Asset tracking in transit: how a magnetic 4G tracker protects your cargo
No wiring and no installation: stick it on, switch it on, and follow your shipment from the warehouse to the customer. Here’s how the magnet makes that work.
What an asset tracker is
An asset tracker is a GPS tracker with its own battery. It doesn’t need power from a vehicle, so you can put it on anything: a trailer, a container, a generator or a crate of equipment.
LYRA Tag is a 4G asset tracker with a 10,000 mAh battery that lasts up to 15 days on a charge. Actual life depends on how often it reports and on the network. It’s 8.6 × 6.2 × 3 cm and 255 g, and the SIM is included.
Why the magnet matters
LYRA Tag has a strong built-in magnet. Hold it near any steel surface and it snaps on. There are no screws, no brackets and no wiring, so it takes seconds.
That means you can move one tracker from job to job: on a trailer today, on a hired generator tomorrow. And you can put it where nobody thinks to look.
Where to put it
Stick it to a clean, flat steel surface: under the chassis of a trailer, on the inside wall of a container, or on the frame of a machine being moved. Hidden spots are better, because a tracker that can’t be seen can’t be pulled off.
Avoid sealing it inside a fully closed metal box. Metal all around blocks GPS and mobile signal, so the tracker can’t report where it is.
Tip: Before a long trip, check on the map that it is reporting from its hidden spot.
Follow a shipment from start to finish
Say you are sending machinery from your Bengaluru warehouse to a customer’s site in Chennai on a hired truck. Draw a geofence around the warehouse and another around the customer’s site.
When the truck leaves, you get a “zone out” alert. If the driver goes too fast, you get an overspeed alert. If the tracker goes silent, you get an offline alert. When it arrives, the “zone in” alert tells you it has been delivered. Share a live location link and your customer can watch it arrive too.
- Geofence alerts at pickup and drop
- Overspeed alerts for hired drivers
- Offline alert if the tracker stops reporting
- Live location link for your customer
- Route replay with stops and distance
Other ways businesses use it
- Rental equipment: generators, compressors, construction machines
- Trailers and containers between trips
- Valuable consignments with a courier or transporter
- Vehicles you can’t or don’t want to wire, like rentals or loan vehicles
Tip: Charge it between trips with the included cable. A charger adapter isn’t in the box.
Quick checklist
- Charge LYRA Tag fully before the trip
- Stick it to hidden, flat steel, not sealed in a metal box
- Draw geofences at pickup and drop
- Share a live link with your customer
- Collect and recharge it after delivery
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