by Trolley300 » Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:23 pm
Hello! We have used accutracking for several years to assist visitors wishing to ride our riverfront trolley so that we can help determine where it is and which direction it is heading so they know approximately when it will arrive at their location. The trolley doesn't run on a set schedule as it is more of a fun tourist attraction. It typically takes about 50minutes to 1 hour to do a complete round trip. This has been a huge help to those of us working with the public at the visitor center, hotels, restaurants, etc.
We had to change from our reliable old boost phone with the iden switch last spring. We ended up ordering a starter kit for the GPS tracker TK104 late last season and it was working admirably last fall. The trolley gets put away for the winter and did not operate from December through mid-March. The trolley began running again last week and we are having some difficulties with the tracker. It is showing the trolley is idle in one location rather than sending new location updates.
The volunteer with the trolley organization called me on Friday to confirm that the lights are correctly lit on the unit. I sent a text to the phone and it looks good too:
Battery 100%
GPS: ON
GPRS: ON
GSM: 19
This afternoon, I sent a text to the unit "fix060s***n123456" to ensure it was updating once a minute. I haven't noticed a change.
The trolley just went past my office heading west but it is still showing at 10th street - about half a mile east of here.
Any suggestions to troubleshoot this are welcome. I can't figure out if I should be altering something in Accutracking or with the unit itself.
Thsnks,
Gina
PS - seems like I can't post links in this forum. If you'd like to see the active history map online, please visit oldoregon dot com and scroll down a little bit to the story about the Trolley.
Hello! We have used accutracking for several years to assist visitors wishing to ride our riverfront trolley so that we can help determine where it is and which direction it is heading so they know approximately when it will arrive at their location. The trolley doesn't run on a set schedule as it is more of a fun tourist attraction. It typically takes about 50minutes to 1 hour to do a complete round trip. This has been a huge help to those of us working with the public at the visitor center, hotels, restaurants, etc.
We had to change from our reliable old boost phone with the iden switch last spring. We ended up ordering a starter kit for the GPS tracker TK104 late last season and it was working admirably last fall. The trolley gets put away for the winter and did not operate from December through mid-March. The trolley began running again last week and we are having some difficulties with the tracker. It is showing the trolley is idle in one location rather than sending new location updates.
The volunteer with the trolley organization called me on Friday to confirm that the lights are correctly lit on the unit. I sent a text to the phone and it looks good too:
Battery 100%
GPS: ON
GPRS: ON
GSM: 19
This afternoon, I sent a text to the unit "fix060s***n123456" to ensure it was updating once a minute. I haven't noticed a change.
The trolley just went past my office heading west but it is still showing at 10th street - about half a mile east of here.
Any suggestions to troubleshoot this are welcome. I can't figure out if I should be altering something in Accutracking or with the unit itself.
Thsnks,
Gina
PS - seems like I can't post links in this forum. If you'd like to see the active history map online, please visit oldoregon dot com and scroll down a little bit to the story about the Trolley.