Trip Computer ?

sooty · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject: Trip Computer ?

Just wondered if anyone else would like to see a trip computer in TTN5.

Max Speed, Average Speed, Time Moving, Time Stationery, Distance travelled etc. Similar to that offered in the Garmin C320/330.

I know there are third party apps that can do this but I think this would be a useful addition to TTN.

Diplo · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:27 pm Post subject:

Yeah, would be nice. Even if TT just created raw data logs then it would let people develop 3rd party solutions to analyse the data. However, I guess at the moment TT's priority is getting their navigation system working reliably and ironing out the bugs Smile

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mini1400 · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 32

You can create the raw logs, I did for a trip from Scotland to Essex - will come in useful as the old bill recon I was doing 87mph on the A14 at Huntington, GPS showed I was doing 75.....

Anyway to get the log, go into the settings on the PDA (not in TOMTOM), select 'System', 'GPS' and there you can record the log. Next step is to start TOMTOM...

nej · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject:

I thought that was only available in Windows Mobile 2005?

iancjc · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject:

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barryd · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject:

The write log function is part of the GPS utility supplied with TomTom, rather than the main Navigator program. So presumably you can still have the logging if you run Navigator 5 with an older version of the GPS driver.
Is that the answer? If so, what's the prize?
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MartinBrown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 44

The big question is then, how do you load the older GPS driver into TTN5? I would find this feature very useful. I still have my copy of TTN3 and purchased the 'up'grade.

A smaller question is, can it still log even if you haven't set a route?
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mini1400 · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 32

I'm using the old wired GPS on my Mio 338, so it could be the older GPSdriver that's allowing it....

CJackel492 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 210

When I downgraded to TTN5 it automatically removed TTN3 and the GPS driver,

Sad

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mini1400 · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 32

Just tried it again today - doesn't work now Confused

Must have been some glitch in the install of TT5 when I did the upgrade - done a complete reset of the PDA since then and so it's now running the TT5 GPS drivers.....

barryd · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject:

I'm actually doing it a different way, by using GPS Gate as a layer between the GPS unit and TomTom. I bought it to be able to run other GPS apps simultaneously on the Pocket PC, but got GPS NMEA stream logging as a useful bonus, along with some other good features such as that it means my bluetooth connection to the GPS isn't closed when TomTom exits. If paying for another utility isn't an issue, I'd highly recommend it.
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