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desired MESs and thereby enabling the MESs to send to the
DNID.
Accessing and reading the reports is normally possible in a
number of ways: Automatic e-mail forwarding, PSTN
terminal interface, etc. The LES operator can provide
information about these options.
The raw data reports are in a compressed format and need
to be decoded to present meaningful information to the
receiver. There are several ways of doing this:
•
The easiest way is to have the LES doing the
decoding – a service known as ‘textual
conversion’ that is available on most LESs. By
combining this service with automatic e-mail
forwarding, the reports will be received as
simple, readable e-mails.
•
Another simple solution is to use an online
tracking
service
such
as
LocPoint
(http://www.locpoint.com/). The routing is set
up to forward the position reports to the
tracking service provider and then they will
maintain and present the fleet tracking.
•
A third suggestion is to acquire a tracking
system such as the Thrane & Thrane CapSat
Manager system. It comes with vectorized map
material with excellent zooming facilities. The
detailed maps show mobile positions and trails
with individual icons and timestamps.
3.2.4 POLLING
Polling is a way of sending a small note to the MES. Like
messages a poll can in principle contain any information.
However a poll is normally given a special structure
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