Terminal data Explained

Data explained

Open the Terminal from Main Menu > Tracker Configuration > Terminal. Each line shows the time, the tracker address, protocol and transport, a status (Client, Report, Server, Info, Error) and the data.

The terminal displays different asset-related information with different colors:

1. Server commands, protocol-related information, or tracker-related scripts (Server and Info lines, in black).

2. Data interpreted by the tracker plugin (Report lines, in green).

3. Tracker raw data in its original format (Client lines, in blue).

Connection errors are shown in red as Error lines.

Last "known" value

Any "green" variable containing an X means that is the last known value and no new information has come in that particular message.

To see only the values that changed, click the display options button at the top of the Terminal window and turn on Show changes only.

Format

Terminal data could come in different formats to the platform. Some of these formats might or not be supported by the tracker.

Binary data

Hex data is inside brackets. For example [0xA5] is the hex data 0xA5. To show whole payloads as hex bytes, turn on Hex format in the display options.

ASCII data

Printable data is written as ASCII characters.

How long is the Terminal Data available?

There is no fixed timeframe, as it depends on how much data is being sent and how frequently the data is getting updated.

• If a message includes many variables, the terminal may only keep data for about 10 minutes.

• If the device sends position updates every second (not recommended), the data may only remain visible for around 2 minutes.

When the terminal window is kept open, new data is added at the bottom and the log scrolls automatically. If you have scrolled up, click New messages to jump back to the newest data. To show the newest data first, turn on Newest on top in the display options.

To keep the data, click Copy logs and paste it into a text file.