This update improves GPS tracker connectivity through more reliable automatic protocol detection and expands compatibility with a new Xirgo version and supported OBD devices. It also advances the second stage of a platform renewal focused on security, stability, and performance.
Automatic protocol detection for GPS trackers
Trackers use protocols to define how they send identifiers, coordinates, time, speed, events, and sensors. When several protocols can communicate through the same connection point, Secure GPS must recognize the correct format before interpreting a message.
This release corrects and improves that automatic detection. For installers and integrators, the advantage is fewer cases where a connected device is not identified correctly even though it is transmitting data.
How is it used during an installation?
The technician registers the tracker's exact identifier, configures the destination specified for the model, and triggers a test transmission. Secure GPS analyzes the message and associates it with a compatible protocol. The technician should then confirm that coordinates, time, speed, and events are consistent.
Automatic detection helps with recognition, but it does not replace proper device setup. An incorrect identifier, unsupported format, or connection without data can prevent a location from being assigned to the expected device.
New compatibility for Xirgo devices
Xirgo protocol support was updated to recognize a new compatible version. This allows more devices in that family to send tracking information to Secure GPS using the supported format.
A business already using Xirgo hardware can evaluate additional models without changing its main monitoring workflow: register the device, validate communications, and review locations on the map alongside other compatible trackers.
OBD support for compatible trackers
OBD support was also added within Xirgo compatibility. OBD is a vehicle diagnostic interface that some trackers use to obtain and transmit additional data.
The improvement allows Secure GPS to interpret OBD information included in compatible messages. The specific data available depends on the model, vehicle, installation, and fields actually transmitted, so customers should not assume that every device provides the same attributes.
In a real deployment, an integrator can install a compatible OBD tracker, confirm the GPS location first, and then review which additional data appears. This validation helps distinguish a physical connection problem from a model or protocol limitation.
Second stage of security and performance improvements
This release also corresponds to the second of four stages in a broader platform update. The work focused on security, stability, and performance across the workflows that support accounts, tracking, and service administration.
For customers, the benefit is a more consistent foundation for reviewing devices and maintaining operations while Secure GPS expands hardware compatibility. Internal implementation and infrastructure details do not change the public process for connecting a tracker and are not part of this release article.
Secure GPS features related to this improvement
- Device administration: registers the tracker identifier and visible configuration.
- GPS map: displays locations and status reported by compatible devices.
- Events and sensors: interprets data supported by each protocol and model.
- Route history: organizes received locations so previous movement can be reviewed.
- Installation diagnostics: helps validate whether the tracker transmits and Secure GPS recognizes the expected information.
Technical summary for integrators
- Automatic detection among compatible protocols sharing a connection point was corrected.
- Compatibility was updated for a new Xirgo protocol version.
- OBD information interpretation was added for compatible Xirgo devices.
- The second renewal stage strengthened security, stability, and performance without announcing a public API change.
After connecting a device, integrators should verify its identifier, coordinates, time, speed, and events. For OBD, they should also confirm which fields the specific model transmits before using them in an operational process.
Connect more trackers with clearer validation
Secure GPS integrates compatible GPS devices and turns their messages into useful locations, routes, and events. More reliable protocol detection and Xirgo OBD support reduce installation friction and expand hardware options for each project.
Explore Secure GPS plans and features to review the capabilities currently available.