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TALONCV002UserManual

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AuthorRevisionChangesDate

Ran1.0Initialversion2014‐05‐29

ConfidentialMaterial:Thisdocumentcontainsinformationthatisproprietaryand

confidential,readingandcopyingthisdocumentisprohibitedwithout

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Contents

1Introduction..............................................................................................................................3

IDandToolingDesign........................................................................................................................4

2HardwareDesign.......................................................................................................................5

2.1BasicHardware..................................................................................................................5

2.2BasicRFPerformance........................................................................................................7

2.3CertificationandSafety.....................................................................................................9

3SoftwareFeatures...................................................................................................................10

3.1BasicSoftware.................................................................................................................10

3.2RemoteUpdate...............................................................................................................10

3.2.1AutoExecute...........................................................................................................10

3.3PowerModes..................................................................................................................10

3.4ATCommand...................................................................................................................11

3.5Report..............................................................................................................................13

3.6Reset................................................................................................................................13

3.6.1ContextPreservation...............................................................................................13

3.7StartupBanner................................................................................................................13

4TestMethod............................................................................................................................14

4.1Hardware.........................................................................................................................14

4.2SoftwareTest...................................................................................................................14

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1 Introduction

TheTALONCV002isaself‐containedvehicletrackingdevicethatcombinesGPSlocationwith

CDMAconnectivity.

Logically,theIONappearstoauseroraserverapplicationasasingleendpointdevice.Itcan

bequeried,updatedandconfiguredeitherthroughaserialconnection,oranovertheair

CDMAIPconnection,orthroughSMSmessaging.TheTALONCV002presentsitselfover

theseconnectionsasanenhancedcellularmodemwithattachedfunctionalelements.These

elementsinclude:

GPSlocationengine　

2GeneralPurposeBidirectionalI/O(GPIO)pins　

1Relaydrivepinoutput　

SerialUARTport　

Inputvoltagemonitor　(optional)

Timers　

Watchdoglockupprotection　(Dedicatedwatchdogcircuitisoptional)

Factoryl　oadoptionformotiondetection

AccesstotheseelementsandgeneralpurposeinterfacesisdonethroughanextendedAT

commandsetasdefinedherein.

Application scene:

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ThisproductwillbedesignedbasedontheVIACBP8.2CDMA1X800M&1900MBaseband

chipset,whichincludesGPSfunctionality,ARMCPUandCDMAprotocol.Thisbaseband

externalconnection256Mserialflash,CDMA800M/1900M/GPSRFTransceiver,andRF

Frontendcircuit.

Thedevicewilluseonedualbandantenna（CDMA800&CDMA1900）andonededicateGPS

antenna.

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ID and Tooling Design

Thehousingwillbeprovidedbycustomer.Theproductappearance is shown as follows:

ItemDefinition

Dimension86.7(L)*30.8(W)*10.7(H)mm

Weight

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2 Hardware Design

2.1 Basic Hardware

ItemsRequirement

BasebandChipsetVIACBP8.2C/CBP8.2D

RFTransceiverFCI7790

MemorySerialFlash256Mb

PSRAM128Mb/64Mb(optional)

AirInterfaceCDMA20001x,GPS

FrequencyCDMA20001x:800MHz,1900MHz

AntennaInternalAntenna(800M&1900M)

GPSAntennaDedicatehighperformanceceramicantenna

UIMrequirementNo‐UIMmode,UIMcardconnectoroptional

InterfaceUARTTX

UARTRX

12VDCInput（1Acurrent）

RelayDrive(12VOutput,500mAcurrent)

GPIO1

GPIO2

BatteryMonitorinternalanaloginputscaled(Optional)

BuildinbatterymanagerSupported

DedicateTimersNo

WatchdogSupported(DedicateWatchdogisOptional)

MotionDetectOptional（GPS/Sensor）

LED2LEDSupported

2LEDs(oneisRED，oneisGreen)

BatteryBuild in battery（80MAH Lion）

WorkingTime4hours

PowerswitchNo

PowerCablecolor8 colors

PowerCableconnectortype8 pin

PowerConsumption< 5Watts

Built‐inbattery 3.7V80mAhLi‐ionbattery

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TheTALONCV002providessupportforspecializedhardwarefeaturesthroughextendedAT

commands.Thefeaturessupportedincludethefollowing.

GPS

ThemajorfunctionalityoftheGPSmoduleistocomputethecorrelationresultsbetweenthe

incomingsignalandtheselectedPRNcodebasedoncertainCarrierDopplerFrequency,Code

DopplerFrequency,codephase,carrierphase,andtheparticularsatellitethemoduleis

trackingoracquiring.

GPIO

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TwoGPIOpins,GP1andGP2,arepresentedtotheexternalenvironmentonthemain

connector.Theyaregeneralpurposebidirectionallinescapableofprovidingsystem

interruptstogenerateareportordrivelogiclevelstoexternaldevices.Theselinesare2.8V

logiclevelandare15Vtolerant.Thesepinsdefaulttoinput.GP1ispulleddownrepresenting

0whendisconnected;GP2ispulleduprepresentinglogical1whendisconnected.They

shouldbeassertedtoaknownvalueifused.GP1isintendedtouseforIgnitionSensing.

LED’s

TwoLEDstatusindicatorsareprovidedtoverifycorrectinstallationandoperation.The

statusLEDsarecolorcodedanddirectlyconveythestatusoftheCDMAandGPSsubsystems

asdescribedinthetablebelow.Theirvalidoperationalsoindicatesoperationalstatusand

power.

LED Function Status

Red GPS On:GPSsatellitesacquiredand

Locked

FlashSlow:GPSsatellitesearchis

inprogress

Off:NopowerorGPSsubsystem

fault

Green CDMA/CDMAConnection On:IndicatesCDMAconnectionis

made

FlashSlow:CDMAsubsystem

initializedbutnoconnection

FlashFast:CDMAinitializationin

process

Off:NopowerorCDMA

subsystemfault

TheIONprovidesusercontrolallowingtheLEDstobeextinguishedonceinstallationis

verified.ThisfeaturereducespowerandfurtherconcealstheIONTrackerfromuntrained

partieswishingtodefeatitsoperation.

UART

AUARTportisprovidedforATcommandanddatainteractionandoptionallyforapplication

specificcontrol.Wheninpowerdownmode,acharactermustbesenttotheUARTfirstto

wakeitup.Theportwillstayawakefor5secondsafteranycharacterreceived.

RelayDriver

A500mAsinkcapableoutputpinisprovided.Thispinismeanttodrivearelaycoilindented

tointerruptthestartersolenoidrelayfortheignitioncircuittoacar.

BatteryMonitor

ThebatterymonitorisinternalanaloginputscaledsuchthattheDCvalueofthepowerinput

pintotheIONsystemismeasured.Thisvalueisscaledtospanthemostsignificant8bitsof

theA/Dandconsequentlycoversascalefrom0to25.5Volts.

Timers

TimersresidentontheCDMAbasebandchipgenerateperiodicinterruptsforpowerdown

wakeup,watchdogsupport,reportgenerationandothertimerrelatedfunctions.Report

timersaresupportedbyrelatedATcommandandcausegenerationofperiodicreports.

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Watchdog

CBP8.2chipsetprovideinternalsoftwareWatchdog,andaphysicallydedicateWatchdog

circuitrequirementisoptional.

MotionDetect(Option)

Afactorypopulatesoptionformotiondetectorisprovided.Ifpopulatedatthetimethe

TALONCV002ismanufactured,thisoptionwillworkwithfirmwarepowerdownoptionsto

keeptheTALONCV002inaverylowpowerdownstateuntilmotionisdetected.Upon

wakening,areportcanthenbegenerated.

2.2 Basic RF Performance

ItemsRequirementsRemark

TRPfreespace>=20dBmTRPfreespace

TISfreespace<=‐104dBmTISfreespace

Antennaloss<=‐3dBTRP‐TXPowerConducted

AntennaLoss<=‐3dBRXreceivesensitivityconducted–

TIS

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BoardRFSpecification

CellularBandRX

Frequencyrange869MHz～894MHz

Sensitivity‐108dBm(FER≤0.5%)

Dynamicrange‐25～‐108dBm(FER≤0.5%)

SingletoneDesensitization‐102.4dBm(FER≤1%,‐30dBm@±900KHz)

IntermediationSpurious

ResponseAttenuation

‐102.4dBm(FER≤1%,‐43dBm@±900KHz/±1700KHz)

‐91.4dBm(FER≤1%,‐32dBm@±900KHz/±1700KHz)

‐80.4dBm(FER≤1%,‐21dBm@±900KHz/±1700KHz)

ConductedSpurious

Emission

<‐76dBm/1MHz（RXband）

<‐61dBm/1MHz（TXband）

<‐47dBm/30KHz（otherfrequency）

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CellularBandTX

Frequencyrange824MHz～849MHz

MaximumFrequencyerror±300KHz

Maximumoutputpower20～24dBm

Minimumcontrolledoutput

power

<‐50dBm

Standbyoutputpower<‐61dBm

Codedomainpower

Thecodedomainpowerineachinactivecodechannel

shallbe23dBormorebelowthetotaloutputpower

measuredonboththeIandQdatachannelcombined.

Timereference±1.0uS

Waveformquality>0.944

Rangeofopenloopoutput（test1：－25dBm/1.23MHz）－47.7±9.5dBm

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power（test2：－60dBm/1.23MHz）－7.7±9.5dBm

（test3：－93.5dBm/1.23MHz）20.3±9.5dBm

Conductedspuriousemission

‐42dBc/30Khzor‐54dBm/1.23MHz

（|Δf|:1.25MHz~1.98MHz）

‐50dBc/30Khzor‐54dBm/1.23MHz

（|Δf|:1.98MHz~4.00MHz）

<‐36dBm/1kHz

（|Δf|>4MHz,9KHz<f<150KHz,）

<‐36dBm/10kHz

（|Δf|>4MHz,150kHz<f<30MHz,）

<‐36dBm/100kHz

（|Δf|>4MHz,30MHz<f<1GHz）

<‐30dBm/1MHz

（|Δf|>4MHz,1GHz<f<12.75GHz）

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PCSBandRX

Frequencyrange1930MHz~1990MHz

Sensitivity‐108dBm(FER≤0.5%)

Dynamicrange‐25~‐108dBm(FER≤0.5%)

SingletoneDesensitization‐102.4dBm(FER≤1%,‐40dBm@±1250KHz)

IntermediationSpurious

ResponseAttenuation

‐102.4dBm(FER≤1%,‐43dBm@±1250KHz/±2050KHz)

ConductedSpurious

Emission

<‐76dBm/1MHz（RXband）

<‐61dBm/1MHz（TXband）

<‐47dBm/30KHz（otherfrequency）

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PCSBandTX

Frequencyrange1850MHz~1910MHz

MaximumFrequencyerror±150KHz

Maximumoutputpower20~24dBm

Minimumcontrolledoutput

power

<‐50dBm

Standbyoutputpower<‐61dBm

Codedomainpower

Thecodedomainpowerineachinactivecodechannel

shallbe23dBormorebelowthetotaloutputpower

measuredonboththeIandQdatachannelcombined.

Timereference±1.0uS

Waveformquality>0.944

Rangeofopenloopoutput

power

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(test1:‐25dBm/1.23MHz)‐50.7±9.5dBm

Conductedspuriousemission(test2:‐60dBm/1.23MHz)‐10.7±9.5dBm

(test3:‐91.3dBm/1.23MHz)20.3±9.5dBm

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‐42dBc/30Khzor‐54dBm/1.23MHz

(|Δf|:885KHz~1.98MHz)

‐54dBc/30Khzor‐54dBm/1.23MHz(|Δf|:

1.98MHz~4.00MHz)

<‐36dBm/1kHz(|Δf|>4MHz,9KHz<f<150KHz)

<‐36dBm/10kHz(|Δf|>4MHz,150kHz<f<30MHz)

<‐36dBm/100kHz(|Δf|>4MHz,30MHz<f<1GHz)

<‐30dBm/1MHz(|Δf|>4MHz,1GHz<f<12.75GHz)

GPS

AGPSSupport

Embedded AGPS software supporting an internal GPS

subsystem solution

E911FCCmandatedphase1andphase2(optional1)

FrequencySupport

L1-band (1.57542GHz)

Channels: 210 PRN， 66 Search， 22 Simultaneous

tracking

Sensitivity

Sensitivity (UHIS):

Tracking: -156dBm

Reacquisition: -153dBm

Acquisition: -144dBm

TrackingTimeRequirement

Acquisition time:

Hot: <2s

Warm: <30s

Cold: <60s

Reacquisition: 2s - 10s Depends on signal level

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2.3 Certification and Safety

ItemsRequirement

DropDesign1.2meter6directionstandarddroptest

TemperatureRange‐40to85°COperation

‐50to+100°CStorage

Humidity:20%to90%Operation

10%to95%Storage

Altitude:‐500to+18,000m

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VehicleISOTestISO+7637‐2‐2004;ISO+7637‐3‐2007;ISO_10605‐2008;

ISO+16750‐2‐2010

FCCCertificationFCC47CFRPart15andPart18

SafetyULListing

OthersOperatorRequirementIndustryCanada/AT&T(optional)

ESDRequirement15KVnon‐conductive

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3 Software Features

3.1 Basic Software

ItemsRequirement

AirInterfaceCDMA20001x800/1900MHz;GPS

1xData Supported

IPStackIpv4/IPV6

UpgradeMethodRemoteupdate /PCtool

RUIMOptional

CompatiblewithNone‐RUIMSupported

RemoteUpdateSupported

PowerModesSupported

ATCommandSupported

ReportSupported；3000records

DriverGPIO，LED，GPS，UART

GPIOsInterruptforDoorOpenDetect,Ignition

Status

LEDsGPSStatus,CDMAStatus

WatchDogSupported(CBP8.2integrated)

ResetSoftreset

StartupBannerSupported

3.2 Remote Update

TheTALONCV002supportsOTAfieldupgradesoftheTALONCV002residentapplication.An

overtheairTFTP(TrivialFileTransferProtocol)connectionismadeoveraUDP/IPconnection.

AreplacementfileisthentransferredfromaservertotheTALONCV002andthatfilereplaces

thepreviousapplicationimage.

3.2.1 Auto Execute

TheAutoExecuteUtilitycopiesthecontentsoffilesystem.exfintosystemexecutableRAM

andexecutesitfromthere.Thisfileisthefactorydefaultapplication.Anotherfilenamed

custom.exfcanbeloadedintothefilesystem.

AutoExecutewilllookfirstforafilenamedupdate.exfandloadandexecutethatinplaceof

custom.exfifitexists.Ifupdate.exfexecutessuccessfully,thepreviouscopyofcustom.exfis

deletedfromthefilesystemandupdate.exfisrenamedtocustom.exf.

3.3 Power Modes

TheTALONCV002devicesupportsseveralpowermodesthataresetbythepowermode

command.Infullpowermodethecellularsubsystemwillmaintainapersistentcellular

connectionwheneverserviceisavailableaswellasanIPconnectionwhereavailable.

Anyhardwareorsoftwareresetwillinterruptanypowermodeandreturnthedevicetofull

powermode. Insummary,theconditionspermanentlyrestoringfullpowermodeinclude:

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 Powercycle

 Watchdogtimeout

 Resetcommand

 CDMAphonecallreset

 SMSorUARTpowermodecommand

 Motiondetect(ifdetectorinstalledandenabled)

Wheninapowerdownmode,thefollowingresourceswillcauseinterruptsthatwillwake

theTALONCV002andcauseittoattemptcompletethefunctionassociatedwiththe

interrupt.Simultaneousinterruptswillcausesequentialcompletionofeachassociated

function.Theseinterruptsinclude:

 Reporttimer　

 GPIOchange　

 Batterythreshold　

 Heartbeat　

 Watchdog　

 Power　‐up

Therelatedinterruptfunctionwillbeattemptedforatotaldurationsettheassociated

parameterinthepowermodecommand.

3.4 AT Command

TALONCV002commandsareATextensionsspecifictoTALONCV002devices.Theyareclosely

basedoncommandsthatareassimilaraspossibletootherindustrycommondevicesand

areessentiallysubsetsofstandardIONcommands.CommoncommandsusedwithCDMA

modemssupportingIPconnectivityarenotincludedwithintheTALONCV002commandset

extensions.Thesecommandsareleftintheirnativestructure,asdefinedbytherespective

basebandCDMAchipsupplierwhichproductalreadyinuse.

CommandSummary

ThefollowingcommandsarehighlyspecializedtotheTALONCV002.Thecommandslisted

areintendedtobesimilartocounterpartsfoundincommonCDMAmodemcommand

extension.

1.AT+IONAA:Setappendmode

2.AT+IONACK:Setacknowledgementmode

3.AT+IONAPN:SetAPN

4.AT+IONBIN:Readthefactorycoresoftwareversion(readonly)

5.AT+IONBZ:Buzzersetting

6.AT+IONCV:Configurationversion

7.AT+IONDI:Setdistanceintervalinterrupt

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8.AT+IONDTE:Setdrivingtimeevents

9.AT+IONFR:Restorefactorydefaults

10.AT+IONGF:Setgeofenceborders

11.AT+IONGFH:Setgeofencearoundcurrentlocation

12.AT+IONGPIO:GPIORead/Write

13.AT+IONGS:GPSStatereport

14.AT+IONHB:Heartbeat

15.AT+IONHC:HeadingChange

16.AT+IONINFx:Listsysteminformationsegments

17.AT+IONIP:SettargetserverIPaddressandportnumber

18.AT+IONIPC:IPChangereport

19.AT+IONIS:IgnitionState

20.AT+IONLT:LEDs’TimingandIntensity

21.AT+IONLPORT:SetthelocalIPportnumber

22.AT+IONNR:SettimebeforeIPsessionisclosedandrestarted

23.AT+IONNW:Setwatchdogtimeoutifnonetworkfound

24.AT+IONPM:Setautopowerdownmode

25.AT+IONRF:ReportFormat‐ASCII/Binary

26.AT+IONRI:Setreporttimerinterval

27.AT+IONRM:ReportMask

28.AT+IONRN:Queuereportrecordfortransmission

29.AT+IONRR:Setresetreport

30.AT+IONRS:Resetsetting‐soft/hard,periodic

31.AT+IONSD:SetSMSresponsedestination

32.AT+IONSI:Setinterrupt

33.AT+IONSQ:Setqueuelength

34.AT+IONSR:Setrelaydriver(GP3)statehighorlow

35.AT+IONSV:Readthefactoryapplicationsoftwareversion(readonly)

36.AT+IONTA:TowAlert

37.AT+IONTID:CDMAtowerIDandlocationdata

38.AT+IONUA:UpdateapplicationfirmwareOTA

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39.AT+IONUC:UpdateconfigurationfilesOTA

40.AT+IONVO:VirtualOdometer

41.AT+IONVTO:VirtualTripOdometer

3.5 Report

TheTALONCV002capturesdataandformsareportrecordwiththatdata.Thisisasingle

datastructureintendedtocontainallofthetypicallyusefuldataontheTALONCV002.Other

informationcanbequeriedseparatelyusingseparateATcommands.

ReportsarealwaysgeneratedbyinterruptsregardlessofwhetherornotthereisaGPSlock.

Ifnolockhaseverbeenattainedsincehardwarereset,defaultvaluesof0arereturnedfor

allGPSfields.Ifalockhasbeenattainedandlost,thereportwillcontainthelastvalidGPS

dataincludingthetimestampofthatdata.

BaseRequirements：

1. Areportisgeneratedinresponsetoeitheraninterrupteventorinresponseto

executionofassociatedATcommandsexplicitlyrequestingone.

2. GPScoordinatesarestoredinreportsassignedhexvaluestosavespace.

3. Toreducedatatransmissioncosts,thedatawithinareportrecordcanbemasked

andremovedbeforeitistransmitted.

4. Everyreporthasatagandeachenabledinterruptoreventgeneratesaseparate

report.Thereporttagsindicatethecauseofthegeneratedreport,whichcanbean

interrupt,aneventorinresponsetoacommand.

3.6 Reset

Thereisaninternalsoftreset.

3.6.1 Context Preservation

WhenaresetiscausedbytheNetworkWatchdogorbytheResetcommand(modes0,1),

thecontextofthesystemisbeingpreservedandisrestoredafterthereset.Thecontext

includesalltheperiodictimers,thereportqueue,theodometer,etc.Thisallowstoresetthe

unitasatroubleshootingmeasureeitherperiodicallyorduetoNetworkWatchdogwithout

losingreportsthatarealreadyinthequeueorarependingonrunningtimers.Notethatthe

resetprocessmaycause1‐2minofinaccuracyinthetimersandshouldnotbeconsideredas

veryprecise.

Modes8/9oftheIONRScommandperformsoftandhardresetrespectivelywithout

preservinganycontext.Factoryreset(IONFR)alsodoesnotpreserveanycontextofthe

system.

3.7 Startup Banner

AfteraresetastartupbannerisprintedthroughtheUARTonly.Theformatandcontentof

thebannershownbelow:

FW:<firmware version>; BIN:<bin version>; MEID/ESN:<MEID/ESN>

APN1:<apn1 name>; IP:<IP>:<port>;LPORT:<lport>

RI:<s,v,t>; DTE:<t1,t2,t3>; DI:<t>; HB:<t>; NR:<t,c,r>; RS:<a,t,r>

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4.1 Hardware

TestItemDescription

BasebandFunctionTest• PowerInputTest

• PowerConsumptionandCurrentTest

• HeatDissipationTest

• UARTStabilityTest

• GPIOLevelTest

• LEDStabilityTest

• DropDownTest

• ESDTest

• High/LowTemperatureTest

• HumidityTest

RFTest• RFPerformanceTest

• GPSPerformanceTest

• AntennaPerformanceTest

4.2 Software Test

TestEnvironmentConstruct

 messageTestenvironment

1.usbdongleandPCasmessageserver

2.sendmessagetoIONX

 UDPTest environment

1.connectdongletoPCandcreatedialupasipserver

2.IONXcreateIPconnectiontoserver

 UARTTestenvironment

1.connectIONXtopcwithcomserialcable

2.openTerm ialtoolandsendatcommand

3.reponsecanbeshownatterminalwindow

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TestItemsDescription

ExtensionFeaturesTest

CDG2/3Test

BasicFunctionTest

FieldTest

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5 Caution

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Thedevisecannotbeusedwithin20cmofanypersonsandmustnotbeco‐located

within20cmofothertransmitterantennas.

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M Labs Technologies TALONCV002 CDMA vehicle tracking device User Manual TALONCV002

Montage Systems, Inc. CDMA vehicle tracking device TALONCV002

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