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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
we'll get there.

Go to a webbrowser with your desktop and type this url:

http://192.168.2.13/trackme/request...&angle=194.101&db=5&cellid=234-10-37287-21235

what's the respons?

is it just the pda with an error, when you use the mysql admin can you see the records in the database?

trackme on the pda has a timeout value on the remote config tab, maybe it arrives well at the server, but is the pda to impatient
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tichuiche:
Hello,

splendid improvement!

All my thanks, however I do not manage to implement this possibility.

I have an error at the time of the sending of the SMS:

Any idea ?

Thanks a lot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] david.fensom:
I really hope so! I can't seem to get anywhere with this. Good learning curve though :). So, I am correct in thinking that 'one' should be able to get this working with IIS 6 then ?

I get the responce : Result:5

No, the PDA is telling the truth ;). The only table that has any records is the users table. It has 3 records (which match up to the 3 different users I tried on the PDA last night and this morning). The only other table to have data is the icons table. trips, positions and cellids are all empty.

I have doubled it to 30 seconds. It still comes up with the same error message: Unable to create trip

I really don't know what to try next. I am not sure if it's a problem with IIS, PHP or MySQL? However, it seems strange that PHP can process the user data vis IIS and pass it to the MySQL db, but throw a "wobbly" at trip.

I really appreachate your help with this. If it wasn't for guys like you, I'd be at a total brick wall.

David

PS: I have updated the client and changed the php files on the server as described. Same error.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
TrackMe does not support (yet) the + sign in phonenumbers

Try 06799......... and it will work
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
Don't see why it should not

This means the php script that runs on your iis server is not able to connect to the database for some reason.

Take yor teksteditor and look in the scripts requests.php that should be in your webroot/TrackMe/ directory

Maybe it can't find config.php or the values in config.php are wrong. My guess is the name of your mysqlserver. Is it really "localhost"

Another thing is the logfile you posted. It only shows the info on what was coming into your iis server, it does not seem to show warnings or errors.

In apache there's always two different files. One with access info and another one with errorinfo. I'm not familiar with iis, but as clean as those three lines you posted can't hardly be true ;-)

And now you are able to start the script from your webbrowser on a desktop, you can forget about your pda for a while.

In the requests.php script you can add lines to show you info on what's happening. Try to find the line where it say's "echo Result:5"; That's what you see in your webbrowser

Place below the line in the top saying "require once....". a line like:

echo "DBIP:".$DBIP;

Save the file, stop/start your webbrowser and type the URL again and see what happens
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zanzee:
I can't seem to send the data back via gprs/edge/3g yet it works fine with wifi. I'm running romeos 4.21 and on Rogers. I verified that IE and opera both work as well as msn live messenger. Anyone else with the same issue?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] while(!(linux)){wm}:
It seems that in order to use this feature, trackme must be currently tracking. Would it be possible to have trackme start tracking in order to get a position? This would also be useful with the "update now" feature. It also requires you to not only be tracking, but have the GPS on at the moment you want to update your location. I usually have gps turn off between fixes to save battery life, so the "update now" and "SMS" features do not work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] david.fensom:
The DBIP is indeed set to 'localhost'. Do you think this is what the problem is? I have tried setting it to the FQDN, but the error message then changes on the PDA to 'Unable to connect to Database'. If I change it back, it goes back to the 'Unable to create trip' message. If I try to use the FQDN on the "MySQL Administrator" GUI application, on the server (instead of localhost), it doesn't let the root account sign in. It says

Could not connect to the specified instance

MySQL Error number 1045

Access denied for user root@<server>.<domain>.com (using password YES)

when it is set to localhost, root can sign in fine. I have not put my FQDN here, but if you would like it let me know. Don't know why I haven't, but somehow it didn't seem like a good idea on a Forum.

Just for a bit of background info, my mail server, domain controller and Web Server are all in the same PC (along with MySQL now!).

I've looked at the logging. There is only one setting, and error info isn't one of the options available :( Good old M$. You gotta love em :)

I get the message: DBIP:localhostResult:5

If you would like me to send you any files, please let me know. I could also PM you and give you details of how to access my server if needs be.

Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] while(!(linux)){wm}:
Mark CellID fixes?

It would be very useful for there to be a way to distinguish between GPS fixes and CellID fixes on the server. For example, when the KML file in generated, there is currently no way to tell if the fixes were from GPS or CellID, and thus no way to know how reliable the fix is.

Could an adjustment be made to have CellID's marked as such in the KML files?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] david.fensom:
This isn't what I found.

I found that if trackme wasn't tracking, it would receive and recognise the SMS message, realise that it couldn't give you a position, then as soon as it got a signal, it would send you it's position via SMS. That's what it did for me anyway.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
You don't need to be tracking to use this feature.

The sms will be send as soon as a position is available. You can even close TrackMe and open it again 2 days later. The request will still be pending.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
yeah, the library that I use for sending SMS doesn't support the + sign.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] while(!(linux)){wm}:
Hmmm... ok. I'm not sure how good that is as an anti-theft feature, as it requires the user to initiate tracking. It could be very useful for family and friends to check on my location though. Could you add a setting to send the location back to the number of the sender?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] while(!(linux)){wm}:
How do you use TrackMe?

I am curious to find out how people use TrackMe in their daily lives. I see a lot of features in trackme that i just can't figure out how to put to good use, and i think that this is due to my habits of using my phone.

For example, i have an HTC tytn 2, and when i turn the screen off with the power button on the side, only programs that have been programed to operate in sleep mode continue to work. This makes it hard to use trackme all the time, since i need to switch to the trackme application and turn the screen off every time i finish using my phone. It also means that when my phone wakes up because i have received a message or some other reason, trackme keeps it from ever falling asleep, thus killing my battery.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE trackme, and i use it all the time... but it requires constant attention on my part.

The SMS feature, along with other settings, show me that many people are able to leave trackme running all the time.

Can someone who leaves trackme running all day please explain how they do this? Is this a drawback of the type of phone i have, or is there something i'm missing?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
You're welcome.

an update to make it a bit more professional. Instead of manual finding the right arraypointer in the xmlresult by number (which is very tricky and doomed to fail when the source layout changes), it now uses an xml-library. Picking-up xml-result in just one php line-of-code.

I think it's usefull, even more when the number of sources grow.

Add this line in config.php

include_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/xml.php');

place the attached library and updated scripts on your server.

For me it works, just see for yourself if you like it too.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
Okay, let's PM the remainder of this issue, there's not much use for others since this is a specific problem. BTW: weekend is over so responsiveness might go down a little ;-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Wouldn't that be too much stuff to call for every new update?

Remember that in my case we are talking about a 3000 users server with many simultaneous updates. I would like to keep the php calls as simple and fast as possible.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Could you let me know some programs that use the GPS that keep the GPS on after you press the power button? I would like to do some testing with those.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] while(!(linux)){wm}:
I did a search for "gps tracking sleep windows mobile" and this is the first link it came up with:

http://www.gpstrail.co.uk/

I have not used this software, but it claims to be able to track while the device is sleeping and awake.

"Power button" is confusing. My phone has a button with the power symbol, but it doesnt turn the device off, it just turns off the screen and puts the device in sleep mode.

Thanks for looking into this. It would be amazing if you could get trackme to work in sleep mode. I could leave trackme on all day!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
sorry but I don't have time to start testing programs that may or not may do what you asked for. I thought that you already had some GPS programs doing that and that's why you thought that feature was possible to implement.

If you are 100% certain of any GPS program (because you tested it) that do that, please let me know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] harty83:
- Added option 'Notification on demand'

TrackMe will send an email/SMS with your current position if a SMS is received

containing some specific text pattern. (Anti-theft feature)

I love this feature! I was wondering, could you add the option to make trackme activate the GPS if told to do so via sms so that the coordinates are accurate? I have it set to use the cellid for the sake of battery life, but it would be cool if I could on a command basis get accurate gps coordinates.

Thanks!

Alan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I have uploaded a new version with a new option for the 'Notification on demand' feature.

If this option is enabled and an sms is received, TrackMe will start tracking automatically (if it is stopped) and it will stop as soon as a new gps position is available.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
Some findings / suggestions on the Cellid feature

When in a static position, like home or office, and the cellid is not found TrackMe keeps trying. Taking a lot of battery and datatraffic. Maybe when there's a not-found and the cellid is the same as the previous one ("skipped, not moved") you could also skip the search for cell-id.

At some point it got a new cellid, started searching in the databases, found a postion but then did not update the position because "Skipped, not moved". Maybe the search took more than 30 seconds (hit came from the fourth source) and by that time the next measurement of the cellid was the same as the previous one.

Poweroff/sleep mode is device/rom specific in behaviour. On my TyTN, TrackMe keeps doing it's job when turned-off using the powerbutton.

In GPS mode every cell is uploaded to the trackme database, even when de cellid is already known. Should we only add a new cellid when not already there?

Automatic switching source between gps and cellid doesn't seem the usefull thing to do, but maybe you could add a button to change sources. There's one space for an extra button availabe.

When switching from 3G/HSDPA to GSM/GPRS the cellid changes. Not much we can do about it, just nice to know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
I don't think so. Library sounds large, but it just some little script using the same php build-in functions i use manualy, but than in a smart way to get the array nicely organized.

And i know it's being used in a ict production environment handling many thousands of messages every day on a simple server.

And last, i think/hope the trackme database gets filled more and more by the current users and how often does one really drive a trip that has not been travelled before on a daily basis. So after a while most cellid's should be found in the trackme db in the first place. And for the weekendtrip and holyday events the usage is probably much lower.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] erays:
I do not find this new option on the last version (4.4.6.90) ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Menu -> Config -> on the last right Tab (Notification on demand) !!!

But it would be great if this position NOT store in the Database.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Nice would be also,

when you give the program the update check option.

Very easy:

Put a txt file in the Trackme folder with the Version nummer of the current installed program, if this is <> not equal then download the new one.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] erays:
Thanks a lot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phunzoid:
wow, you're good...i was just about to post a message asking for that exact feature :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] timoline:
Just wanted to let you know,

New feature works fine and it's a brilliant idea!

thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] david.fensom:
Trackme Server working with IIS ?

Hello.

Just a quick queation.

I'd just like to ask if anyone has got the Trackme Server working with IIS V6 on Windows2003 ? I have got it installed, but for some reason I can't create trip entries in the trip table (all other tables are ok).

A friend of mine has just installed it on his Apache server, and it worked first time with my PDA! I was wondering if I was the only person who was trying to get this to work on IIS?

Thanks.

David.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
down and out ;-((

Today i changed from htc-tytn (end of life) to htc-s730(company policy). Although it also has windows mobile 6 and an armv6 chipset and netcf, sqlce and trackme install without errors, it won't run. As almost all of my collected programs from the last few years.

So for now i'll be busy understanding/finding out what will work on this, non-touchscreen, device and won't be around here for a while i'm afraid.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] justpctech:
Private Trackme page

Not sure if I'm missing it here or what, but I'd like to make my Trackme page on my server private. Is all that is required the setting in config.php? I have changed Private to no and get a Display terminated error. Even tried setting it to private on initial install when I updated server with latest files today, but same thing. Any ideas would be appreciated.

edit: no idea what it was, but reinstalled once again and now I've got the Private page I was shooting for! thanks again for such a robust application Staryon.

@xdaradar: man, sorry about your luck there. I know the help you have given for the TrackMe scene here and know you will be greatly missed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anoyceperson:
I think this might be easy question and I am just being an idiot.

How do I export to a GPX file locally? Whenever I try and select the option it says "not available in this version" (or words to that effect).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
It means that feature is not available yet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
Thx for that
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available!

- This new version will check for new updates manually/automatically when

the program starts.

xdaradar, I haven't been able to test your files yet. I hope I can do that soon but I cannot promise anything. Thanks for your help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
I use CacheMate regularly for geocaching and can confirm that one of its plugins, namely CacheNav, continues to use the GPS even when the power button has been pressed. The developer, Brian, is very responsive and helpful, so perhaps he can share info on how to keep the GPS working with TrackMe when the device is in sleep mode.

HTH
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
Thanks for making this change. I, for one, definitely prefer this mechanism over the old way.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
Minor feature requests/changes

1. In the Manage Trip tool, when you select Export Positions, could we have the option of selecting the name and location of the generated kml file? Currently, it defaults to \Program Files\TrackMe\route.kml...

2. In the Export Positions tool, could we have checkboxes to select which types of points to export, similar to how the TrackMe Display v1.2 webtool operates, letting you Show All Points, Show PhotoPoints Only, Show Comment Points Only, etc. This would let us single out specific subsets of points, making this tool that much more useful/powerful.

3. In Manage Trips, it would be nice if once you've downloaded the summary for a trip, it would remember it so that as you move from trip to trip, you see the correct details. As it is, it continues to show the same summary no matter which trip you later change to, making it easy to think you're working with one trip when you're actually working with a different one. If you haven't downloaded the summary for the currently selected trip, it should show nothing, for example.

4. In both Export Data and Delete Positions, could the behavior for the From and To times of the range operate as the TrackMe Display online tool does? There, when you select a trip, the From and To times automatically adjust to the first and last timestamps of the points contained within that trip. When you tap the 'Get existing' button to retrieve the Trip names, this info could also be retrieved so that as trips are selected, the range could automatically adjust as well. Note that this would tie in well with #3 since the download summary contains this exact same range and would therefore already be available.

5. In Config, what about an option to have TrackMe started automatically upon device reset? This would simply involve checking to see if a shortcut appears in the Startup folder and, if not, creating one and would seem to be the perfect complement to the Stealth mode option.

6. Could TrackMe provide some type of notification bubble or sound when it is closed by the system rather than by the user via Menu->Exit? This would let us know so that we can either relaunch it or leave it be, at least knowing that we're no longer tracking our position.

7. Could you provide a local version of the help file as part of the installation rather than requiring that we go online to your website to view the help file? This would be especially useful when someone is storing position data locally because they don't have a data connection and need to refer to something in the help file to configure the program.

Finally, a long overdue donation has been made. Thanks for continuing to refine this great app! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Well, after spending half an hour trying to figure out how this program works and start getting fixes, I pressed the power button and my GPS stopped working...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
Maybe it's device dependent? :confused: As I stated, I use it regularly and can confirm that the GPS continues to operate after I press the power button. Yesterday, as a final test, before leaving for work I selected a waypoint and was told I was over 7 miles away, hit the power button and when I was nearly at work, hit the power button again and got the CacheNav screen showing that I was only a little over 1 mile away. Unfortunately, it doesn't do any logging to a file or anything so that I have a constant stream of NMEA data to refer to, but it definitely appears to be working while my Mogul is in sleep mode. Let me see if I can do some more testing with it and get back to you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Maybe it depends how the power button is configured. Who knows...

Thanks for trying anyway.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Is it possible to add "Topo" to the map display? It's probably complicated, or not even possible without some tie to some other database, but it'd be great to have a view at the topo from some trips. The terrain is nice, and thank you for thinking of it, but of course not the level of terrain detail as a topo map.

Not sure it'd help any, but this site integrates topo with google maps:

http://www.activetrails.com/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Does Google Maps give you that? If not, I'm afraid it's not possible.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] david.fensom:
Delete data on the local device?

Hi.

Is there any way to delete off-line data on the device? There is a trip that can't be created, as I named it 'To Martin's house'. Now, each time I switch the device on, it tries to upload several positions, but without success, as it can't create the trip. I just want to delete this informaition now and start again.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hmmm... I think I know where is the problem. Let me take a look to see if I can fix it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I'm trying to reproduce that error but still works ok for me.

Do you think that you can send me the file local.sdf located on your PDA?

(it should be where TrackMe is instaslled. It may be hidden if you search for it on your PDA)

If you can, send it to me to this email address:

http://luisespinosa.com/contact_eng.html

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
@staryon, just wondering what you thought about these suggested changes?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry but I have so many things pending and I haven't looked at those yet. I will add it to my to-do list and I will probably be adding some of them.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
One more thing, this is rather for everybody:

Some people also send me big lists like that one to my email or with private messages, and it's difficult to keep updated everybody.

I think I update TrackMe very often since I spend many hours on this (nights and weekends!), but unfortunately I cannot be adding everything that people asks for or keep them updated with news about their requests.

You guys can leave your requests and I'll be adding the ones that I think are easy to add at that moment, it's a interesting feature or simply because it's fun to do. Even if I don't answer that doesn't mean I didn't read your requests. I think that in almost 10 months I have been adding most of the requests that people asked me.

I don't get too many donations lately (I got like 10-15 for the first few months but not too much after that) but something that I really don't like is when somebody gives me a list of requests and they say that they will donate if I can do that for them. man... you have been using TrackMe for a long time, I provide a free server, I add most of the features that people ask and you say that you will only donate if I do that for you... it's kind of sad :( in a case like that maybe it's even better if he didn't say anything about the donation.

Also I don't to want to convert TrackMe into bloatware so I always try to think twice before adding something.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Google Maps does not.. I get the idea this is done with their API using shapes or layers or overlays or something. Just an idea. :)