MB (2nd August 2023)
Yes, I use the $15 for 365 days Aldi SIM. It only debits the SIM when you use the SMS option to get notifications.
You can text different commands to it like asking where it is and it replies with a Google Maps link with coordinates.
There’s both a phone app and a website connection so you see immediately where it is. You can see any route it has taken even months later.
John
2001 GUII TI 4500 - Now converted to TD42T auto with Nomad valve body
Bidja (2nd August 2023), jff45 (2nd August 2023), MB (2nd August 2023), Rossco (2nd August 2023), rusty_nail (2nd August 2023)
AB, there is one of these trackers disguised as a 12v relay, very smart in my opinion. Just put the simcard, configure and put it along the several other relays you already have under the bonnet and that's all.
1997 Blue Nissan Patrol Y60 blacktop TD42 - Honey Badger (build thread)
2006 White Nissan Patrol Y61 TB45 - G-Unicorn (build thread)
1997 Red Suzuki Samurai Canvas Top SJ413 - Tatui
2005 White Toyota Landcruiser FZJ105 - Stormtrooper
1997 Blue Nissan Patrol Y60 blacktop TD42 - Honey Badger (build thread)
2006 White Nissan Patrol Y61 TB45 - G-Unicorn (build thread)
1997 Red Suzuki Samurai Canvas Top SJ413 - Tatui
2005 White Toyota Landcruiser FZJ105 - Stormtrooper
MB (4th August 2023)
MB (4th August 2023)
I have a tracker that works off the3g/4g network and has a relay output that can be used to drive a shut off valve on the fuel line. Works great - UNTIL IT DOESNT and actually energised the shut off valve way out the back of the high country where there is no mobile service - that was a messy fuel line re-jig on the side of the road to get going.
I contacted the supplier and thy had no idea how it could happen, however I suspect it received a 'signal to energise' from electronic interference within the car - my vehicle had a bit of stuff in it. Anyway, the shut off valve concept was great, and I tried it once whilst driving and it took about 1 minute for the engine to shut down due to fuel starvation. There is a warning that the cut off should not be energised at speeds over 40klm/hr from a safety perspective, but my perspective is if the vehicle has been stolen I am going to hit that isolation command when I feel like it. I was concerned about the duty rating of the shut off valve so went with a gear driven valve instead of a solenoid. They are on ebay from memory and the output from the device needs a reverse polarity relay to operate.
Also 3G coverage is starting to be phased out within the next 12 months, so its either 4G or 5 g I guess
MB (4th August 2023)
MB (4th August 2023)
I managed to get it shared on the 4WD24/7 Face Book page MB. Took them a while accept the post. But its there now.
Cremulator (3rd August 2023), jay see (3rd August 2023), MB (4th August 2023), Rossco (3rd August 2023), Winnie (3rd August 2023)