GPS Tracker & alarm system
- Thread starter Bellbirdweb
- Start date
i like the being able to lock the brakes feature. I know our next door neighbour said his mate has a kill switch on brakes and they found the van down the street.
I haven't hooked up the brakes to it as yet.
I was thinking it could be ugly if it decided to activate while we were driving along
I use my wife's old iPhone 5s. Got a 40gig 4g data only plan with Telstra that expires every 365 days.
It's hidden in our van and always on. It uses the vans battery that gets charged with the solar panel.
I have the Find My IPhone app as well as a GPS tracker app that records movement every 10 minutes.
It uses about .5 of a MB of data per day.
We also use it as a mobile Wifi hotspot when we use the van so we can stay connected without using our phone data.
Also used to stream music and is bluetoothed into the Vans sterio.
Our van is out the front of our house.
Security is:
Towball lock
Wheel lock
Cable chain to the light pole
And
Security cameras from our house can see either side of the van.
I think it's pretty safe but it's not impossible to take. Gotta love portable angle grinders now days.
It's hidden in our van and always on. It uses the vans battery that gets charged with the solar panel.
I have the Find My IPhone app as well as a GPS tracker app that records movement every 10 minutes.
It uses about .5 of a MB of data per day.
We also use it as a mobile Wifi hotspot when we use the van so we can stay connected without using our phone data.
Also used to stream music and is bluetoothed into the Vans sterio.
Our van is out the front of our house.
Security is:
Towball lock
Wheel lock
Cable chain to the light pole
And
Security cameras from our house can see either side of the van.
I think it's pretty safe but it's not impossible to take. Gotta love portable angle grinders now days.
@Bellbirdweb - the link to the device is broken. Any chance you could list "what to search for" on eBay?
Thanks
Thanks
@Macca_75 my tracker is pretty much on its last legs as it's 2G only and Telstra have already shut down their 2G network, Optus the end of this month and Vodafone later this year.
I'm now looking to move to a Spot trace tracker which does not need a cellular signal to work, so can be tracked no matter where it is.
https://satstore.pivotel.com.au/en/home/15-spot-trace-893049001578.html
Thanks. I thought you said it was 3G (not 2G) - I may have misunderstood that.
Really trying to find a solution that avoids monthly subscription fees. May have to go do the old unused phone route.
I've been looking at this recently and think I will go with the unit from caravan and car alarms. Website is down at the moment but there are a few videos on You tube showing features and they are about to relaunch a new web page. Heaps of good reviews from users on Myswag forum. Cost is about $300 and you just add any cheap sim card to operate it.....
http://caravanandcaralarms.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/caravanandcaralarms/
If you send an email to the email address on the Facebook page you'll get a response and they can send you the info via email pending the new web page opening. I'm expecting to get the info some time today via email...
https://www.facebook.com/caravanandcaralarms/
If you send an email to the email address on the Facebook page you'll get a response and they can send you the info via email pending the new web page opening. I'm expecting to get the info some time today via email...