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Seems I have the same (or similar) tracker/service as yours. It even sends you SMS when there's a small earthquake - which Milton and I experienced when in Xinjiang. At least that's my theory on why it woke me at 2am. haha {I did look out the window and there wasn't anyone near the bike or cats running about}.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lao Jia Hou
My only problem with the website is that there isn't a way download your tracks.
Anyone have a service or solution for this?
If you use the http://www.bcxgps.com/ website (and I would assume you are), you can download the track (and several other data files) in an Excel (.xls) spreadsheet format. I've never installed tracks into a GPS unit (e.g., a ZUMO), so I don't know what is involved, but it is probably in some other format. I'm not even sure I'd need something like that (I just use waypoints). Anyways, all the Lat/Long are in a text Excel file, so there must be a way to convert it into a Garmin-readable format.Quote:
Originally Posted by MotoKai
If you just want a map, I use a screen shot & pic editor.
If you need instructions on how to download the files into an Excel spreadsheet, send me a PM. But if you use that website, it seems pretty simple.
I like this service because it permits me to easily track each & every bike's activity - it will even give me a report of any bike that exceeds the speed limit (where, when and by how much)!
Send me the Excel file or whatever file options they let you download it as and I can probably KML or GPX it and then post instructions on the conversion.
Cheers!
ChinaV
LJH sent me the excel file from http://www.bcxgps.com/ it's quite easy to convert the data to KMZ or GPX.
#1 Download the Excel file
#2 Open the Excel file
#3 Select all the data in the Longitude and Latitude cells
#4 Copy the data to the clipboard
#5 Open a text document (Text Edit on Mac or Notepad on Winblows)
#6 Paste the data into the text document
#7 Save it to your desktop
#8 Go to http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
#9 Click the Choose File button
#10 Select the file you saved on your desktop
#11 Choose an output format (Google Earth instead of Google Maps if you want a KMZ)
#12 Click the Go button
#13 Click on the KMZ file to download it to your computer.
#14 Open in Google Earth
Please understand that it appears there is little you can do about the paranoid Chinese offset. Get over it, you live in retarded country, drink more beer and make noise if it really bothers you.
Cheers!
ChinaV
Thanks a bunch ChinaV!
Now, next time you are in Beijing (or maybe at the CQ show next month), perhaps your kind heart will teach me how to put a track into a GPS unit ... and, perhaps more importantly, why I would want to do that.
How did you order the KLR from the US? Were you able to import it legally to China?
I don't know of anyone in MyChinaMoto with a KLR, at least not inside China anyway. Mine is in California. Du Rui at Tourfella knows some KLRistas in China but I'm guessing there's no more than a dozen in the whole country. Kawasaki is totally absent from China, save for the gray/black market. Totally unsupported. There is a Kawasaki thread in MCM, which documents a stillborn collaboration with Loncin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quallsymoto
Cheers
Euphonius
Barry, did you try this out? Anyone try this out? This looks awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
The sim cards validity varies depending on the card, the Telecom issuer, and any applicable plan. I've one card that has about 6 months validity once balance of funds drop to 0 kuai, while another is 3 months. Both are China mobile sim-cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Since I was PM'd by a fellow MCM member asking advice and info about locks etc thought I may as well throw some info here to share... even though this thread is primarily about GPS trackers. Of note it is worth reviewing the information to motorcyclists from a thief see bottom of this post for link.
Kryptonite locks. Deemed solid offer a variety of locks. Worth looking at the companies website too. Kryptonite locks for sale on Taobao.
The Kryptonite prices vary a little on Taobao, but expect to pay around 2000 for the chain lock and about 1000+ for the U lock.
Look for the NYC fughetaboutit chain/lock from Kryptonite
There are also Xena XUL310 U locks which incorporate an alarm 110dB. So plenty loud. The Xena locks are n Taobao but not specifically the XUL310.
Advice:
Use a combination of two locks, a U lock and a chain lock. The U lock through one wheel to the frame while the chain lock to the other end of the bike and through a solid object/ground anchor.
Also there are chain locks at my local B&Q, 289 kuai. Masterlock I think is the name, I use one on my Dragstar 1100 Classic, in combination with a disc lock.
Worth a read:
ask-a-motorcycle-thief
that sounds like a useful device can you tell me where you purchased it and whats is its name? also if its from taobao a link of the one you bought would be niceQuote:
Originally Posted by Nuhaus
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Any updates or developments on those that installed GPS trackers... LJH, Barry etc. How the devices holding up?
Any issues?
I have several of these, different shapes/sizes/features. There are many companies selling many different models, these days, on taobao. I wouldn't particularly recommend any specific brand/model, but these are the features I like:Quote:
Originally Posted by bikerdoc
- battery back-up; and,
- the unit will SMS you if the bike is moved
One thing I do not like is they all seem to drain a motorcycle battery in about a week, or two, if it is not ridden. Some units will send a warning SMS if your battery is getting low (nice feature).
Great thanks LJH. As you write, there are plenty of different units/model GPS trackers listed on TB. Likely similar innards with differing external shells and graphics etc. Looking at a few different options at the moment, but wondering if any might present a problem if bought here then used abroad? Any advice in this regard?
I have also wondered that, but have no evidence to say, one way or the other. My guess is ... they probably will not work overseas. The Chinese trackers (and companies) seem to have an agreement with China Mobile, triangulating off their towers, and somehow feeding data back to their own Chinese-tracking-companies' websites. The trackers I have all use China Mobile SIM cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by bikerdoc
I had nothing but trouble out of the one that Serpentza originally wrote about. It worked ok for a day. If there were a job in a pit crew for removing the associated parts I had to remove to get to the thing I would be the guy to hire, having to do it about forty times. So I sent it back and they sent me another one. This one worked but they had associated it with the wrong ID so I was unable to track it online. It took me a while to figure that out. They finally fixed that problem over a dozen phone calls and more wasted time (not mine, luckily). About a week later I went on a two day trip and lo and behold the thing stopped working somewhere in the middle.Quote:
Originally Posted by bikerdoc
NOTE: This is my cheapo CQR I bought off taobao so I purchased this thing to play with and the tracking function more than an anti-theft measure.
NOW GET THIS. I took the seat off where I had secured it underneath and discovered the plastic encasement missing and the circuit board exposed. Meaning - someone actually tried to rip the thing out, apparently. I had the unit taped down with double sided 3M tape though and it looks like when they pulled on it they ripped the encasement off and then replaced the seat and side panels? I still haven't been able to wrap my head around this bizarre incident and why anyone would do such a thing.
When I drive the bike into Guangzhou, I park it in the same place as SuperSignet's old Shineray Long March. On a side note, that's what got me onto this site and thinking about buying a motorcycle about a year or two ago. I saw his bike parked there while visiting a friend. Later discovered his blog here on MCM (still didn't know it was him and his bike - even though I'd met him and we'd even done some silly corporate music gig on New Year's Eve one year) COMPLETELY RANDOM WEIRD INFO I'M SHARING HERE. But it's what got me started and it's such a small, strange, connected world we live in. Anyway, I still don't know why anyone would have done this.
I'm going to go ahead and order another replacement for it just because I have the SIM card, but it does drain battery, which is annoying and I don't know what to do about that. One morning I had to run through the apartment complex and pop-clutch jumpstart the bike (bike is not exactly light, and I'm 6'5" and was dressed in full gear - gave the kids heading out on their way to school an amusing and rare way to start their day!)
So, this battery draining problem is really an issue. Sometimes I leave the bike for weeks when I'm downtown and am nowhere near it. It's really a hassle to try to disconnect the battery everytime as most of the time when I leave it I don't know exactly how long I'll be gone. I did find one for a car on taobao that someone else posted on MCM that has a claimed backup life of 30-45 days, but it's too large to fit on my bike. Any other ideas barring disconnecting the battery everytime?
^If you park your bike near an electrical outlet, why not buy yourself a small battery tender/trickle charger and leave it connected to the battery when you plan on not using the bike for a period. If the battery is difficult or cumbersome to access, you could connect a couple of cables/wires to each terminal so that you have wire 'pigtails' routed to a location far more accessible etc., making the task of connecting the battery trickle charger that much easier.
I have 5 bikes here in my garage in PRC, and two of them are ridden way more than the others, so I guess I could say they're my go-to bikes or daily rides. The bikes not ridden as frequently, I tend to leave connected to battery tenders/trickle chargers... the ones that cost all of cny13-15.
Regarding why some1 would open then close ur seat, either ur thief saw ur GPS and abandoned when he exposed the circuitry and SIM wondering if some1 was gonna come blazing, or if there was more GPS devices hidden.. Either he was interrupted.
Regarding the battery, there's what bikerdoc said, and 2 more options.
1: Maybe u can add a toggle switch, or link ur GPS to the engine-stop switch somewhere away from the ignition key switch wiring so whether he wires it or force break ur ignition, he will not see the GPS extra wires, and will turn the GPS on when pushing the engine-stop switch. Now if he pushes ur bike in a truck well...
2: and those 2 links..
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/13...cker_with.html
http://www.integratedtrackers.com/GPSTrack/Company.jsp
= http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...u=i1mbv2ame57bQuote:
Originally Posted by braillce
This is the one I have http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...id=18243930370 , but still haven't installed :eek2:.
I'm quite sure it will be pretty hard to hide it on my X2, should be ok for my JH600. The "Anywhere GPS" mentioned by braillce seems more suitable for a smaller bike.
GPS Tracker TK104 VS Anywhere GPS:
Size: 94mm x 60mm x 38 VS 68mm x 50mm x 20mm
Standby time: 1500h VS 250h
Battery: 6000 mAh VS 1100 mAh
Weight: 300g VS 85g
Another option I have been thinking of is, what if you would wire your GPS tracker to a powerbank?? There are also waterproof powerbanks nowadays!
So for example 1. battery -> on/off switch -> powerbank -> GPS tracker OR 2. ignition key on/off -> powerbank -> GPS tracker. That should help against battery drainage and short standby time of GPS tracker.