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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] flakon18:
Bug in TrackMe ?

Hi everyone,

Hi,

Let me notice a disturbing bug that exists on HP iPAQ 6915 - everything is working great when device "sees" satellites but when the signal is lost for a - and after a while some satellites is found again - application crashes:

TrackMe.exe

FormatException

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w m.z(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1)

w System.Windows.Forms.Timer._WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

w System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationThreadContext._Int ernalContextMessages(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

w Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain)

w System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)

w d.a()

I'm using real-time tracking with my own www server in 15 seconds (also when 30 sec) interval connected via GPRS - applications craseh only when signal is lost and when it is found. There are options:

Start tracking when applications start - enabled,

don't store consecutve points - disabled

Miminum locked sattelites required: 1

i'm using GPS (cell ID disbaled) on COM7 - trying with different baud rates.

Have you noticed this bug before ?

Thanks for help, used version of trackme is 5.4.8.143 - regional settings: Polish.

UPDATE:

Today I have made addtaional tests - I've changed regional settings to english - nothing has changed (bug exists)

more notifications:

1. When I start app inside a building and no gps signal is available app reports that minmum is not reached but work - only when I came out and some sats if found - crash

2. When I start outside - somethinmes it crashes but sometimes in works - so the bug isn't cleary repeatable. However situation from 1. cases crash evertytime.

3. Miminum locked sattelites required - I ve tired many options (1,3,4,5) - same problem
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Anybody else has had this problem? I think it's the first time I see somebody with that issue.

I thought it was a problem with the regional settings (a wrong conversion) but

after your latest testing it doesn't look like.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KdeedK:
Hi,

I must first say that it's a fantastic app! :D

Works like charm in the free server so I tried to create my own server as well, just to experiment. Everything went fine, I installed as mentioned in the read me.

After I try to open my page located at http://trackme.krishanu.in which is a subdomain redirecting to http://krishanu.in/TrackMe, I get the following message: One or more TrackMe tables in your database are empty. You must generate data by running the TrackMe application on your Windows Mobile device before the map display will work properly.

So I fire up my mobile client and put the following value there:

username: database_user

password: following_password

IP address: krishanu.in

port: 80 (untouched, need to change?)

Root Folder: TrackMe

Ext: php (Untouched)

Now when I start a GPS lock and then I try to upload stored positions in offline mode I get following error message: Unable to upload position:Invalid URI: A port is signaled with ":" but could not be parsed.

Now as you can realize that I am in deep water now and have no idea whatsoever about what could be possibly wrong.

Any help?

BTW, I thank you again for this great app! :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I don't have too much experience configuring web servers, so I'm not sure if will help, but could you send me the file config.dat located in the TrackMe folder on your pda to my email address? I'll take a look at the configuration.

You can find my email here:

http://luisespinosa.com/contact_eng.html
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KdeedK:
Hi staryon,

Sorry about the delayed response. I actually fixed it, it was a configuration problem from my side, nothing to do with your amazing app! :o

I actually provided the root folder without "\", I realized it when I checked my config.cfg, thanks for the app and your quick response! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Saens:
First of all, thanks for creating this great app and making a free one to use!

On to my question. I plan on going on a vacation, where it's likely I won't have access to internet for a while. During this vacation I'll travel about 4000km. Can you tell me how big (roughly) the database with saved positions will become? My PDA has about 100MB of free storage available. Thanks a lot!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
To be honest... I have no idea. However, in my experience the database doesn't take too much space.

Something that you can do if you run out of space is the following:

Before you start your trip make a copy of the file local.sdf to a pen drive or similar. Now, if in the middle of the trip your local.sdf becomes too large, you can rename it to local001.sdf, copy it to your pen drive and copy the original local.sdf from your pen drive to the PDA. Repeat this process many times as necessary.

Later when you are ready to upload your information, do the opposite for each one of the files until all the information has been uploaded.

Hope it helps

PS: Please let us know when you finish your trip how was everything. I'm just curious to see how much space it took. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Saens:
Thanks for your answer. I'll do as you said. Hope it works out OK, cause I'm sure my family and friends would love to see the trip I made :)

You'll hear from me in a couple of weeks when I'm back!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] creed:
Events - Does Trackme need to be running?

When I set an event notification up by SMS, does Trackme need to be running on my device in order for the event to be triggered?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
yes, TrackMe needs to be running
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KdeedK:
I have another suggestion.

If you do have some spare time then run track me with the intended time interval and settings that you have in your mind for your trip and then check the file size. You will have a rough estimate of what the actual size will be. :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joshzzz:
Thanks Staryon for a great app.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to get it to work.

I checked the website and read the help but still can't figure out what's wrong.

Do help me out if you (or anybody else) can find the time to!

I'm using the default server. Setup userid and password in app.

Am testing out the cell id feature.

Under config > source > google has been selected.... (among others at other times)

I run the software... says Reading current Cell ID...

searching google for 460-0-6243-4193

it connects via Edge to the internet,

then it comes back with

"No position found in database for Cell ID"

I have tried several times and always got this result.

I'm in China for those of you wondering... Shanghai to be more specific.

But Google maps mobile works just great over here.

Can't figure out what I may be doing wrong!

Any help would be much appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi joshzzz,

Google Cell ID Database has not been working for the last few months. It seems to be either a problem with my web hosting or Google changed something.

I tried contacting my web hosting but they say that nothing was changed.

My only solution is to try to debug it and see what's going on, but at this moment it's just impossible for me... :(

However, I think OpenCellID database works ok. Have you tried with this one?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joshzzz:
No such luck! Same result. Hmmm... I won't be surprised if it's not found on OpenCellID... I mean it's China! Would have been great if Google's database worked.

Thanks man for a great app. Hope I can use it someday over here.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khoury4:
Thanks for this app. My wife and I have been looking for something just like this. We tested it out and seems to work perfectly on my Tilt. I do have one question though. We did a test route and I would like to delete the information. I deleted the content out of the web link folder from goolge earth, but it just gets re-downloaded at the next update interval. Is there anyway to delete unwanted information off the server?

Thanks again,

khoury4
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiwas2:
Hey :)

I really like where this is going. Tried the app today, but got a couple of weird points - and for some reason it crapped before the trip was finished. What I did was edit the KML and tried to import it, but it doesn't seem to let me do that.

Any way to get the correct data in? Also, is there any way the app can attach my pictures from the trip?

Cheers!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
You probably have Live Tracking enabled. Just go to Config->Live Tracking and disable 'Generate KML file'

On the other hand, if you want to delete a trip you can go to Tool->Manage Trips and delete it from there.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi,

I'm not sure if I understand. Why are you editing the KML file?

You cannot import KML files in TrackMe.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RobsTV:
Just completed a 2800 mile motorcycle trip (4500km) with updates every 9 minutes, and the local.sdf file size is 168k. I was worried about if it would work with that many waypoints in Googlemaps (after exporting all dates range), but it displays fine, with no lag or jerky problems (IE6/IE7/IE8 in WinXP).

I did not start with a zero length file, so I guess other trips are included, which puts distance at probably closer to 4000 miles (6500km).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiwas2:
Well, I had to edit it as the signal "jumped" and placed some weird points tens of kilometers away from where I was actually at. I had to remove these. Also, I wanted to remove some points not interesting for the route...

Is it possible to upload them to your db along with some pictures?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot! That's very useful information.

I'm glad it doesn't take too much space.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
No, KML are just exported files from the database and cannot be imported back.

However, you can assign pictures to positions that are already in the database.

Regards.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiwas2:
Ok, thanks! Will walk the same route again and see if I can get it right this time ;)

Cheers!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiwas2:
btw...could the jumps be because of bad cell info? I set it up to use gsm cell info too...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Cell Info is not very accurate so that can be the reason.

If you are using only GPS, remember to increase to number of minimum required satellites for a better accuracy.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dheehd:
Photo Upload - Time Difference Error

Sorry if this question has been already answered but I didnt find anything browsing/searching the website and that thread.

I recently tried to use the upload picture function but always ended with the "time difference" error.

I guessed it was because of the photo file time or exif time stored in the file vs the last GPS position time stored.

The default setting for the time difference being 180s, I tried to changed it to much larger, however the result is always the same.

So, here are my questions:

- Would this error be triggered by something else ?

- Would there be a way to remove that check, so no matter the time difference, the photo would always upload to the last GPS position stored ?

Note that I did setup a server on my own.

Everything else is working really great. Great app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Can you email me that picture?

I will check the exif time stored to see if there is something wrong.

You can find my email here:

http://www.luisespinosa.com/contact_sp.html
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bakkake:
I seem to be having an issue getting this program to work. I've followed (the somewhat dated) guide on how to setup your own server. Configured my client on the phone and turned it on.

The web page shows me

"One or more TrackMe tables in your database are empty. You must generate data by running the TrackMe application on your Windows Mobile device before the map display will work properly."

I can confirm that some of the tables did indeed get filled. It lists a few locations that my phone has sent to the server and my username that i created.

However the CellID and Trips databases seem to be empty. Any idea why this is?

Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I cannot help you with the first question because I haven't written that part but I suggest you to make a search by 'One or more TrackMe tables...' because that has been asked a few times.

CellID table will be empty until you populate it with some information.

Regarding the Trips table... Are you sure that you have specified a trip name when uploading positions?

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
I there a log I can look at to see why TrackMe crashes when I'm using it with TomTom running? Seems that if I have both programs running periodically TrackMe will crash. I get no indication either, just stops updating. Last night I was driving back home from a road trip and TrackMe ran flawlessly all weekend until coming back home.

It crashed a little ways into the trip home. I can't say it was TomTom that did it, but it seems to be the only common thing going when it does crash. It's not a big deal, just sucks to miss part of a trip because it crashed and I didn't know it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
There is an error.txt file that is generated when a few errors occur but unfortunately I don't think it will help you too much. Sorry about that.

Just check if it's there (in the TrackMe folder on your PDA)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiwas2:
Anyone else experiencing system hangs after installing TrackMe and locr? I love the combination, but it seems it has made my system unstable :S
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
No error file. Thanks. If I can narrow it down to more specifics I'll let you know so we can see what's going on when it happens.

I'm still loving this app! Thanks again for putting the effort into it. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bakkake:
Thank you for your response,

I was able to get the app to work with the custom server, somehow switching it to your server and then back to my own caused it to generate the information in the database.

The application worked fine all day yesterday with the Cell ID option (getting the cell id from google) that however has stopped functioning as of today. and it seems that the other cell info providers also don't know any of the cell towers that i pass on a daily basis.

None the less this is a great application!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Google Database stopped working on my server a few months ago.

I still haven't figured out what has changed. I contacted my web hosting and they say nothing was modified. I'm afraid I will have to find a workaround to make it work.

However, it seems that still works for people using their own servers.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bakkake:
Nevermind, i'm a dumbass. I secured my trackme folder with a .htaccess... that's not gonna work =\
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mongoose0318:
export kml

I set up my own server and that works great and the program is running fantastically. My trips show up online and I can access them from any computer. The problem I am having is downloading a kml from the server. I get the message: "Not Logged in or this is not a private system" every time I click on kml download. This happens on the server as well as on a different computer. Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
I've noted the same, but I personally think it's a memory constraint rather than specific to a certain program. I actually have written a mortscript which does a loop which checks for TrackMe. If running, it logs the date/time and memory free on the system, sleeps for a while. If trackme is not running, it logs date/time/memory, restarts trackme, etc..

Of course, since writing it I haven't seen much problems, but there have been times I've restarted TrackMe 4-5 times on a trip, and each time I've had quite a bit of data missing because it wasn't running before I noticed it.

I was hoping I would find the memory creeping down really low, I should try experimenting some more. I mainly notice it if I try to use iGO8, which uses LOTS of ram.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
Good to know I'm not the only one then. This last time it was after TrackMe running for 2 1/2 days straight. TomTom wasn't added until the last part about the time TrackMe crashed. I'll try to pay attention to the memory next time to see what it shows. Also, why TrackMe? Why not crash TomTom or messaging?

My guess is because TrackMe is in the background running while TomTom is normally in the foreground.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
That's a good question for someone who knows anything about WM beyond just using it. :) I see WM do this stuff all the time though, random apps just disappear. I see FlexMail do this sometimes when running TomTom or iGO8, sometimes ArielBattery goes (it's like 1.5k of ram!!!!???), etc..

You could be right, WM might decide it has to kill *something* and it starts with background apps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bwired:
Problem with lastest Trackme version

Since the lastest version I have some problems with trackme.

If the phone is started clean, Trackme starts up without any problems.

After I close trackme (so shut down, not minimize) track wont start up again.

I have to soft reset the phone and anly then it starts again.

I even reinstalled the phone ROM and the problem is still there

Other apps are working OK.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Saens:
I just returned from my trip. It was about 3000 kilometers, and I made a local file (local01, local02 etc) per day. In the end every local file is about 300kB. I have TrackMe set to make a record every 10 (or 15, can't remember) seconds.

Loading and uploading all the seperate locals to the TrackMe server right now.

When I try to login to http://luisespinosa.com/trackme/index.php using the username and pass I use in TrackMe it doesn't let me in. Am I doing something wrong?

I also let TrackMe make a note of every GPS location in a text file. That one is about 6.5 MB. Any programs around that I can load this file into?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi guys,

Just to let you know that I'm back on TrackMe's development again! ;)

I just finished adding support for using the GPS Intermediate Driver inside the program. This should help some users having problems when starting the GPS and they couldn't find a workaround to make it work.

I will be testing it for the next few days so there should be a new version soon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] police22:
I have noticed this too. While I'm driving or when I wake up to drive (Team Truck Driver) I will notice the program not running. :mad:

Only Programs I have running is default WM stuff, Internet Sharing, & Trackme!!!:confused:

I have just changed roms so will see if it still does it?;)

Also staryon,

Why were the menu popups removed? :confused: Where you could clear screen etc.. I liked that option..

To make another note: Used the rom Solace for a few days and could not get trackme to work. .net and sql installed but would get sql error upon start up of tm... Worked fine on Duttys rom and rom using now.. (See Sig)

Don't know if anyone else had this issue or if it was a I D 10 T error? :D

Thanks again *STARYON* for a wonderfull program... Helps me so that my wife can see where I am with having to bug me on when we will be back to okc.. Out and back freight but can run into problems.. Gonna have to donate to ya again. Keep it up;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] police22:
Is there a way that when trackme starts it will execute "QuickGPS"?

So that the sats are updated with out having to run QGPS first? At least that is what I do!! Is this necessary? :p

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I think I will change the way the program exits to the previous version.

Not sure if that's the problem but it seems that what I added doesn't make a difference.

Regarding the memory leaks... I'll do some testing leaving the program running for a few days.

By the way, sorry for the late responses... for some reason, this forum lately doesn't send me an email as soon as there is a new post. And sometimes it doesn't send it at all...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I didn't write that part so I'm not sure if I can help you, but send me a PM with your username and password and I will do some testing.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I removed it because I wanted to make the program compatible with smartphones and non-touch devices and keeping 2 different versions was going to be too much trouble...

Thanks for your comments! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I think QuickGPS is only to connect faster but this is not something that you have to do every time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] police22:
Ah... ok understood...

Could the clear screen be added anywhere in the settings?

Just wondering!!!

And Your Welcome!!!:D

Ya I know, I just do it alot to make trackme/googlemaps/etc gps connect to sat faster.. Seems to work. ;)

I haven't gotten any emails from this forum for a while now.. Not sure if they changed anything or something in db got corrupted or what. Im gonna verify email and click save again, usually fixes the issues. Seems to work on other sites when that happens.. :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available!

- Added support for connecting using the GPS Intermediate Driver.

The only problem that I have seen is for some reason, when using the GPSID, I always get a valid speed and angle from the GPS, even if I'm not moving.

Not sure why this happens. I will keep researching on this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bwired:
Installed the new version as far as I can see it'w working good and more important for me the above problem is solved!

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
That's weird because I haven't changed anything that could affect that! :confused:

Maybe the GPS Intermediate driver? who knows!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] digiitz:
TrackMe Server Error!

Hello!

I have been trying to install the server side trackme server; when I start the install.php process, I get the following error in browser:

PHP Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Moscow' for '3.0/no DST' instead in C:\Inetpub\ftproot\trackme\install.php on line 455

Please help? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available!

- Added Live Map (this is accessible from the 'Show Current Position' button)

The map is updated automatically every 30 seconds. You can also click on the button located at the bottom right to update it manually.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Good to see the app still pushing forward Staryon! I moved to an iPhone a few weeks ago and haven't looked back with the exception of this application. The iPhone has an app for everything except TrackMe.

Staryon, any chance of porting this to the iPhone??

I do have some glimmer of hope from InstaMapper.com but they don't have anywhere near the feature set. Despite that I already worked out a display for their data here:

http://www.getcis.com/track

In any case, congrats on what continues to be a successful product!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Not forgetting the fact that iPhone apps are not allowed to run in the background, right? I hear some mitigate this as best they can by ensuring they are running 'on top', but during phone calls, etc, they stop working. Silly limitations...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
This is the big thing keeping me from going to the iPhone for this app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mcross:
very cool, when will be able to see my closest buddy on this map? :D