Alternative trackers
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I've now had three TK104 trackers, the first one packed up, the second and third ones the green & blue lights flash all the time so they only last a couple of days. Initially they'd go into sleep mode and last for weeks, not anymore.
So if anyone knows how to fix or has a suggestion it'd be appreciated.
However, can anyone recommend another make/model. I don't want to pay for a regular tracker to be installed with it's ongoing subscription etc, and like the idea/adaptability etc of the current ones, just not their failure rate. Any suggestions?
Cheers
So if anyone knows how to fix or has a suggestion it'd be appreciated.
However, can anyone recommend another make/model. I don't want to pay for a regular tracker to be installed with it's ongoing subscription etc, and like the idea/adaptability etc of the current ones, just not their failure rate. Any suggestions?
Cheers
I know you said you don't want a monthly subscription, but I pay about 11 quid a month over two years which includes installation for a fleet management tracker.
You can set it up with all sorts of notifications, such as out of hours, overspeed. It can also be used to keep track of mileage and journeys. It can be monitored via your mobile phone or laptop/pc.
For the money I dont think you can go far wrong.
You can set it up with all sorts of notifications, such as out of hours, overspeed. It can also be used to keep track of mileage and journeys. It can be monitored via your mobile phone or laptop/pc.
For the money I dont think you can go far wrong.
How techy with computers are you? I've just repurposed an old Android phone to be an in car tracker, and have a 200mb/month free data sim from Three to send the data back. I've been running it for a week and so far it's all good. I have openGTS server running on a home server (ok, I'm techy!) and when there's movement on the phone it logs gps location every 10 minutes and sends the coordinates every 30 mins (these numbers were picked by me). I have the phone plugged into a usb socket and set to boot up on power, and when the battery falls to <20% to turn off (which is about 3 days of not being charged). Now I'm happy it's working I just need to find somewhere to stash the phone as its' currently sat in the centre console...
So my total cost is £0.00 and monthly is the same. Bargain! I don't live in a high risk area and don't have that much of a nickable car, so this is more just for me to play and repurpose an old phone than it as a security thing.
So my total cost is £0.00 and monthly is the same. Bargain! I don't live in a high risk area and don't have that much of a nickable car, so this is more just for me to play and repurpose an old phone than it as a security thing.
Thanks for the replies, appreciated.
I need the trackers on two cars so the costs for a maintained system will soon build up, it's why one of the TK model range in combination with a PAYG was pretty much perfect, shame they don't bl**dy work!
If anyone has a fix for the TK's or an alternative I'm all ears, cheers.
I need the trackers on two cars so the costs for a maintained system will soon build up, it's why one of the TK model range in combination with a PAYG was pretty much perfect, shame they don't bl**dy work!
If anyone has a fix for the TK's or an alternative I'm all ears, cheers.
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