I have a telematics box (young drivers black box) recovered at the end of an insurance policy. Does anyone know whether these can be accessed and used to (eg) track a vehicle? or are they permanently assigned to the insurance company?
A google search for "telematics tear down" shows several versions with varying degrees of exposed electronics. It may or may not be possible to say more once you have it open - the sort that send reports as texts by GSM phone, or as mobile data would need you to change who it sent data to, and how to do that may not be that obvious.
Some designs have or had a GSM module with a serial interface (or a USB interface that depends to be a serial port) and then the Hayes modem commands can be skimmed as they go past, but it is not really an easy DIY task unless you have plenty of time to read up on it and the kit.
A google search for "telematics tear down" shows several versions with varying degrees of exposed electronics. It may or may not be possible to say more once you have it open - the sort that send reports as texts by GSM phone, or as mobile data would need you to change who it sent data to, and how to do that may not be that obvious.
Some designs have or had a GSM module with a serial interface (or a USB interface that depends to be a serial port) and then the Hayes modem commands can be skimmed as they go past, but it is not really an easy DIY task unless you have plenty of time to read up on it and the kit.
