Before you can add GPS push data sources as GPS unit to Security Center, you must configure the Vehicle Monitoring plugin's data
source settings to accept NMEA data on a UDP socket.
What you should know
Geolocation and other types of metadata are sent to the Vehicle Monitoring plugin using raw UDP
sockets. To keep your data secure, it is recommended to use third-party encryption and
authentication methods, such as end-to-end VPNs or SSH tunnels.
Procedure
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From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins
task.
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From the entity tree, select the Vehicle Monitoring plugin role, and click the Data
sources tab.
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Configure your data source:
- Data source name
- Enter a name for the data source.
Tip: For better search indexing, it is a
best practice to indicate that the router is submitting NMEA data.
- Input type
- Select UDP socket.
- Data format
- Select NMEA.
- Listen IP address
- If your computer has multiple network interfaces, specify the IP address that the UDP
socket should listen to.
- Listen port
- If your computer has multiple network interfaces, specify the port that the UDP socket
should listen on.
NOTE: The default first value is 4411. Additional data sources
increment from this value.
- Receive timeout
- Set how long each socket read waits for data before a timeout. When a socket read
times out, it immediately attempts another read.
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Click Apply.