CarBeacon

This application has the purpose of helping you finding the position of your car in case of stealing. Simply send a message to the phone number with the word you have decided before (i.e.: position) and the app will answer with the current location of the car.

Hardware installation

To make the system operative you need to:

  • hide you phone in a safe and hidden place in your car
  • connect your phone to a 12 V/5 V converter
  • connect the converter to the battery via a fuse or to an existing power line of your car

License

The application is distributed under the GPLv2 license.