Whats this?

[Dansedgli]

Sorry for the shit photo. Iphones in the dark ftl.

It says Maxitrax on it. Google has nfi. Its mounted behind the drivers seat of my AU. There is flashy LED's on it. 2 serial cable plugs. 1 network cable plug and a whole bunch of wires coming out of it. The car is an ex Swan Hill Shire council car.



Any ideas?

[Nikk O'lass]

Some sort of satilite modem?

[67rce]

GPS Tracker?

[misk]

GPS sounds like a winner
GPS matrix in google brings up a few car related bits and pieces

any model numbers or more details on the sticker?

[Dansedgli]

Ok I went and had a closer look.

Its maxitrak not maxitrax.

The sticker says www.maxitrak.com which doesnt work for me.

Model MAX3000

P/No: 1106-0089-01
S/No: 015378

I cant find anything that makes sense. : /

[nstg8a]

yeah, gps tracker, looks very similar to the units just fitted to the trucks at work

[krisisdog]

http://www.jvprotectionservices.com.au/asp/tracking.htm

Maybe google doesnt like you today?

[misk]

i just posted in your other thread.
its an incar secrity unit.
i found a better site.
http://www.peaksecurity.com.au/xfleet_c ... centre.htm

sounds pretty fukn cool lol

edit - krisis dog found the same info
i woinder if theyre tracking you haha

[Dansedgli]

Top pic:



GPS tracker eh? Can I use it for anything? Is the CIA following me around?

[Dansedgli]

Thanks for those links.

I wonder how integrated this thing is. :S I wonder if I can ebay it.

[nstg8a]

if you had access to the readouts it would be interesting...

one of the trucks i load at work always gets the most pings for speeding, he does the toowoomba run and breaks the speed limit on average 80 times a day

and if you saw the truck you would wonder how, its the most busted ass piece of cr4p ever...

but yeah, they can tell everything, right down to what gear your in, revs (ie idle time) etc etc

[misk]

sounds all fasnt n furious (or too fast too furious lol)
maybe they targeted you and wanted you to buy the AU
its a conspirscy !

[FairmontXR6]

sounds all fasnt n furious (or too fast too furious lol)
maybe they targeted you and wanted you to buy the AU
its a conspirscy !

LOL, wonder how you would test that?

[bentls]

lol probly a courier before u bought it lol

[Schmee]

The chip in the back of your neck has been activated by TUFED6 , the power of suggestion by TUFED6 made you buy the AU and therefore receive your complete GPS tracking module so at any time the aliens that have been watching you, thanks yet again to TUFED6, (who may be an alien), can follow your build thread from the comfort of their far far away land without burning up excessive GB's on their current net plan....

[misk]

loll sounds about right

[Dansedgli]

lol schmee.

Yeah it was a courier car before me. It made trips from Swan Hill to Melbourne a lot apparently.

I wonder if just removing the box and stuffing the wiring back into behind the side panels will cause any dramas.

[holmsy]

just unplug it and see.

might be handy if ya could work out how to track it ya self. if someone steals it.

[Steady]

do top speed runs with it first.
see if anything comes of it.

you'd think they'd be worth a bit of cash?
ebay for sure.

[Dansedgli]

Yeah they sound like they would be expensive but I cant find any on ebay or anywhere else with a price tag. I dunno how much shit I would have to remove to make it sellable either.

[bentls]

man jus leave it go polish ya floor boards and weed ya garden lol

[private9]

Yeah they sound like they would be expensive but I cant find any on ebay or anywhere else with a price tag. I dunno how much shit I would have to remove to make it sellable either.

Dunno what they're worth for just the unit new, but we pay $100 per month per unit on a 3 year term which covers the unit, and the service.

[bigdell]

you can't just yank it out. its not low jack the di asbox the engine management system hell the main harness the gps is fided into all that.

[ClassicAU]

Unfortunately they aren't really worth anything. A mate of mine just got like 6 similar units they pulled out of trucks at his work, freight company. He is trying to figure out how to use the GPS readings and output them to Google maps for sat nav. So far is unsuccessful, but I'll let you know if anything comes of it. Thats about the only useful thing we can think of for them.

[Dansedgli]

Thanks guys. Dont think Ill be too keen on trying to do anything with it. Ill just pull it out and throw it at a pedestrian.

[ClassicAU]

LMAO!! Reminds me of that post boy game on Commodore 64!!