Your Raveon RavTrack PC GPS Tracking System can send “Rule Alert Messages” via email when triggered by a GPS tracking rule.  GPS tracking Rules may be based upon vehicle speed, proximity, idle time, geo-fences, and many other conditions.   When a rule alert is triggered, the rule alert messages may be sent to any email address.

Often, users wish to send an alert to a mobile device using Short Messaging Services (SMS).  Cell phones, Blackberries, iPhones, and many other mobile communication devices can receive SMS messages.  And sending a Rule Alert Message to them is very simple.

To send a GPS tracking alert from RavTrack PC (Raveon’s GPS tracking software),  configure the “mail to” address to send the alert message to, to the mobile-devices wireless carrier’s email server, using the telephone number of the mobile device as the email address.  Different wireless carriers use different email address formatting (See list below), but in general, the email address will be something like:
760-555-1212@txt.att.net    where 760-555-1212 is the telephone number of the subscriber.

The domain listed after the @ sign depends upon the carrier, and the list below shows some common carriers and their email domain names.

Verizon: 10digitphonenumber@vtext.com
AT&T: 10digitphonenumber@txt.att.net
Sprint: 10digitphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile: 10digitphonenumer@momail.net
Nextel: 10digitphonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
Cingular: 10digitphonenumber@cingularme.com
Virgin Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@vmobl.com
Alltel: 10digitphonenumber@message.alltel.com
CellularOne: 10digitphonenumber@mobile.celloneusa.com
Omnipoint: 10digitphonenumber@omnipointpcs.com
Qwest: 10digitphonenumber@qwestmp.com
MetroPCS: 10digitphonenumber@mymetropcs.com
Bell Canada: 10digitphonenumber@txt.bellmobility.ca
Telus: 10digitphonenumber@msg.telus.com

Remember, SMS is a short-message service, and the carrier may break long messages up into multiple short messages.   SMS is often not free, and the users of SMS must pay a per-message fee.  The recipient of the GPS tracking alert SMS may be billed by the wireless carrier for each alert message received.

The email server and address that the Rule Alerts are emailed to is configured in RavTrack PC by selecting  FILE>PROGRAM PROPERTIES and then clicking on the “SERVERS” tab.  On the Servers tab, you will see the boxes to fill-in the email address and email server information.

This Technical Brief describes how to upload firmware into the RV-M7 transceiver. The RV-M7 series transceivers utilize a Phillips ARM-based Microprocessor with internal FLASH memory.

All RV-M7-GX series transceiver use an LPC2136 processor, which has 256kB of flash memory.

Phillips Semiconductor provides a utility to upload firmware into the microprocessor. Their program is called “LPC2000 Flash Utility” This utility may be used in the field to upload new firmware into the RV-M7 series transceivers.

1.0 Uploading Firmware

1. Extract the .zip files if the firmware update was supplied in .zip format.

2. Open the Philips Flash Utility Installation.exe file inside the LPC21xx folder. The version must be V2.2.3 or higher. Version 2.2.3 is available <here>. Walk through the installation steps to install the Philips Flash Utility program. The Utility program should open when the installation is complete. The Utility program window is shown below.

3. Select the appropriate COM port from the Connected To Port pull-down menu.

4. Set the baud rate to 19200 from the Use Baud Rate pull-down menu.

5. Set the XTAL Freq (kHz) to 20000.

6. Select the appropriate file to upload to the modem. The file name will end in a .hex extension.

7. Remove the four Phillips panhead screws securing the modem’s rear panel to the housing. You don’t need to disconnect the SMA GPS cable from the rear panel.

8. Carefully remove the rear panel from the modem housing. The internal SMA GPS cable has a 2” service loop to allow access to the modem’s CONFIG button. The CONFIG button location is shown below.

9. Set a DC power supply for +12VDC. Set the power supply output OFF.

10. Connect the PC serial port to the modem’s DB9 front panel connector.

11. Connect the modem’s green 2-pin power connector to the power supply.

12. Press and hold the modem CONFIG button. Set the power supply output to ON, wait approximately 2 seconds, and release the CONFIG button. If these steps were performed correctly the modem’s current draw should be approximately 30mA.

13. Press the Read Device ID button on the Philips Utility program window to establish communication with the modem. A reset message saying “Please reset your LPC2000 board now and then press OK!” will appear. DO NOT RESET POWER TO THE MODEM. Press the OK button. A “Read Part ID Successfully” message will appear in the lower left corner of the Flash Utility program window.

Note: When the Read Device ID button is pressed the Utility program may display a “Cannot communicate with test board!” message. Disregard this message. Press the OK button and press the Read Device ID button again to establish communications with the modem.

14. Press the Upload to Flash button on the Philips Utility program window to upload the 2F700GXB5.hex file to the modem’s flash memory. The Utility program will display a “File Upload Successfully Completed” in the lower left corner when the file upload is completed.

15. Repeat steps 7 through 14 for any additional units.

2.0 Configuring the Modem

1. Close the Philips Flash Utility program.

2. Open a terminal program with port settings of 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and flow control off. The bps setting will depend on the previous modem configuration of the ATBD setting. For modem ID: 0001 and 0002 set the bps setting to 38400 and for modem ID: 0003 set the bps setting to 4800.

3. Set a DC power supply for +12VDC.

4. Connect the PC serial port to the modem’s DB9 front panel connector.

5. Connect the modem’s green 2-pin power connector to the power supply.

6. Type “+++” on the terminal program to enter the modem’s configuration mode.

7. Configure the product per the user manual.

Version B10 introduced a number of new features and parameters in the M7 radio. Because these new features have parameters stored in EEPROM, the new features must be manually initialized on radios that have a previous version of the firmware. Any radio with a current firmware version less than B10, must have the following commands executed. If the firmware in the radio is already B10 or higher, you will not need to do the following commands.

Once the version B10 (or higher) firmware has been loaded into the radio, execute the following commands:

Set the radio back to factory defaults

AT&F <enter>

Set the group code to 0

ATGP 0 <enter>

Set the charge pump current

CPUMP 13<enter>

Set the channel frequency

ATFX xxx.xxxx<enter> All previously stored frequencies were probably erased with B10

Recalibrate RSSI

AT$A 340<enter> The A/D reading at -100dBm

AT$B 530<enter> The A/D reading at -70dBm

If the radio is a –GX version (GPS )

GPS&F<enter>

GPS X <enter> where X is the desired GPS mode of operation

SLOTQTY 1<enter> Set the number of tdma slots to 1 .

Re-calibrate RF power output calibration

AT$P xx <enter> adjust XX value so that the RF power output is correct. Use a wattmeter connected to the M7 to read the power. Monitor the current craw, and ensure it does not exceed 2.8A.

AT$R -10 PA temperature compensation.

It is possible to upgrade RavTrack PC from version 2.3 – 2.6 to version 2.7 by simply replacing the RavTrackPC.exe file in the program directory on your computer. This avoids having to perform a full re-install of the RavTrack PC software when simply upgrading to the current version.
Click on the link below to download a copy of the latest .exe file:
http://ravtrack.com/downloads/RavTrackPCexe.zip

Once you download it to your computer, open the .zip folder by double-clicking on it.  Copy the RavTrack.exe file your RavTrack PC program directory. For most users the full path to this file is: