GPS & Receivers stolen from Melton (Leics)

JCMaloney

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LE9 2JG
GPS receivers and display units have been stolen from four tractors at a Melton farm.

A John Deere GPS Greenstar StarFire 3000 receiver on the roof of each tractor was taken sometime between 10pm on July 16 and 7.45am on July 17.

Display units inside each of the tractors, which are used to maintain the position of the tractor, were also taken.

The serial numbers for each of the items are:

Receivers –
PCGT3TB803769
PCGT3TB796508
PCGT3TB745767
PCGT3TA383103

Display units -
PCGU2UG576914
PCGU2UG557595
PCGU2UF510896
PCGU2UA341786

Police are appealing for anyone with any information to make contact.

Investigator Denise Wells said: “If anyone comes across these items or has any further information, please contact us on 101 quoting incident 18000334683”

Source: https://www.facebook.com/leicsrural...kKF7JcT0yJOBiBdURc-DPkyBbbnMdOjz9gTrU&fref=nf
 

PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
I dont suppose that JD can remotely block the signal, or at the very least prevent future applications for signal upgrade?
 
Can't they ping them if the are switched on and generate a location?
For this to work there would need to be a return data path from the receiver back to the service provider. I’m not completely sure about GreenStar, but in general with most GNSS receivers there is not one.

These are simply receivers and not GPS trackers or telematics units ;)

To my knowledge only network RTK (NTRIP) potentially sends back the geographic location of the receiver to the caster in some situations - but this is only used to choose the nearest base or a particular correction stream not for anything else - and it would only use the NTRIP username/password as possible reference so not tied to the receiver serial number in any case.

The only way a stolen receiver could be spotted is:

1. at the time you request an unlock (or authorisation key) to get some some additional functionality /accuracy level added to the receiver. The dealer or service provider would need to look up (or there would need to be a cross check built in) to see if the receiver serial number had been flagged up as stolen.

2. when you sign up or renew a correction service, you must supply the serial number to dealer (or direct to the service provider) so that forms part of the service authorisation. A cross check would need to be made then.
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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