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Spider Technical Specifications


Technical Specs Spider S3 Spider S4
Coverage - Global real time Yes Yes
Portable Yes Yes
Supplemental Type Certificate N/A - Carry On Equipment N/A - Carry On Equipment
Certified installation required No - Secured with adhesive bracket No - Secured with adhesive bracket
Certification DO160F sections 15 (category Z) and 21 (category M) Pending
Power connection Cigarette lighter plug or hardwired Cigarette lighter plug or hardwired
Input Voltage 10 – 32 V DC 10 – 32 V DC
Power consumption 100mA at 12 V DC 100mA at 12 V DC
Panel mount No No
Weight 0.35 lb (159g) 0.7 lb (310g)
Dimensions 3.5“ x 4.7“ x 1.0“ (89mm x 119mm x 25mm) 6.5“ x 3“ x 1.5“ (165mm x 78mm x 37mm)
Keypad Attached to spider External to spider
Manual SOS Yes Yes
Spiderwatch enabled Yes Yes
Mark messages Yes - up to 4 Yes - up to 4
Radius - manual suspension of reports No Yes
Geofence Yes Yes
Bluetooth No Yes, Spidertxt for Blackberry available
GPS Ublox Neo 5Q Ublox Neo 5Q
GPS TTFF: Hot/Warm/Cold <1/29/29 seconds <1/29/29 seconds
Iridium Modem SBD 9602 SBD 9602
Operating Temperature -13 ~ +158 °F (-25 ~ + 70 °C) -13 ~ +158 °F (-25 ~ + 70 °C)
Altitude limit 60 000 feet (18300m) 60 000 feet (18300m)
Speed limit 971 knots (500 m/s) 971 knots (500 m/s)
GPS accuracy Within 8 Feet (2.5m) Within 8 Feet (2.5m)
External Antenna N/A N/A
AFF compliant Yes Yes
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