PortaPro

Equipment tracking devices

Know where every unit is.
Even the ones that left the yard in March.

A sealed battery tracking device that screws or sticks inside a portable toilet, restroom trailer or hand-wash station. No wiring, no power, no SIM to manage. It reports when the unit moves and checks in once a day, and the battery lasts years. Order as many as you need from Settings; each one arrives configured for your account and bound to its unit.

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What arrives

A sealed box with nothing to set up.

This is a different device from the one that plugs into a truck. A truck has power and a data port; a porta-potty has neither. So the unit device carries its own battery for years, wakes on motion instead of ignition, and is built to be bolted somewhere and forgotten.

  • The tracking device, sealed, with the battery already inside. It is a Digital Matter Oyster3 rated IP68, so rain, pressure washing and a deodorizer splash are fine.
  • Cellular service on a 10-year SIM, already inside the case. Nothing to activate and no plan to pay for separately.
  • Mounting hardware: the device has screw holes for a permanent mount, or use an industrial adhesive pad on a clean, flat panel.
  • A label with the device's serial so you can match it to the unit it was configured for.

Setup

Four steps, and two of them are ours.

You order and you mount. We configure and we bind each device to its unit. There is no pairing screen and nothing to scan in the yard.

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    Order how many you need

    Settings, GPS Tracking, Buy unit tracking devices. Type a quantity and check out. You do not have to say which units yet; you can also Choose specific units if you already know. Up to 25 per order, and one order is one shipment and one payment.

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    Tell us which unit each device goes on

    Before a device ships, we bind it to a unit from your inventory and register it to your account. If you ordered by quantity, we ask you then. The device arrives already knowing which unit it belongs to, so the unit's GPS card lights up the first time it reports.

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    Mount it high, flat, and facing the sky

    Inside the unit, under the roof or high on a wall, label side up, on a flat panel wiped clean. Avoid mounting it against or under metal, which blocks GPS. Screws hold through years of transport; if you use adhesive, press firmly for thirty seconds and leave it for a day before the unit moves.

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    Move the unit, then look at the map

    The device wakes when it feels motion and sends a position when the unit comes to rest. The first delivery after mounting is the first report, which is also the day the monthly service starts. From then on the unit's location is on its GPS card, on the customer's site map, and on the dispatch map.

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Why it lasts years

It reports events, not a live dot.

A truck tracker reports every couple of minutes because the truck feeds it power. A battery device has to ration every transmission, and the physics are unforgiving: report every five minutes and the battery is gone in months. So the unit device sleeps until an accelerometer feels the unit move, sends a fresh position once the unit settles, and otherwise checks in once a day to say it is still there. That pattern is what buys five to seven years.

It is also the right signal for a portable unit. Nobody needs to watch a porta-potty sit still. What matters is that it was delivered here, picked up on this date, moved when nobody was scheduled to move it, or never came back. Each of those is a motion event, and each one is reported.

PortaPro's device health reads the same way. A unit device that has been silent for twenty hours is healthy, because that is what a still unit looks like. It is only marked offline after days without a heartbeat, so the alert channel stays quiet enough to trust.

Old way vs PortaPro

The old way vs. PortaPro

What changes once units can say where they are.

A unit is not where the record says

Drive out and look. Call the customer. Check the last driver's memory

PortaPro:The unit's GPS card shows where it reported from and when

Units left behind after an event

Found by the next crew, weeks later, or never

PortaPro:The device reports the moment the unit is moved; a unit that has not come home is a dot on the map, not a mystery

A unit walks off a jobsite

Written off

PortaPro:The next time it moves it reports its new position

Year-end count

A spreadsheet reconciled against a yard walk

PortaPro:Every tracked unit has a last-known position and a history

Tracking trucks instead? See the plug-in vehicle tracker.

FAQ

Questions operators ask

How long does the battery last?
Five to seven years on the default reporting pattern: a daily check-in plus a report whenever the unit is moved and comes to rest. The trade-off is direct, more reports mean less battery, which is why the device is configured for events, not a live dot. When it does run down, replace the device.
How often does it report?
It reports when the unit moves and settles, up to a few times a day, plus a daily heartbeat so a unit that has sat still for a month is still confirmed present. An unmoved unit being quiet for twenty hours is normal, and the Device health table knows that: a unit device is only marked offline after days of silence, not hours.
Is it waterproof?
Yes. The case is rated IP68 and sealed at the factory. Pressure washing, rain and chemical splash are within its rating.
Where should I mount it?
High, on a flat clean panel, label side up, away from metal. Inside the unit under the roof is the usual spot: it is out of sight and out of the weather, and the roof is plastic, so GPS gets through. Do not mount it under the tank or behind the steel of a trailer frame.
Which units are worth tracking?
The ones that leave the yard for a long time or go somewhere hard to watch: event fleets, units on remote construction sites, restroom trailers, hand-wash stations and anything with a history of going missing. Many operators start with a dozen and add more as they see where units actually end up.
What does it cost?
The device is a one-time purchase and the tracking service is a small flat monthly charge per device, both shown live in Settings before you pay. Today that is $200 per device and $1 a month. Service starts the day the device sends its first location, not the day you order it. GPS Tracking is included on the Growth plan and above.
Can I use battery trackers I already own?
If they are professional devices such as Digital Matter Oyster3, Yabby3 or Remora3, usually yes. Email support with the make, exact model, 15-digit IMEI and who provides the SIM, and we will tell you whether they can be re-pointed at PortaPro. Consumer trackers tied to a required subscription cannot.
What happens to the location history?
Position history is kept for 90 days, then deleted. The unit's last known location and which device was on which unit when are kept indefinitely.

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