Features & Limitations

Features

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. In case the location cannot be determined, the update is skipped and a retry will be done in the next PDP Context/Session.
Using the API, the location of a certain IoT device can be queried using https://api.1nce.com/management-api/v1/locate/devices/{deviceId}/positions. The DeviceId is equal to the ICCID.
Using Geofencing functionality it is possible to set virtual boundaries to detect geofence crossing event and receive a notification about it.
Advanced cell tower location also provides a metadata parameter with accuracy data

At this moment the cell-tower location works in beta mode and not all locations may be resolved. It can produce inaccurate location data, especially on 3G, 4G, LTE-M and NB-IoT devices. We are currently working on improving this feature.
After activating the location setting it can take up to 24 hours before the first location will be available.
Location data is resolved no more frequently than once an hour.
To view the location on the map you have to switch to the Device Inspector in the 1NCE OS Portal.
To try geofencing or advanced cell tower location please contact us.
Interactive drawing and visualization of geofencing is not available in our portal, https://geojson.io/ can be used to visualize geofences. Here is the guide