a situation that the manufacturers have turned into a business-opportunity by using the technology to assist in repossessing machines from delinquent lease-payers -- and requiring permission for privilege of deciding where to place their key capital assets.
Yikes. Classic Holdup Problem. There are certainly ways to force inventory checks without GPS software locks; this must have been implemented because of the desire to have actual remote 'kill' capability. What I don't understand is the line of sight issues with (actual) GPS sensors. If the machine is blocked from the birds...like it would typically be indoors...something seems odd.
Yikes. Classic Holdup Problem. There are certainly ways to force inventory checks without GPS software locks; this must have been implemented because of the desire to have actual remote 'kill' capability. What I don't understand is the line of sight issues with (actual) GPS sensors. If the machine is blocked from the birds...like it would typically be indoors...something seems odd.