Metr LTE is here | GPS tracker with SIM card designed for ESK8

[jaykup]

Great writeup on a functional use case for the Metr LTE

@xsynatic

@sleepless

Metr Pro (core module required for everything)

correct

@sleepless

Metr Pro CAN (same as above, but frees up UART port)

correct

@sleepless

Metr Pro CAN + SD + GPS (uses it’s own GPS instead of your phone and logs data to sd card. still have to access logs after the ride and download to phone app?)

Correct, with this setup you could leave your phone at home and still record everything that needs to be recorded. The Phone obviously is required if you want to change settings mid-ride. Recorded rides can be synced later when module gets connection to the phone.

@sleepless

Metr Pro LTE (provides internet to one of the above. ?? does this mean you never have to use your phone at all? access directly from web? is this like a “find my lost esk8” type thing?)

Metr LTE requires either a Metr Pro or Metr CAN to work as it is an addon to the eco-system.

With Metr LTE you can have a constant connection to the location and limited data about your board(technically no matter where you are in the world, even if the board is on the other side), as long as it is powered on. (Like a live GPS tracker but with Data) What you can also do is lock your board. I like to use theft as an example.

If someone mugs you and steals your board with remote and drives off, you can go into the metr app and check the constant location and lock the board aka disable the throttle, only brakes will work. “making him unable to drive off/utilize the board.”

i probably have missed some stuff.