e Xtrac Tracking for Ten Tors 2017 Nigel

Agenda 1. JCSys / e. Xtrac Background 2. e. Xtrac Tracking System 3. Management

JCSys / e. Xtrac Background JCSys Ltd were contracted in Apr 2014 to provide

e. Xtrac Tracking System GPS Satellite Constellation (24) Iridium Satellite Constellation (66 LEO) Ka

Beacon • Takes GPS Fix • Reports position via Iridium at 10 min intervals

Beacon Identification Vital that teams have the correct beacon Route Identifier Beacon ID Team

Iridium Satellite System • Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellation. • 66 in service plus

Management Information System • Accessed throughout the Okehampton site • Directly populated by the

Okehampton Camp Laydown – On Event Antony’s Stile / Start Finish Camp Broadband De-Kitting

Management Information System © 2016 JCSys Ltd

Online Registration The website entry database will be exported to local server after team

Registration At Registration the Team Managers will be given their team’s route pack. Amongst

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JCSys / e. Xtrac Background JCSys Ltd were contracted in Apr 2014 to provide the e. Xtracking system for 3 years, we are now on a 1 year extension. • Tracking devices for all 400 Ten Tors teams • Tracking displays on laptops throughout the camp • • • Management Information System (MIS) that allows the tracking of all participants’ status throughout the event Up to twenty four MIS / displays throughout the camp JCSys now run the online registration system to alleviate inconsistencies in the entrants database © 2016 JCSys Ltd

e. Xtrac Tracking System GPS Satellite Constellation (24) Iridium Satellite Constellation (66 LEO) Ka Satellite Satcom Iridium Ground Ten Tors participant Trackers © 2016 JCSys Ltd BT Landline 3 G e. Xtrac Dual-Redundant servers Okehampton Camp

Beacon • Takes GPS Fix • Reports position via Iridium at 10 min intervals • Emergency Button • Audio/Visual alerts in Ops • <1 min update rate • 2 way messaging • To Participants: • From Participants: © 2016 JCSys Ltd

Iridium Satellite System • Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellation. • 66 in service plus hot spares in orbit • Satellites polar orbit period 100 minutes • New satellite every 10 -12 minutes. • Good signal characteristics: • Low Power (~500 NMs orbit) • Small antenna (L Band) • Urban Canyons • Valleys & mountains © 2016 JCSys Ltd 6

Management Information System • Accessed throughout the Okehampton site • Directly populated by the TMs via the website • Checked at registration • Used to produce documentation!!! • Provides team and individual’s status throughout the event • Provides post event statistics • Provides an indication of early / late finishing times © 2016 JCSys Ltd

Online Registration The website entry database will be exported to local server after team registration closes. This will be used to: • Run the MIS database • Print the control cards • Print the participant ID bands • Populate the Progress Reports on the webpage Any information that is not in the database when online registration closes will have to be updated during Friday registration. © 2016 JCSys Ltd

Registration At Registration the Team Managers will be given their team’s route pack. Amongst other things, this will contain: Team Information Sheets • • Declaration • Manager ID • Deputy ID Control Cards • • Name • Route • Members ID Bracelets • • Annotated with Participant’s Code and name © 2016 JCSys Ltd