How do the different tracker modes work?

Tracking mode

• Important: Battery life is short. It’s less than 16 hours, depending on when you charged it the last time, and the current battery level.
• Recommended: Tracking mode is only to be used when tracking your stolen bike, or while testing.
• In this mode, your tracker will send GPS positions as often as per minute.
• Your current positions are shown in the Bikefinder application, and the older positions are shown in “History”.
• You will not get any push notifications in the app when your tracker is put in tracking mode.

Security mode

• Battery life: Medium – up to two weeks.
• Insurance is valid while in this mode.
• In this mode, the tracker will send a position every 10 minutes when movement’s detected.
• In this mode you get push notifications in your BikeFinder application when it’s 20% and 40% battery capacity left and when movement has been detected.
• After giving a position, the tracker will sleep for 10 minutes, and will not react to any movement or give any notification, until the timer runs out.
• Tracker will send a position every 24 hours if there is no movement.

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Standard mode

• Battery life: Medium – up to 2 weeks.
• Insurance is valid while in this mode.
• This mode is the same as Security mode, except from no push notification on movement.
• The tracker can send a position every 10 minutes when movement’s detected.
• After giving a position, the tracker will sleep for 10 minutes, and will not react to any movement or give any notification until the timer runs out.
• Tracker will send a position every 24 hours if there is no movement.

Passive mode

• Battery life: Long – up to 8 weeks.
• Important: Insurance is not valid while in this mode. You must change back to a standard or security mode before theft takes place, and make sure tracker is online.
• This mode is made for disabling GPS to save battery for when you are out biking.
• Tracker only gives a GSM location every 20 minutes when movement’s detected.
• After giving a position, the tracker will sleep for 20 minutes, and will not react to any movement until the timer runs out.
• Tracker will send a GSM position every 24 hours if there is no movement

Remember…

Different factors may affect the battery’s lifetime, like consumption and temperature.
We advise you to read our article about battery and charging. ➣ Battery and charging