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A. General
General tab offers basic commands to be sent to the
tracking device in order to start responding to the
commands i.e., Profile, Geo Zones, Tracking Configuration,
Message to Device and Status. Below each command that
a General tab offers is discussed in detail.
Profile – Edit Profile
This is the basic command and is mandatory to be sent to
the tracking device as it enables tracking device to set its
communication parameters. Select a profile from the
predefined profiles available in the profile dropdown list
(dropdown list will only populate if profiles are already created under
Profile or create your own profile which will also appear in
the same profile dropdown list and click Initialize button.
Once the initialize button is clicked, Edit Profile dialog box
will appear where you can make any final changes to the
selected profile if required before sending it to the tracking
device. You can also edit the profile by clicking the Edit
Profile button before clicking the Initialize button.
A profile includes tracking device’s basic settings like which
GSM Network to use, what are the Base Control Number
and others which we will discuss in detail later. Once the
initialization settings are sent, you can notice the status of
the commands sent to the tracking device by the Pegasus
software in the Status grid (Marked in green colour in the above
image). As soon as the tracking device receives the
command from the Pegasus system, it starts processing
i.e., setting up its parameters, as set by you in the selected
profile. Once the settings are set by the tracking device, it
confirms it by sending its position to the Pegasus system
which could be checked by enabling the “Keep in View”
check box option under the Devices Panel and device will
reflect its position on the map.
Assign
You can Assign specific profile to device. This can be
used for any further re-initialization
Geo Zone
Setting a Geo Zone on a tracking device is optional; Geo
Zone could be applied to the tracking device at this initial
stage or could also be applied later on. Select the
predefined Geo zone (which you can create from main menu Zones
then click on GeoZone) settings from the Geo Zone dropdown
list and click Set Geo Zone button. Doing so will show the
command line that has to be sent to the tracking device in
the Message to Device text box, if required you can change
the latitude and longitude settings before sending it finally
to the tracking device. If no changes are required you can
send Geo Zone settings to the tracking device by clicking
Send SMS or Send GPRS button. Multiple Geo Zones can be
applied and view in different colours by clicking Show
Tracks in Vehicles tab.
Tracking Configuration
Setting Tracking Configuration is also optional; these
settings could be applied to the tracking device at this
initial stage or could also be applied later on. There are
multiple tracking modes that you can set on the tracking
device. Just select the required tracking mode, enter the
parameters in Upload Interval, Store Interval, Distance &
Stationary Interval. Once the parameters are set then click
the OK button, respective command line as per the tracking
mode set will appear in the Message to Device text box and
if no further changes are required you can send the
command to the tracking device by clicking the Send SMS
button or Send GPRS button. Below is the short description
of the tracking modes offered by Pegasus system.
Interval Base Tracking
Setting tracking mode to Interval Base Tracking will enable
the tracking device to store GPS and status data after every
specified Store Interval (in seconds) to its internal memory
and will send all the stored location to Pegasus system
when the Upload Interval is achieved. In case tracking
device loses its connection with GSM network, it will send
all the locations stored in buffer to Pegasus system as soon
as tracking device gets back in to the GSM network and
establish its connection.
Real Time Tracking
Setting tracking mode to Real Time Tracking will enable the
tracking device to send its GPS and status data to Pegasus
system after every specified Upload Interval. Setting the
Upload Interval and Store Interval to 0 seconds will enable
the Real Time Tracking mode.
Store and Upload Location
Setting tracking mode to Store and Upload Location will
enable the tracking device to store GPS and status data
after every specified Store Interval (in seconds) to its memory
and will send to Pegasus system after every specified
Upload Interval (in seconds) and will clear its memory.
Distance Base Tracking
Setting tracking mode to Distance Base Tracking will enable
the tracking device to store GPS and status data after every
specified Distance interval (in meters) to its memory and will
send to Pegasus system after every specified Upload
Interval (in seconds) and will clear the memory. If the Upload
Interval is complete but specified Distance Interval is not
yet covered, device will not send any location to Pegasus
system.
Motion Base Tracking
Setting tracking mode to Motion Base Tracking will enable
the tracking device to store GPS and status data after every
specified Store Interval (in seconds) to its internal memory
and will send all the stored location to Pegasus system
when the Upload Interval is achieved. Motion base tracking
is different from Interval base tracking as Motion base
tracking will only send the location when the vehicle will
move from a stop state i.e., when the vehicle is stopped,
device will not store or send any location.
Status Grid
Status Grid keeps you updated with the status of all the
commands that are sent to the tracking device. In the
Status Grid, Date & Time of the command, Type of
command i.e., sent the command through SMS or GPRS,
Status of the command i.e., the command sent is either
pending or processed or failed and Communication i.e.,
what command has been sent to the tracking device.