Chapter 4: Configuration with web interface
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To set up tracking and location reporting
You can set up the EXPLORER 540 to report to a server at certain time intervals. To set up
tracking, do as follows:
1. From the Control panel
, select Tracking and location reporting.
2. To enable tracking of the EXPLORER 540, select Enable tracking.
3. Select the Report type.
• Compressed. Only latitude and longitude are reported.
• Extended. Apart from latitude and longitude, heading and altitude are also included.
• ECEF. The same information as Extended, but position and speed data are 3D (ECEF
coordinates).
4. Under Server connection, type in the following details:
• Host: The IP address of the server that the EXPLORER 540 will report to.
• Server port: Port number on the server. Default number is 7474.
• Client port: Port number on the EXPLORER 540. Default number is 7475.
• Encryption key: A 128 bit key which must match on both the client and server side.
Supplied from the server manager.
5. Under APN, select the source of the APN.
• SIM default (recommended): The APN is taken from the SIM card.
Tracking runs on its own BGAN connection, and is independent of the connection
mode (Cellular or BGAN).