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Latest GlobalSat TR-151, TR-150 info

Firmware, software and documentation

Looking for the latest updates of GlobalSat TR-151, TR-150 firmware and software,

UPDATE: NEW firmware now available from Globalsat.com.tw! Unbelivable, but true!

BREAKING NEWS: Homebrew firmware can be made for the GlobalSat GPS trackers! The talented author of TR-102 patch http://globalfix.ath.cx/

confirmes my suspition that custom firmware can be made for the GlobalSat GPS trackers! Stand by for more details and dev info! 

No this opens up a whole lot of possibilities! 

Suggestions are:

• GPRS HTTP form POST or GET interface instead of custom application need as currently implementing
• Emulating other trackers interfaces for easy integration in existing apps
• Timed position posting for ultra long battery life
• Better area alarm functions using polynoms instead of circles or squares 

If your are in search of alternative sources for firmware, check the following websited:

At http://www.global5thailand.com/support/support.htm they seem to provide the customer support GlobalSat is missing, at least they host some updated firmware, manuals and not to mention a great new version of the Callcenter. This Callcenter seems to be a co-development between globalsat and global5thailand.

Links directly to firmware page under is broken, but you can find the firmware by seaching the site: 

Mr. J. Hjertstrom kindly provided the following information regarding a even better source (the site is in Russian, here is the site translated by google)

 "A much better page is found on the Russian offical site, http://www.globalsat.ru/catalog/razdely_kataloga/ustrojstva_kontrolja/101.html Take a look at the downloads and you will find two firmwares, F-0TR-0Q-0805285.bin is the newest. They work 500% better than the original. Still the TR-151 will crash now and then.

A lot of complaints was made about the bad firmware on the usglobalsat forum and I now see that they even removed that forum for the 151 device."

The last usefull piece of information I found on the usglobalsat.com forum (before they sensored it for tracker topics) was that some guy had managed to make a program that could be run on the GlobalSat TR-102 Tracker, providing timed resets thus avoiding some of the crashes. http://globalfix.ath.cx/ It is now freeware. According to the Author, no firmware changes is performed by his fix, only enabling of a buildt in reset timer in the firmware. Maybe this can be done for the TR-15x series also.