Tracker Configuration
This page contains Tracker Mode configurations. You must at least update the callsign setting and may keep the other options as they are.
IMPORTANT: Don't forget to click on the "Update" button after making any changes to the options.
Callsign: Your callsign with SSID
Symbol Code: Symbol code displayed on aprs.fi Default is car ">". For other symbols http://www.aprs.net/vm/DOS/SYMBOLS.HTM
Symbol Table: For alternatif symbols use. Default table is "/"
Path: WIDE1-1 is being used as the default path for sending beacons and messages.
Non-Smart Interval: If SmartBeacon is not enabled, this interval is used for between two transmits. Default is 60 seconds.
GPS Mode: On-board GPS module (Quectel L80-R) supports 4 different GPS mode.
Send Altitude: If true the tracker sends altitude in the encoded GPS data. Default is true.
Send TX Count: If true the tracker adds the transmit count (since last reset) to the comment text in the beacon.. Default is false.
Send Temperature: If true the tracker adds the temperature to the comment text in the beacon.. Default is true.
Send Humidity: If true the tracker adds the humidity to the comment text in the beacon.. Default is true.
Send Battery Info: If true the tracker adds the battery voltage to the comment text in the beacon. Default is true.
Send Comment After X Beacons: the Tracker can send comment at each beacon but with this setting you can choose to send the comment text only after a number of beacons. Default is 10. This means that only after 10 beacons the "comment" text will be transmitted also.
Active: true , means it calculates the time between beacons as a product of speed, course, time, distance and angle of your movement. When “false” is selected “Non-Smart Interval” will be used as a time between beacons.
Slow Rate: number of seconds as the longest time between beacons.
Low Speed: speed in km/h at which the “Slow Rate” is used. Slower speed won’t send longer time between beacons as “Slow Rate”.
Fast Rate: number of seconds as the fastest time between beacons.
High Speed: speed in km/h at which the “Fast Rate” is used. Faster speed won’t send shorter time between beacons as “Fast Rate”.
Turn Min Angle + Turn Slope: are being used together as the angle and the change in angle corresponded to speed to calculate if the course has been changed enough to send a beacon.
Check Battery Voltage: If true and battery voltage is lower than 3.5V, forcing smart beaconing to use lowest rate to save battery.
For more info and sample settings for Smart Beacon, check out following links:
https://gist.github.com/m5mat/3a87b00ac553dc95f41467f80911c0d1
https://www.w8wjb.com/qth/QTHHelp/English.lproj/adv-smartbeaconing.html
If Deep Sleep is enabled, immediately after every beacon (TX), the ESP32 puts itself and the other subsystems (GPS, LoRa, display, etc.) into a deep sleep state. During this period, very little power is drained from the battery.