Archive for September, 2006

What to Expect After Your GPS Purchase

Add comment September 10th, 2006

Professional installation usually takes less than an hour and I’ve been quoted installation costs of about $50 here in the Denver Metro area. I gave it a shot and my hasty ‘get it working’ install took about 20 minutes. I plugged it into the diagnostic pluggin (on most domestic cars and trucks built since 1998); taped the sensor on the dash and routed the wires out of sight. The unit is located out of sight, under my seat.

After I plugged it in, the led on top of the unit turned from red to blue, then green within 2 minutes.

I went inside and logged into my account at LOCATE and had a locate within a minute. WOW!

Google maps are sweet! The hybrid view placed my truck in the exact parking space of the parking lot I had parked in. The locate at my home placed my address at the neighbors home next door but showed the truck in my driveway.

Details:
Activation and the first 10 pings (locates) are free with purchase.

At purchase, we need you to send us a valid email account and a password you can remember. We will get the unit activated and that’s all there is to it to get you started.

Login:
The password should be changed later and the admin panel will send it to you if you forget it. We can’t see it so it remains under your control.

Admin Panel
The admin panel is clean and straight-forward. It doesn’t get in your way whether you have one or two units to track, dozens or hundreds. You can group the units and assign nicknames if you like.

Control your stuff; Get a grin on your face; Experience peace of mind!Our new GPS Locator Administration interface makes it easy to track and manage your assets:
  • GPS Tracking is now inexpensive
  • Our unit is easy to install
  • The online software is easy to setup and use
  • It’s easy to setup and manage lot’s of units
  • Reasonable cost of service

You will be delighted!
Retail cost per unit is under $500. We’re seeing online prices of $695 or more for this same unit and the locate software we’ve seen is slow or seems clunky.

Discount pricing for families, or a fleet is available at teknia micro

Online GPS Tracking Overview

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Until now, consumers have been limited to over-priced “theft recovery-only” systems that utilize outdated radio-frequency technology, this requires local law enforcement agencies and vehicles to be equipped with specific hardware to track stolen vehicles.

We carry an entirely new class of vehicle security system that combines advanced GPS technology and a global digital wireless network with real-time tracking on the Internet.

Now you can track your assets and inform the police where your vehicle is by using our online system which utilizes world-class Google Maps. This is the GPS system we’ve been looking for; we hope you like it too.

We’re set to change a few things…

GPS asset tracking

Online tracking

We use newly designed equipment and better online systems than available with previous GPS tracking systems. (and we’ve been searching for the right solution for a long time) We chose this GPS tracking system from all the current leading GPS equipment and tracking suppliers.

It’s not complicated; we didn’t want to sell something we wouldn’t use ourselves. We needed:

  • a GPS asset tracking tool that worked
  • it had to be easy to use
  • low cost to start/low cost to maintain

GPS Fleet Management System features:

GPS Fleet Management

Fleet Management

  • Easy to install and setup
  • A breeze to administer and use
  • Very responsive online tracking
  • Reliability is a given

The GPS web based tracking system is easy to access and use. Report generation is simple and the interface is un-cluttered and responsive.

Extensive Administration Tools:

GPS Management tools

Management Tool

  • Easy to track lots of vehicles (group them for convenience)
  • Reports for employee reviews
  • Alerts are sent to Email or by text messaging
  • This is a powerful management tool!

What can GPS Tracking do for me or my business?

Our GPS tracking service provides a ‘TOOL’ to locate and manage your vehicles. Our online GPS tracking application will show you where your vehicles are, how fast they are going and where thay have been. It will also alert you if your company truck goes outside an area you specify or if the vehicle exceeds a set speed. You can then print a report as evidence to confront employees in a review or a teen entrusted with the family car.

Create useful reports to find out…

  • Where is it?
  • Where has it been
  • How fast is it going?
  • How fast was it going?

Use GPS vehicle tracking for…

  • Dispatching
  • Mileage or mainenance
  • Employee reviews
  • Monitoring who lies about their where-abouts
  • Reducing false over-time claims

If you’ve read anything at all about GPS Fleet Management Systems, you’ll probably know at least three things:

  • GPS is an exciting technology
  • GPS can be really, I mean really, complicated
  • GPS tracking systems are outrageously, often unaffordably expensive

Personal Safety:

Safety using GPS

Personal Safety

  • Easy to track wayward teens
  • Reports that show where the vehicle went
  • Speeding over your set limit triggers an alert
  • Alerts are sent to Email or by text messaging

GPS Tracking Can Solve these Common Issues:

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  • In-appropriate use of company vehicles
  • parked at bar over lunch
  • “I’m stuck in traffic on I-70″ but parked at home
  • using company truck for side work
  • using company truck on week-ends
  • Speeding
  • Lying about where-abouts or over-time
  • Where the heck is he?

We changed that…

What is GPS?

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GPS stands for global positioning satellite and was a location and tracking system developed by and for the military and released for public use a few years ago. The GPS system is made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit by the U.S. Department of Defense. GPS was originally intended for military applications, but in the 1980s, the government made the system available for civilian use. GPS is extremely accurate; In most cases within 50 feet. GPS works in all weather conditions, anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day. Our systems are setup for North America.

What does GPS Asset Tracking and Fleet Management technology do?
Our technology uses the GPS system and cell phone technology to provide real-time asset tracking on the Internet. This makes for a valuable tool to track and manage your vehicles and field personnell. Reports can be generated from the data it gathers and used in many ways.

Ok; Like what?
Our favorite way is to use a weekly report to ‘Review the best; Release the rest.’
..but here are some other uses:

Create reports to find out…

  • Where is it?
  • Where has it been
  • How fast is it going?
  • How fast was it going?

Use GPS vehicle tracking for…

  • Dispatching
  • Mileage or mainenance
  • Employee reviews
  • Monitoring who lies about their where-abouts
  • Reducing false over-time claims
  • Stop side jobs using your truck, materials and equipment

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