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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
Thanks everyone for the comments!

First I would add more feedback to the user about the GPS data, instead of only "gps searching". There are flags which tells that "position available" "speed available", etc etc (plus hdop value), and currently I only say "gps on" when ALL is available and timestamp is within given age. This would hopefully give some explanation why it is "still searching". For now, a quick check to do is to increare the "GPS valid" time (the second combo-box in Options) for a largest value - this would help to get a fix.

More about "valid" - as I want all data available (incl height), then this must be a good fix (more than 3 sats, if I am not mistaken). The drawback is that GPS will search for longer, so maybe start logging as soon as only position available (and maybe hdop is < xx). Any comments on this approach?

The tool does save the data all the time into a temp file called "tmp.gcc" located in the root folder (very top folder you can get in Explorer). So if mobile crashes/reboots, the data can be copied from there. But now I am thinking that it might be not good to have a file open for write all the time on this kind of device, specially with GPS starting/stopping (this is not a PC ...) - I think this makes application less stable, specially if you have many other programs running at the same time. So I am planning to change the tool to save data at the end only (but then we will not have this temp file as a backup).... anyone (developers !) have suggestions how to please WinMobile?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] bengu:
Great app. Keep working on it !!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] burnso:
Hi! This does exactly what i want, but......

If I turn the backlight off, eventually the device locks. When I enter the code and unlock it, your program comes to the foreground, but the screen just stays black. Any ideas why this would be?

Thanks again for what promises to be a top program

Mark
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ajh499:
I have the same problem, the program works fine if I run it with the phone on charge so that it doesn't lock, but if I lock it the program will either come back with a black screen, or hang when I press Stop.

I have S2U2 on my phone which could be causing or adding to this problem.

Another problem I've found is that if the time on your phone is too far ahead of GPS time, you will never get any data. I guess because the data validity check fails as it thinks new updates are too old. I think this is the cause of hankeys problem where the program only ever says "GPS searching"

Otherwise, great little program. Thanks Andy

Alex
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] expo7:
I have the same problem!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] approved101:
I used yesterday the new version. I started the program and sat were found inmedi. the problem is it didn't save all the track I did, only part of them ... why????
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
It might be a good idea to abandon the time check at all, as this is causing problems. I think that this check might be important for e.g. TomTom, when the direction instruction must be given in proper time, but just for logging the data it does not matter how long ago you were at that location.

I also going to rewrite the code which works with GPS, so hopefully this make the app more stable ( so it will come back OK after screen lock, etc ).

Regading lost samples - are your first and last points correct, as you load .gcc file back? If samples are missing in between, then maybe GPS lost the lock?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] carloshdez:
Looking forward to the update, I need this app :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] S_Hammer:
Hello,

I'm not sure if this is possible in Windows Mobile. Maybe you can run the main program as some kind of service that it will even run if the application is in the backround.

Br Martin
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
version.1.21: Completely re-written GPS handling logic + other fixes. Readme.txt updated. Have a try.

If you have problems (of couse, not), please send me PM with .gcc file and description what is wrong.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] S_Hammer:
GCC Open dialog shows no files.

Hy,

I will have a running test tomorrow. But what I just found is that the open file dialog for gcc files does not work on my phone.

Br Martin
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
This is strange, I have not touch that part of the code .. you do not see dialog at all, or you do not see gcc files in the dialog? Could you check in the FileExplorer that you do have files there? Also, it is always good to reboot, when you have problems..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] S_Hammer:
Never seen it

Hy

,I have not mentioned that before, but I have never seen any gcc files. Maybe you can add a * as filter to choose the files manually?

Br Martin
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
No gcc files - this is bad! Maybe you have the program in a folder which it does not like?

Could you please: 1) check when connected with ActiveSync and looking from Windows Explorer, that you do not have any .gcc in the folder with the program 2) Try to move .exe to e.g. /Internal Storage (or something closer to / , i.e. the root folder) and run it, check is a .gcc appears and 3) I could try to repeat , installing into your location - can you tell me the full path the the .exe? Do you use Diamond?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] burnso:
Tried this out last night when mountain biking. Works perfectly!!!

Imported the .kml file into Google Maps this morning and it worked spot on.

Congrats on a top piece of software

burnso
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] S_Hammer:
Missing gcc files.

Hello Andy,

1) I have gcc files in the folder

2) I have moved the folder to the root of "\Interner Speicher\GpsCycleComputer". Now it shows the GPS Files I can live with that :)

3) My original folder is "\\Programme\GpsCycleComputer". If I have a look from Vista. I have tried first in "\Interner Speicher\Programme" and did not find gcc files either.

And yes I use a diamond (MDA Compact IV)

Thanks for the fast response.

Br Martin
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Beards:
Andy,

Not sure if this has already been asked. If so I apologize in advance.

Does this program support the Blackstone's WVGA screen?

i.e. would it stretch to fill or have blank borders both top and bottom.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] himatech:
.NetCF 35 - Unexpected Error

Hi,

When I click start I receive an unexpected error. Do you think smart protect doesn't run with .NetCF 35?

Thanks,

HimaTech
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] megapixle:
My altitude display doesn't seem to work on the new version, it's always stuck on 0. Anybody else have this?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] allanf:
Problem

I have installed the app on my XDA orbit 2

When I run the app all I see on the screen is three sections. top section is headed "time" Center is "speed" and the bottom is "distance"

There are no tabs for options no indication for satelite status and tapping the screen has no effect

Any ideas where i am going wrong?

PROBLEM SOLVED JUST WORKED OUT I INSTALLED THE WRONG FILE SORRY GUYS
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] WMguy:
I can't seem to get this to work. I've verified that I am clicking on my .klm file using file explorer and I also verified that I have the latest version of GM (the one with street view). All I get is a "cannot be opened. either not signed with a trusted certificate...."

Any ideas?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AngelGR:
It's working right on my Diamond using "Read GPS data directly/COM4/57600".

It seems to be the screen resolution. Maybe you've installed the VGA version (480x640). I don't know the Orbit resolution, but try the other version (QVGA).

Maybe a dumb question, but... have you saved the .gcc as .kml first? Check if you're trying to open a .gcc file. You can't see the file extension, so you must have 2 files with the same name, one is the .kml and other is the .gcc.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] WMguy:
Yes, I did. When I click on it, it actually says at the top "090201_0944.kml" "the file cannot be opened. Either it is...."

hmmm? Wish I could get it to work. Want to see my major snow shoeing trek from this morning.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gozzy:
Works a treat

Well done Andy
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] luckyuser:
Great app, but same problem here! File saving/viewing is not so clear to me.

1. Any other languages?

2. Are there no settings to change miles to km?

3. Is it possibble to use a saved .gpx file in another app. like Garmin Map Source?

Would be nice if GPS Cycle Computer v3 was WVGA for Touch HD, didn't fit to screen right now!

Thanks for the development and sharing;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ivormac:
Hi Andy,

Thanks for putting this together. I wonder can it work on a 240X240 ipaq 6945 screen. I could modify the source code myself if you reckon it can be done?

Ivor
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Garfieldonline:
Really great GPS logger!

could it be that in version 3.67 the direction of the compass is wrong? I think east and west is mixed up .... ?!?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] MrLAG:
Omg, I just installed latest version, it looks perfect! :).

I only still suggest mayeb you add in options to set the path for maps too. So it will eb easier to switch between maps of different places. I feel that 512 maps limiting me, I've got more than 500 only for my town :D. Well ofc I can always just move reuqirign maps vack and forth.

Great work man, I didn't thought new version will loook so advanced.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] llespera:
The altitude difference is okay, but I like to see cumulative climb and cumulative descent. Can that be added?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] flyforfun:
Hello,

great app! Is it normal , that the scale of maps is changing when moving and recording a track in map mode? At the beginning the scale is only few meters and increases automatically to many kilometers while driving by car .
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AngelGR:
flyforfun, yes, it's normal. Anyway you can use + and - for adjust the scale to your convenience.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] davey1980:
looks grt.. i downloaded it.. readme says install CAB file..err no CAB file in there...?

this is the QVGA version..i think i need that 1 to use on my Samsung Omina. help plz... cheers
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] igsciurus:
out of memory error

Hi, I recently installed this on my Fuze, and it looks like a really great program for my needs.

However, I keep getting a fatal error when it tries to load a map I made from several GE images stitched together. I'm pretty sure I did the .txt file right; for longitute, GE gave me -8X.XXXXX. The negative symbol wouldn't be the problem, would it?

The .jpg is 1.4mb in size. Does anybody know the upper size limit for a jpg file for use in this program?

Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Kraize:
Me gusta mucho! Sorry, stuck in my spanish phase since I've learnt too much >.>

But truthfully, I love this! Although my maps aren't displaying :S What's up with that?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Executer16:
I have one Problem with my Samsung Omnia: The program gets an gps fix and works fine, but i do not get an altidude information? Not on the screen and not in the log file too :(

With other gps programms altidude works fine.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AngelGR:
Go to config and select "Save altitude to kml". Maybe that's the problem.

Nice to read some spanish words. :cool:

Are you saving the .kml and the .jpg files together, with the same name?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Kraize:
What do you mean? I just want my loaded google maps to show up in GPSCycleComputer. I searched for that, but I don't know what's wrong. It just shows an empty white grid with my track.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Beards:
AngelGR,

I've made a post here last week and sent you a P.M.

Hoping you get to read my query here....

Is there any intention of support for the Blackstone Touch HD Phone?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AngelGR:
Kraize: Please, read the "readme.htm" included with GCC, you can see detailed info about how to create maps there.

Beards: I don't have any P.M., sorry. I don't see too much problems for add WVGA, but anyway your request is for Andy. ;)

Best regards.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Beards:
Angel,

My apologies.... I got confused.

You are quite correct, it was Andy I sent the P.M. to, not your good self.

Thanks though for your comment. I do hope Andy does manage to include the larger screen size.

If so I will add it to the Blackstone's Wiki.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] axelpix:
Altitude correction error

Hi Andy,

it looks like I found a bug in 3.67.

With my Diamond I need to do a correction of the Altitude. Fortunately this is possible with GCC. But the correction does not do verry good.

My experience is this:

correct altitude: 110m

reported by Diamond GPS: 150m (always approx. 40m too high)

I set the correction in GCC to -40m

shown height in GCC: 190m

recorden in GPX track: 150m

So this looks like GCC is adding the correction with the wrong sign (+ instead of -) for display and does no correction at all when track is exported as GPX.

Is this the intended behaviour?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ZZigi:
Hi Andy,

you know that already but there is never too much of complements. So let me repeat - this is a great work! Small and simple what many of us love nowadays fed up with fancy applications.

And interface... is just excellent.

And obviously a question: how to convert time+coordinates from KML/GPX file to time+distance values?

If your applicaiton was adding distance to one of the files already that would be perfect. Perhaps only every certain number of waypoints?

Or you know... all of us who are endurance entusiaths would love split/lap function so perhaps distance could be recorded with them? Another option would be record automatic split every x meters.

Any of those above which would help to match the data from your application with the data from heart rate monitor would be excellent addition in analyzing training session.

Once more thanks for this application and kindest regards,

Zigi
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
Maps

I managed to load the maps according to the readme.htm file. I can see map when I open the gcc file. When it is recording, the map is empty. Any clue?

The other issue is when I browsed the gcc file, I found the blue line is offset a little bit when zoomed in. Is this due to the accuracy of GPS?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] flyforfun:
Altitude correction error

With my X1 the same Error. Also the data in kml files are not corrected.

Answer to my scale isue: it would be nice to be able to lock the scale and to have just a moving map without also changing scale/zoom (that is he normal behaviour in gps-devices i think).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Kraize:
Oh haha sorry. I don't usually bother to read the readme's and the manuals :o sorry.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Executer16:
I think "save altitude to kml" is selected, but i will try once again. But i will export as gpx file.

Edit:

"save altitude to kml" is selected but gps cycle computer does not log the altidude. Here some code of the gpx file

At the <ele> position there should stand the altitude.

<trkseg>

<trkpt lat="48.096099" lon="14.11148">

<ele>0</ele>

<time>2009-02-07T09:54:52Z</time>

<speed>53.1</speed>

</trkpt>
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Kampfsau:
HTC Touch Dual (Nike)

Hi, thank you for the great Tool. Works very well with my Diamond (& AD 850 BT GPS Receiver).

But should it works also with my old Touch Dual (NIKE)?? After the installation I have no buttons? Do you have any idea?

Best regards

Stefan
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AngelGR:
Yes, yes, but sometimes they're there for something. :D

Go to the first post and try with the QVGA version. ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] davey1980:
hi guys.. where can i find the info to install this programme on my Omnia? cos when save it..its an ZIP file and when extracted theres no cab file or anything. nothing seems to start the programme... simple question i hope.. wot am i not doing?? PLZ HELP
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] loki429:
Thanks

I installed this app on my Diamond and went for a ride on the weekend.

Worked perfectly and very easy to use/understand.

Thank you very much!

cheers

Loki
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Beards:
If anyone has a contact with Andy can you ask him to reply to my P.M. please.

I've left two requests in this topic and a P.M. to him for compatibility with the Blackstone Touch HD.

Thanks in advance.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] easyfly:
Very good software , but I have update google maps mobile with 3.0.0.2 version

from original of my HTC 3G and now I can't see the track line on the new version of google maps.

In the .kml file I have "12.191288,44.405797,47" and I think is ok and I have associated .kml file whit google maps .

I have installed the new version of google maps in memory card , is it the problem?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
Culmulative climb and descent

Is it possible to include the culmulative climb and descent in the KML file or even better display on screen?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] boldeagle:
Any update for 320x320 screen?

This program looks awesome!

But it does not display well on my Samsung i780 320x320 screen.

Any chance of an update that will adapt this program to display well on the i780?

thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] megosu:
I thought of something to enhanced this great software, maybe you guys would find it usefull too :)

On the main screen, it would have been nice to just press one of the values to get this counter in full screen.

For instance, you press the Current speed and you get this value with big digits, that's much easy to read on a bike or by car.

What do you think ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AngelGR:
To everyone: Andy told me he would be out for a few days (he has a work and a life), so be patience, please. ;)

I have some concepts for a next version that include almost everything suggested here. Not published yet because Andy isn't viewing the thread, but if you can't wait... (I'll do some comments about this later, only pictures for now) :p

___

But remember, what I am doing are only designs, Andy is the software developer, and he has an enormous merit because he is doing reallity those concepts. And he's even generous, he's writing all the code for free and releasing it as open source.

About screen resolutions as low as 320x320, I'm sorry, but I think that there is not space enough for the amount of information displayed by GCC. It must be a "reduced version".
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Kraize:
I suggest you keep the buttons into 1 big line like previous versions. It doesn't look as good as the older version :) I mean I like the buttons, just don't have separators. I like the one long bar idea that you had before and how ageye does his g-suite. It just looks cleaner in my opinion not to have separators in between.

P.S How do you plan on calculating pulse?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Kraize:
Would it be possible for me to create a detailed map of a WHOLE state in 1 .jpeg file?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Topfar:
I started reading this thread at page one, I've had to pause for some sleep at page 17..... but I'll be back!

Thanks Andy for your efforts, fantastic program, hope that you find a way to be rewarded for this.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AngelGR:
Don't worry about that, the buttons and background are skinnable, so you can select the look that you want. But it must be some kind of bug on the last version, because that feature is not working.

There're bluetooth receptors. This seems to be a good candidate, because they provide a SDK, and there's an open source project:

http://www.zephyrtech.co.nz/products/consumer/hrm

http://code.google.com/p/zephyropen/

It could be expensive, but it's something neccesary for a serious sport plan, and it can make a big difference between GCC and other apps. But maybe for v5 or so (ask Andy) :-D. There're a few things to do before, like a stopwatch with split times for save "laps" or "series".

I suppose the answer is yes, but you'll have problems if it's too big. This isn't a PC, it's only a PDA. :D I prefer 10 files of 1 MB than 1 file of 10 MB.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Dtrieb:
It would be nice if you add your App there:

http://www.modaco.com/content/windows-mobile-news/258878/lend-your-support-to-a-generic-updater-tool/

or Info here

Thx
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] naich:
receive no gps data

Hi together!

English is not my native language ... so sorry for any error

I search for a solution, but found nothing at all ...

It's my first post so if I overlooked something ... plz point me in the right direction!

I've a htc cruise! I installed the Qvga version set all my option but i get no gps signal. I disabled the "read GPS data directly option" so under normal circumstances the "windows" gps driver is active and nothing else in the settings has to be done, i think!? On other gps apps I set the config to com 0 / 4800 br and it works perfect. (tried to set directly option but theres no com 0 to set)

If I press the "start button" in the gps window S0 SNR- T- Dh- and a red quadrat is shown ... but nothing else.

any idea what's wrong ??

cu

PS I found no "HTC cruise place" for my post