BOSCH Asset Tracker

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Struts Africa® is a registered supplier of the Bosch asset tracker

Your tagging and monitoring solution.

Bosch’s Asset Tracker actively enhances asset management by integrating advanced sensors and connectivity, enabling real-time location tracking and condition monitoring of valuable assets. Its robust and compact design makes it ideal for various industries, ensuring critical equipment and goods are always accounted for and maintained in optimal condition. This technology simplifies logistics and asset management while providing peace of mind through reliable performance and seamless integration into existing systems.

Technology

The Asset Tracker utilizes a range of communication technologies, each suited to specific tracking needs

GSM

A widely-used cellular technology that provides broad geographic coverage and data transmission over mobile networks.

Sigfox

A low-power, wide-area network technology designed for transmitting small data packets over long distances, ideal for remote asset tracking.

NB-IoT

Uses long-range, low-power spread spectrum technology, perfect for rural or limited connectivity environments.

These technologies can be customized to fit customer-specific requirements, ensuring the tracker meets diverse operational needs and environmental conditions.

Applications

Intended Use of the Asset Tracker

Mining

Bosch’s Asset Tracker actively supports the mining industry by enhancing the management and security of high-value assets. It enables real-time tracking of large machinery, light-duty vehicles (LDVs), contractor vehicles, and toolboxes on mining sites. Additionally, it monitors capital parts and equipment, ensuring that valuable components and machines are accounted for and protected. This comprehensive tracking capability is crucial in the mining sector, where efficient coordination and security of equipment directly impact operational productivity and safety.

Leisure and Commercial

The Bosch Asset Tracker actively enhances safety and security in both leisure and commercial settings through its versatile applications. In leisure contexts, it enables real-time tracking of toddlers and implements geo-fencing, alerting parents and caregivers if children wander outside a predefined safe zone. It also tracks sports equipment, safeguarding valuable items against theft or loss. In commercial settings, such as educational field trips or large school events, the tracker monitors school groups, allowing coordinators to keep track of all participants’ locations and ensure everyone’s safety and timely coordination.

Passenger and Commercial

Bosch’s Asset Tracker delivers an advanced “ghost car tracking system” tailored for the passenger and commercial sectors, emphasizing stealth and resilience. Engineered to remain undetectable by scanners and resistant to jamming attempts, it ensures reliable functionality even under efforts to disable it. The device remains dormant to conserve battery and avoid detection until activated remotely via the Ghost application. This feature is particularly valuable for anti-theft and security purposes in both private and commercial vehicles, offering an extra layer of protection that remains hidden from potential thieves or unauthorized entities.

Agriculture

The Bosch Asset Tracker actively supports the agricultural sector by enhancing the management and security of farm assets. It enables real-time tracking of farm equipment, including tractors and harvesters, facilitating the monitoring of machinery location and usage to optimize operational efficiency and prevent theft. The tracker also assists in seed tracking, ensuring that planting materials are accounted for and managed properly. Additionally, it aids in livestock tracking, allowing farmers to monitor the movement and health of animals. The tracker can be used to keep tabs on feed supplies, ensuring that there are no discrepancies in storage or usage. For vehicles, such as light-duty vehicles (LDVs) used on the farm, the tracker helps in monitoring their use and ensuring they are used within designated farm areas, enhancing overall farm management and security.

Movable Assets

The Bosch Asset Tracker actively enhances the management and security of movable assets in the logistics and transportation sectors. It enables real-time tracking of containers, allowing companies to monitor their location as they progress through various stages of the supply chain. Additionally, the tracker monitors the contents within containers, providing updates on the status and integrity of the goods inside, which is crucial for maintaining quality control and preventing theft.

The tracker also facilitates shipment tracking, ensuring that goods are monitored from departure to delivery, providing transparency and accountability throughout the transport process. Moreover, it supports shipment geofencing, alerting operators if shipments deviate from their intended route or enter unauthorized areas. This capability enhances security and operational efficiency, reducing risks associated with misrouted or lost shipments.

By leveraging Bosch’s IoT-based supply chain management and innovative sensor and tracking technologies, companies gain access to extensive information regarding the location and status of their deliveries at all times. This comprehensive visibility enables effective monitoring and management of movable assets, ensuring timely and secure delivery of goods.

 

 

Technical Specifications

A cutting-edge solution designed to enhance operational efficiency and security for any business.

Operating Temperature

-20 to 45 deg/c

The Bosch Asset Tracker is designed to withstand a wide range of environmental conditions, with an operating temperature specification of -20 to 45 degrees Celsius. This allows the tracker to function optimally in both extremely cold and moderately hot climates, ensuring reliable performance and durability. Whether used in frosty conditions or under the heat of the sun, the device maintains its tracking accuracy and connectivity, making it an ideal choice for monitoring assets in varying geographical and climatic conditions.

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IP65 Certified

The Bosch Asset Tracker’s IP65 certification signifies its high level of protection against environmental elements. This certification indicates that the device is completely dust-tight, preventing any harmful ingress of dust or particulate matter that could potentially impair its functionality. Additionally, it is protected against low-pressure jets of water from any direction, ensuring that it can withstand rain, splashing, and direct hose sprays without suffering damage. This robust level of protection makes the tracker particularly suitable for outdoor and industrial applications, where exposure to such elements is frequent, thus enhancing its reliability and longevity in harsh working conditions.

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Rechargeable via USB Cable

The Asset Tracker features a convenient USB cable rechargeability, providing a practical and user-friendly method for maintaining power. This capability allows users to easily charge the device using standard USB ports, which are readily available in various settings such as in vehicles, offices, and homes. The USB charging feature eliminates the need for specialized charging equipment, making it easier to keep the tracker operational without significant downtime. This versatility is especially beneficial for continuous asset tracking operations, ensuring that the device can be quickly recharged and redeployed with minimal interruption to monitoring activities.

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Multi-platform Enabled device

ie: GSM, Sigfox, NBioT

The Bosch Asset Tracker is a Multi-Platform Enabled device, offering compatibility with several communication technologies including GSM, Sigfox, and NB-IoT. This diverse connectivity capability ensures that the tracker can operate effectively in various network environments, from the widespread cellular coverage of GSM to the low-power. Sigfox provides a specialized option for IoT connectivity with low data rate requirements, while NB-IoT is ideal for deep indoor connectivity and areas with dense constructions. This multi-platform functionality allows for flexible deployment across different geographic locations and use cases, enhancing the tracker’s adaptability to specific tracking needs and ensuring continuous and reliable asset monitoring under varying network conditions.

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ICASA approval

 

The Bosch Asset Tracker’s compliance with ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) standards is crucial for its operation within South Africa. ICASA approval indicates that the device meets specific regulatory requirements for communication devices, ensuring it adheres to local telecommunications standards and frequencies. This certification is essential for devices that use wireless communication technologies such as GSM, Sigfox, and NB-IoT, as it guarantees they operate within the legal frameworks and do not interfere with other communication networks. For businesses and consumers in South Africa, ICASA certification provides assurance that the asset tracker is both safe and effective for use in accordance with national regulations.

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Small and compact

Easy placement in confined spaces

The Bosch Asset Tracker is designed to be small and compact, making it highly suitable for easy placement in confined spaces. Its diminutive size allows it to be discreetly attached or embedded in various types of assets, from vehicles and machinery to smaller items that require monitoring. This compactness is especially advantageous in logistics, where space is often at a premium, and in covert tracking applications where the device needs to remain unobtrusive. The tracker’s streamlined design does not compromise its functionality, ensuring that despite its small form factor, it remains robust and capable of providing reliable real-time location data.

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