Device Support

The plethora of existing and emerging devices creates a major challenge for systems designers and developers. The Global Alerting Platform is designed specifically to be device agnostic. Through an advanced 'pluggable' architecture we can rapidly integrate practically any device into our platform so you can benefit from all the advanced messaging features and portal services without having to develop and manage your own software and infrastructure.

The Global Alerting Platform has been designed to provide support for devices compliant with the emerging Satellite Emergency Notification Devices (SENDs) standard. This standard, currently being developed by the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) seeks to address the minimum operating and performance requirements, technical requirements, and/or test procedures, with a view to their use for the production and possible certification of devices.

Outside of the scope of the standards body is the establishment of methods that such devices should use to contact the emergency services either directly or indirectly. This is where GAP comes in to add significant value. GAP provides a device independent means of standardising the communications from any device to the emergency services.

Listed here are the principal supported devices and services.

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GTTS-2000B

GAP supports the GTTS-2000 Tracker Series from GTT Systems.
The GTTS-2000B Tracker is used to track and trace objects in the
most simple and reliable way covering the entire globe. Especially
objects that can't provide a suitable power supply or obtaining power
is difficult or costly.

 Iridium Extreme

Iridium Extreme is the toughest,most feature-enhanced satellite phone on the market. It is part of a new force in communication, putting innovative capability into the hands of people everywhere. The Global Alerting Platform is available immediately with full support for online tracking for the new satellite phone. GAP was the first fully approved platform for use with the Iridium Extreme™.
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 Iridium SBD

Iridium’s global, low-latency SBD service provides the ideal solution for monitoring and updating status on everything from people and trucks to planes and ships. The Global Alerting Platform supports SBD email delivery and DirectIP delivery. Our connector technology makes it easy to decode any SBD payload and integrate virtually any SBD location based device. At present, the Global Alerting Platform supports several market leading devices.

 SPOT from Globalstar

If you already possess a SPOT Personal Tracker or a SPOT GPS Satellite Messenger then it is easy to use these devices on our platform. All you need to do is configure your SPOT device to route its messages to the Global Alerting Platform. The SPOT devices are uni-directional so you only send messages from the device and not to the device but all other features still apply including message routing and translation. For example, you can send a message from your SPOT device and have it delivered to an Iridium SBD device or have your regular position reports automatically update your friends via your favourite social network. Perhaps, more importantly, providing support for these devices allows for mixed deployments and the protection of existing investment.  

  Inmarsat D+

Inmarsat D+ devices such as the DMR range provided by Skywave are typically used in machine-to-machine applications for tracking and monitoring remote fixed or mobile assets, whether on land, at sea or in the air. As with other satellite provider based products, solutions based on this technology can be integrated into the Global Alerting Platform. Telemetry data, position reports and alerts can be routed in exactly the same way.

  Smart Phones

In addition to satellite based messaging devices, the Global Alerting Platform supports the GPS enabled smart phones from companies such as Microsoft and Apple. Not only can these type of devices be the recipients of messages from the Global Alerting Platform, but can also be the initiator of position reports and alerts. 

The new Windows Phone 7 with its built-in GPS and advanced mapping is an ideal device for custom location aware applications. Our Professional Services Team, has developed a number of location aware applications for business specific requirements, including personal tracking, geo-location and Iridium SBD integration.
 

 EPIRB/PLB

Watch this space!

 Potentially any device!

With our advanced 'pluggable' architecture we can rapidly integrate practically any device into our platform so you can benefit from all the advanced messaging features and portal services without having to develop and manage your own software and infrastructure. As long as the device can report its position electronically, then the chances are we can integrate it into our platform. 

For more information about the devices we support or if you have a new device that you would like to discuss, please contact us.