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davewhit
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:32 am    Post subject: Suntime With V7 Reply with quote

Has anyone else noticed with version 7.1 on tomtom one suntime can not be accessed properly, its all mixed up any help

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it relies on the SDK then it's not going to work. TomTom withdrew support for applications written by 3rd parties utilising the SDK from v7.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"rousillat" the author of Suntime, announced HERE that the majority of his SDK-based add-ons ARE still working in v7 (although Suntime wasn't specifically mentioned, I think I read elsewhere that it was OK).
Suggest the OP gets in touch with him direct.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The screen is garbage but the application still works on the device producing the desired screen setting changes when required, this has been reported elsewhere on the forum - Mike
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got a Go500 running Nc7 and the latest Suntime no problems!! Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like Simian my 500 is still running Suntime correctly after upgrading to NC7
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FYI my GO700 was running Suntime under Navcore 7.16 however The Help Me file was not accesible in Navcore 7.16 if suntime was working. The only way to get the help me file was to remove suntime.

Does anyone know how to get both working correctly???
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, Suntime etc use a custom menu file, and using one of those messes up the new menu items in v7 (Help me and Map Corrections). This is all down to TomTom stopping support for their own SDK (software developers' kit) that people had paid a lot of money for.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bryce wrote:
FYI my GO700 was running Suntime under Navcore 7.16 however The Help Me file was not accesible in Navcore 7.16 if suntime was working. The only way to get the help me file was to remove suntime.

Does anyone know how to get both working correctly???


you dont need to have the menu, just remove it from sdkregistry , suntime works ok without menu icons, configuration via config.txt
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Dr Pepper can you be a bit more speciic please I have removed all info from the SDK folders. Do I need to reinstall suntime and remove the entries from the SDKregistry folder (I have 2 SD* folders.
How do I configure with config.txt

sorry to be a bit thick

Thanks Bryce
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To get Suntime running using only the config file and also to get the Help Me menu back do the following.

1. Install Suntime as normal
2. Use Windows Explorer to browse the contents of your Tomtom
3. Open the SDKRegistry folder in the root of the Tomtom directory and delete the 2 files in there.
4. Open the Suntime folder and create a new text file in there and rename it to config.txt
5. Open the config.txt file and copy and paste the following into it then save it

[Begin parameters]
language english.lng
period 60
gmtoffset 0
twilight yes
verbose normal
[End parameters]

NOTE: change gmtoffset to the appropriate value if you are not in the UK and also change twilight to no if you want Suntime to switch at exact sunrise and sunset times

6. In the root directory of your Tomtom create a new text file and rename it to cleanup.txt.
7. Open the cleanup.txt file and paste the following into it and save it (this will start Suntime at start-up and in conjunction with the config file above will mean you no longer need the menu facility)

daemon|suntime/suntime|

8. To test it, start Tomtom and change the colour scheme and see if Suntime switches it correctly.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi dooderooni

Thanks very much for the instructions, now I know why I could not find config.txt!!

Will try this later today,

Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Andy_P2002 wrote:
No, Suntime etc use a custom menu file, and using one of those messes up the new menu items in v7 (Help me and Map Corrections). This is all down to TomTom stopping support for their own SDK (software developers' kit) that people had paid a lot of money for.


I'm not sure this is strictly true. I've got both Suntime and Quickam working on my Go300 with v7.16. I have deleted my custom menu file, but icons for both apps appear on page 4 of the Main Menu (as the only two icons on this page). even the Suntime data entry screen appears to be working fine.

However, I don't have a HelpMe icon (though from what I've read elsewhere, I'm not missing much!). Does anyone know if I am likely to be missing any other icons from the Main Menu? My menu structure is reproduced below:

Page 1: Navigate to, Find alternative, TomTom Traffic, Add Favourite, Change preferences.
Page 2: Prepare Route, Browse map, Map corrections, Manage phones, Itinerary planning.
Page 3: TomTom PLUS services, View route, TomTom Weather, Guided tours, Clear route
Page 4: Quick Add Camera, Suntime

Where should the HelpMe icon normally appear?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

and if you dont like suntime in version7 then use daylight which works fantastic in ver7. there is no set up as it uses the gps position in relation to the sun and daylight saving. imho works better than sunlight in ver7
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi daggers I have a GO700 with 7.161 and the helpme icon appears on main menu page 1
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