US import tariff to be prepaid on shipping

The United States announced significant changes to its import tariff rules in US Executive Order 14324. These changes, impact business customers shipping items from Australia to the US and created chaos. To avoid shipment delays and returns due to customers not responding to import duty payment requests from shipping carriers, we will prepay the import tariff for all shipments to the US, and will increase US shipping fee to cover some of the cost. Shipping fees for all other countries remain unchanged.

By |October 7th, 2025|News & Events|0 Comments
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Resumption of postal services to the US

Australia Post has resumed postal services to the US and its Overseas Territories.

By |September 22nd, 2025|News & Events|Comments Off on Resumption of postal services to the US
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Postal shipping to the US suspended

Due to recently announced changes to import tariffs for postal items sent to the US and Puerto Rico, Australia Post has temporarily suspended some postal services to these destinations, effective 26 August 2025 until further notice.

UPDATE: Australia Post resuming all US shipping by September 25

By |August 26th, 2025|News & Events|Comments Off on Postal shipping to the US suspended
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Freematics ONE+ Traccar Edition with option of SIM7670E

The community beloved Freematics ONE+ Traccar Edition now comes with option of SIM7670E which is SIMCOM’s latest LTE CAT-1 cellular module based on Qualcomm QCX216 chipset. SIM7670E is designed for Europe region with support for LTE-FDD B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20 and proves to work perfectly in Australia as well, whereas B1/B3 for Telstra, Optus & Vodafone, B5 for Telstra & Vodafone, B7 for Telstra & Optus.

By |February 9th, 2025|Updates|Comments Off on Freematics ONE+ Traccar Edition with option of SIM7670E
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Sending custom CAN messages with Freematics ONE+

Several users have brought up the discussions about sending custom CAN messages with Freematics ONE+. Well, this has always been possible but we just didn’t include API for doing this in the OBD library due to security concern as ONE+ could be internet connected. With EV uprising, sending custom CAN messages seems to be the only way to extract data from these vehicles though proprietary information is needed to make the data meaningful. We have now added simple APIs for sending CAN messages to ECU in a move to open up more possibilities and leave the hard job to the community. Following is an example of send a CAN message for clearing DTC.

  // send a CAN message (clearing DTC)
  obd.setCANID(0x7E0);
  obd.setHeaderMask(0xFFFFFF);
  obd.setHeaderFilter(0x7E8);
  byte msg[] = {0x14, 0xFF, 0x00};
  char buf[128];
  if (obd.sendCANMessage(msg, sizeof(msg), buf, sizeof(buf))) {
    // print the ECU response to the message
    Serial.println(buf);
  }
By |April 11th, 2024|Updates|Comments Off on Sending custom CAN messages with Freematics ONE+
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Firmware update for Freematics OBD-II Emulator MK2

We know it’s been a while but a new firmware for Freematics OBD-II Emulator MK2 is finally out. A few minor issues have been fixed. Protocol setting persistence was implemented meaning the emulator will stick to the same protocol on each power cycle. The two variants of the hardware (with and without J1850 protocol) now use the same firmware image which comes with the updated GUI software package (version 1.1).

By |March 28th, 2024|Updates|Comments Off on Firmware update for Freematics OBD-II Emulator MK2
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Network settings and status via App for Freematics ONE+

With latest telelogger, it is now possible to change network settings (e.g. cellular network APN) and monitor network status for Freematics ONE+ via Freematics Controller App (through BLE). The telelogger ESP-IDF package is also updated. All Freematics ONE+ Model B and Model H shipped from now have BLE enabled firmware pre-flashed.

By |August 5th, 2023|Updates|Comments Off on Network settings and status via App for Freematics ONE+
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Shifting to u-blox M10 GNSS

All of Freematics products involving GNSS have shifted to u-blox M10 solution which has better position accuracy (1.5m) and lower power consumption comparing to previous M8 solution.

From the datasheet:

The u-blox M10 supports concurrent reception of four GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou). The
high number of visible satellites enables the receiver to select the best signals. This maximizes the
position availability, in particular under challenging conditions such as in deep urban canyons. u-blox
Super-S (Super-Signal) technology offers great RF sensitivity and can improve the dynamic position
accuracy with small antennas or in non-line-of-sight scenarios.
The extremely low power consumption of 25 mW in continuous tracking mode allows great power
autonomy for all battery-operated devices, such as asset trackers, without compromising on GNSS
performance.
By |May 13th, 2023|Updates|Comments Off on Shifting to u-blox M10 GNSS
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