Spot User Manual - Skylab Mobilesystems
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1. Serial 123456769 Figure 2 1 About screen with registration information To register your demo version of Spot click Register Spot in the main menu and enter your name and serial number you have received from Skylab Mobilesystems or one of our distributors Handango Please enter your Palm ID PocketPC ID Smartphone ID Symbian ID in the name field and the license key in the serial field Share it Please enter your registration name in the name field and the license key in the serial field 3 Using Spot 3 1 Settings 3 1 1 Location Provider The Location Provider is an important part of Spot This component provides the positioning function for all position based features A location provider must be activated for the positioning support to work You have to select a positioning device first The following location providers are supported by Spot Bluetooth GPS If your device supports the Bluetooth API JSR 82 you can check this in the hardware information screen at Settings gt Hardware Info you can use your Bluetooth GPS de vice with this location provider Some devices support Bluetooth only through virtual serial ports For those devices you have to use the Serial port location provider The Bluetooth discovery for devices in range is started by running Spot Go to the Blue tooth settings to select one of the discovered devices Settings Location provider selection gt Bluetooth GPS 102. Spot LocotionProvi gt settings i der Selection Serial port Global settings Network Key config Options w Bock Options Figure 3 1 Setting up a Bluetooth GPS location provider Now you can select your Bluetooth GPS receiver as the location provider Network Spot can connect to a NMEA GPS server on a network You have to provide the IP address and the port of the server Be sure that your network connection e g GPRS is already configured Settings Location provider selection Network 11 Spot LocationProvi gt settings gt der Selection Locotion pro der Bluetooth GPS selection Serial port Global settings Key config Options w Back Options Network GPS Selection Figure 3 2 Setting up a network loction provider Serial port A serial GPS device must be connected to your mobile device via cable to the serial port The default setting of most GPS receivers is 4800 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity The serial port location provider can also be used to connect to infrared and Bluetooth GPS receivers if they have been mapped to a virtual serial port by the operat ing system of the mobile device Settings Location provider selection Serial port 12 Spot LocotionProvi der Selection Global settings Key config Options Bock jOptions Bock Serial GPS Selection Boudrate 4600 Dotobits Options
3. Sets up Spot to display all drawing components map elevation satellites etc in fullscreen mode Some devices like Nokia phones do not support this feature Units You can choose between metric and imperial also known as US customary or English unit representation Time You can choose between local time and General Mean Time Universal Time Coordinated GMT UTC display Draw Text Background If this option is enabled text outputs position button action in the map view will be painted on a solid background for better readability Check on Startup for New Version If this option is enabled Spot will automatically check on startup whether you are using the latest version recommended The settings are saved on your mobile device and are reloaded on the next start of the application 3 1 3 Key Configuration Spot supports a wide range of devices which often have different key layouts If the default binding does not work or is not comfortable for you you can change it here You have to press a key for each function and select next key from the menu until all keys are set 3 1 4 Hardware Info Shows device specific information like CLDC and MIDP versions and JSR capabilities 3 1 5 Log The application s log file for information and debugging purposes 15 Spot x 3 2 Position Info The Position Info screen shows the current position according to your location provider e g your GPS
4. ee 30 es ee ee 30 pa wey eR Ban Bee Bear A ee ed 30 1 Introduction Spot combines the power of GPS with worldwide maps and a flexible waypoint manage ment Orientation and routing enables you to find interesting places store and share them with others Spot s features e Positioning information GPS status coordinates height speed heading signal strength and current time e Maps Integrated world map map download from the Internet or import of your own maps simultaneously display waypoint and map layers e Waypoint management Add edit categorize import and export waypoints e Satellites Get the position information of satellites in view only available when using Bluetooth GPS e Elevation Elevation graph of your track Using modern Java technology allows us to offer Spot for a wide range of portable devices Mobile phones and PDAs running PalmOS or Windows are the supported platforms for this version The GPX waypoint format support assures an easy to use waypoint exchange and a trouble free integration into other applications Our unique combination of GPS positioning and WMS map server access allows you to navigate on the map of your choice from the endless pool of maps available through free WMS servers all over the world Being a geo interested traveller you can memorize all the highlights on your trips visualize your tracks or use Spot to lead you to interesting places Waypoints are available from different dat
5. mobile device must support the standardized JSR 75 specification for file access Spot Note Even if not all of the given requirements are fulfilleded by your mobile device Spot will run nonetheless but it will be limited in functionality Features not supported by your device will not be accessable We encourage you to try out our demo version of Spot to determine which features are support by your mobile device 2 3 Installation over the air OTA Spot can be downloaded OTA via Internet to the device and installed directly This is the easiest method to install Spot on your device OTA is supported by many devices but not all The device needs a working Internet connection You can use a WAP browser or a microbrowser to access Skylab Mobilesystems OTA Download Center and install it directly The OTA download link for the most recent demo version of Spot is located at http micro skylab mobilesystems com Be sure to choose the right link Spot is located under the corresponding title There are two versions for mobile devices available Spot and Spot for JSR 179 If your mobile device supports JSR 179 Location API you can choose the second one If not you have to choose the first one without JSR 179 support Because some devices only support an installation of jar files while others support only jad files and again others support both of them we provide the download link for each version as spot jad and spot ja
6. receiver Apart from the GPS status indicator it displays longitude and latitude in decimal degrees height speed and time information A typical Position Info screen looks like this 3 3 Position Info 385140830 1145043166 Height 409 ft ime Me Time 09 03 30 UTC D Sotellites 10 GPS Aiumnlitu Options w Back lOptions Figure 3 5 Position information Map The Map view shows your current position on data layers Spot supports the following data layers e OGC Web Map Services WMS Georeferenced map image files Waypoints Points Of Interest Tracklog Worldmap 16 Spot f 3 3 1 Navigation in Map View Cursor position 7 sg z I 13005 GPS position Figure 3 6 Items on the Map You can navigate in the map view by pressing the corresponding keys to zoom and pan or let the location provider automatically pan to the current position The key binding for map navigation is device dependent the default configuration might not work on your device The key binding can be changed with Settings Key config The configura tion is saved permanently and is automatically reloaded on the next start of Spot The default key configuration assigns four keys pointing in the four directions and a key for switching between zoom and pan mode Using zoom mode you can zoom in with the arrow up key or zoom out with the arrow down key The mode can be changed by pressing
7. the key in the center The current mode is displayed in the upper right corner Using pan mode you can change the displayed part of the map with the four arrow keys Note If your client supports pointer events see below there are three modes zoom in zoom out and pan Using keys instead of the pointer the zoom in and zoom out modes behave in the same way If you activate the center map to location feature pan mode is replaced by auto center Panning is done automatically depending on your position To avoid a too frequent recentering of the map which might result in new Web Map Service requests if 17 Spot you have enabled a WMS layer the map is only recentered if the current position differs more than 20 pixels from the display center This feature can be set through Settings gt Global Settings center map to location or Map gt Global Settings center map to location In zoom mode there are 3 different zoom levels 2x 4x and 8x You can switch be tween the zoom levels with the space key or the key you have configured in your settings poo o vu E 2 asc 1 3 0 s Figure 3 7 Default key settings If your device has a touch screen and supports pointer events you can check this in the hardware info screen at Settings Hardware info it is possible to use the touchscreen for navigation in the map There are three modes zoom in zoom out and pan The mode can be changed by pressing on the curr
8. w Bock Figure 3 3 Setting up a serial port location provider Location API JSR 179 Location API support is usually provided by devices with an integrated GPS receiver or another kind of positioning method e g getting the positioning data from the net work carrier No settings are needed just activate it Settings gt Location provider selection Location API JSR 179 13 Spot LocotionProvi der Selection Serial port Network Global settings Key config Bock Options Figure 3 4 Setting up a JSR 179 Location Provider 3 1 2 Global Settings You can modify the following global settings Center Map to Location Automatically centers the map to the current position as reported by your location provider Show Position on Map Shows the latitude longitude of the current position on the map screen Power Saving Mode Activating this option will lessen Spot s usage of the positioning device and should decrease battery drain As a disadvantage positioning information will be less accurate and updates will be slower This option depends on JSR 179 support and therefore cannot be used on devices which do not support this feature Reduce Canvas Height Due to a bug in some Java VM implementations which report a wrong screen height to Spot the bottom of the screen might not be displayed correctly You can select an offset to reduce the size of the visible screen here 14 Spot Fullscreen Mode
9. Skylab Mobilesystems Ltd http www skylab mobilesystems com Spot User Manual Skylab s positioning and orientation tool Version 1 4 1 Contents 3 5 21 D evic s sse de a ras A A E A A 5 eee Be ae vee x by gk ee a cs wh tees EO ee AS 5 2 3 Installation over the air OTA o o 6 2 4 Installation manolo d lt 4 oe ia AA mR eS 6 2 5 Installation on PDAs sisas as es A ee RSS 7 sa eee A Bee oe a ee a 9 pepe Ree es dase teat S Oe ee Ree he e pee 9 3 1 1 Location Provider x 4 4 4 bs ww anda w a Ob Be Rae e 9 Sh Ss A de cds A aa 13 a ica ica ra pd A 14 ass Le Ged a AS e dos e do Ds o 14 Dalia LOU sarao a A de cds de a ee 14 ites ahd matas a eb a e 15 33 Map ke saroe a Re ee A A a a 15 3 3 1 Navigation in Map View 16 ps e cae rd a e 18 pe a we dee at e 19 te OA ee we ds 19 E aw eee Maeda hee Be we 20 AAA 21 a a a eee a 21 Spot Ate eee ee oe EP E A eee 22 3 4 1 Add Waypoint serrana ESE a 22 Se oh ee a E IO wt a ESE E 23 tae eek ee ee ee ae BS ete eee 24 rain 25 3 4 5 Waypoint Import and Expert 24 0 20424 244 ee aw ek vs 25 Da ea ee Be BE Eee Bee ee eee eee oes 26 3 6 Satellites 24 24 42 e deha n 4268 4R R44 44644 FH eo EE 26 4 Troubleshooting 28 A AENA a Gos 28 4 2 Costumer Support lt lt ieczeieris Pew habaxedabae da Ga x 29 5 Warranty 30 A x 6 4 a Sob eb er Sw bE Ae ae OSS Be AGS Bo Ro ee 30 o Ei Be A a
10. a specific proprietary map service Skylab Mobilesystems hosts a list of public accessible WMS services at Each WMS usually allows you to select multiple lay ers which are rendered into one image by the server Spot has integrated some ex ample WMS URLs To change the default WMS select LayerManager gt Web Map Service gt Options You can use a custom WMS by entering the Capabilities URL 3 3 4 Georeference Map Image File Layer If your device supports the PIM File Access API JSR 75 you can check this in the hardware info screen Settings Hardware info it is possible to load your own map image files To add your map image as a data layer go to Map LayerManager add geo file Note This option only appears if JSR 75 is supported 20 Spot Image Format Worldfile png pgw gif gfw Jpg jpeg jgw tif tiff tfw bmp bpw Table 3 1 Supported worldfile formats Spot will automatically georeference your map images if a world file is available A world file is a text file which has the same name as the map image file but a different file extension and contains georeferencing information If you do not have a world file you can georeference your map image manually by entering the coordinates of the upper left and lower right corner of the image in decimal degrees Remember that some devices do not support all image formats The PNG format however is supported by all devices Spot sup
11. abases on the internet and can be imported on the fly This definitely is a nifty way to explore new places Discover nice hangouts add additional commentaries to your waypoints and let other people know about them And for our Spot 5 geo treasure hunting friends out there Spot offers the import of waypoints and descrip tions provided by 2 Installation 2 1 Devices This version of Spot can be used on a broad spectrum of mobile devices Java enabled cell phones smartphones and PDAs can be used However due to this diversity the installation process differs depending on the device 2 2 Requirements Spot is designed to run on all MIDP2 0 CLDC1 0 compatible devices which includes al most all mobile phones and PDA available today Due to memory limitations however a few devices are currently not fully supported If you want to use Web Map Services you will need a working network connection In most cases this will be GPRS UMTS IEEE802 11 Wifi WLAN or Bluetooth For the positioning features you have to use one of the wide range of supported positioning devices and methods Bluetooth GPS receiver via JSR 82 or Bluetooth over virtual serial port e GPS receiver via serial cable device integrated CompactFlash or SD IO GPS receivers which emulate a serial port e JSR 179 location API e GPS NMEA server on the network To be able to import and export waypoint files LOC and GPX formats are currently supported your
12. ava Environment needed for Spot Palm OS based PDAs require the IBM J9 VM for Palm OS Pocket PC based PDAs require the IBM J9 VM for Pocket PC Installation Choose Linux and Windows there log in and follow the directions until you reach the download page Download the package matching your hardware This should usually be the WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment MIDP 2 0 for Windows Mobile 2003 2nd Edition Install the software as described in IBM s documentation Spot exits after some minutes Why Spot is generally distributed as a demo version and will exit if the time limitation is reached In this case a message will be shown that the time limitation of the demo version is reached and Spot will exit If you are not actively using Spot at that moment you might miss this user information alert However you can restart Spot again and if you have received a serial key from Skylab Mobilesystems Ltd or one of our distributors you should enter it in Spot to enable the full version which does not have a runtime limitation 29 Spot 4 2 Costumer Support Please send us an email with your questions or comments We monitor all emails and will promptly reply to your inquiries Email info skylab mobilesystems com 30 5 Warranty 5 1 License Copyright by Skylab Mobilesystems 2005 2006 all rights reserved Spot is subject to the Skylab Mobilesystems Ltd Software License Agreement which version is available from h
13. ent mode displayed in the upper right corner 18 Spot 3 3 2 The Layer Manager Scale info Waypoints TrackLog Heb Map Service worldMap Options Show map Figure 3 8 Layer manager screen To add new layers or to toggle the visibility of layers use the Layer manager in the menu The Layer manager shows a list of all currently loaded layers and their visibility setting which can either be visible checkbox is checked or invisible checkbox is not checked Scale info is a special layer which shows the current scale in the lower left corner of the map The layer on top of the Layer manager list will be visualized on top of the map Some layers might overlap so you can change the order with the commands Move layer up and Move layer down A layer can be deleted with the command Delete layer After deleting a layer it can no longer be used Usually you just want to turn off the visibility 19 Spot 3 3 3 Web Map Service Web Map lt Service O Terroserver Satel Terraserver Topo GO JPL World Map Se custom mop serv custom service capabilities URL http Options Cancel Figure 3 9 WMS Layer Options Due to compliance to the OGC Open GIS Consortium WMS standard you can access a huge amount of free Web Map Services which provide you with topographic aerial and street maps directly to your mobile device Your are not bound to a subscription based service or restricted to use
14. ete them as well 3 4 4 Get Geocaching Details for Waypoints Spot has extensive built in geocaching support For geocaches from http www geocaching com the cache description can be downloaded on the fly After downloading the cache description it will be added to the waypoint description Use Waypoints Browse Waypoints Details Get cache description to download it 3 4 5 Waypoint Import and Export You can import waypoints in the popular waypoint formats GPX and LOC Waypoints can also be exported as GPX file Details on other applications supporting GPX and sites with GPX waypoints can be found at http www topografix com gpx asp To import waypoints from a website select Waypoints GPX import web or select Waypoints gt LOC import web The waypoints will be downloaded to your device and integrated into the Spot waypoint database The waypoints will be stored in a new category named after the download URL If your device supports the PIM File Access API JSR 75 check this in the hardware info screen Settings Hardware info it is also possible to load GPX and LOC files from the file system of your device Select Waypoints GPX import file or Waypoints LOC import file to do this By using JSR 75 you can export the Spot waypoint database to a GPX file Waypoints GPX export file to share your waypoints or process them in other applications Note These options only appear if JSR 75 is supported 26 S
15. lled with data from the current position You can change them if you like to If no position is available the fields default to 0 The following information can be entered X the longitude in decimal degrees Y the latitude in decimal degrees e Z the elevation in meters or in feet go to Settings gt Global Settings Units to change the unit settings Category select on of the preconfigured or your own categories to sort your way points 23 Spot e Name a short name for the waypoint limited to 20 characters e Description description of or additional information for the waypoint limited to 200 characters 3 4 2 Browse Waypoints Waypoints Anjar Antichita Storiche Antigua Guatemala Antipodes Islands Anzer Island Aqueduct ons Back Figure 3 13 Browse Waypoints screen You can browse through all waypoints stored on your device Each waypoint is displayed in the list with the waypoint name and its corresponding category symbol You can per form the following operations on the selected waypoint Edit Delete show Details Details Shows all available information for the selected waypoint Edit You can edit all fields of the waypoint like in Waypoints add Waypoint Delete Deletes the selected waypoint Route To Route to an existing waypoint from your current location To allow the routing to a waypoint select one in the list and activate the routing screen by pressing select If y
16. ou have not created or imported waypoints before the list will be empty 24 Spot The routing screen will show you a blue arrow that tells the direction you should go towards your target destination Furthermore it shows information like the waypoint s name your current speed the estimated time of arrival ETA and the estimated time en route ETE The circle around the direction arrow is a compass The red line of the circle shows the north direction based on the GPS heading Distance 2851 ft 5 ETA E A 11 12 13 Destination ETE Joey 00 05 56 Options Bock Figure 3 14 Going to Joey Note If you are not moving some GPS receivers will report a speed of 0 km h or mph and a heading of 0 degrees This will a show a direction heading north Furthermore ETA and ETE cannot be calculated if you are not moving 3 4 3 Manage Categories You can manage your waypoint categories here Each waypoint belongs to one category If no category is specified the waypoint is assocciated with the default category You can add rename or delete a category or change its icon Add Creates a new waypoint category Select Icon Chooses an icon for the category This allows you to quickly identify the category of a waypoint on the map 25 Spot Rename Renames an existing category Delete Deletes the selected category If the category contains waypoints you can choose to move them to the default category or del
17. ports the following image worldfile formats You can add as many map image layers as you like but you should keep the usual memory restrictions of your device and Java VM in mind 3 3 5 Waypoints Layer The waypoint layer shows all saved waypoints on the map Each waypoint is visualized with the corresponding waypoint category icon or a red rectangle if no icon has been selected All waypoints are labeled with their name if it fits on the map screen without colliding with other labels If you can t see the labeling it is most likely that there are several waypoints clustered together Zoom in to reduce the amount of visualized waypoints 21 Spot 3 3 6 Tracklog Layer a r Home Ta ts Thertiox ely Figure 3 10 A sample tracklog layer The tracklog layer visualizes your track on the map 3 3 7 Worldmap Layer Figure 3 11 The default worldmap layer The worldmap layer displays a rough map of the world for a quick orientation If you need a more detailed map you might want to add a Web Map Service layer or a map 22 Spot image layer 3 4 Waypoints Figure 3 12 A sample waypoint layer The waypoint menu allows you to manage your waypoints You can add browse import and export waypoints or use the routing feature 3 4 1 Add Waypoint This option allows you to create a new waypoint If the location provider delivers a position the latitude longitude and height field will be pre fi
18. pot 3 5 Elevation The elevation screen shows the track elevation from the currently recorded tracklog the tracklog itself can be made visible in the map view There are two labels in this screen to show the relation of the elevation The top label indicates the highest elevation the user has reached during the current track The lower label indicates the average el evation of the track The bottom represents the lowest altitude the user has been on during track recording A common Elevation screen may look like in the following image F gt Track Elevation HE dl Options Bock Figure 3 15 Tracklog Elevation Visualization 3 6 Satellites The satellite screen is a passive component It shows the current positions of satellites in view and their signal strength The closer a displayed satellite is to the outer circle the closer is the satellite s position to the horizon The closer it is shown to the center of the circle the more it is moving to the zenith above you The inner circle symbolizes positions in an angle of 45 between the horizon and the zenith The bars show you the signal strength of a single satellite 27 Spot Figure 3 16 Satellites in View 28 4 Troubleshooting 4 1 FAQ Can use Spot on my mobile phone Spot runs on virtually any phone which supports Java MIDP2 0 CLDC1 0 Some mobile phones however do not provide enough memory to use all features of Spot Where do get the J
19. r file If you are not sure which installation is supported by your device you can simply find the right one by trying each of them Note Do NOT download the spot jad located under the Spot for Blackberry title This version will not work on common cell phones and PDAs 2 4 Installation manual To do a manual installation you have to copy Spot via cable Bluetooth or IRDA to the device You have to unpack the zip archive and copy the jar and when required also the jad file to the device The program itself is in the file spot jar Some devices also Spot need an application description which is in the additional spot jad file 2 5 Installation on PDAs Most of the PocketPCs and Palm PDAs on the market do not have a pre installed Java VM To use Spot on these devices you have to install a Java VM first Spot has been tested on the most common Java VM J9 from IBM You can get the J9 VM here IBM J9 VM for PalmOS http www palmone com us support jvm download html IBM J9 VM for PocketPC http ww 306 ibm com software wireless weme 2 6 Registration Spot comes by default as a fully functional demo version with a runtime limitation To check whether you have a demo or full version installed use the About screen If the installation is a demo version it will display Not registered If it is a registered version it will show Registered to YOUR NAME Spot f Register Spot To 3800 SEE ame YOUR NAME
20. ttp www skylab mobilesystems com en license txt 5 2 WMS Usage The contained Web Map Server configuration for the map screen is an example config uration There are no relations between Skylab Mobilesystems Ltd and the respective service providers Furthermore this configuration shall only show how free accessable WMS services can be used with Spot They are NOT part of Spot 5 3 Using Spot while Driving a Vehicle Keep your eyes on the street If you are using Spot in a vehicle while driving keep your eyes on the street It is commonly known that distracted drivers cause more accidents than attentively ones In some countries it is forbidden to use mobile devices while driving 5 4 Third Party Announcements All rights of all announced trademarks registered trademarks products images and symbols belong to their corresponding company 31
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