gps position through gprs

RouterOS General
1

Hello,

I was wondering, is it possible to constantly send data from GPS card (like one minipci from commel) through GPRS card ?
That way, it would be easy to install RB in a vehicle and have
it’s location monitored…

2

you could have a script get the position values, and send them to email. or, you could do it the other way around and make some script on the remote machine, which would SSH into the router and get the values from there.

3

ok, tnx.

Second solution is more reliable as emails have tension to have delay. I need to send data every 10 seconds.
Can I ssh, or send data some other way, FROM the router as I can’t know router address( which is dynamicly given by mobile service provider)

I know that Mikrotik perhaps wasn’t built for this purpose, but I would like to give it a try.

p.s. can you recommend some gps and gprs cards.

4

sorry but the router’s scripting facility can’t do this, only the other way around. maybe by way of some tunneling. let somebody else from the forum also make a suggestion

5

ok, then back to first solution.
I will set up my own mail server on fixed IP address, and retrieve data from routerboard through email.

Can someone suggest me gps card and gprs card ?

Tnx.

6

I use for transport WiFi solutions a USB GPS antenna (Hi-206 model) in a RB411
Maybe this response is a bit late.

I would appreciate if you can explain how finally you send GPS data to a external server, if it is done from the Mikrotik, or a service in the server connects to the mikrotik to retrieve the GPS data.

Thanks in advance

7

try to use fetch to send data in HTTP GET request

8

Thanks for your recommendation!!
I see fetch is used to send files, then the idea would be to store GPS data in a a file, and then send the file using fetch, or is it possible to send the GPS information directly by http?

9

just code it into url, like http://your_server/update.php?lat=12345&lon=67890

10

Interesting. Thanks!!!