Please note these instructions are for customers who have chosen to use the SIM card of a Third Party (and not the SIM card provided with each Spylamp purchase). If you choose to use the Spybike SIM, choose Spylamp2 - Spybike SIM
Inside the Spylamp2 box you should find :
Inside the box are two seatpost clamps. The smaller clamp will fit standard road-bike 27.2 mm seatposts. For larger seatposts (mountain bike) you can use the larger seatpost clamp and cut the rubber spacer as required and use the provided screws to secure the spylamp to your seatpost tube, for added security.
Spylamp comes with a USB cable. Plug this into a phone charger or computer to charge your Spylamp. (Phone chargers will charge faster, computer USB plugs do not deliver much power). Approximately 3 hours should be sufficient but overnight is best.
Please make yourself a nice cup of tea or coffee and read through the steps below carefully before starting to configure your Spylamp tracker!
Your Spylamp will use the installed SIM card to send SMS/text messages and upload/download data to report its position online and respond to your commands. It is best that you select a low cost pay-as-you-go SIM plan for cost efficiency. Unfortunately, we are unable to advise you which is the best network provider in your area, simply because our customers are spread all over the world and we don’t have this knowledge. We do know, however, that the Spybike SIM that we supplied is very cost effective and competitive (10 SMS messages and unlimited data traffic and emails each month for USD4.50) and so we recommend that you do your homework to ensure you get a good deal if you look elsewhere. We negotiated the deal with our SIM provider exactly because our customers in some parts of the world were struggling to obtain a cost effective local SIM for their Spylamp devices.
Make sure that the SIM is on a network that supports 2G. Almost all networks support 2G, 3G and some 4G. Some countries no longer support 2G. Japan and Singapore do not support 2G.
Before using your chosen SIM in your Spylamp, please test it first in a mobile phone to ensure that it can send and receive SMS text messages OK.
Please note that the set up instructions vary depending on whether you are using the SIM card supplied with your Spylamp or if you are using a SIM that you have sourced yourself. If the former, please use the other instructions at Spylamp2 - Spybike SIM
Setphone1 +44789123456
(replace the numerical digits with your mobile phone number and including the + international dialling code is useful in case your bicycle/Spylamp are taken overseas)
The Spylamp will respond with a confirmation message and your SIM is now set up.
Obtaining the location of your Spylamp.
If your Spylamp obtains a GPS lock, it will send an SMS message with its latitude and longitude, which you can enter into google maps, and also a hyperlink which you can click through on a smart phone to take you directly to your Spylamp’s position.
If the tracker cannot obtain a GPS lock then it will return a less accurate location based on GSM triangulation. Many things can affect the ability to obtain a GPS lock but most important is the view of the sky. The tracker will work inside small buildings but dense materials like brick or steel will affect performance. In this case you will be sent a link that gives the position based upon the nearby mobile phone towers. This is only accurate to within a few hundred meters but will give you an indication of where the tracker is until it can obtain a GPS lock
Before we can set up live tracking, we need to send the tracker a couple of configuration SMS messages. The settings are based on the SIM card you chose
There are two ways to control your Spylamp when using a 3rd party SIM
Make sure you remember to disarm your Spylamp when you return to your bicycle or you will set the vibration sensors off when you start to ride!
You can also disarm remotely - see section below.
There is a small gold flat reset button under the lens. Pressing this will reboot the tracker and force it to re-connect to the network. It will also cause the tracker to show the green connection LED light so that you can check your network connection.
During the day to day use of your Spylamp, you will not need to to send SMS commands to your Spylamp.
Just arm and disarm it using the on/off button (holding down for 5 seconds)
However occasionally you may need to change settings. You can remotely tell your Spylamp what you want it to do by sending a series of SMS commands. When using the Spybike SIM, you are able to also use the Spybike “tracking’ platform on the website to control your Spylamp. With a 3rd party SIM you can perform the same function by sending SMS messages
It is important to note from the outset that to save battery life, Spylamp is not normally connected to the mobile network
Spylamp will not receive your SMS messages immediately unless you ‘wake it up’ by turning the light on and off (red button) or by pressing the gold reset button.
If you are not physically with your Spylamp, please note that Spylamp periodically ‘wakes up’ every 6 hours and will check to see if it has received any commands.
If no commands have been received, it will stay awake for 5 minutes and then it go back to ‘sleep’ to conserve battery life. This awake period is extended by 5 minutes every time a command is received. You can customize all these time periods by sending commands to your Spylamp but we recommend the defaults.
You can arm/disarm the motion sensors by sending the text command arm or disarm to your Spylamp. This means that if the worst happens, and your bicycle got stolen and you forgot to activate your Spylamp, you are still able activate it and find its location. You should note though that this is not as reliable as using the hardware directly to arm because SMS messages may be delayed and will only be received next time the tracker wakes up (up to 6 hours)
whereareyou - Send me the current GPS location
settings - Send you common settings as stored in tracker memory
gprssettings - Send you common network settings as stored in tracker memory (APN, User etc)
reset - Reset to factory settings.
setwakeup - How often should the device wake. i.e. setwakeup 6 hours
setwaketime - How long the tracker stays connected after waking setwaketime 5 mins
setstatus - How often the tracker should 'check in'. i.e. setstatus 1 days
checkbattery - How much charge does the battery have left
arm/disarm - Turn the vibration sensor on or off
upload - Upload the GPS location once to the website
UPPER or lower case is not important but ensure there are no leading or trailing spaces
The setwakeup, setwaketime and setstatus messages are denominated in seconds, minutes, hours or days. e.g. setwakeup 6 hours, setwaketime 5 minutes, setstatus 7 days (or you can abbreviate setwakeup 6 h, setwaketime 5 m, setstatus 7 d).
We have listed all the commands (including some less common commands) at the end of this manual in the Appendix.
If your bicycle is stolen and the tracker was armed, you will receive an SMS text message to your phone as soon as vibrations are detected (if you have not activated the vibration sensor, you should send the SMS arm).
The Spylamp will then obtain a GPS lock and begin uploading its location to the online tracking service. By default, it will upload its location every 20 seconds.
You can look on the website and you will see a red line leading from where your bicycle was stolen to where it was taken to.
The Spylamp will continue to upload its location until 5 minutes after vibrations have stopped. So, if your thief gets home and puts the bicycle in the garage, 5 minutes later, it will then go back to sleep.
If the thief then rides your bike again tomorrow, you will receive another text, notifying you that it is on the move and then it will start tracking again. This will continue each time the thief uses your bike.
This is useful in case your bicycle is taken to a block of flats or placed somewhere where it cannot get a clear GPS signal and you are unable to pinpoint exactly where it is. The next time they ride your bike, you are notified straight away and you will be able to see where they go.
While the bike is not moving (asleep) it will enter low power mode and can last like this for weeks or months depending on the battery remaining.
If you send the tracker a SMS while it is asleep, it will respond to the text the next time it wakes or the next time the thief moves the bike or uses the bike light.
*NB : The tracker is completely disconnected from the mobile network until it wakes up.
SMS text messages are sometimes not responded to straight away for a number of reasons :
*NB an easy way to ensure the tracker is connected when you want to change its configuration is to switch the light on and off. Wait 30 seconds to ensure that the tracker has connected to the network and then send it a SMS. When the message arrives the small green LED light will blink once.
Always check you have credit on your SIM card
You can send the SMS flash to flash the light. This may be useful to test the tracker and even to find it in the dark. It is also a good way to check if the Spylamp is receiving your SMS even if it is not replying (ie you have no credit on your SIM card)
The tracker contains a lithium ion battery. This battery, when fully charged, should be enough to run the tracker for months. It is best to keep it well charged.
There are a number of factors which affect battery life, including how much you use the light, the network signal strength and the wakeup interval. See the SpyLamp section on the website setup page for more details.
You can see how much battery is left with the command checkbattery
If the battery is below 3.35 v and you attempt to switch the light on, the light will flicker and switch back off. It is time to charge the battery. Please use the charger provided.
Replacement batteries are available to purchase from www.spybike.com
You can use the tracker as a light like a normal bike light. Please note that will use more battery. You can check your battery level online on the tracking page (Choose battery view) or by sending the SMS checkbattery to your Spylamp.
The tracker can download new software from the online web server. This is useful for upgrading the tracker, fixing issues and making enhancements.
To download the latest version, send the text download
To download a specific version, send the text like download 1.3.0.1 (the version you want)
You can also download new software using the reset button and the light button.
Downloading takes approximately 5 minutes during which time the light will flicker and flash to indicate it is working. After it has finished, send the text settings to check the version that is running.
Please send emails to support@integratedtrackers.com
whereareyou - Send me the current GPS location
settings - Send you common settings as stored in tracker memory
gprssettings - Send you common network settings as stored in tracker memory (APN, User etc)
reset - Reset to factory settings.
setwakeup - How often should the device wake. i.e. setwakeup 6 hours
setwaketime - How long the tracker stays connected after waking setwaketime 5 mins
setstatus - How often the tracker should 'check in'. i.e. setstatus 1 days
checkbattery - How much charge does the battery have left
arm/disarm - Turn the vibration sensor on or off
upload - Upload the GPS location once to the website
help - Send me some common commands [????]
setstatusmode- ALL, WEB or SMS. Do you want a daily upload, SMS or both (default both)
flash - Flash the light
networkinfo - Send me local cell information for my mobile tower [??? do we need this where using SPybike SIM]
cellinfo - Send me local cell information for all surrounding mobile towers [????]
setdebug on/off - Causes the tracker to flash when it receives a text. Only for testing
setsensitivity - (3-30). 3 = highest sensitivity, 30 = lowest. Default = 6 ie setsensitivity 6
GPRS tracking commands (what are these??)
setapn - Set the GPRS APN ie. setapn myapn.com
setuser - Set the GPRS username and password ie setuser myuser mypassword
setip 104.197.46.124 9201 - Set the GPRS IP and port of our tracking server
setgprsinterval - Set the time in between tracking positions. ie setgprsinterval 20 seconds
download - Download a new version of firmware to the tracker ie download latest
These instructions are valid for the tracker at the time of writing. You can download new versions of software to your tracker from time to time when they are released. Because of this, specific functions may be added or changed.