule main window FW gt 2 X 7 1 5 Send VHF Beacon Schedule This command is identical to 7 1 4 Send GPS Schedule command Refer to this chapter for reference 7 1 6 Send Proximity Schedule firmware 2 3 1 or higher This command is equivalent to 7 1 4 Send GPS Schedule 7 1 7 Send GSM Iridium Schedule firmware 2 3 1 or higher This command allows you to send a GSM Iridium schedule to a Handheld Terminal Press Select to load a GSM Iridium schedule file GSF into the form Select a collar ID from the Terminal Collar drop down list This list only contains collars that are registered on the terminal If you want to upload a GSM Iridium schedule for an unregistered collar you first need to configure the terminal see 6 4 3 Manage Data You can only upload the schedule for one collar in this process repeat it if you need to upload schedules for more than one collar GS3M Indium Schedule Upload Schedule File Collar08296 gsf Terminal Collar 08296 Figure 151 Upload GSM Iridium Schedule dialog 7 1 8 Receive GPS Iridium Schedules To check the GPS schedules stored on a Handheld Terminal they can be downloaded A Window will open while waiting for connection with the terminal If no connection can be established the command will be aborted After connection has been e
8. Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 GSM Base Station Mode This mode allows you to read messages from GSM collars received by a GSM modem The messages can be merged to GPS data files and exported or displayed as graph When you change to this mode from another one a new window will open either right or left of the main window This window shows the number of read SMS messages and their corresponding Collar IDs Normally there will be no entries when changing to this mode Recewed SHS X amp cps plus ea File Schedule GPS Commands Com Port SF hha 28 G2H 11 05 2007 Iss4UTC O R GSM Base Figure 103 Main window in GSM Base Station Mode with Received SMS window left 5 1 Schedule Menu The Schedule menu in the GPS Base Station mode is similar to the Schedule menu in the Collar mode see chapter 4 1 Since no direct communication with the collar is possible the GSM module of the collar is normally switched off and is only activated for transmission all receive routines are unavailable til GPS Plus File eae Q Create GPS Schedule Create Beacons Schedule Create GSMyIrdiurm Schedule Calculate Operating Lifetime Send GPS Schedule Send VHF Beacon Schedule Send GSM Tridiurm Schedule Send Proximity Schedule Clear GSM Tridium Schedule G2H 2306 2011 h1sUTC a GSM Base IF COMS Figure 104 Main
9. Study Period This information is used when exporting data of the collar Only fixes or activity measurements taken in the specified range will be exported An undefined value implies no restriction Position Mailing List This list contains email addresses to which a received collar position will be mailed Every address has to be in a separate line Leading and trailing blanks as well as empty lines will be removed and obviously incorrect addresses will not be accepted Mortality Mailing List This list contains email addresses to which a received collar mortality virtual fence or trap event will be mailed Every address has to be in a separate line Leading and trailing blanks as well as empty lines will be removed and obviously incorrect addresses will not be accepted Mortality SMS List This list contains phone numbers to which a received collar mortality virtual fence or trap event will be send via SMS The phone number needs to have the This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 42 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace same format as the collar phone number Every phone number has to be in a separate line Empty lines will be removed and invalid phone numbers will not be accepted Database Connection All position data received in the data recepti
10. Use GSM Iridium schedule VHF UHF Communication Time Globalstar Mode Communcation enable 00 00 0 send every fix Collar Options VHF Beacon VHF Communication Communication disable 24 00 UHF Communication GSM Communication Argos Communicati saii Proximity Preheating Time i MP z lated lol 0 disabled irgos Communication iig Number of Blocks Iridium Communication Repetition Rate s O 0 8 a08 aA Globalstar Communication PA Power Purchasi Sensor Active Time Collar Purchasing Date Low Power 0 5 W DAC 130 164 A a m a sij a rms 7 Y 70 E l f Eraskile ae r Direc wen Collar received until 9 july 2004 High Power 1 0 W DAC 165 255 Enable Colla e 00 00 Collar received after 9 july 2004 00 06 Figure 42 Collar Lifetime Calculation form On command start up the form will look like Figure 42 In the upper part you can see the Start Calculation and the Stop Calculation button the calculation progress and the resulting Battery lifetimes In the battery lifetimes there are charge indicators like progress bars for every case and battery showing the charge while the calculation 1s done This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 68 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace In the lower part of the form t
11. GPS Plus Collar Manager User s Manual Version 3 11 Last Change 09 08 2011 Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace Prepared by V Zimmermann 13 09 2009 Edited by A Krop Benesch 09 08 2011 Checked by Approved by Authorised by This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 2 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date on VECTRONIC Aerospace X DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD Cc p ooo o W 9 12 2001 Almost all Added ne program features Added more figures for better understanding Added appendix structure 02 01 2002 Telemetries Added GSM functionality changed figures Collar Initialisation and description Error Messages New Message Could not open Com Port Forgotten Message Com Port not open Tools Added GSM to UART changed figure and description ate 19 18 01 2002 Screenshots main New images because of tool bar and status window Division structure Main heading for each device Collar GSM Terminal Added GSM command descriptions 05 02 2002 Screenshots New images of UTC Correction File menu Description GPS Data 14 02 2002 Lifetime calculation Changed scheduler figure amp description added lifetime calculation 03 04 2002 Terminal Added Terminal commands data handling functionality and configurati
12. The ID stored in the file is not valid Either this file is not a regular collar file or it is corrupted Activity Data File Upload Failed to upload data Data in destination Slot may be inconsistent Please try again or erase slot The upload of position data to a terminal memory slot failed The data may be partly written and therefore it may be inconsistent It is strongly recommended to erase the slot or to write the data again to the same slot Activity Data File Upload Failed to upload data Destination slot contains differential data while selected file contains solved data Please erase slot and select collar ID for it again The program cancelled the upload of position data to a terminal memory slot because the configuration of the slot did not match that of the data Activity Data File Upload Failed to upload data Destination slot contains solved data while selected file contains differential data Please erase slot and select collar ID for it again The program cancelled the upload of position data to a terminal memory slot because the configuration of the slot did not match that of the data Activity Data File Upload Failed to verify data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The data received from the terminal is not the same as the date previously written You may retry to read the data or cancel the whole operation Calculate Collar Lifetime Schedule Rules are corrupted A Start Date
13. 3401 Ohio north Lambert coordinates US SPCS 1927 3401 Ohio north Lambert coordinates UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Oklahoma US OK US SPCS 1983 3501 Oklahoma north Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 3502 Oklahoma south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Oregon US OR US SPCS 1927 3601 Oregon north Lambert coord US SPCS 1983 3602 Oregon south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Pennsylvania US PA US SPCS 1983 3701 Pennsylvania north Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 3701 Pennsylvania north Lambert coord UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 5200 Puerto Rico Lambert coordinates UTM coordinates northern hemisphere This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third
14. 4 4 3 8 GSM mode Iridium Mode The number of fixes transmitted in one Iridium message 4 4 3 13 Iridium Use GSM Tridium schedule Tick this box to not transfer the positions after the number of fixes per message is reached but according to a schedule 4 1 5 5 GSM Iridium Schedule Globalstar Mode The number of fixes transmitted in one Globalstar message 4 4 3 12 Globalstar Argos Communication The preheating time of the Argos transmitter the number of data blocks per message and the repetition rate of the message 4 4 3 11 Argos Transmitter PA Power Power Amplifier for the Argos transmitter SMS Reception Delay Time lapse between the sending of an SMS by the collar and the time of receiving new schedules from the provider 4 4 3 10 SMS Reception Delay Position Transmission Select whether you transmit every position or if you only transmit every nth position to save energy and transmission costs 4 4 3 16 Position Transmission VHF UHF Communication Time The time in which the collar s RF data communication system is enabled The collar can be programmed to reduce this time to save power 4 4 3 7 RF Communication Time This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 69 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace Proximity The settings of the p
15. 4 4 8 Edit Virtual Fence The virtual fence allows you to automatically use different GPS schedules in different areas You can define a special schedule that is activated if a fix is done in a defined area and deactivated when a fix is done outside this area To create or edit a virtual fence open the Edit Virtual Fence menu item There you have several options to create a virtual fence The first option requires a list of latitude longitude WGS84 coordinates of a polygon You can imagine each position as fence posts between which the fence is spanned as a straight line You also need one point with coordinates clearly inside the polygon This data is then entered in the form and displayed as a graph on the right The other option is to create a polygon in Google Earth save it as a KML file and import it into the virtual fence editor A fence can also be exported into Google Earth The Virtual Fence Editor form Figure 95 consists of three parts At the top is the menu and toolbar the left shows the coordinates of the fence posts and on the right is an approximate display of all fences Below the toolbar are tabs listing the defined fences of the Virtual Fence Collection At the bottom are two fields The first shows the file name of the current fence collection and if it is unsaved The second show the binary size of the fence collection This is important if you want to send the fence collection to a collar that is not connected via cable
16. Collar65535_070308132605 5M5 Collar65535_ 070308132617 SMS Collar65535_070308132629 5MS Collar65535_070308132641 5M5 Collar65535_070308132653 SM5 Collar65535_ 070308132704 5M5 Collar65535_070308132717 SMS Collar65535_070308132729 5M5 Collar65535_070308132741 5M5 Coll BEITI SMS Ti Figure 113 Merge SMS Messages window This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 123 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager sia a VECTRONIC Aerospace Y 5 2 3 Convert SMS to ASCII This command is very similar to 5 2 2 Merge Messages but instead of merging the selected messages it converts every selected message to a text file containing the ASCII export of the message without header just like it is done automatically when a position SMS is received The name of each text file is the same as the SMS file name but with TXT as extension The files will be written to the SMS text directory which can be configured in the Export I Tab Sheet see 3 1 8 7 t Convert SMS Messages Collar ID Ser No Messages from this Collar Collar65535 051212180522 SMS Collar65535_ 070301165744 SMS Collar65535_ 070302095349 5MS Collar65535_070308130135 5M5 Collar65535_070308132605 SMS Collar65535_ 070308132617 SMS Collar65535_070308132629 5M5 Collar65535_070308132641 5M5 Collar65535_ 070308132653 S
17. EUROPEAN Multinational ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int 42 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij Austria AT ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 MGI AT CZ Hermannskogel Bessel WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Belgium BE ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 BD50 BE Royal de Belgique Hayford Int BD72 BE Ukkel Hayford Int WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int NTF FR Paris Pantheon Clarke IGN Cyprus CY ED50 CY Potsdam Hayford Int WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 Czechia CZ ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 S JTSK CZ Hermannskogel Bessel 42 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij MGI AT CZ Hermannskogel Bessel WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Denmark DK ED50 DK Potsdam Hayford Int ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 220 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Mana
18. F 2 eunjesadiua 12 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 Figure 69 Activity and Temperature Chart window Additionally you can choose from the view menu which data shall be shown in the chart Activity X Activity Y and Temperature can selected to be visible or not Data can only be displayed if the corresponding sensor or activity channel is enabled in the collar Temperature is displayed as red line with the right axis as corresponding scale Activity X is displayed as green diamonds and Activity Y as blue diamonds the activity counts is given on the left axis You can export the loaded data to ASCII spreadsheet or database using the Export menu You have two possibilities All Data allows you to export data just like the standard export functionality but without selecting a source file since you already loaded the data The second possibility displayed data allows you to export only the part of the data currently visible in the activity chart To export an interesting part of the chart just zoom into the chart until only the relevant part is visible then select export displayed data 4 3 5 Erase Activity Data This is equivalent to 4 2 5 Erase Fix Data Please refer to this description This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 89 233 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager
19. If you are using a Virtual Fence you can configure the collar to send you a message per GSM or Iridium after the collar has been located for the first time inside the Virtual Fence and or after it has been located for the first time again outside the Virtual Fence To ensure that you will receive the message you can set a Retransmit Interval which defines the time in minutes after which the message will be sent a second time Virtual Fence Events Virtual Fence Events Send message on entering fence Send message on leaving fence Retransmit Intervall Minutes Figure 90 Configuration of Virtual Fence Message 4 4 3 16 Position Transmission With GSM and Iridium collars you do not need to transmit every position but instead only every second third fourth etc The highest value is every 16th position All positions obtained by the collar are stored in the collar s memory and can be downloaded via VHF UHF radio link or Link Manager By skipping positions you can save energy and money for transmission especially if you have short GPS intervals This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 101 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date GPS Plus Collar Manager 9 8 11 Configure Collar Position Transmission Applies only to GSM Iridium communication Collar ID r93 Fosition Transmission
20. Please enter a valid phone number The phone number of the destination collar field contained characters not allowed as input Configure Service Centre Address Collar phone number is not valid Please enter a phone number The phone number of the destination collar field seems to be empty Enter a destination address Configure Service Centre Address Service Centre Address is not valid Please use only numbers and no letters or other characters such as The service centre address contained characters not allowed as input Configure Service Centre Address Service Centre Address is not valid Please enter an Address The service centre address field seems to be empty Enter a destination address Configure Service Centre Address The GSM mode of the destination collar is not given The SMS will not be sent The service centre address can only be set via GSM if the collar has been received on this base station already Convert Firmware Reading File NOT successful Unidentified Character character The selected file contained a character that should not be in this file Either the file is corrupted or you have selected a wrong file This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 170 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Data Reception
21. US SPCS 1927 406 California VI Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 407 California VII Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Colorado US CO US SPCS 1983 503 Colorado south Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 503 Colorado south Lambert coord This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 203 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace i Notation of Notation of Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 600 Connecticut Lambert coordinates US SPCS 1927 600 Connecticut Lambert coordinates Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd ddmm SSSSSS eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS USA Delaware US DE UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Florida US FL US SPCS 1983 901 Florida east Mercator coord UTM coordinates northern hemi
22. US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Conneticut US CT NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke GS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Delaware US DE NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Florida US FL NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Georgia US GA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Hawaii US HI NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 Old Hawaiian mean US HI Oahu Clarke NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized dupl
23. and select the file FTDIBUS INF Open it press OK and continue Windows will warn you that this driver might be insecure and the source of the driver could not be identified Ignore this This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 27 1235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date GPS Plus Collar Manager a VECTRONIC Aerospace warning and continue After Windows has finished installing the driver the device can be used 2 2 2 Driver update To Update a driver you have to use the Device Manager Open the windows Control Panel and double click System Then select Hardware from the Tabs Click on Device Manager on this tab Go to the USB Controller node and expand it to see all connected USB devices Select the USB device it can have the following names GPS Plus Link Manager GPS Plus Handheld Terminal or if you have a rather old version USB Serial Converter For all devices you find do the following Left click on the Entry and select update driver Then follow the instructions for new installations see 2 2 1 First Time Driver Installation 2 3 Starting the Program After installation the program can be started without rebooting windows Just start the GPS_Plus program from the windows start menu The program will create several sub directories in the program directory at first start The About Box wi
24. as a table e Spreadsheet data CSV is machine readable which means table entries are separated by a freely definable character that can be defined in the options form This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 77 1235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace e Database table DBase format is a DBase table only readable after being imported into a database system e GPX GPS exchange is a XML format containing waypoints and can be imported in several GPS software applications e KML Keyhole Markup Language is a XML format used in Google earth to display tracks points of interest and such e KMZ Zipped Keyhole Markup Language is a zipped XML format for Google Earth to display tracks points of interest and such e BTX BioTelemetry Exchange is an XML format defined by VECTRONIC Aerospace which will make it easier to exchange acquired data over system boundaries The GPS Data Export window see Figure 53 contains one field for the source file name and one for the Export file name Both file names are selected via the Choose buttons to the right You can select multiple files as source but if you do so you will not be able to choose the export name The export name will be generated from the source name by changing the extension to the ex
25. collars and several default settings created by GPS Plus MailingList ini Contains email addresses of recipients of the registered collars if any MailReception Access Key Contains the key to activate the mail reception functionality GeoDLL Access Key Contains the key to activate the geographical transformation functionality GSM MortalityEventsxxxxxYYMMDDHHMMSS txt Contains all mortality events received via GSM from on collar xxxxx collar ID followed by time of storage TerminalGPSSchedules txt Contains a list of all GPS schedules from the Handheld Terminal TerminalProximitySchedules txt Contains a list of all Proximity GPS schedules from the Handheld Terminal TerminalGSMSchedules txt Contains a list of all GSM schedules from the Handheld Terminal TerminalVHFSchedules txt Contains a list of all UHF beacon schedules from the Handheld Terminal Directories GPS Data Contains the stored GPS data files and exported GPS data files Activity Data Contains the stored activity data files and exported activity data files Mortality Files Contains the stored mortality data files Schedule Files Contains schedule files for GPS and beacon SMS Contains files of stored GSM messages This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 188 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager D
26. contains the selected collars that is all collars that you may want to check with your terminal This list is stored in your terminal and can contain up to 64 entries The third list shows the currently used collars organised in memory slots These slots contain not only the information about the collars used but also the data position activity mortality retrieved from the collars and schedules that can be transmitted to the collar The group box right to the list box shows data from the currently selected slot This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 145 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Every time one of the lists is changed the new configuration will be transferred to the terminal This takes a few seconds while the program shows a message box If you want to transfer several collar IDs it helps to select multiple collars by using the and or while clicking on the list entries Select the collars you want to communicate with in the field moving them from the Registered Collars list to Selected Collars list Just mark one or more collars in the Registered Collars list and click Select Collars selected will be removed from the Registered Collars list and appear in the Selected Collars list If you try to select more than 64 collars the Select butto
27. every drd fix Figure 91 Configuration of Position transmission 4 4 4 Collar Status This listens to the collar s interface and gives information on the current task performed by the collar On starting this command an empty window will appear Figure 92 Every time the connected collar transmits its status the time the code and the meaning of the code are displayed The update frequency depends on the current mode of the collar For example in standby mode the collar should transmit its status every eight seconds in GPS Fix mode it varies between one and several seconds There are five collar statuses that can be displayed 00 Standby 01 Calculate Activity Memory Counter 02 Calculate GPS Memory Counter 03 Auto Page Rewrite 04 GPS Fix 05 GSM Idle 06 GSM Active VECTRONIC Aerospace Collar Status 12 50 22 O4 12 50 25 04 12 50 24 04 12 50 25 04 12 50 26 04 12 50 27 04 12 50 48 O4 12 50 29 04 12 50 30 04 12 50 31 02 12 50 31 02 12 50 31 00 12 50 33 00 12 50 47 00 12 50 55 00 GFS Fix GFS Fix GFS Fix GFS Fix GFS Fix GFS Fix GFS Fix GFS Fix GFS Fix Calculate GPS Memory Counter Calculate GPS Menon Counter Standby Standby Standby Standby Figure 92 Collar status window All other IDs will be displayed as unknown status If the status window is flooded with messages most of them unknown you probably have done a Warm
28. the path displayed in Google Earth is always shown as anchored to the ground regardless of its altitude or if terrain is enabled or not KML Extrude Path If checked the path will be shown as an semi transparent wall with height of the fixes altitude KML Track visible If checked the track will be visible in Google Earth as coloured line KML Fix visible If checked all fixes will be visible in Google Earth as coloured icons KML LMT in Record Info If checked the local mean time according to the UTC correction of GPS Plus will be shown in Google Earth KML View Here you can adjust the initial viewing direction when you load your exported data into google earth Heading adjusts the angle from north North is zero east 90 west 90 and south is 180 180 Tilt angle is the up down looking angle Zero will look down 90 will look to the horizon SMS Text Directory Here you can change the directory where the text version of incoming SMS messages will be stored For further explanation of this feature please refer to 5 2 1 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 54 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace Get SMS Messages You can select any directory shown in the directory tree To create a new directory please use the st
29. undefined undefined Sort Column Collar ID 1234567890 12345 234567890 123456 456 7890 12345678 1234563 1 234560 1 234561 1 234562 undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined 01 01 2010 undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a 493213213210 493213213210 493213213210 493213213210 493213213210 493213213210 493213213210 493213213210 Database A To add a collar entry click on the Add Collar menu item in the Edit menu the add collar button or simply by pressing the insert key Ins on your keyboard A form will To editing a collar entry click on the Edit Collar menu item in the Edit menu the edit collar button or sim
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31. 1 3 Create GSM iridium SCME GUIC ssepe nanea EEOAE Oaa 116 5 1 4 Lit GM Cakul AON eero esac rE E E E E 116 5 1 5 Sad GPS SCRE spa ner etree sretercete Sorrentet rr ee ee restate eer eee 116 5 1 6 Send VHF Beacon ew 026 1 om ee nee nenred re teens nent ne E res tte eert re 117 5 1 7 Send GSM Iridium Schedulle ssssssesssesesessseseeesesesseeseseeeseseseseeeeeeesesceeeeseees 118 5 1 8 Send Prox mity SCM CAC ocaciciars cian 2evasebsanhasanntmracesdsntcdeustavessbaunbadatatanassbdanieseusiavesetaants 118 5 1 9 Clear Cry Tica Sched le cence csaacuacensceseqscaquaeuenasesesseetuaceeueue see suoeusersvecesecsuntuacesens 119 eZ INNA e coc oo cequsna ca gates ang necteaeetdes A A E E E 119 52 1 Get SMS Messd oc et a e 119 ie Merse IWICS SACS psr E 123 5 2 3 COTES MS TOAS a E E E E 124 5 2 4 EDOT OP D Warie E EENE E E A aehucennuaser 124 5 2 5 A eE D E AAT AE EE A E 124 5 2 6 RO CA a E E E E E E E E 124 5 3 RUNNIN esr E a E RE 125 5 3 1 SIN AUS coat EEE E O E E A E A S EE E eke 125 32 Contigure Destination ZT OSS tess car soca tutor accents uahuteecteauanwaudatet on cumncanucemiutnessauanmacsa 126 5 3 3 Comiigure Service Centre Address scissscscasesaiarsiesaiesccoiasieiinsioasasasaianiinnciesacedsaelipsiaaracens 127 5 3 4 ROT SUS GSM INO sssr a ost E seas ess aetemetee EEE TENE 128 5 3 5 Coungure idim MOE oreeson earnan eE aee OEO 128 5 3 6 GSM Remote Conii orio epean En EEEE E ENEE AERE 129 5 3 7 Iridium Remote Configuration
32. 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace i Notation of Notation of Coordinate System ond Ordinate USA Missouri US M S SPCS 1983 2402 Missouri central Mercator coord SN AAN Slo Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 2500 Montana Lambert coordinates US SPCS 1927 2501 Montana north Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 2503 Montana south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd ddmm SSSSSS eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS USA Nebraska US NE US SPCS 1927 2601 Nebraska north Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 2602 Nebraska south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Nevada US NV US SPCS 1983 2703 Nevada west Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 2703 Nevada west Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA New Hampshire US NH UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min
33. 4 2 1 GC CAD ALA e E E E auienesenseneacs 71 4 2 2 Porr E O e E E E E E TI 4 2 3 NTC GE LM ee fa sens ts a E EE E E EE N A EATEN 82 4 2 4 SROV GESA D gs alae a E E E dese 83 4 2 5 Piane FER DI ere E E E E EEE 84 4 3 ACV e MO e EE E 85 4 3 1 Cora DA es a IE E EEE TTO E E 85 4 3 2 Export Activity Dala Sscassescesscsnsasianxaucaecamtaseersessassieisyaseiaxaeeaesaedanaeysesgudsieauseseiaxsesaasastacs 86 4 3 3 ACUT WW Al e EEEE E E E EEE E E 87 4 3 4 ACUN Oy N E E eee seth dabaecueaedaaeanaboneess 88 4 3 5 PP ASC CVI TAA eere E 89 Ae im AA KE MN ecstatic en ee E N A E N A E E 90 4 4 1 S afc 6 EE e E E ET E T E E 90 4 4 2 Colar Te e E E E A EE cece 91 4 4 3 Collar Connie ura OR sss eaa OaE EErEE 92 4 4 4 OMAR AE a E E EE 102 4 4 5 Collar OME IR CSC Use ca secasiteadaceseniecaeolequecasauasdcassealocdsous acchoeauencsovasseassealoceions ecceoeaeecs 103 4 4 6 Collar Hardware RESCI cererii a A natenesemiave ei 103 4 4 7 SEC e TO e ae Spe rerenncnn ares tte rere Stnn sts Sper ere sitar sre tre errs rr 103 4 4 8 PG NAN TC NCS EN 106 4 4 9 DY CU F ONCE asada eae caps gsaueinsaspeiuntssaeninsaspeiineaseeataseiphaun asetninsaiescensosenuteseseteases 108 AM Recene Virol FoC acest eca teeter E ca ceeenerececeneren eetereacces 109 der Octet Se nics 0 el ean ewer ent reer verrectrererrens vet ewer eevewer revere rrererrer Teeter etter tt 109 ed TE A E 0 Rene eT E E eT ee ee ee 109 AAD Erase Al DI eas ceccestccatecc cece doce tenance ESE 109 44 lda Giet
34. 71 GPS send 71 GSM 67 GSM Iridium 73 list based 71 proximity GPS 73 receive Argos schedule 74 receive GPS schedule 73 receive GPS schedule via handheld terminal 140 receive GSM Iridium schedule 75 receive proximity GPS schedule 76 receive VHF beacon schedule 74 rollover rule 64 rule based 71 send GPS schedule via base station 116 send GPS schedule via handheld terminal 139 send GSM schedule via base station 118 send VHF beacon schedule via base station 117 send VHF beacon schedule via handheld terminal 139 VHF beacon 72 Schedule 61 SMS 189 coding 42 convert to ASCII 124 get messages 37 119 handling 45 mailing list 42 merge messages 123 miscellaneous message 121 mortality message 121 position message 121 reception 119 send SMS data 122 text directory 54 SMS list mortality 42 SMTP connections 48 return path 48 sound 58 study period 42 7 Temp 80 temperature 80 terminal backup memory bank 148 165 collar configuration 161 collar list 158 download data 159 erase data 159 format flash memory 160 manage data 145 158 read memory slot 146 registered collars 146 restore memory bank 149 165 save information 147 163 selected collars 146 telemetry 144 used collars 146 time zones 191 U user ID Globalstar 51 UTC 79 UTC correction 59 71 74 93 97 161 V Validated 79
35. 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Pennsylvania US PA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Puerto Rico US PR NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Rhode Island US RI NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA South Carolina US SC NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA South Dakota US SD NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Tennessee US TN NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric
36. Base Station For the use of the program the collar should be deactivated with the provided magnet and the deactivation checked with the telemetry command 3 1 File Menu The items in the File menu serve mainly general program configuration purposes About opens a window which contains information about the program version and how to contact to our company Close closes the program This is the same as clicking the small cross in upper right corner of the program All other entries are explained in separate chapters following this one because of their complexity This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 32 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace B GPS Plus Schedule GPS Activity Commands Com Port pty Mail Reception t et Argos Reception Argos Autoread Reception ACT ACT Process messages of unregistered collars Convert all SMS to ZIP files Collar List Database Connections Options CiO Collar Ctrl C GSM Base Station Ctrl G E Handheld Terminal Ctrl T Play Beacon Sound About Close Figure 4 File menu 3 1 1 Mail Reception This feature is NOT part of the free version of GPS Plus You will have to purchase a Mail Reception Key from VECTRONIC Aerospace to use it see 2 5 Registering Subsystems With th
37. Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ices VECTRONIC Aerospace i Send Indium Collar Indium Mode Destination Collar s Collar ID Iridium IMEI F 08296 123 456 789012545 Figure 120 Configure Iridium Mode via Iridium 5 3 6 GSM Remote Configuration GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Commands ie aLi oh pt GSM Status Config Destination Addr Config Service Centre Addr Config GSM Mode Config Iridium Mode GSM Remote Configuration Position Transmissionn Iridium Remote Configuration Virtual Fence Events Edit Virtual Fence Proximity Mode Send Virtual Fence Proximity Interval Clear Virtual Fence Proximity Duration Proximity Active Time E wees Proximity Frequency Proximity Transmission Proximity Schedule Disable Set Pin 06 05 2011 11 28UTC GSMBase IF none Figure 121 GSM Remote Configuration Menu These commands allow you to change configurations of a collar regarding the GPS transmission the virtual fence and the proximity sensor This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 129 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 6 1 Position
38. E A A E AEE 21 P First time driver installation 4 c2hcceontensceonessecdacranacdanatlectontanacasnesnecdocracacdanetlaceosteeacemneneccces 21 PAP DER pie eena cia sctneessssbeuslonatosevasienytanstnenvarsbeusionateecrascenseens 28 2 3 ST SP 0A sas cease seas asta acres Soaatio see ne ep al Saasecetes acc S E tases 28 2 4 Base Data Path differences in Windows Vista and Windows 7 ccccccceceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 29 2 5 FR GU Th SU NG cea caste esse Ee E N 30 3 TeMi Vy TOW ena E E E E tee 31 3 1 i INN U E E T E A E O E T 32 3 1 1 Mail Tee PON ea A 33 3 1 2 PRE OOS TRC CC PO I aorin E E SEE E EE 35 3 1 3 Mail SMS and Argos Reception cccccccssssssssssesseeeeececceeeeeeeeaeaasseesssseseeeeeceeeeeseeeeeaaas 37 3 1 4 Process unregistered collar Messages sc ccoseisduccsusncosisstyacnssbarcndenkieducesbasavenesaacuscsvesancenuoedus 38 3 1 5 Convert all SMS to ZIP Miles erei E On ROE E 40 3 1 6 Collar E ig E E E E oe ceeeays eats eseriass eae 4 3 1 7 PADI 0 0 ol 6116 1 ho see emer ee ee ae eee eee eer 43 3 1 8 ODON aea E E 45 3 1 9 Collar GSM Base Station and Handheld Terminal cece eeceeeceeccecceeceseeees 60 SAMO Play Bedicon SOU eiieeii ea OEE EEEE Ees 60 OMAR NOG ea a EE AEE E ES 6l 4 1 PVCS GUNG N a E E S 61 4 1 1 Create GPS SC Hedu l oerein a EE EE EEE 62 4 1 2 Crea Beacon SCC UC siea ts ieves eeu sadqsenutaveietesndes te insas sesnteseastauss tusniess 65 4 1 3 he abe Fa OSS CMe CUS eaan EENE E E SEER E EEEF 65 4 1
39. Esport file contains Line Ma i Line No Line No UTC Date UTC Date UTC Date UTC Time it UTC Time as UTC Time LMT Date LMT Date LMT Date LMT Time LMT Time LMT Time ECEF ECEF w ECEF amp ELEF Y w ECEF r ECEF Y ECEF 1 w ECEF Z 1 ECEF Z Latitude Latitude Latitude Longitude z Longitude Longitude H aimbat wt H oinkt t H oiokt Reset to Default Reset to Default Reset to Default Include Header Include Header Date Date Activity amp GSM ASCII Act amp GSM Spreadsheet Activity amp GSM Database Include Header Include Header Include GSM Header Date dd mm pypy w Date dd rnc w Date dd mim iy w Figure 25 Export II tab sheet containing formatting configuration This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 55 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 1 8 9 Geo Transformation Tab Sheet This tab sheet allows you to configure a coordinate transformation for the export of GPS position data You can select a coordinate system and a reference ellipsoid independently Furthermore you can define your own coordinate system and or reference ellipsoid including geodetic shift Last but not least you can test transform manually entered coordinates All this can be done without limitations Howeve
40. Figure 149 Figure 150 Figure 151 Figure 152 Figure 153 GPS Plus Collar Manager a VECTRONIC Aerospace Dialog for sending Position Transmission command via GSM eee 130 Dialog for sending the Virtual Fence Events command via GSM 130 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Mode command via GSM eee 131 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Interval command via GSM 131 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Duration command via GSM 132 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Duration command via GSM 132 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Frequency command via GSM 133 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Frequency command via GSM 133 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Frequency command via GSM 134 Dialog for sending a Virtual Fence Collection via GSM l 135 Dialog for clearing virtual fences via GSM cccccennsteeseeseseseeeeseeeeeeeeeees 136 DC PU Wy OW a E E E E 136 Main window with Com Port menu open GPS Base Station mode 137 Main window with schedule menu open Terminal mode ccceeeeeeeeeeees 138 Send Terminal GPS Schedule main window Firmware older than 2 X 139 Receive Terminal GPS Schedules main window cccccsssesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 140 Terminal GPS sched les file example sccsicsosssersanaceeeasonseessnadeacsacnwsaseseasenserones ease 140 Main wi
41. Figure 80 Figure 81 Figure 82 Figure 83 Figure 84 Figure 85 Figure 86 Figure 87 Figure 88 Figure 89 Figure 90 Figure 91 GPS Plus Collar Manager sata VECTRONIC Aerospace Countdown of erasing fix CAl4 csscssetecaieecierusenctnaancesbnteiataveioecebbedeuchitancentheeadetnaa inet 84 Main window with activity menu open in Collar moOde ccccceeeeeseeeeeeeeeeees 85 Activity read data connection WINKOW eesesssssssseerrssssssssserersssssseceeeeesssssseeeeres 85 Reading activity data progress bar windoW ssssseesessssssseeeerssssssssereresssssseeerees 85 A GPS quality data set has been detected eecccccccccccceeeseseeecceeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeees 86 RSV Ti AE YE A eters reorient seine pres eaieeceentrse NE e oea 86 Activity ASCII export data file format cc ceecccccccccccceseseeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeeeeeeeeeaaas 87 Activity Data Viewer with file loaded 0 0 0 cecccccccccccceeeeeseeeceeceeeeaseeseeeeeeeeeenaas 87 Activity and Temperature Chart Window ccccccccccccccceesseseeeececeeeeaeeeseeeeeeeeeenaas 88 Activity and Temperature Chart Window cccccccccccccecceseseeecceeeeeeaeeseeeeeeeeeenaas 89 Main window with commands menu open in Collar mode c cc eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 90 DEP COM AE ERMC WINGO WY s E E 91 CTS AC Ey A O e E E 91 Tabset the telemetry WIHdOw case cesccnctee eu teendeatanste onc esaeenengeaecnoussaeetasnee E 92 Collar C Oni SUratiOn Menu cieic20i ss cc
42. File Schedule GPS BQ Com Port F H phe pry GSM Status Config Destination Addr Config Service Centre Addr Config GSM Mode Config Iridium Mode GSM Remote Configuration Iridium Remote Configuration Edit Virtual Fence Send Virtual Fence Clear Virtual Fence Set Pin GSH 06 05 2011 IVs2UTC 4a GSM Base IF none Figure 115 Main window with Commands menu open GSM Base Station mode 5 3 1 GSM Status GSM Status gives a small status overview of the connected GSM modem If needed the command will set the PIN Code and book the GSM modem into the GSM net This may take a while and if you have just switched on the modem an error may occur Just wait for at least ten seconds and try again Manufacturer of the modem Model of the modem Registration Connection status It can be registered roaming or not booked in Provider Name of the network provider to which the modem is registered Signal Quality displayed as a bar graph which should be green If it changes to red it reaches a level that will under normal conditions work but may fail from time to time Stored Messages number of messages currently stored in the memory and the maximum possible number of messages that can be stored Service Centre service centre number of the GSM service provider Activity Status current activity of the modem This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a
43. GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Washington US WA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA West Virginia US WV NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Wisconsin US WI NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Wyoming US WY NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 User Defined User defined geodetic datum shift No geodetic datum shift No datum shift and no ellipsoid transition This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 231 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 Index A activity data 189 data chart 88 data chart f
44. GPS Data Could not set serial USB route To monitor the collar GPS output via the USB interface it 1s necessary to configure the Link Manager to route the data through This connection has to be automatically re established if no data is received within approx 20 seconds Close and reopen the status form GPS Plus Options Collar ID is not a number in the range of 1 65535 You entered a value in the Collar ID combo box that 1s not valid Only values between and 65535 are allowed no other characters GPS Plus The configured SMS Text Directory does not exist directory It will be set to the default value Program directory SMS The INI file of the program contained a directory name as SMS text directory that does not exist on the computer The value has been set to the default directory GPS Request Command NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 172 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace GSM Interface Could not evaluate CPIN result error string The Command for setting the GSM PIN did not work error string contains more information GSM Interface Could not evaluate CMGR result The result of the CMGR command Read SMS
45. If the extension of a queued file is SMS it uses the position mailing list Otherwise it uses the mortality mailing list This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 36 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace SMIP Send Bot Log SMTP Log Message Queue ID 023F1240 gt E EEE EEE EEE EEE EEEE EEE EE EEEE EE EEEE EEEE EEE EEEE EE EEE EEE EEE EEEE EEE EEE E EE Ed 01561 C Programme GPS_Plus SMS SMS_Collar01561 zip Collar01561_07030912 ID 023F1240 gt Added to Connection Pool at 16 05 2007 16 16 43 Seq No 36 01561 C Programme GPS_Plus SMS SM5_Collar01561 zip Collar01561_07030912 ID 023F1240 gt Collar ID 01561 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi SM5 S5M5_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C ID 023F1240 gt Filename C Programme GPS_Plus SMS SMS_Collar01561 zip Collar01561_070309124242 5M5 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi SM5 SM5_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C ID 023F1240 gt Temporary Filename C DOKUME 1 veitiLOKALE 1 Temp Collar01561_070309124242 5M5 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi SMS SM5_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C ID 023F1240 gt lt 220 smtp 1und1 de mrelayeu7 Welcome to Nemesis ESMTP server 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi SMS SM5_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C ID 023F1240 gt gt SMTP session connected error 0 ID 0
46. Intervall Minutes 0 Figure 125 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Interval command via GSM This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 13 1 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 6 5 Proximity Duration UHF collars only This command allows you to change the Listen Duration of the proximity sensor For details on the proximity configuration refer to 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor For details on how to select a collar and send the command refer to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM i send GSM Collar Proximity Duration Destination Collar s Collar ID SMS Coding 60225 491562485236 Sevenit 60227 49152569857 Seven Bit W 60228 449152359456 Seven it Listen Duration 0 1s steps Figure 126 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Duration command via GSM 5 3 6 6 Proximity Active Time UHF collars only This command allows you to change the time of day during which the of the proximity sensor is active For details on the proximity configuration refer to 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor For details on how to select a collar and send the command refer to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM A Send GSM Collar Proximity Active Time Destination Collar s Collar ID Phone Number SMS Coding 60225 4491562485236 Seven Bit W 60226 449156325846
47. Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace russian Land Register Rissenthal 40 DE kkkmmm eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec eographic coordinates Greenwich deg reat Britain GB ritish Transverse Mercator coordinates ritish National Grid BNG rish National Grid ING eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec eographic coordinates Greenwich deg eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min ddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited Q Q l 3 T 7 Q I Q Q A a N A 3 D QJ 3 on Q n 3 Q VECTRONIC Aerospace 196 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Notation of 2nd Ordinate kkkkmmm Notation of 1st Ordinate sskkkmmm Coordinate System TM coordinates northern hemisphere reece GR Geographic coordinates Athens deg min sec UTM coordinates northern hemisphere ungary HU Gauss Krueger 6 degree wide strips Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Ireland IE Irish National Grid ING aaeeeeennnnn Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic c
48. Mortality Es Vie TN ceiien E E EEEREN 109 AAAS Erase Mortality Events cccscconsnvsiecendotecewassesdeovtainsasseabicesnieketsvonwesdcestalatanseahiecsndebecsoessiats 110 AA NG Ger PEO My Dalderop aE E 110 Ad E EO O en E EEEE EE 110 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 15 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 441s lear Artos BOULOT crete stared scence a aE E AE EERE E E EA EE 110 ti YAMS UC a E S E E E S E E A EE A E A 111 KEO aaa a EE E E E teeter E Tere tere etre ree 112 deka MOO IE ra E E E E 112 AA 22 Restore Conii curiti sses re Eae nE a Era aE E TEE 112 Ae Coll Pw UG ANG r E E 112 4 4 24 Link Manager Telemetry ccccccsessssssssseeececceceeeeceeeeeaaeessssesseeeeeecceeeeeeeseeeaaaesggeseees 113 4 4 25 Link Manager Firmware Update cccccccccccccccceceeceeeeseseseseseeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeaaaaaaeeessees 113 4 5 COPO N 0 Reaper tereeerere E ere er hen oc eree rere E er tet eeeerere are terre te 114 3 GSM ase Sa Mode ia sseescrcncareceanaaaeatvonacocusanneeagsestaseaasanaseoseuasesesaaneseqpessonacnanaeetioet 115 5 1 PVC IG UIC VIC I Uies 5 25 seebcu oaceosccoser soos A E 115 alel B E e ee L r E E E 116 ae Re Create Beacon Schedule 2 scsssessessasvansecensstuseaaaeedeanenessaaesvedensstveeasedevedeanenessanetavereasseuees 116 5
49. No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 3 Configure Service Centre Address This command enables you to change the service centre address of a collar the service centre s phone number of your GSM provider via a SMS message The only purpose of this command is to restore a service centre address in a collar if it 1s erased or changed by accident This will make the collar dumb because it has no address for SMS message handling but it is still able to receive SMS messages Do not ever use this command if there is no real need for it Select a collar from the Destination Collar s list and enter the New Service Centre Address Press Transmit to generate an SMS message and send it to the collar The only verification is by receiving the next message of the collar A Configure Service Centre Address Destination Collar s Collar ID 60225 60226 60227 60228 New Service Centre Address 491528 76543521 Figure 118 GSM Configure Service Centre Address form This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 127 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 4 Configure GSM Mode This command allows you to change the GSM mode of your collars via GSM An SMS message is send to the given collar reconfiguring the GSM mode ae Sen
50. Oo sss ssuupps sss ssuwppps u w w u u u ur ur w w u u s syreusy pnq T4eT pnq4T uoT cTopnesd TTopnesd QTOpnsesd 60opn sd goopnesd LooOpnsesd g99opnesd Goopnesd poopnsesd e oqopnsesd coopnesd TQopnesd WesFFOYOOTD jam LE 79 Z E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 8 TE FH ZZ b 8T L 6 Th S GS SOR de 0 E ST 66 0086pZS7E PI8GSOEP ZS LEZZEOS SZVIT6 O8068LE ZI TGS GT OOZ 6O OT ZT TG ET POOZ 6O0 OT 6EE LE PYE ZSE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O0 O SE TE FH ZZ bb 8T Lb 6 Th S S SOR de O TI TOLT 8 E0SZS ET EELSOEP ZS 8EZZEOG 6ZHTTE T8O68LE 80 TS ST PO0Z 60 OT 80 TS ET POOZ 6O OT 8EE LE PYE ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O0 O0 SE 9 bb ZZ b 8T Lb 6 Th G G SOR de 8 OO POT 8LOTSZS ET O069S0ER ZS OPZZEOS vEVIT6 Z8068LE P0FTS ST PO0Z 60 OT PO TG ET POOZ 6O OT LEE Q LE 79 ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0O ZE 6Z SE 9 FH ZZ WR 8I L 6 wb G 9 SOR de bee S SO 9ZTISZS E 6S9S0EP ZS TPZZEOS SEPTIC E8068LE OO TGIST POOZ 6O OT OO TG ET OOZ 6O OT 9EE O LE PYE PF E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ZE 6Z 8E 9 FH ZZ b BT Lb 6 bE G 9 SOR de P E T6 90T Z60TSZS ET SPOSOER ZS ZHeZEOS SEPTTE P8O68LE 95 0S ST PO00Z 60 OT 9S 0S ET POOZ 6O OT SEE ON LE PYE PF E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0O 8E 62 SE 9 FH ZZ WR 8I L 6 PR S 9 SOR de P E T6 90T Z60TSZS ET SPOSOEH ZS ZHeZEOS SEVTTE P8O68LE 2 S 0S ST PO0Z 60 OLT ZS OGS ET 007 60 OT FEE ae Lu LE PYE ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O 8E 62 8E 9 FH ZZ WR 8I Ld 6 b S 9 SOR de P E 0E780 8
51. Period Figure 41 GSM Iridium Rule dialog This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 67 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 1 5 Lifetime Calculation This command estimates the battery lifetime of a collar You have to select a collar and a battery type some collar options and the schedules for GPS measurements VHF Beacon and Argos transmissions where the last three are optional From these inputs the program calculates a best average and worst case battery life time estimates Best case assumes that the GPS receiver needs 45 seconds in average over the whole lifetime Average assumes this time to be 90 seconds and worst case uses 180 seconds H Lifetime Calcualtion unsaved File GP Schedule WHF Schedule Argos Schedule GSM Irdiurm Schedule Main Battery Lifetime WHF Beacon Battery Lifetime Days Days End Date Best case 455 Best case 455 ee H Average 90s Average 90s a d Worst case 180s Worst case 180s VHF Schedule Argos Schedule GSM Tridium Deployment Configuration Collar Activation Date 26 04 2011 Fixes per SMS SM5 Reception Delay 7 Fixes per SMS Delay before receiving Os Hardware Collar Type GPS Plus 2010 Tridium Mode Position Transmission 12 12 Fixes per Message Transmit Battery Type it
52. Please refer to 4 2 2 Export GPS Data because it is quite similar except for a few differences You cannot export to GPX KMZ and KML and the download may contain GSM Iridium quality data RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator and BER Bit Error Rate The GSM Iridium quality data will be separated from the activity data and stored in a separate file Activity Data ASCII Export Do you want to store this and all Following GSM Quality Daka Sets 1 4 amp GSM Quality Data Set was detected Figure 64 A GPS quality data set has been detected If a GSM Iridium quality data set has been detected wile exporting activity data a window will pop up see Figure 64 asking if the GSM Iridium data should be stored If you answer no GPS quality data will be ignored for the current download If you answer yes a save file dialog window will open and you can select a file name for the GSM Iridium data An example for the resulting GSM Iridium quality file is given in Figure 65 UTC date and time give the time in Universal Time Coordinated while LMT date and time give it Local Mean Time depending on the value set in UTC correction of the options form see 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet RSSI is the signal strength that was measured while transmitting an SMS and BER is the Bit error rate which is calculated from the last communications establishing the link to the service centre etc GSM Iridium quality data is always exported as ASCII
53. Production date This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 182 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Batteries Main Backup Balancing Collected Data Tab GPS On Time Trial Valid Count Avg Fix s Next Measurement Time Date Last Valid Fix Time Date Lat Long Altitude m Memory Activity GPS Activity Activity Activity 2 Counter GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Voltage of the main battery Voltage of the backup battery Internal voltage balancing process Max GPS On Time for a fix Number of successive not successful GPS fixes If this value is greater 19 a new initialisation of the GPS receiver will be performed during next fix Number of validated fixes from last fix only for diagnostics Average time that was needed to get a fix Computed from accumulated fix times and number of stored fixes see Memory GPS Time of next GPS fix Date of next GPS fix Time of last valid fix Date of last valid fix Latitude in degree of last valid fix Longitude in degree of last valid fix Altitude in meters of last valid fix Number of activity datasets in memory Number of GPS datasets in memory Last determined value of activity 1 Last determined value of activity 2 Counter to save activity value eight second
54. Proximity Sensor Proximity hlode Listen Interval 8s steps equals 600s 5 Listen Duration 0 15 steps fequals 1 08 10 Sensor Active Time Enable Time is UTC 6m steps 05 00 Disable Time is UTC 6m steps 19 00 Receiver Frequency MHz 443 000 Enable transmission of sensor data via GSM Iridium Disable proximity schedule if one is present Figure 89 Configuration of Proximity Sensor This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 100 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace You can configure an interval in which the proximity sensor is switched on and listening to the VECTRONIC UHF ID tags Listen Interval for a given Listen Duration Additionally you can define a time period during the day in which the Listen Interval is applied Sensor Active Time The Receiver Frequency is defined by VECTRONIC and must not be changed Check Enable transmission of sensor data via GSM Iridium to receive the proximity events remotely To disable an uploaded Proximity GPS schedule check Disable proximity schedule of one is present If you want to use a proximity schedule again simply upload a new proximity schedule to the collar via USB VHF GSM or Iridium interface 4 4 3 15 Virtual Fence Events GPS Plus collars only
55. Rollover rule edit form 2 0 cccccccccccnneesesssssseeeeeeecccececeeeeeeeaeaaaaaaeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 64 Beacon Scheduler with five rules in the list ec cccccccceeeeeseseseseeseeeeeeeeeeeeees 65 Argos Schedule editor with example schedule loaded ccccccsseeeseeeeeeeeeeees 66 PRG Penod dilotre Ene TAE E EE EE E EEEa 66 AFON Wie O a E E econ 67 Nn nal O A ett asree tte reenter ant geerr ret astra 67 Collar Lifetime Calculation TOM wisisscicocatcuencwnasteasdiscseemtceeaqecasanenewaseiaiaievesiqcaneaande 68 GPS Schedule tabs sheet in Lifetime Calculation 200 0 ccesesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 70 Send Collar GPS Schedule main window cccccccccccccccccecceeeaeeeeesseeseeeeeeeeeeeeees 71 Send Collar GPS Schedule main Window ccccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeees a2 Receive GPS Schedule main Window cccsssssssecccccccccsscccsssssssssesssseseeeeeeees I9 GPS times file from list based schedule ccccceccccccccccccceceeeeeeeeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 74 Example of a Argos schedule file ccccccccccsssssssecceeceeeeeesseeecceceessaeeeseeeseeeeeeeags 74 Example of a GSM schedule file siinnccsneres sssapamnetsuenss dogeiianeettenindsapianettiends dbkiianctsuedt 75 Main window with GPS menu in Collar mode ou ec ceccceecceeeseeesseeseeeeees 76 Wait for connection Window ssssssssssseeeerreresssssssssssssseeetereereresesssssssssseeeeeeeereeeee Th Reading GPS
56. SPCS 1927 4205 Texas south Lambert coordinates This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 211 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai Aak VECTRONIC Aerospace X i Notation of Notation of UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Utah US UT US SPCS 1983 4302 Utah central Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 4301 Utah north Lambert coordinates UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Vermont US VT US SPCS 1983 4400 Vermont Transv Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Virgin Islands US VI UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 4501 Virginia north Lambert coord U
57. Send GSM Iridium Schedule This command transfers a GSM Iridium schedule file GSF to the collar and activates the GSM Iridium schedule It allows you select a file by opening an open file dialog similar to 4 1 6 Send GSM Iridium schedule and to send this file to the collar The schedule is not checked for validity The times stated in the schedule will always been treated as the times according to the receiving collar s UTC correction 4 1 10 Send Proximity GPS Schedule This command transfers a GPS schedule file GRF to the collar which can be activated whenever an UHF ID tag signal is received from the collar GPS Plus Collars with UHF radio communication only In this case it overrules the standard GPS schedule until one hour after the ID signal has been received for the last time 4 1 11 Receive GPS Schedule To check the entries in a collar the GPS schedule can be downloaded A Window will open while waiting for the connection with the collar If no connection can be established the command will be aborted After connection has been established a file selection dialog will appear and you can select a name for the file in which the times will be stored Then the main window for the download will appear see Figure 46 The file content depends on the schedule type used in the collar A rule based schedule will result in a rule file that again can be used for other collars and a list based in a large times list usable only for verificat
58. Status Could not set Serial USB route To monitor the collar status via the USB interface it is necessary to configure the Link Manager to route the data through This configuration failed Collar Status Link manager could not be reset To monitor the collar status via the USB interface it is necessary to configure the Link Manager to route the data through The configuration has to be disabled again by resetting the Link Manager This has failed Collar Update Firmware Firmware Data could not be sent Page page number Do you want to retry sending the data The data could not be sent to the device You have the choice to cancel the whole process or to try writing the block again and continue Collar Update Firmware Firmware Data could not be validated Page page number Do you want to retry sending the data The data send to the device could not be verified You have the choice to cancel the whole process or try to read the block again and continue Collar Update Firmware Firmware Data Is invalid Page page number Do you want to retry sending the data The data send to the device has been verified and found to be not correct You have the choice to cancel the whole process or try to write and verify the block again and continue Collar Update Firmware The Line No line number could not be interpreted line content A line in the selected file is not interpretable by the program Please use another file Collar Update Firmw
59. Transmission This function is described in 4 4 3 16 Position Transmission The selection of a collar is similar to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM an Send GSM Collar Posrtion Transmission Destination Collar s Collar ID Phone Number SMS Coding rl 60225 99 15624852356 Seven bit F 60227 49 1525698524 Seven bit 60228 4491523594568 Seven Bit Position Transmission every 3rd fix Figure 122 Dialog for sending Position Transmission command via GSM 5 3 6 2 Virtual Fence Events You can configure the collar to send you a notification SMS when the collar has entered and or left the virtual fence Select a collar from the Destination Collar s list Use the checkboxes underneath to indicate if you want the collar to Send Message on entering the fence area and or Send Message on leaving the fence area To ensure that you will receive the message you can set a Retransmit Interval which defines the time in minutes after which the message will be sent a second time For details on how to select a collar and send the command refer to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM i Send GSM Collar Virtual Fence Events Destination Collar s Collar ID Phone Number SMS Coding 60225 4491562485236 Seven bit None TIENE etene E 60227 491525698524 Seven bit Toggle 60228 4491523594568 Seven Bit 1 4 Send Message on entering fence area Send Message on leaving fence area TE Figure 123 Dialog for sending the Virtual Fence
60. US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 228 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA New Hampshire US NH NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA New Jersey US NJ NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA New Mexico US NM NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA New York US NY NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric W
61. US SPCS 1983 4803 Wisconsin south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Wyoming US WY US SPCS 1927 4901 Wyoming east Mercator coord US SPCS 1983 4903 Wyoming west central Mercator US SPCS 1927 4903 Wyoming west central Mercator Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec User Defined undefined undefined This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 213 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Description of notations Geographical coordinates degree d degree deg min sec d degree m minutes S seconds deg min d degree m minutes sec S seconds gon g Gon 400 Gon 360 degree A negative longitude is west of Greenwich A negative latitude is on the southern earth hemisphere Gauss Krueger and UTM coordinates S Number of the meridian strip With UTM coordinates northern hemisphere a negative northing value is on the southern earth hemisphere UTMref coordinates ZZ sxyececennnnn Z Meridian strip UTM zone
62. VHF beacon emergency signal 60 mortality signal 60 pattern 60 96 virtual fence clear 109 clear via GSM 136 edit 106 108 event 101 130 161 receive 109 send via GSM 134 voltage beacon battery 80 main battery 79 W WGS84 79 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 235 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx
63. WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Texas US TX NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Utah US UT NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 230 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Vermont US VT NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Virgin Islands US VI NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Virginia US VA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide
64. a GPS Plus application This is necessary to use GPS Plus and Iridium email reception separately POP3 Host Name of your POP3 POP3 Port May be left blank since most POP3 Hosts use the default port 110 only few will use a different port POP3 User ID and POP3 Password are used for the user identification and authentication POP3 Password will display an asterisk for every character typed in it If Delete read data messages from server is checked every email that is identified to contain collar data will be removed from the POP3 email server after it has been read and stored For all fields applies Ask your system administrator Internet service provider or your email provider if you are not sure what to enter or if problems occur For information about errors read the file Mai LError Log inthe SMS subdirectory of the GPS Plus directory Any errors regarding the mailing system of GPS Plus will be logged here in detail SMTP Test Form The only purpose of this form is testing the SMTP functionally by sending emails to a given address You have to enter a easily checkable and definitely working email address in the destination email field and the number of emails to be send For the first test start with one This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 49 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Mana
65. a calendar will open up just select a date in the calendar Finally set the time by clicking the Set Time button While GPS Plus contacts the collar the time will continue internally until the moment in which the Collar Set Time command is send This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 90 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace amp Set Collar Time Current Collar Time UTC PC Time Time 15 50 00 Time 15 50 06 Date 1203 2008 Date 12 03 2008 Mew Collar Time UTC GPS Plus UTC Correction Time 13 50 06 LMT OTC U2 00 00 al RR Figure 71 Set collar time window With each GPS fix the collar time is reset to the correct UTC time corrected by your UTC correction if enabled It is thus not possible to synchronise the collar with another time e g one running in your office than the GPS satellite system s time Also UTC correction cannot be enabled by sending the local mean time to the collar 4 4 2 Collar Telemetry This command requests receives and displays collar telemetry data While waiting for the connection with the collar a window will open After connection has been established the telemetry window wi
66. all data is transmitted some of the data in the exported file is marked as not available N A 7 2 4 GPS Show Chart This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is equivalent to 0 Show GPS Chart Please refer to this description 7 2 5 Erase Fix Data This command looks very similar to 0 Manage Data Again select the slots you want to erase and then press Erase Data You will be warned that data from the selected slots will be erased If you answer the question with yes you want to erase a 20 second countdown will open This is the last chance to cancel the erase procedure by pressing the ESC key or the clicking on the Cancel button on the countdown form 7 3 Activity Menu In the Activity menu are commands concerning the stored activity data of all sources GPS Plus Seles File Schedule GPS Tania Commands Com Port n E a El Get Activity Data o Export View Data Show Chart key Erase Activity Data 14 05 2007 111 UTC E Terminal IF USB Figure 155 Main window with Activity menu open Handheld Terminal mode This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 155 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 3 1 Get Activity Data T
67. autonomous If you start it a window opens up with a log field a progress bar and a Cancel button The conversion process will be started immediately You can stop it at any point without harm by clicking on the Cancel button the conversion will just be stopped and no more SMS files will be moved into ZUP files The conversion can be manually reversed by extracting the SMS files from the ZIP files with a program like Zip Genius or WinZip This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 40 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date GPS Plus Collar Manager K VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 1 6 Collar List The program needs information about the collars it is supposed to handle This information is stored in the collar list To each collar it contains registration information phone number and SMS coding scheme Iridium IMEI Argos ID Globalstar ESN Study Period a position mailing address list a mortality mailing address list a mortality SMS phone number list and a database connection see Figure 12 You can add edit and erase a collar entry You can also add registration information to an existing entry By clicking on the column headers you can sort the list by the selected property as key The first click sorts ascending the next clicks toggle the sorting order between ascending and descending The current sorting ke
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69. collars Press Select to select a Schedule file GSF The status line underneath the file name should now state Valid schedule and will give you the number of rules in the schedule and the binary size of the schedule max 109 bytes After you have selected at least one collar and a valid schedule Send will be enabled It sends the selected schedule via SMS to the collar i GSM Schedule GSM Upload Destination Collar s Collar ID Phone Number F 60225 49 15627485256 seven Bit F 60227 491525698524 seven Bit F 60228 99 1525594568 seven Bit Schedule Fie C Wsersiankroben AppData Local WirtualStore Program Fi Valid schedule 1 rules size 11 bytes Figure 107 Send GSM Schedule window when using a GSM modem The schedule will be received by the collar when it activates its GSM module The received schedule is checked for transmission errors and then loaded into the collar and activated You will not receive an acknowledgement so check if the next SMS have been sent according to the new schedule if not resend the schedule 5 1 7 2 Send via Iridium This command is similar to sending via GSM see 5 1 7 1 Send via GSM The only difference is that you select the collars by their ID and valid IMEI address instead of their phone numbers Messages transmitted via Iridium are sent as emails to the iridium service centre which forwards the data in the email to the appropriate transceiver 5 1 8 Send Proximity Schedule This command
70. com gt lt rule stop 2008 08 06T00 00 00Z start 2007 08 06T00 00 00Z period P1DT12HOM gt lt rule stop 2009 08 06T00 00 00Z start 2008 08 06T00 00 00Z period P1DT12H0OM gt lt rule stop 2010 08 06T00 00 00Z2 start 2009 08 06T00 00 00Z period P1DT12H0OM gt lt gsmSchedule gt Figure 49 Example of a GSM schedule file XML standard The first line is part of the coding The second line node gsmSchedule gives you the following information time date and time of the creation of the schedule creator program in which the schedule has been created This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 75 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace The next lines node rule give you the actual rules of the schedule with stop end date and time in UTC of the time period in which the rule is active start start date and time in UTC of the time period in which the rule is active period time span between two communication attempts Date and time in time stop and start is coded as follows red letters are originally given in the code other letters are placeholder for numbers YYYY MM DDTHH MM SSZ in which Y year M month D day T time H hour M minute S second Z Zulu time equivalent to UTC Date and time in period is coded as f
71. computer is too busy and lost one or more bytes of the transmission If you have other applications running which may take time for the computer to process please close them and try again Memory Bank Backup Failed to read data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The data transfer of data from the terminal to the Computer failed You may retry to read the data or cancel the whole operation Memory Bank Restore Failed to read data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The data transfer of data from the terminal to the Computer for verification failed You may retry to read the data or cancel the whole operation Memory Bank Restore Failed to send data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The data transfer of data from the Computer to the terminal failed You may retry to write the data or cancel the whole operation Options Geo Transformation Not a valid input Input has to be a floating point value You entered a value that is not valid Only floating point values are allowed as input Read Complete EEPROM User Interrupt The user has cancelled the reading of the EERPROM Read Complete EEPROM User Interrupt This indicates that the user cancelled the command Read Complete Flash User Interrupt This indicates that the user cancelled the command This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplicatio
72. contains information about the Globalstar service ftp configuration Argos defines access information of the Argos telnet server and handling options for positions received via Argos Mail Message defines the body of outgoing emails Export I allows you to configure general exporting options KML Google Earth and TCP IP Export II allows you to configure the format when exporting to ASCII Spreadsheet and Database Geo Transformation defines the coordinate transformation for exporting of GPS data Misc contains miscellaneous program options such as UTC correction GSM PIN Base Data Path and autoread configuration 3 1 8 1 SMS Handling Tab Sheet In the SMS Handling tab sheet you can configure the program behaviour regarding reception storage and export of SMS messages The program handles SMS messages coming directly from a GSM modem different than such received by email Therefore it has two group boxes one for each type for configuration and one group box with an option applying for both types GSM Merge SMS messages automatically Enabling this option will merge any collar SMS message received by GSM regardless if it has been received in autoread mode or not with all other SMS messages of the same collar stored as a file to an automatically created file The file name will be GSMxxxxx GDF where xxxxx is the collar ID All SMS message files stored in the SMS directory of this collar will be merged and their data sorted chron
73. deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec UTM coordinates southern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec UTM coordinates southern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec UTM coordinates southern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich gon UTM coordinates southern hemisphere UTMref MGRS coordinates zzsxyeeeeennnnn Gauss Krueger 3 degree wide strips This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 193 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Notation of Notation of Coordinate System 1st Ordinate 2nd Ordinate Gauss Krueger 6 degree wide strips kkkkmmm EOREF Code Aircraft Naviga
74. email reception is not configured completely Please set the POP3 host user name and password in the Incoming Mail Server box of the options form File Options Mail Server To use the email reception you have to configure the POP3 host settings Otherwise the program does not know where to get the email from Data Reception The Collar No collar id should use GSM mode 4 6 6 bit but the received data is not 6 bit data The message may be GSM mode 1 3 7 bit data so it Is stored as 7 bit anyway with the following name file name This file may contain invalid data Be careful when using this data Please check your collar GSM mode entry There are several modes of transmission available for GSM collars The program identified the collar to use a mode that does not match with the mode assigned to the collar within the program The result may be a SMS file containing invalid position data The program cannot distinguish between position data which makes sense and which doesn t Please check your GSM mode configuration of your collars Drag amp Drop GPS Data File Incorrect input file extension File file name File has not been read A file dropped on the position chart form has not the correct file extension Nothing happened but the file has not been read too Drag amp Drop GPS Data File Incorrect input file format File file name File has not been read A file dropped on the position chart form has not the correct file f
75. index 32 no SMS Queueing SMS file for mailing hi Reading SMS from index 33 no SMS Autoread SMS Merging messages done Reading SMS from index 34 no SMS Exporting merged data done Reading SMS from index 35 no SMS Reading SMS from index 2 no SMS Reading SMS from index 36 no SMS Reading SMS from index 3 Reading SMS from index 37 no SMS Reading SMS from index 38 no SMS lt Reading SMS from index 39 no SMS ite Show SMTP Reading SMS from index 40 no SMS Message 22 new Position message s stored 4 new Non Position message s stored Recent Error Messages Recent Error Messages Figure 110 Data Reception form while starting Figure 111 Data Reception form after Read Read SMS currently reading first message SMS is finished If a message is received from a collar which phone number is not yet registered the message will be stored as unregistered message in a ZIP file in the folder GPS Plus SMS NotRegisteredCollars GSM ZIP You can process these messages with File Process unregistered collar messages see 3 1 4 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 120 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 ia VECTRONIC Aerospace The processing of position messages includes e The message is sto
76. is equivalent to 5 1 5 Send GPS Schedule This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 18 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ies VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 1 9 Clear GSM Iridium Schedule This command clears the GSM Iridium schedule This is the only way of disabling the GSM Iridium schedule Select the receiving collars from a list similar to 5 1 7 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM and 5 1 7 2 Send Iridium Schedule via Iridium After successfully clearing the schedule a success message is shown 5 2 GPS Menu The GPS menu includes commands needed to process the measured position data received with the GSM modem It is partly similar to the GPS menu in the Collar mode see 4 2 GPS Menu GPS Plus E 5j x Convert SMS to ASCII z Export View Data pa Show Chart li Figure 108 Main window with GPS menu GPS Base Station mode 5 2 1 Get SMS Messages This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left It allows you to interactively read SMS messages from the GSM modem received from GSM collars The command will open a window for data reception Figure 109 Press Read SMS to start the data reception Stop will change to Stop with two small arrows going round in a circle to indicate the activity Figure 110 You can always stop
77. it can take a while sometimes several minutes until the service centre of the service provider sends more messages which the GSM module has not receive yet Pressing Send SMS will disable the all buttons but enable Stop The Outbox subdirectory of the SMS directory will be checked for unsent messages in PDU PSM and Text TSM format If sending a message was successful it will be renamed to PS TS or depending of the options see 3 1 8 1 SMS Handling Tab Sheet deleted If sending was unsuccessful the message will be renamed to PS TS Pressing Autoread SMS starts an automated read function The button will be disabled and Stop will change to Stop with two small arrows going round in circle to indicate the activity You can always stop reading by clicking on Stop It will then change to Stopping and the program will finish the processing of the current SMS memory First the program will check for messages to send like the Send SMS command previously described and send them af any Then it will read the GSM modem s SMS memory as in the Read SMS command It will repeat these two actions over and over again with a pause between two cycles defined in the options form see 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet If a new SMS has arrived it will be handled just as by the Read SMS command An unknown phone number will result in the same procedure as using the Read SMS command and a window will open to enter the necessary details to
78. mail autoread 34 read 34 reception 30 33 37 recipient 42 MailError LOG 49 50 mailing list mortality 42 position 42 Main 79 memory slot 139 mortality erase data 110 147 event 96 get data 109 146 147 mailing list 42 period 96 signal 60 N Nav 79 VECTRONIC Aerospace p POP3 host 49 50 password 49 50 port 49 50 server 49 50 user ID 49 50 port Globalstar 51 POP3 49 50 position transmission 130 program directories 188 program files 188 program mode base station 60 115 collar 60 61 terminal 60 138 151 proximity active time 162 disable schedule 162 duration 161 erase data 110 frequency 162 get data 110 interval 161 mode 161 sensor 189 proximity sensor 100 active time 132 data transmission 133 disable schedule 134 duration 132 frequency 133 interval 131 mode 131 Pseudo 79 R registering subsystems 30 Remarks 80 RF Communication Time 97 S Sat No 79 Sats used 79 schedule 115 138 Argos 65 73 beacon 65 clear GSM Iridium schedule 76 cyclic rule 63 discrete rule 64 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 234 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager VECTRONIC Aerospace Date 9 8 11 GPS 62 GPS rules 62
79. message could not be evaluated GSM Interface Could not evaluate CPMS result The result of the CPMS command Read SMS message memory capacity could not be evaluated GSM Interface Echo not complete from GSM Base Station outgoing string echoed string The echoed string was not complete It had fewer characters than the sent string GSM Interface Error from GSM Base Station error string General error depending on command returned from GSM modem GSM Interface Error from GSM Base Station CME ERROR error string The CME command returned an error code GSM Interface Failed to set PIN PIN might be incorrect The program failed to set the personal identification number PIN of the GSM station GSM Interface No or wrong Echo from GSM Base Station outgoing string echoed string The string echoed had the right length but differed from the sent string or it was not complete less characters than the sent string GSM Interface No serial port open Please select a valid one You have not yet selected a Com Port for the given device which can be used by the GPS Plus Choose one via the Com Port menu GSM Interface No SIM card inserted Please insert SIM and set PIN The GSM modem has no SIM card inserted Please insert a SIM card and make sure the PIN configured in the Options form is correct Then try again GSM Interface PIN Error error string This error message returns the error
80. not supported in this case because exports in this format can take a long time Auto mail received positions All received positions will be sent as an SMS file by email to the recipients of the collar configured in the collars list 3 1 8 6 Mail Message Tab Sheet This tab sheet contains information about the outgoing mail messages There are two memos in the form The first titled Body of position email message contains the text of the emails with a position data SMS file attached You can enter any text you want as a description of your emails The data will be sent as an attachment of the email so this field is the entire message the recipient gets to see in the email body The second titled Body of mortality email message serves the same purpose for mails with a mortality data file attached This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 52 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace Body of position email message This i an automatically generated message It contains data of pour YVECTARONIC Aerospace GPS Collar Please do not reply to this email since this account will not be checked for incoming messages Body of mortality email message This i an automatically generated message It contains data of Your VECTARONIC Aerospace GFS Collar Please d
81. party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 210 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai Aak VECTRONIC Aerospace X Notation of 2nd Ordinate ddmmss Notation of 1st Ordinate eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec dddmmss eographic coordinates Greenwich deg eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS Coordinate System r Q Q ok Q ok ddmm SSSSSS USA Rhode Island US RI UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 3900 South Carolina Lambert coord UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 4001 South Dakota north Lambert coord US SPCS 1983 4002 South Dakota south Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 4002 South Dakota south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Tennessee US TN UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 4203 Texas central Lambert coord US
82. prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 224 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date dale VECTRONIC Aerospace NAD27 CA NWT lt 5m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA lt 15m Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Canada Ontario amp Manitoba CA ON MN NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 CA ON MN lt 9m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA lt 15m Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Canada Quebec CA QUE NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 CA east lt 6m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA lt 15m Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Canada Yukon CA YUK NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 CA YUK lt 8m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA lt 15m Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Alabama US AL NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Alaska US AK NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US AK Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US AK Aleutian east Kansas Clarke NAD27 US AK Aleutian west Kansas Clarke NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s R
83. reading by clicking on Stop It will then change to Stopping and the program will finish the processing of the current SMS memory This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 19 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Data Reception Te ep Read SMS Send SMS Autoread SMS A Show SMTP info q Mortality Messages Recent Error Messages Figure 109 Get SMS Messages window after initialisation When starting the reception all SMS message memories are checked whether they contain newly received or already read messages see Figure 110 Messages that are held for sending are ignored Then first the newly received messages and the already read messages are read After a message is read it is checked and if it is valid stored given that it matches any of the SMS formats used to send data Data Reception t Data Reception GSM Log GSM Log p y Storing SMS as text file done Read SMS Initialising GSM Base Station done Reading SMS from index 28 no SMS Checking for SMS messages Reading SMS from index 29 no SMS Reading SMS from index 1 done hd Reading SMS from index 30 no SMS Send SMS Message from collar 02329 identified as Position Reading SMS from index 31 no SMS Storing message done Reading SMS from
84. received within time Read EEPROM Byte was not successful or Read Flash Page Block was not successful or Read Flash Page was not successful or Read Firmware Page was not successful The program expected to receive more data from the terminal Maybe your computer is too busy and lost one or more bytes of the transmission If you have other applications running which may take time for the computer to process please close them and try again This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 178 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Terminal Interface Not all data was sent Write Firmware Page was not successful or Write EEPROM Byte was not successful or Write Flash Page was not successful The terminal did not answer within time May be there is no device connected Terminal Interface Not all telemetry data was received within time Transfer was not successful The program expected to receive more data from the terminal Maybe your computer is too busy and lost one or more bytes of the transmission If you have other applications running which may take time for the computer to process please close them and try again Terminal Interface The program has not been able to send the complete data block of the command The terminal did not answer within time Ma
85. recognise the collar For details refer to 3 1 4 Process unregistered collar messages The Received SMS window will be updated if a new message is correctly stored To stop Auto Read press Stop You will not be able to close the window without previously stopping Auto Read This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 122 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 2 2 Merge Messages 3 This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left It merges received and stored messages from one collar to a GPS data file The window shown in Figure 113 consists of a Combo Box at the top which lists all collars that have stored messages Beneath it there is a list window showing all message files for the collar selected In the Received SMS window see Figure 112 you can see a list of collars and the number of their newly received messages for your information Select a collar ID from the combo box of which you want to merge the messages to a data file The IDs will not be sorted but will appear in the order they have been registered It is only useful to select Ds that are also listed with new messages since without new messages there will be no new data file Now you can select the messages by clicking on them or by pressing on of the first thre
86. scanneabor auc aace nes unenesanscaneesorcaaees 149 60 4 11 Link Manager Telemetry scscccsstsrsccsrcnssasesdcoscaenavosasendseesasieascatondeasstananniasand eeanonacssedeniaens 149 0412 Firmware Upda aaracces casa cdaaet idae i inn aa aa Eaa i an 149 6 5 Com POLE Meni serront eN NEROS EA nS 150 7 Handheld Terminal Mode FW later than 2 X ssensenssessenssnssessenssessessesssessesserserssesss 151 7 1 CMe Ul o M T an EE E A EE AEE 151 7 1 1 He ae OEP OCMC UNG aaa E E E N 151 7 1 2 Create Beacon SC CNEdUlE yopi i a seas 151 LIS Eie OEE o a certs E E E E E te 151 7 1 4 DERE hfe rere 01 76 AE I E Tenn En A T erent ter T 151 7 1 5 Send VHF Beacon I sssini E cu meine da seo EEEE EEREN 152 7 1 6 Send Proximity Schedule firmware 2 3 1 or higher ccccccccccssssssssssessssseeeeeeeees 152 7 1 7 Send GSM Iridium Schedule firmware 2 3 1 or higher ccccsessssssseeseeeeeeeeeees 152 7 1 8 Receive GPS Iridium SCHEQUICS sccsccccscsesncccosccccceeiecntcctentorcaeseaneccaesecdenobasedecterdencemnasinnss 152 7 1 9 Receive VHF Beacons Schedule a ccsccereccstuncancectavanceaunsoncadtaveccsdameunctutavancedaupodcsieavecchieels 153 7 1 10 Receive Proximity Schedules Handheld Terminal firmware 2 3 1 or higher 154 7 1 11 Receive GSM Iridium Schedules Handheld Terminal firmware 2 3 1 or higher 154 Pe CPS ak ol i eeeeeeer renters ncn Meerer eee err remrrrrre et Tete hem E ree meer ts eee ee eee 154 7 2 1 RSG 1 Ti E oe
87. sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 208 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai Aak VECTRONIC Aerospace X Notation of 2nd Ordinate ddmm SSSSSS Notation of 1st Ordinate eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS Coordinate System QO USA New Jersey US NJ US SPCS 1983 2900 New Jersey Transv Mercator US SPCS 1927 2900 New Jersey Transv Mercator Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg USA New Mexico US NM US SPCS 1983 3003 New Mexico west Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 3003 New Mexico west Mercator coord eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec G G I Q Q Q I Q Q eographic coordinates Greenwich deg eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS ddmm SSSSSS USA New York US NY S SPCS 1983 3102 New York central Mercator coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1927 3102 New York central Mercator coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1983 3101 New York east Mercator coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1927 3101 New York east Mercator coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1983 3104 New York Long Island Lambert kkkkmmm S SPCS 1927 3104 New York Long Isla
88. sec dddmmss kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm ddmmss 2 Z ee CIC Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Maine US ME US SPCS 1927 1801 Maine east Transv Mercator US SPCS 1983 1802 Maine west Transv Mercator Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 1900 Maryland Lambert coordinates US SPCS 1927 1900 Maryland Lambert coordinates UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 206 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Notation of 2nd Ordinate Notation of Coordinate System 1st Ordinate I Q Q Q I Q QO eographic coordinates Greenwich deo Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm ddmm Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS SSSSSS US SPCS 1983 2002 Massachusetts island Lambert US SPCS 1983 2001 Massachusetts mainland Lambert US SPCS 1927 2001 Massachusetts mainland Lambert Geographic coor
89. start and end on each day within this period Then select f the frequency of GPS measurements Cycle Frequency Daly Period The first measurement will be taken at the exact start date Begin End and time in our example 06 30 on the 14 12 2007 Figure 34 The second measurement will take place at the start f Cyde Frequency time plus the cycle frequency here 07 30 on the 14 12 2007 The end time is not necessarily the time of OK the last measurement of the day In our example the last measurement would be at 21 30 on 21 12 2007 Figure 34 Cyclic rule edit form This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 63 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace The Discrete Rule defines a period of time with a PEF start date and an end date in which several discrete Rule Period times per day can be defined for measurement Enter the f FirstDay Last Day start and end day of the period see Figure 35 Then enter 14 12 2006 the discrete times of measurement in our example 09 00 11 00 13 00 15 00 and 17 00 and press Add Time to Dal Perce add them to the list Select a time from the list and press Remove Time to discard it The measurements will take 13 00 Add Time place at exactly these times on every day of your selected rule period Figu
90. steps This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 183 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date 9 8 11 Hibernation Hibernation active Wakeup Level Delay Time h Mortality Period Counter Temperature T C RF Tab VHF Beacon Schedule Start Date End Date Start Time End Time RF Comm Time Enable Disable RF Modem High Power Frequencies MHz Uplink Downlink VHE Beacon GSM SatComm Tab GPS Plus Collar Manager VECTRONIC Aerospace If checked the hibernation sensor 1s enabled If the activity counter reaches this level hibernation mode will be stopped and normal operation of the collar resumed If no activity above the wakeup level has been detected within this time the collar will go into hibernation mode User programmable Mortality Period in hours Mortality counter counts the time since last activity has been detected and will be deleted after a Mortality Event The timer counts in intervals of 8 seconds Temperature of the collar in degrees Celsius Day on which the VHF beacon will be activated Day on which the VHF beacon will be activated Time at which the VHF beacon will be activated every day Time at which the VHF beacon will be deactivated every day Daily start time UTC or LMT depending on UTC correction of the UHF or VHF Data Communi
91. the collar firmware The three labels below Activity Temp and Mortality indicate the configuration of the collar If a label is enabled black font then the corresponding option is active if it is disabled grey font then the option is not available In the example Figure 140 only activity is active By clicking on the Read Data button the download is initiated For each selected slot a save file dialog will open with a filename suggestion After all slots have been read a message box will show up stating Terminal data memory read If none of the selected slots contained position data this is the only message you will get No save dialog or anything else will then been shown This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 141 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Get Terminal Fix Data Memory Slot Collar 65535 Read Data Slot 1 Collar 65534 Slot 2 Collar 65533 Collar 65535 Slot 3 Collar 65532 l Slot 4 Collar 65531 Acide ial Slot 5 Collar 65530 fs Slot 6 empty Slot 7 empty Activity Slot amp empty Slot 9 empty Slot 10 empty Slot 11 empty Slot 12 empty Slot 13 empty slot 14 empty Slot 15 empty Figure 140 Get terminal fix data form 6 2 2 Export GPS Data in ASCII Spreadsheet Database
92. the schedule is displayed in the overview you need to choose in which slot of the Handheld Terminal memory it shall be stored Every slot can be configured for one collar in the terminal see 6 4 3 Manage Data If the slot is already configured then the collar ID will be displayed in the slot selector see Figure 135 otherwise it will be marked empty After you have selected the appropriate slot press the Send button and the schedule will be transferred to the terminal Send Terminal GPS Schedule Ready to send PO Select File Example GRF Time correction according to collar time Slot Selector Slot 0 Collar 65535 Schedule Overview 1 12 2007 1 12 2008 1 12 2009 1 12 2010 1 12 2011 1 12 2012 1 12 2013 Figure 136 Send Terminal GPS Schedule main window Firmware older than 2 X 6 1 6 Send VHF Beacon Schedule This command is identical to 6 1 5 Send GPS Schedule Refer to this chapter for reference This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 39 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 1 7 Receive GPS Schedules To check the GPS schedules stored on a Handheld Terminal they can be downloaded to the PC A Window will open while waiting for the connection with the terminal If no connection was esta
93. the whole operation GPS Data File Upload Failed to upload data Collar ID was not valid The ID stored in the file is not valid Either this file is not a regular collar file or it is corrupted GPS Data File Upload Failed to upload data Data in destination Slot may be inconsistent Please try again or erase slot The upload of position data to a terminal memory slot failed The data may be partly written and therefore it may be inconsistent It is strongly recommended to erase the slot or to write the data again to the same slot GPS Data File Upload Failed to upload data Destination slot contains differential data while selected file contains solved data Please erase slot and select collar ID for it again The program cancelled the upload of position data to a terminal memory slot because the configuration of the slot did not match that of the data GPS Data File Upload Failed to upload data Destination slot contains solved data while selected file contains differential data Please erase slot and select collar ID for it again The program cancelled the upload of position data to a terminal memory slot because the configuration of the slot did not match that of the data GPS Data File Upload Failed to verify data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The data received from the terminal is not the same as the data previously written You may retry to read the data or cancel the whole operation
94. third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 125 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace PIN Status result of the PIN identification Press Read Again to refresh the information t GSM Status Device SMS Manufacturer SIEMENS Stored Messages Model Meds Service Center Network General Registration tegi I Activity Stat Home Network Provider T Mobile O PIN Status Read Again Figure 116 GSM Status window 5 3 2 Configure Destination Address This command enables you to change the destination address of a collar the phone number where the SMS messages are send to via an SMS message Select a collar from the Destination Collar s list and enter the New Destination Address Press Transmit to generate an SMS message and send it to the collar The only verification is by receiving the next message of the collar on the new phone number A Configure Destination Address Destination Collar s Collar ID Phone Number SMS Coding al 60225 491562485236 60226 491563258454 60227 491525698524 560228 491523594568 New Destination Address 4915212345678 Figure 117 GSM Configure Destination Address form This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 126 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc
95. will be verified automatically while it is progressing Collar Firmware Update E m x Firmware File FirmwarevopsPlus2006 V2 0 0 484F COL Select File Figure 100 Firmware Update window This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 112 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 24 Link Manager Telemetry This command displays information about your link manager Version Software Version Date Release date of the software Flags Internal flags needed for customer support on the link manager Voltage of the rechargeable battery This is only relevant for the Link Manager 1 This system will not work at voltages below 2 5 At Voltages below 3 the link manager should be charged The link lamp on the device will then blink red instead of green see link manager manual The Link Manager 2 USB interface only does not have an internal battery so it will always return 3 30 V Link Manager Telemetry Version 1 0 0 Flags Date 12 04 07 Voltage Figure 101 Link manager telemetry window 4 4 25 Link Manager Firmware Update This command only works for Link Manager 2 USB Stick style with two cables GPS Plus has included a firmware for Link Manager 2 Normally GPS Plus detects if the Link Manager 2 has a firmware older than the running G
96. you will receive a file named GeoDLL Access Key It contains your name and or institutions name your address and a coded key Just copy this file into your program directory where GPS_Plus exe is stored and restart your program The program will notice the existence of the file at the next start and check it The same applies for the mail reception subsystem Only the file name is different MailReception Access Key The mail reception subsystem allows you to automatically read store merge and export SMS messages received by email this saves you to store the attachments manually then merge and export them This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 30 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 The Main Window The program is a sizeable window with a centred logo On top there is a pull down menu bar with a toolbar below Every action is done via this menu and the toolbar The status bar at the bottom shows time and date in UTC derived from the computer time the device selected Collar GSM Base Station or Handheld Terminal and the commands available for this device First select the device with which you want to communicate via the first three buttons of the toolbar or via the corresponding entries in the File menu The main menu as well as the toolbar c
97. 1 VECTRONIC Aerospace A Mortality Events File UIC Date UTC Time LMT Date IMT Time ia mm yyyy hh mm 33 dd_ mmyyyy Hhomm ss 20 07 2010 13 52 11 20 07 2010 14 52 11 20 07 2010 13 21 47 20 07 2010 14 21 47 20 07 2010 13 06 35 20 07 2010 14 06 35 23 10 2009 10 20 26 23 10 2009 11 20 26 21 07 2009 15 42 09 21 07 2009 16 42 09 Collar ID 07793 Figure 97 Mortality Events window 4 4 15 Erase Mortality Events This command erases all mortality data is equivalent to 4 2 5 Erase Fix Data Please refer to this description 4 4 16 Get Proximity Data With this command a Save File dialog will open to allow you to save the proximity events stored in the collar as TXT file The time of the proximity events is displayed in both UTC and LMT LMT is derived from the stored UTC time and the program s UTC correction see 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet Transmitter ID indicates the ID number of the encountered UHF ID tag RSSI dBm indicates the strength of the ID transmitter s signal UTC Date UTC Time LMT Date LMT Time Transmitter RSSI dd mm yyyy oS 2010 20342010 5032 20 10 O22 00 Figure 98 Sample proximity data file 4 4 17 Erase Proximity Data This command erases all proximity data and is equivalent to 4 2 5 Erase Fix Data Please refer to this description 4 4 18 Clear Argos Buffer Clear Argos Buffer clears the internal Argos transmission buffer of the connected collar This design is the prope
98. 122001 23730 0000 14 12 7001 1412 2001 00 30 00 14 12 2001 00 14 12 00 14 12 00 15 12 Figure 47 GPS times file from list based schedule 4 1 12 Receive VHF Beacon Schedule Receiving the VHF beacon schedule is equal to 4 1 11 Receive GPS Schedule but the resulting file will always be a reusable rules file 4 1 13 Receive Argos Schedule Receiving the Argos schedule is equal to 4 1 11 Receive GPS Schedule command but the resulting file will always be a reusable rules file lt xml version 1s0 encoding UTF 36 gt lt schedule time 2007 01 17T12 44 332Z type Argos creator GPS Plus http www vectronic aerospace com gt lt period endDate 2005 01 01 duration P3DTOSHOOMO0S startDate 2000 01 01 gt lt onTime offset P3DTOOHOOMO0OS duration PODTO8HOOMO00S gt lt period gt lt schedule gt Figure 48 Example of an Argos schedule file XML standard The first line is part of the coding The second line node period gives you the following information time date and time of the creation of the schedule creator program in which the schedule has been created This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 74 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace Date and time in this line is coded as follows red letters are or
99. 20 110221135120 GSM 6 Iridium 3 Globalstar 3 Figure 9 Process unregistered messages dialog The list Unprocessed Messages Figure 9 will display all received messages which could not be related to a registered collar Select specific messages with Select or All Messages A window will open to ask for the collar ID Figure 10 Register G3M Collar ID The recerned SMS could not be identified Please enter a Collar ID for the gwen phone number Collar Phone Number 49151265684650 Collar ID Serial No fi GSM Mode Register GSM Mode 1 3 Bit Non Collar SMS Seen ee Register Globalstar Collar Register Indium Collar The message could not be assigned to a collar The recerved E Mail could not be assigned to a collar Please enter a Collar ID for the gwen Globalstar ESN Please enter a Collar ID for the given Iridium IMEI Globalstar ESN of 0 435748 Iridium IMEI of Collar 300034012720640 Collar ID Serial No Collar ID Serial No Figure 10 Register GSM phone number Globalstar ESN and Iridium Collar ID window This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 39 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace In this window you need to associate an ID with the given number and in case of a GSM message select the GSM Mode of the co
100. 23F1240 gt gt EHLO GPS_Plus ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 mrelayeu kundenserver de pleased to meet you ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 STARTTLS ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 4UTH PLAIN LOGIN ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 4UTH PLAIN LOGIN ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 PIPELINING ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 SIZE 52428800 ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 HELP ID 023F1240 gt gt A4UTH LOGIN ID 023F1240 gt lt 334 XNicmShbWU6 ID 023F1240 gt gt bTcwMzcyMTItMg ID 023F1240 gt lt 334 UGFzc3dyvcmQ6 ID 023F1240 gt gt c21zdG zd4 ID 023F1240 gt lt 235 authentication Finished successfully ID 023F1240 gt gt MAIL FROM lt zimmermann yectronic aerospace com gt ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 mail from lt zimmermann vectronic aerospace com gt ok ID 023F1240 gt gt RCPT TO lt test vectronic aerospace com gt ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 lt test vectronic aerospace com gt ok ID 023F1240 gt gt DATA ID 023F1240 gt lt 354 Please start mail input ID 023F1240 gt gt ID 023F1240 gt lt 250 Mail queued For delivery ID 023F1240 gt gt QUIT ID 023F1240 gt lt 221 Closing connection Good bye ID 023F1240 gt gt SMTP session closed error 0 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi SMS SMS_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS PlusiPCiDelphiiSMSiSMS_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi SMS SMS5_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C O0001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs 5M5_Col
101. 3 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Minnesota US MN NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Mississippi US MS NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Missouri US MO NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Montana US MT NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Nebraska US NE NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Nevada US NV NAD83
102. 4 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Louisiana US LA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Maine US ME NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Maryland US MD NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 2211239 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Massachusetts US MA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Michigan US Ml NAD8
103. 4 Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Slovenia SI Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Madrid deg min sec Geographic coordinates Madrid deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec weden SE This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 199 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Notation of 1st Ordinate 2nd Ordinate wedish Transv Mercator RT R01 Skane kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT R02 Halland kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT RO3 Karlshamn kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT R04 G teborg kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT RO5 V nern kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT RO6 Sm land kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT R07 Orebro kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT R08 Gotland kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT R09 Stockholm kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT R10 Gavle Dala kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mercator RT R11 Umea kkkkmmm wedish Transv Mer
104. 4 store aS SMS jected 60227 491525698524 602270 491523594566 schedule Overview 1 01 2013 1 01 2014 1 01 2016 0 0 01 01 2015 0 0 1 01 2017 ni nd wis Figure 106 Send GPS Schedule window when using a GSM modem 5 1 5 2 Send via Iridium This command is similar to sending via GSM see 5 1 5 1 Send via GSM The only difference is that you select the collars by their ID and valid IMEI address instead of their phone numbers Messages transmitted via Iridium are sent as emails to the iridium service centre which forwards the data in the email to the appropriate transceiver 5 1 6 Send VHF Beacon Schedule This command is very similar to 5 1 5 Send GPS Schedule Please refer to this description The only difference is that you select a beacon schedule file BRF instead of a GPS schedule GRF This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 17 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 1 7 Send GSM Iridium Schedule 5 1 7 1 Send via GSM This command opens a form to select the receiving collars and the GSM schedule file Figure 107 Select a collar from the Destination Collars list by checking the box at the left or double clicking on the collar You can also use All None and Toggle to select
105. 4 7 SB E alo 6 e E E E E eer ee E E T E Serer te 163 7 4 8 PS C1 CV aE ENGE seann E E S AEE S 163 7 4 9 Get Mortality EVeNiS sisri a EN a E EET a 163 TA10 Erase Mortality Events ssssssscsnsnon ensien Ea SER 163 Tea EE OS y E O E E E 164 14 12 Erase Proximity Events ss siccansadeanivnsencdestoandaapagatauansnteandmndensdesduasdeatagsbacananbeanimasenedesiaeeea 164 TANS Upload GPS Data FIle scecriscsriiaertipuc n oeoa Ep a ENS E rN T REEN 164 T4144 UploadActivity Data File cecconresianecerinnrccencn rne aae AE eN KEE 165 14153 Memory Bank DaCRUp secs ecctinssccecsaraenaxerdocnsantiyenadannactsenanptedeasoasteatitensdasnnetscaasytedeaioanes 165 TANGO Memory Bank REStOTE seieren r E E ES 165 TA17 LmkManag r Telemetry siseesccsicccseniesa asusunusseedivsnonneatesssenlatencteuweessasdadassaceseisensdedeettaners 165 TAAS Terminal Firmware Update aissassictioitosive occasaiend eunianeteiaigpide stot aioin ieran i iiias eroinin 165 7 5 Comi Pore NOO ee E E E nner e yeeetrre errr 165 ADP A ETO ie S 06 C5 E E E 166 Appendix B Collar Telemetry Data Description sseesseeoeenssssssseseerrsssssssserressssssssereresssss 182 Appendix C Files and EXtensi ns os csssovcscswsentedsasenivcawasovendasaesseawsnetesseSeeiasawaretediavssoscaweecteuiows 188 Append D Time ZO CS eee eotnstatanctimsenen ob aateawonctossebabasanctiaceeesbantancnioceebs 19 Appendix E Available Coordinate Systems cccccccccsccccccccceeseseseeecceeeeeaaeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeee
106. 4 Create GSM Tridium Schedule ccccccsssssssesssececesseesececssececesseeeseeeseeeseseseneeeseseeeees 67 4 1 5 WR te aN AU sopran gno eee nceetrenateaevenchauedencceeavaacesheloncceaavand aamlenaieequasdealevone 68 4 1 6 SEEE igo e tial oe eee arene eee reper eee eee tenner eer oe ar Tener eres A N ee ren ree er rae 71 4 1 7 Send VHE Beacon gre od 0 4 U1 penne ene etree TEER eer net E eT TRner eer T CO TeC TREE rrr etter eT Tener ver ttt rrr ec errreee 72 4 1 8 SING MOS SC crete cee E E E E 73 4 1 9 Send GS IVI Mri Wi S CMC CU 6 ios oesssacessasenssnsrssesassaesiesiesezasarenssdssseswyssepeaaesesoesvsasedenssnveeess 73 ATWO Send Proxy OPS Schedule sesseur ennen n an N EENEN Edin 73 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 14 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace AEL RCC EV Cy NC aes ccc ren EE EE 73 41 2 Receive VHF Beacon CC NS aac ee ca tees eee etcetera ee 74 AMS Receive Argos Schedule sacs cascadenracenanscasonttvoctanacncanand eros agneascosgaleueetanacncasand oioi ii 74 4 1 14 Receive GSM Iridium Schedule vig vsccccsserssctecescccderetbeceoctenacaasesnscbocneencdenetlicbostanaceanesnccens 75 4 1 15 Receive Proximity GPS Schedule sissrirsssssosiisoisissssssor oituren r ie aara Sa 76 Atl Clea GSM Cis Schedule snese eier ONEEN E 76 M VNC N E E 76
107. 4 Get Mortality Events but all three commands will be executed one after the other 4 4 13 Erase All Data This command is equivalent to 4 2 5 Erase Fix Data 4 3 5 Erase Activity Data and 4 4 15 Erase Mortality Events but all three commands will be executed one after the other You will have to confirm that you want to erase all data After your confirmation you have 20 seconds to abort the command After that data will be erased completely it is not possible to terminate the process There is no way to restore erased data on the collar 4 4 14 Get Mortality Events If the collar is capable of storing mortality events you can read view store and print these with this command All mortality events in the collar will be shown in a window Using the File menu you can save or print the events The collar will store up to 132 events Every new event will be inserted at the top of the list If the list is full the oldest event will be deleted Figure 97 shows the Mortality Events window with three events in the list The time of the mortality events is displayed in both UTC and LMT LMT is derived from the stored UTC time and the program s UTC correction see 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 109 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 1
108. 49 Temp oC ECEF 911446 m Longitude 13 5253765 ECEFZ 5032236 m Height Figure 99 GPS Data main window Date and Time date and time of the GPS receiver in UTC Universal Time Coordinated ECEF X Y and Z the measured position in x y and z coordinates of the Earth Centred Earth Fixed coordinate system Status the quality of the displayed position DOP Dilution of Precision in 2D mode it is only horizontal DOP HDOP Latitude Longitude and Height the measured position in WGS84 coordinates Main and Beacon voltage of the corresponding battery Temp temperature of the collar At the bottom is a table containing satellites and their signal to noise ratio in dBHz This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 111 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 20 Coldstart GPS This command should only be used for diagnostics and outside of buildings with free access to the sky A GPS cold start 1s performed immediately This means that the RTC Real Time Clock the ephemerides and position are cleared The result is stored in the position memory of the collar The command is quite similar to the warmstart GPS command but will need much longer for the first data set and even longer to get a position fix because the ephemerides data have to be ac
109. 7 Link Manager Telemetry This is equivalent to 4 4 24 Link Manager Telemetry Please refer to this description 7 4 18 Terminal Firmware Update This is equivalent to 4 4 23 Collar Firmware Update Please refer to this description 7 45 Com Port Menu This is equivalent to the 4 5 Com Port Menu Please refer to this description GPS Plus Fie Schedule GPS Activity Commands Com Port wv ae ES amp COMI 15 05 2007 11 59 UTC H Terminal Figure 162 Main window with Com Port menu open Terminal mode This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 165 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Appendix A Error messages These are the error messages you may encounter using the GPS Plus software The text of the error message is given in bold letters followed by an explanation of the error and instruction on how to proceed Activity Chart Incorrect input file format File file name has not been read The data format of the selected file could not be read The file seems to be corrupted or you selected a file that is not an activity data file Activity Data File Upload Failed to upload data Collar ID was not valid
110. 84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Australian Northern Territory AU NT GDA94 AU geocentric GRS80 AGD84 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD84 Higgins AU lt 4m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU NT Johnston ANS WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Australian New South Wales AU NSW GDAY4 AU geocentric GRS80 AGD84 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD84 Higgins AU lt 4m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU NSW Johnston ANS WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 219 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Australian Tasmania AU TAS GDAY4 AU geocentric GRS80 AGD84 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD84 Higgins AU lt 4m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU TAS Johnston ANS WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 EUROPEAN International ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int 542 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij
111. 93 WHF Beacon Pattern Mode 0 default Figure 81 Configuration of VHF Beacon Pattern This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 96 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 3 7 RF Communication Time VHF or UHF collars only Communication enable time and Communication disable time define the times when the VHF or UHF data communication will go into standby enabled reception possible and when it will be switched off disabled no communication You can also select an enable time that is later than the disable time The VHF UHF communication module will be enabled at the given time and disabled at the next day on the disable time Depending on the collar s UTC correction the time is interpreted as UTC or LMT Configure Collar Communication Time 1793 UHF Transmitter Communication enable time 00 00 Time is UTC mmunication disable time OP P Time is UTC 24 00 Figure 82 Configuration of RF Collar Communication Time 4 4 3 8 GSM Mode GSM collars only This command allows you to change the GSM mode of your collars The GSM mode defines how many data sets are transmitted with one SMS message and what kind of coding is used 6 bit or 7 bit Changing the coding can make your collar incompatible with your GSM
112. 9IGGLEZ GB808TOEZ ZZL0990Z TLLO98EZ 000000866 0 SZ OSSZZS EZO OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6ZSP69ZZ ZL SSLEZ TZILIOEZ OF7Z990Z YISE9BEZ 000000866 0 T9E OSSZZS TTO OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOPZ69ZZ T8I9SLEZ O9T9TOEZ O9LE990Z Z9Z998EZ 000000866 0 GEE OSSZZS Z90 O TEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98206977 Z699SLEZ OOZSTOEZ Z8ZS990Z 600698EZ 000000866 0 OPZ OSSZZS 680 0ETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L9T889ZZ VOZLSLEZ ThrZPTOEZ S089990Z Y9GLIL8EZ 000000866 0 PPI OSSZZS 9TT O TEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8098927 LILLSLEZ Y8ZETOEZ 8ZE8990Z EONGPLB8EZ 000000866 0 90 0SS7ZS POL O TEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEGEB8ITZ PEZ8SLEZ 6ZEZIOEZ 59869902 ZSZLLBEZ 000000866 0 LE6 6PSZZS O9Z OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 PI8T89ZZ LI69PPIZ ZGLEGLEZT YLETTOEZ O8ETLIDZ T00088EZ 000000866 0 G06 6bS7ZS E9E OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 GSP806TZ 8696L97Z SE8PYVIZ ELZ6SLEZ YZPOTOEZ 806ZL90Z 6PLZ88EZ 000000866 0 868 6S22S 8Lb OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 GOE906TZ E8SLLIZZ GGLZPHTZ S6L6SLEZ LLY6OOEZ BEFPLONZ 66PS88EZ 000000866 0 0S6 6 SZ27S LS9 O TEET 0 0 0 0 0 O9TPO6TZ OLFSL9ZZ O890PHTZ ZZEO9LEZ TESBODEZ TLESL90Z TSZ888EZ 000000866 0 99T OSSZZS QTL TETEE 0 0 0 0 0 9TOZO6IZ 6SEELIZZ 9098EVIZ ZG809LEZ O6SLOOEZ LOSLLIOZ YOOTE8EZ 000000866 0 LOE OSSZZS P8BE TETEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 ZL8668IZ ZES9E IZ EBETILEZT 6PIIDDEZ ZVO6LJOZ 6SLE68EZ 000000866 0 ZEE OSSZZS ZEE TETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 LELLO8TZ PSPHEVTIZ ZIETILEZ GOLSOOEZ SLSO890Z 60S968EZ 000000866 0 L7E 0SS27S O E TETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 8GG681Z LLEZEVIZ TrPZ9LEZ E9LPOOEZ LOTZ890Z 6SZ668EZ 000000866 0
113. Added Hibernation Configuration osm Added Pin transfer description 06 02 03 Autostart Autoread Added Start in GSM Autoread Mode to file menu 09 04 03 Collar Telemtries Changed Images new tab name FlagReg3 Changed Tab descrtiptions in Appendix This design is the property of This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited __ Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx 3 14 15 p lt Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace Schedule Menues Changed Images menu order of chapters Upload Schedule Updated all Images UTC LMT correction method changed Download Schedule UTC LMT correction method changed Collar Configuration Form extended Further description Collar Initialisation Form extended Schedule un locked Further description Save Collar Informa New Images for command Configuration tion Configuration Menu new commands descriptions Save Terminal Infor New Images for command Configuration mation Configuration Menu new commands descriptions 16 02 05 03 Collar Upgrade New commands file upgrade collar Management configuration create collar upgrade file New commands terminal command memory bank backup memory bank restore Collar Informa Ext
114. BI Memory Bank Image A double progress bar will appear see Figure 148 The top one indicates the progress of the entire backup process and the lower one the progress of the current memory slot containing the data of one collar back up The file size depends on the number of memory banks installed One bank will result in a file of about 61 Megabytes two banks will lead to 122 Megabytes Memory Bank Backup COO Figure 148 Memory bank backup progress bars at about 20 progress This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 148 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace The back up takes about 20 minutes using USB with only one memory bank installed Having both memory banks installed doubles the time using the serial interface via Link Manager LM1 takes even longer 6 4 10 Memory Bank Restore With this command you can restore a backup to your Handheld Terminal The command will restore the data from a file created with the Memory Bank Backup command see chapter 6 4 9 to your terminal All data collected in the terminal will be overwritten An Open File dialog will open and you need to select a file The extension is always MBI Memory Bank Image A double progress bar will appear as when creating the backup The upper indicates the progress of t
115. Collar ID In order to select a collar use this drop down list It contains all collars of your collar list with an Argos ID The Show SMTP Mail Delivery System command opens a form showing the delivery of retrieved position data via mail to configured recipients You will find more information on this form in 3 1 2 Argos Reception lt Argos Telnet Server Commands 3 A Ye Collar ID 00001 F Connecting to Argos Centre netdis cls Fri Connected to Argos Centre Logging in done Argos day of vear 136 Log of Argos Centre communication TB AUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THIS NETWORK IS STRICTLY FPROHIBITED F Username wectronic Password LOGIN AT 13670931 LAST ACCESS AT 1356 0931 UTC ARCOS READY f Figure 6 Argos Telnet Form after login SMTP Send Bot Since emails are send on multiple occasions in GPS Plus there is a form to configure email communication Emails are sent in the background whenever GPS Plus has some spare time in this case a few milliseconds in between Forms that use this little helper allow you to have a look this SMTP Robot by clicking on a button with this logo The form itself Figure 7 consists mainly of two test areas The left shows the communication with the SMTP mail server and the right shows the queue of files to send The queue also lists the collar ID to which the file is associated to Via this ID the form retrieves the destination address es from the collar list
116. Collar Manager If you use an older media CD hard disk or floppy disk find the file GPS Plus Setup 3 X X exe Start it and follow the instructions You can access the latest release version of the software on the VECTRONIC homepage Wildlife Monitoring gt Downloads The installation procedure will ask you for a destination directory and suggest a default directory You can now decide whether you want to install one of the following software packages list might vary with program versions e the GPS Plus Collar Manager this is the GPS Plus program e the NMEA Player to display GPS positions e the Colour Selector to order coloured collar belts e the TeamViewerQS VAS Remote Desktop Support on demand 2 2 USB Driver Installation If automatic installation update of the USB drivers did not work for you you either have to update if an old version is already installed or install the drivers manually The following sections will give you brief instructions For further explanations see the Link Manager and the VHF UHF Handheld Terminal manuals 2 2 1 First time driver installation If the device Link Manager or Terminal was never used on this computer you have to install the drivers manually To do this plug in the USB device Windows will recognize a new device Follow the instructions and select other sources in order to be able to select a directory Then select your program directory GPS_Plus open the FTDI folder
117. Coord System 1 User Geodetic Shift User Ellipsoid Test Transformation Selection of the target ellipsoid User defined ellipsoid ka User defined Ellipsoid meters Figure 28 Sub tab sheet User Ellipsoid This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 57 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace User Coord System 1 User Geodetic Shift User Ellipsoid Test Transtormation Longitude 4589281 349 Easting Latitude 5819774 217 Northing Source System Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg wWhasg4 World wide GPS geocentric WO5Se4 Transform Target System Gauss Krueger 3 degree wide strips w584 World wide GPS geocentric whosSa4 Figure 29 Sub tab sheet Test Transformation 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet The Miscellaneous tab sheet has five areas Figure 30 Autoread Options UTC correction GSM Debugging and Base Data Path The first area allows you to control the following options The GSM Read Interval minutes shows the time between the end of a read GSM action and the start of the next in the GSM autoread mode The input zero will result in a 30 second delay to prevent permanent reading Start Mail Autoread at program start If checked the program will automatically start in the autoread mode of the Mai
118. D Globalstar Delete read data files from server Figure 20 Globalstar tab sheet FTP Host Enter the name of your Globalstar FTP server You can either enter a host name or a IP address Port Enter the port of your Globalstar FTP server If you do not enter anything the default will be used 21 FTP User ID Enter the user name needed to access the Globalstar FTP server FTP Password Enter the password to your Globalstar FTP server user name Delete read data files from server If this option is checked every file will be removed from the FTP server after it has been read and stored Unidentified emails will also be removed 3 1 8 5 Argos Tab Sheet This tab sheet contains configuration data for Argos data reception Telnet Host Enter the name of your Argos telnet server You can either select one from the drop down list or enter a name manually Telnet Port Enter the port of your Argos telnet server By default this should be 23 telnet port Argos Username Enter the username needed to access the Argos telnet server You can obtain this from Argos when you request an Argos account Argos Password Enter the password to your Argos telnet server username You can obtain this from Argos when you request an Argos account Store Argos positions When selected GPS Plus will not only store positions taken by the GPS module of Argos collars but also those positions determined by Argos itself These positions are not as precise
119. DI acct a E E 142 6 2 4 OW A a T E A E TT A A E T E 142 6 2 5 PeT A S A A N AA ENE NAE EES 142 6 3 ACUI NO e E E E E E 143 6 3 1 Cer Acv Dalies E T E 143 6 3 2 FPO CUE 10 D o EE S E 143 6 3 3 eV Ve Da enei EN T A E R E A 143 6 3 4 Acv UY SNOW C Da eenei EE a EN E E 143 6 3 5 PASS Ci WY Da en E E E E E SE 143 0A Commodi Moni paean E R 144 6 4 1 Terminal Teleme eenaa E E Sues eonsses rade seseses 144 6 4 2 GI T i acs E O E ES sen eda tt E siete cc E E E E ee sa uatwacsae 145 6 4 3 Mie D e A A E 145 6 4 4 Save Terminal Informati n ape scence ate scia desta cactied atest asxacnsvsdonesonsdaseostal atasensiasense 147 6 4 5 Get Mortality TV CUS asscxcsagcessenssoesawesssnscestacsexeesanedetaadonsanetyanecdadenentaunaeasiensgaesuarsuanentacns 147 6 4 6 FASC IVIOLLAIIL lle VC MNS E E E EAE OE O A N 147 6 4 7 Upload GPS Data ENG tesa co sscd aces hecaeostaacesacatecsecteacdaseshucdaatiencenensdecenoresaudeseitucdsatsancenesetece 147 6 4 8 Upload Activity Data PIE ccs sisudascisnsrasseaieiarctusnvasshanvlaratasecassenietavecuavarsbeaulansianscasertetus 148 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 17 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 4 9 Memory Bank BackUp sete AE N cc EE EE ce ones cee eee 148 0410 Memory Bank CSI Oe asec sccectnacanacctaten yee ctonessecaeaueth
120. DLX PT Lisbon Hayford Int D783 PT Melrica Hayford Int ED50 PT Potsdam Hayford Int HD72 HU Sz l hegy GRS67 RT90 SE Stockholm Bessel SWEREF99 SE geocentric GRS80 NGO1948 NO Oslo Bessel modified ED50 NO FI Potsdam Hayford Int KKJ FI Helsinki Hayford Int ED50 FI Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 IT Sardinia Potsdam Hayford Int AN A A This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 217 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace ED50 IT Sicily Potsdam Hayford Int S JTSK SK Hermannskogel Bessel 542 83 PL Pulkowo Krassowskij GGRS87 GR Dionysos GRS80 ED50 GR Potsdam Hayford Int D48 SI Hermannskogel Bessel EST97 EE geocentric GRS80 42 EE Pulkowo Krassowskij LKS 94 LT geocentric GRS80O 42 LT Pulkowo Krassowskij LKS 92 LV geocentric GRS80 42 LV Pulkowo Krassowskij ED50 CY Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 MT Potsdam Hayford Int HELLENIC GR lt 3m Athens Bessel NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US AK Meade s
121. Data Argos Channel used Argos transmitter ID as 7 digit Hex value Frequency configuration value Frequency configuration value Frequency configuration value Rate in which the transmitter sends its messages Number of data blocks transmitted in one message This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 186 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 GPS Triplet Buffer Size Argos Schedule Start Date Start Time End Date End Time Next Transmission in Electric DAC Power Pre Heating VECTRONIC Aerospace Number of GPS data messages held in memory for transmission each containing three positions Beginning of the next transmission date Beginning of the next transmission time End of the next transmission date End of the next transmission time Time until next transmission 1s due Digital value controlling the amplifiers output power Warm up time before transmission actually starts This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 87 23 5 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Appendix C Files and Extensions Files GPO Pills File with information about ports
122. Events command via GSM This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 30 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 6 3 Proximity Mode UHF collars only This command allows you to remotely enable or disable the proximity mode of a collar Currently only one active proximity mode is possible For details on the proximity configuration refer to 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor For details on how to select a collar and send the command refer to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM an Send GSM Collar Proximity Mode Destination Collar s SMS Coding 60225 49 Seven Bit None 2 eS 60227 491 Seven Bit Toggle v 60228 49152359456 Sevenit 4 4 1 100kBit FSK NRZ I Figure 124 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Mode command via GSM 5 3 6 4 Proximity Interval UHF collars only This command allows you to change the Listen Interval of the proximity sensor For details on the proximity configuration refer to 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor For details on how to select a collar and send the command refer to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM i Send GSM Collar Virtual Fence Events Destination Collar s Phone Number SMS Coding 79 15262485584 Seven Bit Send Message on entering fence area F Send Message on leaving fence area Retransmit
123. File Schedule GPS Activity Commands Com Port Mess eSHseR om A 21 06 2011 15 51UTC Q Collar Figure 31 Main window in collar mode 4 1 Schedule Menu In the Schedule menu you find commands concerning GPS measurement beacon activation and Argos communication scheduling The commands allow the creation of GPS beacon Argos and GSM Iridium schedules the sending of schedules to a collar and the reception of schedules from a collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 1 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date anal VECTRONIC Aerospace GPS Plus Create GPS Schedule gt eE amp Ez Create Beacons Schedule Create Argos Schedule Create GSM Tridiurm Schedule Calculate Operating Lifetime caf Send GPS Schedule Send VHF Beacon Schedule Send Argos Schedule Send 6SM Tridium Schedule Send Proximity GPS Schedule Recemnve GPS Schedule Recerve VHF Beacon Schedule Recere Argos Schedule Recerve GSM Trdiurm Schedule Receive Proximity GPS Schedule Clear GSM Schedule Figure 32 Main window with open schedule menu in Collar mode 4 1 1 Create GPS Schedule The Create GPS Schedule command is used to define rules stating at which times a GPS measurement has to be done The time used in this scheduler is not defined to b
124. GS72 USA North Carolina US NC NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA North Dakota US ND NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Ohio US OH NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Oklahoma US OK NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 229 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace USA Oregon US OR NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS
125. Hours Ol offset O days 00 00 00 hours duration 1 days 007002 00 hours Proximity Schedule 20e L220 20122011L 000000 27ra 4 O00200 GSM Schedule lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt gsmSchedule time 2011 06 22T16 51 18Z creator GPS Plus http www vectronic aerospace com gt lt rule stop 2026 06 17T06 10 002 start 2000 01 01T06705 002 period P1DTOHOM gt lt gsmSchedule gt Virtual Fence Collection lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF s gt lt virtualFenceCollection time 2011 06 22T16 51 182Z creator GPS Plus http www vectronic aerospace com gt lt virtualFence name Fence 0 gt lt insidePoint name _latitude 0 00000 longitude 0 00000 gt lt post id 0 name Post 0 latitude 0 99999 longitude 0 00000 gt lt post id 1 name Post 1 latitude 0 00000 longitude 0 99999 gt lt post id 2 name Post 2 latitude 1 00001 longitude 0 00000 gt lt post id 3 name Post 3 latitude 0 00000 longitude 1 00001 gt lt virtualFence gt lt virtualFenceCollection gt Virtual Fence Schedule 01 01 2000 22 06 2039 amp 00 00 00 23 59 56 00 15 00 Figure 93 Sample collar information file 4 4 7 1 Collar Upgrade This command allows you to activate options of your collar by uploading a collar upgrade file CUF for one specific collar Connect the collar you want to upgrade to your link manager and select the command Collar Upgrade Select the colla
126. I96E90Z7 86EZZ8EZ 000000866 0 LL6 6 PSZZS 9GE OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 OZ6ES6TZ 9L888 IZ 6SL8PLEZ GELOEOEZ OTIThP90Z GETSZBEZ 000000866 0 S LS6 6PSZZS 9SE OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 EPLIS6IZ 99L98FTZ OPZEPLEZ LOBEZOEZ I19ZP90Z FLELZBEZ 000000866 0 bp6 6SZCS SOE OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 99S6P6IZ 9GS9P8PIZ EZLEVLEZ OZ88ZOEZ ETTHH9N0Z ZT9DE8EZ 000000866 0 PZ6 6PSZZS GOE OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 68ELP6IZ 8PGZ8VIZ 8O0OZOSLEZ PEBLZOEZ Y919Gh90Z OSEEEBEZ 000000866 0 b06 6 S272S SOE OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 9IZGP6IZ EVPOSPIZ S690SLEZ ZG89Z0EZ ZZTLP90Z T609E8EZ 000000866 0 p06 6PSZZS SOE OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 ZVOEPETZ SO9ETLZZ LEEBLHTZ PBTISLEZ 698SZOEZ LZ98H90Z TE88E8EZ 000000866 0 nN 8L8 6SZCS 9SE OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 6980P6TZ 9ESTILZZ EEZ9 LPIZ GLOTSLEZ O68HZOEZ SETOS9O0Z ZLSTPBEZ 000000866 0 p06 6PSZZS SOE OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 8698E6IZ SOP6O0LZZ 6ZIVLYTZ 89TZGLEZ ZI6GEZOEZ EP9TS90Z ETEPPBEZ 000000866 0 606 6bS7ZS LTE OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 8ZS9E6IZ QYLZLOLZZ YZOTLHTZ Z99ZGLEZ YESZTZOEZ ESTESIOZ PSOLP8EZ 000000866 0 O0p6 6PSZZS 8LZ O TEET 0 0 0 0 0 Z9E PE6IZ TSISOLZZ EZ669 PIZ OOTESLEZ Z96IZOEZ F799FS90Z LELEPSEZ 000000866 0 9L6 6PSZZS IGZ OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 PZOEOLZZ ZZ8L9PTZ BG9EGLEZT O660ZOEZ LLTI9G90Z OPSZS8EZ 000000866 0 PZI OSSZZS TILT OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 TO600LZZ EZLS9 IZ 6STPSLEZ OZOOZOEZ 7269LG90Z P8ZSG8EZ 000000866 0 LPZ OSSZZS 6LO OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 LLL869ZZ EZ9E9PIZ Z99PSLEZT ZGO6TOEZ LOZEG90Z 8ZO8S8EZ 000000866 0 g 6EE OSSZZS GZ0 OE TEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 25996972 GZGT9PIZ 9
127. M5 Collar65535_ 070308132704 5M5 Collar65535_0f70308132717 SMS Collar65535_ 070308132729 5M5 Collar65535_ 070308132741 5M5 g Figure 114 Convert SMS Messages window 5 2 4 Export GPS Data G This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left This is equivalent to 4 2 2 Export GPS Data Please refer to this description Because not all data is transmitted some of the data sets in the exported file is marked as not available n a 5 2 5 View GPS Data ve This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is equivalent to 0 View GPS Data Please refer to this description Because not all data is transmitted some of the data sets in the exported file is marked as not available n a 5 2 6 Show chart This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is En equivalent to 4 2 4 Show GPS Chart Please refer to this description This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 124 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 Commands Menu This menu enables you to remotely configure the collar including the virtual fence option and the proximity sensor It also gives you status information on the GSM modem and allows you to set a PIN code GPS Plus
128. MS Reception Delay Collar UTC correction Correction term Proximity Sensor Prox Interval Prox Duration Prox Enable Time Prox Disable Time Prox Mode Prox Frequency Prox Transmission Next Comm Time Message on VF enter Message on VF leave Retransmit Interval GPS Mode GPS Schedule is GPS Schedule Ol OL lt 2000 17 6 2033 16200200 OT OL 2000 I 6 2022 e DUN Repetition Rate GPS Plus Collar Manager VECTRONIC Aerospace 441 000 MHz 441 000 MHz 441 000 MHz 05200 min 2 0 Ss 07 15 00 19 30 00 150 800 MHz Mode 0 default x a No Argos N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A 10 10 Fixes per Message 30003401XxXXXXXxXX disabled N A N A N A 0 N A N A N A No External Communication Module Not Active N A Enabled 304 seconds 1 5 seconds 00 00 00 24 00 00 1 100kBit FSK NRZ I 443 000 Disabled 14 07 2000 16 57 40 No No O minutes Solved not locked 23 59 58 01 30 00 07 00 00 01 30 00 Ol Ola 2000 LT O6 2024 12200200 VECTRONIC Aerospace 104 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace UHF Schedule N A VHF Schedule 01 01 2000 16 06 2020 amp 06 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 2000 16 06 2018 15 00 00 19 00 00 00 00 00 Argos Schedule Ole 01s2000 01 05 2012 boop duration 1 days 00700200
129. Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace Export tab sheet the actual file may differ from the example but the structure will be quite the same 4 2 2 1 Description of Values in Exported Files No Line index UTC date and time Time in universal time coordinated equivalent to GMT LMT date and time Local mean time depending on the value set in UTC Correction see 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet ECEF X Y and Z Coordinates in the Earth Centred Earth Fixed coordinate system Latitude Longitude Height Geographical position based on WGS84 DOP Dilution of Precision This is a value for the geometric constellation of the received GPS satellites Nav Type of fix obtained There are five types of fixes No No fix could be acquired 1S Only one satellite was used This fix is very inaccurate 2S Only two satellites were used This fix is very inaccurate 2D Three satellites were used This fix used the height information of the last fix as fixed 3D At least four satellites were used This 1s an accurate fix Validated This is a special feature of the used GPS receiver A fix is considered validated if the receiver uses five or more satellites to calculate the position and the DOP is less than 10 0 Since the navigation solution needs only four satellites the equations are over determined by one or more values This can be used to calculate some validation on the range measurements If this has succeeded the fix 1s considered vali
130. Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai Aak VECTRONIC Aerospace W Notation of 2nd Ordinate Notation of Coordinate System 1st Ordinate Estonia EE Gauss Krueger 6 degree wide strips Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min inland Fl Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec rance FR French Lambert zone II centre Geographic coordinates Paris gon Geographic coordinates Paris deg min sec Geographic coordinates Paris deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich gon Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min UTM coordinates northern hemisphere ermany DE Prussian Land Register Mueggelberg Berlin 18 DE Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec UTM coordinates northern hemisphere This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 195 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar
131. PS Plus version at start up and updates it automatically if necessary This command allows you to trigger this update manually If the Link Manager s version is newer than your update file GPS Plus will ask if you really want to downgrade This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 113 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 5 Com Port Menu til GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Activity Commands Com Port pun tli maa hs 21 06 2011 16 08 UTC 0 Collar Figure 102 Main window with Com Port menu open in Collar mode With this menu you can select the COM port to which you want to connect your collar via the Link Manager This has no effect on the interface used for the GSM Base Station and the Handheld Terminal The data rate cannot be set because it is fixed to 115200 bit s If you do not know which port you are connected to just start with port one and select Collar Telemetry from the Commands menu If you do not get garbage data or an error message then you probably have found your port Otherwise try the next port until you found your port This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 114 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx
132. Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace Reference Systems Update List now two lists All systems and systems sorted by country region 26 04 2006 Options Added some new options in SMS Handling and Export Configure GSM Changed a Caption in the form Mode Collar mode Edit File Header Completely new Form Send GPS Schedule Form now allows multiple collars to be GSM mode selected Coordinate amp Added new coordinate and reference Reference Systems systems for Japan Driver installation shortened extensive description in hardware manual Added new features Argos Activity etc Terminal Add new chapter for terminal command description of V2 x terminal software Argos Schedule Added Argos Schedule commands and forms Collar Telemetry Added Argos tab sheet changed activity Data group box 12 03 08 Mail Reception Iridium integration and SMTP BOT button Mail SMS and Argos Iridium integration Reception This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 9 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date mane VECTRONIC Aerospace Collar List Iridium IMEI and Study Period Options SMS Handling Auto Mail Iridium Mail Server Enable SMS Email Reception New Tab Sheet Iridium Server Misc Start Mail A
133. Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US AK Aleutian east Kansas Clarke NAD27 US AK Aleutian west Kansas Clarke NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 CA lt 15m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA east lt 6m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA NWT lt 5m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA BC AB lt 8m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA ON MN lt 9m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA YUK lt 8m Kansas Clarke ATS77 CA MPR geocentric WGS72 American Samoa 1962 US AS Samoa Clarke GRS80a Authalic Sphere US CA Sphere Sphere Old Hawaiian mean US HI Oahu Clarke GDA94 AU geocentric GRS80 AGD84 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD84 Higgins AU lt 4m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU ACT Johnston ANS AGD66 AU TAS Johnston ANS AGD66 AU NSW Johnston ANS AGD66 AU NT Johnston ANS Everest BD Kalianpur Everest JGD2000 JP 1994 1m geocentric GRS80 JGD2000 JP 2000 1m geocentric GRS80 Tokyo JP 1993 5m Nikon Bessel Tokyo JP 1996 3m Nikon Bessel Tokyo JP 1997 3m Nikon Bessel Tokyo JP Okinawa Nikon Bessel Tokyo JP Okinawa KR Nikon Bessel User defined geodetic datum shift No geodetic datum shift No datum shift and no ellipsoid transition AN AN A This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribut
134. Rauenberg Bessel WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 BD72 BE Ukkel Hayford Int OSGB36 GB IE Herstmonceux Airy LUREF LU Habay Hayford Int ROMAA4O IT Monte Mario Hayford Int GRANIT87 CH Zimmerwald Bessel DHDN PD DE 2001 lt 3m Rauenberg Bessel DHDN PD DE old states south lt 1m Rauenberg Bessel DHDN PD DE old states middle lt 1m Rauenberg Bessel DHDN PD DE old states north lt t1m Rauenberg Bessel PD 83 DE state TH lt 1m Rauenberg Bessel 542 83 DE states MV LSA lt 1m Pulkowo Krassowskij ED50 FR Potsdam Hayford Int RGF93 FR geocentric GRS80 S JTSK CZ Hermannskogel Bessel CH1903 CH LI Bern Bessel CHTRS95 CH LI geocentric GRS80 ROMA4O0 IT peninsular lt t4m M Mario Hayford Int ROMA4O0 IT Sardinia lt 4m M Mario Hayford Int ROMA4O0 IT Sicily lt t4m Monte Mario Hayford Int ED50 DK Potsdam Hayford Int 42 58 PL Uklad 1965 Pulkowo Krassowskij SOLDNER DE state BY lt 1m Munic Laplace BD50 BE Royal de Belgique Hayford Int RELAND65 IE Slieve Donard Airy modified MADRID1870 ES lt 7m Madrid Struve ED50 ES EST99 peninsular Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 ES ZNW99 northwest Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 ES BAL99 Balearic isl Potsdam Hayford Int
135. S done Stoning block as position SMS done Merging messages done Exporting merged data done Reading mail message 17 done Message contains data from collar 30005 Stoning block as position SMS done Stoning block as position SMS done Storing Glock as position SMS done Read Mail Autoread Mail Show SMTP VECTRONIC Aerospace a ol I gt Received SMS CollarQ0001 1 CollarQO002 1 CollarQ0003 2 CollarQ0004 1 CollarQO005 1 CollarQO006 1 CollarQ000 15 CollarQO00s 1 CollarQ1 561 14 CollarsO001 2 Collarso002 2 CollarsQ003 2 Collars0004 2 CollarsQ005 2 CollarsQ006 2 CollarsQ00 3 Colar 76l 2 Collard r62 9 Merging messages done Exporting merged data done Closing Indium POPS connection done Recent Error Messages Figure 5 Mail Reception form with 1 email read and the received messages list left to it Pressing the Read Mail button changes the stop button from disabled Stop to enabled Stop and will start the reading of the configured sources First the connection will be established and the user is authenticated Then the program checks the number of emails currently available on this account Now all emails are read one after the other If an email has a subject containing the string Data for Collar and it contains at least one attachment with a filename containing the string Collar and the extension SMS then the file is
136. S SPCS 1983 4502 Virginia south Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 4502 Virginia south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Washington US WA US SPCS 1927 4601 Washington north Lambert coord US SPCS 1983 4602 Washington south Lambert coord UTM coordinates northern hemisphere This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 212 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager A VECTRONIC Aerospace X Notation of 2nd Ordinate ddmmss Notation of 1st Ordinate eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec dddmmss eographic coordinates Greenwich deg eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS Coordinate System r Q Q ok Q ok ddmm SSSSSS USA West Virginia US WV US SPCS 1927 4701 West Virginia north Lambert US SPCS 1983 4702 West Virginia south Lambert Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 4802 Wisconsin central Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 4802 Wisconsin central Lambert coord
137. S and Argos Reception With this form see Figure 8 you can easily read store merge and export SMS messages either received directly contained in emails or from an Argos telnet connection To use it you need to configure the Incoming Mail Server Options see 3 1 8 2 Mail Server Tab Sheet the PIN see 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet and the Argos Telnet Server see 3 1 8 5 Argos Tab Sheet This form unites the functionality of the mail reception including Iridium and the SMS message reception form In fact all three forms are the same Parts of the form can be hidden to adapt the look to the current usage It can also call the Argos Telnet form For a detailed description of both parts refer to chapters 3 1 1 mail reception 3 1 2 Argos reception and 3 1 3 SMS message reception please read the appropriate chapters This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 37 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date a VECTRONIC Aerospace i amp Data Reception Mail Log GSM Log Argos Read Mail A Read SMS Read Argos Send SMS Autoread Argos Show SMTP A Show SMTP Show SMTP Mortality Messages a Recent Error Messages Figure 8 Mail GPS Plus Iridium and Globalstar SMS
138. S0TSZS E O 9G0ER ZS EPZZEOS SErTTE G8068LE 8b 0G ST 700Z 60 OT 8p OGIET FO0Z 60 OT EEE ros LE 79 ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 8E 62 8E 9 FH ZZ WR 8I Lb 6 bE S 9 SOR de P E O0 80 8SOTSZS E O 9S0Eh ZS EPZZEOS SErTTS G8068LE PhI0S ST POOZ 6O OT PHI0S ET PO0Z 60 OT ZEE LE 79 eS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 8E 62 8E 9 FH ZZ WR 8I L 6 FR S 9 SOR de P E 68 S80T E ZOTSZS ET T9SSOER ZS EFZZEOS SEPTTE 98068LE Ob 0G ST O0Z 60 OT OF 0S ET FO0Z 60 OT TEE qe LE 797s Z E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O Th 62 8 9 bh ZZ bh 8T Lb 6 wb G 9 SOR de p 89 6O0T EZOTSZS ET 9T9S0Eh ZS PHHZZEOS SEPTTE 98068LE Y9 0G GT 700Z 60 OT 9E OGIET FO0Z 60 OT OEE LE PYE ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O Th 62 8 9 FH ZZ bb BT L 6 b S 9 SOA de P E 89 60 EZOTSZS E 9T9SO0EP ZGS P ZZEOS SEVIT6 98068LE ZEz0G ST POOZ 6O0O OT ZE OSIET FO0Z 60 0T 6ZE LE PYE ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Th 6Z 8 9 FH ZZ b 8I Lb 6 wW S 9 SOR de P E 8Z OTT 6860SZS ET LPSSOEH ZS PreZEOS SEPTTE L8068LE 8Z OGIST PO0Z 60 OT 8Z 0S ET O07 60 OT 8ZE LE E PF E 0O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O Th 62 8 9 bb ZZ bh BIT Ld 6 lp G 9 SOR de P E 8p 60T 6860GZS ET Z6PSOEh ZS EZZEOS SEPTIC L8068LE 2 0GS ST PO0Z 60 OT PZ 0G ET VOOZ 6O OT LZE LE PYE ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O bb 62 8E 9 FH ZZ b BT Lb 6 br G 9 SOR de P E 69 80 6860SZS7 LEPSOEP ZS Z ZZEOS SErTTS L8068LE O072 0G ST POOZ 6O OT OZ OGS ET POOZ 6O OT 9ZE ae LE 79 ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FF 62 SE 9 FH ZZ
139. SMS window with two collar entries cccccsesssseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 122 Merre 5M5 Messages WI W sseacncestences cuasaentoncec enc snupacenttoces AERE aa Naai 123 Convert SMS Messages window ssssesssssssseseerrsssssssscteresssssssererrssssssseeeeesssss 124 Main window with Commands menu open GSM Base Station mode 125 GSM Stilus Vy NOW oer erga ssi aan E E S 126 GSM Configure Destination Address form sssessseooeeessssssssoeersssssssseeeessss 126 GSM Configure Service Centre Address form cccccccccccceesseeeseeeeeeeeeeaaeeees 127 Configure GSM Mode via GSM sssssensssssssseseerrssssssssserressssssseeeressssssseeeeeesssse 128 Configure Iridium Mode via ridium cccccccccssssseeeececeeeeeeeeeseeeceeeeeeaaaeenees 129 GSM Remote Configuration Menu essssssseseeerssssssssceersssssssseeeresssssssseeressssss 129 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 23 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date Figure 122 Figure 123 Figure 124 Figure 125 Figure 126 Figure 127 Figure 128 Figure 129 Figure 130 Figure 131 Figure 132 Figure 133 Figure 134 Figure 135 Figure 136 Figure 137 Figure 138 Figure 139 Figure 140 Figure 141 Figure 142 Figure 143 Figure 144 Figure 145 Figure 146 Figure 147 Figure 148
140. Save Schedule from the File menu This will save the current schedule to the current file name given in the title bar of the form If no file name is specified so far a save file dialog will open and you can enter a new name To save the current schedule to a new name click on the save as button or select Save Schedule as from the file menu A save file dialog will open and you can enter a new name GPS Schedule Sel File Rules J a a Type 14 12 2006 14 12 2007 09 00 00 11 00 00 13 00 00 15 00 00 17 00 00 EE Discrete 14 04 2007 14 08 2007 05 00 00 07 00 00 19 00 00 20 00 00 EE VC yedic 14 12 2007 21 12 2007 amp 06 30 00 22 00 00 01 00 00 EF dRollover 22 124 2007 15 12 2008 amp 06 00 00 18 00 00 06 15 00 Example GRF 4 Rules 60 Bytes Figure 33 Schedule with all three rules 4 1 1 2 Adding a rule Ei AA There are three rule types Cyclic Discrete and Rollover To add a rule you click on one of the buttons with the green plus sign The green button adds a cyclic rule the red button a discrete rule and the purple button a rollover rule After defining a rule use OK to adds the rule or Cancel to discard it oa The Cyclic Rule defines a period of time with a Fal Cyclic Rule start date and an end date between which measure Lae ments will be done every day in a selected frequency First Day Last Day Enter the start and end day of the period and the time of 14 12 2007
141. Select one or more collars This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 5 8 23 5 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace from the list and submit the command A warning will open requesting an acknowledgement to erase the selected collars The list will be updated while the selected collars are removed 7 4 3 4 Download Read all Data 7 This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It reads all available data from the selected collars It will automatically use default filenames for the data files you cannot select you own file names and folders For example the filenames for collar 65535 are Collar65535YYMMDDHHMMSS GDE in the GPS Data folder for the GPS data Collar65535 YYMMDDHHMMSS ADF in the Activity Data folder for the activity data and MortalityEvents65535YYMMDDHHMMSS TXT in the Mortality Files folder for the mortality data For empty data no file will be created 7 4 3 5 Download Read GPS Data E This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It reads the GPS fix data of the currently selected collars For every selected collar a Save File dialog with a suggestion for the name will open After selecting a file name a progress bar will open while the data download of the current colla
142. Sevenit 60227 49152569857 Seven Bit 60228 449152359456 Seven Bit Proximity Enable Collar Time 6m steps Proximity Disable Collar Time 6m steps Figure 127 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Duration command via GSM This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 32 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 6 7 Proximity Frequency UHF collars only This command allows you to change the Receiver Frequency of the proximity sensor Note This frequency is defined by VECTRONIC to match your proximity sensor and the UHF ID tags Do not change this frequency without consulting VECTRONIC For details on the proximity configuration refer to 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor For details on how to select a collar and send the command refer to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM A Send GSM Collar Proximity Frequency Destination Collar s Collar ID SMS Coding 60225 4491562485236 Sevenit V 60226 49156325864 Seven Bit 60227 49152569385 Seven Bit 49152359456 Seven Bit Receiver Frequency MHz Figure 128 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Frequency command via GSM 5 3 6 8 Proximity Transmission UHF collars only This command allows you to enable the transmission of proximity events without time stamp and signal strength via GSM or Iridi
143. T Monte Mario Hayford Int ROMAA4O IT peninsular lt t4m M Mario Hayford Int ROMAA4O IT Sardinia lt t4m M Mario Hayford Int ROMAAO IT Sicily lt t4m Monte Mario Hayford Int ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 IT Sardinia Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 IT Sicily Potsdam Hayford Int WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Latvia LV LKS92 LV geocentric GRS80 ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 S42 LV Pulkowo Krassowskij 942 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 Liechtenstein LI ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 CH1903 CH LI 1993 Zimmerwald Bessel CH1903 CH LI Bern Bessel CHTRS95 CH LI geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 Lithuania LT LKS 94 LT geocentric GRS80 ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 42 LT Pulkowo Krassowskij 542 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 Luxembourg LU ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 LUREF LU Habay Hayford Int WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int NTF FR Paris Pantheon Clarke IGN This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a
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145. Terminal Data form see 7 4 2 11 Erase Mortality Data This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 163 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 4 11 Get Proximity Events This command will open the Manage Terminal Data form see 7 4 3 7 Read Proximity Data 7 4 12 Erase Proximity Events This command will open the Manage Terminal Data form see 7 4 3 13 Erase Proximity Data 7 4 13 Upload GPS Data File This command opens the more general Upload Sensor Data form see Figure 161 It can upload a stored GPS Data File GDF to a collar configured in the Handheld Terminal After connection has been established suitable files will be identified A list with these files will be displayed in the form A file is considered suitable if the containing collar ID is also configured in the terminal You can change the folder in which the files will be searched The default folder is the GPS Data directory i Upload Sensor Data SEES Data Directory C Programme GPS_Plus GPS Datat Sensor Type Collar ID File Collar Sensors GSM65534 GDF 65534 Sensory GPS Sensor Activity Sensors Ho Sensor Sensor No Sensor Sensor S No Sensor Sensor b No Sensor Sensory No Sensor Figure 161 Upload Sensor Data form You can now select one
146. This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 106 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace t Virtual Fence File Fences Posts PHA eo SAS PEF Ae UWG h Fence 2 Inside Point Latitude 50 08593 Longitude 12 03029 Post Latitude Longitude Post 1 50 08416 12 03081 Post 2 50 08429 12 03110 F Post 3 50 08496 12 03100 F Post 4 50 08519 12 03158 P Post 5 50 08558 12 03200 FPost 6 50 08689 12 03037 Post 7 50 08735 12 03070 FPost 8 50 08769 12 02972 FPost 9 50 08734 12 02920 Post 10 50 08694 12 02876 F Post 11 50 08617 12 03010 Post 13 F Post 12 50 08568 12 03012 Post 14 F Post 13 50 08532 12 02913 Post 14 50 08509 12 02873 Fost 15 Post 17 J Post 15 50 08480 12 02858 jiii Fost 16 50 08469 12 02886 F Post 17 50 08478 12 02953 Fost 18 50 08456 12 03017 Fost 10 UWG VFC unsaved Binary Size 147 Figure 95 Virtual fence collection in editor with two fences UWG and Fence 2 The black lines indicate the fence on the current tab UWG the grey lines indicate the fence on the other tab Fence 2 Import KML polygon as Fence You can import a polygon created in Google Earth from a KML file into GPS Plus You can do this by clicking on the item or the Import Fence command fr
147. ZT 60 OT PHI8HIET FOOZ 60 OT ZOE 9 Zz9 9E ZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SE 6Z 8E 9 FH ZZ Th 8I OS 6 lb S 9 SOA de pre TIT Z8 LOLESZS ET 8LP90EP ZS 8ZZZEO0S LePITS 8S068LE Ob 8h ST PO0Z 60 OT OP 8P ET POOZ 6O OT TOE Z 9 zoe ZG E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GE 6Z 8E 9 FR ZZ T 8I 0S 6 lp G 9 SOR de bre OS E8 LOQEGTS EL P9P9DER ZS 6ZZZEOS LrbTITE 6SO68LE Y9E 8h GT POOZ 60 OT 9E8HFET FOOZ 60 OT ODE e D D6 A A ON qe ON qP ON qP ON qP ON qP ON qP ON qp ON qP ON QP ON qP ON qp ON p sn w l al w ur ur ss wu yy AAA wuu pp ss ww yy AAA uw pp 9 Pas due dnyg utew N O 28S N 2 38S N O 7eS N d 28S N d 2S N d 28S N O 2S N 2 2eS N 2 28S N d I S N d 28S N O IPS SeS paetepTTeA APN dod WUSteH pn4fuoT epnytiet Zz a407 A 39H X 340g WTL IWI 932d INT SeUTL OLN d DIN ON O S is pro to a third party Plus Collar Manage ion distribut Manual_GPS ion or icat d dupl Ize 81 235 is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthor GPS ASCII Export file listing example ign This des VECTRONIC Aerospace Figure 54 Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 2 3 View GPS Data ee This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It displays the content of a GPS data file saved on the PC from a collar merged from SMS messages or read from a Handheld Terminal see Figure 55 It shows all data of a single fix in a structured environment You can easily
148. a send to the terminal has been verified and found to be not correct You have the choice to cancel the whole process or try to read the block again and continue Send Schedule Failed to receive a data block for verification Do you want to retry receiving this block or cancel transmission overall There was an error receiving the data for verification that has just been sent You have the choice to cancel the whole process or try to read the block again and continue Send Schedule Failed to send a data block Do you want to retry sending this block or cancel transmission overall There was an error sending one of the data blocks You have the choice to cancel the whole process or try to send the block again and continue Send Schedule Schedule activation failed Please try to send the data again The schedule data has been successfully sent but has not been activated The schedule will not have an effect if it is not activated Send Schedule Schedule Rules are invalid A Start Time or Date is later than an End Time or Date File rules file name In the rules file there is a start time of a rule that is later than the end time of this rule Maybe you edited the rules file manually This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 176 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC A
149. able the current proximity GPS schedule in the collar Figure 130 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Frequency command via GSM 5 3 7 Iridium Remote Configuration These commands are equivalent to the commands in 5 3 6 GSM Remote configuration but apply for Iridium collars In the Destination Collar s list collars are selected by IMEI not by phone number 5 3 8 Edit Virtual Fence This command is the same as 4 4 9 Edit Virtual Fence See this chapter for instructions on how to edit virtual fences 5 3 9 Send Virtual Fence 5 3 9 1 Send via GSM With this command you can send a Virtual Fence Collection and an associated GPS schedule to multiple GSM collars Just select those collars in the Destination Collars List which you want to receive the fence select a Virtual Fence Collection VFC and a GPS schedule and click Send The program will send the virtual fence to all selected collars successively Invalid fences or schedules prevent the transmission and are marked as such Additionally the size of the virtual fence and the GPS schedule must be considerable smaller than when using This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 34 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace wired transmission see 4 4 10 Send Virtual Fence The virtua
150. ace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 143 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 4 Commands Menu In the Commands menu are commands for the control of the Handheld Terminal and for terminal testing tH GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Activity Eeue Com Port O OR os BH S Terminal Telemetry Configure Manage Data Collar Configuration Save Terminal Information Edit Virtual Fence Send Virtual Fence Recerve Virtual Fence th Get Mortality Events fey Erase Mortality Events gr Get Proximity Events Es Erase Proximity Events Upload GPS Data File Upload Activity Data File Memory Bank Backup Memory Bank Restore Link Manager Telemetry Terminal Firmware Update Figure 142 Main window with Commands menu open Terminal mode 6 4 1 Terminal Telemetry This command opens the window shown in Figure 142 Date current date on the terminal usually set during a GPS fix Time current time on the terminal usually set during a GPS fix Version Software Version of the terminal software Date Release date of the terminal software Uplink Frequency for the communication from the terminal to the collar Downlink Frequency for the communication from the collar to the terminal This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unautho
151. act within 10 seconds Maybe no collar is connected This error occurs if the collar does not send a status byte within ten seconds Normally it should send a status byte at least every eight seconds The most probable cause is that the collar is not connected Just connect and try again This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 167 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Collar Interface No port open Please select a valid one You have not yet selected a Com Port for the given device that can be used by the program Choose one via the Com Port menu Collar Interface Not all data was received within time Read EEPROM Byte was not successful The program expected to receive more data from the collar Maybe your computer is too busy and lost one or more bytes of the transmission If you have other applications running which may take time for the computer to process please close them and try again Collar Interface Not all data was received within time Read Firmware Page was not successful The program expected to receive more data from the collar Maybe your computer is too busy and lost one or more bytes of the transmission If you have other applications running which may take time for the computer to process please close them and try again Collar Inte
152. anch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 American Samoa US AS American Samoa 1962 US AS Samoa Clarke NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Arizona US AZ NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 225 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace USA Arkansas US AR NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA California US CA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Colorado US CO NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27
153. and Argos reception form The combination of the functions is coordinated in the first come first served style You can start one reception while another one is still running but the process itself will start only after the first reception process has been finished When using autoread the same applies for all receptions When the time for reception has come can be adjusted in 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet this process will be completed before another reception is started If a reception is scheduled to start while another one is still running the second one will be postponed until the first one is completed Activation of both data reception parts is guaranteed If the activation is so tight that there will be no pause between both activities the activation will change directly from on to the next 3 1 4 Process unregistered collar messages If you receive data from a collar that cannot be identified because there is no entry in the collars list containing its identifier such as Phone Number Globalstar ESN or Iridium IMEI the message will be stored in special ZIP files This command processes these messages and helps you to identify the collars The function of this form is similar to the data reception On the left there is a list of unprocessed messages starting with a keyword indicating the type of communication they were received through GSM Iridium or Globalstar At the centre is the process log where the progress of the proces
154. and is almost identical to 7 1 8 Receive GPS Schedules but the file will be is stored as TerminalGSMSchedules txt 7 2 GPS Menu In the GPS menu are commands concerning the stored position data of all sources amp GPS Plus gg El Get Fix Data is Export View Data Show Chart GFE lies Erase Fix Data 14 05 2007 1ES1LUTC E Terminal Figure 154 Main window with GPS menu open Terminal mode 7 2 1 Get Fix Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This command will bring you to the Manage Data form see chapter 7 4 3 Manage Data This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 15 4 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 2 2 Export GPS Data in ASCII Spreadsheet Database a These commands can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It is equivalent to 4 2 2 Export GPS Data Please refer to this description Since not all data is transmitted e g not DOP some of the data in the exported file is marked as not available N A 7 2 3 GPS View Data a This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left It is a8 equivalent to 0 View GPS Data Please refer to this description Because not
155. andard windows tools like windows explorer The directory will be displayed in the bottom field immediately If you select a drive that is not accessible e g a CD drive without a CD you will get an error message 3 1 8 8 Export II Tab Sheet This tab sheet defines the format of the export files ASCII Spreadsheet or Database of both GPS and Activity data GPS ASCII Spreadsheet and Database export options allow selecting the data columns that will be exported and their order To select or unselect a column click on the checkbox left to it To change the position mark it by clicking on it and press the up or down arrow left to the list Reset to Default selects all items and sorts them in the default order ASCII and Spreadsheet also allow including or excluding the table header by checking the Include Header checkbox and to select a date format from a combo box In the GPS spreadsheet you can also select the separation character s that is used to separate two neighbouring columns You can select one from the list or enter your own string Activity amp GSM ASCII Spreadsheet and Database export options only have the Include Header option and the date format selection since there are too few different data items than to worry about In the database group box both options apply only for GSM quality datasets which are always stored as ASCII GFS ASCII GFS Spreadsheet GFS DBase Table Export file contains Export file contains
156. aphical illustration of the selected Period s loop This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 65 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace Argos Schedule E Eg Fie Periods On Times Jee SSS 424 Periods start Date End Date Loop Duration 08 07 2005 08 07 2006 001 days 00 00 00 hours 08 07 2006 08 07 2007 002 days 00 00 00 hours 08 07 2007 08 07 2008 003 days 00 00 00 hours 08 07 2008 08 07 2009 004 days 00 00 00 hours On Time Offset On Time Duration 000 days 00 00 00 hours 000 days 12 00 00 hours 001 days 00 00 00 hours 000 days 12 00 00 hours 002 days 00 00 00 hours 000 days 12 00 00 hours 00 00 12 id 00 00 id 12 00 2d 00 00 2d 12 00 3d 00 00 Example ARS Figure 38 Argos Schedule editor with example schedule loaded 4 1 3 1 Adding a Period To add a period click on the Add Period Pmp toolbar button or select Add Period from the Bennie conn Periods menu A dialog Figure 39 will open Begin End where you can enter the periods data 08 07 2009 08 07 2010 w Set the Begin and End dates of the periods time span 92 Durston to define the desired period Begin will be at days o g hours 00 00 00 4 00 00 00 UTC of the selected begin date and End will be at 00 00 00 UTC of the selected date T
157. ar Configuration Updated entire chapter in Collar Mode GPS Tracking Time Added chapter RF Communication Updated chapter This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 12 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager 3 Date 9 8 11 4 7 VECTRONIC Aerospace SMS Reception Added chapter Delay Proximity Sensor Added chapter Convert SMS _ to Added figure ASCII GSM Iridium Remote Reorganisation of chapter added chapters Configuration Collar Configuration Updated entire chapter in Handheld Mode Send Receive Argos Added chapter Schedule Position Transmission Added Backup Battery Change of name into Beacon Battery 03 08 2011 Download schedules Status messages fully explained from handheld terminal 09 08 2011 Notification email Virtual fence and trap event included and SMS This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 13 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Table of Contents L PRCT yO Wy aaa E treme cena eter ensue ae ees E E E EES 26 2 JT stallahonand COT OU AO sssrinin eiee EEEa AEREA aE 27 PA Program lastall AON soccorre neeaae Ea EEEE 27 De POB DiE a O
158. ar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Manage Terminal Data List Download Erase Extra 2 C0AHH SRR Q Q 65530 65531 65532 Q Q Q 65533 65534 1 out of 6 collars selected Figure 158 Icons View 7 4 4 Collar Configuration Handheld Terminal firmware 2 3 1 or higher This command allows you to upload configuration files which can be sent to a collar to change certain parameters You can store up to five configuration for one collar on the Handheld Terminal In this form there is no verification if the configured parameter is enabled in the receiving collar Hence you are able to define configurations which will not be applied in your collar First select the Collar ID from the drop off list You can open the configuration files currently stored on the terminal for the selected collar with Read After you have defined the new configurations send them to the terminal with Write Choose the Parameter from the drop down list The Listed Name will be shown on the terminal when you prepare the upload from the terminal to the collar Depending on the parameter you configure different input fields will be shown UTC Correction enables the UTC correction in your collar see 4 4 3 1 UTC Correction Select the checkbox and set a correction with the up down arrows RF Communication Time Defines the UHF VHF data communication window see 4 4 3 7 RF Communication Time Set an Enable Time and Disable Time with the up dow
159. are Updating the firmware was NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 169 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager A VECTRONIC Aerospace X Configure Destination Address Collar phone number is not valid Please enter a valid phone number The phone number of the destination collar field contained characters not allowed as input Configure Destination Address Collar phone number is not valid Please enter a phone number The phone number of the destination collar field seems to be empty Enter a destination address Configure Destination Address Destination Address is not valid Please use only numbers and no letters or other characters such as The destination address contained characters not allowed as input Configure Destination Address Destination Address Is not valid Please enter an Address The destination address field seems to be empty Enter a destination address Configure Destination Address The GSM mode of the destination collar is not given The SMS will not be sent The destination address can only be set via GSM if the collar has been received on this base station already Configure Service Centre Address Collar phone number is not valid
160. arge net area n Digits for the marking of a range in the large net area b Letters for the marking a smaller net area in that range This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 215 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Other coordinate systems t Optional sign If coordinates lie west or south of their origin point and or of the central meridian of their coordinate system they are provided with a minus sign k Kilometre component Depending upon the coordinate system this component contains also an addition constant e g UTM 500000m m Meter component This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 21 6 23 5 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Appendix F Available Reference Ellipsoids DHDN PD DE 1995 lt 5m Rauenberg Bessel ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int 42 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 MGI AT CZ Hermannskogel Bessel NTF FR Paris Pantheon Clarke IGN RD NAP NL Amersfoort Bessel CH1903 CH LI 1993 Zimmerwald Bessel RD 83 DE new states lt 1m
161. as the GPS positions but could provide valuable supplementary information This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 51 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace Argos Telnet Server Telnet Host angosseryver cls fr Port 23 Argos Username mustermann Argos Password Handling of positions Fa i Auto Export F t Store Argos positions non GFS ulo Esport Formats F ASCII GPX Merge positions automatically F Spreadsheet E KMZ Google Earth L E sport data automatically OBase Table ETS Auto mail received positions Figure 21 Argos tab sheet Merge positions automatically When checked GPS plus will merge all positions of the received collar that have been stored until now to a GDF file The filename will be ArgosXXXXX GDF where XXXXX stands for the collar ID If the file already exists it will be overwritten Export data automatically When checked GPS Plus will export the merged GDF file to an export file of the selected format The filename will be then same as the GDF file except for the extension which is depending on the format If the file already exists it will be overwritten Export Format This defines which export format is used if the Export data automatically option is selected XML formats BTX KML GPX are
162. ate 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace SMS Inbox Contains files received as GSM messages but could not be identified as Position messages SMS Outbox Contains files to be sent as GSM messages Keys Contains key files and collar upgrade files of collars FTDI contains driver files for Link Manager and Handheld Terminals List of file extensions used ADF Activity Data File Coded activity data from collar or handheld including activity and temperature The file name consists of the collar number and the time stamp of the SMS coded as yymmddhhmmss BREF Beacon Rules File Rules for both VHF beacon schedule E Collar Configuration File Contains the configuration schedules communication configuration activity mode for the collar COL Collar Firmware File Contains firmware for collars GDF GPS Data File Binary coded GPS fix data from collar handheld or GSM ground station including main battery voltage VHF beacon battery voltage and temperature The file name consists of the collar number and the time stamp of the SMS coded as yymmddhhmmss GRF GPS Rules File Rules for GPS schedule KEY Collar Key File Contains a key for one collar needed to register a collar in the GPS PLUS Collar Manager and manage its data PRX Proximity Sensor Data Contains data from proximity sensor including signal strength and time stamp OMS GSM Message File Contains one GSM or part of a Globalstar Iridium message wit
163. ation Failed Could not send Command The program failed to send a command to the terminal via the USB Collar Interface Wrong Echo from Collar expected value lt gt received value The sent character was expected to be echoed but the echo differed from it This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 168 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Collar Interface Could not close serial interface or Could not set buffer size or Could not set communication settings or Could not set flow control settings or Could not set timeout parameters or Could not use this Serial Port or Unknown interface ID These are errors resulting from initialising the communication interface of the Collar Link Manager The program was not able to open the serial port This can be due to several reasons The port you tried is already in use or the port does not exist on your computer The messaged are intended to help VECTRONIC with debugging Collar Status Could not re establish serial USB route To monitor the collar status via the USB interface it is necessary to configure the Link Manager to route the data through This connection has to be automatically re established if no data is received within approx 20 seconds Close and reopen the status form Collar
164. ation was successful t Configure Destination Address SEE ra to configure Original Destination Address 65535 O 49170123456789 70123456709 Hew Destination Address 497 FO9R 654521 Figure 84 Configure Destination Address directly in the collar 4 4 3 10 SMS Reception Delay GSM collars only By default the collar s GSM modem will switch on to send an SMS listen to incoming messages immediately after all SMS have been sent and switch off again To increase the chance that the collar can receive new schedules or commands in real time immediately after it has transmitted the GPS location you can delay the interval for SMS reception You can change the SMS Reception Delay in steps of eight seconds The modem will stay switched on for this time to listen Please note that the SMS reception delay will shorten the lifetime of your collar Confiure SM Reception Delay OS SMS Reception Delay Delay before receiving SMS 160s oh Figure 85 Configuration of SMS Reception Delay 4 4 3 11 Argos Transmitter Configuring the Argos transmitter includes the following values Argos Channel This is the frequency of your collar s Argos transmitter for location and transmission services via Argos The frequency is provided by Argos Argos ID This is the hexadecimal identification code of your collars Argos transmitter Everywhere else in the program the decimal ID code is used It is provided by Argos This design is t
165. b sheet is checked while the Incoming Mail Server will only be active if the Mail Reception Subsystem is registered and Enable SMS EMail Reception is checked This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 47 1235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace Outgoing Mail Server SMTP Hast TheSmtpS ernver com Fort SMTP User ID J51234 SMTP Password Reply Address John Smitha ohnSmithsD oman com Return Path John Smithil ohn mithsD oman com Authentication Auto Select Max Connections Enable SMS EMail Reception Incoming Mail Server POPS Host Pot POPS User ID POPS Password Delete read data messages from server Figure 17 Mail Server tab sheet with dummy data as example SMTP Host Name of your SMTP Host SMTP Port May be left blank since most SMTP hosts use the default port only few will use a different port SMTP User ID and SMTP Password applies only for hosts that require SMTP Authentication If your Internet Service Provider does not use authentication leave this fields empty SMTP Password will display an asterisk for every character typed in it The Reply Address field should contain a valid email address where the recipient can reply to and get in contact with you It is not necessary to enter an address here but it is strongly
166. between 1 and 60 S Letter for a strip of the geographical latitude X Letter for a 100 km field in east direction y Letter for a 100 km field in north direction e Kilometre and meter portion in east direction Easting This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 214 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace n Kilometre and meter portion in north direction Northing The number of the e and n components can vary both components must have the same number of digits British and Irish national Grid aaeeeeennnnn a Letters representing a 100 km square field e Kilometre and meter portion in east direction inside a 100 km field n Kilometre and meter portion in north direction inside a 100 km field The number of the e and n components can vary but both components must have the same count of digits GEOREF code aabbnnmm a Letters for the marking of a 15 degree large net area b Letters for the marking of a 1 degree small range of the large net area n Digits for the marking of the minute portion of the geographical longitude m Digits for the marking of the minute portion of the geographical latitude The number of the n and m components can vary but both components must have the same count of digits QTH Code aannbb a Letters for the marking of a l
167. blished the command will be aborted After connection has been established the main window for the download will appear see Figure 136 Receive Terminal GPS Schedules Figure 137 Receive Terminal GPS Schedules main window Now data from all slots will be read and stored in a file in the Schedule Files directory as TerminalGPSSchedules txt The file contains as many entries as there are slots available in the Handheld Terminal and every entry contains a rule based schedule or if it is empty will be marked as empty see Figure 137 for an exemplary excerpt Slot 0 Collar 65535 12 2006 12 2007 00 11 00 00 13 00 00 15 00 00 17 00 00 04 2007 08 2007 00 07 00 00 19 00 00 20 00 00 12 2007 12 2007 00 22100200 4 01 00 00 12 2007 12 2008 00 18 00 00 amp 06 15 00 Slot 1 Collar 65534 rules not active Slot 15 no collar rules not active Figure 138 Terminal GPS schedules file example Figure 138 shows the begin of the file starting with slot O containing the schedule of collar 65535 The next entry is Slot 1 containing the schedule which is in this case not active of collar 65534 and so on until slot 15 which has no collar associated with it and therefore no active schedule 6 1 8 Receive VHF Beacons Schedules This command is almost identical to 6 1 7 Receive GPS Schedules but the file will be is stored as TerminalVHFSchedules txt This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aero
168. c No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace Remove double entries If checked position double entries in GDF files will be removed from the exported data Remove invalid entries If checked invalid positions in the GDF files will be removed from the exported data Write to data exchange If checked all incoming data will be written also to the data exchange directory for use by other programs The data exchange directory s name is DataExchange and it is located in the Base Data Path TCP IP This allows you to send position messages you received over TCP IP to the given host server and port A NMEA style position message will be generated and send if this option is selected The message is a special message used by the TouraTech QV Software to receive and display position data automatically on a map The message itself has the format shown in Figure 24 eOVPOs Xyz 0 170804 121500 50 5994 7 7 11965 50 1 100 1204764 Field Number fields separated by COMMA 0 SQVPOS 1 Sender ID String Name of sender if present will be used as Sender ID in QV 2 Status Number currently always 0 3 UTC Date ddmmyy UTC Time hhmmss s Latitude decimal wgs84 south is negative Longitude decimal wgs84 west is negative True course Degree Altitude Meter Speed km h 0 XX NMEFA Checksum 4 5 6 7 8 z ii Figure 24 Description of QVPOS message KML Clamp to ground If checked
169. cation Daily end time UTC or LMT depending on UTC correction of the UHF or VHF Data Communication Gain voltage of the power amplifier if main battery is used Frequency in MHz from Handheld Terminal to collar Frequency in MHz from collar to Handheld Terminal Frequency in MHz of the VHF beacon only information defined by hardware This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 184 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace GSM Mode Transmission Mode 0 No External Communication Module 1 7 fixes per SMS 7 bit no repetition 6 bit retry 7 fixes per SMS 7 bit repetition 10x 6 bit retry fix per SMS 7 bit 6 bit retry 6 fixes per SMS 6 bit no repetition 8 fixes per SMS 8 bit retry 5 6 fixes per SMS 6 bit repetition 10x 6 1 fix per SMS 6 bit retry 7 5 fixes per SMS header 6 bit repetition 10x 8 9 A WO N 4 fixes per SMS header 6 bit repetition 10x 3 fixes per SMS header 6 bit repetition 10x 10 2 fixes per SMS header 6 bit repetition 10x 11 1 fix per SMS header 6 bit repetition 10x Destination Address Phone Number to which the SMS will be transmitted Pin Pin Number of GSM SIM card SMS Count Number of data blocks waiting for SMS delivery if
170. cator RT R12 Lule kkkkmmm wedish Transversal Mercator Coord 13 35 kkkkmmm wedish UTM Coordinates zone 33 kkkkmmm eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec ddmmss eographic coordinates Greenwich deg eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min ddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS TM coordinates northern hemisphere kkkkmmm Oloo p pL LLL 9 O 2 e D lt omen D 3 O O witzerland CH wiss grid coordinates LV95 kkkkmmm wiss grid coordinates LV03 kkkmmm wiss grid coordinates Old Grid kkkmmm eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec ddmmss Q ok eographic coordinates Greenwich deg UTM coordinates northern hemisphere kkkkmmm ORTH AMERICAN International Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich gon ggg UTM coordinates southern hemisphere UTMref MGRS coordinates zzsxyeeeeennnnn Cd GEOREF Code Aircraft Navigation aaaannnnnnnn QTH Code Maidenhead Z Z aama NORTH AMERICAN Multinational S National Atlas Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area kkkkmmm kkkkmmm Canada Mean Territory CA Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinate
171. ce Receive Virtual Fence ti Get Mortality Events ffs Erase Mortality Events d gr Get Proximity Events Es Erase Proximity Events Upload GPS Data File Upload Activity Data File Memory Bank Backup Memory Bank Restore Link Manager Telemetry Terminal Firmware Update 04 05 2011 Figure 156 Main window with Commands menu open Terminal mode 7 4 1 Terminal Telemetry This command is identical to 6 4 1 Terminal Telemetry Please refer to this description 7 4 2 Configure This command is equivalent to 7 4 2 Configure This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 157 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 4 3 Manage Data This command allows you to configure the Handheld Terminal for field work and retrieve data after collecting it from the collars in the field Manage Terminal Data Sel List Download Erase Extra Ej T EM ER ED i Collar Firmware GPS Activity Mortality 65530 N A N A N A 65531 N A N A N A N A 65532 N A N A N A N A 65533 N A N A N A N A 65534 1 N A N A 9365535 5 7 N A a e Figure 157 Manage Terminal Data form The form contains main menu toolbar collar list and status bar The list contains all collars that are already registered in the terminal It shows the
172. ce Collection you can see the number of fence the overall number of posts and the number of bytes the Fence Collection will need For the GPS schedule the number of rules and the number of bytes needed is shown see Figure 96 The maximum number of bytes for a Fence Collection is 385 bytes and 490 bytes for the associated GPS schedule Upload Virtual Fences Virtual Fence Valid fence 2 fences with 22 posts size 147 bytes Schedule Figure 96 Upload Virtual Fences dialog with loaded files This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 108 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 10 Receive Virtual Fence To read the Virtual Fence currently active on a collar use the Receive Virtual Fence command It will request the files names of the Virtual Fence Collection and the associated GPS schedule You can then view them with the Virtual Fence Editor and the Schedule Editor accordingly 4 4 11 Clear Virtual Fence To disable the virtual fence function you need to clear the Virtual Fence Collection and its associated GPS schedule The Virtual Fence Collection will be erased immediately with this command no confirmation will be requested 4 4 12 Get All Data This command is equivalent to 4 2 1 Get Fix Data 4 3 1 Get Activity Data and 4 4 1
173. chedule for this collar has been uploaded to the terminal from your computer an information block for this collar is created The status message no collar information block available means that though the collar has been registered on the terminal there is no data or information stored on the terminal yet This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 153 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ies VECTRONIC Aerospace If rules not active is shown an information block is available on the terminal for the collar but no GPS schedule has been saved This would be the case e g if data have been downloaded from the collar but no schedule has been saved on the terminal 7 1 9 Receive VHF Beacons Schedule This command is almost identical to 7 1 6 Receive GPS Schedules Only the filename differs The file is stored as TerminalVHFSchedules txt 7 1 10 Receive Proximity Schedules Handheld Terminal firmware 2 3 1 or higher This command is equivalent to 7 1 8 Receive GPS Schedule The file is stored as TerminalProximitySchedules txt Note Proximity schedules will be stored with the same file name as standard GPS schedules so please change the name of the file including the standard GPS schedules 7 1 11 Receive GSM Iridium Schedules Handheld Terminal firmware 2 3 1 or higher This comm
174. cncsdnncmeuessessaeessuecunnvesecesssatneminsoasuanieeces 107 Upload Virtual Fences dialog with loaded files 20 0 0 eeeeeesecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 108 Mortality EVents WiINdOW seciessesucssiccsecans snr RE EEE E EEES 110 Sample proximity data TANS escerai E Ee 110 GPS Data main WAT LOY otis oat secant e a E A E A E 111 Firmware Update window essesssseoeerssssssseseerrssssssssceeressssssseerrrsssssssseereessss 112 Link manager telemetry window cccsseessecccccceeeeeeeeseeccceeeeeaeaeeseeeceeeeeeaaeeesees 113 Main window with Com Port menu open in Collar mode cc eeeeeeeeeeeees 114 Main window in GSM Base Station Mode with Received SMS window left 115 Main window with Schedule menu open GPS Base Station mode 115 Selection Of transmission media cc ceeeeseeeeeeeesseeeeceececeececeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeeeeeeeees 116 Send GPS Schedule window when using a GSM modem cccccceeeeeeeeeees 117 Send GSM Schedule window when using a GSM modem ccccceeeeeeees 118 Main window with GPS menu GPS Base Station mode 119 Get SMS Messages window after initialisation ccccccccccsssseeeeeeceeeeeeeaeeeeees 120 Data Reception form while starting Read SMS currently reading first message E E E lt qietoreete vacuo dnietateatcueesecquevoreeteueese ed orecestcences 120 Data Reception form after Read SMS is finished cc eeeeccecceeeeceeeeeeseeeeeees 120 Received
175. collar ID the firmware version and the number of pages with GPS Activity and Mortality data retrieved from the collar via RF You can execute commands on selected collars To select a collar just click on 1t To select multiple collars use Shift to mark a range and to add single collars to other selected collars 7 4 3 1 List Reload List E This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It reads all collar information from the terminal No sensor data will be transmitted A form will open listing all collars registered in GPS Plus on how to register a collar see 3 1 6 Collar List Select the collars you want to use and press OK The collars will then be configured in the terminal and the list will be reloaded 7 4 3 2 List Add Collar s m This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It allows you to add one or more collars to the terminal A form will open listing all collars registered in GPS Plus on how to register a collar see 3 1 6 Collar List Select the collars you want to use and press the OK button The collars will then be configured in the terminal and the list will be reloaded 7 4 3 3 List Remove Collar s This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It allows you to remove collars from the terminal Note This will also erase the data of these collars from the terminal There is no way of restoring these data
176. collar will force the collar to stay in standby mode but will not put it directly in standby mode You can monitor the status in the status window see 4 4 4 Collar Status and wait until the collar is in standby mode Collar Interface Could not connect to Link Manager Invalid Handle or Device Not Found or Device Not Opened or General IO Error or Insufficient Resources or Invalid Parameter The program failed to connect to the Link Manager via USB If the Link Manager was not found but is connected you should disconnect the Link Manager and close the program Then re connect it and start GPS Plus again Collar Interface CRC was not correct Read EEPROM Byte was not successful The data received by the program was inconsistent This is mostly due to a transmission error on the serial line Just try again Collar Interface CRC was not correct Read Firmware Page was not successful The data received by the program was inconsistent This is mostly due to a transmission error on the serial line Just try again Collar Interface CRC was not correct Read Flash Page was not successful The data received by the program was inconsistent This is mostly due to a transmission error on the serial line Just try again Collar Interface CRC was not correct Transfer was not successful The data received by the program was inconsistent This is mostly due to a transmission error on the serial line Just try again Collar Interface No cont
177. d VECTRONIC Aerospace 46 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace GSM Store received SMS as PDU Any SMS message that cannot be identified as a collar SMS message will be stored as a PDU file with the extension SMS if this box 1s checked The format is the same as the files from the GSM modem in PDU mode GSM Rename after sending The extension of every sent SMS message will be renamed if this radio button is selected There are two types of extensions TSM and PSM On success they will be renamed to TS and PS respectively On failure the extensions will be TS and PS GSM Delete after sending The file of any SMS message that has been sent will be deleted if this radio button is selected Email Merge SMS messages automatically Enabling this option will merge any collar SMS message received by email regardless if it has been received in autoread mode or not with all other SMS messages of the same collar stored as a file to an automatically created file The file name will be GSMxxxxx GDF where xxxxx is the collar ID All in the SMS directory existing SMS message files of this collar will be merged and their data sorted chronologically The resulting file will be stored in the GPS Data directory based on the base data path see Misc tab sheet Email Export data automatically This option can only be activated if the proceeding merge opti
178. d GSM Collar GSM Mode Destination Collar s SM5 Coding Oe Seven Bit 12004044 seven Bit 491525698524 seven bit 49 1523594568 seven bit Figure 119 Configure GSM Mode via GSM GSM mode defines how many data sets are transmitted with one SMS message and what kind of coding is used 6 bit or 7 bit Changing the coding can make your collar incompatible with your GSM provider The program will warn you if you are about to change the coding Changing the number of fixes per SMS may degrade the lifetime of your collar since less data sets per SMS will lead to more SMS messages which will consume more power However less data sets per message will also lead to a faster update on the collar s position 5 3 5 Configure Iridium Mode This command allows you to change the Iridium mode of your collars via Iridium An email is sent to the Iridium Service centre and from there forwarded to the collar Iridium mode defines how many data sets are transmitted with one Iridium message Changing the number of fixes per message may degrade the lifetime of your collar since less data sets per message will lead to more messages which will consume more power However less data sets per message will also lead to a faster update on the collar s position This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 128 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx
179. d duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 28 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date mane VECTRONIC Aerospace 2 4 Base Data Path differences in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Due to User Access Control UAC in Windows Vista and Windows 7 GPS Plus is not allowed to write data into the folder in which it has been installed as has been the case with older Windows versions program files GPS_Plus Instead data are stored in the Virtual Store C Users USERNAME AppData Local VirtualStore Program Files GPS_Plus The Virtual Store folder is configured to be hidden in Windows and cannot be seen by the user from the windows file explorer or GPS Plus in the standard configuration of windows To access the Virtual Store folder open the Windows control panel and doubleclick on Folder Options or if you are in the category view Appearance and Personalization and then Folder Options In the next dialog select the view tab Figure 2 In the lower part of this tab locate the Hidden files and folders option in the Advanced settings and select Show hidden files and folders Click OK on the Folder Options dialog Now all hidden files and folders are visible in the windows explorer Folder views ou can apply the view such as Details or Tiles that pou are using for this folder to all folders Reset All Folders
180. data progress bar window cccccccssssssseecccceeeaeeeeseeecceeeeeaaaeaesseeeeees T11 GPS Data ASCH Export window sssseeeesssssssseeersssssssecerrsssssssscerrrssssssseereesssssseees 78 GPS ASCII Export file listing example ce eeccseecccccceeeesseseeccccessseeesseeeeeees 81 GPS Data Viewer with TIC Open vaccscssccncdtosssieseeanceqatoneacapetncaediwecasiisesanesassenesteninaess 82 Position chart window with empty chart cccccccccccccceceesseeeeeceeeceeeaeeeseeeeeeeeeeaaas 83 Position chart with loaded position data Data is displayed in degrees and with lines connecting position points ssssssseseeerssssssssoterrssssssseeeressssssseeeresssssseseeeeeo 84 Position chart with loaded position data and position info for one point Data is displayed in kilometres and without lines ccccccccccessseeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeseeseceeeeeeaaas 84 First request for confirmation of erasing fix data eeeeeeseessssssssseeeeeerrrreesssssssssss 84 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 21 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date Figure 60 Figure 61 Figure 62 Figure 63 Figure 64 Figure 65 Figure 66 Figure 67 Figure 68 Figure 69 Figure 70 Figure 71 Figure 72 Figure 73 Figure 74 Figure 75 Figure 76 Figure 77 Figure 78 Figure 79
181. date and time of the corresponding measurement in a grey box above to the right of the point Just click once anywhere on the chart to make it disappear From the file menu you can easily save the chart as a Windows Meta File or a Bitmap Printing is even easier Just press Print in the file menu and the chart will be printed in landscape on a selectable printer You can zoom in by rolling the mouse wheel upwards or by left clicking and dragging a square in the chart it is important to click and drag from top left to bottom right To zoom out roll the mouse wheel downwards or left click and drag left and down then release The chart will then be shown in its first appearance Right clicking and dragging moves the chart data Right clicking only presents a pop up menu with zoom in zoom out and zoom all to choose from These commands are also visible in the view menu Position Chart m Ed Position in Degrees 0 00000 0 00000 0 00000 0 00000 0 00000 D a ees fe ey ae te ee a ee ee ee en te ee SS 8 Se Se ee a eS ee l Please Load File 0 00000 0 00000 0 00000 0 00000 0 00000 Figure 56 Position chart window with empty chart Also in the view menu you can choose the chart units You can view the chart in degrees Figure 57 showing the position in red colour or in kilometres Figure 58 which displays it in green The view in kilometres is only an approximation This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unautho
182. dated Consider validated as the best fix quality you can get Sats used Number of satellites used for the fix Sat No C No Channels of the GPS receiver with two columns each containing the satellite number and the carrier to noise value in dBHz Clock Offset Differential GPS clock offset of receiver Pseudo 01 to 12 Differential GPS pseudo ranges for each receiver channel one satellite per channel corresponds to Sat No C No Main Voltage of the main battery in Volts This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 79 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace Beacon Voltage of the beacon battery in Volts Temp Temperature of the collar This is not necessarily the ambient temperature since the animal and or the sun will warm up the collar Transformed Coordinates One or two columns The headings may vary depending on the coordinate system selected There may be one or two ordinates If there is only one transformed coordinate every six or seventh datasets then you probably have no GeoDLL license Please contact VECTRONIC Aerospace to purchase this license Remarks This field is always at the last position It cannot be disabled and its length may vary At the moment it contains messages concerning only the coordinate transformation This design is th
183. dinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd ddmm SSSSSS eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS USA Michigan US Ml US SPCS 1927 2112 Michigan central Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 2102 Michigan central Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 2111 Michigan north Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 2113 Michigan south Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 2103 Michigan west Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Minnesota US MN US SPCS 1983 2203 Minnesota south Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 2203 Minnesota south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Mississippi US MS US SPCS 1927 2301 Mississippi east Mercator coord US SPCS 1983 2302 Mississippi west Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 207
184. ding Jooo11 4491231231234 Sevenit Noni C 00012 4491231231235 Sevenit 00013 491231231236 Seven Bit Toggle _ 00014 491231231237 seven bit 1 4 Figure 132 Dialog for clearing virtual fences via GSM 5 3 11 Clear Virtual Fence via Iridium This command is similar to the GSM version see 0 Clear Virtual Fence via GSM except that you can clear the virtual fence of an Iridium collar 5 3 12 Set Pin This command allows setting the PIN Code of the SIM Card in a GSM collar Entering the PIN will only show an asterisk for each character entered The Pin will be send to the GSM modem Jf sim pin immediately after clicking on OK It will also be stored and used in the Read Messages and the GSM Status command The modem Command used is AT CPIN lt SIM_ PIN STRING gt If the no Pin is needed for your SIM card it will not be set regardless of Figure 133 Set Pin window what you enter Set PIN This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 36 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 4 Com Port Menu GPS Plus 4 di CoML Baud Rate 115200 14 05 2007 10 58UTC GSMBase IF COM1 Figure 134 Main window with Com Port menu open GPS Base Station mode This is very similar to 4 5 Com Port Menu Please refer to this de
185. down of erasing fix data Figure 59 First request for confirmation of erasing fix data Once the countdown is over there is no way of stopping any more A Window will pop up while waiting for the connection with the collar If no connection could be established the message will change to Connection could not be established or Erasing GPS memory NOT successful and the OK button will be enabled so that the window can be closed Otherwise the Text will Change to Erasing GPS Memory until the data is erased Then the OK button will be enabled and you can close the window This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 84 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 3 Activity Menu In the Activity menu commands concerning the measured temperature and activity sensors of the collar are available Ela Elf Get Activity Data a Export View Data Show Chart fey Erase Activity Data 21 06 2011 16 06 UTC Figure 61 Main window with activity menu open in Collar mode 4 3 1 Get Activity Data a This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This command will download the Activity Sensor and temperature data recorded in the collar A Window will pop up while waiting for the connection with the col
186. e 51 while waiting for the connection with the collar If no connection can be established the command will be aborted Get Fix Data Waiting for connection for max 16s Figure 51 Wait for connection window After connection has been established a Save file dialog will appear in which you can select a file name to store the position data as GDF GPS data file file by default it will be stored in the folder GPS_Plus GPS Data based on the base data path and the default file name will be GPS Collarxxxxx YYMMDDHHMMSS GDF where xxxxx is the 5 digit collar ID followed by year Y month M day D hour H minute M and second S of export Then the main window for the download will appear see Figure 52 The progress bar will not start immediately after the window appeared Depending on the number of measurements stored in the collar the download can take up to several minutes If you choose to cancel the download all data received until this moment will be stored in the file Reading GPS Data Figure 52 Reading GPS data progress bar window 4 2 2 Export GPS Data s This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown left It is rather a conversion than an export because the source is always an already stored position data file Position Data can be exported to the following formats e ASCII Table has equal sized number of characters fields for every row and thus can easily be read by humans
187. e UTC Universal Time Coordinated or any other LMT Local Mean Time The selection of UTC or LMT is done with the UTC correction inside the collar Collar Mode Commands gt Collar Configuration gt UTC Correction refer to 4 4 3 1 Time UTC Correction Please check that the programmed times and the UTC correction correspond to obtain the correct times for GPS measurements As you can see in Figure 33 the scheduler has a menu a toolbar with buttons and an area displaying a list containing the defined rules In the example there are already four rules defined 4 1 1 1 Clearing Loading and Saving a Schedule These commands can all be reached via the tool bar or the main menu They are valid for all schedules in the Schedule menu F To clear the current scheduler click on the clear button or select Clear Schedule from the file menu This will erase all rules and clear the file name All changes made to the schedule will be lost This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 62 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 To load a schedule simply click on the open button or select Load Schedule from the file menu An open file dialog will open in which you can select an appropriate schedule file To save a schedule click on the save button or select
188. e buttons on the right SelectAll selects all messages Clear All unselects all messages and Invert Selection unselects all which were marked and selects all unmarked If you click on one message all other messages will be deselected If you hold down you can mark a range of messages By holding down you can mark several single messages After you have selected the messages you want to merged start merging with pressing Merge A save file dialog will open up with an optional file name which you can change If the file name already exists you will be prompted for a confirmation Otherwise a progress bar will open while the messages are merged Since merging is very fast you might only notice a short blink instead of seeing the progress bar With a ding sound merging is finished The data of the selected message files are now in one data file You can now export this file with Export ASCII Spreadsheet commands or view it in a chart with the Show Chart Alternatively to merging only data of one collar at a time you can also merge all available data with one click Merge All Messages for every Collar will merge all SMS files into separate files for each collar with automatically generated file names GSMxxxxx GDF Merge SMS Messages Collar ID Ser No 65535 Select All Messages from this Collar Collar65535 051212180522 SMS Collar65535_ 070301165744 SMS Collar65535 070302095349 SMS Invert Selection Collar65535_070308130135 5MS
189. e features Mortality and hibernation sensor activity sensor collar UTC correction VHF beacon sound pattern RF transmitter window and communication parameter In the Collar Configuration menu you can read the current configuration and change it This will only work with registered collars After changing configurations we advise to save a Collar Information file with Save Collar Information see 4 4 7 It summarises all current settings of the collar and is a valuable information while the collar is on the animal or if you want to communicate with VECTRONIC about problems with a collar s performance You can refresh the current settings reading from the collar at any time by clicking the read button and write new settings with the write button Only the features available with your collar will be enabled The others will be disabled and are thus not changeable 4 4 3 1 Time UTC correction For technical reasons the collars will always run on UTC Universal Time Code which is also used by the GPS satellite system You can enable the collar to calculate schedules with UTC Correction Figure 75 In this case you can program the schedules in LMT Local Mean Time and the collar will correct the times according to the user defined UTC correction If you do not enable this option UTC will be used Configure Collar UTC Correction Time Enable Collar UTC Correction Correction Term 02 00 Figure 75 Configuration of UTC Correcti
190. e property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 80 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx hibited r_V3 10 docx 60 0SS7ZS 876 6ZTEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ZO806GTZ B8ETEPLEZ OT8ZPOEZ PIZEZTIOZ EZEZELEZ 000000866 0 P90 0SSZZS ZZI OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8SS06STZ 996SEPLEZ G66LTVOET 66977902 SSOS6LEZ 000000866 0 60 0SSZZS 99 OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ELOOTSTZ LGOPPLEZ OGLOVOEZ 98T9Z90Z 68LL6LEZ 000000866 0 LEO OSSZZS 90h OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 E9GELOTZ 8P6ELOSTIZ 6IGPPLEZ Z8L6EOEZ ELYLZINOZ ZZG008EZ 000000866 0 ZE0 0SS272S 6 OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 QLETLOTZ PZ8SOSTIZ 86PPLEZ LLLBEOEZ T9T6Z90Z FSZEOBEZ 0000008660 ZE0 0SS272S 6 OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 68169617 TOLEOGTZ 9PPSPLEZ ZLLLEODEZ 6h90E90Z L86SO8EZ 000000866 0 LZO OSSZZS I8E OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 POOL96TZ T8STOSTZ PI6SPLEZ OLLOYEDEZ GETZE9OZ TZL808EZ 000000866 0 LZO OSSZZS I8E OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 TZ8P96TZ O9P66PIZ E8E9PLEZ OLLGSEDEZ TE9EE9OZ SGSPIT8EZ 0000008660 Z00 0SS27S 89 OE TEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 6E9Z96IZ OPELGPIZ PS89PLEZ ILLPEOEZ PZTSEIDZ OG6THT8EZ 000000866 0 ZZO 0SS22S 89 OE TEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 6SPO96IZ TZZGS6VIZ LZELPLEZ PLLEEOEZ 8I99E90Z PZE9TBEZ 000000866 0 Q ZZO OSSZZS 89 OETEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 8LZ8S6IZ GOTE6PIZ ZO8L YLEZ OB8LZEDEZ PIT8E90Z 0996T8EZ 000000866 0 L66 6PSZZS 9SE OETEET 0 0 0 0 0 0 6609S6TZ O06606FTZ O8Z8PLEZ L8LIEOEZ Z
191. ed VECTRONIC Aerospace 162 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 4 5 Save Terminal Information With this command you can easily store all configuration data of the connected Handheld Terminal After connection has been established a Save File dialog will open You can change the default name and path to your needs An example of such a file is given in Figure 160 Information file of Terminal 00229 Date of Readout 23 06 2011 09 16 42 Terminal Date UTC Terminal Time UTC Serial Number Software Version Software Date Hardware Version Production Date 2007 Uplink Frequency 441 000 MHz Downlink Frequency 441 000 MHz Mark Positions False Figure 160 Terminal Information file 7 4 6 Edit Virtual Fence This command will open the Virtual Fence editor It is equivalent to 4 4 8 Edit Virtual Fence 7 4 7 Send Virtual Fence This command will send a Virtual Fence Collection VFC to the Handheld Terminal to send it to a collar It is equivalent to 4 4 9 Send Virtual Fence 7 4 8 Receive Virtual Fence This command will read a Virtual Fence Collection VFC stored on a Handheld Terminal It is equivalent to 4 4 10 Receive Virtual Fence 7 4 9 Get Mortality Events This command will open the Manage Terminal Data form see 7 4 2 7 Read Mortality Data 7 4 10 Erase Mortality Events This command will open the Manage
192. ed error 0 ID 407A87F60 gt gt EHLO GPS Plus ID 07A87F60 gt lt 250 TheSmipServer com ID 07AS7F60 gt lt 250 STARTTLS ID S07A87F60 gt lt 250 AUTH LOGIN PLAIN ID S07A87F60 gt lt 250 AUTH LOGIN PLAIN ID 07A87F60 gt lt 250 PIPELINING ID S07AS7F60 gt lt 250 SIZE 52428800 ID 0 7A87F60 gt lt 250 HELP ID 0 7A87F60 gt gt AUTH LOGIN ID 407A87F60 gt lt 334 VkNiomShbWwU6 ID 207A87F60 gt gt bTcwMzcyMTItMg ID 07A87F60 gt lt 334 UGF2c3dvomQ6 ID 407A87F60 gt gt c2 lzdGVzdA ID 07A87F60 gt lt 235 authentication finished successfully ID 07A87F60 gt gt MAIL FROM lt John Smith JohnSmithsDomain com gt ID 07A87F60 gt lt 250 mail from lt John Smith JohnSmithsDomain com gt ok ID 407A87F60 gt gt RCPT TO lt John Smith JohnSmithsDomain com gt ID 407A87F60 gt lt 250 lt John Smith JohnSmithsDomain com gt ok ID 0 7A87F60 gt gt DATA ID 07A87F60 gt lt 354 Please start mail input ID S07AS7F60 gt gt ID 407A87F60 gt lt 250 Mail queued for delivery ID S07A8 F60 gt gt QUIT ID 07A87F60 gt lt 221 Closing connection Good bye ID S07A87F60 gt gt SMTP session dosed error 0 FPP SPSS SSS SSS SS SSS SSS SSS SHS SSS SSS SSS SS SSS SSS SSS SSS SS FSersssssssss TEST FINISHED SSSeeSSeSS55 RPR SS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SHS SS SSS SS SSS SS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS Figure 18 SMTP test form Enable SMS Email Reception Activates the reception of emails sent by
193. eeeeeeeceeeeeeaaaeesees 100 Configuration of Proximity SONS OP s sesccnrcincedsrecuenenerincedaaadeanaradaceenadsaxanereaccenscaass 100 Configuration of Virtual Fence MeSSage ccccccccsssssssecccceeeeeeeeeseeeeeceeeeeaeaeeeees 101 Configuration Of Position transmission ccccccceeseeesseecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeaeeeeees 102 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 22 1235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date Figure 92 Figure 93 Figure 94 Figure 95 Figure 96 Figure 97 Figure 98 Figure 99 Figure 100 Figure 101 Figure 102 Figure 103 Figure 104 Figure 105 Figure 106 Figure 107 Figure 108 Figure 109 Figure 110 Figure 111 Figure 112 Figure 113 Figure 114 Figure 115 Figure 116 Figure 117 Figure 118 Figure 119 Figure 120 Figure 121 GPS Plus Collar Manager 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Coar SaS OW er E E E A 102 Sample collar information file cc ccessesseeccccecceeeeesseececeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 105 Select collar upgrade file dialog eececeeccccceceeeeeeseeececeeeeeaeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeaeenees 106 Virtual fence collection in editor with two fences UWG and Fence 2 The black lines indicate the fence on the current tab UWG the grey lines indicate ihe tence on the Ol Ner lab PONCE 2 scesves
194. eeeeeeeeeeseseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaaeas 39 Figure 10 Register GSM phone number Globalstar ESN and Iridium Collar ID window 39 Figure 11 Convert SMS to ZIP files form sccccesseccccccccccccseccsssssssseseseseececccceeeeasenanes 40 Tone or ETT O e A E E A E AE 4 Figure 13 Edit collar info form opened with Add Collar left and with Edit Collar right ee I A E A eee 43 Figure 14 Database connections dialogue with two connections defined eeeeesessssssssss 44 Figure 15 Options form with SMS Handling Tab Sheet eeeeesesseeeeeceeeeeeeeeeneaaeees 46 PSU lo SMS stored Soca na E a AA E i E 46 Figure 17 Mail Server tab sheet with dummy data as example ccccccsessesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 48 Fene is SMTP SSE TO e ees EEE ESN S 49 Pare S a a SING CE N E E E E E R E 50 Piare 20 opal ar OSEE a e a E E E E eeaneoeen 5I Figure Zl Arcos taD SNEG E erennere no EES AEE EEEE n 32 Figure 22 Mail Message tab SHECL s cssccanasannceanerecsescwvauensagacannd dide eena Nenes EE ENEE i 53 Figure 23 Export I tab sheet containing general export configurations cccccceeeeeeeeeees 53 Figure 24 Description of QVPOS Message ssssssssstscccccccccssccsssssssssessssssetsccccceecessenens 54 Figure 25 Export II tab sheet containing formatting configuration 2 0 eeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeees 593 Figure 26 Geo Transformation tab sheet with sub tab sheet User Coord System 1 selected 56 Figure 27 S
195. ended information in files changed tion Configuration sample files 17 06 2003 Options form Initial chapter removed options from other command descriptions New features Auto Merge Auto Export Upload GDF ADF New Handheld Terminal Commands Transfer Collar ID s Headings of lists changed 18 28 09 2004 Update figures to new look Added Chapter Registering Subsystems USB Installation Adapted to identifiable USB devices 1 chapter added step by step instructions Changed chapter GSM Collars changed to GSM Collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace Numbers amp Modes content changed to new program version New Chapter Mail Reception New Chapter Options with tab sheet descriptions Export Added database export functionality to all export descriptions Added functionality Drag and Drop functionality for position chart Com en disable Added Communication en disable functionality to Configure Collar Collar Status added two new statuses GSM idle GSM active New Chapter Collar upgrade New Chapter Collar Get All Data New Chapter Collar Erase All Data Extended Tools New look of Collar tools and new command GPS to UART New Chapter Collar Create Collar Upgrade file Ne
196. ents has been partly overwritten and might Figure 45 Send Collar GPS Schedule main window be corrupted If you choose to cancel the transfer it is strongly recommended to restart the upload immediately After a successful upload a reset is send automatically to the collar to initiate the computation of the next measurement This is done without notification so with the next GPS positions check if they have been obtained according to the new schedule You can also read the current collar configuration which includes all schedules see 4 4 7 Save Collar Information Now you can close the upload window 4 1 7 Send VHF Beacon Schedule This command transfers a beacon rules file BRF to the collar and activates the VHF beacon schedule The command is very similar to 4 1 6 Send GPS Schedule Since beacon schedules are always rule based there is no choice of list or rule based schedule This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 72 1235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 1 8 Send Argos Schedule This command transfers an Argos schedule file ARS to the collar and activates the Argos schedule The command is very similar to 4 1 6 Send GPS Schedule Since beacon schedules are always rule based there will be no choice of list or rule based schedule 4 1 9
197. erminal Mode FW before 2 x In this mode the program can be used to read data from a Handheld Terminal and configure it The data can be exported or displayed as a graph 7 1 Schedule Menu These command is identical to 6 1 Schedule Menu Refer to this chapter for reference 7 1 1 Create GPS Schedule This command is identical to 4 1 1 Create GPS Schedule Refer to this chapter for reference 7 1 2 Create Beacon Schedule This command is identical to 4 1 2 Create Beacon Schedule Refer to this chapter for reference 7 1 3 Lifetime Calculation This command is identical to 4 1 5 Refer to this chapter for reference 7 1 4 Send GPS Schedule This command allows you to upload GPS rule files GRF to collars configured on the Handheld Terminal so that you can later send them via RF to the terminal All you have to do is to selected a GPS rule file GRF by clicking on Select and a collar from the terminal s Collar drop down list The list contains all collars configured on the terminal If you do not find the collar ID you need to configure it first see 7 4 2 Manage Data After you have selected the appropriate schedule and collar ID press Send and the schedule will be transferred to the terminal This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 151 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager
198. erospace Send Schedule Schedule Rules are invalid A Time or Date is probably not valid File rules file name A time or date is has not the right format and could not be interpreted Maybe you edited the rules file manually Send Schedule Schedule Rules are invalid There are too many rules or the rules are too long File rules file name You have defined more rules than the device can handle Reduce the rules or try to send schedule as list based schedule Send Schedule Schedule Rules are invalid This beacon schedule contains a discrete Rule File rules file name Beacon files are only allowed to contain cyclic rules Maybe you edited the rules file manually Send Schedule Schedule was NOT programmed This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole process has failed Send Schedule Sending Schedule was successful but Collar Reset failed The schedule data has been successfully sent and activated but the collar has not been reset The schedule will only be used after a reset or a fix either manually or from an old schedule Do a manual collar reset from the commands menu Send Schedule Sorry could not evaluate your GPS schedule status GPS schedule upload will be terminated Your collar is configured to not allow you to change the GPS schedule by yourself Send Schedule Sorry could not evaluate your UTC correction term GPS schedule upload will be terminated The UTC correction ter
199. es Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA American Samoa US AS US SPCS 1927 5300 American Samoa Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg dd This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 202 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai Aak VECTRONIC Aerospace X Notation of 2nd Ordinate ddmm SSSSSS Notation of 1st Ordinate eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS Coordinate System QO USA Arizona US AZ US SPCS 1927 202 Arizona central Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 201 Arizona east Mercator coord US SPCS 1983 203 Arizona west Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 301 Arkansas north Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 301 Arkansas north Lambert coord UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA California US CA US SPCS 1983 401 California I Lambert coordinates
200. etry Command not possible in Terminal mode using USB interface This is only possible with serial interface Link Manager Telemetry can only be done when being in collar mode or not being connected via USB in terminal mode This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 174 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Mail Server Options The value given as SMTP Port is not valid Please enter the port number your SMTP server is using or leave this field open to use the default SMTP port Only numbers are allowed as input in this field The default 25 is assumed 1f no character is entered Manage Terminal Data Failed to read data from Terminal Maybe Terminal was not switched on or not connected The program did not get any data from the terminal Maybe you selected the wrong communication port the terminal was switched of or it was not connected Manage Terminal Data Failed to read data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The data transfer of data from the terminal to the Computer failed You may retry to read the data or cancel the whole operation Manage Terminal Data Failed to send data Do you want to retry sending this data or cancel the transmission The program tried to send data to the terminal and failed Maybe your
201. ext Options Misc Correction UTC LMT replaced by LMT UTC Appendix E Time Correction UTC LMT replaced by LMT Zones UTC GPS Show Chart Added Hide lines file name in caption This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 71235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 o VECTRONIC Aerospace X GSM Status Updated Network information Images and Text GSM Commands Added Configure GSM Mode 06 06 2005 Seer orvenaneed Transformed height removed TCP IP added to miscellaneous tab sheet GPS Data Warmstart coldstart monitor added to caption Removed transformed altitude File header editor Added to configuration menus GSM Configuration Added new item to main GSM menu with two commands file header editor and configure collar via GSM Transformation New Coordinate and Reference systems added to list 19 01 2006 Options Geo transformation tab sheet figure and description region country selector Coordinate Systems Update List New layout simpler This design is the property of This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited __ Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 235 Manual_GPS
202. f the collar option for GSM or Iridium communication is checked This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 70 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 1 6 Send GPS Schedule After a GPS rules file GRF has been f iy Send Collar GPS Schedule created it can be converted and loaded into a collar with the Send GPS Schedule command It is strongly recommended that you deactivate the collar for this command by attaching the magnet to the collar i Select File 2 Stunden GRF Ready to send In this window shown in Figure 44 you a l Send ee can see what kind of time correction the D all collar is programmed to use Time gives ae Le aoe you information if the collar uses UTC or LMT If it uses UTC then the times in the Scheda Overriew schedule will be interpreted as UTC times If it uses LMT the times will be interpreted as LMT times and corrected by the term given by Correction Collar Time Correction can be changed with the Collar Configuration command Next you have to select a rules file by clicking the Select File button An Open File dialog will open up and you can select a GPS rules file GRF The file will then be loaded and the rules in the file will be converted to an internal event list containing al
203. file list based will automatically be This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 71 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace selected because the memory for a rule based schedule is restricted Only using another smaller rules file will enable you to Finished sending Schedule select rule based again Cance ly Send Collar GPS Schedule After selecting a GRF file the Send button will be enabled Press it to Select File 2 Stunden GRF start the upload process The entries will be gt Collar Time Correction sorted and sent to the collar The text above send Time UTC the progress bar changes first to sorting Schedule Type 3 entries and then to waiting for the Ses ee es ee connection with the collar After connection has been established the upload will start If no connection could be established an error messages will appear Please refer to Appendix A Error messages on error messages Schedule Qverview Now the data will be transmitted This will take up to several minutes for a list based schedule and less than a minute for a rule based schedule In case of a communication error you will be asked if you want to retry or abort Take into account that if data has already been sent the collar s memory for ev
204. from Collar The collar did not answer within time May be there is no device connected Test Writing Flash Command NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed Test Writing Flash Timeout No Data from Collar For every written page the collar transmits the page number The program has not received the expected data within its time limit Update Firmware The Line No line number could not be interpreted line content A line in the selected file is not interpretable by the program Please use another file Upgrade Collar Activation of collar option failed This is a general error after more detailed error message Upgrade Collar The collar for this file is not registered on your computer You can only upgrade collars that are registered on your computer Upgrade Collar The collar key in this file is not correct Please contact customer service Upgrade Collar The ID of the connected collar is not the same as the ID given by the file The upgrade file is not for this collar ID of collar and file must be the same This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 180 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Upgrade Collar The option code was not recognized Please contact customer
205. g min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Canada Quebec CA QUE TM coordinates northern hemisphere sskkkmmm kkkkmmm UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Ss sKKKmmm _ tkkkkmmm Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 201 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Notation of 2nd Ordinate Notation of Coordinate System 1st Ordinate I Q Q Q I Q QO eographic coordinates Greenwich deo Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm ddmm Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS SSSSSS UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min USA Alabama US AL US SPCS 1983 101 Alabama east Mercator coord US SPCS 1983 102 Alabama west Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 102 Alabama west Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd USA Alaska US AK US SPCS 1927 5009 Alaska 9 Transv Mercator coord UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinat
206. g zeros Phone number A valid phone number starts with a plus sign as international number coding and must have at least four digits which is of course too short to be a real phone number Other than the plus sign in the first position only numerical characters from 0 to 9 are allowed no spaces or hyphens SMS Coding If you enter a phone number a SMS coding scheme has to be selected You can find the coding scheme of your collar on the configuration print outs provided with your collar In any case GPS Plus will recognise the coding scheme of received SMS messages in almost all cases and correct the entry Tridium IMEI The Iridium IMEI is a 15 digit number identifying your collar s Iridium transmitter You can check it via the telemetry of the collar or find it in the collar information file provided with your collar Argos ID The Argos ID is a 7 digit number that uniquely identifies a collar s Argos transmitter and thus the collar You can find it in your Argos documents your collar s telemetry or from the collar s information file provided with your collar Globalstar ESN The Globalstar ESN is a electronic serial number that uniquely identifies a collar s Globalstar transmitter and thus the collar It consists of three parts A manufacturer ID ranging from 0 to 15 a hyphen and a serial number ranging from 0 to 8388607 You can find it in your collar s telemetry or from the collar s information file provided with your collar
207. ger Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace email After clicking on Send you can view how many mails are being processed P and how many are still queued Q in the status bar When a mail transmission has finished or terminated a log of the communication between GPS Plus and the SMTP server lt will be added to the form see Figure 18 If the email does not arrive at the given address this log contains valuable information on where the problem might be 3 1 8 3 Iridium Server Tab Sheet This service is only available for Value Added Resellers For other VECTRONIC customers data are forwarded as email by VECTRONIC Aerospace This tab sheet contains information on incoming mail server used to receive position messages via email from the Iridium Service Enable Iridium EMail Reception Incoming Mail Server POPS Hast IndiunitslohnSrnthsD oman corn Fort POPS Password Delete read data messages from server Outgoing Messages G55 Email Address Cata S6D Iridium com Figure 19 Iridium tab sheet The Incoming Mail Server will only be active if the Mail Reception Subsystem is registered and Enable Iridium Email Reception is checked Enable Iridium Email Reception Activates the reception of emails sent by The Iridium Service this is necessary to separately use GPS Plus and Iridium email reception POP3 Host Name of your POP3 Host which receives the Iridium emails in the field POP3 Port May be left blank
208. ger_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Estonia EE EST97 EE geocentric GRS80 ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 S42 EE Pulkowo Krassowskij 542 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 Finland FI KKJ FI Helsinki Hayford Int ED50 Fl Potsdam Hayford Int ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 France FR RGF93 FR geocentric GRS8O ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 NTF FR Paris Pantheon Clarke IGN ED50 FR Potsdam Hayford Int WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Germany DE ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 DHDN PD DE 1995 lt 5m Rauenberg Bessel DHDN PD DE 2001 lt 3m Rauenberg Bessel DHDN PD DE old states south lt t1m Rauenberg Bessel DHDN PD DE old states middle lt t1m Rauenberg Bessel DHDN PD DE old states north lt tim Rauenberg Bessel 542 83 DE states MV LSA lt 1m Pulkowo Krassowskij RD 83 DE new states lt t1m Rauenberg Bessel PD 83 DE state TH lt 1m Rauenberg Bessel SOLDNER DE state BY lt 1m Munich Laplace 542 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Pot
209. h GPS data The file name consists of the collar number and the time stamp of the SMS coded as yymmddhhmmss STOE Handheld Terminal Configuration File Contains the configuration of the Handheld Terminal TRM Handheld Terminal Firmware File Contains firmware for Handheld Terminal VCF Virtual Fence Collection Coordinates for Virtual Fences IPS PDU SMS file that could not be sent This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 189 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date ls 2 PS acl GPS Plus Collar Manager dale VECTRONIC Aerospace Text SMS file that could not be sent PDU SMS file that was successfully sent Text SMS file that was successfully sent This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 190 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Appendix D Time zones This list is not exhaustive There are too many time zones to show a complete list So it will list only common international time zones ADT a E AKDT Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time o a AT AzoresTime SS d a BST British Summer Time a o iBT Baghdad Time a d 3 CDT Central Daylight Time USA CEST Central European Summe
210. hange whenever you change the mode The toolbar shows only the most important commands of the selected device The device and the corresponding interface are updated in the status bar at the bottom En GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Activity Commands Com Port me PHB NS amp GPS HEE ACT ACT T OE 21 06 2011 15 51UTC Collar l GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Commands Com Port OR oe oto cs Ha S amp GPS s Ga GSH 21 06 2011 15 52UTC amp GSM Base IF COM3 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 1 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ie VECTRONIC Aerospace i GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Activity Commands Com Port o lt E a EM GPS oe GPS BF Ek E te ACT CI 21 06 2011 15 52 UTC H Terminal IF USB Figure 3 Program main window in collar top GSM base centre and terminal mode bottom The different menus except File menu their entries and the toolbar are described in the following chapters corresponding to the devices Collar GSM Base and Handheld Terminal The menus differ between modes though some commands are the same The File menu will never change therefore it is described in this chapter The Activity menu on the other hand disappears completely in GSM Base mode because it is not possible to access activity data via the GSM
211. he displayed memory slot in the This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 147 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Handheld Terminal Be aware that the GPS data in this slot will be overwritten and thus be lost Mortality and Activity data are not affected If you want to upload a GPS Data file for a collar which ID is not in the Used List you first need to reconfigure the terminal and add the collar ID see 6 4 3 Manage Data t Upload GDF Sel Data Directory E SHIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi _TESTGSMES5535 GDF Collar ID Collar65535 GDF b55s4 GShMb5534 GDF G5M65535 GDF Memon Slot 1 Figure 147 Upload GPS Data File GDF form 6 4 8 Upload Activity Data File This command uploads a stored Activity Data File ADF to a Handheld Terminal memory slot It is equivalent to 6 4 7 Upload GPS Data File but with another file extension 6 4 9 Memory Bank Backup With this command you can back up the collar data collected in your Handheld Terminal The command will store the following data to a file All in your terminal available collars all selected collars and their configuration only available if received from a collar and all the collected data A Save File dialog will open You can choose the name yourself but the extension is always M
212. he property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 9 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Repetition Rate Defines the interval in which Argos messages are transmitted You can make suggestion to Argos but they set the value according to an internal optimisation Number of Blocks Defines the number of 32 bit blocks per message This value has to be eight if you are transmitting GPS positions via Argos If you are using location service by Argos adjust to the value provided by Argos GPS Triplet Buffer Size Defines the size of a ring buffer storing the last multiple of three GPS positions scheduled for transmission via Argos Configure Collar Argos ito Argos Transmitter ARGOS ID Hex 0A316DE1 Channel 55 401 638 MHz Repetition Rate s Number of Blocks GPS Triplet Buffer Size Figure 86 Configuration of Argos transmission 4 4 3 12 Globalstar You can configure two parameters of the Globalstar communication Transmission Mode Defines how many fixes are being transmitted Mode 0 means that every fix is transmitted while for example mode 3 means that only every fourth fix is transmitted The remaining fixes can be downloaded after retrieving the collar or with the VHF data communication if available in the collar Fixes per Message Defines how many fi
213. he whole restore process and the lower the progress of the current memory slot containing the data of one collar Since the terminal can be equipped either with one or two memory banks it may happen that you want to restore a backup of two banks into a terminal with only one or vice versa The program will recognise that and warn you You may then continue or cancel the restore process If you are trying to restore a one bank file to a two bank terminal only bank one will be overwritten This may lead to double entries of one collar In this case only the first entry in bank one will be used when downloading data via RF from a collar to the terminal The second entry will still be available for data download from the terminal to the PC Be aware that the Used Collars list will be overwritten completely This may bring collars into the Used Collars list although they are not in the Selected Collars list You can continue to use the collars in the Used Collars list even if they are not in the Selected Collars list but if you remove them from the Used Collars list you need to configure them again via the GPS Plus software If you try to restore a two bank file to a one bank terminal only the first 16 entries first bank of the file will be restored and only bank one in the terminal will be overwritten You will not be able to restore all data of a two bank file to a one bank terminal Restore of one memory bank takes 2 hours using USB Restoring
214. hen select the duration of the loop This is the repetition Figure 39 Add Period dialog Loop Duration in which the transmission will be defined and repeated The duration is given in days and hours minutes and seconds to provide maximum flexibility in defining transmissions 4 1 3 2 Editing a Period gA To edit an existing period click on the Edit Period toolbar button or select Edit Period from the Periods menu Before the edit dialog opens which is similar to the Add Period dialog a warning will be displayed This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 66 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace WARNING This will erase the corresponding loop information to prevent inconsistencies within the loop Do you really want to do this If you choose to continue you will lose the loop information of the period you will be editing 4 1 3 3 Removing a Period To remove a period click on the Remove Period toolbar button or select Remove Period from the Periods menu After a confirmation request the currently selected period will be remove from the list The corresponding loop information will of course also be removed 4 1 3 4 Adding an On Time to a loo Add On Time To add an On Time click on the Add On 5154s Time toolbar button or select Add O
215. here are several tab sheets where the calculation is configured The first tab sheet contains collar specific data The other tab sheets contain schedules for GPS VHF beacon and Argos 4 1 5 1 Collar Tab Sheet There are three groups in this tab sheet Deployment Hardware and Configuration To calculate the lifetime of the batteries you first have to select the general settings on the left Under Deployment select a Collar Activation Date This can be the actual date you plan to deploy the collar or any date that is a good start date for the calculation Under Hardware select the collar type from the first drop down list and the battery type from the second drop down list Depending on the collar type different collar options are available Select all options your collar is equipped with Now you have to select the delivery date of your collar Did you receive your collar before or after 9 July 2004 That was the date when a new beacon transmitter was introduced The program will remember the first three settings Collar Type Battery Type and Delivery Date even after a restart Now you need to select the right collar configuration Depending on your type of collar and communication options different settings will be selectable This information is necessary to calculate a realistic lifetime expectation For details refer to the chapters on collar configuration Fixes per SMS The number of fixes which can be transmitted in one SMS
216. his command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left It will open the Manage Data form see chapter 7 4 3 Manage Data 7 3 2 Export Activity Data G This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left This is ALT t i e e equivalent to 4 3 2 Export Activity Data Please refer to this description 7 3 3 Activity View Data s This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is a equivalent to 4 3 3 Activity View Data Please refer to this description 7 3 4 Activity Show Chart This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is equivalent to 4 3 4 Activity Show Chart Please refer to this description 7 3 5 Erase Activity Data This is equivalent to 7 2 5 Erase Fix Data Please refer to this description This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 156 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ices VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 4 Commands Menu In the Commands menu are commands for the control of the Handheld Terminal and for terminal testing GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Activity eee Com Port Q g Ei phy a g Terminal Telemetry Manage Data Collar Configuration Save Terminal Information Edit Virtual Fence Send Virtual Fen
217. ication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 226 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace USA Idaho US ID NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Illinois US IL NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Indiana US IN NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA lowa US IA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Kansas US KS NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 USA Kentucky US KY NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS8
218. ified You have the choice to cancel the whole process or try to read the block again and continue This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 179 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Terminal Update Firmware Firmware Data is invalid Page page number Do you want to retry sending the data The data send to the device has been verified and found to be not correct You have the choice to cancel the whole process or try to write and verify the block again and continue Terminal Update Firmware Updating the firmware was NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed Test GPS Command NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed Test Transformation input value is not a valid number Please enter a valid number You entered a value that is not valid Only floating point values are allowed as input Test Writing Flash Command NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed Test Reading Flash Command NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed Test Reading Flash Timeout No Data
219. ify you of the reception of a mortality SMS from the collar with the given ID Every ten seconds the program will make a beep sound unless sound is disabled in the Options Misc section Clicking on the panel will clear it and open a window listing all mortality events received since last program start with Collar ID and their time of occurrence The processing of all other messages includes e If selected in the options 3 1 8 1 SMS Handling Tab Sheet the message will be stored as a Text SMS file TSM and or PDU SMS file PSM in the Inbox subdirectory of the SMS directory This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 121 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Emailing is done by the SMTP Send Bot see section SMTP Send Bot which can be made visible by clicking on Show SMTP After processing is completed the message is deleted from the GSM modem memory and the Received SMS List window is updated It may then look like Figure 112 and is only for your information when merging the messages Receved 5M5 X Collar65535 22 Figure 112 Received SMS window with two collar entries The window can now be closed or Read SMS can be pressed again If you had messages stored in all memories we recommend to wait a moment and repeat Read SMS because
220. iginally given in the code other letters are placeholder for numbers YYYY MM DDTHH MM SSZ in which Y year M month D day T time H hour M minute S second Z Zulu time equivalent to UTC The next line node period gives you the settings for the period in which the schedule is active endDate last day on which the schedule is active duration duration of one loop startDate first day on which the schedule is active Date in this line is coded as follows YYYY MM DD description see above duration is coded as P period duration D days T time H hours M minutes S seconds In our example the period has a duration of 3 days 8 hours 0 minutes and 0 seconds The next line gives you the settings for the actual transmission time node onTime during each loop coding as in node period offset time difference between begin of loop and switching on the Argos transmitter duration duration of the time in which the Argos transmitter is switched on For details on the Argos schedule refer to 4 1 3 Create Argos Schedule 4 1 14 Receive GSM Iridium Schedule A save file dialog is opened in which you can select a file name for the schedule The schedule file can be edited and used to program other collars The schedule itself is an XML file and should like similar to Figure 49 lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTEF 8 gt lt gsmSchedule time 2008 02 28T16 58 24Z creator GPS Plus http www vectronic aerospace
221. in sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Japan JP Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec AUSTRALIAN International Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 192 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Notation of 2nd Ordinate Notation of Coordinate System 1st Ordinate Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec dddmmss ddmmss Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich gon UTM coordinates southern hemisphere UTMref MGRS coordinates zzsxyeeeeennnnn Gauss Krueger 3 degree wide strips GEOREF Code Aircraft Navigation aaaannnnnnnn QTH Code Maidenhead O aama USTRALIAN Multinational Australian Lambert Conformal Conic coordinates kkkkmmm kkkkmmm Australian VICGRID94 Lambert Conformal Conic kkkkmmm kkkkmmm Australian VICGRID66 Lambert Conformal Conic kkkkmmm kkkkmmm Australian Capital Territory AU ACT UTM coordinates southern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich
222. inal Data form To free one or more slots in the Used Collars list select a slot and press Erase Slot Be aware that this will erase all data contained in this slot A message box with a warning will appear and if you confirm the command a 20 second countdown will open This is your last chance to cancel the command before all data will be erased Before erasing all data you should save everything the slot contains Mark one or more slots and press Read The command is a combination of 6 2 1 Get Fix Data 6 3 1 Read Activity Data and 6 4 5 Get Mortality Events commands Every GPS activity or mortality data set This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 146 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace can be saved successively with a default filename based on the collar ID already set After all slots are read a final message box will appear If no data sets are stored in the selected slots only this message box appears You may also delete the data of a slot without removing the ID of it by pressing Delete Data No configuration information of the slot will be changed 6 4 4 Save Terminal Information With this command you can easily store the configuration data of the connected Handheld Terminal After connection has been established a Save File dialog wil
223. inate eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS Coordinate System QO USA Kansas US KS S SPCS 1983 1501 Kansas north Lambert coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1927 1501 Kansas north Lambert coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1983 1502 Kansas south Lambert coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1927 1502 Kansas south Lambert coord kkkkmmm TM coordinates northern hemisphere sskkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm CIC Q Q ok Q QO dddmmss ddmmss Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm ddmm Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS SSSSSS US SPCS 1983 1601 Kentucky north Lambert coord US SPCS 1983 1602 Kentucky south Lambert coord US SPCS 1927 1602 Kentucky south Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd ddmm SSSSSS eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS USA Louisiana US LA S SPCS 1983 1701 Louisiana north Lambert coord S SPCS 1927 1701 Louisiana north Lambert coord S SPCS 1983 1703 Louisiana offshore Lambert coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1927 1703 Louisiana offshore Lambert coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1983 1702 Louisiana south Lambert coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1927 1702 Louisiana south Lambert coord kkkkmmm TM coordinates northern hemisphere sskkkmmm eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min
224. inates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min kkkmmm Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec ddmmss Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Q Q Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min ddmm Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS UTM coordinates northern hemisphere kkkkmmm orway NO Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec UTM coordinates northern hemisphere oland PL This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 198 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai Aak VECTRONIC Aerospace W i Notation of Notation of Polish Gauss Krueger 1942 15 21 6 degree strips Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec UTM coordinates northern hemisphere ortugal PT UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Slovakia SK Austrian central zone BMN M31 Austrian east zone BMN M3
225. ion Receive Collar GPS Schedule Cancel Figure 46 Receive GPS Schedule main window The progress bar will not start immediately after the window appeared Since the data rate is limited to 115200 kbit s which is the fastest rate possible on a standard PC with serial communication the transfer can take up to two minutes if the schedule is list based while taking only seconds if it is rule based If you choose to cancel the download all data received This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 73 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace until this moment will be stored in the file The file from a rule based schedule looks like the rules in the Create GPS Schedule dialog see section 4 1 1 List based schedule files should look something like you see in Figure 47 The header indicates UTC Universal Time Coordinated and LMT Local Mean Time if the UTC Correction is enabled This corrects the UTC to the local time of your study area If no valid UTC correction is stored in the collar all times will be given in UTC only If the defined GPS time rules do not fill the complete of the collar the unused space will be filled with measurements every 6 hours starting at the last measurement UTC date UTC time LMT date LMT Mee 2001 22230600 14 12 2001 l3
226. ion to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 218 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Reference Systems sorted by country region ASIAN International WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Bangladesh BD Everest BD Kalianpur Everest WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Lepani JGD2000 JP 1994 1m geozentrisch GRS80 JGD2000 JP 2000 1m geozentrisch GRS80 Tokyo JP 1993 5m Nikon Bessel Tokyo JP 1996 3m Nikon Bessel Tokyo JP 1997 3m Nikon Bessel Tokyo JP Okinawa Nikon Bessel Tokyo JP Okinawa KR Nikon Bessel WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 AUSTRALIAN International WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 AUSTRALIAN Multinational GDA94 AU geocentric GRS80 AGD84 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD84 Higgins AU lt 4m Johnston ANS WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Australian Capital Territory AU ACT GDA94 AU geocentric GRS80 AGD84 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD84 Higgins AU lt 4m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU lt 1m Johnston ANS AGD66 AU ACT Johnston ANS WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS
227. is working much faster than reading no progress bar but a message window will be shown while in progress YYMMDDHHMMSS stands for year Y month M day D hour H minute M second S This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 159 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 4 3 10 Erase Erase GPS Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It erases the GPS fix data of the currently selected collars in the terminal A warning will open requesting an acknowledgement to erase the data of the selected collars Since erasing is working much faster than reading no progress bar but a message window will be shown while in progress 7 4 3 11 Erase Erase Activity Data Es This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It erases the activity data of the currently selected collars in the terminal A warning will open requesting an acknowledgement to erase the data of the selected collars Since erasing is working much faster than reading no progress bar but a message window will be shown while in progress 7 4 3 12 Erase Erase Mortality Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It erases the mortality data of the currently selected c
228. is form see Figure 5 you can easily read store merge and export SMS messages contained in emails Position data mailed from the Iridium or Globalstar service To use it you need to configure the Incoming Mail Server Options 3 1 8 2 Mail Server Tab Sheet for reception of emails sent by a GPS Plus program the Iridium Server Options 3 1 8 3 Iridium Server Tab Sheet for reception of emails coming from the Iridium service and the Globalstar Options 3 1 8 4 Globalstar Tab Sheet for processing of Globalstar files on a FTP server The form contains a Progress Log area on the left displaying what the program is currently doing a drop down list showing the last error messages at the bottom and the four buttons Read Mail Auto Read Stop and Show SMTP The Stop button should be disabled when the form comes up unless it is invoked by autostart see section 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 33 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 Data Reception Mail Log Storing Block as position SMS done Storing block as position SMS done Menging messages done Exporting merged data done Reading mall message 16 done Message contains data trom collar 30007 Storing block as position SMS done Stoning block as position SM
229. is later than an End Date Rule rule string A rule has a starting date this is later than an end date This is not allowed Collar Firmware Update Collar and file type do not match Please use an appropriate file for this collar Depending on the collar version different processors are used The file selected did not match the collars processor Collar Firmware Update Could not check Chip Signature of Collar Maybe no collar is connected The program tried to read type information from the collar but failed This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 166 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Collar Firmware Update Firmware File CRC is not correct expected CRC lt gt computed CRC The selected file seems to be corrupted Please use another file Collar Firmware Update Firmware File Name is not correct It does not start with GPS or GPSPLUS_ The file you selected as a collar firmware file is not accepted as such because of its file name Collar Interface Collar is not in standby mode Maybe no magnet is attached to collar Not in standby mode means the program received a status byte which indicates that the collar is doing something else but waiting In this case communication is not possible Connecting a magnet to the
230. l Firmware Update Could not check Chip Signature of terminal Maybe no terminal is connected The program tried to read type information from the collar but failed Terminal Firmware Update Firmware File CRC is not correct expected CRC lt gt computed CRC The selected file seems to be corrupted Please use another file Terminal Interface Could not connect to Handheld Terminal Invalid Handle or Device Not Found or Device Not Opened or General IO Error or Insufficient Resources or Invalid Parameter These errors may occur while opening an USB port The messages are intended to help VECTRONIC with debugging Terminal Interface CRC was not correct Read EEPROM Byte was not successful or Read Firmware Page was not successful or Read Flash Page Block was not successful or Read Flash Page was not successful or Transfer was not successful The data received by the program was inconsistent This is mostly due to a transmission error on the serial line Please try again Terminal Interface No contact within timeout Maybe no Terminal is connected This is a general error It occurs if the terminal does not send a byte within timeout The most probable cause is that the terminal was switched off Terminal Interface No port open Please select a valid one You have not yet selected a Com Port for the given device that can be used by GPS Plus Choose one via the Com Port menu Terminal Interface Not all data was
231. l Reception dialog without any actions to be taken by the user Depending on Iridium and SMS email reception this will receive data via email The Mail Read Interval minutes shows the time between the end of a read Mail action and the start of the next in the Mail autoread mode The input zero will result in a 30 second delay to prevent permanent reading Start GSM Autoread at program start If checked the program will automatically start in the autoread mode of the Get SMS Messages dialog see 5 2 1 Get SMS Messages without any actions to be taken by the user The Argos Read Interval minutes shows the time between the end of a read Argos action and the start of the next in the Argos autoread mode The input zero will result in a 30 second delay to prevent permanent reading Start Argos Autoread at program start If checked the program will automatically start in the autoread mode of the Argos telnet dialog without any actions to be taken by the user Sound allows you to disable the sounds in the autoread mode This prevents the computer to beep permanently if a mortality message has been received This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 58 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Autoread Options UTC correction Start GSM Autoread at program s
232. l fence collection and the GPS schedule in total must not exceed a maximum length of 129 bytes t Virtual Fences GSM Upload Destination Collar s Collar ID Phone Number SMS Coding F 00011 491251251254 Seven bit 00012 491231231235 Seven bit 00013 99 127591251756 seven bit F 00014 491251251737 Seven bit Virtual Fence File HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi Schedule Files TwoFences VEC Valid fence 2 fences with 7 posts size 57 bytes Schedule E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi Schedule Files Docu11 GRF Valid rules 1 rules size 10 bytes Figure 131 Dialog for sending a Virtual Fence Collection via GSM 5 3 9 2 Send via Iridium This command is similar to the GSM version see 5 3 9 1 Send via GSM but is used to send the virtual fence to an Iridium collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 35 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 10 Clear Virtual Fence via GSM With this command you can clear a virtual fence and an associated GPS schedule in multiple GSM collars Just select the collars in the Destination Collars List you want to send the fence to and click Send The program will send a Clear command to all the selected collars one after the other t Virtual Fences GSM Clear Destination Collar s Collar ID Phone Number SMS Co
233. l open You can change the default name and path to your needs Figure 146 gives an example of a terminal Information file Information file of Terminal No 00029 Date of Readout 20 09 2004 12 24 11 Terminal Date UTC 20 09 2004 Terminal Time UTC 10 23 17 Serial Number 29 Software Version 1 2 0 Software Date 04 04 03 Hardware Version 3 Production Date 14 01 2004 Figure 146 Sample terminal information file 6 4 5 Get Mortality Events This command allows you to read out mortality events from one or more memory slots of a Handheld Terminal Its interface and handling is equivalent to 6 2 1 Get Fix 6 4 6 Erase Mortality Events This command allows you to erase mortality events from one or more memory slots of a Handheld Terminal Its interface and handling is equivalent to that of 6 2 5 Erase Fix Data 6 4 7 Upload GPS Data File This command uploads a stored GPS Data File GDF to a Handheld Terminal memory slot After connection has been established suitable files will be identified A list of these files will be displayed in the form see Figure 147 A file is considered suitable 1f the containing collar ID is included in the Used Collars list of the terminal and thus has a memory slot assigned to it The default folder for GDF files is the GPS Data directory You can now select one of the listed files The collar ID and the corresponding memory slot will be displayed Clicking Upload will transfer the data to t
234. l times when the GPS should be activated You can see this on the progress bar at the top of the window After the file has been loaded and converted the events will be shown in the white Schedule Overview area at the bottom You can imagine this as an eight year long calendar where every row contains one month and every column contains eight hours with an empty row and column in between to make it easier to read If the first point in the first row is painted red it means that there will be at least one GPS measurement at the date written on the left side between 0 00 and 8 00 in the morning A red point in the third row at column 26 means two months later 9 day between 8 00 and 16 00 Normally this is only to get an impression not for exact verification as described here ndi ndi Wis Figure 44 Send Collar GPS Schedule main window After you have selected a file you have to choose what kind of schedule should be used Rule based or list based Rule Based means that the rules are stored in the collar while List Based means that the rules are transformed into discrete times and these will be stored in the collar A rule based schedule is much smaller than the list based schedule and faster to upload Furthermore it is possible to download the rules from the collar again if you select rule based List based only allows to download the list for verification but not to upload it to other collars afterward If there are too many rules in the rules
235. lar Figure 62 If no connection could be established the command will be aborted Get Activity Data Waiting for connection for max 16s Figure 62 Activity read data connection window After connection has been established a save file dialog will appear and you can select a file name in which the activity data will be stored By default it will be stored in the folder GPS_Plus GPS Data based on the base data path and the default file name will be ACT_ Collarxxxxx YYMMDDHHMMSS ADF where xxxxx is the 5 digit collar ID followed by year Y month M day D hour H minute M and second S of export Then the main window for the download will appear Figure 61 Get Activity Data Cancel Figure 63 Reading activity data progress bar window This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 85 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace The progress bar will not start immediately after the window appeared Depending on the number of measurements stored in the collar the download will end before the progress bar reached the end If you choose to cancel the download all data received until this moment will be stored in the file 4 3 2 Export Activity Data amp This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left
236. lar in the field t GPS Plus eee GPS Activity Commands Com Port Create GPS Schedule ely a sa T ACT ACT Create Beacons Schedule Calculate Operating Lifetime mf Send GPS Schedule Send VHF Beacon Schedule Receive GPS Schedules Receive VHF Beacon Schedules Figure 135 Main window with schedule menu open Terminal mode 6 1 1 Create GPS Schedule This command is identical to 4 1 1 Create GPS Schedule Refer to this chapter for reference 6 1 2 Create Beacon Schedule This command is identical to 4 1 2 Create Beacon Schedule Refer to this chapter for reference 6 1 3 Create GSM Iridium Schedule This command is identical to 4 1 4 Create GSM Iridium Schedule Refer to this chapter for reference This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 3 8 23 5 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 1 4 Lifetime Calculation This command is identical to 4 1 5 Lifetime Calculation Refer to this chapter for reference 6 1 5 Send GPS Schedule This command is very similar to 4 2 4 Send GPS Schedule but only rule based schedules are allowed no selection available thus no time selection available too and there are several receiving collars to choose from After you have selected a GPS rule file GRF and
237. larQ0001 zip Collar00001_07C O0001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi SMs 5MS5_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_CollarQ0001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_CollarQ0001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC Delphi SMs SMS5_CollarQ0001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs 5MS_CollarO0001 zip Collar00001_07C O0001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SM5_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_CollarO0001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMS SMS_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_CollarQ0001 zip Collar00001_07C O0001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMS SMS_CollarO0001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_CollarO0001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMs SMS_CollarO0001 zip Collar00001_07C 00001 E HIRSCH GPS Plus PC DelphiiSMS SMS_Collar00001 zip Collar00001_07C Clear Log 5of5 connections active Start Sending 27 mails waiting in queue Figure 7 SMTP Send Bot form sending emails 3 1 3 Mail SM
238. ll show up see Figure 1 You may click on the OK button or wait for five seconds to make it disappear It can be brought up again at any time by clicking on the logo in the centre of the main form or via GPS Plus Collar Manager Version 3 9 1 the file menu About item The About BOX copyright by VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH contains two links a link to the homepage of internet _ btto wewew vectronic aerospace com VECTRONIC Aerospace and an email link email maillifpwectronic aerospace com to VECTRONIC Aerospace and list of Licensed Subsystems licensed subsystems GeoDL licensed to If a serial interface is used by some other VEETRONIC Aerospace Gmbh dev h iae th Car Scheele Str 12 evice 1 e mouse chances are that the 47489 Berin program will show up with an error message Germany This is because it will try to gain control of eee ee COMI even if this is already used Change VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Car scheele Str 12 the port in the Com ror Menu to the one to which the collars will be connected via the Germany Link Manager You have to set the COM port in any case not only if the error message appears The program will remember this setting and it is not necessary to set it again at the next program start This Figure 1 About Box showing at program start is all what is needed for the first start of the program This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorize
239. llar normally a mode will be suggested together with a reason for this suggestion You will not be able to leave this form until you entered a valid ID or identify the phone number to be not a collar If you enter an ID that is already registered you will be asked if you really want to substitute the old number with the new one Be careful in doing so because this might mess up your data by combining data from two different collars into one data file After an ID has been set it is stored and needs not to be entered again 3 1 5 Convert all SMS to ZIP files 2 Convert SMS to Zip Searching for SMS files done Found 6 SM5 fles of 1 collars Now moving SMS files of collar 33001 to Zip Adding Collar33001_060608230348 5M5 Adding Collar33001_060609020406 5M6 Adding Collar33001_060609050351 5M5 Adding Collar33001_060609052652 5M5 Adding Collar33001_ 060609053420 5M5 Adding Collar33001_060609073405 5MS 6 added Finished converting SMS files Searching for Raw files Found 0 Raw files Nothing to do GPS Plus fx Searching for SM5 text files Found 0 Sms text files Nothing to do Finished Zip Conversion OK Figure 11 Convert SMS to ZIP files form Unlike older versions of GPS Plus that stored the SMS files in one folder GPS Plus Version 2 7 0 or higher stores them in ZIP files one ZIP file for each collar This command converts the old structure to the new one This command works completely
240. m of the collar could not be determined This is probably only a transmission error Please try again Send Schedule This Collar has no GSM mode selected The schedule cannot be sent If you never received an SMS message from the selected collar you are not able to send a schedule via SMS to the collar The GSM mode is determined when you receive a message of the collar for the first time Send Schedule Too many rules in rules file This file cannot be sent You have defined more rules than the device can handle Reduce the rules or 1f sending directly to a collar try to send the schedule as list based schedule Store Collar Configuration User Interrupt This indicates that the user cancelled the command Store Terminal Configuration User Interrupt The user interrupted the storing of the terminal configuration This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 177 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Terminal Firmware Update Command not possible in Terminal mode using USB interface This is only possible with serial interface A firmware update of the terminal can only be done via the Link Manager serial interface Please connect the terminal to the Link Manager s collar port and choose the appropriate serial port as Com Port of the program Termina
241. mity schedule that is already on the collar see 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor r i amp TerminalCollarConfigurationForm ga TerminalCollarConfigurationForm oe LL Configuration 1 Parameter Collar UTC Correction X Listed Name UTC correction V Enable UTC Corre Correction LMT UTC x 02 00 Receiver Frequency MHz 443 000 Configuration 2 Parameter RF Communication Time Configuration 2 Parameter Proximity Data Transmission Y Listed Name PRX Tx Data RF Comm Time Enable proximity Configuration 3 Parameter Proximity Listen Duration z PRX Lstn Drin VF Events si Listed Name Disable proximity schedule Transmit notification on entering fence area Transmit notification on leaving fence area Retransmit interval minutes zero disables 15 Proximity Active Time v Configuration 4 i PRX Actv Time Parameter Configuration File a 5 3 30 Listed Name CFG File Configuration File mam Configuration 5 Parameter no configuration Listed Name Configuration 4 Parameter Listed Name 00 06 Configuration 5 Parameter Listed Name no configuration no configuration Figure 159 Three examples showing all possible parameters to be transferred via Handheld Terminal This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibit
242. mode measures activity over a sampling interval of 152 seconds 3 64s Activity Measurement This mode measures activity over an interval of 64 seconds it is the smallest storing interval available 4 Activity Measurement Accumulated activity is measured for a predefined interval intervals can be chosen in 8 second steps 5 Head Angle Acceleration Threshold This mode measures two parameters and stores them in two channels 1 Head Angle Head up Gives the ratio of measurements on the X axis within one sampling interval in which the head exceeds a user defined angle towards the vertical axis This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 94 233 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 2 Acceleration Gives the ratio of combined measurements on all three axes within one sampling interval in which the acceleration exceeds a user defined threshold 6 Acceleration Peak Acceleration Threshold This mode measures two parameters and stores them in two channels 1 The maximum acceleration measurements on all three axes within one sampling interval 2 The ratio of acceleration measurements on all three axes within one sampling interval below and above a user defined activity threshold 7 Forth Back Up Down Acceleration is measured wi
243. modem does not support this feature or is not compatible in this regard with GPS Plus This error will have no influence on the normal operation of GPS Plus Only the GSM Status command is affected GSM Interface Writing to serial port failed The program tried to send a string to the GSM modem and failed This should never occur Please contact customer service LAA GSM Interface Wrong echo from GSM Base Station outgoing string The string echoed had the right length but differed from the sent string echoed string GSM Interface Could not close serial interface or Could not open Serial Port or Could not set buffer size or Could not set communication settings or Could not set flow control settings or Could not set timeout parameters or Could not open Serial Port These are all errors resulting from initialising the communication interface of the GSM modem The program was not able to open the serial port This can be due to several reasons The port you tried is already in use or the port does not exist on your computer The messages are intended to help VECTRONIC with debugging Key validation Error Key for this collar is not registered Please register collar no collar ID via menu File Register Collar The program has no key for the connected collar Please register the collar via Collar List chapter 3 1 6 If you do not have this key please contact us to obtain a key for your collar Link Manager Telem
244. n Select File and choosing a file from the Open File dialog If this schedule is too large to be sent via GSM you will receive an error message and the file will not be accepted After you have selected an appropriate schedule file you need to select the destination collar To select multiple collars hold down and click on list entries to select or deselect collars or hold down to select a range of entries The list 1s generated from registered collars only It is not possible to send schedules to not registered collars It sends the selected schedule via SMS to the collar Store as SMS will store the selected schedule as an SMS file to be transmitted with the GSM reception form for each selected collar The schedule will be received by the collar when it activates its GSM module The received schedule 1s checked for transmission errors and then loaded into the collar and activated You This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 116 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace will not receive an acknowledgement so check if the fixes in the next data transmissions have been obtained according to the new schedule if not resend the schedule 2 Stunden GRF Time correction according to collar time Collar s 60225 491562485236 mee 0226 4491 563250464 as SMS 1
245. n Time days hours 00 00 00 from the On Times menu A dialog see Figure 40 Doneer will open where you can enter the On Time s data ae lo hours 00 00 00 There is a Start Offset and a Duration Transmission begins at the time given in the start offset after loop start It will be active for the time given in Duration Figure 40 Add On Time dialog 4 1 3 5 Editing an On Time To edit an On Time click on the Edit On Time toolbar button or select Edit On Time from the On Times menu A dialog will open similar to the Add On Time dialog 4 1 3 6 Removing an On Time from a loop To remove an On Time click on the Remove On Time toolbar button or select Remove mm On Time from the On Times menu The selected On Time will immediately be removed There will be no further requests GSMAlridium Rule Editor EI fE 06 2011 fr 00 00 00 4 1 4 Create GSM Iridium Schedule This command is used to create schedules for GSM Iridium communication It is similar to the Create GPS Schedule command with some small 3 23 06 2012 E differences GSM Iridium schedules have only one Time 00 00 00 rule type which is similar to the GPS rollover rule It defines a Start mark and an End mark date and time in which GSM Iridium transmissions are attempted at a frequency defined by the period in the rule see Hours Minutes Figure 41 A maximum of 13 such rules can be defined in one GSM Iridium schedule
246. n arrows Virtual Fence Events Defines whether you are notified by GSM or Iridium whenever the collar enters and or leaves a Virtual Fence It also defines an optional interval after which the message is repeated to ensure reception see 4 4 3 15 Virtual Fence Events Configuration File You can send a configuration file to the collar to activate certain features e g sensors These files are supplied by Vectronic Each configuration file is valid for one collar only Please make sure that you upload the correct configuration file Proximity Mode Enables or disables the proximity sensor see 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor Proximity Interval Defines the Listen Interval of the proximity sensor and can be set in eight second steps see 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor Proximity Listen Duration Defines the Listen Interval of the proximity sensor see 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 161 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ices VECTRONIC Aerospace Proximity Active Time Defines the time of day in which the proximity sensor is active see 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor Proximity Receiver Frequency Defines the frequency on which the proximity sensor is listening for ID tags see 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor Proximity Disable Schedule Disables a proxi
247. n coordinate system This is only recommended for people who really know what they have to enter here Otherwise the results may be quite This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 56 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace unpredictable The same is true for the User Geodetic Shift and the User Ellipsoid tab sheet These two are used to define the Ellipsoid upon which the coordinate system is projected The originating system for all transformations is Geographic coordinates in degree as decimal not degrees and minutes or degrees minutes and seconds and WGS 84 as reference ellipsoid To test the transformation you have chosen enter a coordinate pair longitude and latitude and transform it to your system Input has to be in degrees format ddd ddddd If you move to the target coordinates on the right and point for a few seconds on one of the coordinate results the program will display the format of the output as described in Appendix F Available Coordinate Systems User Coord System 1 User Geodetic Shift User Ellipsoid Test Transformation Transformation Method Scale Constant ppm Helmert Bursa olf Coord Frari 3 Scale Three Translations meters Three Rotations sec Figure 27 Sub tab sheet User Geodetic Shift User
248. n or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 175 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Read Complete Flash User Interrupt Test GPS Command NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed Reading Flash Page Command NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed Reading GPS Data Unknown GPS Mode The GPS mode in the collar is not valid The collar has to be reconfigured cannot be corrected by the user Please contact customer service Register GSM Collar ID ID has to be between 1 and 65535 Please select a valid one You have tried to associate a Collar ID to a phone number which is not in the allowed range from 1 to 65535 Set it to the ID of the collar that is using the given phone number Restore Collar Configuration User Interrupt This indicates that the user cancelled the command Send Schedule Data in Collar is not correct Do you want to retry sending this block or cancel transmission overall The data send to the collar has been verified and found to be not correct You have the choice to cancel the whole process or try to read the block again and continue Send Schedule Data in Terminal is not correct Do you want to retry sending this block or cancel transmission overall The dat
249. n the same computer as GPS Plus you can enter localhost Port This is the TCP IP port number on which the database is listening on the server computer Since only PostgreSQL is supported it will be 5432 in most cases Database The name of the database on the database server Since a database server can host multiple databases you have to select the one you want to connect to User Name You need to login to the database server You have to identify yourself with your user name Password This is also part of the login process to the database You have to authenticate your user name with your password This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 44 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace Below the parameters is an information labelled Usage It shows how many collars are using this connection 3 1 8 Options The options form contains all user changeable options of the GPS Plus program It consists of a page control with six tab sheets SMS Handling Mail Server Mail Message Export Geo Transformation and Misc SMS Handling contains options on how to handle incoming and outgoing SMS messages Mail Server contains information about the mail configuration Iridium Server contains information about the Iridium service mail configuration Globalstar
250. n will be disabled To remove collars from the Selected Collars list mark them and press Unselect The collars will disappear from the list and reappear in the Registered Collars list If you try to unselect a collar that is in the Used Collars list you will get a warning Unselecting a collar that is used will also remove it from the Used Collars list thus erasing the corresponding slot containing the data The data in this slot will be lost This is done for consistency reasons Transfers from the Selected Collars list to the Used Collars list can also be done on the Handheld Terminal If you use more collars in the field than slots available in your terminal it would be advisable to do so However if you want to completely configure your terminal before going into the field select collars to be used by marking them in the Selected Collars list and press Use Be aware that IDs may appear in both lists Selected Collars as well as Used Collars but only collars not already in the Used Collars list can be transferred Manage Terminal Data PC Terminal Terminal Registered Collars Selected Collars Slots Used Collars oogo2 3 j Collar Ciolan ooo02 Slot O1 Collar Firmware String 0004 2 Colter a ooo0o0s5 il 3 Collar oo009 il Collar Actryity Temp 00010 Slot 05 Collar 00224 162 empty Activity Mortality OO230 Slot z2 empty OH0263 piai free entries fij free entries Figure 145 Manage Term
251. national NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 NORTH AMERICAN Multinational NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 US west Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke NAD27 US east Meade s Ranch Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 GRS80a Authalic Sphere US CA Sphere Sphere Canada Mean Territory CA NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 CA lt 15m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA east lt 6m Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Canada British Columbia amp Alberta CA BC AB NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 NAD27 CA BC AB lt 8m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA lt 15m Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Canada Maritime Provinces CA MPR NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 ATS77 CA MPR geocentric WGS72 NAD27 CA east lt 6m Kansas Clarke NAD27 CA lt 15m Kansas Clarke WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Canada North West Territories CA NWT NAD83 US CA geocentric WGS84 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is
252. navigate through the data sets with keyboard and mouse amp GPS Data Viewer Collar65535 GDF 1 77 Sel Fle Channels 0 Sats used Date UTC 12 12 2005 ECEF m 3789067 Ch No Sat No dbHe Time UTC ECEF Ym 911464 UTC LMT ECEFZ m 5032224 DOF Latitude 52 4305353 Navigation JD Longitude 13 5255022 Validated Yes Altitude m 86 70 General Information E Main Voltage W Backup Voltage v Temperature C Figure 55 GPS Data Viewer with file open co OO oO oO A A oo oo co OF A A A A oO oo oO oc First you need to select a file via the Load File button A standard windows open file dialog will open up with GDF as extension and the default directory for GPS data selected Alternatively you can drag amp drop a GPS Data File from the windows explorer or any other source After selection of a valid GPS data file GDF the first data set will be displayed immediately The file name the number of the current data set and the number of data sets are displayed in the windows title bar All data fix results are displayed in the FIX group box including time and date which can be displayed as UTC or LMT The satellites that were used are displayed in the Channels Group box the number of used satellites is displayed in the group box caption Voltages and Temperature are displayed in the General Information Group box To navigate through the data file you can use the buttons and the track bar on the lowe
253. nd Lambert kkkkmmm S SPCS 1983 3103 New York west Mercator coord kkkkmmm S SPCS 1927 3103 New York west Mercator coord kkkkmmm TM coordinates northern hemisphere sskkkmmm eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec dddmmss eographic coordinates Greenwich deg eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min eographic coordinates Greenwich sec C kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm kkkkmmm ddmmss C lt JN NS C dddmm SSSSSS ddmm SSSSSS Q Q QO Q QO USA North Carolina US NC US SPCS 1983 3200 North Carolina Lambert coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA North Dakota US ND US SPCS 1927 3301 North Dakota north Lambert coord US SPCS 1983 3302 North Dakota south Lambert coord This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 209 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace i Notation of Notation of Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Ohio US OH US SPCS 1983
254. ndow with GPS menu open Terminal mode cccccceesseeeeeeeeeees 141 Cet Cerin a Tix data TOI ws sccsaetsenersanscncnctedawohssenoadieusonnctiemeencnetedasoteumeatieusieneters 142 Main window with Activity menu open GPS Base Station mode 143 Main window with Commands menu open Terminal mode ceeeeeeeeeees 144 Terminal Telemetry Window cccccccsssssssseccecccceeeessseecceeeeeaaeeeseeseceeeeeeaaenenees 145 Terminal Configuration window ccssssssscccccccceeesseseeecceeeeeaeeeeneeeeceeeeeeaaeeenees 145 Manage Terminal Data form cc ceeeccceccceccceseessseecceeeeeeaeeeeseeeeeeeeesauaaneeeeeess 146 Sample terminal information fle eeccccccecccceeeeseeeeecceeeeeaeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 147 Upload GPS Data File GDF form vrcssessscascierccusssdscensebencesdseesaapeinsemssvbsmasseeets 148 Memory bank backup progress bars at about 20 progress ccceeeeeeeeeeeees 148 Main window with Com Port menu open Terminal mode ccseeseeeeeeees 150 Send Terminal GPS Schedule main window FW gt 2 X ccecccecceeecceesceeeseeees 152 Upload GSM Tridium Schedule dialog cc ccecccecccecccceeeseeeseceeeeeesaeaeseeeeeees 152 Receive Terminal GPS Schedules main window ccccccessseeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 153 Terminal GPS schedules file example cccccccssesseeeccceceeeeeeeeseeeceeeeeeaaeeeeees 153 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Ae
255. nees 192 Appendix F Available Reference Ellipsoids 200 0 eccccccccccccessseseeeceeeceeeeeeeseeeceeeeeeeeeeenees 217 MNS IENE NE NI A N eee wit E A N delete areca ovo dae saiae cee A dee aeeeaoeenercaces 232 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 19 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date E VECTRONIC Aerospace Table of Figures Figure 1 About Box showing at program statt eessessseeoeeessssssssceersssssssscerressssssseeeerssssss 28 Figure 2 Settings for Folder View in Windows Vista ccccccccscsnsssseesessseeeeeecceceeeeeeeeeeeaaeeas 29 Figure 3 Program main window in collar top GSM base centre and terminal mode POON oa ares cs rcs cceee tp cdoenes dense edesesa canada eset senscnaie ste seeceneemnesincaeeeseseseneesees 32 BIS es TS CU pace tec cc eee E E A EEE E E E E 33 Figure 5 Mail Reception form with 1 email read and the received messages list left to it 34 Preure 6 Argos Telnet Formater lopin xecavceaccccret sone creucsasyeateanceueecensonet sescueieeasoeetusucaveecensenetie 36 Figure 7 SMTP Send Bot form sending emails 0 0 0 0 ccccccccnenneeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneaaaaas 37 Figure 8 Mail GPS Plus Iridium and Globalstar SMS and Argos reception form 38 Figure 9 Process unregistered Messages dialog 0 0 0 ecccececcccccccccecce
256. ns with figure Options Argos Updated figure Mail Updated figure Options Export I Updated figure Options Export II Updated figure Options Geo Updated figure Transformation Schedule Menu Removed UHF Beacon updated figure Clear GSM schedule Added chapter Collar telemetry data Removed UHF on time and period added description Globalstar Terminal Schedule Removed UHF beacon entries updated Menu figure removed UHF beacon chapters This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 11 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace Collar configuration Removed UHF On Time and Period updated figure Collar Telemetry Removed Updated figure Configuration menu Removed Collar Initialisation and Low Level Init updated figure 12 05 2009 Virtual Fences Edit send receive and clear via cable Edit send and clear via GSM and Iridium 23 06 11 Set up Base Data Added chapter Path Process unregistered Added chapter collar messages Database New database connection column in collar list New database connections configuration form Play Beacon Sound Added chapter GSM Iridium Updated chapter Schedule Shortcuts for Collar Added paragraph Status and Telemetry Lifetime Calculation Reorganisation of chapter Coll
257. o help you If you encounter problems while receiving messages it is a good idea to enable this option and send us the log files The Base Data Path gives the path to the data directories used by the program You can only change it to existing directories If you change it the program will create the following subdirectories in this directory if they do not exist already Activity Data GPS Data Schedule Files Mortality Files Keys SMS SMS Inbox SMS Outbox The program will now store its data in these directories By default the Base Data Path will be the program path This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 59 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 1 9 Collar GSM Base Station and Handheld Terminal a Selecting one of these menu items switches into the corresponding mode Collar allows communicating with a collar connected via a link manager GSM Base Station enables the commands to operate with a GSM modem and Handheld Terminal enables the communication with the Mobile Handheld Terminal connected either via a link manager or directly via USB 3 1 10 Play Beacon Sound If your collar is equipped with a VHF beacon you can choose from four different beacon patterns This can help you to distinguish individual collars in the field The beacon pa
258. o not reply to this email since this account will not be checked for incoming messages Figure 22 Mail Message tab sheet 3 1 8 7 Export I Tab Sheet This tab sheet contains several options regarding the configuration of exports General Export Options EML Google Earth Export only Fixes having atleast this quality All fies Clamp to ground iM Remove GPS double entries when exporting L Extrude Track Path Remove invalid GPS entries when exporting V Track visible Write arising data also to Data Exchange Directory O ataE xchange Fives visible C LMT in Record Info TCPvIP L Try to send QYPOS Message View Heading 180 localhost EEREF Tilt Angle 60 SMS Text export CA sankrobern 4pp0 ataLocalkyirtualStoresProgram Files GPS_Plus Sh5 Change Store in Zip File S maT extFiles_yymm z iP Figure 23 Export I tab sheet containing general export configurations Export fixes quality This option allows you to select the quality of fixes that are taken into account when an export is done The following levels are available worst quality first better quality 1s always included All fixes Argos Z Argos B Argos A Argos 0 Argos 1 Argos 2 Argos 3 GPS 2D GPS 3D Validated Default setting is All Fixes This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 53 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Do
259. of the listed files The collar ID and the sensors already in use in the terminal by this collar are displayed on the right Click Upload to transfer the data to the terminal Be aware that the data of the same sensor type of this collar in the terminal will be overwritten and thus be lost Only the GPS Data will be overwritten Other sensors will not be touched To upload a GPS Data File with a collar ID that is not in the used list you need to configure the terminal see 7 4 3 2 Add Collar s This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 164 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 4 14 Upload Activity Data File This command uploads a stored Activity Data File ADF to a Handheld Terminal memory slot It is equivalent to 7 4 7 Upload GPS Data File 7 4 15 Memory Bank Backup Since the new Handheld Terminal organises its flash memory more like a file system this command is not implemented Instead you can store selected collar data from the terminal see 7 4 3 Manage Data 7 4 16 Memory Bank Restore Since the new Handheld Terminal organises its flash memory more like a file system this command is not implemented for it Instead you can upload selected collar data to the terminal see 7 4 6 Upload Activity Data File and 7 4 15 Memory Bank Backup 7 4 1
260. ollar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 3 5 Mortality and Hibernation Mortality period is the time with no detected movement of the animal after which a mortality event is stored in memory and the collar enters mortality mode depending on the model This is of course only done if the collar is capable of mortality events Otherwise this time has no effect Mortality amp Hibernation Mortality Period h Enable Hibernation Sensor El Wakeup Activity Level Hibernation Delay Time h oO Figure 80 Configuration of Mortality and Hibernation If Enable Hibernation Sensor is checked the activity sensor will be used for the hibernation mode In hibernation mode no attempts will be made to get a GPS fix This will extend the operating time of your collar if the tracked animal goes into hibernation in a cave or similar Wakeup is the level of activity which stops the hibernation mode and brings the collar back into normal operation Hibernation Delay Time is the time after that hibernation mode is entered if the activity is below the Wakeup Activity Level 4 4 3 6 VHF Beacon Pattern This option allows you to change the sound pattern of the collars VHF beacon if the collar is equipped with a VHF beacon transmitter You can choose from four different patterns Listen to the pattern by clicking on the speaker button Configure Collar Beacon Pattern Collar ID 77
261. ollars in the terminal A warning will open requesting an acknowledgement to erase the data of the selected collars Since erasing is working much faster than reading no progress bar but a message window will be shown while in progress 7 4 3 13 Erase Erase Proximity Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It erases Es the proximity data of the currently selected collars in the terminal A warning will open requesting an acknowledgement to erase the data of the selected collars Since erasing 1s working much faster than reading no progress bar but a message window will be shown while in progress 7 4 3 14 Extra Format Flash Memory This command is available from the List menu only It formats the flash memory of the terminal This is the place where all data is stored Note This command will erase all collected data and configured collars in the terminal There is no way to restore erased data 7 4 3 15 Change View of Collar List This command is available from the toolbar only It toggles between Detailed View as shown in Figure 157 and Icons View Figure 158 No details on the collars are shown in Icons View but you can select collars as in Detailed View This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 160 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Coll
262. ollows YYYY MM DD description see above duration is coded as P period duration D days T time H hours M minutes In our example the period has a duration of day 12 hours 0 minutes For details on the GSM Iridium schedule refer to 4 1 4 Create GSM Iridium Schedule 4 1 15 Receive Proximity GPS Schedule Receiving the Proximity GPS schedule is equal to 4 1 11 Receive GPS Schedule command but the resulting file will always be a reusable rules file 4 1 16 Clear GSM Iridium Schedule This command clears the GSM or Iridium schedule This is the only way of disabling this schedule After successfully clearing the schedule a success message is shown 4 2 GPS Menu In the GPS menu commands concerning the measured position data of the collar are available til GPS Plus File Schedule i Activity Commands Com Port ME g pbb eroa NE S Om z Export View Data Show Chart les Erase Fix Data 21 06 2011 16 05 UTC Collar Figure 50 Main window with GPS menu in Collar mode This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 76 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 2 1 Get Fix Data This is probably the most important command It will download all position measurement data recorded in the collar A Window will open see Figur
263. ologically The resulting file will be stored in the GPS Data directory based on the base data path see Misc tab sheet This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 45 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace Handling of SMS received via GSM Auto Export Formats Merge SMS messages automatically F ASCII F GPx L Export data automatically E Spreadsheet E KMZ Google Earth Auto mail recerved data DBase Table BT Non Data SMS handling Store received SMS as Text Rename after sending SMS Store received SMS as POU Delete after sending SMS Handling of SMS received by email Auto Export Formats Merge SMS messages automatically FI ASCII GPE L Export data automatically F Spreadsheet KM Google E arth DBase Table BTX Natonal phone number conversion County calling code 44 National calling code prefis length 0 Figure 15 Options form with SMS Handling Tab Sheet GSM Export data automatically This option can only be activated if the proceeding merge option is enabled The file resulting from the merge option will be exported to a file name and path are the same as the merged file only the extension changes containing an ASCII table a Spreadsheet file or a database table in DBase format depending on the selection made in E
264. om terminal 142 155 export data 77 export data from terminal 142 155 get data 77 146 get data from terminal 141 154 monitor GPS 112 receive GPS schedule from terminal 152 send GPS schedule with terminal 151 send GSM Iridium schedule with terminal 152 send proximity schedule with terminal 152 send VHF beacon schedule with terminal 152 tracking time 93 upload data file to terminal 147 164 view data 82 view data from terminal 142 155 warmstart GPS 111 GSM destination address 98 126 export 46 GSM mode 128 mail 46 merge messages 45 mode 97 PIN 59 position transmission 101 read interval 58 send SMS 47 service centre address 127 SMS reception delay 98 store SMS 46 GSM base station PIN 125 Status 125 H hibernation 96 Iridium configuration 100 delete messages 50 email reception 50 IMEI 42 Iridium mode 128 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 233 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 POP3 host 50 POP3 password 50 POP3 port 50 POP3 server 50 POP3 user ID 50 position transmission 101 server 50 KML 54 latitude 79 lifetime calculation 68 link manager firmware update 113 telemetry 113 list position mailing 42 LMT 79 longitude 79 M
265. om the Files menu The name of the file will be the name of the fence If you have multiple polygons in the KML file only the first will be imported The necessary Inside Point is automatically set to the geometric centre of all posts Note This is not necessarily inside the polygon Export Fence as KML polygon To check your fence in Google Earth you can export it as KML file and open it in Google Earth by clicking on the icon or selecting the Export Fence command from the Files menu Add a Fence You can add a fence to the fence collection by clicking on the icon or calling the Add Fence command in the Fences menu The initial fence will always be created as a diamond shape with two degrees across placed at the equator and the zero meridian Every other fence will be created at the average of all posts of the already existing fences cf Edit Fence name The currently selected fence can be renamed with this option Click on the icon or use the Edit Fence command in the Fences menu This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 107 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace cn Remove Fence The currently selected fence will be removed from the Fence Collection You will be asked for a confirmation before this command is executed Click on the icon o
266. on 4 4 3 2 GPS Tracking Time For each scheduled GPS fix the GPS device of the collar will take several positions in a predefined time and store the most precise of these positions To increase the accuracy of a position and thus decrease its mean deviation the tracking time of the GPS device can be extended for up to 45 seconds Though this will increase the accuracy of the stored fix it will also increase the energy consumption of the collar and can considerably decrease the collar s lifetime This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 93 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Configure Collar GPS Tracking Time Tracking Time Default mean deviation 3m Extended 15s mean deviation lt 2m Extra Long 45s mean deviation lt 1 5m Figure 76 Configuration of GPS Tracking Time 4 4 3 3 Activity Depending on your collar type and the firmware version you can select different activity measurement modes Figure 77 Configure Collar Activity Mode 41 3008 Activity Measurement Figure 77 Configuration of Collar Activity Mode 1 300s Activity Measurement The acceleration on the X and Y axis is stored in 296 s intervals the time series is regularly corrected to 300 s intervals 2 152s Activity Measurement This
267. on 18 04 2002 Beacon Schedule Added Beacon Schedule Commands Changed Scheduler and upload to handle beacon schedules to This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace Read Complete Flash Added new collar tools Read complete flash and EEPROM and read complete eeprom 25 06 2002 4 1 4 Create Beacon Correct the note VHF Beacon is switched Schedule off after the last End Date 01 10 2002 Collar Tools New Commands UHF Beacon On Erase All Data Store amp Restore Configuration Collar Telemetry amp New field added Average Fix Time Ext Telemetry Data Viewer Activity New Commands in Menues and Toolbar amp GPS buttons for viewing of data files GSM Base Station New information window showing newly Mode ff received SMS messages 18 11 2002 Added Calc Lifetime Command in its own in all three modes 1 11 12 Added Auto Read Reading SMS Auto Read Button Added GSM send New Commands Send GPS Schedule and schedule Send VHF schedule Schedule Menu Menu items of all schedule menus have changed see above changes 23 01 2003 Telemtries Changed to tabbed display Added Hibernation configuration information Added VHF Frequency Collar Initialization Added VHF Frequency Collar Configuration
268. on data of the connected collar After connection with the collar has been established a Save File dialog will open You can change the default name and path to your needs The file will look similar to what you can see in Figure 93 Information File of Collar No 07793 Date of Readout 22 06 2011 16 51 17 GPS Plus Version 3 9 1 860 Collar Date UTC Collar Time UTC Software Version Serial Number Software Date Hardware Version Production Number Production Date Beacon Software Vers Beacon Update Status Temperature logging 1 ON Activity Mode 4 Activity Measurement Activity Interval 288s Angle Threshold N A Accel Threshold N A Mortality logging 1 ON Mortality Period 00210700 Hibernation is Enabled Hib Wakeup Level Hib Delay Time 0 i VECTRONIC Aerospace 103 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date 9 8 11 Uplink Frequency Downlink Frequency UHF Beacon Frequency UHF UHF Beacon On Time Period Enable Time Disable Time Com Com VHF VHF Beacon Frequency Beacon Pattern Argos Mode Argos Channel ArgosID Argos Argos Argos No of Blocks Buffer Size DAC Power Pre Heating Argos Argos Timer Phi 2 Timer Phi Timer Phi Argos Argos Argos Tridium Mode Iridium IMEI Globalstar Attempts Fixes per Message Transmission Mode Globalstar ID GSM Mode Destination Address GSM PIN Number S
269. on from the collar will be written to the database configured in this database connection If the connection does not exist anymore the entry will simply be ignored i Edit Collar Into 5 i Edit Collar Into Collar ID Phone Number SMS Coding Eight Bit Seven Bit E Six Bit E B 0 Seven Bit Six Bit Iridium IMEI Globalstar ESN Globalstar ESN 1 234562 Study Begin Study End Study Begin Study End E 01 01 2000 E 01 01 2000 E 01 01 2000 E 01 01 2000 Position Mailing List Position Mailing List mail vectronic aerospace com mail vectronic aerospace com Mortality Mailing List Mortality Mailing List mail vectronic aerospace com mail vectronic aerospace com Mortality SMS List Mortality SMS List 193213213210 193213213211 pacomecion C I Figure 13 Edit collar info form opened with Add Collar left and with Edit Collar right 3 1 7 Database Connections GPS Plus supports the storage of received data in a database This database must have a specific format that can be created by the GPS Plus Database Manager and is based on PostgreSQL with the PostGIS spatial extension You can assign a database connection to a collar in the collar list To add a database connection enter the parameters in the dialogue and click on Add To change parameters of a database select it in the list on the left edit the parameters and then apply the changes with Apply To delete the currently selected connection from
270. on is enabled The file resulting from the merge option will be exported to a file with the same name and path as the merged file but different file extensions and formats depending on the following selection To configure the export options see Export Tab Sheet below Country Calling Code The international country calling code of your collars In some rare cases SMS messages use national phone number coding rather than international In these cases the phone number has to be transformed to be identified by removing the national calling code prefix and adding the international calling code for the country the collars GSM SIM card is coming from National calling code prefix length The number of national calling code prefix digits of your collars In some rare cases SMS messages use national phone number coding rather than international In these cases the phone number has to be transformed to be identified by removing the national calling code prefix and adding the international calling code for the country the collars GSM SIM card is coming from 3 1 8 2 Mail Server Tab Sheet This tab sheet contains information about both outgoing and incoming mail server used to send received position messages via email and to receive emails containing SMS messages The data will be mailed in Autoread Mode or if the user reads the messages manually The Outgoing Mail Server options are only used if the Auto Mail Received Data checkbox on the SMS Handling ta
271. oordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Italian Gauss Boaga west zone Geographic coordinates Roma deg min sec Geographic coordinates Roma deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Swiss grid coordinates LV95 Swiss grid coordinates Old Grid This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 197 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai Aak VECTRONIC Aerospace XO Notation of Notation of Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd UTM coordinates northern hemisphere kkkkmmm Lithuania LT Gauss Krueger 6 degree wide strips Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min uxembourg LU Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich gon UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coord
272. ormat Nothing happened but the file has not been read too Erasing Flash Command NOT successful This is a follow up of a more detailed error message to remind you that the whole command failed Erasing Flash Timeout No Data from Collar For every erased page the collar transmits the page number The program has not received the expected data within its time limit Export Activity Data No data available for export You first need to load a file before exporting it Get Terminal Activity Data Failed to read data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The transfer of data from the terminal to the computer failed You may retry to read the data or cancel the whole operation Get Terminal Fix Data Failed to read data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The transfer of data from the terminal to the computer failed You may retry to read the data or cancel the whole operation This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 171 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Get Terminal Mortality Data Failed to read data Do you want to retry reading this data or cancel transmission overall The transfer of data from the terminal to the computer failed You may retry to read the data or cancel
273. ply by pressing the enter key on your keyboard The last choice will edit the active entry in the list So if you select multiple entries the entry that selected last is To remove a collar entry click on the Remove Collar menu item in the Edit menu the remove collar button or simply by pressing the delete key Del on your keyboard If you select multiple entries all selected will be removed A dialog will open up for confirmation listing all collar IDs that will be removed To register a collar click on the Load Key File menu item in the Register menu or the load key button An open file dialog will open up where you can select multiple collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 41 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace key files key The files are normally provided together with your collars on a CD If the keys in the files are valid the registration entry of the corresponding collar will change from invalid see Figure 12 Collar ID 00005 to valid The following collar information can be added Collar ID The Collar ID also known as the serial number is the identification of your collar It has to be a number from 1 to 65534 Other values will not be accepted IDs with less than five digits will automatically be padded with leadin
274. provider The program will warn you if you are about to change the coding Changing the number of fixes per SMS may degrade the lifetime of your collar since less data sets per SMS will lead to more SMS messages which will consume more power However less data sets per message will also lead to faster information about the collars position The form Figure 83 consist of two parts The upper part displays the collar ID the collar s Destination Address and the Current GSM Mode You cannot change anything here In the lower part you can choose the New GSM Mode from a drop down list Configure GSM Mode Collar to configure Collars Destination 4ddrezs 49170123456759 Figure 83 Configure GSM Mode directly in the collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 97 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 3 9 GSM Destination Address GSM collars only This command allows you to change the destination address of a GSM collar This is the phone number to which the collar will send its SMS messages The form Figure 84 consists of two parts The upper part gives the ID and current Destination Address You cannot After entering the new number click on Transmit to send the new number to the collar You will receive an acknowledgement message when oper
275. quired from the satellites again The GPS Data window will be similar to Figure 99 4 4 21 Monitor GPS This command should only be used for diagnostics and outside of buildings with free access to the sky The GPS Data window Figure 99 will be displayed immediately but no command will be sent The program will only listen for GPS data from the collar This command can be used if the Coldstart or Warmstart window has been accidentally closed 4 4 22 Restore Configuration This feature is not available for all collars For collars that have been manufactured or refurbished at VECTRONIC Aerospace in the last years a file containing the original configuration of the collar no schedules can be provided by VECTRONIC Aerospace on request only Select the appropriate CCF file from the Open File dialog and press Open The file will be sent to the collar and the original configuration will be restored Since all configurations can be changed with the Collar Configuration commands you usually will not need this command 4 4 23 Collar Firmware Update Under certain circumstances it might be necessary to update the firmware of your collar You should not do this unless you experience problems with the current collar firmware or need a feature only available in a newer version than yours In this case get the appropriate file from VECTRONIC Aerospace Then select the Firmware Upload command Select the update file with and start the upload The upload
276. r if you export a GPS Data File GDF only every sixth data set will be transformed unless you purchase the coordinate transformation subsystem Then all datasets will be transformed The GEO Transformation tab sheet consists of a Target System group box in the upper half and a tab sheet group below In the group box you can select a country or region This selection limits the number coordinate systems to those common and valid there Then you select the destination coordinate system the Reference System or reference ellipsoid and geodetic shift the meridian strip only for appropriate coordinate systems as Gauss Krueger UTM and such the number of decimal places of the transformed coordinates and whether or not the program should check if the coordinates are within the limits of the selected coordinate system Target System Mendian Strip Decimal Places Check Coordinate System A ange User Coord System 1 User Geodetic Shift User Ellipsoid Test Transformation Coordinate Type Lon of first meridian Scale factor at nat origin Width of meridian strips ooo False easting m ooo False northing mn ooo Figure 26 Geo Transformation tab sheet with sub tab sheet User Coord System 1 selected The tab sheet group has four tab sheets User Coordinate System 1 User Geodetic Shift User Ellipsoid and Test Transformation see Figure 26 to Figure 29 In the User Coordinate System 1 you can define your ow
277. r Manager is used to configure and read out the GPS Plus collars handle a GSM modem for reception of collar data and to configure and read out a VHF or UHF Handheld Terminal GPS measurement times can be configured and position activity and mortality data can be read out stored exported graphically shown and erased The program is easy to use and mostly self explanatory It allows you to keep as many configuration files as needed which can be used for any collar Every data file can be stored with any file name so that it is possible to have multiple files for every collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 26 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 2 Installation and Configuration 2 1 Program Installation If this is the first time you install GPS Plus do not connect any Link Managers and Handheld Terminals If you update your GPS Plus and have previously used these devices on your computer you should plug in your USB devices before you start the set up Installation is simple and straightforward There are two ways to do it If you use the AutoRun CD which has been delivered with the collars follow the instructions for Set up your system Alternatively you can access the installation file with VECTRONIC Software GPS Plus
278. r Time J CST Central Standard Time USA 6 GMT Greenwich MeanTime 0 MDT Mountain Daylight Time USA MEST ___ Middle European Summer Time J 2 MESZ Middle European Summer Time 2 MSD Moscow Summer Time a d A MSK Moscow Time a d 8 MST Mountain Standard Time USA J 7 tt sarin Tine USA PDT Pacific Daylight Time USA 7 PST Pacific Standard Time USA PT Pacific Time USA TAL Time Atomic International a d 00 UT UniversalTime o d 0 UTC Universal Time Coordinated d o 0 WET _ Western European Time J 0 YST Yukon StandardTime d 8 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 191 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai ph VECTRONIC Aerospace XO Appendix E Available Coordinate Systems Notation of Notation of Coordinate System 1st Ordinate 2nd Ordinate ASIAN International Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich gon UTM coordinates southern hemisphere UTMref MGRS coordinates zzsxyeeeeennnnn Cd GEOREF Code Aircraft Navigation aaaannnnnnnn QTH Code Maidenhead O aama Bangladesh BD Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg m
279. r is in progress 7 4 3 6 Download Read Activity Data cf This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It reads the activity data of the currently selected collars For every collar selected a Save File dialog with a suggestion for the name will open After selecting a file name a progress bar will open while the data download of the current collar is in progress 7 4 3 7 Download Read Mortality Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It reads the mortality data of the currently selected collars For every collar selected a Save File dialog with a suggestion for the name will open After selecting a filename a progress bar will open while the data download of the current collar is in progress 7 4 3 8 Download Read Proximity Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It reads the proximity data of the currently selected collars For every collar selected a Save File dialog with a suggestion for the name will open After selecting a filename a progress bar will open while the data download of the current collar is in progress 7 4 3 9 Erase Erase All Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left It erases all data of the currently selected collars in the terminal A warning will open requesting an acknowledgement to erase the data of the selected collars Since erasing
280. r left The double arrows lt lt gt gt jump back and forth 50 data 50 data sets the single arrows lt gt only one data set Via the track bar you can move easily through the data Using the keyboard the cursor keys equal the single arrows page up down correspond to the double arrows Home and End key move to the beginning and the end of the data file This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 82 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 2 4 Show GPS Chart This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This will GFE E show downloaded position data graphically You can print and store the chart A window with an empty chart will appear see Figure 56 You can load a position file from the File menu via an open file dialog or by dragging a file from the windows file explorer or any other windows application supporting drag amp drop and dropping it to the chart The data will appear in the chart and the file name will be added to the windows caption The chart will automatically be scaled to show every point of the data If you move the cursor over the chart a small text will appear near the cursor showing the coordinates of the cursor A double click on a data point positioning has to be very precise will show the
281. r upgrade file with the corresponding collar ID and the desired upgrade option Collar65535_Mortality CUF for example enables the mortality sensor of collar 65535 When you select Open the upgrade file will be sent to the collar While this is done you will see a message window with a disabled OK button It will change its text and enable the button when the upgrade is finished Upgrade will only work for registered collars See 3 1 6 Collar List for details on how to register a collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 105 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Select Collar Upgrade File Suchen in gt F E m Collar00591_ActivityX CUF i E Collar00591_ActivityY CUF Fuletzt E Collaro0591_ExtCom CUF verwendete D collard0591_GPSMode CUF Ej Collar00591_GPSOnTime CUF E Collar00591_6PSSwitch CUF E Colaro0591_Mortality CUF E Collar00591_TempLog CUF E Colaro0595_Activityx CUF LI E Collar20000_Activityx CUF E Collar20000_ActivityY CUF E Collar20000_GPSMode CUF E Collar20000_Mortality CUF SE E Collar20000_TempLog CUF Arbeitsplatz Desktop Eigene Dateien a Dateiname Collar00591_Activityx CUPF Netzwerkumgeb Dateityp Collar Upgrade File CUF Abbrechen Figure 94 Select collar upgrade file dialog
282. r use the Remove Fence command in the Fences menu da Append Post Appending a post will add a post to the end of the list of the current fence A dialogue will open where you have to enter a name for the post by default Post x and the coordinates Click on the icon or use the Remove Fence command in the Posts menu Insert Post Inserting a post will only work if another post from the list is selected A new post will be inserted before the currently selected post just like appending a post if you click in the icon or select the Insert Post command in the Posts menu Edit Post You can edit each fence post by double clicking on it by clicking on the icon or by clicking on the Edit Post command in the Posts menu The dialog is the same as the append insert post dialog Remove Post The currently selected post will be removed without further confirmation if you click on the icon or by selecting the Remove Post command in the Posts menu To rearrange posts you can drag amp drop them in the list of the current fence 4 4 9 Send Virtual Fence To configure a collar with a Virtual Fence Collection you need to send the collection and a schedule that will be used while the collar is located as inside the fence The dialog allows you to select two files A fence collection and a GPS schedule After selecting a file supplementary information is displayed regarding the file Both are shown as valid invalid or too large For the Fen
283. rcator Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min USA Illinois US IL US SPCS 1983 1201 Illinois east Mercator coord US SPCS 1983 1202 Illinois west Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Indiana US IN US SPCS 1983 1301 Indiana east Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 1301 Indiana east Mercator coord UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA lowa US IA US SPCS 1983 1401 lowa north Lambert coordinates US SPCS 1927 1401 lowa north Lambert coordinates US SPCS 1983 1402 lowa south Lambert coordinates US SPCS 1927 1402 lowa south Lambert coordinates Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg dd This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 205 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Dai Aak VECTRONIC Aerospace X Notation of 2nd Ordinate ddmm SSSSSS Notation of 1st Ord
284. re 35 Discrete rule edit form The Rollover Rule does not work on a day by day PPPE basis like the other two rules It defines a start mark Rule Period with date and time First Day in our example Figure 36 f FirstDay Last Day 06 00 on the 22 10 2007 an end mark Last Day here 72 12 2007 15 12 2008 15 12 2007 and again a Cycle Frequency The measurement starts on the first day at the selected time and is repeated with the cycle frequency here 6 hours 15 Repetition minutes until the end mark This way the measurements Cyde Frequency do not necessarily take place every day at the same time f and are independent from single days You can enter any i Ob Cancel frequency from one minute to 36 hours 24 minutes and 30 seconds in two seconds steps Date and time are adjusted the same way as described in the other rules Figure 36 Rollover rule edit form Rollover rules are only supported by collars with a firmware version of 1 7 1 or higher The firmware can only be validated if you have the collar connected directly via the link manager and not via VHF UHF Handheld Terminal or SMS GSM Base Station If you program a schedule containing a rollover rule to a collar not supporting this rule type the rollover rule will be ignored and your schedule might be useless to your needs If the Start Date of all Time Rules is more than one week in the future the collar will make a fix automatically every week until the first Start Date Thi
285. received from the GSM modem while setting the PIN GSM Interface PIN number is not correct Please correct PIN number and try again The PIN you entered in the Options form is not correct May be you changed the SIM card of your base station GSM Interface Send SMS Message Command was not acknowledged The program tried to send a SMS but the response of the GSM modem was not what has been expected The SMS was probably not send This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 173 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace GSM Interface Setting PIN command could not be send correctly Maybe GSM modem is not connected This is a follow up error message of a more detailed message It just reminds you that the command failed GSM Interface Unknown data rate for GSM interface Data rate will be set to 9600 bps The INI file of the program contained an unknown value for the data rate of the GSM modem The data rate will be configured to the default of 9600 BAUD To change it select GSM mode and then select the data rate via the COM menu GSM Interface Unknown interface ID You will probably never encounter this error The message is intended to help VECTRONIC with debugging GSM Interface Unknown Phone Activity Status answer answer string Maybe your GSM
286. recommended The Return Path should contain a valid email address that will be used to send an error report to if an error occurs on mail delivery It is not necessary to enter an address here but it is strongly recommended Authentication defines the method of authentication used for the SMTP server by GPS Plus With Max Connections you can adjust the maximum number of concurrent connections to your SMTP Server When reading data from Argos the number of positions coming in 1s quite large GPS Plus will open several connections to increase the speed of outgoing emails but some providers limit the number of possible concurrent connections Test To test the SMTP connection a form has been included in GPS Plus Click on Test to open this form see Figure 18 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 48 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace t SMTP Server Connection Test Slee Destination email John Smith JohnSmithsDomain com Number of mails Clear Log ID 07A87F00 gt RRRA RRR SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SS SSS SS SSS SSS SS SSS SS SS SSS SSS SSS SS SSS SSS SSS ID 07A87F60 gt 42 Added to Connection Pool at 28 01 2009 13 10 37 Seq No 1 ID S07A87F60 gt lt 220 TheSmipServer com Welcome to Nemesis ESMTP server ID 407487F60 gt gt SMTP session connect
287. red in an SMS file in the SMS subdirectory of the base data path e If it 1s a position message it will be exported as a text file without a header in the SMS text directory see 3 1 8 7 Export I Tab Sheet The format is defined by the standard ASCII export options 3 1 8 8 Export II Tab Sheet e If selected in the options the stored position message is automatically merged with all other messages from the same collar into a GDF file e If selected in the options the merged GDF file will be exported to the selected format ASCH spreadsheet or database see 3 1 8 1 SMS Handling Tab Sheet e If selected in the options 3 1 8 1 SMS Handling Tab Sheet the message file will be queued for emailing to the configured position data recipients 3 1 6 Collar List The processing of mortality messages includes e The mortality event IS added to a text file GSM MortalityEventsxxxxxYYMMDDHHMMSS txt in the mortality directory of the base data path e The message will be stored as an SMS text file Mortality_ phonenumber _ datetime TSM in the Inbox folder e If selected in the options see 3 1 8 1 SMS Handling Tab Sheet this file will be queued for emailing to the configured mortality data recipients see 3 1 6 Collar List e If any recipients are in the mortality SMS list 3 1 6 Collar List the message will furthermore be forwarded as a SMS message to the given phone number s e The message panel will start to blink red and not
288. regardless of the selected export mode UTC Date UTC Time LMT Date LMT Time Figure 65 GSM Iridium quality data An example for the resulting activity file should is given in Figure 66 UTC date and time give the time in Universal Time Coordinated while LMT date and time give it Local Mean Time depending on the value set in configure time see section 3 1 8 10 Activity X and Y This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 86 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace are the accumulated counters of movements out of the horizontal position around the corresponding axis Temperature is the temperature in the collar UTC Date UTC Time LMT Date LMT Time ActivityX ActivityY Temp Figure 66 Activity ASCII export data file format 4 3 3 Activity View Data vx This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left It displays see Figure 67 the content of an activity data file saved on the PC from a collar or read from a Handheld Terminal It always displays ten activity data sets You can easily navigate through the data sets with keyboard and mouse First you need to select a file via the Load File button A standard open file dialog will open with ADF as extension and the default directory for activity data selected Alternatively yo
289. rface Not all data was received within time Read Flash Page was not successful The program expected to receive more data from the collar Maybe your computer is too busy and lost one or more bytes of the transmission If you have other applications running which may take time for the computer to process please close them and try again Collar Interface Not all data was received within time Transfer was not successful The program expected to receive more data from the collar Maybe your computer is too busy and lost one or more bytes of the transmission If you have other applications running which may take time for the computer to process please close them and try again Collar Interface Not all data was sent Write EEPROM Byte was not successful The program has not been able to send the complete data block of the command Collar Interface Not all data was sent Write Firmware Page was not successful The program has not been able to send the complete data block of the command Collar Interface Not all data was sent Write Flash Page was not successful The program has not been able to send the complete data block of the command Collar Interface Timeout No Echo from Collar The sent character was expected to be echoed but no echo was received within timeout Collar Interface Unknown interface ID You probably will never encounter this error The message is intended to help VECTRONIC with debugging Collar Interface USB Communic
290. rized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 144 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Voltage Current battery voltage Below 3 3 Volt the terminal will probably not work Flag internal status information needed for debugging Terminal Telemetry System Software Date 01 03 2000 Version Time PEART Date Frequencies MHz Internal Uplink 447 000 Downlink 441 000 Figure 143 Terminal Telemetry window 6 4 2 Configure The configuration of the Handheld Terminal contains only one item Mark positions as transmitted in collar after receiving If checked the terminal will send a command to a collar that marks the received positions as transmitted Positions in a collar marked as transmitted will not be transmitted again via GSM or Iridium Terminal Configuration General Mark positions as transmitted in collar after receiving Figure 144 Terminal Configuration window 6 4 3 Manage Data This command allows you to configure the Handheld Terminal for field work The form is organised from left to right and contains three lists The first list contains all collars that are registered on your computer It should therefore contain the IDs of all your collars except of those already selected This list is stored in your computer and can contain up to 65535 entries The second list centre
291. rized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 83 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace t Position Chart Collar00361 GDF i Position Chart Collar00361 GDF File View File view Position in Degrees Position in Kilometers 2 90500 2 90000 2 89500 2 89000 2 88500 2 90500 2 90000 2 89500 2 89000 2 86500 Figure 57 Position chart with loaded position data Data is displayed in degrees and with lines connecting position points Figure 58 Position chart with loaded position data and position info for one point Data is displayed in kilometres and without lines 4 2 5 Erase Fix Data This erases the Positions stored in the collar Be careful using this command There is no way to restore erased data Before the erase procedure is started you will first be asked if you are sure to erase all position data see Figure 59 If you confirm there will be a 20 seconds countdown see Figure 60 While the countdown is running you have your last chance to stop erasing the data by clicking on the Cancel button or pressing the lt Esc gt key on your keyboard Erase Activity Data Ft Erase Activity Data IG You are about to erase all activity data in the collar WARNING i Do you really want to do this In 13 seconds all Activity Data will be erased ELLE LLL EEL LEE L LLL LL CANCEL Figure 60 Count
292. rom terminal 143 156 erase data 89 erase data from terminal 143 156 export data 86 export data chart 89 export data from terminal 143 156 get data 85 146 get data from terminal 143 156 head acceleration 95 head angle 94 mode 94 threshold 95 upload data file to terminal 148 165 view data 87 view data from terminal 143 156 Argos autoread 58 buffer 99 Channel 98 clear buffer 110 configuration 51 98 connect 35 disconnect 35 export 52 get data 35 get pass information 35 number of blocks 99 password 51 read interval 58 reception 35 37 repetition rate 99 store messages 51 telenet host 51 telenet port 51 user ID 42 98 username 51 autoread 38 B base data path 59 base station mode 60 115 baud rate 137 Bkup 80 VECTRONIC Aerospace C Clock Offset 79 collar configuration 93 configuration file 161 configuration via terminal 161 firmware update 112 hardware reset 103 list 41 mode 60 61 register phone number 39 120 reset 72 save configuration 103 select in terminal 146 set PIN 136 software reset 103 Status 102 telemetry 91 182 terminal 60 138 151 time 90 upgrade 105 com port 28 114 137 communication window 161 coordinate system 192 coordinate transformation 30 coordinates 214 D database 43 debugging 59 DOP 79 E ECEF 79 ellipsoids 217 email a
293. rospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 24 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace Figure 154 Main window with GPS menu open Terminal mode cccssseeeeeeeeeeeees 154 Figure 155 Main window with Activity menu open Handheld Terminal mode 155 Figure 156 Main window with Commands menu open Terminal mode seeeees 157 Figure 157 Manage Terminal Data form cece eeeessssssseeeeeeeceecececeeeeaaaaeaassseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeees 158 FOU 5 COS VNC Wise ete tessa sateen E E E E E 161 Figure 159 Three examples showing all possible parameters to be transferred via Handheld TA 2 sass tee cata E E E E EI E E 162 Figure 160 Terminal Information file 2 0 0 ccssssseessseeeeeeeeeceeeceececeeeeeaeaaeeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 163 Figure 101 Upload Sensor Data TOTTI scsscansaicceceacdensncnwyeestasledassstcndtmadeacdestueneyeestyslehesssacaesaures ens 164 Figure 162 Main window with Com Port menu open Terminal mode ce eeeeeeee 165 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 25 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 Product overview The GPS Plus Colla
294. roximity sensor listening interval and duration and the time during which the sensor is enabled 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor 4 1 5 2 GPS Schedule To define a GPS schedule select the GPS Schedule tab sheet This is equivalent to creating a GPS schedule see 4 1 1 Create GPS Schedule hedule VHE Schedule Argos Schedule GSM ridium Sched JEEE EE NC ydic 21 11 2010 06 12 2010 amp 07 00 00 17 00 00 02 00 00 El Discrete 21 11 2010 06 12 2010 05 00 00 22 00 00 EF 4d Rollover O7 12 2010 01 10 2015 amp 00 00 00 23 59 59 11 30 00 GoldenEagle Simona GRF unsave 3 Rules 40 Bytes Figure 43 GPS Schedule tabs sheet in Lifetime Calculation 4 1 5 3 VHE Schedule To define a VHF schedule select the VHF Schedule tab sheet This is equivalent to creating a beacon schedule see 4 1 2 Create Beacon Schedule You can only access the beacon schedule if the corresponding collar option for VHF beacon beacon is checked 4 1 5 4 Argos Schedule To define an Argos schedule select the Argos Schedule tab sheet This is equivalent to creating an Argos schedule see 4 1 3 Create Argos Schedule You can only access the Argos schedule if the collar option for Argos communication is checked 4 1 5 5 GSM Iridium Schedule To define a GSM Iridium schedule select the GSM Iridium Schedule tab This is equivalent to creating an GSM Iridium schedule 4 1 4 Create GSM Iridium Schedule You can only access the GSM Tridium schedule i
295. rty of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 10 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 19 Warmstart GPS This command should only be used for diagnostics and outside of buildings with free access to the sky A GPS warm start is performed immediately The command will open a GPS Data window see Figure 99 without data and the program will try to contact the collar If no connection was established the message a window will state Connection could not be established and the OK button will be enabled so that the message window can be closed This will close all but the main window After connection has been established the warmstart will be initiated and the message window will be closed The program then waits for data which can take a while for the first data set You can close the window anytime but the collar will not stop sending GPS data until it has received several successive fixes or the GPS On time is reached If the window remains open data will be updated until one of the above mentioned criteria is reached The window will not close automatically The resulting fixes are stored in the position memory of the collar GPS Data Warmstart Date 11 05 2007 Status 30 Nav validated lain 3 20 W Time 11 18 44 IOF i Backup 3 28 W ECEF X 3789052 m Latitude 52 4307 3
296. s Greenwich sec Canada British Columbia amp Alberta CA BC AB UTM coordinates northern hemisphere This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 200 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Notation of 2nd Ordinate ddmmss Notation of 1st Ordinate eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec dddmmss eographic coordinates Greenwich deg eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min dddmm eographic coordinates Greenwich sec SSSSSS Coordinate System r Q Q ok Q ok ddmm SSSSSS Canada Maritime Provinces CA MPR TM coordinates northern hemisphere sskkkmmm kkkkmmm UTM coordinates northern hemisphere SS sKKKmmm tkkkkmmm Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Canada North West Territories CA NWT Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Canada Ontario amp Manitoba CA ON MN Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich de
297. s is a safety measure in case that the collar clock was not properly set and to allow the collar to recalibrate its internal clock at the latest of one week When all End Dates of all rules are outdated the collar will make a fix every six hours To prevent this safety measure if you want to have a longer period with no fixes one rule should start well in the future If no positions are taken no GSM Globalstar or Iridium communication will be opened This means that no new commands or schedules can be transmitted to the collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 64 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 1 1 3 Editing and Erasing a Rule To edit a rule you can either double click on it select a rule and click on the edit rule button or select a rule and select Edit Rule from the Rules menu The appropriate edit form discrete cyclic or rollover will automatically be selected Edit the rule to your needs and close it with OK to apply the changes or with Cancel to discards them To erase a rule you can either select a rule and click on the erase rule button or select a rule and select Erase Rule from the Rules menu The erase rule command supports the selection of multiple rules By holding the Shift key while clicking on a rule yo
298. scription There are only two differences USB is never available and the data rate can be selected like the Com Port via the sub menu Baud Rate from 9600 to 115200 bit s Select the one that is appropriate to the GSM module you are using Most of them work with 9600 or 19200 Baud as default and many even use autobauding which leaves the choice to you This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 37 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 Handheld Terminal Mode Firmware earlier than 2 x Note There have been a lot of changes in the Handheld Terminal firmware in version 2 x and later compared to earlier versions Therefore some commands differ in GPS Plus If your Handheld Terminal has a firmware of at 2 x or higher refer to 7 Handheld Terminal Mode FW 2 x or higher In this mode the program can be used to read data from a Handheld Terminal and configure it The data can be exported or displayed as a graph 6 1 Schedule Menu The Schedule Menu includes commands concerning GPS measurement and beacon activation scheduling The Commands allow the creation of GPS and beacon schedules the sending of schedules to the Handheld Terminal and the reception of schedules from the Handheld Terminal From the Handheld Terminal the schedules can then be sent to a col
299. sdam Hayford Int Prussian Land Register PK DHDN PD DE 1995 lt 5m Rauenberg Bessel DHDN PD DE 2001 lt 3m Rauenberg Bessel Great Britain GB ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 OSGB36 GB IE Herstmonceux Airy WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Greece GR GGRS87 GR Dionysos GRS80 ED50 GR Potsdam Hayford Int HELLENIC GR lt 3m Athens Bessel ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 221 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Hungary HU HD72 HU Sz l hegy GRS67 542 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Ireland IE ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 RELAND65 IE Slieve Donard Airy modified OSGB36 GB IE Herstmonceux Airy WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Italy IT ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 ROMAG4O I
300. service Upgrade Collar The option failed to be written into the collar Communication between PC and collar did not work correctly This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 8 1 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Appendix B Collar Telemetry Data Description The following table gives an overview of the meaning of the data visible in the telemetry window All Tabs Real Time Clock Time Date UTC Correction System Tab Device Device 1s Temperature C Counter Resets Restarts Beacon Controller Software Version Update Status Software Serial Number Version Date Hardware Production Number Version Date Time of the internal collar clock Date of the internal collar clock Collar internal UTC correction If magnet is placed correctly device is inactive If it is not the device is active Temperature of the collar in degree Celsius Number of resets of the collar for diagnostics only If this value is greater than 324000 collar will made a re initialisation Version of the collar s beacon controller software Update status of the collar s beacon controller software Serial number of the collar Software Version Software built date Production number of the collar Hardware Version
301. shows the corresponding temperature for that measurement To navigate through the data file you can use the buttons on the lower right The double arrows lt lt gt gt jump back and forth 50 data sets the single arrows lt gt only one data set With the scrollbar you can move easily through the data Using the keyboard the cursor keys equal the single arrows page up down correspond to the double arrows Home and End key move to the beginning and the end of the data file 4 3 4 Activity Show Chart This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left It will a display downloaded position data graphically You can print and store the chart A window with an empty chart will appear similar to Figure 56 You can load an activity file from the File menu via a file selection dialog Alternatively you can drag amp drop an ADF Data File from the windows explorer or any other source Then data will appear in the chart and the file name will appear in the windows caption see Figure 69 Depending on the size of the data file this can take up to several minutes The chart will automatically be scaled to show every point in the measured data From the file menu you can easily save the chart as a Windows Meta File or a Bitmap In case of Bitmap as format the chart will be stored as it is shown in the window because this is a pixel oriented format WMF stores it in a vector format which is easily scalable be aware tha
302. since most POP3 Hosts use the default port 110 only few will use a different port POP3 User ID and POP3 Password are used for the user identification and authentication POP3 Password will display an asterisk for every character typed in it If Delete read data messages from server is checked every email will be removed from the POP3 email server after it has been read and stored Unidentified emails will also be removed For all fields applies Ask your system administrator Internet service provider or your email provider if you are not sure what to enter or if problems occur For information about errors read the file MailError Log in the SMS subdirectory of the GPS Plus directory Any errors regarding the mailing system of GPS Plus will be logged here in detail This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 50 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 1 8 4 Globalstar Tab Sheet This service is only available for Value Added Resellers For other VECTRONIC customers data are forwarded as email by VECTRONIC Aerospace This tab sheet contains configuration data for the FTP connection to the server where the Globalstar data files are being delivered to Enable Globalstar FTP processing FIP Server FTP Hast ftp JohnSmitheD oman com Port FIP User I
303. sing can be monitored On the right there are three buttons e Selected Messages starts the processing of the currently selected messages e All Messages starts the processing of all messages in the unprocessed messages list e Stop is only active while processing messages It stops processing messages after the current messages has been completely processed This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 38 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace If a message is received from a collar which phone number is not yet registered the message will be stored as unregistered message in the zip folder GPS Plus SMS NotRegisteredCollars GSM ZIP You can process these messages with File Process unregistered messages i Process unregistered messages Unprocessed Messages Process Log Globalstar StuMessages_ Oa795730bfb3 1004884 Globalstar StuMessages_0ada97e0bf2a 10048 18 7b3e Globalstar StuMessages_ Obc9a4a8bf3d 10048f32b3e GSM 4915128564650F_ 20110350152033 GSM 4915126564650F_20110530152656 GSM 4915126564650F_201103350153850 Stop GSM 4917639218612F 20110330121507 GSM 4917639218612F_20 110330 123700 GSM 49176392186 12F_20110330 131904 Iridium 3000340 12720640 _20110221134409 Iridium 3000340 12720640 _20110221134418 Iridium 3000340 12720640 _
304. space GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 140 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 2 GPS Menu The GPS menu includes commands needed to process the measured position data received with the GSM modem It is partly similar to the GPS menu in the Collar mode see 4 2 GPS Menu t GPS Plus File Schedule Activity Commands Com Port og ses Si Get Fix Data Pas o Export View Data Show Chart e oe Es Erase Fix Data 14 05 2007 iiSi UTC E Terminal Figure 139 Main window with GPS menu open Terminal mode 6 2 1 Get Fix Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This command is the equivalence to 4 2 1 Get Fix Data As you can see the Handheld Terminal has several memory slots that may contain position data of collars To read the data you need to select one or more slots from the list on the left If no collar has been associated with a slot it will be labelled as empty Selection of multiple slots is done by holding down while clicking concurrent selection or by holding down while clicking separate selection The group box on the left contains information about the collar that was last clicked on with a frame around it in the list on the left The firmware string gives version number and date of
305. sphere Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec US SPCS 1983 1001 Georgia east Mercator coord US SPCS 1983 1002 Georgia west Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 1002 Georgia west Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Hawaii US HI US SPCS 1983 5101 Hawaii 1 Transv Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 5102 Hawaii 2 Transv Mercator coord This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 204 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace i Notation of Notation of US SPCS 1983 5104 Hawaii 4 Transv Mercator coord US SPCS 1983 5105 Hawaii 5 Transv Mercator coord US SPCS 1927 5105 Hawaii 5 Transv Mercator coord Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec USA Idaho US ID US SPCS 1983 1102 Idaho central Mercator coord US SPCS 1983 1103 Idaho west Transv Mercator US SPCS 1927 1103 Idaho west Transv Me
306. stablished the main window for the download will appear see Figure 152 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 152 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace Receive Terminal GPS Schedules Figure 152 Receive Terminal GPS Schedules main window Now the data from all registered collars will be read and stored as file in the Schedule Files directory as TerminalGPSSchedules txt The file contains as many entries as there are registered collars in the terminal Figure 153 shows an exemplary excerpt of such a file Terminal 00196 GPS Schedules of Collars Read at 10 21 51 15 05 2007 007 11 00 00 13 00 00 15 00 00 17 00 00 00 07 00 00 19 00 00 20 00 00 00 22 00 00 01 00 00 00 18 00 00 5 06 15 00 rules not active Collar 65532 rules not active Collar 65533 no collar information block available Collar 65534 no collar information block available Collar 65535 rules not active Figure 153 Terminal GPS schedules file example If a GPS schedule for this collar have been saved on the terminal it will be displayed as is Shown for collar 65530 If no GPS schedule has been saved for a collar two different status messages can be displayed After data from a collar has been saved on the terminal or a s
307. start GPS or a Coldstart GPS see 4 4 19 and 4 4 20 before the collar now transmits GPS data Just wait until it finishes the fix this may take a few minutes Only the last 100 status messages are displayed If more than 100 messages are received the oldest is erased This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 102 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 4 5 Collar Software Reset The collar will initialise itself and recalculate the next measurement time You will be informed that the program is trying to connect to the collar After connection has been established the command will be executed If the connection could not be established an error message will appear and the command 1s aborted 4 4 6 Collar Hardware Reset This command should only be used if it is really necessary to reset the collar A collar hardware reset command is send to the Link Manager The Link Manager will trigger the reset line of the collar Unlike the Software reset this 1s not a command to the collar Because of that it can also be used if the collar does not respond to commands any more You will be informed while command is executed If the command was unsuccessful an error message will appear 4 4 7 Save Collar Information With this command you can store the configurati
308. stored in the SMS subdirectory of the base data path It will automatically be merged and exported if the appropriate options are checked see 3 1 8 1 SMS Handling Tab Sheet The program will also recognise multiple attachments These will not be sent by GPS Plus but can be send manually provided they confirm with the rules described earlier After all emails have been read the command closes the connection again It can be stopped at any time by pressing the Stop button Pressing the Auto Read button changes the stop button from disabled Stop to enabled Stop and will start the reading of the configured email account Different to Read Mail this command will not stop after reading all emails It will instead pause for the time defined in the options see 3 1 8 10 Miscellaneous Tab Sheet and then start over again It can be stopped at any time by pressing the Stop button If the Stop button is pressed it changes to Stopping and finishes the current process Then it will stop reading mails The stop button is disabled and changed to its initial look This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 34 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date wane VECTRONIC Aerospace At the first occurrence of the data reception form the received messages form may not be visible It will show up when the firs
309. t message is received Every stored SMS file will then increment the entry in the received collars list or if it 1s the first occurrence of this collar ID will add the ID to the list 3 1 2 Argos Reception This form allows retrieving data from a Argos Centre via a telnet connection You got to have Argos configured to use this form properly see 3 1 8 5 Argos Tab Sheet The form consist of a main menu a tool bar a text area containing progress information a Log area displaying the actual communication with the Argos centre and a status bar At start only the Connect command is possible All other commands are disabled LA It connects to the Argos centre telnet server according to the configured options see 3 1 8 5 Argos Tab Sheet After a connection is established it automatically logs in with the configured username and password If login is successful all other commands are enabled It is not possible to close the form while you are connected te Disconnect logs off the telnet server and closes the connection After that the form can be closed It is not possible to close the form while you are connected with the Argos centre Get data from selected collar retrieves the data of the selected collar see toolbar Collar ID from the last ten days This is the maximum period of time provided by the Argos centre It does this with the Argos PRV command You will see the incoming data in the lower Log area The upper text area shows
310. t the text and data will also be scaled Printing is even easier Just press Print in the file menu and the chart will be printed in landscape on a selectable printer t Activity and Temperature Chart Collar00408 ADF Sel Fie View Export Time Range 21 03 2003 13 36 06 23 03 2003 10 57 24 21 03 2003 22 03 2003 22 03 2003 23 03 2003 23 03 2003 150 100 50 2 neadus a E E 2 0 12 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 Figure 68 Activity and Temperature Chart window You can zoom in by left clicking and dragging a square into the chart it is important to click and drag from top left to bottom right To zoom out left click and drag left and down then release The chart will then be shown in its first appearance Right clicking and dragging This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 88 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Daig A aek VECTRONIC Aerospace X moves the chart data Right clicking only opens a pop up menu with Zoom In Zoom Out both by a factor of two Day Week Month Year and All to choose from These commands are also available in the View menu Activity and Temperature Chart Collar00408 ADF File View Export Time Range 21 03 2003 13 36 06 23 03 2003 10 57 24 21 03 2003 22 03 2003 22 03 2003 23 03 2003 23 03 2003 E 5 i E
311. tart F LMT UTC 01 00 GSM Read Interval minutes GoM Start Mail Sutoread at program start d GSM SIM PIN Mail Read Interval minutes Start Argo 4uboread at program start d Data Reception Frotocal F Argos Read Interval days hrs min Od 00 01 5 Disable Sound in 4utoread Debugging Base Data Path E SHIRSCHSGPS Plus PC Delphit Figure 30 Tab sheet Miscellaneous With the UTC correction command you can configure your UTC correction Choose negative values for areas west of Greenwich e g 3 for the east coast of South America or 10 for Alaska and positive values for areas east of Greenwich The program does not correct daylight saving time you will have to adjust it for yourself For a list of time zones and their LMT UTC difference see Appendix E Time zones This time difference will only be used when creating GPS or VHF schedules or when exporting or viewing data from files In the first case you will be asked to choose between UTC and your LMT In the second case data will always be saved in is in UTC but the export files will show UTC and LMT GSM SIM PIN This field contains the PIN Personal Identification Number of the SIM card in the GSM modem used to receive SMS messages The field will display an asterisk for every character typed in it Debugging This option enables a log file for debugging data reception Since GSM Providers often differ in small things we included this option to enable us t
312. te 01 01 2000 Starttime 00 00 00 DAC Power 255 Time 15 34 29 Iridium Timer Phi 950 End date 19 01 2068 End time 03 14 07 Pre Heating 5 0 2 20 M Dat 25 01 2001 picid cadre Timer Phi 950 Next Transmissionin 00 00 04 IMEI 4916095691992 Figure 73 Tabs of the telemetry window 4 4 3 Collar Configuration eee Com Port Set Collar Time Collar Telemetry Collar Configuration Collar Status Collar Software Reset Collar Hardware Reset Save Collar Information Collar Upgrade Edit Virtual Fence Send Virtual Fence Receive Virtual Fence Clear Virtual Fence CTP Get All Data T5 Erase All Data t Get Mortality Events Es Erase Mortality Events Get Proximity Data Erara Drawirnrhr Mata Figure 74 Collar Configuration Menu UTC Correction GPS Tracking Time Activity Mode Activity Thresholds Mortality and Hibernation Beacon Pattern RF Communcation Time GSM Mode GSM Destination Address 5M5 Reception Delay Argos Globalstar Iridium Proximity Sensor Virtual Fence Events Position Transmission This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 92 23 5 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace The collar has several user configurabl
313. tension of the selected export type You may change the file name unless you have selected multiple source files by clicking on the Choose button for the export file but not by simply typing it in the Export window Export GPS Data Source File Collar65535 GDF Choose Export File Collar65535 TXT Choose Export Type ASCII wt Export Figure 53 GPS Data ASCII Export window After source and export file name have been selected the Export button is enabled Select the export type from the dropdown list then start the export After export has been finished the Choose buttons will be enabled again If an export file already exist you will be prompted before it will be overwritten If you deny overwriting the file you will be prompted for a new file name If you cancel the selection of a new file name the corresponding source file will not be exported and in case of multiple source files selected the next source file is exported For export options table header value order separation character see 3 1 8 7 Export I Tab Sheet and 3 1 8 8 Export II Tab Sheet An example for the resulting file of the ASCII export is given in Figure 54 Since order and selection of columns can be set in the Options Form This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 78 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar
314. th its five tabs see Figure 72 and Figure 73 will appear If the connection could not be established an error message will appear tile Telemetry Collar 7793 Collected Data RF Device Software Real Time Clock Device is inactive Serial Number T793 Time UTC 14 01 01 Temperature C 30 Version 2 6 9 Date 22 06 2011 UTC p Counter Date 19 07 10 Correclion 00 00 00 Resets Hardware Batteries Restarts Production Number T93 Main W 3 4 Beacon Controller Yersion 10 Backup W 3 66 software Version Z Date 15 07 09 Balancing No Update Status Figure 72 Telemetry window This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 9 1 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace This window is mostly self explanatory For a brief description of the fields see Appendix B Collar Telemetry Data Description If you move your cursor on one of the data fields a brief explanation will be displayed Clicking on New Telemetry requests a new set of telemetry data Only data which apply to the collar s configuration and sensors are displayed All other fields are disabled System Collected Data RF GSM Sat Comm Argos System Collected Data RF GSM Sat Comm Argos
315. th two channels channel 1 measures forward backward motion channel 2 measures head up down motion The interval and the thresholds if applicable can be adjusted with the corresponding up down control The Interval is given in an eight seconds unit the thresholds are without unit and have a range from zero to 255 If you change the activity mode all activity data will be erased from the collar This avoids the mixture of data measured with different activity modes 4 4 3 4 Activity Threshold Appropriate values for Modes 5 and 6 can be selected with the Activity Monitor see Figure 78 which can be activated by clicking on the Display Test Measurement button Configure Collar Activity Thresholds Activity Mode 5 Head Angle Acceleration Threshold Angle 189 imn Interval 44 max Acceleration O om Angle Threshold Accel Threshold Communicaton Display Test Measurement Figure 79 Activity Monitor for testing threshold values Figure 78 Configuration of Activity Threshold While the window will show up immediately it will take some time until the first measurements arrive Move the collar in a way you assume the animal will move to determine an appropriate threshold Adjust the threshold in the configuration form to these values This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 95 235 Manual_GPS Plus C
316. the list click Delete To revert any changes on the currently selected connection click Revert This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 43 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace Database Connections Connection Name Database A Hast vectronic aerospace com Port Database User Name Password Usage No collars using this connection Figure 14 Database connections dialogue with two connections defined Any changes will be applied only if the dialogue is closed with OK Closing it with the Cancel button pressing the escape key or closing the window with white on red cross in the dialogues window top will discard any changes All parameters but the connection name are needed for connecting to the database In detail they have the following meaning Connection Name This is the name by which the connection is referenced in GPS Plus If you want data from one collar to go to Database _A then you need to associate Database A to it in the collar list Be aware that if changing the Connection Name collars configured to this name will not be reconfigured automatically but will not use any database Host This is the host name TCP or IP address of the computer on which the database server is running If your database is running o
317. third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 2221239 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace Malta MT ED50 MT Potsdam Hayford Int WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 Netherlands NL ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 RD NAP NL Amersfoort Bessel WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS 72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Norway NO NGO1948 NO Oslo Bessel modified ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 ED50 NO FI Potsdam Hayford Int ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Poland PL ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 842 58 PL Uklad 1965 Pulkowo Krassowskij 42 83 PL Pulkowo Krassowskij 542 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 ED50 Europe Potsdam Hayford Int Portugal PT DLX PT Lisbon Hayford Int D73 PT Melrica Hayford Int ED50 PT Potsdam Hayford Int ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84 WGS72 World wide geocentric WGS72 Slovakia SK ETRS89 Europe geocentric GRS80 S JTSK SK Hermannskogel Bessel 42 83 East Europe Pulkowo Krassowskij MGI AT CZ Hermannskogel Bessel WGS84 World wide GPS geocentric WGS84
318. tion aaaannnnnnnn S SSS aama ____ oo O 0 TH Code Maidenhead aannaa Austrian central zone BMN M31 Austrian east zone BMN M34 Austrian Lambert coordinates new system Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec elgium BE Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich gon UTM coordinates northern hemisphere Cyprus CY TM coordinates northern hemisphere sskkkmmm kkkkmmm Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec dddmmss ddmmss Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg ddd dd Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min zechia CZ kkkkmmm kkkkmmm sskkkmmm tkkkkmmm Austrian central zone BMN M31 kkkmmm kkkmmm Austrian east zone BMN M34 kkkmmm kkkmmm eographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec dddmmss ddmmss eographic coordinates Greenwich deg TM coordinates northern hemisphere sskkkmmm Q Q ok Q ok kkkkmmm C Denmark DK Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min sec Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg Geographic coordinates Greenwich deg min Geographic coordinates Greenwich sec This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 194 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar
319. ttern of each collar can be found in the collar information file The VHF beacon can also change its pattern in the field under certain circumstances The two possible beacon patterns you might encounter are Emergency Signal If the battery is low there will be a double signal of twice 6 ms at the beginning of the 1 5 s interval Mortality Signal If no activity has been detected for a user defined time span the signal will switch to the mortality mode one 6 ms signal per 750 ms only collars with enabled mortality sensor Play Beacon Sound allows you to listen to the beacon patterns on your PC to help you identify them in the field This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 60 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 Collar Mode In this mode the program can be used to read data from collars and configure collars The GPS and activity data can be saved to files and exported viewed in a data browser or displayed as a graph There are two buttons which are only available in the collar mode Show collar status Opens a window to display the current status of the attached collar For details refer to 4 4 4 Collar Status i Show collar telemetry Read the telemetry of the attached collar For details refer to 4 4 2 Collar Telemetry Gl GPS Plus
320. two memory banks doubles the time using the serial interface via Link Manager LM1 takes even longer 6 4 11 Link Manager Telemetry This is equivalent to 4 4 24 Link Manager Telemetry Please refer to this description 6 4 12 Firmware Update This is equivalent to 4 4 23 Collar Firmware Update Please refer to this description This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 149 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ices VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 5 Com Port Menu This is equivalent to 4 5 Com Port Menu Please refer to this description t GPS Plus File Schedule GPS Activity Commands Betas CH ot S25 15 05 2007 11 59 UTC E Terminal Figure 149 Main window with Com Port menu open Terminal mode This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 150 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 Handheld Terminal Mode FW later than 2 x ATTENTION There have been a lot of changes in the Handheld Terminal firmware in version 2 x and higher compared to earlier versions Therefore some commands differ in GPS Plus If your Handheld Terminal has a firmware earlier than 2 x please refer to 6 Handheld T
321. ty Menu The Activity menu includes commands needed to process the activity data downloaded with the Handheld Terminal or the collar directly t GPS Plus Fie Schedule GPS Btaudigae Commands Com Port e E pty JE cet activity Data Export HE View Data Show Chart Ee Erase Activity Data 14 05 2007 iS 11 UTC H Terminal IF USB Figure 141 Main window with Activity menu open GPS Base Station mode 6 3 1 Get Activity Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left It is similar to 6 2 1 Get Fix Data except that it stores the corresponding activity data instead of the position data 6 3 2 Export Activity Data G These commands can also be accessed via the toolbar symbols shown to the left This is ALT ae e e equivalent to 4 3 2 Export Activity Data Please refer to this description 6 3 3 Activity View Data This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is a equivalent to 4 3 3 Activity View Data Please refer to this description 6 3 4 Activity Show Chart This command can also be accessed via the toolbar symbol shown to the left This is equivalent to 4 3 4 Activity Show Chart Please refer to this description 6 3 5 Erase Activity Data This is equivalent 4 3 5 Erase Activity Data Please refer to this description This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerosp
322. u can drag amp drop an ADF Data File from the windows explorer or any other source After loading a valid Activity Data File ADF the first ten data sets will be displayed immediately The file name is displayed in the windows title bar t Activity Data Viewer Collar65535 ADF 0 S amp Date UTC Time UTC Activity Activity Ternp 10 03 2005 15 30 00 29 10 03 2005 15 35 00 2 10 03 2005 15 40 00 2 10 03 2005 15 45 00 oe 10 03 2005 15 50 00 oe 10 03 2005 15 55 00 z 10 03 2005 16 00 00 oe 10 03 2005 16 05 00 2 10 03 2005 16 15 00 oe 10 03 2005 16 20 00 0 6A oe p Si Figure 67 Activity Data Viewer with file loaded The following information will be displayed In the first column with grey background the number of the data set will be displayed The next two columns display date and time which can be selected to be UTC or LMT in the lower left of the window Then the two activity This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 87 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Oe ie VECTRONIC Aerospace X channels data is shown in the next two columns They will be only displayed if you have a collar with the activity option selected If one or both of the sensors are not available with your collar N A not available will be displayed instead of a value The last column
323. u can select a range of rules and by holding you can add individual rules to your selection 4 1 2 Create Beacon Schedule This command is used to create schedules for the VHF beacon It is similar to the Create GPS Schedule but only allow cyclic rules with no frequency are allowed so there is only one command to add a rule The frequency shown in the rules list is always zero since the beacon will be on the entire time span see Figure 34 The beacon pattern can be configured in 4 4 3 6 VHF Beacon Pattern When all End Dates of the VHF scheduler are outdated the VHE beacon is switched off t Beacon Schedule Example BRF Sele File Rules A 01 04 2007 01 04 2007 amp 00 00 00 23 59 59 00 00 00 31 05 2007 amp 01 00 00 25 59 59 00 00 00 OB 30 06 2007 amp 07 59 00 23 59 59 00 00 00 01 07 2007 31 07 2007 amp 05 00 00 23 59 59 00 00 00 01 08 2007 31 05 2007 amp 08 01 00 23 53 59 00 00 00 5 of max 84 Rules defined Figure 37 Beacon Scheduler with five rules in the list 4 1 3 Create Argos Schedule The Argos schedule is a two levelled schedule the first level defines periods and a loop duration per period and the second level defines transmission times in a loop of a period This scheme is clearly visible in the layout of the form see Figure 38 The periods are shown in the upper list while the On Times of the currently selected period are in the lower list Below the On Time list is a gr
324. uavassicnndsanssuannsaranebedededavesadanedouneduseserianeledodeuasess 92 Configuration of UTC Cofrecti n ssasavessicecs scnsalavasstonnsoensauatvaseiGurbusesalewassncnnansecaiavers 93 Configuration of GPS Tracking Time siccsssscsawensaacccsunssenovaneaneccamsseawenserensesnaceaeveasaens 94 Configuration of Collar Activity Mode cccccccccssssseeccccceceseesseeeeeeeeeesaaeaesseeeeess 94 Configuration of Activity Threshold ccccccccssssssssecceceeceeeeesseecceeeeseeaeeenseeeeees 95 Activity Monitor for testing threshold values cccccccssesesseeceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaas 95 Configuration of Mortality and Hibernation cccccccccccccccssseseseeeeeeeeesaesssseeeeees 96 Configuration of VHF Beacon Pattern 0 0 0 0 cccccesessseccccceceseeseseeecceeeesaaeeeseeeeeees 96 Configuration of RF Collar Communication Time c cc ccceeesseecceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeees 97 Configure GSM Mode directly in the Collar cccccccccccccsseeseeeeeeeeeeesaeeeseeeeeees 97 Configure Destination Address directly in the collar eeecccccceeeeceaesseeeeeeeees 98 Configuration of SMS Reception Delay ccecccseccececceeessseeeeeeeeeesaeeasseeeeeees 98 Configuration Of Argos traMSMISSION cccccccccecssesssecceeeeceaeeeeseeeceeeeeseaeaeneeeeeess 99 Configuration of Globalstar tramSMISSiON cccseeeesseccceeeceeeeeseeeceeeeeeeaaeeeseeeeeees 99 Configuration Of Iridium transmission ccccccceeessseeseecceeeeeeea
325. ub tab sheet User Geodetic SII vescsnccecstcueevcscascnncercnsaiqnteendtennseueeecassnemedeconsniqntaancees 57 Figure 28 5Ub tab sheet User BMI SONG ceincceccanivestcoans aii oae E Ee Eea TEE OSEN 57 Figure 29 Sub tab sheet Test Transformation ccccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeaeaaaaas 58 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 20 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date Figure 30 Figure 31 Figure 32 Figure 33 Figure 34 Figure 35 Figure 36 Figure 37 Figure 38 Figure 39 Figure 40 Figure 41 Figure 42 Figure 43 Figure 44 Figure 45 Figure 46 Figure 47 Figure 48 Figure 49 Figure 50 Figure 51 Figure 52 Figure 53 Figure 54 Figure 55 Figure 56 Figure 57 Figure 58 Figure 59 GPS Plus Collar Manager sata VECTRONIC Aerospace WPA sheet Misce Nme OU Siete caceanctetetecet E E EE 59 Main window in collar mode scsscciccn inet vesansveicsevelsnntsceqedlsnalvesvonsveicsavelaaetenceaetlinabecs 6l Main window with open schedule menu in Collar mode ccceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeees 62 Schedule with all three rules cccccccccssssseessesssssesssssseesccceccenesseeeeseestssesseseesesccees 63 RUM UNS GG HORI esa E sivas eatsanieaatetse sa E E N S 63 PSC hele TNS COR FO GING sce E EE A E T ate wteeresiesentseee eaorueseens 64
326. um Select the checkbox to enable the transmission or unselect it to disable the transmission For details on the proximity events refer to 4 4 16 Get Proximity Events For details on how to select a collar and send the command refer to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM an Send GSM Collar Proximity Transmission Destination Collar s Collar ID SMS Coding 60226 60227 Seven Bbit Seven Bit Seven bit 60228 449152359456 Seven Bit Enable transmission of sensor data via GSM Iridium T Figure 129 Dialog for configuring the Proximity Frequency command via GSM This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 3 3 23 5 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 3 6 9 Proximity Schedule Disable UHF collars only This command allows you to disable a GPS proximity schedule stored on a collar To enable the proximity schedule again you need to send a new proximity schedule to the collars see 5 1 8 Send Proximity Schedule For details on how to select a collar and send the command refer to 5 1 5 1 Send GSM Schedule via GSM i Send GSM Collar Disable Proximity Schedule Destination Collar s Phone Number SMS Coding 99 15262485256 Seven Bit 49 15262465584 Seven bit 49 1525696 7552 Seven Bit 9915256984566 SEVEN Bit This will dis
327. utoread Collar Configuration Iridium Activity Mode 7 Collar Commands New menu item added Clear Argos Buffer Collar Initialization VHE Beacon Iridium Mode Update Chapter GSM Send GPS Schedule Divided into two sub chapters Via GSM and Via Iridium Update Chapter GSM Configuration Configure Collar Divided into two sub chapters Via GSM and Via Iridium Appendix B GSM tab changed to GSM SatComm Added new fields 25 27 01 2009 File Menu Added Process messages of unregistered collars and Convert all SMS to ZIP files Mail Reception Added Globalstar FTP processing feature to mail reception Unprocessed Added chapter and figure for new command messages in file menu This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 10 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace Convert SMS to ZIP Added chapter and figure for new command in file menu Collar List Added Globalstar ESN information update figures Added national phone number conversion updated Figure Options Mail Server Added authentication and SMTP Test button updated figure SMTP Test form Added paragraph and figure about SMTP server connection test to Options Mail Sever Options Iridium Updated figure Options Globalstar Added chapter Globalstar optio
328. utoread 58 body 52 delete messages 49 export 47 merge messages 47 read interval 58 server 47 SMTP authentification 48 SMTP host 48 SMTP password 48 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 232 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date 9 8 11 SMTP port 48 SMTP reply address 48 SMTP server 48 SMTP User ID 48 erase all data 109 error messages 166 export activity 55 ASCII 55 F database 55 double entries 54 fix quality 53 GPS data 55 options 53 55 spreadsheet 55 table header 55 file extension 189 IPS 189 ITS 190 PS 190 TS 190 activity data 189 ADF 77 85 148 189 BRF 72 189 CCF 189 COL 189 GDF 77 82 123 147 189 GPS data 189 GRF 71 139 151 189 GSF 73 KEY 189 SMS 121 123 189 TCF 189 TRM 189 FTP server G Globalstar 51 GEO transformation 56 target system 56 get all data 109 Globalstar configuration 51 99 ESN 42 fixes per message 99 FTP server 51 password 51 port 51 transmission mode 99 user ID 51 GPS Plus Collar Manager VECTRONIC Aerospace Google Earth 54 107 GPS coldstart GPS 112 data 189 data chart 83 data chart from terminal 142 data charts from terminal 155 erase data 84 erase data fr
329. value is equal or greater than the number of positions per SMS a SMS will be generated and transmitted Iridium Mode Transmission Mode 0 No Iridium Module 1 Iridium 1 Fix per Message 2 Iridium 2 Fixes per Message 3 Iridium 3 Fixes per Message 17 Iridium 17 Fixes per Message 18 Iridium 18 Fixes per Message IMEI Iridium device Identifier Globalstar Attempts Number of consecutive transmission attempts for a data block This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 185 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No Date 9 8 11 Fixes per Message Tx ESN Comm Interval Data Position Transmission Argos Tab Transmitter Mode Channel Argos ID Hex RF Timer Phi 2 Timer Phi Timer Phi Control Repetition Rate Number of Blocks GPS Plus Collar Manager VECTRONIC Aerospace Number of positions per message 1 or 2 Transmission Mode 0 send every fix 1 send every 2nd fix 2 send every 3rd fix 3 send every 4th fix 10 send every 1 1th fix 11 send every 12th fix 12 send every 16th fix 13 send every 24th fix 14 send every 48th fix 15 send every 96th fix Globalstar ESN serial number of the transmitter Running number of position that is transmitted the remaining positions will be stored on the collar only Mode the Argos transmitter uses GPS or
330. vec ects seus sea secu T E A E T E 154 Tae Export GPS Data in ASCII Spreadsheet Database cc ccc cseeessssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaes 155 7 2 3 GPS VEV Di ee ee eee ee 155 7 2 4 GPS SOV CI erea estates tavern tesaudynetaveraiesed iste esonernctaiee 155 R29 BA TOD ea a A ate ee A A A E A N 155 7 3 ACA Me n A E A AE TEE E E REEE 155 7 3 1 Ger POU 100 DI e EE E 156 Ted PROC ACA D ste cccsszc sees E E E E E S E 156 7 3 3 ACUVIY Vew Dil a ies a canccretecnmian econ dnenecesis tadateadeDeaagitea nce Ataneens uns Vabseateaatee aneehsoee 156 7 3 4 Va el Wh A Abies E 012 a E neler rane Pn nO E E OnE nt mene aR E 156 7 3 5 FASS COW D serra sates swrateeg alee uancen ue sesso oarsahonsseemuagaincsaacheecuomsene sabes eaeananniacsnet 156 T ee 5 110 106 0 100 ee reeenr ee reeer eer eeernee Teer rere rt E T 157 7 4 1 Terminal Se iy coca E EEEE esc E ate E E 157 7 4 2 COUN OUT ee E E esysnecssienentcotseasstnscaosessuseeeseen 157 7 4 3 IVP AS BE e EE EA EE E A VOEO OA EEA 158 7 4 4 Collar Configuration Handheld Terminal firmware 2 3 1 or higher 006 161 7 4 5 Save Terminal Informatii csee a a EA aaas 163 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 18 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ae VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 4 6 PE ih UAT Secs acca paces EAA A AE A E A A A 163 7
331. w Chapter Collar Create GeoDLL Key New Chapter Collar Create Mail Key New Chapter Collar Fast Export Information and Configuration Extended Send Added GSM transmit and store SMS Schedule functionality in GSM mode Extended Get SMSJ Added transmit functionality and Send messages Messages button New Chapter Terminal Get Fix Data command This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 6 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date aan VECTRONIC Aerospace New Chapter Terminal Erase Fix Data command New Chapter Terminal Get Activity Data command New Chapter Terminal Erase Activity Data command Removed Chapter Terminal Get Data Removed Chapter Terminal Erase Data Removed Chapter Terminal Transfer Configure Collar ID s New Chapter Terminal Manage Data replaces removed chapters New Chapter Terminal Memory Bank Backup New Chapter Terminal Memory Bank Restore New Chapter Terminal Fast Export Information and Configuration Index Added Added Index for better navigation 19 18 02 2005 Mail Reception Updated Recent Error Messages added Image and Text Updated Recent Error Messages added Image Updated Body of Mortality Message Image Options Misc Added Sound Check Box Mortality SMS forwarding and Base Data Path Image and T
332. what GPS Plus is doing with this data While getting data all commands are disabled pE Get data from all listed collars retrieves the data of all listed collars see toolbar Collar ID from the last ten days This is the maximum period of time provided by the Argos centre It does this with the Argos PRV command You will see the incoming data in the lower Log area The upper text area shows what GPS Plus is doing with this data While getting data all commands are disabled ee Get pass information for selected collar retrieves positions of the current collar determined by Argos and not by the GPS module on the collar It does this with the Argos DIAG command You will see the incoming data in the lower Log area The upper text area shows what GPS Plus is doing with this data While getting data all commands are disabled A Get pass information for all listed collars retrieves positions of all collars listed determined by Argos and not by the GPS module on the collar It does this with the Argos DIAG command You will see the incoming data in the lower Log area The upper text area shows what GPS Plus is doing with this data While getting data all commands are disabled This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 35 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date ann VECTRONIC Aerospace
333. window with Schedule menu open GPS Base Station mode This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 1 15 235 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date 9 8 11 VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 1 1 Create GPS Schedule This is equivalent to 4 1 1 Create GPS Schedule Please refer to this description 5 1 2 Create Beacon Schedule This is equivalent to 4 1 2 Create Beacon Schedule Please refer to this description 5 1 3 Create GSM Iridium Schedule This is equivalent to 4 1 4 Create GSM Iridium Schedule Please refer to this description 5 1 4 Lifetime Calculation This is equivalent to 4 1 5 Lifetime Calculation Please refer to this description 5 1 5 Send GPS Schedule This command offers you two ways for sending a schedule via GSM and via Iridium Choose the communication form enabled in your collar 5 1 5 1 Send via GSM This command is quite similar to 4 1 6 Send GPS Schedule For items not eof Via GSM explained here please refer to this section via Iridium Since an SMS message has a very low data capacity you can only send Figure 105 Selec rule based schedules with a restricted number of rules A maximum of 16 ne Hansission rules is possible but depending on the type and length of the rules a fewer number might possible First select the GPS rule file GRF by clicking o
334. xes are transmitted in one Globalstar message You can transmit one or two fixes per message Configure Collar Globalstar Mode Collar ID slobalstar Fixes per Message Figure 87 Configuration of Globalstar transmission This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 99 233 Manual_GPS Plus Collar Manager_V3 10 docx Doc No GPS Plus Collar Manager Date iis VECTRONIC Aerospace By combining both settings you can affect the number of positions transferred by Globalstar i e the configuration Mode 3 2 fixes per message result in the transfer of two fixes being sent and two fixes being stored in the non volatile collar memory only The satellite reception success rate increases with reduced length of the message Hence the fix per message mode has a higher satellite reception rate than the 2 fix per message mode 4 4 3 13 Iridium Iridium Mode controls the number of positions per transmitted message The more positions per message the less energy is consumed The less positions per message the higher the update rate of positions at the base station Configure Collar Iridium Mode Collar ID 7231 Iridium Mode 1 1 Fix per Message od Figure 88 Configuration of Iridium transmission 4 4 3 14 Proximity Sensor UHF collars only Configure Collar Proximity Sensor Collar ID
335. xport Format To configure the export options see Export Tab Sheet below GSM Export Format This option can only be activated if the proceeding merge option is enabled It defines which export format is used if the Export data automatically option is selected The file resulting from the merge option will be exported to a file with the same name and path as the merged file but different file extensions and formats depending on the following selection GSM Auto mail received data A received position data SMS from a collar or position data received via Iridium email will be emailed as SMS file if an address is given in the collars position mailing list A received mortality data event will be appended to the GSM mortality file of that collar and this text file will be mailed if an address is given in the collars mortality mailing list For configuring mailing lists see 3 1 6 Collar List OA 0193010 SCTS 04 04 15 17 02 52 08 Line Your SMS sent on 15 04 2004 at 17402 could not be delivered Figure 16 SMS stored as text GSM Store received SMS as Text Any SMS message that cannot be identified as a collar SMS message will be stored as a text file if this box 1s checked containing the following information Originating Address Service Centre Time Stamp and the text The format 1s similar to an INI file This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorized duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibite
336. y and direction are displayed in the status bar Empty values in the selected column will always be listed last For identical values in the sorting key the collar ID will be used as a secondary key t Collar List Edit Register amp Collar Q 00001 Q 00002 Regi GSM Phone N valid valid SMS C undefined undefined Iridium IMEI Argos ID 1234560 1234561 Study Period 01 01 2005 undefined Position Mailing List Mortality Mailing List Mortality SMS List 01 01 2005 01 01 2008 mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a mail vectronic a DB Conn Database A Database B 4 400003 valid undefined 1234562 01 01 2005 01 01 2009 mail vectronica mail vectronic a Database B Q 00004 Q o0005 Q 00006 Q 00007 Q 00008 Q 00009 Q 00010 Q 00011 Q 00012 Q 00013 Q 00014 Q 00015 Q 00123 Q 02976 Q 31003 1 of 18 collars selected Figure 12 Collar List form i open up where you can enter your collars data see Figure 13 left chosen A form will open up where you can edit your collars data see Figure 13 right valid INVALID valid valid valid valid valid valid valid valid valid valid INVALID 1234 valid INVALID 491231231234 491231231235 491231231236 491231231237 undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined seven bit seven bit seven bit seven bit undefined seven bit
337. y be there is no device connected Terminal Interface Timeout No Echo from Terminal The terminal did not answer within time May be there is no device connected Terminal Interface Unknown interface ID You probably will never encounter this error The message is intended to help VECTRONIC with debugging Terminal Interface USB Communication Failed Could not send Command The program failed to send a command to the terminal via the USB Terminal Interface Wrong Echo from Terminal expected value lt gt received value The sent character was expected to be echoed but the echo differed from it Terminal Interface Could not close serial interface or Could not set buffer size or Could not set communication settings or Could not set flow control settings or Could not set timeout parameters or Could not use this Serial Port or Unknown interface ID These are all errors resulting from initialising the communication interface of the terminal The messages are intended to help VECTRONIC with debugging Terminal Update Firmware Firmware Data could not be sent Page page number Do you want to retry sending the data The data could not be sent to the device You have the choice to cancel the whole process or to try writing the block again and continue Terminal Update Firmware Firmware Data could not be validated Page page number Do you want to retry sending the data The data send to the device could not be ver

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