MapShow - Alan-Albrecht Service
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1. ALAN User Manual MapShow Version 1 4 5 Ten ag Gir vf iim tem ListFie Name Size KB E17 C te d Or Bourgogne FR France ALAN Electronics GmbH 2004 Daimlerstr 1 k 63303 Dreieich www map500 de System requirements CPU Pentium Il or comparable processors Memory Minimum 64 MB without the Europe map 16 MB system Windows 98 ME 2000 and XP Free hard disk memory 100 MB without maps with maps up to 1 4 GB Graphics card VGA Compatibility GPS MAP 500 operating systems V1 02ZA and V1 03ZA Installation description There are two possible installation procedures Automated procedure by using Map 500 CD ROM with a full performance range or Manual procedure using the single mapshow exe versions restricted performance range map and program downloaded from the internet While using the automated installation routine a general Europe overview map will be installed on your PC and displayed together with MapShow This map enables the user to comfortable select and arrange single maps While using the manual installation routine single maps needs to be selected from the local hard disc directory Preconditions are basic geographic knowledge of the necessary areas to assure correct map selection by the user We recommend to use the comfortable automatic installation procedure After inserting the CD ROM follow the instructions on the screen If the CD doesn t automatically start search for set2. Map5oo Save os lise Exit e Click on File and Open to select maps It is possible to read all CRD or LST files Enter CRD or LST in the field filename then select the file from the left column e Open the CRD file The map will appear in the right window To add the opened map to the element list click on List and Add element Repeat the procedure to add further maps to the element list e Click on File Save as to save the combined maps as one xxx LST file In the following window you can choose where the file should be saved and customise the filename Opening and combining of CRD files without Europe view europe cou Map500 File Show Tools List Transfer About h m amp m Add Arr Item Remove ltem Item List File Name Paris France za Stall Luxembaourg Luxe 2304 Bremen Germany 691 Berlin Germany 2261 HamburgGermany 1610 Frankfurt Am Mai 76 1 F rstentum Liecht 117 e To open several CRD files and automatically add them to the list of elements click on List Add Several Elements and select the required files The selected files are automatically added to the list of elements left field e Click on File Save as to save the combined maps as one xxx LST file e Click on Transfer PC gt GPS and Map View All selected maps will immediately be transferred to the compact flash card e To cancel the map selection mark the desired map click on List and Remove Element e o t
3. Routes Metric System e Tools Pointer or symbol 5 By selecting any position available information will be displayed longitude latitude street names e Tools Move or symbol i move map e Tools Zoom or symbol Increasing the map scale e Tools Zoom or symbol Decreasing the map scale Tools search object or A searches for any object in the open map file Search Object eue Pope rum wen T zer lect Pe egion 1 ene ns ne T aen Select AT iuo tne d SIME on it a 2i i i Er Bt ad rb Mu e elect ay PEH TES ee rene uie ee to ie sun Re ha Li i veil Sip ta ma reek al Sp tii an HAE denen Ses aue n TANT CNT ML v d Pad T A AREA ium Ay Lit DL MERO cem eme EEE OON Are es a em dnd Te chee T me nes in se ae id Bors apre Se PS Pneu uU T kn um pue DUE pen n TW ALLEN Hm fe ER i ri As m WEE a M tus Die TEN ce Te an a o om en Waypoint _ Na ee T Ime 6 xm d dar venis Comme ET A PET CTI 1 e rl Errar A 3 EIR s us uuu e e x tener x dm perdo mmm iste rom Not Mens acel E ani 3 en ene k EEN parer T Lo s oa eee eesti Mes s Tn Fr vd EET matt TE ARN E E YER EE d RTT amp s pm O Rer A a a T Active wawnnlnte gt cannot be mE due ee Nh ed Tools Routs or symbol To record new routs a New Record a new route st
4. to transfer other language sign files e g Chinese Go to Transfer Download Language Sign and choose the desired fonts double click on fnt file e Click on Open The file will automatically be transferred The function download fonts refers to fonts like Russian Chinese Thai Arabian Korean or Japanese and is usually not necessary in Central Europe and technically not enabled in most European versions Transfer map combined and saved groups of detailed maps e Click on Transfer and choose PC GPS e Click on Map to choose the LST file by double click Single or combined maps can directly be transferred from MapShow towards the compact flash card by using the data transfer cable In order to transfer the selected maps choose the menu item Transfer Map View Please pay attention to the limited data transfer rate of the RS 232 interface We always recommend wherever it is possible to use a compact flash card reader Writer or PCMCIA adapter it is much faster Transfer Track Log e Click at Transfer and choose PC GPS e Click at Track Log and choose a TLG file double click The file will automatically be transferred Transfer Way Point and Route e Click at Transfer and choose PC GPS Click on Way Point and Route and choose a WRT file double click The file will automatically be transferred During the data transfer the following screen will be displayed finished xy MAP 500 ESC button to Break off As so
5. 1 TE PAE nsu Maa I Hs m rr a n og Ct CRM TES SECTETUER EUER zu THER MIS i e Livy E inf PU es el TU E Rar The screenshot above shows the map show user interface without installed Europe map e g downloaded mapshow exe from internet It is possible to save other map show language versions as a single exe file on your local hard drive and immediately start MapShow without starting the installation procedure again With File and Open single maps can be started from the local hard disc New Alan maps V1 1 and higher are available in compressed form on both CD ROM 1 and 2 Please note that the new ALAN maps V1 1 needs to be installed first before the individual maps can be used in the CRD format Installed maps can be found at C Program Files map500 europe Self developed vector maps can be used in case of they are compatible with MapEdit Description of the individual functions applies to all kinds of installation Open save as close last used file exit To open and close files save map files and exit the program View Tools List Delete show streets show POls symbol choice point hide show Cou file hide Cou file This menu item allows the user to hide and show informations in the map The Cou file is the automatically displayed Europe map with zoom functionality It is possible to zoom inside the map to exactly select districts which should be transferred to the compact
6. art of the data transfer at the GPS device Map 500 Connect the MAP 500 with the PC by using the RS 232 interface cable optional USB connection cable Below most of the relevant transfer cases are described Software update operating system also called firmware e Turn off the GPS equipment ra e Push down both buttons for 2 seconds and e The Boot Loader will be displayed e Move the pointer to the button Serial Load Program and confirm with or cancel the ESC function with E The following message will be displayed Waiting for command e Now you can start the transfer at the PC Map Presented Map Track Log Waypoint and Route Choose the program file e g V103za m bin from the local hard disk directory Confirm with OK before the new operating software is loaded the old version will be deleted from the Map 500 After successful operating system update the MAP 500 automatically turns off Download fonts maps track logs way point amp routes and upload track logs way point amp routes Note all data transfer actions needs to be started at the GPS device first A A e From each page it is possible to press the button and chose or press two times confirm with The main menu appears Choose and confirm with A Press the button to get these buttons PC gt GPS Font map Track Wp Rt or GPS gt PC Track and Wp amp Rt Search Object Waypoints JE de Set Loca
7. arting by R001 b Chose waypoint W001 W002 c Insert the waypoints in Rt WP d Click at Set Navi Route eee sate ith de DT ory nic menn EE A a y Ess PbS tea et eee Lb ee AR f a PR as IL A lee aye es Sf PE vw Een 1 Fare ens Ts ba el ht ee Be re f NE T tb cus xen nd RIS lo 2 gt XH Fam p E de EEA praes pedal ER EE lt E j Aena cE E Hn E Y E 1 ug Pn IL IE Lu Vue L an las SER de F Sauna _ mm ES n N ut Way QUE JOIAS L ees He Por Me ea n m EE u E if REM h ni oh ee SS ue SESE e avin td baal pee il mE EU s Add E 5 d J pa ms M Activ 1 uti de canno no jt ne d BIBI Tal E hT e rou vay te DE Urso J m seul eo Tools Metric System Sets the standard for the Distance scale meter or english miles scale Metric 100m 200m 500m 1km 2km 5km 25km 100km 200km or Miles 0 1mi 0 2mi 0 3mi 1mi 2mi 5mi 25mi 100mi 200mi Note The maximum zoom of the Map 500 is 50 m All other zoom steps are similar to the MapShow List Add Elements or El add maps to transfer or save maps with new file name Context Open the menu context by a right mouse click at the open map file Frankfurt Am Main Maps00 File Show ow Tools List Trans en N a WEE da iar NR rA DADA Fi neis Tools SUMAR m al e ra nr HAS e Show streets shows all street names at the open map file e Show POI shows all p
8. edited with the shareware MapEdit which is delivered with the Map 500 CD ROM If uninstalled maps are selected in MapEdit the following error message will appear Insert the other disk The message above implies that selected maps can be installed from CD ROM at any time Detailed maps from software version 1 1 can easily be implemented Precondition proposed folder structure is used The map folder name must be Europe The Europe map can t be used in case of the proposed folder structure was not accepted and maintained by the user or single detailed maps from third sources needs to be implemented To manually open the necessary files click at File Open and search for the map on the hard disk A limited Map 500 edition CD ROM e g Map 500 V1 2 D already contains German maps For testing purposes the Frankfurt Main map is included at the normal Map 500 installation The updated documents can be downloaded from our websites 24hours days per week Please also visit the GPS Forum at our homepage www alan germany com Thank you for choosing the ALAN Map 500 Important note MapShow 1 4 5 is compatible with Map 500 using operating systems V1 02 and V 1 03 This MapShow version cannot be used together with Map 500 having OS 2 00 or higher because these model versions use a different number of waypoints routes and tracklogs It is possible to upgrade Map 500 with OS 1 03 or lower to 2 00 but then MapShow 2 0 or higher must be used More i
9. flash card of the Map 500 While moving the mouse pointer over the maps the district or region name will be displayed Selected maps will be displayed in the left hand map list field pointer move zoom zoom object research new waypoint waypoint list route und metric system Viewing of POls Points of Interest important addresses waypoints or routes increase and reduce the map view search function according to map information acquisition of way points or routes and waypoint lists Adding element removing element adding several elements This menu items is only necessary in case of the Europe map is hidden With this menu item single detail maps can manually be added and removed by the user The German maps always contain exactly one district or town The new list needs to be saved as List file and synchronised with the GPS Alan Map 500 Transfer Data transmission GPS gt PC PC gt GPS The function PC GPS is used to transfer operating system programs documents maps track logs way points and routes from the PC to the Alan Map 500 With the function GPS PC track logs way points or routes can be transferred from Alan Map 500 to the PC About Map500 This function shows information about the MapShow version and depending on installed language version contains a link to the ALAN CTE homepage Data transfer between PC and GPS as well as arrangement of Map files Basics data transfer To transfer files a correct con
10. nection of the data cable is necessary Make sure that cables are correctly attached between PC and ALAN MAP 500 Do not activate the NMEA function at the GPS device during data transfer between GPS and MapShow The NMEA function is only provided to transfer GPS position data to other devices or software e g Moving Map or Routing software like Marco Polo or Maptech nautical maps or others Do not change any settings at the COM interfaces of your PC MapShow automatically detects the used COM interface detecting range works between virtual COM port numbers COM 1 and COM 9 Note Always follow the proposed sequence First of all start the data transfer at the GPS handheld The GPS handheld sends out identification signals Secondly activate the data transfer at the PC MapShow searches for identification signals on all COM interfaces 1 9 and automatically starts the right connection Without RS232 interface a separate USB connection cable is needed Please only install the correct USB cable driver the following operating systems are supported Windows 98 Me 2000 and XP The USB driver simulates a COM interface which will be used by MapShow The newest driver can be downloaded from our internet page at www hobbyradio de GPS at any time Make sure that enough battery capacity is available to ensure that synchronisations between the Map 500 and PC wont be interrupted This specially counts during transfer of a new operating system version St
11. nformations can be found on our service download pages in the internet see below ALAN Electronics GmbH March 2004 Daimlerstr 1 k D 63303 Dreieich Hotline 06103 9481 30 Fax 06103 9481 60 e mail info alan germany de www map500 de oder www alan germany de Download Server www hobbyradio de
12. oints of interest in the open map file e Display Icons Chose of all Icons in the open map file Display gs SET er gee sae men a Fark aad a E a Pet wire Do e En E S Wat ava E dui re art pas IEN ees mt Mid iy s de iy M i iride cuu EE ante ch 7 eta eii per ne jets n ae 5 nm eT ARS Check AU it pum hack a e SERERE a 2 ze rs E io ms Ter hi n OS daa ARRET EHE Ft a PE i a We p EL MU pine a Er Merial LEE unos SEIEN wr ne RER BENE ERU RERUM aT ub TE mr Waa MANTO En lt 17 e View show hide all kinds of POls or streets if the functions show POls or show Streets was chosen e Show Track Log open the transmitted track log TLG e Show Waypoints_Route to open the WRT files which include Waypoints amp routes e Hide Track Log hides loaded track logs e Hide Waypoint amp Route closed all WRT files which contains waypoints amp routes e Hide searched point hides all POI s in an open map file Notes for the Alan detail maps Alan detail maps are delivered separately from the Map 500 as a set of 2 CD ROM Each of these CD s can separately be installed at the PC like the Map 500 CD In case of the proposed folder structure was accepted during the Map 500 installation the detailed maps will automatically be installed into the right folder The installed and therefore uncompressed maps can be found in the folder called Europe and used on own behalf CRD maps can be
13. on as the procedure is completed 100 fulfilled the screen disappears Note download function of maps during PC operation e Only one single LST file is allowed to be saved on the compact flash card of the MAP 500 e To save several maps on the PC use the function File Save as Every CRD map in the element list will be converted and saved as one LST file Two options are available at Transfer PC GPS e Map view directly transfer the current files from the detailed map list left field in the MapShow display to the compact flash card in the MAP 500 e By selecting Map an already saved LST file can be transferred Note If the cable is defect or not correctly attached to both interfaces the following screen appears The same error message also appears if the transfer order was not right such as the transfer was started at the PC first or if COM Port number should be higher than COM 9 Check COM Port Transfer GPS PC from Track Log or Waypoint Route e Click at Transfer and choose GPS gt PC Click on Track Log or Waypoint and Route e Entera Filename and File to save the Log and confirm with Save as The following screen appears finished Xy 9o As soon as the process is completed 100 fulfilled the screen disappears Ts Note If the cable is defect or not correctly attached to both interfaces the following screen appears check COM Port Manual combination of maps without the Europe map Open and insert CRD files
14. r on the desired place of the complete version of the Europe map Press SHIFT button and keep it pushed down Double click with the left mouse button on the desired map The detail card is published on the screen Release the SHIFT button To leave the detailed map view click on the X of the upper right edge of the window Tip Although the GPS ALAN MAP500 supports Compact flash cards up to 512 MB we recommend to install only those maps and regions to a LST file which are necessary for the planned tour This will lead to faster response times of the Map 500 e g during Compact flash card exchange or scrolling during object search 2 PAR Ra sere E Rm we HERE ni Frankfurt Am Main Map500 eni eee AT irem ee d 218 a x File Show Tools List Transfer About Nora ede air te foom s Item iscrie Name Seete 5 The MapShow user interface without the Europe map Sandan a iz CERTA A ERR prae Em E UNDER a SEN Lis TE ET ane pede anil in EA re E PER eis HE E ouest ow Tox js List st Transfer imita DE i DENE iter fene CIN fe E E x olo M s a ir Xm El daten Ic xxm Ao I 1 Nm DT ene Ee n UM rc Neb enel c Re LM ai He E Le EF er TURPE TON Ite em List File Mame A pa eran a bat bres eR E m i E ER ee TRES eS VUE t T Fra AE FE m RUE Sel y HE ms press pal H 1 Th ur sS n es T TE ps LE re um e ae d LE Ei iun Sal Jer T re ith dae pu D AR TATE ae ia JH He ag LH S
15. ransfer a saved map LST format choose Transfer PC gt GPS and Map instead of Map View Note The procedures above only describes the data transfer with the RS232 data cable to the compact flash card inside the Map500 Due to the limited band with of the RS232 interface the data transfer of large map files may results in relatively long synchronisation processes We recommend you to use a compact flash card reader or PCMCIA notebook slot to transfer maps to a compact flash card These adapters are available at relatively low costs and provide multiple band with compared to the RS232 interface Special operating system to save files of Way Point Routes and Tracklog file on compact flash cards e g V103ZA CF Through our service download WebPages www hobbyradio de GPD Map500 special OS versions are available which enables the user to directly store all WRT and TLG files to the inserted Compact flash card instead of to the internal MAP 500 memory The main advantage is that data transfer of the above mentioned file types does not require the RS232 data cable Users who store their different tours on separate compact flash cards always have the customized way point and track information at hand This operation system version requires a compact flash card inserted in the device Further functions Tools Frankfurt Am Main Map500 LS fm Arrow M Item List File Zoom ur zoom In Search Object New Waypoint Wayponts List
16. tion Br Routes l pc gt G Hearest Search Track Logs GALAN pc gt Gps Map Cold Start MAPSOO pc gt Gps Track About Change Format Press Henu Key Gps gt pc Track Change Datum E i 2D Dri A Show Dist On Setting Gps gt pc Hp 2 Rt e Chose the desired function and confirm with e The following screen will be displayed GALAN MAP300 waiting for Input e Now start the data transfer at the PC ESC To finish the up or download press the button hi at the GPS equipment After successful synchronisation of new operating system software Firmware the GPS equipment turns off Procedure at the PC Note make sure that the data transfer process is started at the ALAN Map 500 Transfer program operating system software fonts map track logs and upload track logs and way point amp route e Start the program MapShow and click on Transfer in the tool bar ont Item List File Mame Map Presented Map Track Lag Waypoint and Route Execute the following commands e Transfer program At first carry out the settings at the MAP 500 Choose Transfer PC GPS and Program Select the desired operating system file by double clicks bin e he update for the operating system will be loaded Note The update must be started again in case of not 100 of the data are transferred to the handheld or the synchronisation was aborted Transfer language sign files not for European versions ls used
17. up exe on the CD ROM and start the application with double click We recommend to accept the proposed folder structure Otherwise the successful installation of the necessary maps can not guaranteed A menu item will created in the Windows start menu Both MapShow the operating instructions additional notes as well as the reinstallation routine can be selected here As standard the German language version is installed In addition to that the English French Spanish and Italian MapShow versions can be installed at any time After total installation the Europe map will be displayed S eed dr e fiom y Item ListFile Name Size KB E17 C te d Or Bourgogne FRA France Example for a zoomed Europe map Olpe Germany Hochsauerlandkrei M rkischer Kreis Siegen Wittgenstei Warendorf Germany Westerwaldkreis N Westerwaldkreis Germany 3 RARA Westerwaldkreis Germany The combination and saving of detailed maps for the GPS Alan Map 500 is easier by using the complete Europe map While selecting the required region the corresponding card names will appear in the left list field At the end the whole list needs to be stored as a LST file File save as or directly be transferred to the Compact flash card plugged into the GPS transfer PC gt GPS map view Select and view a single map from the Europe map Do you only want to view a single detailed map first Place the mouse pointe
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