Excavators, harvesters, yard tractors, gensets, and Class 8 trucks where a dongle will not physically install — and an OEM gateway program is more than the job needs. The FC-202 is sealed, hardwired, J1939-capable, and pre-certified, with external GNSS and LTE antennas so the radio sits where the signal is.
A fleet with excavators, ag equipment, yard tractors, gensets, or Class 8 trucks without an accessible diagnostic port has had two options: an FC-201 that will not physically install, or an FC-501 OEM program that is over-scoped for a fleet that just wants location, J1939 data, and alerts. The FC-202 is the unit in between — sealed, hardwired, J1939-capable, with no Linux application development required.
Wires directly into vehicle power and the J1939 bus. Nothing to unplug, nothing hanging off a dash, and no dependence on an OBD-II port the machine may not have.
Reads the heavy-duty vehicle bus directly, and the enclosure is built to the J1455 environmental standard for on- and off-highway equipment.
Dust-tight and rated for 30 minutes at one metre of immersion — and the rating extends to the external GNSS and LTE RF connectors, not just the box.
Separate GNSS and LTE connectors, so the radio goes where the signal is rather than wherever the enclosure had to be bolted. It is what makes a steel cab or a buried install workable.
20 G saw-tooth mechanical shock and 8 Grms vibration from 20 Hz to 2 kHz — meets the shock and vibration requirements of SAE J1455 and MIL-STD-202.
The widest operating range in the FleetConnect line. Humidity tested to 0–95 % RH non-condensing at 65 °C following MIL-STD-810F protocols.
PTCRB, FCC Part 15 Class B, CE, and ISED are already in place. An OEM or large fleet standardizing on this unit is not funding a certification program or waiting on a test lab.
LTE Cat 1 on the iMatrix global eSIM — best available network per country, Zones 1 and 2 included on every plan, no SIM swap at a border.
Both share the same sealed IP67 enclosure, the same J1939 bus support, the same LTE Cat 1 radio on the EdgeUplink eSIM, and the same iMatrix Cloud. The difference is short-range wireless.
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| Device type | Rugged hardwired fleet and equipment tracker |
|---|---|
| Variants | FC-202 · FC-202-W (adds WLAN / BLE) |
| Install | Hardwired to vehicle power and the J1939 bus · external GNSS and LTE antenna connectors |
| Enclosure | Ultra-compact IP67-rated; the rating extends to the external GNSS and LTE RF connectors |
| Operating temperature | −30 °C to +70 °C (internal backup-battery models rated across the same range) |
| Storage temperature | −40 °C to +85 °C |
| Humidity | 0–95 % RH non-condensing at 65 °C, tested following MIL-STD-810F protocols |
| Mechanical shock | 20 G, saw-tooth, 11 ms — meets the shock requirements of SAE J1455 and MIL-STD-202 |
| Vibration | 8 Grms, 20 Hz–2 kHz, plus additional profiles up to 16 hours per axis — meets the vibration requirements of SAE J1455 and MIL-STD-202 |
| Cellular | LTE Cat 1 on the EdgeUplink eSIM. UMTS and GSM/GPRS fallback is present but operative only where those networks remain in service — in North America, LTE Cat 1 is the only path. |
| Vehicle bus | SAE J1939 |
| Short-range wireless | WLAN / BLE on FC-202-W |
| Backup battery | Optional internal backup battery |
| Vehicle standards | SAE J1939 and SAE J1455 compliant |
| Certification | PTCRB (LTE Cat 1, UMTS, GSM/GPRS) · FCC Part 15 Class B · CE marked for the European Community · complies with ISED licence-exempt RSS standards |
| Connectivity zones | Zones 1 (Europe) and 2 (North America and more) included on every plan · Zones 3, 4, 5 and Verizon USA on request |
| Cloud | iMatrix Cloud — live map, geofences, alerts, trip replay · one login alongside the rest of the fleet |
Excavators, loaders, compactors, and attachments — harsh vibration, no OBD-II port, and machines that move between sites on a lowboy.
Construction →Tractors, harvesters, and irrigation equipment, with J1939 telemetry off the bus rather than a guess from a GPS trace.
Agriculture →Where a hardwired J1939 tap beats a dongle a driver can unplug, and where the install is done once by a fitter.
Trucking & logistics →Yard tractors, reach stackers, and gensets running long duty cycles in environments that punish consumer-grade hardware.
Asset tracking →Plows, bucket trucks, and sweepers — seasonal, hard-used, and often the fleet with the least tolerance for a failed sensor.
Public sector →Mixed light and heavy equipment on one platform across FC-201 and FC-202, rather than two vendors and two logins.
OEM telematics →The unit is yours outright — no loaner program, no multi-year term, no early-termination clause. Both tiers include iMatrix Cloud, the EdgeUplink eSIM, and US-based support. Hardware pricing: contact sales.