Test Track Time

We are not talking Gambon, Hammerhead or Followthrough nor do we need the services of Messrs. Clarkson, Hammond, May or even The Stig. Instead we are very grateful to our friends at Salford Electronic Consultants Ltd. In addition to providing corporate sponsorship they have kindly loaned us a vehicle tracking unit. This has now been installed into the car and, if all goes to plan, should allow you to follow our progress as we snake our way towards Barcelona.

But first there was the need to test the unit. Chris connected up the tracker at the same "secret" location used when affixing the maps to car and invited SEC Ltd to remotely activate the device and describe where they thought the beemer banger was hiding. Within a few minutes they were not only able to provide the correct house address but were also able to say whereabouts within the property the car was secreted. Clever stuff.

SEC are now in the process of configuring a simple map-based interface that will show our minute by minute progress over the next few days. The sneak preview below shows the results of a simple test carried out last night.


As well as providing added interest to our sponors and supporters, the use of the device on the run will provide a valuable testbed for SEC's low power gps/gsm vehicle tracking units. If you want to know more please click on the Salford Electronics logo on the right of this page.

We will publish the link to the proto-type "banger"tracking website before we set off on Thursday morning - so please check back here.