GLONASS is a navigation system that allows you to quickly, online, track the routes and location of vehicles, as well as generate reports on certain parameters (engine condition, speed, fuel).
The operating principle of Russian satellite navigation is similar to American GPS. The only difference is that 24 Russian satellites are more stable, because they are not synchronized and do not depend on the rotation of the Earth, their work does not need to be adjusted, and the data received from them is always accurate.
Why do you need GLONASS equipment and how does it work?
To improve operational efficiency, logistics and transport companies need to use GLONASS and GPS tracking technologies. This technology will help reduce the cost of maintaining a vehicle fleet, optimize the consumption of fuel, lubricants, spare parts, and track the location of each vehicle in real time. For its operation, an on-board navigation satellite tracker is installed on the vehicle. It receives signals from satellites, is processed and transmitted to the server via GSM communications. The software installed on the server processes the data and provides access to it in an understandable form.
Let's play paranoid: how ERA-GLONASS can monitor car owners
"Under the hood" by the phone
Many people remember an episode from the unforgettable road movie “Boomer”, in which the bandits “went to the bottom”, leaving the city, turning off their phones and removing their batteries.
I must say that the film turned out to be partly prophetic. It was released on screens a decade and a half ago, in the era of primitive push-button mobile phones, but the total use of cellular communications for surveillance of the population has only fully developed in recent years... And this is not only about crime - even completely law-abiding citizens can unexpectedly encounter this . Let's say you were not hired for a position in the civil service. Perhaps the reason is banal and professional, or perhaps somewhere in closed databases you are listed as... a regular at protest rallies, for example. Articles / Interviews First-hand: we answer all questions about the ERA-GLONASS system How does the ERA-GLONASS system work? Will she call for help if there is no cellular network? How does the module for installation in a car work? What are the prospects for the development of the system? For questions from Kolesa.Ru... 22988 31 10 02/28/2017
Madness? Not at all. Law enforcement agencies constantly request logs from cellular companies for certain geographic coordinates, date and time. These logs automatically record which mobile phone numbers were located at the nth time in the nth place. And most of the numbers are linked to the passport data of the owners... Maybe you really were at a dubious (from the point of view of the authorities) street event, or maybe it just happened by chance, but you’re on some list of “dubious” or “unreliable” just in case the case was brought in. For the ways and thoughts of the “relevant services” are inscrutable...
Actually, what is all this for? And besides, if paranoia gets worse, you can turn off your phone for a while if necessary. But what about the “spy” that, willy-nilly, every owner of a new car of recent years of production carries with him? The name of this “spy” block is “ERA-GLONASS”.
How it works?
The ERA-GLONASS block includes two main elements - a GPS/GLONASS receiver, which determines the coordinates of the car, and a GSM transceiver, in other words, a simplified cell phone without a keyboard and display, designed for transmitting coordinates and voice communication with a rescue operator. A cell phone in “Era” does not have a SIM card slot and is not tied to any operator - the operator in it is “virtual”, uniting all Russian mobile networks into one, and when the system is activated, the call to rescuers is simply automatically carried out through the network with the strongest signal.
In a conversation about paranoia and escaping from under the eye of Big Brother, a reasonable question arises: if a person can be tracked by his phone, whose number is linked in the cellular operator’s databases with the owner’s passport data, then how can one track a car owner whose car has an “ERA-” unit? GLONASS without a SIM card?
Very simple! The fact is that, despite the lack of a telephone number on the Era unit, the device, like any mobile phone, has a so-called IMEI identifier - a unique personal code. This code is automatically transmitted to cellular base stations when registering in the network during switching on, as well as when moving - moving from the range of one base station to the radius of the next. In other words, both a mobile phone without a SIM card and the Era module constantly and automatically mark their location and path with an IMEI number. This data is accumulated and stored by mobile operators and can be called upon if necessary.
For mobile phones, the IMEI number is always written on the packaging box, and it is also easy to find out by typing the code *#06# on the keyboard
And the ERA-GLONASS module has an IMEI code written directly on it:
Now let's imagine...
Any automaker has data on the configuration of each car that comes off the production line. And, of course, its databases contain serial numbers and IMEI identifiers of all ERA-GLONASS units that were installed on cars. And if someone vested with authority becomes interested in the movements of Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov in his personal car, then he will receive information in three simple steps. First, he will make a request to the traffic police database, finding out the make, model and VIN number of the vehicle registered to Ivan Ivanovich, then he will make a request to the manufacturing plant in order to find out the IMEI number of the ERA-GLONASS unit installed in the car with a specific VIN. After which it will request from cellular operators the logs of the movements of this IMEI - where and when it was... And if you dismissively wave your hand, “Well, who would bother like that!”, then you will be wrong. They will, and easily.
Moreover, it is not even necessary to receive data from the GPS/GLONASS receiver installed in the “Era” (although, probably, you can start requesting them without the knowledge of the car owner). To monitor, the normal daily operation of the GSM module, which is constantly “marked” on the network, is sufficient. This is how the principle of the simplest coarse direction finding works - the LBS method of tracking location by base stations. The same algorithm is used when working with the simplest Chinese trackers, which are deprived of a GPS chip for the sake of economy.
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Hardly anyone “shepherds” us, ordinary citizens, always and everywhere. In any case, I wouldn’t like to believe in this... However, for example, the fact that phones spontaneously listen to our conversations and send keywords to cloud storage for subsequent delivery of personalized contextual advertising is well known. Why, say, can’t Era do something similar for any purpose? For example, in the future, insurers want to use ERA-GLONASS to automatically receive data about an accident (VIN, location, time, speed), and also control our driving style in order to determine the cost of the policy using this data. Not everyone will like this. In the future - the integration of "Era" with "Plato", and potentially with other similar vile ideas of Big Brother. Someday speed fines will be able to come through this system, because technically this is not difficult to implement. You can’t joke here anymore - “the car, they say, won’t fine itself!” He will be fined, and how...
Yes, the opportunity to save the life of a driver who is lying unconscious in a car that has flown into a ditch on a deserted road is priceless. But in light of the above, even the obviously beneficial properties of the rescue system do not allow some citizens to overcome prejudice and anarchic sentiments towards it. And it is not surprising that some rebels are itching to neutralize the “spy.” In the forum of almost any online car club you can find a topic like “How to disable ERA-GLONASS?”
How to disable "spy"?
The ERA-GLONASS unit on most cars is an independent module, a “black box”. Its location is quite individual, depending on the car model, but on thematic car forums this issue is usually already discussed. If we talk about budget cars, then access to the Era is most often simple. For example, in our editorial VW Polo it lies openly under the front passenger seat, in the Hyundai Solaris it is located inside the dashboard under the radio, in the Lada Vesta it is secured under the glove box housing.
Typically, a multi-wire connector is suitable for the unit, connecting it to power, speaker, microphone, CAN bus and a number of other points in the car’s electrical system. The banal removal of this connector from the block completely neutralizes the “spy”, but can cause an error symbol to appear on the instrument panel, turn off the microphone in the standard hands-free (it goes through the Era block in some places) or give rise to some other electronic conflicts. Removing a fuse from the circuit powering the Era can also cause glitches. In addition, other important car functions that are in no way connected with “espionage”, but simply hanging on the same fuse, will be disabled.
So how to neutralize ERA-GLONASS without causing problems? To begin with, we submit this request to the repair area of one of the largest VW dealership centers in Moscow.
“This is not the first time we have heard such a request, but we cannot do it,” says the dealer’s master diagnostician.
Well, well... If the dealer doesn’t want to help even for money, let’s try it ourselves!
In addition to the multi-pin connector, two high-frequency antenna sockets are also installed on the body of the Era unit. Two coaxial cables are inserted into them - leading to the GPS/GLONASS antenna and to the GSM antenna, usually located in the “fin” on the roof. Maybe it is enough to remove the cable going to the GSM antenna from the connector? Logically, in this case, the cellular module of the ERA-GLONASS block will no longer see cellular networks, and Era will lose the ability to leave “digital traces”.
We disconnect both antenna cables at once - both GSM and GPS/GLONASS, since their connectors are a single unit. We check by pressing the “SOS” button, and... we hear first beeps, and then a voice: “Operator of the ERA-GLONASS system - what happened to you?”
Damn, the system works without an antenna! Why? Let's try to figure it out and open the case.
Inside we see the main board with an inexpensive Qualcomm MDM6200 telematics chipset and a battery unit based on a 2.6 watt-hour Tadiran TLI-1550A lithium battery with a charging module. And - what a surprise - we find a built-in GSM antenna on the board, almost the same as in most mobile phones!
Why do you need a backup antenna inside if you have the most efficient remote antenna on the roof? In fact, everything is simple, explains the electrician-diagnostician of the dealership.
– The main task of the ERA-GLONASS system and its progenitor, the European E-Call, is to save the lives of drivers and passengers in situations in which they are not able to help themselves. And major accidents with serious injuries often involve the vehicle flipping over and landing on its roof. In this case, the external antenna will most likely be deformed or destroyed, and so that the rescue system does not lose its functionality, the built-in backup antenna will come into play.
Well, since we’ve already started being paranoid, we’re going to be completely paranoid! Disable the built-in antenna by removing it completely:
We return the unit to the car and connect the large comb connector. The antenna on the roof is turned off, the built-in antenna is dismantled - now the system must clearly “blind”. But after pressing the “SOS” button, we again hear: “Operator of the ERA-GLONASS system - what happened to you?” Damn, the “spy” works without antennas at all! How so?
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- The thing is that the current level of density of cellular network base stations in cities and their environs has already reached almost the maximum value, comments an engineer-planner of GSM networks. “The signal strength in the network is so high that GSM modules in phones and telematics devices, which Era is, are able to work using a short copper contact path on the board as an antenna, left after removing the full antenna!”
As a result, we were able to completely silence the stubborn “spy” only by wrapping the unit without antennas entirely in foil and grounding it... Yes, in this sense it was definitely easier for the bandits from “Boomer”.
At this stage, we abandoned attempts to disable ERA-GLONASS using simple methods. Next, apparently, you need to look for the block diagram and the wiring of the central connector in order to neutralize the device correctly, without the appearance of error indications or other “glitches”. It may still be possible to deactivate the system through the service diagnostic program. In general, you need to find out in each specific case individually.
True, there is another option, but it will require a certain civic organization. Owners of identical car models can, by agreement... exchange ERA-GLONASS blocks! In this case, the unit's IMEI and vehicle's VIN will no longer be associated with each other, and potential tracking will become impossible. Fans of paranoia can find like-minded people within online car clubs dedicated to their model and organize an exchange. Well, or buy yourself an “Era” block from disassembly, as an option... The method, in principle, is workable. We tested it on two editorial VW Polos, swapping the “spies”: no errors or glitches arose, which means there was no code linking the unit to the car.
Numbers and thoughts
If the “fight against the system” has captured you, as they say, in full, and you still decide to get rid of the “spy in the car” once and for all, you need to think hard and decide what is more important to you - your paranoia, real or imaginary, or Is it still possible to get help while unconscious after an accident? After all, according to the ERA-GLONASS operator, at the end of November 2021, more than 2,907,000 cars were already registered in the system and 2,088,350 emergency calls were received. Although 99% of the calls turned out to be false (erroneous, for verification, entertainment, etc.), but 22,766 signals actually required the response of emergency services, and 12,700 of them were received automatically. That is, without human intervention, after an accident with significant damage to the car...
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How to track a car using GLONASS through a computer?
After installing the equipment, Sirius Navigator software is installed on the dispatcher’s computer. It displays movements, fuel consumption, data on the operation of the actuators of all machines in real time. Even if your vehicles move through areas with poor GSM network coverage, the information will be saved in the terminal’s memory and sent to the server when the signal is restored.
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Advantages and benefits of equipping a car with GLONASS
Depending on the type of tracking system installed, the user receives information such as:
- current location, viewing vehicle movement for a certain period;
- current fuel level in the tank, consumption, refills, drains, their place, time and volume;
- number, duration and places of parking;
- number of engine hours worked;
- compliance with the route, speed limit, control of driving style;
- information about the condition of the cargo;
- how long the mechanism worked, how far the vehicle traveled with the mechanism turned on, how much fuel the vehicle with the mechanism turned on consumed;
- identification of the driver, recording of his work shift;
- group reports for all vehicles;
- hierarchy of access to objects;
- Instant user notifications about events related to vehicle operation.
The tracking function helps prevent theft, eliminates “wrong” flights, helps reduce mileage and fuel consumption, and reduce downtime. If the driver deviates from the route, information is instantly sent to the dispatcher. Considering the advantages that GLONASS provides, it is recommended to install it on commercial and private vehicles.
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The GLONASS satellite system is the development of Russian engineers. Today, spacecraft signals are used in smartphones, navigators, and transport terminals. A rapid response system has been introduced at the state level. ERA GLONASS, what is it? Assistance to drivers in case of emergency on the road. Today we’ll talk about how GLONASS satellite tracking of vehicles occurs.
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