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I have a gps tracker which sends data to manufactures server & I can track the location of this GPS tracker from their site.

I want to receive this data on my own server & want to process in my own way. My questions are

  1. How & with which programming language can I receive the data?

  2. is it possible anyway to receive this data with PHP?

  3. What type of server is required for this function?

Here is the details of the GPS device http://oley.en.alibaba.com/product/658725263-213385808/Tracking_Device_with_GSM_GPRS_GPS.html

Here is the GPRS communication protocol http://polbd.com/protocol.htm

Appreciate your effort to help me.

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Did you tried anything? Did you read the communication protocol? –  Damien Pirsy Nov 27 '12 at 6:34
I read but don't know how will I receive this data. Which programming language will I need to learn to do it? –  Zahid Habib Nov 27 '12 at 6:48
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closed as not a real question by Damien Pirsy, gnat, Fahim Parkar, Jodrell, lukiffer Nov 27 '12 at 9:38


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You can send data with tcp to your server then you need to write some program that listen to the port the gprs sending, the program update your DB , and with PHP you handle the events. You can use Java for the tcp program you can find source by Googling it.

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Can I run java program on linux server? does it require any special permission? –  Zahid Habib Nov 27 '12 at 7:01
No, search for Java tcp server,you can run it as service.. and add there your connections to your db and what you need. –  Ofir Attia Nov 27 '12 at 7:13
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