GPS Vehicle Tracker

TS-V9
User Manual
Updated on 201801

Preface
Thank you for purchasing our products. This deliberately edited manual is to introduce the
tracker with the complete technical data and the instructions showing how to operate the
device smoothly and correctly. Make sure to read this manual carefully before using this
product. Most problems could be solved through the explanations and the troubleshooting tips.
Once you finish reading it, keep it handy for necessary reference. Please note that specification
and information are subject to changes without prior notice in this manual. Any change will
be integrated in the latest release. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any errors
or omissions in this document.

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 Index

Ⅰ. Attention …………………………………....................….………………3

Ⅱ. Appearance……….. .……………………....……………………………3

Ⅲ. Main Function …………………………….....................………………4

Ⅳ. Installation Diagram……...…………………………….………………9

Ⅴ. Application……...……………..…………………………….……………11

Ⅵ. Specification………………………………..………….…………………12

Ⅶ. Important Safety Precautions…….……………………………………12

Ⅷ. Guarantee …………………..……………………….…………………14

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Ⅰ. Attention
1. Make sure to read this manual carefully before using this product.
2. Please insert the SIM card before installing, and make sure the SIM card has no password,
otherwise the tracker will not work normally.
3. Please make sure that all the cables of the tracker has been connected rightly, and then
connect the terminal to host power. Must not install or take down the tracker when it is power
on. If you found any troubles or omissions about the connections of cables, please cut off
power first, otherwise you will easily damage the tracker.
4. The terminal works in wireless communications, so please cut off the host power before
your vehicles entering fuel depot and dangerous material place.
5. The terminal work voltage is 9V-40V. Please use in the scope of work voltage.
6. The host of Compass/GPS terminal is a low-power wireless transmitter and receiver. It
receives and sends radio frequency signal when it is working.
7. To avoid electromagnetic interference or incompatible configuration, please stop using your
terminal in the noticed place.

Ⅱ. Appearance
The terminal supports all mobile communication network, GPS, Compass navigation or positioning system
with following internet modules for option: 2G, 3G, 4G.
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Start Up：
Put the SIM card in place and installed the terminal in the car, the red indicator light is on.
About 20 seconds, the terminal will begin to work and acquire the mobile network signal as
well as the GPS/Beidou signals, and the red indicator light will keep flashing every 2 seconds
when the mobile module is no communication. When the blue indicator light is on, the terminal
has been located.
When terminal uploads the tracking data to server, the red led will be flash at 200ms intervals.

Ⅲ. Main Function:
1. Positioning and Tracking: Through the on-line Positioning Platform or the cell phone to
locates at times, and get the working status. You can choose the Positioning Platform by
yourself.
2. Triggering Emergency Alarm: When there is an emergency happened on the vehicle, you
can put on the button and the installed unit to send out alarm to the authorized numbers.
3. Remote controlling fuel and circuit: You can control the fuel and circuit via the unit by SMS
in anywhere and anytime.
4. Remote Monitoring: In anywhere and anytime, call the phone number in the unit, when it
connects, you can monitor the sound around 5 meter from the vehicle.
5. Movement Alert: Send SMS to the unit to start the movement alert function. When the
vehicle is moving, the unit will send the movement alert to all authorized numbers.
6. Overspeed Alert: Send SMS to the unit to start the movement alert function. When the
vehicle is overspeed, the unit will send the overspeed alert to all authorized numbers.
7. Geo-fence: Set up a geo-fence for the unit to restrict its movements within a district. The
unit will send the message to all authorized numbers when it beyond the district.
8. Get the geography information: read the terminal's location information via SMS.
9. Read terminal address: read the terminal's address information via SMS, this function need
to be supported by platform.
10. Auto Tracker Function: set up auto tracking function by SMS or online tracking platform.
11. Mileage statistics, Ignition detecting, cutting off power and alarm.
12. Compatible with the original anti-theft alarm: It will send SMS alarm after the original
anti-theft alarm warning.
13. The IP setting can be modified, support IP and web server domain.
14. Support LED advertisement screen. Platform center can send advertisement message to
car with this tracker and LED advertisement screen (OEM).
15. Fuel monitoring function, support voltage type sensor or RS232 type sensor or Ultrasonic
fuel sensor. (OEM)
16. Temperature detecting function, support 2 channels NTC temperature sensor.
17. ID card input function, support RS232 type RFID card reader.
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18. Overspeed alarm by buzzer output (OEM).
19. Build-in 3 axis g-sensor, auto saving power consumption.
20. Support OTA function.
21. RS232/485 and CAN bus port support.
22. Hardware watchdog, guarantee 24 hours of trouble free operation.
23. All of terminals has over-voltage and over-current protection function, and opposite
connection protection.
24. Each terminal has a compensation function for Blind Area, up 1K~131K pcs.

Set Up by SMS
1. Setup device’s IP and ID
The IP address and port of the terminal can be modified and transferred data to other platform.
Send SMS
*setip, IP ADDRESS,IPPort,ID#
to the unit. If the platform’s IP address and port is 123.45.67.89:1234 and device number is
13480887466, please send SMS "*setip,123.45.67.89,12345,13480887466#" to the terminal
2. Modify Device Web server name and port and ID
The IP address and port of the terminal can be modified and transferred data to other platform.
Send SMS
*setweb,WEB NAME,IP Port,ID#
to the unit. If the platform’s web name and port www.thingsys.com:9881 and device number
is 13173433205, please send SMS"*setweb,www.thingsys.com,9881,13172433205#"to the
tracker.
3. Set APN
In order to send GPS data to IP address, you still must set mobile network Access Point Name
(APN). If you don’t know the APN, you can consult local network service supplier. The format
of set APN is
*setapn,APN,USER,PWD#
For example you send SMS "*setapn,CMNET,,#" to the device. The terminal will reply
SMS "Set APN ok.".
4. Set up Auto-tracking function
*track,On INTERVALS,OFF INTERVALS#
Report a Geo-info at 30 seconds (ignition on intervals) and 1800 seconds (ignition off intervals)
to the online position platform: Send SMS "*track,30,1800"to the terminal. Send this
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command to cancel sleep function.
5. Set up device sleep-tracking function
*sleep,On INTERVALS,OFF INTERVALS#
Report a Geo-info at 30 minutes (ignition on intervals) and 1800 minutes (ignition off intervals)
to the online position platform: Send SMS "*track,30,1800"to the terminal. Send this
command to cancel realtime tracking function.
6. Add the telephone number
If there is an administrator, only the administrator can add number to the terminal. Send SMS
admin+PASSWORD+SPACE+NUMBER to device to add a new number.
example:"admin123456 13612345678","admin" as instruction, "123456" as password,
"13612345678" as added number.
Note: first added number is Admin. Number.
7. Delete the telephone number
If there is an administrator, the administrator can delete number to the terminal. Send SMS
deladmin+PASSWORD+SPACE+NUMBER
to device to delete a exist number. example:"deladmin123456 13612345678"." deladmin" as
instruction, "123456" as password, "13612345678" as deleted number.
If the administrator deletes his own number, the tracker is back to the no administrator, and
the record numbers deleted automatically.
8. Change the Password
Send SMS to device, command as follow format,
password + OLD PASSWORD + SPACE + NEW PASSWORD
to change the password. For example: Send SMS "password123456 168168"." password" as
instructions, "123456"as old password, "168168" as new password. Password must be six
digits. Terminal’s initial password is 123456. If there is no administrator number, all number
can change the password. If there is already an administrator number, only the authorized
number can change the password.
9. Control fuel
stopoil+ PASSWORD
to control Fuel. For example send SMS: stopoil123456 "stopoil" as instructions, "123456"as
password.
To supply the fuel again,
supplyoil+ PASSWORD
to the unit. For example, send SMS “supplyoil123456” to the tracker. "supplyoil" as
instruction, "123456" as the password.
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10. Control Circuit
Send SMS
stopelec+ PASSWORD
to control circuit. For example send SMS: “stopelec123456”."stopelec" as
instructions,"123456" as the password.
To supply the circuit again, send SMS
supplyelec+ PASSWORD
to the unit. For example, send SMS "Supplyelec123456" to the tracker. "Supplyelec" as
instruction, "123456" as password.
11. Monitor mode
There are three mode for monitor.
1) All Monitor Mode: Send SMS
allmonitor to the unit, the unit will return to this mode. In this mode, any number can
monitor this unit.
2) Restrict Monitor Mode: Send SMS
restrictmonitor to the unit, the unit will return to this mode. In this mode, authorized
number can monitor this unit.
3) Close Monitor Mode: Send SMS
closemonitor to the unit, the unit will return to this mode. In this mode, all number can’t
monitor this unit.
12. Overspeed alert
Set up: Send SMS
speed+ PASSWORD +SPACE+Speed
to the unit. For example, send SMS "speed123456 080". "speed" as instructions, "80" as limit
speed, "123456"as password.
Cancel: Send SMS
speed+ PASSWORD cancel
to deactivate the speed alert.
13. Cell phone positioning
Send SMS
position
to the terminal, then the terminal will send SMS with real-time longitude and latitude to the
cell phone.
14 . Restart the tracker.
Send SMS
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 reboot+ PASSWORD
to the tracker. For example"reboot123456".The terminal will be restarted.
15. Resume the initial password
If you forget your password, you can resume the initial password 123456.Send
resume +PASSWORD
to the tracker, the tracker will resume the initial password. If there is no administrator number,
all number can resume initial password. If there is already an administrator number, only the
administrator number can resume initial password.
16. Set Time zone
In the default, tracker wills response Geo SMS with UTC time. You can adjust time to your
local time. The format is
zone + PASSWORD +TIME ZONE
For example "zone123456 8" or "zone123456 -8", "8" stand for east 8 time zone, "-8" stand
for west 8 time zone. The tracker will reply SMS "Set Time Zone OK.".
17. Set GPS curve angle
In the default setting, tracker has set 15degrees at begin. To change this, you can send SMS to
device, the format is
*ang,ANGLE#
For example,"*ang,20#", "20" stand for 20 degrees, when the GPS ‘s angle changing up 20
degrees, tracker will upload GPS data to server at ones. Below 10 is close this function.
18. Set input voltage as ignition on
For some special case, custom don’t connect the ignition detecting line to the car. Terminal
support to set the input power checking as ignition on/off. To set this function, you can send
SMS to device, the format is
*ignvol,VOL#
For example,"*ang,9.2#", "9.2" stand for 9.2V, when the input power up 9.2v, terminal will
set ignition as on, and continues to upload data at ignition on intervals. If the setting voltage
below 2.0v, terminal will close this function. Terminal will reply “Set ign. on vol. OK”.
19. Set G-sensor checking ignition status
Cause our terminal has built-in G-sensor, terminal can check the ignition status by G-sensor.
Freezing or shaking can be set as ignition status, the format is
*ignsen,SHKON,FRZOFF#
For example "*ignsen,5,10#", this command is to set the ignition status by G-sensor, when
shaking for 5 seconds, the ignition is ON; when freezing for 10 seconds, the ignition is OFF.
20.To get google link by SMS
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 map
send "map" to terminal, then will reply SMS with google link address information.

21.To read terminal status by SMS

info
send "info" to unit, then will reply terminal setting and running information by SMS.
the format is MODE,H/W VER, Module, Protocol, SMS Language, Serial Number, IMEI,ID,IP address, IP
Port, APN, Username, Password, S/W Date, SETTING,GSM signal, GPS signal, ign.on time, ign. off time,
success send times, fail sent times, supply voltage. This command change without notice.
Note: You can ask your vendor for more SMS commands.
Ⅳ. Installation Diagram

Interface Outlook

Type

Model Molex SAW 3.0-24 2x12

Desription Pin Function Pin Function
1 Power In, 9~40V 2 Grand
3 Car Alarm Detect 4 SOS GND
5 Ignition Detect 6 SOS in
7 InputA 8 Eletricity Control
9 Input B 10 Fuel Control
11 Input C 12 Out Control
13 Temperature sensor In 14 Fuel Power Detect
15 Temperature Sensor GND 16 Fuel Signal In
17 Input D 18 Clockwise Turning In
19 Input E 20 Anticlockwise Turning in
21 L-PWM IN 22 H-PWM IN
23 CANL(OEM) 24 CANH(OEM)

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 Type

For Port I
Model 5569-8 SAW 2x4
Desription Pin Function Pin Function
1 GND 5 SPK+
2 MIC+ 6 RS232-TX
3 SPK- 7 MIC-
4 RS232-RX 8 5V out
Type

For Port II III IV V

Model 5569-4 SAW 2x2
Desription Pin Function Pin Function
1 5V out 2 RS232_TXD
3 GND 4 RS232_RXD

Installation
The device should be installed by technical professional of local service center. Without
permission, the user can't repair and move the tracker randomly. If users do, any unfortunate
damage should be compensated by himself. Installation steps (caution: the following
installation should under no power, otherwise will be dangerous)
1.Power supply line: The red wire connects 12V"+", Black wire connects to 12V"-"
2. Wire for cutting off fuel of the tracker
Yellow wire connects the relay pin 86,85 pin connect to 12 V DC , 87 pin and 30 pin in series
power supply circuits. Caution: Wrong connection of yellow wire will damage the tracker.

3. Wire for cutting off circuit of the tracker

White wire connects relay pin 86,85 pin to 12 V DC, 87 pin and 30 pin are in series power
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supply circuits. Caution: Wrong connection of yellow wire will damage the tracker.

4. Emergency triggering alarm

The blue wire connects the positive of the alarm button, and the black wire connects the
negative of the alarm button.

Ⅴ. Application:
1. Global positioning, Vehicle locating
2. Real-time monitoring, Timing tracking
3. Cutting off power and circuit by remote control
4. Vehicle rental / Fleet management etc.
5. It has 5 RS232 and up to 20 input/output ports.
6. It can connect to many type of RS232 device, likes RFID, LCD despatcher, LED advisement,
Camera, fuel sensor. etc.

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Ⅵ. Specification:
Item Terminal
GSM 850MHz,900MHz,1800MHz,1900MHz
CDMA 800MHz
WCDMA 2100/1900/900/850MHz
FDD-LTE 800/850/900/1800/2100/2600MHz
GPS Chip Ublox7/Compass
GPS Sensitivity -160dBm
GPS Accuracy 3 – 30m
Network SMS,GPRS,CDMA 1x,3G,4G
Way of Tracking Cell Phone or Platform
Dim. 114*90*30mm
Weight 0.238Kg
Operation Temp. -20°Cto+70°C
Storage Temp. -40°Cto+85°C
Work Humidity 5-95%RH
Work Voltage DC 9V－40V
Battery 3.7V / 300mAh
Standby Work Current < 50mA
Temperature Range -20~90℃
Fuel signal out voltage 0~6.6V
Note：The terminal only supports one working network, please ask your vendor before
order.

Ⅶ. Important Safety Precautions

1. Because of the tracking function, user must use this product in legitimate scope. If used in
illegal application (such as: intentionally used to violate another’s privacy, etc.) and results in
the damage of another’s rights and interests, user must take responsible for himself.
2. Before using this product, ensure the correct operation of this product, be sure to read the
notes and instructions in this manual, avoid improper operation causing accidents and injuries.
3. The product obtains the corresponding location information through the satellite positioning
(GPS), satellite-based positioning will be affected by the weather and environmental factors,
in some circumstances there will have smaller error in location information is normal.
4. The product uses mobile communication system to send location information, before using,
please confirm to the local mobile telecom you SIM card has open data service.
5. Please handle with care of the product, avoid mechanical vibration of shaking.
6. Please use dry cloth to clean this product shell, cannot use chemical, cleaning agents, or
strong detergents to clean this product.
7. Do not use any paint daub this product. This will clog sundries in the moving parts, thus
affecting the normal operation of this product.
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8. Do not demolish antenna yourself, and also cannot use other antennas of other objects to
replace, this may seriously affect the quality of communication, and may even change the
antenna radiation harmful to your health.
9. When using this product user should put the product on proper place avoid a strong impact,
vibration or throw the product, resulting in damage occurred in various parts.
10. The product and the accessories (including batteries and chargers, etc.), do not have
waterproof feature, please used with caution.
11. Please use the accessories designated by manufacturer (including batteries and charger),
the use of any other accessories will make warranty service invalid. Due to the use of non-
original accessories and caused damage, the product manufacturer will not take any warranty
responsibility.
12. Do not allow metal objects (such as the key in your pocket) near the battery, avoid generate
short-circuit of battery contact.
13. Do not bend or force open the battery, or put the battery in water or fire.
14. Battery power using up or discharged batteries, please dispose of used battery according
to your local environmental laws and guidelines.
15. Do not stamp any of the fire source (such as: the candles have been lit) on the product.
16. Do not place this product humid, high temperature, or too much dust, so as to avid failure.
17. Do not place this product in the microwave or other high-voltage devices, in order to avoid
damage of the accessories.
18. This product is a high-frequency equipment, cannot be used in non-volatile liquid
environment, in order to avoid and explosion or injury.
19. Do not unauthorized dismantling of all parts of the product or to ensure the normal use of
this product.

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Ⅷ. Guarantee

Guarantee
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Guarantee Item:
1. Three months upon date of purchase, if there is function problem, we should offer the same
item subject to goods and packing maintain perfect.
2. One year upon date of purchase, we will guarantee to keep the goods in repair.(not including
fittings)
3. Guarantee service is subject to normally using.
4. All of damage by man-made(tear open the housing, tear off the sticker, unmorally using),or
losing this card, we will not guarantee.

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