Queclink Wireless Solutions GL300VC GPS Locator User Manual GL300VC V1 00

Queclink Wireless Solutions Co.,Ltd GPS Locator GL300VC V1 00

User Manual

CDMA2000-1X Tracker GL300VC User Manual Application Notes: TRACGL300VCUM001 Revision: 1.00 http://www.queclink.com sales@queclink.com
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 1 - Document Title GL300VC User manual Version 1.00 Date 2014-11-15 Status Release Document Control ID TRACGL300VCUM001 General Notes Queclink offers this information as a service to its customers, to support application and engineering efforts that use the products designed by Queclink. The information provided is based upon requirements specifically provided to Queclink by the customers. Queclink has not undertaken any independent search for additional relevant information, including any information that may be in the customer’s possession. Furthermore, system validation of this product designed by Queclink within a larger electronic system remains the responsibility of the customer or the customer’s system integrator. All specifications supplied herein are subject to change. Copyright This document contains proprietary technical information which is the property of Queclink Limited., copying of this document and giving it to others and the using or communication of the contents thereof, are forbidden without express authority. Offenders are liable to the payment of damages. All rights reserved in the event of grant of a patent or the registration of a utility model or design. All specification supplied herein are subject to change without notice at any time. Copyright © Queclink Wireless Solutions Ltd. 2014
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 2 - Contents Contents ............................................................................................................................................ 20. Revision history ............................................................................................................................ 31. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 42. Product Overview ......................................................................................................................... 52.1. Appearance .......................................................................................................................... 52.2. Buttons/Mini USB Interface Description ............................................................................ 52.3. LEDs Description ................................................................................................................ 62.4. External Power Interface ..................................................................................................... 62.4.1.External DC Charger Interface .................................................................................. 62.4.2.External Battery Interface ......................................................................................... 72.5. Ignition Detection ................................................................................................................ 72.6. External Input Interface ....................................................................................................... 83. Getting Started .............................................................................................................................. 93.1. Parts List .............................................................................................................................. 93.2. Battery Charging ............................................................................................................... 103.3. GL300VC External Cable Interface .................................................................................. 103.4. Turn on/Turn off ................................................................................................................ 114. Troubleshooting and Safety info ................................................................................................. 124.1. Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................. 124.2. Safety info ......................................................................................................................... 12
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 3 - 0. Revision history Revision Date Author Description of change 1.00 2014/11/11 Abside Yu Initial
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 4 - 1. Introduction The water resistant GL300VC is a powerful GPS/GNSS locator designed for lone worker, vehicle, pet and asset tracking applications. The thumb sized button makes this device ideal for applications requiring rapid notification of emergency alert or regular setting of geo-fences based on current location. Its built-in GNSS receiver has superior sensitivity and fast time to first fix. Its CDMA2000-1X allowing the GL300VC's location to be monitored in real time or periodically tracked by a backend server and mobile devices. Its built-in 3-axis accelerometer allows motion detection and extends battery life through sophisticated power management algorithms. System integration is straightforward as complete documentation is provided for the full featured @Track protocol. The @Track protocol supports a wide variety of reports including emergency, geo-fence boundary crossings, low battery and scheduled GPS/GNSS position. WARNING: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. - Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. -Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. -Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC RF Exposure Statement: For the product, under normal use condition is at least 20cm away from the body of the user, the user must keepingat least 20cm distance to the product. FCC RF Exposure Information and Statement:The SAR limit of USA (FCC) is 1.6 W/kg averaged over one gram oftissue.Device types: GL300VC(FCC ID:YQD-GL300VC) has also been tested against this SAR limit.The highest SAR value reported under this standard during product certification for use on the body is 0.849W/kg.
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 5 - 2. Product Overview 2.1. Appearance 2.2. Buttons/Mini USB Interface Description Button /Mini USB Interface Description Power Key  Turn on GL300VC  Turn off GL300VC when without charging. (If power key is enabled) Function Key  Geo-Fence mode Long press the key to enable/disable Geo-Fence ID0  Geo-Fence in current position mode Long press the key to enable/disable Geo-Fence ID0. If enable Geo-Fence ID0, using the current position as the center of Geo-Fence 0.  SOS mode (default) Long press the key to active SOS alarm Mini USB interface  Connect a 5V DC adapter can power GL300VC and charge the internal battery  Connect a 3.7V Li-ion or Li-Polymer battery can power GL300VC  Backend server developer or administrator can use the Data_Cable_M to configure
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 6 - GL300VC 2.3. LEDs Description There are three LED in GL300VC, the description as following. 2.4. External Power Interface 2.4.1. External DC Charger Interface The Pin2 on Mini-USB connector are used for charging and named as VCHG pin, It can be connected to a 5V DC power supply to power GL300VC and charge the internal battery. LED Event State CELL LED Searching network Fast flash Network has been registered Slow flash Power off Dark SIM-PIN Locked Solid Receives a valid protocol command Turn on for 3 seconds <LED on> is 2 Dark GPS LED GPS has fixed Solid GPS is in fixing Fast flash GPS is on and GPS data wrong Slow flash GPS is off Dark If <LED on> is 0, 150 seconds later after powers on. Dark <LED on> is 2 Dark PWR LED Power on and normal Dark Charger inserted and charging completed Solid Charger inserted and charging Fast flash Power key was pressed and prepare to power off Fast flash Abnormal Fast flash Power low alert Slow flash Power off or turn off the power light by command Dark <LED on> is 2 Dark
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 7 - 2.4.2. External Battery Interface The Pin 8 on Mini-USB connector is for external battery and named as EXTBAT pin, It can be connected to 3.7V Li-ion or Li-Polymer battery to power GL300VC. 2.5. Ignition Detection The Pin 7 on Mini-USB connector is for ignition detection when GL300VC is used in vehicle tracking application, It is named as IGN_IND pin.
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 8 - Another easy way is to connect PIN7 to a power output in the fuse box of the vehicle which is only enabled after the vehicle is ignition on. For example: the power output for radio FM. 2.6. External Input Interface The Pin 5 on Mini-USB connector is a negative trigger input in newer hardware version, It is named as NSW pin. For negative trigger input the electrical conditions are: Logical State Electrical State Active 0V to 0.8V Inactive 1.7V to 32V or Open An input example is shown as following figures: Example of NSW pin connect to a panic button
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 9 - 3. Getting Started 3.1. Parts List Name Picture Remark GL300VC Locater The CDMA-1X/GPRS/GPS locator. AC-DC Power Adapter (Standard accessory) It is used to charge the internal battery of GL300VC. GL300VC Data Cable (Optional accessory) It is the USB data cable which can be used for firmware upgrading and configuration. External Battery Kit （Optional accessory） It is a set of accessories include an external battery, a power control unit and a pelican waterproof casing,. It will greatly improve the working time of GL300VC and also let the GL300VC can be used for some special application like container tracking. Please refer to “GL200 External Battery Kit User Manual.pdf” for detail. GL300VC External Cable (Optional accessory) It is the extend cable which include the charger interface and external battery interface on GL300VC. It also includes the ignition detection interface on the GL300VC.
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 10 - 3.2. Battery Charging  Please connect AC-DC power adapter with GL300VC.  Insert the AC-DC power adapter into the power socket.  During charging, the PWR LED is flashing fast. When the battery is full charged, the PWR LED will be Ever-light.  You can also charge the battery by USB cable which connects GL300VC with the PC.  Charging time is about 5 hours. Note: Before the first time using GL300VC, please full charge the battery. 3.3. GL300VC External Cable Interface  GL300VC External Cable is a cable with a Mini USB connector and six wires which include the external power interface, ignition detect and input interface for GL300VC. Please find the detail description in following table. Color Name Remark RED External DC IN (5V) Please refer to 2.4.1 for detail Black Ground Please refer to 2.4.1 for detail Blue External Battery IN (DC 3.4V to 4.2V) Please refer to 2.4.2 for detail White Ignition Detect Please refer to 2.5for detail Green NSW（negative trigger input） Please refer to 2.6 for detail Yellow OUT(negative trigger output) Please refer to 2.6 for detail
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 11 - 3.4. Turn on/Turn off  Turn on:  Method 1: Press the Power key at least 3 seconds and release it to turn on GL300VC. At the same time, PWR LED will light on.  Method 2: Connect device to charger or external battery, and it will turn on automatically, PWR LED will light on.  Turn off:  Method 1: Press the power key about 2 seconds; PWR LED will fast flash and then turn off, it indicates that GL300VC is turned off. The time of power off is depended on the quality of network. The maximum time of power off is 90 seconds. It is only valid to turn off when using internal battery. Please note the end-user can not power off GL300VC when the power key is disabled by protocol.  Method 2: If using external battery, device will power turn-off when external battery disconnect.
GL300VC User Manual TRACGL300VCUM001 - 12 - 4. Troubleshooting and Safety info 4.1. Troubleshooting Trouble Possible Reason Solution After GL300VC is turned on, the CDMA-1X LED flashes quickly always. The signal is too weak; GL300VC can’t register to the network. Please move GL300VC into place with good CDMA-1X coverage. Messages can’t be reported to the backend server by GPRS. APN is wrong. Some APN cannot visit the internet directly.Ask the network operator for the right APN. The IP address or port of the backend server is wrong. Make sure the IP address for the backend server is an identified address in the internet. Unable to power off GL300VC. The function of power key was disabled by AT+GTSFR. Enable the function of power key by AT+GTFKS. Unable to power off GL300VC if charger connected or using external battery. Disconnect charger or external battery, and try again. No response from UART when configure GL300VC through UART GL300VC is in power saving mode. Remove the Data_Cable_M, and plug it in again. After this operation, GL300VC will exit from power saving mode for 10 seconds. Re-try GL300VC manager tool again, it will try to wake up device. GL300VC can’t get successful GPS fixing. The GPS signal is weak. Please move GL300VC to a place with open sky. It is better to let the top surface face to sky. (The same surface with indication LED) 4.2. Safety info  Please do not disassemble the device by yourself.  Please do not put the device on the overheating or too humid place, avoid exposure to direct sunlight. Too high temperature will damage the device or even cause the battery explosion.  Please do not use GL300VC on the airplane or near medical equipment.

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