Cell Tower Location

The Device Locator provides a rough position of IoT devices when connected via 2G based on the location of the cell tower they are connected to. This option has to be activated in the portal. The IoT devices are located by using the cell id of the current tower when creating a new PDP Context/Session used for data transmission.

Via Energy Saver

If the Energy Saver with custom_type in the JSON-Template is used, the location from the device can be obtained over the Energy Saver output.

{
  "sense": [
    {
      "asset": "longitude",
      "custom_type": "location_long",
      "value": {
        "byte": 0,
        "bytelength": 8,
        "type": "float",
        "byteorder": "little"
      }
    },
    {
      "asset": "latitude",
      "custom_type": "location_lat",
      "value": {
        "byte": 8,
        "bytelength": 8,
        "type": "float",
        "byteorder": "little"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Via LwM2M

If LwM2M is used, the following Resource Addresses can be used to provide the device location: /6/0/0 (latitude, Float), /6/0/1 (longitude, Float) and /6/0/5 (timestamp, Time). Visit our LwM2M Service Documentation for more details about sending information via LwM2M.

Geofencing

The Geofencing Service allows setting virtual boundaries for devices. If a device is crossing a geofence (in or out, can be configured) a notification will be sent out to inform. To enable this feature please contact us.

Possible use cases for geofencing are:

• A device or an object a device is attached to should not exit a specified area. For example, to prevent objects from getting stolen and inform the user as soon as possible.
• A device or an object a device is attached to is not allowed into a certain area.