yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
Would love to help, but unfortunatelly such hardware issues are very difficult to fix. I use standard Windows functions "to open COM port" and "to read data from a COM port" (when switched to "read GPS data directly"), but something your phone does not like in this calls. I can create 5-10 different versions of the executable, and send to you, so you could check maybe we find settings with will work. Send me a PM if you are interested in such "hardware testing" :)

A first thing you could try yourself is to change Baud Rate, and maybe COM port.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] cosmiccarver:
WM6.1 upgrade problem

hi...your gps cc is the best gps tracking app i have found so far... i use it on my okta touch (a.k.a htc vogue100) to record my horse rides.

since upgrading to wm6.1 on my device i have found that gps cc hangs or takes a long time to respond after about an hour or so of tracking. i've not seen other posts experiencing the same problem...i hope this issue can be resolved as i prefer this app to all others... if there is something i can do to help please let me know.

regards...

warren

ps: would love to see a heart rate monitor plugin
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] hendrixus:
Connected to.....?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ocolladojr:
Maps

Hi,

Im new to the forum so I apologize in advance for the ignorance. Just installed the latest version which works great. However I am having trouble loading maps. I read the Readme file and used Google Earth to add the map (jpeg,klm) to the appropriate folder. I am still unable to display the map in the GCC program. I am able to view it on Google Maps via File Explorer.

Any help would be great!

Thanks in advance!

OC
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] cosmiccarver:
still working on that one...i have just started to look around for an equine heart rate monitor...not really sure whats out there...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
Unfortunatelly this looks like a problem with wm6.1 ... try to do a soft reset before running GpsCycle, and also check that you do not have too many applications running (i.e. that you have enough free memory) - this could help.

re heart rate monitor - I know that someone is working on connecting Zephyr HxM to GpsCycle
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
Note that you need to load a recorded track to see a map. Another idea - you can load the kml file you use to calibrate the map in "load track to follow".

If you still have problems - could you attach your jpeg and kml files (the one you are trying to use) to your post - I will have a look.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ocolladojr:
Maps

Thanks Andy,

I tried to "load track to follow" but all i get is a blue track line with a black background ("no map" in top right corner).

Here is the jpeg file.

I am unable to upload kml file.

Can I send it to you via PM?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ocolladojr:
Please disregard the last post.

The maps are working now.

Thanks again for the great app!

OC
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] southo:
Hi Andy,

Great app. It's running fine on my old HTC Trinity. I had to search a bit to work out the com port. COM9 works fine, in case anyone else is trying it out on a Trinity.

Are you still planning to include graphs - eg Altitude vs Distance/Time, Speed vs Distance/Time? That would be a top feature.

Cheers.

EDIT: It's running fine when the screen is on. When I turn off the screen (with hardware button or BackLightOff button) then the program crashes sometimes. Not sure in which cases or after how long exactly, so I will do some more testing.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chzumbrunnen:
Using Maps downloaded with Map Calibrator

I downloaded some maps with map calibrator.

the .jpg and the .gmi files seem to be ok but I only get an error "Cannot load data for map [map name], map loading cancelled.

Attached is one file each. I tried with different names, since I first thought maybe the "-" in the file name would be a problem. But this didn't change anything.

Any ideas what could be the problem or how I can easy download maps while not "on the bike" (which would be to expensive).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] hendrixus:
Yesterday while byking I tried running GPS Cycle Computer om a Imate PDA-N (QTEK G100) running WM6 I didn't got any satellite.

I wonder. When I start recording. Is the GPS swiych on or do I have to switch it on first, somewhere? I also tried NoniGPSPlot whih worked instantly
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] DerekZoolander:
Data?

I have modaco no data on my phone to turn of data connections. When I use this program it turns on the data connections slider. Is this program charging me for downloading data?

cool program btw
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] di2ger:
COM port

Thanks, dude! It appears, that my device has 2 COM ports for GPS - virtual and hardware - COM2 and COM5. Switching to hardware COM port (COM5) solve the problem of slowing down.

Next issue is about Time, avg and max speed calculation.

When I'm walking (without brakes) for 30 min program would show 20 min. Of course, I can "exclude stop time"... Maybe it's possible to improve "stop detection engine"?

But it's really wrong , when AVG speed is higher than MAX.

Anyway, I like this software, thanks a lot for it!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] martin1170:
Hello

Hello

I downloaded the GPS Cycle Computer V3 from:

http://code.google.com/p/gccv2/downloads/list its the Version 3.107(cab)

now i have the file on may Sony X1 but the file doesnt not work !

i have the file on install on Windows Programs on my Sony X1

Google Maps install.

why doesnt not work ?

Regrdas Martin

regards Martin
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
You need to copy CAB file to your phone (if you downloaded it to your PC). Then start File Explorer (on your phone, NOT on your PC), locate the cab and click on it. Installation shall start. This is a standard way to install CABs on a WinMobile phone.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
Do you have Map Download, or Live Logging enabled? Then yes, the program will try to use the data connection. But I do not think it will try to turn data connection itself - if you do not have a data connection active, then (at least on my phone) - the download simply fails. Maybe it something to do with "modaco no data"?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
I looked at the .gmi file - it seems have too many calibration points! Also many points are located ourside the image (if you look in the file, the first two numbers you see are the image width/heigh, then lines with calibration points contains 4 numbers separated by ";", the first 2 values are coordinate of the point on the image, the next 2 - the lat/long of the point)

I will try to make changes to the GpsCycle, so it will read this file - but are you sure the file is correct?

I think the easiest way is to use OSM maps - you can download them quickly to your PC (see the manual) - then transfer to your phone. No calibration are requried for teh OSM maps
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] mahmmoud30:
log the speed

hi

its a very functional software, I love it.only i have a wish, i'd like to log the speed during the trip and if possible to polt it against time.

if this is possible plz feed me back on mahmmoud30@gmail.com

many thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] frizzone:
[new function] multiple tracks

It would be usefull for me the possibility to open more than 1 track "to follow".

My track in bike are often the junction of more than one track so the optimum should be the possibility to "flag" more than one track at the same time when i tap on "load trackS to follow" so as i can see on the moving map the next track when I am near to it. Thank you.

PS The "new" GPX format without hour is working properly!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
This is a very interesting question - how long it takes to get GPS fix, and why different tools can get it quicker than others. First I thought that all tools just "listen" to the GPS data (which is sent over COM port) - so it shall not be any difference between tools how long to get a fix (it all shall depend on GPS). But actually this is far more complicated.

There is a special information about the exact position of the satellites (called almanac and ephemeris), which GPS uses to get a lock. There is a lot of info on the web, e.g. you can look here: http://www.kowoma.de/en/gps/data_composition.htm

So if GPS has a fresh almanac and ephemeris, then it can get a lock very quickly, otherwise it has to download the data from the satellites (which takes time). There are tools (e.g. like QuickGPS) which can download latest ephemeris data from web and send it to GPS.

But there are some problems, so all this migth not work well: 1) GPS might need data in a different format than the one provided by QuickGPS 2) QuickGPS might download data for incorrect location (if some setting not correct) 3) GPS itself updates the almanac and ephemeris, so QuickGPS might corrupt the data instead of providing more accurate data, etc.

Unfortunatelly I was not able to find any info about the almanac and ephemeris file format (this is a binary file) - otherwise I would be interested to see what is exactly stored there. Also I do not understand how this file is loaded into GPS (then I would have try it myself). All I discovered so far, is that a soft reset somehow clears the GPS, and it can get lock much quicker (on Diamond).... so much more to learn :confused:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] SilverJester:
Wow I just went for a run and tried out this software and it is AMAZING! Thanks. And thanks for making it open source too (I've been wanting to try my hand at programming a WinMo app this should give me some insight)!!

I did notice one feature that I would really like to have. I use an armband while running (incase anyone is wondering what a good armband is I just got this and it fits/works perfectly, I know I had a hard time finding a good armband for the fuze/touchpro), and I noticed it was a little hard to read the screen while it was sitting on my arm. So after a quick shower, I'm gonna attempt to change up the display so the it can sit in landscape mode (maybe by way of a button) because that would make it much easier for me to read while in my armband (and allow me to try programming for WinMo). No garunetees if/when I could do this. Like I said never programmed for WinMo, and never programmed in c# (but I don't think it's that much dfferent from c++).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gozzy:
New version seems to lock on a lot faster !!!!...............cool

Any news on the voice front ?????

And does anyone have an optimal screen colour set up, coz when its in my armband for running its very hard to see the screen in daylight (may have to go for some dayglo colours)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] darthmelk:
I have some problems on a SE X1. I use it with live logging on (1 min) and GPS always on and "Read GPS data directly" unchecked. I use the latest version from May.

After 2-5 minutes of use, the GPS CC freezes for 2-3 minutes, then it will work again for 2-5 minutes, then again the freeze. But sometimes it will not live log anything even for 30-40 minutes (I have GPRS or 3G coverage on the road I tested).

Anyone else having this problem? What other info should I give you to help you fix this?

Can you offer an option to upload to crossingways every 15 or 30 seconds, instead of minimum 1 minute?

Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] XDA_TD:
Bug >> calculating the average value

I like this tool, looks great.

But I think there is a bug in the calculation of the average value. Take a look at max and avg on the screenshot :-)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chzumbrunnen:
Yes, it works great with OSM Maps. Thanks.

Don't know what's wrong with the maps generated in MapCalibrator, they work in GPSTuner but actually the OSM Maps are very good and downloading is easy. Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gt112:
Pause / Resume

Hi,

I see a few posts here mentioning a pause button. I am using version 3.103 on a Touch HD and cannot see a pause button. Only buttons I have on main app dashboard are Tools, Start and Files.

Is it possible to puase? I would like to be able to stop the app alltogether, have a break, perhaps dinner somewhere etc and use my phone for photos, calls etc. and then later restart the app, reload the gcc file I was using earlier and continue on with it. If I try to do that right now, it just automatically starts a new file.

So is it possible to pause (if so where is the pause button) ?

and is it possible to resume an existing file ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
Pause is only available once it is started. Make sure you haven't got "Show bkLight Off Button" on in your settings which will replace your Pause button.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
Support KML Palcemarks and recording Placemarks

Dear Andy,

I understand the above are problably in the pipeline and I've been waiting eagerly.

Now that we have "Track to follow". It will be nice to be able to show Placemarks in the KML file. It will be even better if GCC can record Placemarks as well and show on map screen. It will be perfect if names of placemarks can be shown on screen as well.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gt112:
Thanks for the reply. It raises new questions though

1. I absolutely have to be able to get the backlight off (battery saving), so how do I do that if I have to get rid of the backlight button?

2. Is it possible to resume recording with an existing file ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
Answers to your questions:

1. You will have to use your hardware on/off button to turn off screen. With most PDA, press once on/off briefly turn off the screen but leave everything still working. Long press and hold will turn off completely.

2. If you can pause and resume, it will write to the same file. In pasue state, it will show as "red". Remember to un-pause it otherwise, you will miss the recording which happens to me a few times.

Hope this help.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gt112:
Hi Mark,

Thanks for this. I thought using the hardware power button to switch off backlight (quick press) disables radios, gps etc (I assumed that your built in soft backlight off key does not). So from reading your post, it seems they do the same job. So are you telling me that if I run GPSCycleComputer and then quick press the power off key, that GCC will remain running fully (gps updates, web updates etc) ?

2. When I say resume a file, I mean load a file previously created and continue using it (append to it). e.g. I am doing a multi day event very soon, at night I want to stop GCC and use my phone for other things, each morning I would like to load GCC and resume recording to a single file. I am assuming from your post that this is not possible ??

3. Is there any future plan to add a resume function (proper resume not resume from pause) ?

Many thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
First of all, Andy Zap wrote the software. I am just a keen user.

1. The GCC will still carrying on logging after the the on/off button was briefly pressed. I believe other functions you mentioned as well but I suggest you have a little test outside before you take my words for it.

2. I don't think you can stop and resume to the same file at the moment. For this reason, the GCC on my XDA Orbit 2 has a maximum recording time of 5 hours approx if I want a detailed recording on a single file. I recently bought a Kensington Portable Power Pack (100g) which allows me charge the battery via the USB without the mains. The charging time is about 20 minutes and can be done during lunchbreak in a long ride.

3. This is down to Andy and it will be a good feature for a long Epic ride.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gt112:
thanks Mark and sorry, didn't realise you were not the author. Many thanks for help. Do you think the author is reading this ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
Yes, Andy is very good. Just give him some time.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Blaustein:
Hi gt112,

as an alternative to resume a previous track (and as workaround until such a function is available) you can use later at home a GPX-editor (like prune) to copy your daily tracks together to a single GPX-track (and even do some other things like removing points where you went for the toilette or so :)

Klaus
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Blaustein:
Collected issues

Hello Andy,

first of all thank you for the really quick solution for GPX without time.

Please don't be shocked by the mass of issues I post here. Just have a look on it as you have time.

IMHO most issues should be solveable with little effort.

I use version 3.107

1) There are some options which are not restored after program closing and restart:

- option pages to scroll...

map screen:

- plot track as dots

- plot 2nd line as dots

- 2nd line <colour> and width <>

- white background

- last map position and zoom -> then you could restore last map view instead of "No data to plot" and we can browse the map without GPS-connection.

2) Small new feature:

while tracking in map screen show a little arrow instead of the dot at the current position. The arrow should show the direction of movement (like at the main screen). This would improve find one's way, especially if you ride back the same way on a track.

3) With osm I had a problem: one tile was corrupted (broken download). The map showed a black area and "Read error" instead of the tile path. Then I difficultly had to find the defective tile by means of the surrounding tile paths and delete it manually so that it was automatically downloaded again. It would be better to "refresh" such corrupt tiles automatically if automatic download is enabled. I.e. handle such "Read error" as if it was not present at all.

4) While tracking, the backlight goes off after 1 Minute (as configured in windows). This is especially annoying at follow track. As I understand the documentation the backlight should stay on. I use Asus P320, QVGA with WM 6.1 running from battery. The mobile does not go into standby - this is working properly. The "backlight stay on" should be configurable to have it stay on while follow track and let it go off when only tracking to save battery.

5) A minor issue:

In landscape mode (QVGA) the last three rows (battery, last sample and start) are cut off. I think you know about this and it is probably better to live with this behaviour than to blow up the application too much. Only as information what I have discovered...

6) A very minor issue:

On "About" page the "View readme" link should point to: file://<application path>\Readme.htm

I don't want to put the Readme.htm into main memory. And if every application put a Readme.htm in root directory you get a problem...

7) Idea for future improvements: The feature "GPS activity: run every (eg) 1 min" is quite good for battery lifetime, especially for example for a long journey by foot. But unfortunately the first fix is usually not very exact. I think it could be advantageous to have the possibility to have the GPS receiver run for some seconds before you take the position and switch it off again. Of course this approach increases energy consumption again, but it could be the better compromise. Perhaps you even could evaluate some kind of signal quality (e.g. HDOP) and take the position earlier if it is good enough or do some averaging...

Klaus
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gt112:
just back from a 2 hour cycle, when I checked my pda to see if gpc cycle computer was working, the clock read 00:00:00 even though it was in record more (stop button available). It recorded nothing, this has happened to me several times now - jesus its annoying.

I am just playing around with it, I notice that when I set a new file and press record, the clock remains at 00. Wtf ?

Is it something I am doing wrong? jeez the one thing the app needs to do (by brute force if necessary) - is start!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
I will definitely support the point 2 which I always find it difficult to spot the current position on the way back in the same route. Sometimes after I pan the screen around, it takes me a long while to find my current position. A button (like the one in Google Map) to centre on current position will be nice.

Regarding point 1, I had similar experience before I installed the X-button. In the past, the only way to terminate the GCC is by soft-rest the XDA. Sometimes, it didn't keep its settings. Since I use the long-press X-button, this problem disappears.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] markcheng:
It sounds like your GCC fails to fix on the GPS signal. Once it is fixed, you will see the colour block in GPS square (bottom right) to turn green. I believe red means not fix, and yellow means pause. Please refer to the readme.htm in the GCC program folder on how to quick-fix GPS signal. You will find other useful information.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
Thanks everyone for the suggestions/feedback! Sorry for not replying sooner - have a very busy time at work.. Also the weather does not help (well - I mean it does help with cycling, but not with programming :) )
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gt112:
does anyone know how to remove the trace on crossingways.com embedded live map ? I have traces showing from 48 hours ago. Also, is there a support forum or place for crossingways ? and is there anyway to customise the embedded map such as showing last heard from info etc ?

many thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] AndyZap:
yes, there is a separate forum for Crossingways:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=484809
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Blaustein:
Hello Mark,

I use a taskmanager pBar which terminates the programs really. If GCC is still in memory (only minimized, like WM default) it keeps the options of course. Have you really terminated GCC or does it still appear in Task-Manager?

Most options are kept. Why are there a few options which are not kept? Andy?

Klaus
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] araje:
2 issues with GCC

Hey Andy,

I have been using your program extensively for many months. Last weekend I went on a vacation and observed 2 issues

1. if you are at a place which is below sea level, the altitude parks at 0ft. It does not indicate -10ft or so which other gps programs like GpsMonitor etc do. Maybe you can see if this can be fixed

2. I wanted to have a log of my journey from one point to another. I had enabled the logging and it was happily recording the path. However, at some point my pda battery died on me. I noticed that it did not record or keep the file with 6hrs+ of data and there was no file. It looks like only when you press the stop button, the track file gets created. If I run the program for 8hrs and say the pda resets due to battery, it will be great to have atleast all the data that was logged before. Instead the whole file is erased.

Can you look into these 2 issues please. The second one more imp. to me.

Thanks a lot

Anup
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] :
Possibility to copy the GPS position into clipboard?

Hi.

Could it be possible to include the possibility to copy the GPS position into the clipboard to be able for example to send in a SMS, paste into word, etc....

As you have already performed a hard work, I don't think it's very difficult for you.

There are some other programs over there that can be used for that, but I prefer to do it from yours as I'm using it usually!.

As a reference you can see GPS2Clipboard

Thanks and congratulations for your hard work!. I'm continously using your software!

HTH