Device with long battery life
Hey Juan, I was after something similar however they don't exist for cheap. What I ended up doing was using TK905B with the 10000mah battery, then adding a 30000mah "Pass through" USB pack wrapped up to it and plugged into it. What this does is when the USB pack gets power it still continues to charge the attatched device. So if its a car, boat or bike, it will charge when the motor is on. But keeps the Tracker online too at the same time.
As for the 5 minute thing, I don't need this, I just use "shock" to tell me when something moves. I dont want to waste data and battery with pings constantly.
Alot of usb power power banks dont support pass through, so be sure to test/research before you purchase
Hi Juan,
You can try Mictrack MT700, which is based on CAT M1 & NB-IoT with 2G Fallback, it is special for its ultra-long battery life.
If you just need a 3-month battery life, the MT700 is suitable, especially with mode 7. When it stops it reports at intervals of 10-1440 minutes, and when in move it will report every 1-24 hours. Of course, the interval time can be configured.
Thanks,
Mictrack
Sorry, the MODE 7 should be "When the device vibrates, it will report at intervals of 10-1440 minutes, and when the device is still, it will report to the server every 1-24 hours."
@Dan
I bought two TK905Bs with the idea of adding a battery bank externally but, even after several tests, I never managed it.
I have tried pairing it with different battery banks (at least 4 models) that support ‘pass-through’ charging and with all of them the behaviour is the same: the TK905B only accepts charging on its usb-c input if it is connected to the battery bank on the other side with a usb-A cable (pure usb-c power, such as a mobile phone power supply, does not work).
Once the TK905B has been charged, charging stops and from that moment on, even if the cable is left connected, the battery bank will go into stand-by mode and will no longer charge the tracker unless the cable is removed and reinserted.
The fact that the battery bank goes into stand-by is a known issue, see e.g. here https://www.reddit.com/r/UsbCHardware/comments/o55t9i/want_to_connect_an_onoff_timer_to_a_usb_power_bank/ .
I therefore wonder how Dan could connect a 30000 mah batterybank to a TK905B, as he writes a few posts above.
Does anyone have any ideas about this?
Thank you!
Hi, I am looking for a device that has these features:
So far I have tried the TkStar 915, but since sleep time cannot be configured battery doesn't last more than 1 month.
Any suggestions for such device?
Thanks a lot!