FISHING BOATS TRACKING WITH IP67 RATING GPS DEVICES

Solution description

To combat IUU fishing, countries such as the Philippines have made the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) mandatory from the year 2022 under the Philippine Fisheries Code. At the same time, the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) controls and monitors fishing activities, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has introduced the Sustainable Fisheries Strategy and many other measures to regulate fishing vessels.

All these rules affect not only large commercial fishing vessels but also small ones and motorboats. According to research conducted by General Fisheries Commission in 2020, 83% of all so-called small-scale fishing vessels in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea are still not equipped with location tracking devices.

Since it is expected to shut down both 2G and 3G networks in several years perspective, we choose the FMC230 model - a waterproof real-time tracking terminal with LTE Cat 1 connectivity and 2G fallback which is a preferred option for water transport monitoring. The latest expansion of the IP67 certified GPS trackers brings unquestionable value for small-scale fishing vessels and motorboats tracking, including their location.

According to key numbers of the Mediterranean Posidonia Network, the highest density of fishing boat tracks is noticeable on seaboards. What is more, research of Vodafone maritime mobility showed that most vessels spend around 60% of their operating time in areas with 4G/LTE connectivity.

What you need for a solution?

• Teltonika FM device which is compatible with this use case. Recommended devices: FMB225, FMB230, FMB240, FMC225, FMC230, FMM230, FMB965, FMB202, FMB204.

• The SIM card in order to get data to your server.
• FOTA to remotely send the configuration to the device.
• Teltonika Configurator to set up FM device correctly for the solution.

Installation

Connecting the device to the vehicle:

• Before connecting the device to the OBDII socket, make sure that ≥3A fuse is present on OBD connector power supply.
• Find OBDII connector in your vehicle ( Figure 1.) if you need more accurate location please visit Location of OBD plug.

Figure 1. Most common OMBDII connector locations

Configuration

2. Configuring Fleet Maintenance Schedules:

Parameter ID - Parameter name

Trip settings:

• 11800 - Scenario priority (0 - Disable, 1 - Low, 2 - High, 3 - Panic).

• 11801 - Eventual settings (0 - Disable, 1 - Enable), if disabled - trip settings will come with periodical data.

• 11802 - Mode (0 - Continuous, 1 Between Records). If Between Records option is selected distance will be counted until any record is made. Then odometer will be reset to zero and start counting until next record is made. When it is set to Continuous, Trip distance is going to be counted continuously (from Trip start to Trip end) and written to I/O Trip Odometer value field. When Trip is over and the next Trip begins, Trip Odometer value is reset to zero.
• 11803 - Start Speed (km/h). This parameter is needed if you want to start the trip on specific speed, If start speed selected 0 the trip only will work then ignition is on.
• 11804 - Ignition OFF timeout (s) is the timeout value to detect Trip end once the Ignition (configured ignition source) is off.
• 7031 - ID of SMS recipient.

• 8031 - SMS Text.

• 11806 - Odometer Calculation Source (0 - GNSS, 1 - OBD).
• 11807 - current Odometer Value (km). Odometer data will be counted from provided value.

Ignition source will be used to determine ignition of vehicle.

Possible ignition sources:

• DIN 1 (Digital Input 1) - if DIN1 is 1 - ignition is ON; if DIN1 value is 0 - ignition is OFF;
• Power Voltage - if voltage is between High Voltage Lever and Low Voltage Level (below Ignition Settings options) - ignition is ON; if voltage is higher than High Voltage Lever or lower than Low Voltage Level - ignition is OFF.
• Engine RPM - if RPM from OBD II or CAN is higher than 0 - ignition is ON; if RPM from OBD II or CAN is equal to 0 - ignition is OFF;
• Accelerometer - if movement sensor detects movement - ignition is ON; if movement is not detected - ignition is OFF;

More than one ignition source can be selected at the same moment. When there are 2 or more sources selected, at least one condition has to be met to change Ignition status.

Example: DIN1 and Accelerometer are selected as the Ignition source. When the device detects movement, Ignition status will change to 1, regardless that DIN1 value is 0. Users can select movement start and movement stop delay time - those parameters are used when the accelerometer is selected as an ignition source. Ignition status is used in power management and the following functionalities: Eco/Green Driving, Excessive Idling, Fuel Consumption, Over Speeding, Towing Detection and Trip.

Ignition Source:

• 101 - Eventual settings (1 - DIN 1, 2 - Accelerometer, 4 - Power Voltage, 8 - Engine RPM).

• 104 - Hight Voltage ( MIN - 0, MAX - 30000).
• 105 - Low Voltage ( MIN - 0, MAX - 29999).

Quick start: From default configuration to Fleet Maintenance Schedules in one SMS:

"  setparam 11800:1;11801:0;101:4;104:30000;105:12000"

Note: Before SMS text, two space symbols should be inserted if no SMS username or password was set in SMS \ Call settings.

After configuration device start parameters now we go to configure OBD II elements.

In the photo below (this is example case) you see where you must go to configurate main parameter that you need to have from device.

In OBD II window you see a lot of I/O elements to configure the device properly you will need to know which parameters can be read from the vehicle using our OBD trackers. To know what parameters can be read please visit How to check available OBDII data.

Parsing information

2.Parsing example:

Unparsed received data in hexadecimal stream
00000000000004d608130000017738b113a8000efcea74209c63c200b60096050010000c05ef01f0011505c800 450105b50008b600074230fB6c430f3d44006b02f10000601a1000038753000 000017738b1241790000efceb6e 209c63d05b50008b600074230 ff430f3d44006b020000601a100003875300002900017738b11f600001f0011505

AVL Data Packet Part	HEX Code Part
Zero Bytes	00 00 00 00
Data Field Length	00 00 04 d6
Codec ID	08 (Codec 8)
Number of Data 1 (Number of Total Records)	13
Timestamp	00 00 01 77 38 b1 13 a8 (Mon Jan 25 08:37:46 UTC 2021)
Priority	00
Longitude	00 01 77 38
Latitude	b1 13 a8 00
Altitude	0e fc
Angle	ea 74
Satellites	20
Speed	9c 63
N of Total ID	12
N1 of One Byte IO	09
1’st IO ID	EF (AVL ID: 239, Name: Ignition)
1’st IO Value	01
2’nd IO ID	F0 (AVL ID: 240, Name: Movement)
2’nd IO Value	01
3’rd IO ID	15 (AVL ID: 21, Name: GSM Signal)
3’rd IO Value	05
4'th IO ID	50 (AVL ID: 200, Name: Sleep Mode)
4'th IO Value	00
5'th IO ID	45 (AVL ID: 69, Name: GNSS Status)
5'th IO Value	01
N2 of Two Byte IO	5
1’st IO ID	B5 (AVL ID: 181, Name: GNSS PDOP)
1’st IO Value	8
2’nd IO ID	B6 (AVL ID: 32, Name: Coolant Temperature)
2’nd IO Value	61
3’rd IO ID	42 (AVL ID: 66, Name: External Voltage)
3’rd IO Value	30 FC
4'th IO ID	43 (AVL ID: 67,Name: Battery Voltage)
4'th IO Value	0F 3D
5'th IO ID	24 (AVL ID: 36, Name: Engine RPM)
5'th IO Value	06 A2
N4 of Four Byte IO	02
1'st IO ID	29 (AVL ID: 41, Name: Throttle Position)
1’st IO Value	5E
2’nd IO ID	(AVL ID: 16, Name: Total Odometer)
2’nd IO Value	03 87 53
CRC-16	00 00 73 2E

Demonstration in platform

TAVL: Open TAVL → select client → select Street Map → select device → choose the date from which to which to show the records → push advanced → push show button and then you will see in left down corner all information.

WIALON: Open WIALON → open messages → push unit ( select your device) → choose the date from which to which to show the records → select message (data messages) → push execute button and you will see all information.