Before one of our devices hits the road, it is rigorously inspected and tested using a variety of tools. Our test jigs, for example, used for testing some of the electronic components on the devices, are frequently on the move between offices.
Despite engineering award-winning tracking devices…sometimes we lose stuff. Like test jigs.
Despite engineering award-winning tracking devices, we sometimes lose stuff—like test jigs. So, we attached a Yabby WiFi to enable GPS Tool Tracking, allowing us to quickly and easily pinpoint the location of our tools via Telematics Guru.
Our test jigs are always hiding somewhere indoors or in our warehouse. And as we discussed in our article about WiFi Positioning Systems for Indoor Tracking, GPS/GLONASS signals have trouble penetrating buildings; and when the device does not have a direct line to these signals, it can malfunction.
The Yabby WiF on our production jigs is configured via our OEM Interface to send a location update once per day. (This configuration process takes under 30 seconds.)
When added to Telematics Guru, their location is available immediately.
Great! Now we know where our jigs are, without bothering everyone in the office.
The Yabby Wifi’s incredible battery life then ensures we aren’t placing trackers on our tools, only to have to change out the batteries every week.
GPS fixes often take around 10-60 seconds to acquire, depending on signal conditions and frequency. (We use GPS aiding data to speed this up in our devices)!
Adversely, WiFi scans are completed in about 2 seconds. This means the device only spends 2 seconds powering the WiFi module, which keeps power consumption incredibly low. And low power consumption means an incredibly long battery life.
What’s even better is we can view Battery Voltages on our Battery Management Page in Telematics Guru, so we can see exactly how our Yabby WiFi is performing.
You can see here that this Yabby Wifi has been “jig tracking” for 34 weeks, and the battery voltage has hardly budged. Battery voltage doesn’t directly line up with remaining battery life percentage, but calculating the drain based on the shown values indicates only 8% of battery has been used so far.
