GPS tracking device and tracking systems have been helping people in all aspects of ife. The GPS technology benefits industries in improving management and increasing productivity, efficiency, and profit. But the GPS tracking system will aslo produce the errors, today Yiwen will share some common problems that many users have experienced.

The most common issue is the accuracy of your GPS tracker. There are many reasons can affect the accuracy, from atmospheric to terrestrial. When a satellite isn’t able to transmit its position, it won’t be able to establish a link with your GPS tracker. Atmospheric conditions, specifically in the ionosphere and troposphere, including variations in plasma activity, temperature, pressure, and humidity, can cause calculation and accuracy errors in the satellite network. 

Bad satellite signals and signal interference are some of the most common glitches, and they happen when something gets in the line of sight between your GPS tracker and the satellite network. Without a clear and strong signal, your device can’t accurately establish your location. Tall buildings, dense foliage, mountains, and even reflective objects can cause such a problem. As a result, there are some phenomenon will occur: map does not appear on the screen; GPS location is not very accurate; might be a problem in accessing device path history; sudden location movements even if device is still; device is not sending data; false geofence alerts; historical routes like a mess of lines etc..

For these erros, you can follow this set of steps to identify the possibilities for your connection troubles and GPS tracking problems:

Make sure cables are plugged securely, and better test it outdoors with a open sky. It will help GPS device get the GPS signal

Make sure that the GPS device with a correct IP and port, otherwise it can't online in platform

Check the user manual, and do not hesitate to ask online help, or the support section of the vendor’s website.