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ZTrak is Zonar's small battery asset tracker for gear with no power, rated for up to 10 years at one or two pings a day. Here is how it works and where it fits.
ZTrak is Zonar's small, battery-powered asset tracker for equipment and items that have no power and may sit for months or years. Zonar describes it as about the size of an earbud case, sealed to IP67 and able to track for up to 10 years at one or two location pings a day, with a battery that can be replaced in the field.
Zonar's quote tool offers two versions: ZTrak with motion, which uses motion-based tracking, and ZTrak without motion, which simply checks in on schedule, each set to one, two, three or four updates a day.
Attachments and small equipment. Buckets, breakers, compactors and generators that move between job sites without an engine of their own.
Assets stored indoors or under cover. Unlike a solar unit, ZTrak does not need sun, so it works on gear kept in a warehouse or a covered yard.
Long-term deployments. Equipment parked at a site for a season, or assets the fleet only needs to find a few times a year.
| Question | ZTrak | Solar tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Power | Replaceable battery | Solar-charged battery |
| Needs sun? | No | Yes, for charging |
| Typical reporting | 1, 2 or 4 times a day | Every 15 min moving, 4 hours at rest |
| Theft mode | Every 2 minutes on request | Removal alarm from light sensor |
| Best for | Small, covered or seldom-moved assets | Trailers and equipment outdoors |
Mounting is simple; placement is the skill. Because the first fix is GPS, put it where it can see sky through plastic or fiberglass rather than under steel when you can, and rely on the Wi-Fi and cell fallback only where concealment matters more than accuracy. On theft-prone assets, conceal it somewhere a thief would not check first and record where it went, since a hidden unit that no one can find later is a service headache. Choose the ping rate with the customer up front, because the 10-year battery figure applies only at one or two pings a day.
ZTrak fits unpowered assets where knowing the location once or twice a day is enough. Assets that need near real-time tracking while they move are a better fit for the solar tracker outdoors or a TTU-2830 on powered equipment. We can supply and install whichever one matches the asset.
When you are ready to put ZTrak units in your vehicles, API Signal supplies the hardware, sets up the monthly service and has our technicians install it on site at your yard, so the vehicles never leave your lot. Call 803-513-1009 or use Get a Quote to set a date.
Sources: Zonar ZTrak asset tracking page, Zonar affiliate product list. ZONAR is a trademark of Zonar Systems, Inc. Other product names belong to their owners. API Signal is an independent installer and is not Zonar.
Zonar rates it for up to 10 years at one or two location pings a day. More frequent pings shorten that, and the battery can be replaced in the field.
Theft Recovery Mode, turned on through Zonar support, increases reporting to every two minutes.
It tries GPS first and falls back to Wi-Fi and cell tower location, so it can still report where the sky is blocked, with less accuracy.
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