Things you find on the footpath when checking your letterbox…
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Things you find on the footpath when checking your letterbox…
A Teltonika FMC640 truck tracking device.
FMC640 – 4G LTE Cat 1 Truck Tracker With CAN Data Reading
FMC640 is a 4G LTE Cat 1 truck tracker with CAN data reading. RS232/RS485 interfaces, various inputs & outputs make it perfect for heavy vehicles & special machinery
Teltonika Telematics (www.teltonika-gps.com)
Has been out in the rain, as it has some mud in the ports.
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There is the remnants of some double-sided tape on the back, but no ownership information anywhere on the outside of the case.
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It’s somewhat full of muck. Looks like it’s been submerged in mud at some point.
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Now I'm pretty curious to see if you can resuscitate it.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua Needs a damn good clean. No idea how to talk to it, the website talks of a web portal (which I’d need credentials for).
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @david need to power it up, attach an antenna and see who shows up.
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@ottaross @GustavinoBevilacqua That’s an option, yes.
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@david @GustavinoBevilacqua seems like the opening of an X-files episode. Black helicopters incoming.
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@ottaross @GustavinoBevilacqua I’m guessing it either belongs to the garbage truck, or the grocery delivery truck, since we don’t get much else up our little cul de sac.
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@david sounds like the perfect quiet venue for a midnight swap of signage on the heist getaway vehicle.
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Well I cleaned the board, and plugged it in to USB without the battery connected. It doesn’t seem to power on, so likely needs more power than USB will provide, or the power lines from the USB port aren’t used for powering the device.
It also doesn’t charge the battery over USB.Since it has a CAN bus port, it likely uses a power rail from that to charge the battery and run the device when the vehicle is on.
The battery is outputting a whole 0.14V and is therefore essentially flat.
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The plot thickens on this GPS tracker. The SIM in it, is from a New Zealand provider (Spark NZ).
What is it doing in a discarded GPS tracker in Australia???
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@david well it explains why they didn't just come and pick it up.
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@david Possibly from a shipping container?
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@matt Maybe? Although I haven't seen any new additions to the neighbourhood of that ilk.
