Connecting your XCSOURCE® OBD Tracker AH209 / TK206 with a GPS live tracking platform only needs 4 basic text message commands.
You can send these text message instructions by your smartphone or cell phone to the phone number of the SIM card which is located in your OBD tracker.
The authorization of your phone number is not necessary. You don't also need a text message password for your GPS tracker setup (most trackers need a password but this tracker doesn't).
If you are looking for another plug'n'play OBD tracker alternative you can take a look at our alternative plug'n'play OBD tracker section.
Do not forget - suitable SIM cards for your GPS Trackers - You need a SIM card to use your GPS tracker. Without SIM it is useless. Just visit our international SIM cards for your GPS tracker section to find the cheapest and working SIM cards for europe, US, UK and switzerland.
Use this command to query / request the device imei or tracker serial number. If your tracker fails connecting to a GPS tracking server you should check these settings first.
You usually use your GPS tracker with a GPS tracking server. But if you would like to receive a google maps link by text message on your cell phone please use following command.
The reply to this command will show the GSM and GPS signal quality, the state of external power supply and if you are using the vibration / motion alert. The motion alert is not necessary for using GPS tracking platform but helpful while tracking in case of theft.
You don't need to set these data if you only track your tracker on demand by text message. If you want to use a GPS tracking server you usually need to set the APN.
Using this command you can set a GPS tracking server if you dont want to use text message mode. Dont forget to set the APN for your SIM card, otherwise a tracker wont connect to a server.
This command defines the interval of GPRS / TCP data packages which are sent to server. An interval of 180 means 180 seconds, 10 means 10 seconds and so on.
The factory default timezone is GMT+8 (china). Using this timezone will result in wrong datetime values in your GPS tracking account. You should set the timezone as shown on the picture (E0), because most servers will add the correct timezone later automatically.
If nothing has gone wrong until now the new params should be like this (if you are using another GPS tracking gateway than ours the IP and port will differ from the image).