New tracking device (RF-V16) shows in server logs but not on map
It's H02 protocol. Port 5013 in Traccar.
Hi Dave,
How did you manage to get this device to connect to your server? I'm unable to hit my server at all no matter what port I specify...
Thanks,
wg
Are you sure your port is visible from internet? Check here: https://www.traccar.org/port-check/.
Actually I managed to get the unit to connect to port 5005 which is the default or at least is the port I use for connecting my Traccar app on my Android. But as Anton said, this unit we have has a protocol that the Traccar needs it to come in on port 5013.
I then attempted to set the RF-V16 to port 5013 and never got it to work. No data even came to the server logs but when I connected to the same server port using a browser I was able to see data on the Traccar server logs on port 5013 so I know the port is open.
So, I am not sure whether the RF-V16 maybe can't send via port 5013. But so far I have reset the unit and messed around a little trying to get it back to working on 5005 and haven't been successful doing that again! Not really sure if these units are just fiddly or whether I accidentally did something else to get it to work on port 5005 last time. I will try again when I get some more time after I finish my holidays.
It sounds like there is some problem with the unit. Also, are you sure that port 5013 is visible from the Internet? It can be accessible from your local browser, but not from Internet.
Yes, I am using DynDNS and going through the domain name instead of local IP address. Also tested it from my phone in data mode with wifi turned off and can see browser requests coming in on port 5013.
The unit definitely is strange but possibly not broken - just messy trying to program it. If I can get it to reply on port 5005 again is there any way to have Traccar configured to handle that protocol on port 5005 instead of 5013? I don't think I am up to changing source code! :-)
You can just swap ports in the config file.
I bought a cheap Chinese tracker months ago with very limited configuration information, but finally cracked it after months of trying and can now see the data in the Traccar server logs.
However, I don't see any updates on the map page. Is the output string from this device supported? I don't see it listed anywhere on the supported devices page - though it can be added if we get it working as it is a quite a cheap and popular device, being very small.
The string I get looks like this when it doesn't have GPS (raw hex & translated)
2a48512c363431303034343232392c424153452c3032343935372c3530322c3031392c31323830332c31343235332c3238303631352c464646464646464623
*HQ,6410044229,BASE,024957,502,019,12803,14253,280615,FFFFFFFF#
and like this when it has GPS:
2a48512c363431303034343232392c56312c3033303934392c412c303330382e393532322c4e2c31303134322e333939342c452c3030302e302c3135302c3238303631352c464646464646464623
*HQ,6410044229,V1,030949,A,0308.9522,N,10142.3994,E,000.0,150,280615,FFFFFFFF#
I have my phone running the Traccar Android client showing on the map so I am pretty confident I have the map set up ok and this device should appear if the string is accepted by the server.
Thanks,
Dave