Overview
A GPS tag (also called a GPS tracker or GPS device) is a wireless device that you attach to a tool or piece of equipment. The GPS tag uses satellite signals to find its location. Then it sends that location to ToolWatch over cell service. This lets you see where the item is, even when it is away from your shop or jobsite.
Before a GPS tag can track an item, you must link the tag to that item in ToolWatch. When you link a tag, you tell ToolWatch which item the tag is on.
Each GPS tag has an IMEI number. This is the ID number printed on the back of the GPS tag. You use this number to find the correct tag in ToolWatch.
Before You Begin
The GPS tag must be registered in ToolWatch.
You do not have to turn on the GPS tag to link it.
You must use the ToolWatch mobile app. This feature is not on the ToolWatch website.
You can link tags from the Warehouse side or the Field side of the app, on iOS or Android.
Note: To link a BLE tag, see Linking Wireless BLE Tags in the ToolWatch Mobile App. To learn how GPS tags and BLE tags track items in different ways, see How GPS Tracking Differs From Wireless Gateway Scanning.
Steps to linking Wireless GPS Tags
In the ToolWatch app, if the menu is not open, select the 3-lines icon on the top left
Select 'WIRELESS SCAN'. The Wireless Scanning screen opens.
Select ‘Link Tags’. The Link Tag screen opens.
Find the item you want to link the tag to. Do one of these:
Select the barcode icon next to Enter Or Scan Items, then scan the barcode on the item.
Type the item number or barcode number in the Enter Or Scan Items field.
The item shows below the field. Make sure it is the correct item.
Select the Wireless Tag field. The Tags list screen opens.
Locate the IMEI number on your GPS Wireless Tag.
Select that IMEI number from the Tags list.
Select ‘LINK TAG’.
Note: If the tag is already linked to a different item, a Tag in use message shows. Select Yes to move the tag to the item you selected. Select No to keep the tag on the other item.