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A GPS tracking system for marinas, boat rentals, and other watercraft

Larry Topp — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:04:01 +0000

Raveon’s asset tracking solutions gives customers the ability to focus on keeping up with their assets, instead of keeping up with monthly fees. Using radio transmissions to broadcast received GPS messages, Raveon’s GPS transponders allow a marina operator to track all of their rental boats or other watercraft in real-time using a graphical display. Competing …

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Digital Odometer Accuracy

JS — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:54:57 +0000

Digital Odometers are incorporated into some Raveon GPS transponders such as the M7-GX. They work very well, but you will see a difference in reading between the digital odometer reported by a GPS transponder and the odometer on the dashboard. A GPS transponder with GPS uses its GPS location to calculate distance . Every second …

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Why Use GPS Trackers Instead of Two-Way Radio?

JS — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:50:46 +0000

Sometimes two-way voice radios can be used for safety and personnel locating. When trying to decide if a dedicated GPS transponder like the Raveon ATLAS PT or a voice radio is the right choice, keep these important points in mind: You will know where everyone is at all times. A GPS Transponder operates at …

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GPS Receiver Dynamics

JS — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:17:16 +0000

The GPS receiver in Raveon’s M7 and Atlas PL GPS transponder may be configured for different situations. By default it is configured for LAND operation. Selecting the correct operating parameters has a significant impact on GPS receiver performance. GPS receiver dynamics may be optimized for LAND, AIR, or SEA operation. LAND = 1 Maximum speed …

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Configuring the NMEAMASK bitmask

JS — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:49:16 +0000

The M7 GPS transponders and the Atlas PL personal locators may be configured to output NMEA 0183 GPS messages from its internal GPS receiver. For GPS tracking, these GPS transponders can receive GPS position reports from other radios, and they may also be configured to output their own GPS location via their serial port. Following …

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TDMA Time Slots (Multiplexing Time Division)

JS — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:30:14 +0000

Raveon’s M7-GX AVL transceiver uses a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) protocol to transmit position, status, and data over the air. TDMA protocols greatly increase the available channel bandwidth but they require more system planning than conventional carrier-sense methods. With a TDMA system, each radio in the system is assigned a time slot to use for sending …

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