The VectorTrac Stolen Vehicle Recovery System is a highly effective and versatile stolen vehicle monitoring, tracking, and recovery system. Unlike most other vehicle tracking technologies in use today, the VectorTrac system has been designed to operate without the use of the Department of Defense’s Global Positioning System (GPS). By not utilizing GPS and instead employing state-of-the-art radio-location technology, outfitting vehicles with the system becomes very affordable. This affordability allows for much wider market penetration than with any other technology. The VectorTrac system and its associated infrastructure may be installed in phases and is ideal for anything from small towns to the largest cities. VectorTrac will support a virtually unlimited number of vehicles.

Full-Service Monitoring Center
By installing a Vehicle Locator Unit (VLU) with the integrated Code Key reader into your client’s vehicle, not only will you be able to track and locate the vehicle when it’s stolen, but you will be notified of the theft, automatically, before your client even knows their vehicle is missing. Furthermore, VectorTrac is not limited to just tracking. Remotely controlled outputs allow you to offer services such as instant door unlock, invaluable to clients prone to locking their keys in their vehicle. While one input is reserved for vehicle ignition monitoring, two other inputs may be individualized for each customer. This will allow the implementation of services such as a roadside assistance button or automatic airbag deployment notification. By using your imagination, you will be able to tailor a one of a kind service package that will insure your clients continued happiness and your continued success.

Safe and Effective Recovery
Since the VectorTrac Monitoring Center will know that a vehicle is stolen within 30 seconds of the initial theft, the recovery effort can begin before the thief ever has time to get to where he wants to go, let alone get out of your coverage area. Once the vehicle is located, the vehicle’s engine may be remotely disabled allowing for a safe recovery of the vehicle and apprehension of the thief. Your client will get his vehicle back with absolute minimal damage and the personal satisfaction that he beat the bad guys.

System Operation
Sold to the public and installed in the client’s vehicle, the Vehicle Locator Unit (VLU) remains hidden and silent until the vehicle is stolen. In most installations the VLU will be installed with a Code Key reader and the vehicle owner will be given two coded key tags. The key tag contains a unique code that must be read by the VLU prior to the vehicle being started. If the vehicle is started without the code being read, the VLU will begin honking the horn. After one minute, if the code is still not read, the horn will silence and the VLU will begin transmitting its homing signal.

Once the VLU is activated, it will transmit a silent coded homing signal containing its identification number and input status, revealing its location, reason for activation, ignition status, and identity to Remote Triangulation Receivers and Sector Activation Transceivers located throughout the coverage area. The Remote Triangulation Receiver will calculate the radial bearing of the incoming signal and forward that information along with the vehicle’s ID number and input status to the Monitoring Center via an integrated radio data link system. Sector Activation Transceivers receiving the signal will also forward the vehicle ID and status to the Monitoring Center. At the Monitoring Center, a computer communicating with all of the Remote Triangulation Receivers in the system will display the RTR Bearings on a digital map. The bearings will intersect on the map, indicating the general location of the stolen vehicle. Data from the SATs will also be displayed on the map, indicated by circle drawn around the SATs receiving the signal. This indicates the general area, or Sector, of the stolen vehicle. The vehicle’s unique ID number will also be displayed on the computer screen along with the ignition and input status.

Vehicles equipped with Mobile Tracking Receivers may then be directed to the area to locate the stolen vehicle. The System operator can, at any time, send a command to the stolen vehicle to kill the engine, lock the doors, honk the horn, etc. Once the vehicle is recovered, the Sector Activation Transceiver will transmit a cancellation signal that will reset the vehicle’s VLU and place it back into its stand-by mode.

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