NAL SHOUT 3G, User Manual

Page 1: ... Research Corporation 9385 Discovery Boulevard Suite 300 Manassas Virginia 20109 USA Phone 703 392 1136 x203 E mail contact nalresearch com SHOUT 3G USER GUIDE Version 1 0 0 May 16 2017 POWERED by IRIDIUMTM and GSM Networks ...

Page 2: ... performance or nonperformance of any products accessories facilities or services or information except as expressly stated in this guide and or the Product and or satellite service documentation Any other standards of performance guarantees conditions and warranties are hereby expressly excluded and disclaimed to the fullest extent permitted by the law This disclaimer and exclusion shall apply ev...

Page 3: ...g the Search Box 15 Using the Slider Bar 16 Network Operating Center NOC 17 Server for Tracker Software 17 SatTerm Software 17 Mapping NOC Server 18 Home Screen 19 Home Screen 19 Status Symbols 19 Date Time 21 Home Icons 21 Favorite Icons 21 Quick Start 22 Texting 23 Texting Menu 23 Inbox 23 Drafts 23 Outbox 23 Sent 25 Compose 25 Contacts 28 Chk Mbox 29 Mbox Rate 30 Inc GPS 31 Memory 31 Tracking 3...

Page 4: ...Stats 38 Cancel 911 38 Utilities 39 Utilities Menu 39 Chk GPS 39 Chk 40 Iridium 40 Chk GSM 40 Test Rpt 40 Chk In 40 Waypts 41 Settings 42 Settings Menu 42 Audio 42 Backlight 42 Calibrate 42 Contrast 42 Favorites 43 GPS 43 Language 44 LED 44 Reset 44 Search 44 Security 45 Time Date 45 Unit Info 45 User Info 45 Additional Features 46 Emergency 911 Button 46 ...

Page 5: ...wering 47 Tracking 48 Appendix A PMS Features 48 Brevity 48 Compose 48 Contacts 48 Appendix B Upgrading the Firmware 49 Appendix C Power Consumption 50 Appendix D Design Specifications 51 Appendix E Standard Compliance 53 Appendix F Export Compliance 54 ...

Page 6: ...ile Communications HACC Horizontal Accuracy HDOP Horizontal Dilution of Precision IC Industry Canada IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identification LBT L Band Transceiver LCD Liquid Crystal Display LED Light Emitting Diode LNA Low Noise Amplifier NOC Network Operation Center OFAC Office of Foreign Asset Controls PDA Personal Digital Assistant PMS PECOS Message Structure POP Post Office Protoco...

Page 7: ...SHOUT 3G User Guide Version 1 0 0 7 TDMA Time Division Multiple Access VDOP Vertical Dilution of Precision USB Universal Serial Bus ...

Page 8: ...terchangeably The SHOUT 3G is designed with ultra low power consumption electronics drawing less than 70 A during sleep With an internal 2 15 A Hr rechargeable Li Ion battery and depending on the environmental conditions it can send a position report every ten minutes for more than ten days more than 1 600 reports User is recommended to read Appendix C to learn about the impact of blocked antennas...

Page 9: ...hort codes are transmitted to the server instead of the entire message body Waypoint Tracking The 3G lets user send and or save waypoints for later retrieval A waypoint is a GPS location that a user wants to identify and mark with a specific name tag for future reference Check In The 3G allows a quick check in message to be sent using a single key Man Down The 3G has an integrated motion sensor us...

Page 10: ...h for repair Please see webpage https sbd pac disa mil for more information regarding DoD EMSS service provisioning IMPORTANT User should not disassemble the 3G for repair or services The warranty is voided if the 3G is disassembled It should be returned to NAL Research for services by calling 703 392 1136 x203 or emailing contact nalresearch com ...

Page 11: ... charging firmware update and parameter setting The LED displays device status during emergency and tracking IMPORTANT Unlike the cellular link which can be used indoor the SHOUT 3G must have full view of the sky when the Iridium link is used DEVICE DESCRIPTION Power Back Button Iridium Antenna Touchscreen Micro USB Interface LED Status Display GPS Antenna Cellular Antenna Cellular micro SIM holde...

Page 12: ...ucts www solio com The 3G has a battery status symbol on top right corner of its touchscreen indicating the battery is being charged A message will appear when charging is complete The device can be safely operated and does not need to be turned off while charging The charging cycle will complete quicker when the device is shut CHARGING THE BATTERY ACCESSORIES USB to micro USB Cable AC Wall Adapte...

Page 13: ...slowly over time and needs to be recalibrated This can be done using the Setting Calibrate menu The SHOUT 3G can be turned on by holding down the power back button for approximately two seconds A delay in displaying time and date is normal since the unit first has to check its internal clock against the GPS receiver Once the device is on user can touch any icon to access device features Again user...

Page 14: ... entered into the text box The keyboards are used to enter text inside the text box The recommended hand position is shown in the figure below utilizing two thumbs to tap the keyboard While entering text the position of the cursor in the text box is shown as a flashing white block The block turns red when the maximum limit is reached Remaining 0 An alert will sound when the maximum number of chara...

Page 15: ...own in the figure below The position of the cursor is displayed in red character A space and enter key will appear as and respectively Some menu options have a Search box allowing user to search for specific keywords or phrases The search parameters are defined using Settings Search menu Touching the Search box will bring up a keyboard to enter the search item USING THE SEARCH BOX Finger position ...

Page 16: ...down makes the 3G scroll one line at a time Tapping above the slider prompts the screen to page up and tapping below the slider prompts the screen to page down The active area or detect region of the slider bar is wider than the slider bar itself Thus it is possible to place a finger slightly away from the right edge of the screen to give a more comfortable feel USING THE SLIDER BAR Search Box Eit...

Page 17: ...eve NAL Research s formatted GPS reports from the remote SHOUT 3G In addition the program will let a NOC communicate with modems attached to its serial ports communicate with POP3 SMTP servers communicate with Iridium SBD DirectIP servers and or act as a RUDICS server client to support incoming and outgoing communications with the 3G Under special cases and with a signed NDA NAL Research will rele...

Page 18: ...developers can call to inquire on how to setup a free demo account NAL Research s NOC server implements Google Earth to display tracking information NAL Research assumes no responsibility for any claims or damages arising out of the use of our server NAL Research makes no warranties on the performance or the availability of our server MAPPING NOC SERVER ...

Page 19: ...ory set it should be 1111 Once the correct PIN is entered after powered up the home screen will appear Device status symbols will be shown along the top three lines of the home screen Some symbols will not appear until an event is initiated such as sending or receiving a message denotes the primary network used to transmit reports messages Either Iridium or GSM label will appear To preserve batter...

Page 20: ...bars One bar represents valid time and date fix two bars represent 2 D fix or dead reckoning three bars represent 3 D fix with HDOP higher than 2 0 and four bars represent 3 D fix with HDOP less than 2 0 Although the SHOUT 3G s GPS receiver can often obtain a location fix when the antenna is partially blocked near buildings in a room next to a window etc it is recommended that the antenna must hav...

Page 21: ...ngs Time Date option The GPS receiver has an internal clock and as long as the battery is not depleted and a valid position fix was previously acquired the SHOUT 3G can recall the correct date and time The message Date Time unavailable is displayed when the 3G is unable to restore information from the GPS receiver The SHOUT 3G displays four main icons on its home screen each representing a menu op...

Page 22: ...o Tracking Format menu to set the report format 3 Go to Tracking Links menu to select a network s 4 Go to Tracking Rpt Rate menu to set the reporting rate and turn tracking on The 3G is now in tracking mode and ready to send position reports No further action is required The unit automatically goes to sleep in between reports IMPORTANT NAL Research can enable the SHOUT 3G for use on the Iridium Do...

Page 23: ...The Drafts folder contains draft messages saved under the Compose menu The 3G stores the newest message on top and the oldest message on bottom of the list Selecting a draft message takes user back to the Compose screen If Send is selected a Confirm and then Success screen will appear to indicate that the message has been added to the Outbox If Inc GPS option is enabled then GPS location will be a...

Page 24: ...esend as many remaining failed messages in the Outbox as possible in the following order of priority Category 1 highest priority Callout Cancel Emergency Geofence Arrive Depart Man Down Category 2 Check In Queued Tracking Report Category 3 Motion Start End Report Statistics Report Test Report Category 4 lowest priority Remote Update Response Poll Report Text Message Waypoint If there are multiple ...

Page 25: ...l addresses entered via the keyboards SatTerm software is used to create and save predefined email addresses onto the SHOUT 3G s contact list During setup SatTerm requires connectivity between the 3G and a NOC server to synchronize the lookup table of short codes As with canned messages short codes are used to map the actual email addresses to a lookup table located at a NOC When the Compose menu ...

Page 26: ...f contacts will appear in alphabetical order Select a single contact or multiple contacts on the list and tap Add to accept A contact can be removed by going back to Choose Contact unselecting the contact and tapping Add Pressing the back key instead of Add after selecting or unselecting a contact will cancel the choice s ...

Page 27: ...ts listed under To however the 3G sends the actual email addresses listed under Emails Any email addresses entered under Enter Emails can be removed by going back to the keyboard under the Enter Emails popup menu Holding a finger inside the Canned Message region prompts the 3G to display two options Choose Can d Msg and Enter Text After Choose Can d Msg is selected and if canned messages were ente...

Page 28: ...lected then the entered free text will be appended to the canned message After finish selecting a canned message and or composing a free text message user can either Send the message or Save as Draft If Send is selected a Success screen will appear to indicate that the message has been added to the Outbox The 3G must then be held with the antennas having full view of the sky if the Iridium link is...

Page 29: ...act name the second line has the e mail address the third line has the phone number and the fourth line has the home address Upon receiving a free text or canned message from the 3G that is referenced to a specific contact the NAL Research s NOC server forwards the message to the email address listed on the second line of the contact Application developers can define their own set of rules with in...

Page 30: ...he Inbox and the number of messages still Queued at the Iridium gateway to be downloaded This option is available ONLY when the Iridium link is enabled The Mbox Rate is used to set mailbox check rate time between mailbox checks and to enable mailbox check automatically User can select either a predefined rate or a user defined rate with an onscreen keypad The Mailbox Check Rate menu is dimmed when...

Page 31: ... to attach GPS location to Check In and canned and free text messages Under default setting these messages do not have GPS information included Messages with GPS location attached can take longer to complete since the 3G has to acquire a GPS fix first Depending on the validity of the stored ephemeris data it could take an additional 29 seconds Memory is used to clear messages in all mail boxes or ...

Page 32: ... On Off buttons are used to enable disable the SHOUT 3G tracking mode When tracking is On the tracking symbol on top of the screen changes from dimmed gray to bright white The 3G immediately turns the GPS receiver on to acquire a GPS fix and then attempts to transmit a position report The next position report is sent automatically based on the reporting rate Countdown timer to next report is displ...

Page 33: ...ages in the Outbox after a successful position report transmission To avoid draining the battery unintentionally user should carry out frequent maintenance on the Outbox and delete unwanted failed messages The 3G logs and saves all position reports in its circular memory When its memory is full the oldest report is over written SatTerm can be used to retrieve all position reports saved on the 3G T...

Page 34: ...imary and secondary networks is managed by the SHOUT 3G automatically The SHOUT 3G s default link setting is both with Iridium network as the primary link User is reminded that some options are available only on one network but not the other This option is ONLY applicable to the cellular network Two options are available in routing reports messages to an end destination or a NOC server when using ...

Page 35: ...rm for SHOUT 3G manual A geofence is a set of connected latitude and longitude coordinates that defines a region or zone of interest A geofence must be bounded by a minimum of 3 coordinates and a maximum of 50 Each fence has a unique tracking profile that triggers the SHOUT 3G to change its tracking behavior while inside a specific fence e g allow the SHOUT 3G to use Iridium cellular both Iridium ...

Page 36: ... related to Brevity code can be found in Appendix A The Man Down option allows user to set the options used by the Man Down Alert feature The Man Down Alert detects when the SHOUT 3G is motionless for a configurable amount of time and triggers up to 3 different alerts if user does not respond affirmatively to an Are You OK popup menu Once Man Down begins alerting it can be canceled by selecting th...

Page 37: ... were pressed Send Message Sends a text message with a Man Down short code and GPS location information The Call Out allows the SHOUT 3G to send a scheduled daily tracking report at a defined GMT time using a specific link Scheduled times are entered via SatTerm software and are listed under the Call Out menu When a Call Out time is selected the symbol will light up from dimmed gray to bright whit...

Page 38: ...ldest reports are over written SatTerm can be used to retrieve all position reports saved on the 3G The Stats menu has a countdown timer to the next report on top of the screen and is replaced with Off when tracking is disabled The bottom half of the screen displays the last successful report sent by tracking or emergency notification Check In Way Point free text and canned messages are not consid...

Page 39: ...red by observing the HACC HACC stands for horizontal accuracy in meters HACC is defined as the radius of a circle centered on the true value that contains the GPS measurement Thus a position fix with ten meters HACC accuracy indicates that it is within ten meters of the true position the higher the HACC value the less accurate the GPS measurement The Check GPS option is a good indicator of whether...

Page 40: ... the GPS receiver on to update its location data The location information is continuously updated and displayed in real time whether there is a valid fix or not Similar to the Chk GPS option HACC can be monitored to see if a valid fix is possible Once a valid fix is obtained the GPS receiver is turned off and the most recent 3 D fix information is displayed on the screen This information called te...

Page 41: ... specific name tag for future reference When New is selected the SHOUT 3G immediately turns the GPS receiver on to acquire a fix User then has the options to go back without further action to re acquire a new GPS fix to label the point or to save the waypoint Selecting the Label option will bring up a full keyboard allowing user to enter the waypoint label The Add option saves the waypoint into th...

Page 42: ...the SHOUT 3G turns the LCD backlight off Setting the backlight to Always On is recommended for night time use A resistive touchscreen drifts slowly over time and needs to be recalibrated once in a while Calibrate option allows users to either reset the calibration back to factory settings or to recalibrate specific to the condition of the touchscreen In case the 3G is accidently recalibrated with ...

Page 43: ...g Suitable for most situations for applications with low accelerations maximum altitude of 12 km maximum velocity of 310 m sec maximum vertical velocity of 50 m sec sanity check type altitude and velocity maximum position deviation medium Stationary Used in timing applications antenna must be stationary or other stationary applications velocity is constrained to 0 m s zero dynamics assumed maximum...

Page 44: ... 2D position fixes supported maximum altitude of 50 km maximum velocity of 500 m sec maximum vertical velocity 100 m sec sanity check type altitude maximum position deviation large Only English is available for this firmware version The SHOUT 3G has a status LED on the bottom left corner to alert user of whether the device is in emergency mode tracking mode geofence tracking mailbox check or call ...

Page 45: ... option is disabled in the ACL it will also be removed from the favorites The Time Date option is used to select UTC time and date formats to be displayed on the LCD screen for all menus Local time zone can also be set The Unit Info option displays the model number Iridium module s IMEI number Iridium FCC ID Iridium IC ID GSM FCC ID GSM IC ID 3G s firmware version and 3G s bootloader version The U...

Page 46: ...gency reports the 3G reverts back to the default emergency time between reports TBR of two minutes The LED can be deactivated to extend the battery life by using the Settings LED menu If the LCD screen is on during emergency activation the black bar across the top of the screen will turn red During emergency a NOC can send an acknowledgement back to the 3G There is one status LED on the bottom lef...

Page 47: ...Off button for approximately two seconds A power down screen will appear with a message indicating tracking and messaging will be completely turned off The screen stays on for approximately ten seconds before shutting down User can press Turn Off to power down the 3G immediately press Lock to go back to the power up screen or press Cancel to return to the previous screen POWERING DOWN ...

Page 48: ...shown in the figure below With PMS enabled user has the option to select any one of sixteen Brevity Codes 0000 through 1111 to be included in the PMS tracking reports These codes are represented by A z B C z and D and can be selected via the touchscreen Each code will light up as a green dot inside the Brevity icon when selected With PMS enabled the Compose menu does not allow user to enter an e m...

Page 49: ... a computer and the device press the Start Flash Mode button 3 Wait until it activates and then press the Browse button 4 Browse and select a valid NAL device BIN file NAL Research makes the BIN file available upon request 5 Once the BIN file is loaded press the Program button 6 Wait for the programming to complete 7 A message box will pop up indicating the loading is complete 8 The new firmware i...

Page 50: ...gnal environment there is a tradeoff between battery life and the chance that a report will be transmitted for a given report cycle the user may want to do some testing to determine the best TTKT for their application The 3G saves valid ephemeris data after each 3 D fix The data is used to reduce acquisition time in the next reporting cycle from cold start to hot start If the ephemeris data is old...

Page 51: ...ectrical Specifications USB Input Voltage 5 0VDC Max USB Current sink 1 5A 5 0VDC Battery Type Lithium Ion Battery Capacity 2 15 A Hr Recharge Cycles 500 cycles Power Consumption See Appendix C Iridium Transceiver Operating Frequency 1616 to 1626 MHz Duplexing Method TDD Multiplexing Method TDMA FDMA Link Margin Downlink 13 dB average free space Link Margin Uplink 7 dB average free space Cellular ...

Page 52: ...PA cat 6 data rate up to 5 76 Mbps up HSDPA cat 14 data rate up to 21 1 Mbps down WCDMA PS data rate up to 384 kbps down up GPS Receiver GPS Receiver MAX 6Q Receiver Type L1 C A 50 channel Update Rate 5 Hz Accuracy 2 5 m CEP position 2 0 m CEP SBAS Acquisition 26 seconds cold start 1 second hot start Sensitivity 161 dBm tracking 160 dBm hot starts 148 dBm cold starts Environmental Specifications O...

Page 53: ...603 The LISA U230 is assigned to the FCC Identifier XPYLISAU230 Regulatory Approvals Radio Tests EMC Tests Mechanical Electrical Tests CE FCC Industry Canada ETSI EN 301 441 V1 1 1 2000 05 FCC CFR47 Parts 2 15 and 25 Industry Canada RSS170 Issue 2 March 2011 ETSI EN 301 489 20 V1 2 1 2002 11 ETSI EN 301 489 1 V1 8 1 2008 04 EN61000 4 2 1995 A2 2001 Part 4 2 EN61000 4 3 2002 Part 4 3 EN61000 4 4 20...

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