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Device-specific information is contained in the tabs below: Barra GPS The Barra GPS has various parameters which determine it's behaviour when acquiring GPS fixes: Timeouts (how long to try to get a fix before giving up) Accuracy requirements for getting a fix Timeouts Course Timeout This is the maximum time to wait to get a fix. In poor/low signal
Applies to: Device Output type (Wire Colour) Harness Definition Link Firmware Version Dart3-2G and Dart3-4G Switched Ground (Yellow) - 2A Max Switched Power (Purple) - 3-5V 500mA Max 12-way harness All Versions G120-2G and G120-4G 2x Switched Ground (Green and Yellow) - 2A Max Switched Power (Orange) The voltage of Vout is 5V when externally powere
Note about the Bluetooth+ IO Card The Bluetooth+ IO card has a significant amount of memory reserved for Bluetooth tags. Unfortunately, due to the high memory requirements of the MLX90640, it cannot be used with the Bluetooth+ IO card. Physically configure the Hawk and camera Install the Agtech1 card. Install the latest main board FW (v1.3 or late
The Hawk can be powered in a variety of different ways to suit various applications. 1. Powered by only the internal battery LiPo vs Li-Ion Lithium Polymer (LiPo) and Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) are very similar terms, that are often used interchangeably. Li-Ion is a generic term used to encapsulate many different types of Lithium-based batteries. LiPo esp
Immobilization Duration The “Immobilization Duration” parameter is a configurable parameter under the Digital Output 1 settings as “Config1”. Here the user will be able to configure the immobilization duration for a time period between 1 minute to 2880 minutes (48 hours), where 0 min will be indefinite immobilization. Immobilization duration is in
Some sensors might encounter bugs, freezes or glitches that can be rectified by restarting the sensor. There is a way to configure periodic sensor resets by wiring the ground wire of the sensor to the switch ground input of the Hawk IO card. Then you can run a task to toggle the switch from ground to non-ground. This will break the circuit powering
On TG, you can create multiple assets including Bluetooth tags by importing a CSV file - more info on Bulk Import process can be found in this article Creating Assets in Telematics Guru To import iBeacon tags, the CSV requires the following columns - 1) AssetName2) TagSerial - containing the UUID, MajorID, MinorID (eg. fc4XXXXX-d6c7-464c-a56e-b0c9b
With Hawk FW v1.6 and later we are able to run tasks in response to an async message. Workflow: Set up the task on the device - How to setup tasks Queue the async message. Async will send the next time the device connects and commits. Details on the async are below (taken from OEM WebAPI 1.10): Requires Hawk FW v1.6 Payload: 1-byte task number (1-b
The Bluetooth Card supports both intermittent and continuous scanning. The Hawk can hold data from up to 1000 tags on the tag list. Users on 3rd party platforms can easily connect up to 1000 sensors, see 3rd Party Bluetooth® Tag Support, Integrating Tags and Bluetooth® Getting Started - Tags & Scanning. For information on integrating tags in Te
Some users might want to trigger a digital output change when a Bluetooth tag is either found or lost by the Hawk. Continuous Scanning Bluetooth Card Tab “BLE Enable” - Yes This enables BLE functionality “BLE Scan Type” - Continuous This differentiates between “periodic" scanning and “continuous” scanning. “Periodic” is based on the Task interval, w
The Hawk Lite is a rugged and robust IoT datalogger for a wide range of sensor and condition monitoring applications. Functionally, the Hawk Lite is identical to the Hawk except for the power options. The Hawk Lite is only available in the D Cell Housing, and is only compatible with Alkaline D Cell batteries. You cannot use the Hawk with the LiPo ho
I am getting the error “Debug[COM][Sevr]: Modbus action 1 failed! Reason: 0x1”. What does this mean? This is a very generic error. It means that the Hawk cannot detect the sensor. and it can be caused by multiple factors. Your sensor address is configured incorrectly Your Baude rate or parity is incorrect. The sensor is wired incorrectly to the Ha
The Misol WN90LP Weather station is a low-cost RS485 Modbus Weather Station that can be used with the Hawk and its RS-1 card. It's important to define what values we want to extract from this sensor. This sensor measures: UV Index Temperature Humidity Wind Speed Gust speed Wind Direction Rainfall ABS pressure However, we only have 6 registers we ca
There are two different ways that voltage is displayed on Device Manager. The Device Grid The Device Counters The Grid The Device Grid displays Battery Voltage and External Voltage. These displayed voltages are based on the most recent voltages sent to Device Manager. Every time the device connects, these are updated. They can be cached in the brows
Please Note For these actions to work you will need: Hawk PCB on FW 1.6 or later RS-1 Card on FW 1.5 or later How to Update Firmware Modbus Action 1 and 2 are designed to be highly flexible and configurable, to enable you to integrate Modbus RS485 Sensors with the Hawk. In order to do this, it is important to have as much information about your se
Hawk-LiPo Battery Level Monitoring Hawk battery level can be monitored and alerts set based on "Battery Good" Digital Inputs. The "Battery Good Digital Input" is used to configure alerts based on battery health. The digital input to be used can be selected. High (1) indicates the battery is good. Low (0) indicates the battery is no longer good. The
From November 2023, all future Hawk boards will have a switch to allow the user to switch between high or low charge rates. The low charge rate option is required to allow the charging circuit to work with smaller solar panels like the 1W panel tested here. Keeping the switch “On” will select the 400mA charge rate. Switching it to “Off” will set the
For the most part, when the Hawk gets values from a sensor, it saves them in what we call “Analogues” or “Analogs”. SDI-12 Exception The only exception to this rule is SDI-12 sensors. Due to the large amount of values that can be outputted from these sensors, we store values SDI-12 measurements in their own FIDs. Please see Configure SDI-12 Reading
For some applications, it may not be necessary to log or upload during trips. For config per device, please see below: Oyster Edge, Yabby Edge, Barra Edge, Barra Core, Barra GPS The above devices can track based on the following modes: Movement Based - based on accelerometer activity Periodic Mode - update on an interval Once the device detects it'
Pulse counting is available on: Device Firmware Version Dart3-2G and Dart3-4G All Versions G120-2G and G120-4G All Versions G150-Global All Versions G70-2G and G70-4G All Versions Hawk IoT Datalogger All Versions See here Device Specific Digital Inputs Device Input type (Wire Colour) Harness Definition Link Dart3-2G and Dart3-4G Digital Input 1 - Pi
1.10 Memory Optimizations Connection timeout change 1.9 Orientation Detection functionality added Parameter introduced to allow GPS Fix on device heartbeat to be disabled - see GPS Settings Log + Upload Tip Action added 1.8 Support minimum heartbeat period of 5 minutes on alternate tracking parameters Fixed odometer bug causing higher sleep current
FCC Certification The Hawk 4G has undergone appropriate testing and is FCC certified. Required for the US market. ACMA Certification The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Certification is a mandatory requirement for devices connecting to the mobile phone network. The Report shows compliance of the Hawk 4G device to the applicable
Applicable to: Barra Edge and Barra GPS All Firmware versions Yabby3 and Yabby Edge All Firmware versions Oyster3 and Oyster Edge All Firmware versions Remora3 All Firmware versions Scheduled uploads allow heartbeats to be sent at up to 6 specific times during the day. Without scheduled uploads enabled, heartbeats are just sent on a peri
The Remora2 requires at least 5V to operate. So 2 x 1.5V Alkaline D cells will not power the device. LiFeS2 batteries are not available in D size - so this leaves LTCs. It is best to use Spiral Type batteries in the Remora2 Remora2 Peak Current Draw - Device Battery Type Peak Current (approx. - worst case @3V per cell) Remora2 4G Cat-M1/Nb-IoT LTC
Fleet Managers or supervisors may wish to be alerted, or report on when their employees have first begun work for the day. This is catered for as below: Configure a Start of Trip Alert Configure the alert to fire only once per (calendar) day To run a report on when assets were first utilised during the day (when work began) Create an Event, ensuring
Battery Powered Devices Applicable to: Barra GPS and Barra Edge Oyster3 and Oyster Edge Yabby3 and Yabby Edge Remora3 Often when provisioning devices, or when developing a Third-Party platform, it is useful to be able to get the device to upload more frequently, so that data can be received. We can adjust parameters to make this occur. 1.
The Days Outside Geofences Report allows you to filter and manage which assets have left a geofence, for how long and their current location. For example, this allows you to better manage equipment at factories that may be rented out, how long they have not been in the factory and where they currently are. See How to Create Geofences . Note: ensur
The Hawk has an LED on the board which exhibits different behaviours to indicate the device's status. Green The device is plugged into external power, and the battery is charging. If it is flashing, the charging is complete. Red Power on Reset Flash once (~1s). Flash for 2s (50ms on, 50ms off). LED will flash rapidly for 10s upon a successful commit
It is very important that you update your card and baseboard FW to the latest available. Update Baseboard FW Select the desired device from the device grid. Select “Device Operations” and “Set Firmware”. Select the desired firmware and confirm by typing “YES”. Click “Ok”. The firmware will update the next time the device connects to OEM. Update Card
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