Location Asset Trackers

April 17, 2020

Abeeway Asset Trackers use multiple location technologies (GPS, Low-power GPS, Wi-Fi, and BLE) to allow accuracy, speed, and indoor/outdoor use. Proprietary Abeeway technology sends GPS calculations to the cloud, making location tracking faster and extremely energy-efficient. To optimize battery life, Abeeway devices use the most cost-effective connectivity and integrated sensors to enable smart multi-mode behavior, adaptable to individualized situations:

  • Motion Tracking: real-time position when motion is detected
  • Permanent tracking: regular interval real-time positioning
  • Start/End: positioning at motion start and end events
  • Fix on demand: get position only when needed
  • Activity tracking: monitor activity rate with embedded sensors

 

Two Abeeway tracker types are currently available: the Micro Tracker and the Industrial Tracker. The Micro Tracker is a very low power location tracker that combines GPS, WiFi, LoRa, and BLE technologies to offer outdoor positioning (GPS) with 10 m accuracy as well as indoor positioning (WiFi sniffing and triangulation) with 30 m accuracy and automatic wireless detection. The Micro Tracker incorporates proprietary low power GPS technology (multi-patented Abeeway AGPS) to offer extended use in a tiny small device, with up to 3-year battery life before recharging.

 

Rechargeable via micro USB for intense daily use, this product is used worldwide by telecom companies, insurance companies, medical equipment users, food suppliers, as well as for personnel and small equipment tracking. The Micro Tracker can locate its position in 10 sec versus 1 min for conventional GPS. It offers excellent sensitivity even in bad conditions, and up to 10 times the powered life of ordinary GPS products. 

 

The Industrial Tracker is a low power industrial tracker with the same performance as the Micro Tracker, but with an active "fit-and-forget" battery life of up to 10 years. The use of three location technologies (GPS, assisted GPS, and Wi-Fi) guarantees seamless outdoor/indoor geolocation. This makes it useful for transport, vehicles, trucks, public works, construction, logistics, supply chain management, security, and general equipment asset management. The GPS mode is accurate up to 5 m, with a location time of 15sec for a hot start and 1 min for a cold start. The assisted GPS mode is accurate up to 10 m with a location time of 10 sec. The Wi-Fi mode is accurate up to 30 m with a location time of 5sec. Additional parameters that can be logged include temperature and pressure monitoring, and movement via the integrated 3-axis accelerometer.

 

Abeeway also offers an optional web/mobile application and a SaaS to follow their trackers, change settings, request a position, or create geofencing, sending an SMS message or email when a tracker enters a defined zone. Two geolocation modes are available: "on-demand" when GPS is used, and "regular" with periodic location at regular, configurable intervals.