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Condor System Technology
2-TRACK is a company dedicated to making the best use of technology. During the development of our products we have utilized the full potential of several established telecommunication technologies, but we are also constantly developing new ways to deliver benefits from new research.
Detailed below is an explanation of some of the technologies CONDOR use.
Telematics
Telematics refers to the integration of computing, wireless communications and Global Positioning System (GPS) for sending, receiving and storing information over vast networks. Telematics devices allow drivers to browse the Internet, send and receive e-mails, receive live traffic updates, listen to satellite radio, and perform various other activities.
GSM
GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communications, one of the leading digital cellular systems. Originally developed as a pan-European standard for digital mobile phones, GSM has become the world's most widely used mobile system. It is used on the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies in Europe, Asia and Australia, and the 1900 MHz frequency in North America and Latin America.
GSM is in a good position for global roaming and many new GSM phones are called &global phones, So CONDOR system uses GSM for 2-way communication between trackers, the central control centre and operators mobile phones.
GPRS
The General Packet Radio Service network (GPRS) is a new type of network based on the existing GSM networks. It's an advanced data transmission mode that does not require a continuous connection to the Internet, as with a standard home modem. Instead, GPRS uses the network only when there is data to be sent, which is more efficient.
The maximum speed of a GPRS network is about 3 times as fast as data transmission speeds over fixed telecommunication networks and 10 times as fast as current GSM networks. This allows data information to be transmitted more quickly for high volume data users and should result in a more cost effective way of transmitting data. No dial-up modem connection is necessary so information can be sent and received immediately hence the term 'always connected'. This is an essential feature for critical time applications.
GPS Satellite
GPS stands for Global Positioning System and uses 24 satellites constantly orbiting the earth to determine the position, speed and direction of an object on earth. It is used extensively in tracking moving objects, mainly vehicles and assets. GPS is can be accurate to approximately 10 meters, or less so can be used to provide geo-fencing capabilities.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a low-power-consumption and short-range wireless technology for personal area networks (PANs). It connects your personal electronic devices, such as laptops, mobile phones, digital cameras, audio equipments, and printers, without the clutter of cables.
Conveniently, Bluetooth does not require 'line of sight' thus allowing devices to communicate with each other through barriers such as 'pockets' and around corners within a range of a few meters.
The obvious advantage to Bluetooth is streamlining the communication between CONDOR products, sensors, machines, control systems and engineers in a local environment, without having to install wiring.
WiFi
WiFi is short for Wireless Fidelity. An industry group thought the term 'WiFi' rolled off the tongue better than eight oh two dot eleven (802.11).
WiFi is an industry standard way to connect computers over a network without wires -- in other words, a wireless network. Anyone can set up a WiFi network and cover an area of typically 100-500 feet with high speed wireless access to a LAN, and hence to the Internet.
Like Bluetooth™ WiFi offers the opportunity for devices to communicate in a local environment, although over a larger distance.
ORBCOMM satellite
ORBCOMM is a world's first commercial global wireless data and messaging system. The ORBCOMM System uses low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide tracking, monitoring and messaging capabilities to and from anywhere in the world. Similar to two-way paging or e-mail, the system is capable of sending and receiving two-way alphanumeric packets of data. These short, economical messages increase the efficiency of remote operations by making critical information readily available, often from areas beyond the geographic and economic reach of traditional systems.
CDMA
Short for Code-Division Multiple Access, a digital cellular technology that uses spread-spectrum techniques. CDMA consistently provides better capacity for voice and data communications than other commercial mobile technologies, allowing more subscribers to connect at any given time, and it is the common platform on which 3G technologies are built.
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