Elgato

Elgato is a high-precision vehicle GPS tracker for transportation companies and personal use. The device features a 3-axis accelerometer, 950 mAh battery, removal alert, SOS button, geofencing, and more.

Usage specifics
Parameters (54)
Commands (2)
Elgato
Flespi parses telemetry data from your Elgato into a standardized JSON and lets you send commands to Elgato via API.

Here’s the like of JSON you get

{
    "ident": "352625333222111",
    "position.altitude": 273.61,
    "position.hdop": 0.7,
    "position.latitude": 49.069782,
    "position.longitude": 28.632826,
    "position.satellites": 18,
    "server.timestamp": 1650636570.426424,
    "timestamp": 1650636570.426424,
    "device.type.id": "Elgato",
    "channel.id": 1111,
    "protocol.id": "wialon-ips"
    "engine.ignition.status": true
    ...
}

How to consume this nice JSON

The easiest way is to make a REST API request like this
curl -X GET  --header 'Authorization: FlespiToken XXX' 'https://flespi.io/gw/devices/<device id>/messages'

How to send commands to Elgato?

You can send a specific command. Show all commands

You can also

Modify messages

Add or remove parameters, inject data from LBS and reverse-geocoding services, etc.
Learn what plugins can do

Aggregate data

Determine trips and stops, catch events, detect geofence ins/outs, and more.
Learn about flespi analytics capabilities
absolute.acceleration
number
g
Module of accelerometer vector
field 'accelerometer'
absolute.deceleration
number
g
Module of deceleration value from accelerometer
field 'accel_res'
ain
number
volts
Voltage on the analog input
#B,
#D
alarm.event
boolean
Alarm event triggered
field 'SOS'
battery.level
number
percentage
Internal battery level
field 'battery'
battery.voltage
number
volts
Internal battery voltage
field 'pwr_int'
can.axle.weight
number
kg
Weight on the axle read from CAN
field 'axis_weight'
can.engine.coolant.temperature
number
celsius
Engine coolant temperature read from CAN
field 'cool_temp'
can.engine.temperature
number
celsius
Engine temperature read from CAN
field 'engine_temp'
can.fuel.volume
number
liters
CAN fuel volume
field 'fuel_volume'
channel.id
number
ID of channel that received a message
device.id
number
ID of device that received a message
device.name
string
Name of device that received a message
device.type.id
number
ID of device type of device that received a message
din
number
Digital inputs bitmask
#B,
#D
dout
number
Digital outputs bitmask
#B,
#D
driver.message
string
Driver text message content
#M
engine.ignition.status
boolean
Engine ignition or ACC status
field 'engine operation',
field 'ign'
engine.motorhours
number
hours
Total calculated engine motorhours
field 'engine_hours'
engine.oil.pressure
number
Engine oil pressure
field 'oil_pressure'
engine.rpm
number
rpm
Engine RPM read
field 'engine rpm',
field 'engine_rpm'
external.powersource.voltage
number
volts
External power voltage
field 'pwr_ext'
fuel.consumed
number
liters
Fuel volume totally consumed by vehicle
field 'fuel_consumption'
fuel.level
number
percentage
Fuel level percentage
field 'fuel_level'
fuel.volume
number
liters
Fuel volume
field 'fuel level'
gsm.cellid
number
Mobile network (GSM, 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, ...) base station ID
field 'cell_id',
field 'gsm_cell'
gsm.lac
number
Mobile network (GSM, 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, ...) location area code
field 'lac'
gsm.mcc
number
Mobile network (GSM, 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, ...) country code
field 'mcc'
gsm.mnc
number
Mobile network (GSM, 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, ...) code
field 'mnc'
gsm.network.roaming.status
boolean
Mobile network (GSM, 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, ...) in roaming mode
field 'hw_cfg_in_roaming'
gsm.signal.level
number
percentage
Mobile network (GSM, 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, ...) signal strength level
field 'gsm'
ibutton.code
string
Hexadecimal code of connected iButton
#B,
#D,
field 'avl_driver',
field 'ibutton'
ident
string
Device unique identifier like serial number, IMEI, etc
media
boolean
Message contain media file
media.image
object
Image file in media storage
peer
string
IP:port from which device connecting to the channel
position.altitude
number
meters
Altitude value for position
#B,
#D,
#SD
position.direction
number
degrees
Heading angle at position detection moment
#B,
#D,
#SD
position.hdop
number
Horizontal dilution of precision
#B,
#D,
field 'hdop'
position.latitude
number
degrees
Latitude coordinate value
#B,
#D,
#SD
position.longitude
number
degrees
Longitude coordinate value
#B,
#D,
#SD
position.satellites
number
Quantity of satellites used to calculate coordinates for given position information
#B,
#D,
#SD
position.speed
number
km/h
Instant speed at position detection moment
#B,
#D,
#SD
protocol.id
number
ID of protocol
protocol.version
string
Protocol version string
field 'hw_cfg_protocol_version'
server.timestamp
number
seconds
Timestamp when server received a message
software.version
string
Software version string
field 'sf_ver'
tacho.position.speed
number
km/h
Instant speed reported by tacho
field 'taho_speed'
timestamp
number
seconds
Message timestamp
#B,
#D,
#SD
touch.memory.id
number
Touch Memory Key ID
field 'touch_key'
vehicle.mileage
number
km
Total calculated mileage
field 'mileage'
x.acceleration
number
g
Accelerometer value X
field 'accel_x'
y.acceleration
number
g
Accelerometer value Y
field 'accel_y'
z.acceleration
number
g
Accelerometer value Z
field 'accel_z'
Properties
Custom message command
custom
The command is used to send custom messages to the device. It allows to implement additional features necessary for the controller. is added automatically
message: Text of the message
Send custom message command
{"message":"Text of the message"}
Text message
text_msg
Send text message to device
message: Text message content
Send text message
{"message":"this is message text"}

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