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Package is deprecated #36

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fvdm opened this issue Jul 3, 2018 · 1 comment
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Package is deprecated #36

fvdm opened this issue Jul 3, 2018 · 1 comment
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fvdm commented Jul 3, 2018

Hey guys,

After 6 years, 4 bricked TK-102’s, a TK-102B and a TK-103, I’m stepping out of this project. The cost of those cheap trackers is actually pretty high when you count the replacements and amount of time you have to invest to get it working in a useful way. It appears only the first batches of TK-102’s have a consistent data format while everything that came after is just random. Even the bidirectional communication is far from reliable. It’s also becoming really difficult to distinguish between the original and the fake devices. Some are even too cheap to be good for the workers; you can see the rush job when you take it apart. Soldered only one strand of the too short antenna wire, for example. One bad bounce on the ground it breaks, then the tracker has no cell reception anymore.

To cut the story short, I have recently switched over to a Tractive GPS tracker which is doing more than everything I intended this Node package for, but without the trouble of coding it myself. Personally I no longer have a need for this package anymore. Combined with the backlog and low quality hardware, I’m loosing motivation to keep it maintained.

It was an interesting ride, I learned a lot about GPS tech and hardware diversity, but the people who are still using the ‘tk102’ package deserve a coder who’s dedicated to make it all work.

If someone wishes to take over this repo and the package on npm, please let me know here.

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fvdm commented Jul 17, 2021

Given the fact that nobody want it, which is totally understandable, I'm now going to archive this project.

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