Devices characteristics
| Function | Micro | Badge | Compact | Industrial | Required interface | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipping mode | X | X | X | NA | Button or reed switch | |
| Operating modes | OFF | X | X | (1) | NA | Button or reed switch acting like a button |
| Standby | X | X | X | X | ||
| Motion tracking | X | X | X | X | ||
| Permanent tracking | X | X | X | X | ||
| Motion start/end | X | X | X | X | ||
| Activity mode | X | X | X | X | ||
| Side operating modes | Periodic positions reporting | X | X | X | X | |
| Activity mode | X | X | X | X | ||
| Activity mode | X | X | X | X | ||
| Alert position | X | X | (1) | NA | Button or reed switch acting like a button | |
| Periodic activity reporting | X | X | X | X | ||
| Collection payloads | X | X | X | X | ||
| proximity feature | X | X | X | X | ||
| BLE geozoning | X | X | X | X | ||
| BLE beaconing | X | X | X | X | ||
| default and dynamic profiles | X | X | X | X | ||
| SOS | using the button | X | X | (1) | NA | Button or reed switch acting like a button |
| using a downlink | X | X | X | X | ||
| Low battery management | X | X | NA | NA | Rechargeable battery | |
| Temperature monitoring | X | X | X | X | ||
| shock detection | X | X | X | X | ||
| Battery monitoring | X | X | X | X | ||
| Motion sensitivity | X | X | X | X |
Note
(1) Refer to the section Reed switch interface for reed switch interface explanation.
Interface/components embedded on the trackers:
| Micro | Badge | Compact | Industrial | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User interface | Button | X | X | ||
| LEDs (white charging LED and bicolor LED | X | X | (1) | (1) | |
| buzzer | X | X | |||
| Reed switch | X | ||||
| Geolocation | GPS | X | X | X | X |
| LPGPS | X | X | X | X | |
| WIFI | X | X | X | X | |
| BLE | X | X | X | X | |
| Rechargeable battery | 450 mAh | 1300 mAh | |||
| Primary battery | 8000 mAh | 19000 mAh(2) |
Notes
(1) LEDs inside the casing can only be used for tests.
(2) 13000mAh for US and AS regions
In most cases, features using BLE can be used in parallel. However, there are features which should not be used be used simultaneously.
Notes
- While the tracker is BLE connected with Abeeway Mobile app, none of the above features are available.
- If too many features are used in parallel this can lead to a delay in the LoRa transmission due to dwell time/duty cycle restrictions. The periodicity and the length of the payloads generated by the tracker need to be studied to ensure that it is adequate for LoRa technology. Please refer to application note AN-002_LoRa_Transmission_strategy on how to configure the tracker transmission strategy. It is also important that the LoRaWAN network is deployed to accommodate the traffic generated by the trackers.