Make your own smart car tracking system

tsk1979 · 23rd January 2006, 11:27

http://wiki.ehow.com/Make-a-Smart-Ca...a-Mobile-Phone

This guide tells you how to make a smart car tracking system which will help locate your car if its stolen, provided the police and cell networks are cooperative.

kpzen · 23rd January 2006, 11:42

Cool Idea.!!!!
But i doubt if it will work in our country......n if our policemen will cooperate with the owner idea.....
Sure u can often have fun with friends......

n_aditya · 23rd January 2006, 19:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpzen

Cool Idea.!!!!
But i doubt if it will work in our country......n if our policemen will cooperate with the owner idea.....
Sure u can often have fun with friends......

yeah.. would work very well... flawlessly actually... but for our local cops....

horsepower · 23rd April 2007, 22:19

Watched it on Headlines Today. A car was stolen(scorpio) from delhi,fitted with a GSM based car security system. The owner was able to recover the vehicle within 10 hrs from Hissar with the help of the device.

I have had googled the device name and had found out the website.
Amsaki HomSafe Limited. It costs around 10k.

low_bass_makker · 23rd April 2007, 23:40

the network operater never helps in this type of cases......even if when they are told that the cell is stolen...

cheap_deal · 24th April 2007, 01:29

once car is stolen you will have to call the phone in car and be on hold for a real long time especially if the thieves have parked car somewhere.
also what if they dont really talk about where they are/give hints about the location?
and considering our weather and the amount of dust that goes into dashboard, will the phone survive a few months in there?

horsepower · 24th April 2007, 12:46

Hi! Cheap_Deal, there is no phone in the car, there is a box in which the sim card is placed. Sim card connects to different towers when the car moves, same as in mobile thing. Device has a memory attached to it which stores the location and the time. It sends out sms to the owner about the location and the time.

I guess this is the principle behind it. For more information you can check out there website and contact them.

benbsb29 · 24th April 2007, 13:56

There was an article about the same devie fitted on the Scorpio which enabled the cops and the owner to track it down. Was in today's TOI, Bangalore edition. The device costs about 10K, and there is a monthly rental of about 150/- bucks for the SIM card usage. Seems the cops were wary at first, but then joined in.

The Scorpio was tracked down as being parked in a public parking area of some hospital, and the watchman there reported a guy in a T shirt and shorts who disembarked from the vehicle, and hopped along with another guy on a Pulsar and left.

moralfibre · 24th April 2007, 14:02

Micro Technologies (India) Ltd.

This is the commercial version of the product. We were invited to their factory somewhere in New Bombay for a demo and test unit but I need to part some time for this.

raajks · 24th April 2007, 15:03

Yup, saw a 30 mt session on Headlines today about the device.
It sounded promising, they were taking the stolen Scorpio as a success case. The sales guy was pushing it a little too hard, overshadowing the owner experience.

cheap_deal · 24th April 2007, 18:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by horsepower

Hi! Cheap_Deal, there is no phone in the car, there is a box in which the sim card is placed. Sim card connects to different towers when the car moves, same as in mobile thing. Device has a memory attached to it which stores the location and the time. It sends out sms to the owner about the location and the time.

I guess this is the principle behind it. For more information you can check out there website and contact them.

i was talking about the article in post number 1.

bigman · 24th April 2007, 21:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by horsepower

Watched it on Headlines Today. A car was stolen(scorpio) from delhi,fitted with a GSM based car security system. The owner was able to recover the vehicle within 10 hrs from Hissar with the help of the device.

I have had googled the device name and had found out the website.
Amsaki HomSafe Limited. It costs around 10k.

This is just an alarms with SMS facilty. Does no company offer a proper tracker in India ?

Below is an interesting story which involves a proper tracking device.

TRACKER Defies The Odds To Trace A Stolen BMW To Warsaw

sbasak · 24th April 2007, 21:44

Replied to wrong post.
Mods:
Please delete this post.

CaliAtenza · 25th April 2007, 01:22

Lo Jack does this in the US...i wish something was there in india...but it has to be operated by the police.

iraghava · 25th April 2007, 02:45

Tracker is a system very popular with High-performance & Luxury car owners in Europe but then they have a satellite tracking system for the cars. Also for such cars, the Insurance companies there provide sops to allow them to fit the rather expensive systems by giving discount in the premiums. They also inflate the premiums of expensive cars not fitting with these systems.

It has a good success rate in recovering stolen cars but for that you also have to credit their Police organisation.

23rd January 2006, 11:27	#1
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,688 Thanked: 23,494 Times View My Garage	Make your own smart car tracking system http://wiki.ehow.com/Make-a-Smart-Ca...a-Mobile-Phone This guide tells you how to make a smart car tracking system which will help locate your car if its stolen, provided the police and cell networks are cooperative.
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23rd January 2006, 11:42	#2
kpzen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Faridabad Posts: 5,608 Thanked: 1,884 Times View My Garage	Cool Idea.!!!! But i doubt if it will work in our country......n if our policemen will cooperate with the owner idea..... Sure u can often have fun with friends......
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23rd April 2007, 22:19	#4
horsepower BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 280 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Watched it on Headlines Today. A car was stolen(scorpio) from delhi,fitted with a GSM based car security system. The owner was able to recover the vehicle within 10 hrs from Hissar with the help of the device. I have had googled the device name and had found out the website. Amsaki HomSafe Limited. It costs around 10k.
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23rd April 2007, 23:40	#5
low_bass_makker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Faridabad Posts: 6,813 Thanked: 306 Times View My Garage	the network operater never helps in this type of cases......even if when they are told that the cell is stolen...
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24th April 2007, 01:29	#6
cheap_deal BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: unknown Posts: 465 Thanked: 8 Times	once car is stolen you will have to call the phone in car and be on hold for a real long time especially if the thieves have parked car somewhere. also what if they dont really talk about where they are/give hints about the location? and considering our weather and the amount of dust that goes into dashboard, will the phone survive a few months in there?
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24th April 2007, 12:46	#7
horsepower BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 280 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Hi! Cheap_Deal, there is no phone in the car, there is a box in which the sim card is placed. Sim card connects to different towers when the car moves, same as in mobile thing. Device has a memory attached to it which stores the location and the time. It sends out sms to the owner about the location and the time. I guess this is the principle behind it. For more information you can check out there website and contact them.
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24th April 2007, 13:56	#8
benbsb29 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 10,108 Thanked: 14,214 Times View My Garage	There was an article about the same devie fitted on the Scorpio which enabled the cops and the owner to track it down. Was in today's TOI, Bangalore edition. The device costs about 10K, and there is a monthly rental of about 150/- bucks for the SIM card usage. Seems the cops were wary at first, but then joined in. The Scorpio was tracked down as being parked in a public parking area of some hospital, and the watchman there reported a guy in a T shirt and shorts who disembarked from the vehicle, and hopped along with another guy on a Pulsar and left.
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24th April 2007, 14:02	#9
moralfibre Team-BHP Support Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: MH-12 Posts: 8,567 Thanked: 14,488 Times	Micro Technologies (India) Ltd. This is the commercial version of the product. We were invited to their factory somewhere in New Bombay for a demo and test unit but I need to part some time for this.
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24th April 2007, 15:03	#10
raajks BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: BLR Posts: 578 Thanked: 119 Times View My Garage	Yup, saw a 30 mt session on Headlines today about the device. It sounded promising, they were taking the stolen Scorpio as a success case. The sales guy was pushing it a little too hard, overshadowing the owner experience.
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24th April 2007, 21:44	#13
sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 607 Thanked: 16 Times	Replied to wrong post. Mods: Please delete this post.
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25th April 2007, 01:22	#14
CaliAtenza BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LAX-SNA-BFL-BLR Posts: 321 Thanked: 20 Times	Lo Jack does this in the US...i wish something was there in india...but it has to be operated by the police.
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25th April 2007, 02:45	#15
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 7,993 Thanked: 281 Times View My Garage	Tracker is a system very popular with High-performance & Luxury car owners in Europe but then they have a satellite tracking system for the cars. Also for such cars, the Insurance companies there provide sops to allow them to fit the rather expensive systems by giving discount in the premiums. They also inflate the premiums of expensive cars not fitting with these systems. It has a good success rate in recovering stolen cars but for that you also have to credit their Police organisation.
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