Magnum MT-300: GPS Tracker Review

Today in the automotive monitoring market GPS trackers are presented in wide assortment of various different types and types. Some of them allow you to save a large number of geographic "points", but they require huge memory and then connected to a computer to copy data, which causes some inconvenience in operation. Other GPS trackers allow you to transfer this data through a mobile network, which entails the consumption of expensive high-speed traffic for data transmission. The third type of GPS trackers most effectively save traffic, but do not have sufficient accuracy of the transmitted coordinates. The rest have acceptable accuracy, but not long enough to work on autonomous power. It is for these reasons that you have to keep several different tracker models “for all occasions” at one motor company.

MCC Company has been engaged in the development of a highly efficient and economical device for quite a long time, at the same time studying in detail the competitive offers. And only at the beginning of 2013 presented to the market a new model-Magnum MT-300. Today, Magnum GPS trackers have record-breaking indicators of reliability, economy, sensitivity and have such wide ranges of settings and adjustments that they can be easily adapted to almost any application.

On the board itself, from the front, we see:

16-bit high-performance microcontroller by the American company Microchip Technology-PIC24FJ64GA004 (20 years of warranty from the manufacturer, operating temperatures from -40 ° C to +125 ° C). Due to the use of a fast processor, it was possible to provide preliminary processing and analysis of the received data. This made it possible to reduce the consumption of GPRS traffic by more than 10 times, as well as to increase the autonomy of trackers without the possibility of sending data to the tracking server. It is worth noting that GPS tracker uses its own encryption and data transfer protocol. Due to this, it was possible to provide reliable protection of the transmitted data.

GSM/GPRS module SIMCom SIM900 with frequencies-850/900/1800/1900 MHz (already a well-tested module on Magnum car alarms with permissible operating temperatures from -40 ° C to +85 ° C). The operative setting of the basic parameters, as well as the remote control of the tracker, is performed by means of special SMS messages. Flexible and fine-tuning of a large number of various parameters, as well as updating the software trackers, occurs through the GPRS channel. Data transmission from a GPS tracker is independent of SMS; it occurs when network coverage is present. In the absence of one, the data is stored in the internal non-volatile memory of the tracker (it is possible to autonomously store movement data for at least 30 days) and is sent instantly when a cellular network signal appears. GPS tracker buy in Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov with delivery in Ukraine can be on 130.com.ua.

Many features, incl. energy-saving, implemented using a highly sensitive three-axis accelerometer (this is the chip installed in the latest version of the iPhone 5).

The GSM antenna is built into the mainboard and as far as possible away from the power system. Operating experience has shown that such a decision had almost no effect on signal reception. But there is a huge plus of this solution-a significant simplification of the hidden installation of the tracker in a vehicle of almost any size.

Industrial highly sensitive GPS receiver from Taiwanese company TranSystems Inc. EB-870 (66 channels, cold start time 35 seconds, hot-only 1.5 seconds, minimum power consumption up to 50 mW and record sensitivity, excluding antenna gain, up to -165 dBm, with an operating temperature range from -40 ° C to +85 ° C);

Through the use of a highly efficient power supply and control system, it was possible to significantly expand the allowable power supply voltage of the tracker-from 8 to 42 V. At the same time, the system constantly monitors the basic parameters of the vehicle’s on-board power supply. If it is impossible to send parameters to the tracking server, the Magnum MT-300 tracker records the deviations of parameters in non-volatile memory and transfers data as soon as possible. Thanks to the use of special saving modes and energy-efficient components, the current consumption of trackers when vehicles are parked is several times lower than the internal leakage of standard batteries. It should be noted that in the MT-300 tracker there are no additional outputs for connecting the gasoline level sensor, but, nevertheless, the tracker software provides support for an analytical method for monitoring fuel consumption, which today is one of the most reliable and efficient.

Let's turn the board over to the back side:

Here we see a slot for a SIM card:

Highly sensitive GPS antenna Cirocomm UGNBA-108C (permissible operating temperatures from -40 ° C to +85 ° C):

I would like to pay attention to this component of the system. The use of the built-in GPS antenna Cirocomm (an impressive size of 35 mm by 35 mm) with a very high gain of 19 dB (for Glonass-21 dB) and a minimum current consumption (only 10 mA in the operating mode), allows the Magnum MT-300 to increase sensitivity tracker several times compared to competitive offers. As mentioned above, thanks to the integration of all components into one unit, the GPS tracker can be installed in almost any place of the vehicle without a special reduction in qualitatively operational characteristics.

The main application of the GPS tracker Magnum MT-300 is the control of the movement of a private car, subject to the management of trusted persons. It is acceptable to use in conjunction with any car alarm, with the hidden installation of the tracker in a remote location from the alarm.

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