Trackers | Routechoices

Sharing your position

Sharing your position on this platform is easy and can be done with many different devices.

We support android and iOS smartphones, Apple watches, modern Garmin watches — each with a dedicated application — as well as countless dedicated GPS trackers that speaks one of the many supported protocols.

We assign each device a unique "Tracker ID" that is used to identify your device anonymously on our platform. Those "Tracker IDs" can then be linked to participants in live event pages we host.

Read below specific instructions for your type of device.

Specific Instructions

Smartphones & Apple Watches Apps

Instalation:

Install the app from the Google Play App on Android, or the Apple App Store on iOS
"Routechoices Tracker", by oneHertz.

How It Works:

Open the app.
Grant it access to high accuracy location at all time, as well as background execution permission. This ensures uninterrupted GPS tracking throughout your activity e.g. when your phone goes to sleep.
Your 8 digits Tracker ID is then displayed in the center of the screen.
Press "Start live GPS tracking" when you're ready to begin your run. The tracker ID turns green when you are "Live".
Go on your adventure!
Press "Stop live GPS tracking" when you've finished.

Troubleshooting:

Ensure that high-accuracy GPS is enabled in your phone's system settings.
Recent Android versions may restrict background processes to improve battery life, which can affect apps like Routechoices Tracker. To ensure continuous tracking, add Routechoices Tracker to battery optimization exceptions in your device settings.
Some Android manufacturers have additional battery-saving settings|make sure to disable them or add the app to their exceptions list.
iOS restricts applications that can run in the background, make sure that background execution is allowed and Routechoices Tracker has permission to access location services at all times.
iOS also limits when an application can fetch location data, ensure that the privacy setting for location access in "Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Routechoices Tracker" is set to "Always"

Garmin Watches App

Instalation:

Download the Routechoices Tracker data field for Garmin watches from the Garmin Connect IQ App Store.

How It Works:

Add the data field to the activity profiles in which you want to be tracked.
Start an activity with the profile contaning the data field.
The data field do displays your 8 digits Tracker ID next to the status of connection with the server (OFFLINE/LIVE).

"LIVE" means that you are sending location data to our server. Your watch has good GPS signal and has an Internet connection, possibly over bluetooth through your phone loaded with the "Garmin Mobile" App. The data field does not need to be visible to work.
"OFFLINE" means that you have either no Internet connection or no GPS signal.

Stop the activity and return to the main screen to stop sending data to our server.

Dedicated GPS Trackers

Supported Protocols:

@Track (Queclink)
Codec 8 and Codec 8 Extended (Teltonika)
GT06
H02
JT808
Mictrack
Xexun
Xexun2

Do you own a product that does not speak one of the protocols listed above? Enquire us about adding it!

Get a Tracker ID:

The trackers must be identify with us before being able to use on our platform.

Get a unique 8 digits platform identifier for your tracker by entering its IMEI number in the form below.

Configuration:

Configure your trackers to share data over TCP with the server at address routechoices.com on the following ports:

5004: @Track
5027: Codec 8 and Codec 8 Extended
5023: GT06
5013: H02 ^*
5015: JT808 ^*
5191: Mictrack
2003: TrackTape
5006: Xexun
5233: Xexun2

* For H02 and JT808 trackers that use a numeric ID instead of an IMEI, pad the ID with zeroes to 14 digits, then append its Luhn check digit to make a 15-digit IMEI. H02 IDs are 10 digits; JT808 IDs are 12 digits. For example, H02 ID 7026318355 becomes 70263183550000, then 702631835500003 after adding the check digit. Enter that final value in the IMEI form to get your Tracker ID.

The recommended data push interval is 5 seconds, and the recommended GPS data acquisition interval is 1 second, but feel free to adjust the settings depending on your usage as this settings affect the battery life.

Repository of configuration files for most common trackers.

GPS Trackers

Sharing your position

Specific Instructions

Smartphones & Apple Watches Apps

Instalation:

How It Works:

Troubleshooting:

Garmin Watches App

Instalation:

How It Works:

Dedicated GPS Trackers

Supported Protocols:

Get a Tracker ID:

Configuration:

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