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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Alright, it seems like you have the driver installed, but not configured. I just tried to go into "Start -> Settings -> System -> External GPS" on a fresh emulator image and set the following:

Program Port: Any available COM-port.

Hardware Port: The port you're usually configuring in the gps application (I just took a free one for the emulator since there's no gps-device on it).

Access: Manage automatically.

The adobe settings created a subfolder in HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers named "Control Panel Configured Device" (same as the content of "CurrentDriver").

In the Control Panel Configured Device the following values were added:

"CommPort=COM1:" - A string value containing the COM-port i chose, notice the : on the end.

"InterfaceType=COMM" - Also a string value.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Multilexer also contains a value "DriverInterface=COM0:" which is the software port i chose.

What happens if you use the GUI and set these values? I noticed that when I tried to do the same configuration on my HTC Touch Pro the hardware port was automatically wasn't changed. I don't know if this is because i got multiple GPS Drivers configured (it doesn't know which one I'm actually configuring) or if it's some of HTC's magic.

I'd really appreciate if you could take the time to try out these settings, preferably using the GUI if it doesn't roll back the settings like my Touch Pro does.

Thanks in advance

Johan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] redview:
Hi

How can I download the trackto see them with GoogleH. on my pc?

thank

red
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
I just released version 1.0.0.3 (or actually it was 2 days ago, but i havent had the time to write down the changelog untill now).

Here are the changes for the client:

•	Support for devices with custom task bars.

•	The map keeps it proportions instead of being stretched.

•	The announcements will now have a lower amount of decimals. There is also an option to increase them again.

•	Added an alternative to exclude seconds from announcements.

•	Fixed a bug which caused the previous results announcement to stop working.

•	Small changes to the GPS-code

•	Fixed a bug which caused the start button to be disabled on some devices.

•	Small changes to the rendering to improve responsiveness.

•	The uninstaller no longer asks to remove all settings and data while updating from an older version.

•	Fixed announcement precision on language cultures which doesn't use a dot as decimal separator.

•	Announcements now work for feet / miles.

•	Changed to small distances will show up in feet instead of miles for imperial units.

I haven't had the time to write a kmz exporter yet, but its on the TODO-list. But you can still view your result on google maps if you select "Menu->File->Upload".

I think i've fixed the issue with the large taskbar, so I would really appriciate if you could try out 1.0.0.3 to see if it works.

Thanks in advance :).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hedphelym:
I love this app! seriously, so easy to use, and i'ts just awesome.

Thank you x 100 for making this.

I've been searching for such an app for a long time,

and now i finally found one that's perfect for motorcycling.

And one thing; could you add "motorcycle" to the list? :)

And it works great on my HTC Diamond.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Version 1.0.0.4 is now available, it contains a few bug fixes as well as the ability to keep results private on the webpage.

Thank you, I'm glad you like it :). Adding motorcycle could certainly be done, but I'm not sure It's really required since "Motor Vehicle" already exists.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Fergus278:
Awesome, it is just what i am looking for. I do a lot of hill walking, and the most important part is having a trail in case you need to re-trace your steps.

i originally found another app called Astrolabe http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=523183 that does something similar but allows you to send an sms to indicate your current position. Again very useful but lacking the tracking ability. However this app indicates the problems with controlling the GPS connection in relation to power consumption and battery life. It turns out that for a reasonable battery life the GPS connection can only be used every 30min.

What is the battery life impact of this app, and how often does it poll the GPS connection?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
I haven't implemented any feature for turning of the GPS and wake the device every 30 minute, so I'm afraid marathon (in its current state) isn't what you are searching for. I guess you want the battery to last at least 24 hours without turning of the application?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raziel1984:
Any chance to see the source,i am new to WM coding so it would be great to see such a great example.

If you like I also could provide translation to italian.

P.S: Great works:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Matzix:
I'm very impressed about the low battery consumption of Marathon! First, I was also asking about a GPS configuration dialog, but it seems that the direct access of the GPS intermediate driver is a better approach to this. Ooije, if you will implement a COM-connection to the GPS in order to improve compatibility, please keep the existing approach as an option - at least to be able to compare battery consumption. I'm quite sure, that using a COM-Port will significantly decrease battery life!

Regarding the track-matching-algorithm: I've uploaded two "sprints" on the same course "TDP: 2xnorm, lang" and they are not recognized as same course. This might be due to an inaccuracy of the GPS receiver. EDIT: I've added another one :-) Another reason might be, that there is a variation of the starting point due to different times to first GPS fix. Usually I start logging in my flat (where I do have no reception of course) and it takes some time to get a fix on the street. Actually the starting and end point are the same, but also the end point seems to be misplaced - it ends just 100m before.

You might be interested in GPSCycleComputer...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Thank you. It's written in .NET CF, so Reflector will reveal everything, whether i like it or not ;).

I haven't had the time to even think about parsing the raw NMEA directly from a COM-port, so another GPS driver will (unfortunately) not be available for a while. I will however keep the GPS-intermediate driver as an alternative if I ever write a NMEA-parser.

When I get the time I'll take a look at your result (and probably some other results as well) and see if i can loosen up the detection algorithm a bit. If so, your results will be updated automagically in a batch job ;).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Version 1.0.0.5 is out, here are the changes:

Changed so the altitude diagrams show total altitude, instead of altitude gained.

Added an "Enable all/Disable all" button on the announcement form.

Added support for devices which didn't provide a valid Position DOP.

Added support for devices which didn't send out both sea level and ellipsoid altitude.

Added support for devices which didn't send out device status.

Added an option to export a result to KML (Keyhole Markup Language, used by Google Maps / Google Earth etc.).

I hope you like it. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sergutel:
Hi, sorry for late response.

Now I see you reached version .5 :)

See my comments in bold.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kodimagnyl:
Great app - just what i've been searching for....

It's working perfectly om TD with gen.Y ROM.

A few small ideas/wishes:

- A quick way to change speed units while running (eg min/km to Km/h),

- An option that automatically orients the map according to your course eg rotates map accorning to compas direction the last 5 seconds

- MOST important an option to adjust volume of voices independently from system volume as I guess most people listen to music while runnning and it's difficult to get the right "mix"

cheers, Jesper
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xymoza:
can somebody please upload the cab file? im trying to download it but i guess the site is currently down. thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NaskITA:
I'm not able to view speed and altitude graph in marathon site... it's a problem of mine or this is a feature not yet implemented?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] segadc:
I tried this yesterday and for some reason it affected Google maps. All the lettering was messed up. I uninstalled it and it fixed it. Not sure why it did this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Thanks allot for the input. The easy way would be to implement functionality to change the configuration from Marathon. But I rather not touch the devices configuration since I can't test it on every device there is and it might break some other application for users. This leaves me with parsing the raw NMEA directly from a COM-port, which I unfortunately not have time to implement right now :(. But you will probably get it working by adding the registry keys manually.

Thank you :). Maybe I shouldn't treat speed and pace as the same thing, but the screen is quite small so a change will have to wait until I improve the skin system (so the user can chose which gauges to place where). Changing the map so it always point in the correct direction would indeed be cool, but right now the map only refresh every 30 second to keep the application from draining the battery. I've increased the volume of the announcements for the next version, I'll look into a way of changing the volume independently later.

I re-added it to the first post, sorry about that. I don't know what happened with my internet connection, but it was working yesterday when I got home.

It's not implemented yet, but it got quite high priority on my TODO-list. :)

That's strange, marathon shouldn't change anything on the device except the following two folders:

/Program Files/Marathon/*

/Application Data/Marathon/*

There is no writing to the registry either. Did you have Marathon and Google maps started at the same time?

Thanks for all the feedback :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Matzix:
Marathon died...

Two days ago, when I came back from a 22km run, marathon mobile was shut down and instead I got a message, that data storage is low. So what happened: Some time ago, only about 2km of a 27km run were recorded. Due to this, I enabled detailled logging, as the log for this run only told me, that marathon was started, but was not telling about, what happened in between. In the meantime I have collected approx. 40 MB of log data and the device was running out of space for recording my current run. But even more, I was not able to start marathon any more (even after having freed up memory space). With your hint

I found out, that this error cleared the settings file (i.e. it was 0 Bytes), which prevented marathon from starting. Moving the complete add data folder to PC fixed it. So, being more fail-proof is now on top of my wish list :-)

- If a settings files is corrupted, marathon should at least be able to start with clean settings

- Marathon might write a backup of recorded data to "disk" every 10 minutes of operation, so sprints can be partly restored even if marathon got killed during recording

- Maybe you can issue a warning at starting a recording, if detailled logging is enabled and disk space is lower than 20 MB (and/or stop detailled logging if disk space is below 2 MB)

BTW: I have another more cosmetic suggestion: If you start logging when GPS is not fixed, a message box pops up, which has to be confirmed. I'd prefer not to have that message box (and need to tap that small "ok"), but having something like "waiting for GPS" on the "time elapsed" screen, which disappears automatically.

Cheers,

Matzix
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
I’m sorry for your lost result, and thank a lot for the info. These are all valid changes to improve the application from unwanted behavior. I'll put them on my TODO-list and see what I can do about the cosmetic thing as well.

Thank you :).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spacejam:
Hi Ooije,

great work !!

I wanna try to cook Marathon in my ROM, it works but it doesn't recognize my QVGA device. It seems to work in VGA mode.

If I try to install your cab it works fine. It seems CAB setup sets QVGA resolution during install process. Not the same if I cook it.

Any suggestions ??

Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Sorry, I don't know anything about ROM cooking :(. Are there any other differences between your QVGA and VGA devices? Are the /Application Data/ and /Program Files/ folders created before the cab is installed?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cyberplanete:
Thank you

First of all, please excuse my english which is not very good.

I needed a tool like this when I run... Wonder how many kilometers I did and how fast I run. You made it .. thank you.

I am sure this sofware will interest many runners...

I will test it thorougly tomorow...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hausman:
Installs and works on the Sprint Samsung Intrepid (QVGA 6.5 device). I had to install .Net CF 3.5 first and soft-reset (apparently the Intrepid ships with an older .Net CF, which surprised me).

This looks really cool!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] andycted:
hi, on my blackstone marathon exits right after starting a new activity, anybody knows why ? I'm on wm build 28014 / sense ui 2.5.1922, previous builds didn't have this problem. Actually with versione 1.1.0.1 works ok, while last version doesn't
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Hi

There's a bug in 1.1.0.5 which can cause the application to crash, I did a quick fix and released 1.1.0.7 before I went on vacation. I didn't have time to update the web page, so the file on the page is still named Marathon_1_1_0_5, but it's actually 1.1.0.7 (ill fix that soon :)).

Sorry about that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
on the first post it says v1.0.0.7 but the dowload link brings ti 1.0.0.5 and on your website it is also version 1.0.0.5 !! :confused:

oups sorry I didn't read the post above.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ToneDEF_au:
Awesome Work

Hi Ooije, thanks for writing this excellent application and the accompanying website.

I’ve noticed a problem with the accuracy of the Rankings on the site. It’s possible for users to upload tracks/sprints that can mess with the averages. One point in case would be Sprint 2363 by Einzigartig2. It is listed as a walk but as the speed is 480 km/h it looks more like a plane flight to me. Would it be possible to filter the sprints either on the phone prior to uploading or on the website to avoid such errors?

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Hi

With a top speed of 5000 km/h he must have quite a decent plane ;). I've marked it as invalid so it shouldn't mess with the statistics any more. Thanks for reporting it! I realize that this is not the only result thats wrong, the most common mistake is probably to upload as run (which is the default) when using a bike or car. I have plans to implement a "report" button for unrealistic results, so a decent solution is on the way :). I've also implemented a method to check is someone have edited the data manually before uploading, but I haven't started the validation yet.

Thanks for your feedback, I'm glad you like Marathon!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dimebar:
Bug in Goal screen

Very nice app, thanks... I just wanted to report a bug I found which causes the application to crash whenever the "Set Time Goal". Here's what I did:

Create a new track, save it, and set it as a time goal

Start a new session and set a generic time-based goal

Save the new session with a different track name

Delete the original file (removing all signs of the original track)

Application crashes when you take the "Set Time Goal" menu option

The application log is:

As a workaround I deleted the <SprintReference> stanza from settings.xml and things started working again. Hope this is enough to help you reproduce the problem.

Finally, I do have an enhancement request :) Any chance of a an option for a finger friendly button bar (e.g. with Start, Stop, Pause, and "Set Goal" buttons)

Thanks again for a great app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Thanks, I'm glad you like it! And thanks for the detailed error report, I've managed to reproduce the error and It'll fixed in the next release. I'll take your feature request into consideration and see what I can do to enhance the UI.

Regards

Johan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ToneDEF_au:
Hi Ooije,

Just like to add my input for a feature I think would be good in a future release.

When saving/uploading new sprints the interface drop down menus default to:

Track-First track in the list (sorted alphabetically)

Method-Run (Second in the list)

Would it be possible to have them default to the last used?

Thanks in advance...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
I've been annoyed by the lack of that feature myself. I'll put it on the TODO-list, thanks for the feedback :).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anandus:
Does anyone know where I can download this application?

The website from the startpost looks quite dead...

Oh, never mind, it's up again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] runningtiger:
I've only tried this program twice, but each time the date of the saved file is off by one day. So my walk on the 15th is saved as the 16th and my walk on the 17th is saved as the 18th. ( !? )

Looking more closely at the file info in Marathon, I notice that the time is off by 7 hours. My walk was actually at 8:17pm on the 17th, but the file says it was at 3:17am on the 18th.

When I look at the files saved in \Application Data\Marathon\ the file date and time information is correct. For instance the file for the walk above says it was created on the 17th at 20:38 (when I saved the file at the end of my walk).

My time zone is GMT -8 Pacific US (actually -7 right now thanks to daylight saving time) and I have verified the clock and time zone are set correctly on my phone. I've also verified two other time based programs show the correct information.

I've read the whole thread and saw no mention of this problem by anyone else. Lucky me! :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Sorry, I had to do some database maintenance.

Thanks for reporting this bug, I'll look into it!

Regards

Johan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
This should be fixed now, along with the following:

The current recording is automatically persisted beyond application restarts.

A new percentage announcement is added. It can be configured to play a special sound at 50% so you know when you're supposed to turn around.

Added a new announcement for interval training.

Added a result trim feature to remove unwanted delays in the beginning or end of a recording.

Added a "delayed start" feature.

The last used track and method is automatically selected during save.

Solved a bug in the conversion between lbs to kg.

Solved a time zone bug which caused the wrong day to be displayed.

A few minor improvements and bug fixes.

Added Portuguese translation. Thanks to Alvaro Diaz Marques!

Added Hungarian translation. Thanks to Balazs Nemes - baleesoft!

Added translations for Ukrainian and Russian. Thanks to Igor Andriychuk!

Sorry for the long delay, and thanks again for reporting the bug :).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ink718:
Ill give it a try on my TP2 and report how it works out ;].
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Bouncypete:
Future development idea!

I use GPS tracking all the time whilst riding my Mountain Bike. When your out in wild there are often tracks made by animals that go nowhere, thus I create a .GPX route on my PC using google earth and Memory-Map. Then I upload the route to my phone, then go out and ride that route.

The trouble is that you have to take your eyes off the trail to look at your phone to see if you are still following the intended trail. To me it would be a logical extension of this app to be able to follow .gpx routes and call out how far to the next waypoint or if you are off course.

Anyway, the app look good, I'll give it a try. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Peteret:
Strange - seems to have a life of its own. Left on my desk and already .5 mile has clocked up at a speed of 4mph. Even draws the phantom route its taken!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Its a cool idea, but not the easiest to implement properly. I'll think about it and see what I can do.

The application is only intended for outdoor use (I assume your desk is indoors ;)) What you're seeing is noice in the GPS-signal.

Thanks for the comments :).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DearMond:
Thank you very much Ooije for this very handy app. Very clean Interface, really great! Using it on my Diamond and everything working fine!

Till some days ago i just exported my running results as a .kml file and used Google Earth to check my tracks, but then i discovered that the corresponding website is providing the same functionality and started to use "Upload result" option on my mobile.

The only thing that is not working for me, is the Silverlight plugin (installed the last version provided by Microsoft website) for Mozilla Firefox on my Mac, it loads just fine when i click the dashboard link, but when i want to proceed to the detailed view of my sprints it hangs up, i meen Firefox hangs up, can anyone confirm this or is it my issue? When i deactivate the Silverlight plugin in Firefox, then everything loads just fine, but ofcource w/o that beautiful graphics for speed etc. Also tried to use Safari, to load the "Sprint View" page - works fine too, only Firefox seems to have troubles.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ToneDEF_au:
marathon-mobile.net server down

I'm sure it's only temporary & nothing to worry about but I've been trying to upload a new sprint for the last couple of hours, I can't browse to the site and my attempts to ping marathon-mobile.net time out.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ToneDEF_au:
Re: marathon-mobile.net server down

All is good, website is back up again. (Latest sprint uploaded)

Still can't get a ping from marathon-mobile.net, not sure what's up with that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Sorry, I don't have a access to a Mac so I can't verify it :(. But it would be good to know if its a general error with that configuration. I assume you're using the latest version of Firefox?

Sorry, my server experienced a power failure. The firewall doesn't respond to pings, so that part is working as expected :).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frankf75:
I have been using this for couple of months. Simple and clean user interface.

Couple of weeks ago I decided to try the upload option. It always give me the following error:

"Failed to invoke the upload service, make sure you have a working internet connection, a valid account and the latest version of client software."

I thought maybe I haven't the last version, but after installing version 1.3.1.5 still the same error.

Am I the only one with this problem?

My mobile is an Omnia 2 and wifi connection is active.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ToneDEF_au:
Hi frankf75,

sounds like you haven't created an account on the Marathon-Mobile website.

You can register at www.marathon-mobile.net/Authorization/Register.

Hope this helps...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frankf75:
Thanks for your reply, but I already have an account on the site.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ooije:
Can you browse to http://www.marathon-mobile.net/ on the phone? If you can there shouldn't be any connectivity issues. In that case I can take a look at your log files and see if I can find anything wrong there. They are located in "/Program Files/Marathon/Logs". I've sent my e-mail address as a private message.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frankf75:
Is there anyone with Samsung i8000 that could upload the results to marathon-mobile.net?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Sure, I use an Omnia 2 (i8000) and it works quite well, a bit jittery/noisy signal but that is the device fault, not marathon mobile.

my user on marathon-mobile.net is gunnar if you want to see my running results.

Is this what you asked for?

//Gunnar