—— Gain an in-depth understanding of the GPS tracker product
S50K is fifotrack’s main model for Thailand DLT, it supports 4G and 2G.
Its 1st generation model 2G S20 was released in 2017.
2nd generation model 3G S50 entered Thailand market since 2019,
Now S50K is the 3rd generation with very stable performance. More and more customers are using S50K for their business, why?
Part 1: Hardware Quality
S50K’s hardware engineer has been in GPS tracker industry since 2005. He is one of the pioneer hardware engineers in China Mainland for GPS tracker products.
He has extensive experience in material selection and circuit design, which forms the foundation for ensuring product quality. Driven by a commitment to quality, he uses only qualified components, avoids price wars, and focuses on maintaining a strong reputation.
Here is S50K’s circuit board photos.
We can see, it uses famous module supplier Quectel’s GPS and GSM module.
The battery is securely wrapped to protect the cells from scratches, preventing potential issues like leakage, swelling, or charging failure, enhancing its durability.
S50K uses automotive-grade electrolytic capacitors and inductors, ensuring a stable power system.
It features a 25x25mm high-gain ceramic GPS antenna for optimal performance.
The GSM antenna has a large surface area to ensure stable GSM signals, a wide frequency range, and achieves the best sensitivity and power levels.
Hardware Stable performance
fifotrack DLT GPS tracker S50K supports a wide voltage input range of 8-92V, making it safe for use in cars, large trucks, and even motorcycles. Additionally, its circuit design includes burnout protection, along with an additional fuse for double protection.
-Protection for sudden-change of auto power supply:
When the vehicle starts or is running, the power voltage will have a wave of change. S50K supports voltage 8-92V. When external power supply reaches high voltage peak, the product will trigger high-voltage protection through clamping, anti-pulse, and high voltage detection. This ensures the product to operate normally under high voltage.
-Auto power transient pulse:
When the vehicle starts or is running, it will generate high-voltage transient pulse with a range of hundreds of volts. If the product’s circuit is not well designed, it is very easy to get damaged, and can’t be used. Through multistage transient pulse protection and anti high-voltage surge protection, S50K’s power circuit is well protected and can operate stably.
-Electromagnetic immunity:
When the vehicle starts, the clock, RF, display screen and USB are very easy to be interfered by electric spark, which causes the product to operate unstably. Through PCB layout and ground wire handling, S50K can work stably under interfered environment.
-Anti static:
The vehicle products’ working condition is complex. It is very easy to be influenced by static, which causes damage to the product’s peripheral interfaces. Through ESD protection on circuit and ground wire handling, the static in the range of 8KV-15KV won’t cause damage to product. This ensures the product’s stability under complex working condition.
Part 2: Firmware Stable Performance
The predecessor to the S50K, the 3G S50, entered the Thai market in 2019, and its firmware has been iterated over 5 years, resulting in highly stable performance.
S50K protocol is simple, using both Decimal and Hex string formats for readability and brevity.
Configuration is user-friendly, allowing easy setup and parameter reading through SMS or software tools.
GPS Static Drift Inhibition
As widely known, the issue of static drift in GPS trackers is unavoidable. fifotrack addresses this by implementing the following solutions:
- Firmware Filtering:
By using the ACC status, speed value, and the distance between two consecutive points, unreasonable data points are filtered out.
- Satellite Number:
S50K data package includes satellite number, allowing users to filter out data with <4 satellites on the platform.
- Heartbeat Data:
Through setting, when ACC off, only upload heartbeat data to keep the device online without updating the location, reducing drift during ACC off periods.
Feature Highlights
As a DLT product, S50K also supports these additional features:
-IP66 Waterproof
-External Power Protection:
When the vehicle is parked too long time, its battery may be drained by GPS tracker and can’t be started. To prevent this, fifotrack GPS tracker can be configured to disconnect when the vehicle battery voltage falls below the threshold, and reconnect when it rises.
- Fuel Monitoring:
S50K supports capacitive fuel sensor with an AD voltage range of 0-36V, with refueling and fuel theft alerts. It also supports vehicle’s original fuel sensor,
For original fuel sensor detailed instructions, please check https://www.fifotrack.com/vehicle-s-original-fuel-sensor-solution
- Driver Behavior Analysis:
S50K supports alarms for speeding, harsh braking and acceleration, fatigue driving, excessive idling, and parking overtime.
Tracking Platform for DLT
DLT GPS tracker S50K is compatible with the following third-party platforms:
- GPS Server
- GPSGATE
- Wialon
Part 3: Smart Card Driver License
Thailand’s DLT plans to implement smart card driver licenses by 2026.
We will upgrade the S50K to support the smart card reader accordingly.
During the transition period, S50K will support two-in-one card reader, allowing both old and new cards to be used.
Part 4: Customer Testimonials
We keep visiting our client partners in Thailand yearly and keep collecting our products performance statistics data feedback. In August 2024, we had a business trip in Thailand and received feedback on our product quality from two long-term partner customers:
- Customer 1: This customer has used our A500 model since 2017 and used S50 model since 2019, with over 6,000 units in operation. They reported that, even after more than 5 years of use, over 90% of our units are still functioning well.
- Customer 2: Working with us since 2018, this customer has also used two other popular brands before. They stated that among these three suppliers, our quality is the best.
Despite severe price war in the GPS tracker market, fifotrack remains committed to its original mission of providing reliable products and being a responsible partner.
Our brand core values are: durable product and reliable technical support.