Using the 3 SIM card for tracking in Traxmate
Traxmate, in partnership with 3 Sweden, now offers 3 SIM IoT Tracking Service, a cost-effective and hassle-free tracking solution with once-per-day location updates. Using the SIM card’s serving cell, this solution provides global location tracking without needing GPS, making it ideal for IoT applications, asset tracking, and large-scale deployments. It is built on the Traxmate integration with the Cisco IoT Control Center (previously known as Cisco Jasper).
Pricing starts at just 0.3€ per SIM per month for individual subscriptions, with significantly lower rates available for bulk deployments. This makes it an affordable and scalable solution for businesses needing reliable, low-power location tracking.
Traxmate Integration Guide
Make sure you are logged in on your Admin account otherwise the Custom Fields option won’t show.
1. Preparations
- You need an active 3IoT Control Center admin account: https://www.tre.se/treforetag/handla/iot/plattform
- You need an active 3 Location Based Services (LBS) account
- You need an active Traxmate account. If you do not have one, just contact Traxmate.
2. 3IoT Control Center - Setup custom field
Go to Admin → Custom Fields → Choose any row you are not using and change:
Enabled → Yes
Default Label → don’t change
Field Type → Combobox
Custom Label → TraxmateTracking
Custom Values → Add → Yes and No
3. 3IOT Control Center - Enable Traxmate tracking
Go to Devices → Select all you want to enable Traxmate tracking on → Actions → Edit Selected → Now your custom field should show up under Other Attributes, set TraxmateTracking to Yes → Ok
4. 3 Location Based Services (LBS) Account - Create Automation
- Logout of your 3 IoT Control Center Admin account and into your 3 Location Based Services (LBS) account, if you do not have one then contact your 3 contact and order one.
- Go to Automation → Actions → Create New → Click on Location Services and you should see this Go to Automation → Actions → Create New → Click on Location Services and you should see this
5. 3 Location Based Services Account - Set up rule
Define Rule:
Click on “Change of Cell ID” to select the rule category and edit the fields as follows
“If Cell ID changes and ‘TraxmateTracking’ equals ‘Yes’” (Make sure your Yes/No values are identical to when we created it.
“Then ‘Push an API message’ to URL: ‘https://cis.traxmate.io/tre/v1/{serviceToken}’”
ServiceToken is received from Traxmate Support and is the key to connect to your Traxmate account.
Set Filters: is not neccessary.
Name the rule: to your liking, I named it “Send to Traxmate”
Click “Activate Rule” and you are all set.
6. Traxmate Account - View your SIM's positions
Log in to the Traxmate Platform
All your SIMs will automatically appear in your device list and on your map.
The first time, it may take up to 24 hours for the device to become visible, as data is only sent from the 3 IoT control center when the serving cell is updated.
After that, the location in Traxmate will be updated once a day—typically within the first hour of the new day—whenever the SIM card changes its serving cell.
In the platform you will be able also to see historical data and tracks.
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