How safe is your mobile workforce?
01 November, 2011 by Ian Daniel*, vice president Asia Pacific, Navman WirelessOver recent years responsibility for fleet safety has shifted from drivers to organisations and even individual managers - making this a growing issue for Australian businesses.
u-blox C16-G26Q stolen vehicle tracking
03 March, 2011 byu-blox has released an off-the-shelf reference design for the Brazilian stolen vehicle tracking market.
Fastrax Track&Trace asset-tracking platform
08 February, 2011 byThe Fastrax Track&Trace platform can be a starting point for any asset-tracking application. The platform includes the uTrace03 telematics module, the uTrace03 development board, default Track&Trace software and the Fastrax Track&Trace embedded software toolkit.
Step Global SGDR-001 dead reckoning module for the Trimble TM3000
20 October, 2010 byThe SGDR-001 dead reckoning solution for the Trimble TM3000 can also be used as a stand-alone solution. It uses the Trimble Lassen iQ+DR module as its engine.
Trimble TM3000 asset tracking device interfaced with Iridium SBD modem
20 October, 2010 byGPS tracking by interfacing the Trimble TM3000 asset tracking device with an Iridium short burst data modem provides communication when GSM (GPRS and SMS) is unavailable.
u-blox LEA-6R GPS module
12 October, 2010 byu-blox has released LEA-6R, a next-generation GPS module supplied with ‘sensor fusion dead-reckoning’ technology.
Radio system tells bus drivers about road accidents
05 March, 2010A radio system that tells bus drivers about road accidents and traffic jams has been set up in Changchun, the capital city of Jilin province in north-east China.
Simoco SAMS6000 vehicle location system
09 February, 2010The Simoco SAMS6000 has been designed to send and track real-time, text-based jobs to field response crews such as emergency response personnel, police/firefighters, security personnel and maintenance technicians.
Radio keeps mine assets on track
02 December, 2009Keeping track of mining vehicles and monitoring assets using radio telemetry can play a major role in keeping a mining company competitive and efficient.
Mobile tracking
28 April, 2009 byEnfora has produced an in-vehicle ‘transceiver’ that employs the RabbitCore RCM2020 core module as its processor, helping make it an economical wireless internet protocol mobile tracking device.
Mobile tracking
28 April, 2009 byEnfora has produced an in-vehicle ‘transceiver’ that employs the RabbitCore RCM2020 core module as its processor, helping make it an economical wireless internet protocol mobile tracking device.
GPS OEM module
06 April, 2009 byTrimble’s GPS module Copernicus II has tracking sensitivity that is better by 8 dB, start-up and acquisition are faster, accuracy higher and signal retention in poor environments has been raised, compared with the first version of the device.
Vehicle PC
01 April, 2009 byThe TEK-6000 is a custom-designed fanless Atom-based vehicle PC with a full range of interfaces. Incorporating a Sierra Wireless MC8790V 3.5G module, GPS, Wi-Fi, 2.5" SATA hard drive and CompactFlash, it is suitable for AVL (automatic vehicle location) and many other in-vehicle applications. Operating from 6-36 VDC it also has power on/off delay control and low-voltage detection. A range of optional accessories is available including IP65 housing, an 8.4" digital monitor and smart battery UPS kit.
Dealing with forest fires
02 March, 2009Melbourne-based HVP, an Australian private timber plantation company, has vehicles fitted with mobile radios optioned with GPS serial boards.
Data system smoothes the journey
29 October, 2008Dublin Bus, Irish public transport operator, has chosen Tait to carry out an upgrade of its existing communications infrastructure.
