2018-08-29 Likorlove GPS Tracker

I'm glad I found this device, as I was going to try and conjure something up myself, involving a spare mobile phone and a bit of Android scripting. This approach was a lot cheaper and quicker!

Anyway, I've only tested the unit in the house at the minute to get it setup and configured, so my fuller review will have to wait until I've tested it a bit longer. But, in the meantime, I've noticed a lot of people worrying about the amount of data this thing eats, as its default setting is to send its location back every 30 seconds at <insert cost of SMS on your chosen network> pence, each time. So here's something I've sussed out that lets you use much longer 'ping' times. I originally posted this as a reply on someone else's review but, given how many people are asking about this, it's probably best putting in a separate review:

The examples in the manual assume you want to use Seconds [s] as your intervals and the value can be set to anything between 001* and 999 as follows:

fix030s***n123456 --report back every 30 seconds. [default]

fix360s***n123456 --report back every 360 seconds [ie. one hour].

The value has to always be 3 digits, so pad with zeroes if needs be, eg: 006, 030, 425... etc. If you use more or less than 3 digits, you'll get a "password err"

If you want to go higher than 999 seconds, you can substitute 'm' for minutes or 'h' for hours. Same rules apply; 3 digits, pad with zeroes if needs be. So:

fix060m***n123456 --report back every 60 minutes.

fix024h***n123456 --report back every 24 hours.

*[I didn't actually try setting the value to 001 seconds as that would have decimated my credit in no time. But I'm assuming a minimum value of 001]

I'm still trying to suss out how to turn off auto-reporting completely as, being as tight as the proverbial duck's nether regions, I just want the tracker to respond when I query it. If I find that out, I'll add it to this comment.

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geo12 months ago (Edited)Report abuse
Thanks!
360s = 6mins

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Franco11 months agoReport abuse
Thanks for your info didn't know about selecting minutes or hours! :)
Here's the answer to your question to save some £s on data usage...
To turn off auto-reporting:
sms123456
To turn on auto-reporting:
gprs123456


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stuzbot 7 months agoIn reply toan earlier postEdit | Delete
Whoops! –you're right of course. My old maths teacher Mr. Stinson would have lifted me out of my chair by my sideboards for that schoolboy error.