Retranslation: How to send data to Wialon or within different Forguard accounts

It’s been several months since we’ve released our new feature - Retranslators.
While initially it was a straight built functionality to forward messages into third-party systems like SUTRAN (Superintendencia de Transporte Terrestre de Personas, Carga y Mercancías), we realize that it can be more useful if we add HTTP protocol.
The HTTP is a universal protocol and can be widely used and below you may find two obvious cases that can be implemented in your current processes.

Retranslate messages from your Forguard unit in your Wialon unit.

If you have both Forguard and Wialon accounts and want to see messages that arrive in your Forguard unit in Wialon unit, you may use retranslation to achieve it.

1. Create a new unit in Wialon with the flespi gateway device type.
   
2. Use the same unit ID as in your Forguard unit.
3. Copy host and port specified in Wialon unit properties (e.g. nl.gpsgsm.org:21548).
4. Create a Retranslator in GPS-Trace Console with HTTP protocol type and specify the host address including port (e.g. http://nl.gpsgsm.org:21548).
   
5. Save the Retranslator settings and check when the messages start to appear.

Why might you need this option?

For example, fuel consumption control. Let say, your users need a simple Foguard interface and they need only daily-monthly reports for fuel consumption. You can configure the retranslation from Forguard unit to unit in Wialon, create a report template and Job to send reports every day/week/month to the user’s email.

Create clone units between separate Forguard accounts.

In case you need to control the same unit in two different Forguard accounts, you may create a copy of the unit in the required Forguard account.

1. Create a new unit in Foguard account with HTTP protocol type and specify the same ID as in the original unit.
   
2. Copy host and port of the newly created unit (e.g. gw.flespi.io:35591).
   
3. Create a Retranslator with HTTP protocol type and specify the host address including port (e.g. http://gw.flespi.io:35591).
   
4. Save the Retranslator settings and check when the messages start to arrive in the duplicated unit.

What kind of tasks can this case solve?

This case can be useful if you need to have additional control of the units that you connect for your customers.
For example, if you want to receive notifications for the specific parameters, but your customers do not need them.

Above options are just the examples of what you can do using retranslation functionality.

Kindly note that if you have a third-party server where you want to send data to, but existing protocols don't match, you may always contact us to investigate the possibility of the additional integrations.