StreetTrek Explorer™ User Manual
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1. omtran StreetTrek GPS Tracking Software for MOTOTRBO StreetTrek Explorer User Manual MOTOROLA Comtran Associates Inc 1961 Utica Avenue PROFESSIONAL RADIO Brooklyn NY 11234 www streettrek com 866 531 7676 info streettrek com Motorola and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent amp Trademark Office MOTOTRBO is a trademark of Motorola Inc All other products or services names are the property of their re spective owners Motorola Inc 2010 Welcome to StreetTrek Explorer Page 1 of 5 Welcome to StreetTrek Explorer Welcome to StreetTrek Assets Tracking This help covers the use of StreetTrek Explorer Assets Tracking Software For the latest news about StreetTrek visit c rek Web Sit Getting started When you launch StreetTrek Explorer for the first time the initial screen ma look like the picture below es StreetTrek Explorer Map al A P a Settings 4g Network Assets MR ae StreetTrek Explorer Google A amp gh P B ms oe el E Settings jo Gel gt Network 2 reer Greenland a J StreetTrek Explorer is running in evaluation mod Days left 30 Runs left 100 to purchase StreetTrek Explorer or to get information contact Comtran Associates Inc Call toll free 1 866 531 7676 or send email to sales fstreettrek com i EE N a ra India Var ae wuseinAlne Thailand A i i ri AT E2. Instead of loading Google maps the program user can choose loading a locally installed raster map The World D Google raster map is installed during StreetTrek Explorer setup To select a local raster map click on the arrow portion of the toolbar button and select a submenu option marked by an open folder icon Reload l World StreetTrek Explorer will load the raster map you selected and it will become the default for subsequent program runs The left most toolbar button will change appearance to Map qal gt indicating that StreetTrek Explorer has loaded a local raster map Refer to the Raster Maps topic for instructions how to add and open raster maps To switch back to Google Maps click on the arrow portion of the Map Sal v toolbar button and select Open in Google Maps from the submenu amp Open in Google Maps World POWERED BY Maps loaded from Google Servers are distinguished by Google trademark in the lower left map corner _ ST and the map provider copyright notice in the lower right Map data 2009 Tele Atlas 1 part of the map Google map can be switched between Map View Satellite View and Hybrid View via a Map Type control in the upper right part of the map Google Map view port can be changed by dragging the map in any direction with the left mouse button held down You can adjust StreetTrek Explorer main window size by dragging the borders StreetTrek Explorer will store main windo
3. hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 8 of 11 for data to the StretTrek Server If there is recorded data for the selected Asset the two Date Picker controls will be enabled and filled with the most recent date on record for that Asset The Load button should become enabled End Date Wednesday February 04 2009 Jr If you click the Load button StreetTrek Explorer will generate a Visual Report for the dates shown in the Date Picker controls If both controls show the same date the report will cover the 24 hours period from 00 00 00 AM to 11 59 59 PM or 00 00 00 23 59 00 The Date Picker controls allow you selecting another date or a Date Range Once the Report Date or Date Range are selected you can load the report by clicking the Load button The screenshot below shows an actual visual report generated for the Asset and Date selected on the previous form ee YE AD a dh a a rea ar a a ome ae Ue Ce ae JAPA POWERED BY gt S The Visual Report shows the map of the area the Asset in this case a vehicle was in at the date selected The blue line marks the route the vehicle was travelling This form can be navigated the same way as the main map You can zoom into any point along the route switch view from Map to Satellite or Hybrid The toolbar controls on the top of the form allow moving the vehicle along the route The time and speed will be shown in the window caption The vehicle position on the abo
4. main map then right click it with the mouse and select Detail from the context menu Detail Street View Edit Geofence Delete Alternatively you could open the Assets List by clicking the ass wh toolbar button then locate the asset row click it with the right mouse button and select Detail from the context menu In either case StreetTrek Explorer will open a new form centered at the asset coordinates 3 P 7177 2 14 2009 7 14 PM S POWERED BY 2000 ft Google leon Th You can adjust the size of this form by dragging it s borders and move the form to the desired screen position A secondary monitor would be an ideal place for detail maps The zoom level is adjusted via small zoom control in the upper left part of the map The detail map can be switched from Map View the default to Satellite or Hybrid View Unlike the main map the detail map does not have a Map Type control on the map itself it would take too much space on a smaller window Instead map type is selected via context menu activated by a right mouse click on the map Map Satellite Hybrid If the next update would bring the asset icon outside the map boundaries the map will be automatically centered at the new coordinates Asset date time stamp speed and direction are shown in the Detail Map Window caption Speed and direction are displayed only for moving assets It the asset remained stationary only date time stamp is updated You can open as
5. Etiopia 4 3 a y aa oy eam aa ll enya Sept al ey fe air ti a ee ee Oe ee ee See ge a ae a a eae ea A DR tango i Indonesia NEW i i mp Papua a Aes Guinea egies rd Namibia eg E r een Botswana o Map data 2009 Europa T You may also notice an Evaluation Mode balloon Evaluation Mode is fully functional for 30 days or 100 runs from installation To close the Evaluation Mode balloon click the x button on the balloon or click on the map outside the balloon The Evaluation Mode balloon will be shown at the program start until you register StreetTrek Explorer By default StreetTrek Explorer will load a Google Map over an existing Internet connection Detailed description of Google Maps navigation is beyond the scope of this document Google Maps displayed by StreetTrek Explorer are navigated the same way as in a general purpose Internet Browser like Internet Explorer Mozilla FireFox or Google Chrome You can zoom into a particular area via left mouse button double click zoom out via right mouse double click or use the Navigation Control in the upper left part of the map In addition StreetTrek Explorer offers zoom in S and zoom out buttons on the toolbar StreetTrek Explorer will remember coordinates and zoom level you selected and will use the same settings for the next program run If you are tracking assets you probably expect those within current map boundaries to be plotted onto the map To
6. Lea MN 56007 You can edit the Landmark name label or address by selecting a cell in the grid and typing into it You can lock or unlock a Landmark by checking unchecking the Locked cell To change a Landmark icon click on the cell in the Icon column and select another image from the drop down list To add more images click the toolbar Graphics button and select additional images from the StreetTrek Explorer built in graphics collection or from any folder on your PC You can delete a landmark by selecting highlighting the corresponding row and clicking the Delete Delete y toolbar button Any changes you made will become permanent only al after you click the Save eit I toolbar button If you purchased several copies of StreetTrek Explorer you can save time and effort by adding landmarks on one machine exporting them to an export file and importing landmarks from that file on other machines Clicking the toolbar Export Export amp button would produce a Windows File Save Dialog prompting you to save the landmarks to an XML file The default location for Landmarks Export files is in the Application User Data folder Under Windows XP it would by in Documents and Settings Current User Application Data StreetTrek under Windows Vista in Users Current User AppData Roaming StreetTrek You can choose another folder on any drive including network drives and removable drives The default file name is MyLandmarks xml Yo
7. clicking the Save button If instead you clicked the Cancel button or closed the form clicking the form s x button any changes you made will be discarded You can delete a Landmark using a context menu opened by a right mouse click Selecting the Delete menu option will delete the landmark from the map All named landmarks those with text labels above them will be listed in the main window toolbar Landmarks drop down list box Making a selection in the Landmarks list box will center the map at the landmark s coordinates This provides means for quick map navigation you can quickly jump to areas you marked All named landmarks you added will be saved at the program exit and loaded at the next program run If you added more than a few landmarks you might want managing them at once or export your landmarks for use in another copy of StreetTrek Explorer Toolbar Landmarks Landmarks Q button opens a spreadsheet like form similar to the one shown below o Edit Landmarks s Loi Graphics 94 Delete oj Export Import amp Save A Close i Address Benchmark Hospitality 550 Chappaqua Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 Merck 770 Sumneytown Pike Lansdale PA 19446 Egyptian 1010 W Erondheny Steeleville IL 62288 Olando Sanford 2 Red Cleveland Blvd Sanford FL 32773 Orlando Airport Orlando FL 32827 NYIT S Technology Dr Central Islip NY 11722 Oasis 2201 2237 Hollers Ave Bronx NY 10475 Freebom County 3300 Bridge Ave Albert
8. first Server Connection the name of the connection will be added to the sub menu pulled down by clicking on the arrow portion of the Network toolbar button on the main program window Comtran GPS The highlighted icon on the left indicates active connection If you click this menu option it will change appearance to al Comtran GPS indicating the connection is closed If you select this option again connection to the server will be restored and the appearance of the menu option will reflect the connected status as shown on the first picture This user interface does not add much functionality if you keep just one server connection The connected status is already indicated by the application Traffic Light icon in the upper left corner However if you have more than one connection you can determine which connection is in use by pulling the sub menu and looking up which option is checked StreetTrek Explorer can connect to multiple servers If you click the Network toolbar button after the first server connection was already added the screen output will be different from that you had when adding the first connection This time you will get a form listing existing connections file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hhB377 htm 4 27 2010 Firewalls Page 2 of 2 F Connect Delete Exit E Ure tn eee Nts eset Se Ea JFK Airport Michael The toolbar buttons on the top of the form allow adding a New Connection Edit an exist
9. gets their coordinates The full list of assets StreetTrek Explorer is currently tracking is in the toolbar drop down combo box to the right of the Assets toolbar button Assets NA aaa Not all items in the Assets combo box may have valid coordinates Some may represent assets that did report their presence but not their whereabouts If you select an asset with valid geographical coordinates the map will center around that asset If the Assets drop down box is empty check StreetTrek Explorer connection status the icon in the application window upper left corner indicates connected status while the or the i indicates that StreetTrek Explorer is not connected to Server or to local hardware To list only assets that have valid geographical coordinates click the Assets assets amp m new form listing the assets in a table like the one shown below button If there are any assets with valid coordinates StreetTrek Explorer will open a g Mobile and Portable Assets Assets Date Time Speed Latitude Longitude Address 1 0 Geofence 17 Wr 1248 9 21 2009 08 57 28 12 mph E 40 65566 73 94576 384 486 Clarkson Ave Brooklyn NY 11203 Brooklyn eA Wr 1633 9 21 2009 08 57 27 40 65575 73 94500 383 485 Clarkson Ave Brooklyn NY 11203 Brooklyn sie 20 wrC031 9 21 2009 08 57 24 18 mph S 40 67195 73 99886 392 424 Hamilton Ave Brooklyn NY 11231 192 not defined sie 23 Sw Prompt 7 9 21 2009 08 57 18 14 mph SE on 40 86147 73 881
10. make it so you need to select where your data comes file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh45B7 htm 4 27 2010 Welcome to StreetTrek Explorer Page 2 of 5 from StreetTrek Explorer can obtain data over the Internet or Local Network from StreetTrek Server or directly from hardware like Motorola MOTOTRBO series radio Instructions specific to setting up StreetTrek Explorer to get data directly from MOTOTRBO hardware are provided in a separate chapter MOTOTRBO The instructions below are for setting up StreetTrek Explorer to get data over a Local Network or Internet To start getting data from StreetTrek Server you need Network to run Network Setup Click on the Network toolbar button a Network Connection Setup You will be presented with a Network Setup dialog like the one shown below Connection Name Default Connection Server IP Address or Name Port S00 User Name Password Cancel Fill in Server IP Address TCP Port number User Name and Password If you don t know these contact your StreetTrek dealer The connection name is a friendly name you assign If you intend on having more than one server connection it makes sense choosing names you can relate to To finish Network Setup click the Save button If the login parameters you entered are correct and the PC is connected to the Internet the Network Connection Setup form will close and StreetTrek Explorer will be connected to St
11. other services provided by Google Maps You can learn more about Google Street View from Internet resources like Wikipedia Raster Maps Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer can import Raster Maps You can use this option if Google Maps service is not available no or poor Internet connection A Raster Map is basically an image with known corner coordinates StreetTrek Explorer requires raster image file to be accompanied by a file in Google KML format The KML file should contain the full path to the image file and geographic coordinates in decimal degrees in accordance with Google KML File Format Specification StreetTrek Explorer has one built in raster map World You can import your own raster maps To do so click the left most toolbar button The appearance of the left most toolbar button depends on the current map mode If StreetTrek Explorer currently shows Google Map the left most toolbar button will be look like on the picture below Google file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 10 of 11 If StreetTrek Explorer loaded a raster map then the left most toolbar button will look like Map ai Regardless of the exact appearance a click on the left most toolbar button would open a Windows File Open Dialog where you can navigate to the raster map file you intend to open The start path of the File Open Dialog is the path to the last opened raster map If you never added raster map
12. simple StreetTrek Explorer generates a Registration Request text and copies it to the Windows Clipboard when the Registration Form is first shown or when the user changes the number of assets in the numeric up down control You can paste this request directly into the email body Below is an example of the Registration Request generated by the above shown Registration Form E688 E479 8E4A CAA6 Assets tracked 25 Please enter additional information below the line Company Name Street Address City State Postal Code ZIP Country Department Contact name Position Title Phone Number Email Purchased from Dealer Contact at the Dealer Dealer Phone Number If the PC running StreetTrek Explorer has no Email Client you can paste the request into Windows WorPad or NotePad and save to contents as a text file that can be transferred to a PC you can use for sending email If the PC has Internet access you would be better off sending a request directly from StreetTrek Explorer by clicking the Email button and proceeding as described above Important Make sure that the Maximum Assets Tracked reflects the actual size of your fleet StreetTrek Explorer will start producing pop up balloons if the number of assets plotted onto the map exceeds the number of assets you have registered If you underestimated the size of your fleet or you need adding extra units it can be arranged at any time between annual registrations T
13. the form by clicking the Save button If the user closed by clicking the Cancel button or the form x file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 11 of 11 button changes if any will be discarded file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Firewalls Page 1 of 2 Firewalls Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer is designed to run behind firewalls Since StreetTrek Explorer does not accept incoming connections it should work transparently through hardware firewalls Software Firewalls may produce a false security warning like the one shown below Windows Security Alert fx aii To help protect your computer Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program Do you want to keep blocking this program f Hame GtreetT rek Client Publisher StreetT rek com keep Blocking Unblock Ask Me Later Windows Firewall has blocked this program from accepting connections from the Internet or a network IF you recognize the program or trust the publisher you can Unblock it Wher should unblock a program Click Unblock if you encounter such warning This should put StreetTrek Explorer onto the list of exceptions so you stop getting this warning in the future Adding Server Connections Previous Top Next The procedure of creating the first connection to StreetTrek Server is already described in the Getting Started topic Once you created your
14. to the rules adopted in the country for which you perform the search For example the accepted address formatting for North America requires Street Number followed by Street Name City Name State and ZIP postal code Country which defaults to USA if skipped For other regions the Country may come first followed by the City Street and the Street number After typing the address search text click the Locate button This will trigger an Address Lookup Request to Google Server Search results if any will be listed in the table Depending on the search text you typed there can be more than one result For example if instead of the exact street address shown on the above picture you would type Utica Avenue the search would return 10 results listing first 10 USA cities that have Utica Avenue At this point you can highlight a search result line if more than one and click the Go To button This action would center the map on the coordinates corresponding to the address and if you kept the Place a pushpin box checked place a Landmark icon at that location Since only named landmarks are saved upon program exit you may enter the landmark name into the Name text box prior to clicking the Go To button Naming the landmark here is optional you can always edit a landmark name if you intend on keeping the landmark Locating Assets Previous Top Next Assets like vehicles persons pets containers are plotted onto to the map once StreetTrek Explorer
15. 39 2601 Southem Blvd Bronx NY 10458 not defined w G01 9 21 2009 08 57 15 20 mph NE on 40 83682 73 92480 1165 1259 Woodycrest Ave Bronx NY 10 not defined Ww H 21 9 21 2009 08 57 09 21 mph W on 40 79436 73 96861 not defined amp AMR626 9 21 2009 08 57 08 off 9 18 2009 14 43 40 70243 73 93432 not defined w TLC 5 9 21 2009 08 57 06 on 40 66874 73 91900 not defined This window will be updated as data keeps coming in The Address column cells will be initially blank and will be filled in with address information when the position of the asset is updated Address information is requested from Google Server while the Mobile and Portable Assets form is open The lines highlighted in yellow indicate geofence violation Refer to the Geofencing section for instructions about setting up geofences By default items in the Mobile and Portable Assets table are sorted by date time descending the most recently updated item is always on top The sorting order is indicated by arrow icons in sorted columns headers You can toggle the sorting order by clicking on the column header You can also have the Assets List sorted by the asset name To do so click on the Assets column header The Assets List has a context menu Detail Street View Locate Edit Geofence activated by right mouse button click Assets List context menu provides access to options for the asset currently selected in list Detail menu option will open a Detail Map which is a map
16. Various StreetTrek Explorer settings can be set in the StreetTrek Options form opened from the main program window via Settings esting B toolbar button r mR StreetTrek Options xs Distance Units Telemetry Codes Miles Kilometers Door open 22 eseo Coordinates Door closed 4 k Decimal Degrees PTO on 64 Degress Min Sec PTO off 1285 Fi Speed 83 5 v Geofencing P aaa Load at stat F Transparent Normal ai Days Back 100 Talking Ea 120 Reset OFF ES Emergency Audio Alarm Enable amp Select l Duration min Save Cancel The Distance Units radio buttons allows choosing between Miles and Kilometers for distance and speed The two radio buttons within the Coordinates group box allow selecting between Decimal degrees and Degrees minutes seconds coordinate formats for reports and tabular data The Geofencing check box determines whether the Geofencing is enabled The default is not checked Checking this check box will add a Geofence drop down button to the StreetTrek Explorer toolbar allowing the user to define geofences Refer to the Geofencing topic for details Active time option is applicable only to Raster Maps when enabled it allows gradually phasing out assets after selected inactivity period This option is not available for Google Maps Assets Load Options Load at start and related to it Days Back setting determine whether assets will be loaded from the local database or fro
17. al file You can use this export file to import assets settings into another copy of StreetTrek Explorer running on another machine If you run several copies of StreetTrek Explorer monitoring the same fleet of assets you could edit your assets on one machine export Import the assets list to an XML file and import that file on other machines using the toolbar button The ID column is view only It shows the internal ID used by StreetTrek Explorer to identify the asset The numbers in this column are normally programmed into the GPS hardware If you have access to this data it may be helpful in identifying your assets when choosing names or aliases for the first time You can sort the Mobile and Portable Assets spreadsheet by Name or by ID by clicking on the respective column header The arrow icon in the right header portion will indicate the sorting order which can be toggled by clicking on the header The Geofence column is visible only if Geofence option is enabled and at least one Geofence defined Adding Landmarks Previous Top Next You can enhance your maps by adding labeled markers identifying objects of your business or interest StreetTrek Explorer allows adding an unlimited number of such markers further referred to as Landmarks StreetTrek Explorer offers two ways of adding a landmark You can add a Landmark through address lookup started when you click the main window e toolbar button Refer to the Address Lookup topi
18. c for details You can also drop a landmark icon directly onto the map by clicking the P toolbar button and then moving the mouse cursor over the map to the area where you intend the landmark to be placed The P icon will be hovering over the map at the current cursor position until you stick it to the map by clicking the left mouse button If Google Street View is available for the area a Street View balloon will pop up next to the landmark The newly added landmark can be dragged across the map with the left mouse button held down allowing you to adjust the exact landmark position Note that when you move the mouse cursor over a Landmark icon you will be getting a balloon with the address range corresponding to the Landmark coordinates A Landmark without a label is temporary and will be discarded at the program exit To make a Landmark permanent you have to assign a text that will be shown in the label above the Landmark To do so move the mouse cursor over the newly added Landmark and click the right mouse button This will produce a context menu Street View Edit Unlock Delete Select the Edit option You will be presented with the Landmark Edit Form like the one shown below file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 3 of 11 g Select Landmark Image and Label Landmark Label Locked import A Address 40 University PI New York NY 10003 Cancel The first thing y
19. change from Download to Install At this point you can proceed with the upgrade by clicking the Install button or terminated the upgrade by clicking the Cancel button In either case the Upgrade Form will close If you clicked the Install button StreetTrek Explorer will automatically close and in a few seconds you will be presented with a window looking like the one below file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh45B7 htm 4 27 2010 Welcome to StreetTrek Explorer Page 3 of 5 Click Finish to complete the upgrade procedure This will be the last step of the upgrade procedure Clicking the Finish button will overwrite the StreetTrek Explorer main executable If you want to preserve an option of reverting to the previous build you should make a backup of the StreetTrekEx exe in StreetTrek Explorer Program Folder prior to starting the Upgrade Procedure In that case you could manually overwrite the new version of StreetTrekEx exe with the saved file which would revert StreetTrek Explorer back to the previous build Software Registration Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer requires registration on the PC where it is installed Not registered StreetTrek Explorer will run in evaluation mode which is fully functional but will time out after 30 days or after 100 runs whichever comes first Registration is available for every purchased copy of StreetTrek Explorer for the maximum number of tracked assets Maximum Ass
20. d by a Green Star icon will translate into an Asset icon plotted onto the map Messages represented by a Yellow Star icon have no GPS coordinates and will not be reflected on the map Rows starting with a Blue Star icon represent ARS messages ARS Automatic Registration Service messages carry no GPS information and are not reflected on the map however ARS is an essential component of MOTOTRBO Data Services Rows starting with an GE icon represent a response to a Periodic Location Update Request In essence this message indicates that a radio received an application StreetTrek Explorer request for a Periodic Location Update and will start sending GPS at the rate specified To find out the meaning of each icon move the mouse cursor over the icon and read the tooltip that should appear shortly You can also open a form showing all possible data icons by selecting the toolbar Legend option E Data Graphics Legend ARS Registration Message ARS Refresh Message GFS Message Periodic GPS Confirmation No Data GP S Message Stop Periodic Updates Message Tum Of Message Emergency Alarm Message PTT Decode Message Telemetry Message Voice transmission ended OK Information shown on the Radio Data form can be helpful to a person with some knowledge or understanding of MOTOTRBO Data Services Regular program users may never use this option Note MOTOTRBO is a registered trademark of Motorola Inc file C Users LennyHome Ap
21. dly clicking the green Forward button you can click the Animate button and the vehicle would advance forward automatically You can load the Asset Travel History for another date without leaving the Visual Report form Selecting another date in the toolbar Date Picker will load a report for that date if such data exists To generate a report in a Tabular form click on the amp adsis button This will produce a Tabular Report form like the one below gp Artie 2 4 2009 12 52 AM 11 20 PM Date Time Latitude Longitude Address 02 04 09 08 53 26 50375 80 15981 11528 11536 Lawton Rd Boynton Beach FL 33437 W nomal 02 04 05 09 47 26 50370 80 15977 11528 11536 Lawton Rd Boynton Beach FL 33437 WwW nomal 02 04 05 09 48 26 50307 80 15936 11568 11576 Lawton Rd Boynton Beach FL 33437 W nomal 02 04 09 09 49 26 50183 80 15916 Wedgewood Gm Boynton Beach FL 33437 We nomal 02 04 09 09 50 26 50100 80 16376 7500 San Pedro St Boynton Beach FL 33437 We nomal 02 04 09 09 51 26 49078 80 16402 12483 Hagen Ranch Rd Boynton Beach FL 33437 W nomal 02 04 09 09 52 26 47957 80 16329 13135 13347 Hagen Ranch Rd Delray Beach FL We normal 02 04 09 09 53 26 46823 80 16351 13885 14013 Hagen Ranch Rd Delray Beach FL We nomal 02 04 09 09 54 26 45637 80 16356 14653 14837 Hagen Ranch Rd Delray Beach FL Off 02 04 05 09 54 26 45416 80 16336 7501 7533 SR 806 Delray Beach FL 33446 Off 02 04 05 09 55 0 26 45405 80 16390 7501 7533 SR 806 Del
22. e and Portable A Assets Edit_ _Delete IE Export Import Save jd Exit EN Geofence not defined rere not defined notdelined not defined not defined not not defined not defined not not defined _ not defined not defined not defined not defined You can T directly into cells in Unit and Speed columns Cells in the Icon column are pull down list boxes with the same graphic selections you get when editing individual assets directly on the map You can also open a Mobile or Portable Asset form described above and edit asset Icon and Name the same way you do it on the map To do so select a wholre row or multiple rows and click the Edit toolbar button If you select multiple rows and click Edit the Name field in the Mobile and Portable Assets will be grayed out Icon selection and speed limit you choose will be applied to all selected assets Changes you make in this spreadsheet will take effect only after you save them by clicking the Save d toolbar button The Delete eects Si toolbar button allows to delete one or multiple assets This option is grayed out until at least one spreadsheet row is fully selected highlighted The assets are actually deleted only after you click the Save button The deleted assets may later reappear if StreetTrek Explorer continues getting data for them ort a The Export iis toolbar button allows to export assets data to an extern
23. ets Tracked specified in the purchase order and will be valid for 1 year Extending registration for subsequent years is available for a small fee to cover our annual expense in purchasing Google Maps services for use in commercial applications The fee for the first year is included into the price of the software To register your copy of StreetTrek Explorer click the arrow portion of the Eil ema toolbar button to pull down a sub menu Help Upgrades a StreetTrek Explorer Registration Evaluation mode Days left 30 Program runs left 100 To unlock the program enter your Registration Key To obtain the Registration Key call toll fee 1 866 531 7676 and submit the Product Code shown below and the Number of Assets Tracked You can submit an email requestto the address below by clicking the Email Button and filling in the Email Registration Request Form info streetrek com Maximum Assets Tracked 25 Product Code E686 E4 3E44 CAA6 Registration Key Register To register StreetTrek Explorer you need to enter a Registration Key that can be obtained over the phone or via email to info streettrek com or sales streettrek com The Registration Key will be generated based on the Product Code and the Maximum Assets Tracked you submit The Product Code is unique to the hardware configuration of the PC running StreetTrek Explorer The Maximum Assets Tracked is entered by the user The Registration Key will be generated ba
24. he fee will depend on the number of assets added and number of days remaining under the current registration For your information Under the terms of the agreement we signed with Google Maps we have an obligation to report the Total Number of Assets tracked using our software and the fee we pay to Google will be based on that number We have no legal obligation and no intent to report to anybody which companies purchased our software or how many assets a particular company is tracking file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh45B7 htm 4 27 2010 Welcome to StreetTrek Explorer Page 5 of 5 Getting Help Previous Top Next For information or assistance in using StreetTrek Explorer send email to info streettrek com or support streettrek com or call toll free 1 866 531 7676 and speak with a StreetTrek representative Copyright Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer is copyrighted software Your purchase of StreetTrek Explorer entitles you installing the number of program copies specified in your purchase contract You are not authorized distributing StreetTrek Explorer Unregistered copy of StreetTrek Explorer will run in Evaluation Mode up to 30 days or 100 runs whichever comes first After that it has to be either registered or uninstalled file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh45B7 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 1 of 11 Main Map Previous Top Next By default StreetTrek Explorer loads maps from Google Server
25. ing connection or Delete a connection Clicking the New toolbar button will produce a Network Connection Setup form Ca Network Connection Setup a Connection Name Server IP Address or Name Part 9001 User Name Password where you enter Server IP Address Port User Name and Password The port number shown here is not necessarily the one you will be entering It should match the port number used by StreetTrek Server Make sure to provide a meaningful Connection Name because the new connection name will be added to the Connections sub menu file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hhB377 htm 4 27 2010 MOTOTRBO Page 1 of 2 MOTOTRBO Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer provides native support for Motorola MOTOTRBO GPS capable radios If the PC is running StreetTrek Explorer has MOTOTRBO drivers installed StreetTrek Explorer will automatically configure itself either at the program start if the base radio is on and connected to the PC or when the base radio is turned on while StreetTrek Explorer is already running The change will be reflected in the StreetTrek Explorer toolbar If MOTOTRBO base is not present the toolbar should look like on the picture below F Google A ce oy P 8 w e El Settings io E Network Assets i a Landmarks Go About i f Note the Network button with the icon indicating that data will be received from the StreetTrek Server over a Local Netwo
26. m the StreetTrek Server database at the program start If you check Load at start then the map will be populated with the latest known positions of assets but no older than the Days Back number of days If the Load at start is left unchecked StreetTrek Explorer will start with an empty map and assets icons will be added once the assets report their positions The default is Load at start checked and Days Back set to 2 days The controls in the Telemetry Codes group box allow visualizing the current asset telemetry on off and speeding conditions by assigning to each of these conditions a distinct Asset Label Background color StreetTrek Explorer allows color coding of up to 4 different telemetry values Telemetry values can be in the range between 2 and 255 and are hardware specific You can select up to 4 telemetry values in the numeric up down controls and provide each of them with a name that describes the telemetry condition The default telemetry names are 1 01 I 02 1 03 1 04 Since these names will be shown in assets balloons in the I O column of the Mobile and Portable Assets list and in reports it makes sense choosing a more descriptive text The color shown in the colored rectangle next will be the background color of the asset label when the telemetry data matches the value selected in the numeric up down control You can change these colors by clicking on the rectangle with the left mouse button This would produce a Windows Color Dialog
27. many detail maps as you can reasonably fit onto your displays Geofencing Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer implements most common Geofencing visual notification of an asset within a certain predefined area or outside a certain predefined area Geofencing is not enabled by default To make Geofencing controls visible check the Geofencing check box in StreetTrek Options StreetTrek allows setting up to 32 Geofences To set up a new Geofence zoom the map to the area and move the mouse cursor over the Mi drop down button on the toolbar This should produce a drop down menu listing existing geofences Select the Add Geofence L option and move the mouse cursor to the position from which you will draw a polygon representing the new Geofence Note the shape of the cursor becoming a cross hair Click on the map to construct a Geofence polygon Each click will create a small rectangle representing a polygon vertex All added vertexes will be connected by a poly line The maximum number of geofence polygon vertexes should not exceed 100 file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 6 of 11 Adams Ave 82 2 30 Finish editing by clicking on the starting vertex of the polygon Once you do so you will be presented with a pop up form where you can give the new Geofence a meaningful name select shading color and opacity You can make the geofence visible on the map by leaving the Visible check box checked You sh
28. n the form or click the assets amp 7 toolbar button once again Once the Mobile and Portable Assets window is closed StreetTrek Explorer will stop sending automatic request for address decoding for incoming data Traffic Overlay Previous Top Next Google Maps allows adding current traffic information The Traffic Conditions layer is hidden be default which is indicated by the dimmed appearance of the E toolbar button Clicking the E button will show the Traffic Layer and the appearance of the traffic light toolbar button will change to B To hide the Traffic Overlay click the E toolbar button again Traffic Information is provided by Google and is currently provided for more than 30 major USA cities The traffic conditions are color coded with Green color representing fast moving traffic Yellow Red Black indicate worsening traffic conditions Various icons represent conditions like construction accidents lane closure etc Clicking a traffic condition icon on the map should produce a balloon describing the condition including date and time it may be in effect Detail Maps Previous Top Next When tracking fleets of assets you may want keeping an overview of your fleet on the main map and have the ability to zoom onto an individual asset s without disturbing the main picture StreetTrek Explorer allows you to open multiple independently zoomed maps dedicated to individual assets You can open a Detail Map by first locating the asset on the
29. nd allows users to view parts of some regions of the world at ground level Street View is not available for all areas To look up which areas are covered by Google Street View or to explore this feature click on the x toolbar button Roads and Streets where Street View is available will be highlighted by blue contour lines For details how to use Street View refer to the Street View topic Traffic Overlay allows to display on the main map current traffic conditions Traffic Overlay is enabled by clicking the E toolbar button Refer to the Traffic Overlay topic for details Toolbar Previous Top Next Most of the StreetTrek Explorer options are selectable via toolbar Google A A JP GB Fr wi Gj Settings i E A Network Assets HR Landmarks Q About i i The exact appearance of the toolbar may vary depending on the options you select and the main program window size To find out what action a particular button will trigger mover the mouse cursor over the button The brief action description will be shown in a tooltip that will stay on screen for a few seconds When you reduce the size of the main window to fit into smaller or low resolution display StreetTrek Explorer may strip some button labels to keep the buttons from overflowing the toolbar The toolbar appearance may change if you use StreetTrek Explorer with Motorola MOTOTRBO Refer to the MOTOTRBO help topic for details Changing Asset Name and Icon Previous T
30. ondition is hardware specific It can correspond to the vehicle ignition switch state Some GPS hardware is capable of sending a turn off code before shutting down Whichever the case StreetTrek Explorer provides color coding for this condition The default OFF color is gray Options in the Emergency Audio Alarm group box allow selecting a sound clip to be played through the PC speakers upon receiving an Emergency Transmission Emergency Audio Alarm is optional and activated only if the user checks the Enable box The default alarm audio clip is an internal file visible only to the application You can test the sound by clicking the Alarm Clock button with the green arrow To stop the sound click the same button again You can select an audio clip of your own choice To do so click the Select button and navigate to the sound file on your PC The duration of the audio alarm without user intervention is set in the Duration numeric up down control When StreetTrek Explorer receives an Emergency Transmission the corresponding asset icon will flash it s label between red and white If Emergency Audio Alarm is currently played the user can stop it by clicking on the icon of the asset with flashing label The sound alarm will also stop if the sending unit activated the PTT switch In absence of these actions the alarm will sound until the duration set in the StreetTrek Options runs out Changes made in the StreetTrek Options form will be saved if the user closes
31. op Next StreetTrek Explorer assets are represented on the map by icons with labels bearing the asset name or alias You can change the appearance of the icon and the name shown in the label There two way of doing this The most intuitive way is to right click the Asset Icon with the mouse This should bring up a context menu Detail Street View Edit Geofence Delete Selecting the Edit option will open a form looking like the one below E Mobile or Portable Asset Speed Limit Save V a EO On this form you can type the desired asset Name or Alias select an Asset Icon and enter an optional Asset Speed Limit The changes you made will be saved once you click the file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 2 of 11 Save button StreetTrek Explorer comes with an internal graphics collection from which you can choose assets icons Some of these are pre loaded into the Icon drop down list box You can add images to that list by clicking the Import button which would produce a Windows File Open Dialog adjusted for selecting graphic files The default path of this dialog points to the StreetTrek Explorer Graphics folder This folder contains 3 graphics collections in their respective folders Vehicles People Landmarks Vehicles and People folders contain images suitable for assets You can open either of them and select one or multiple files Once selected images sto
32. ou should do in the Landmark Edit Form is to label the Landmark with a descriptive text It can be the name of the business the name or short description of the area or whatever else you choose The label can be up to 50 characters long It makes sense keeping label text reasonably short A label with a long text can obscure the map The next step should be selecting a Landmark Graphic Clicking the arrow on the Graphic list box would pull down the list of built in Landmark Graphics Making a selection in the pull down list would assign the selected graphic as the Landmark Icon StreetTrek Explorer landmarks graphics collection includes more images than shown in the pull down list To add additional graphics click the Import button This will produce a Windows File Open Dialog adjusted for selecting graphic files The default path for this dialog will point to the internal StreetTrek Explorer Graphics folder This folder contains 3 graphics collections in their respective folders Vehicles People Landmarks Vehicles and People folders contain images suitable for assets Images in the Landmarks folder are more suitable for Landmarks You can open either of these folders and select one or multiple files Once selected images stored in these files will be added to the Graphic list box and you can select any of them for the Landmark Icon Your choice of landmarks graphics is not limited to StreetTrek Explorer graphics collection You can select an appropria
33. ould also specify the Geofence violation condition Inside an asset got into the area or Outside an asset left the area You can specify whether the Geofence applies to all assets in the fleet Name Color B Opacity 30 Visible V Applyto Al E Alert Inside Outisde Clicking the Save button will add the new Geofence to the StreetTrek Explorer geofences collection The new Geofence will be added to the ki toolbar button drop down menu Clicking Cancel on the above Geofence form will remove the polygon from the map and the geofence collection will remain unchanged Each defined Geofence is represented by the respective menu option under the toolbar drop down button Each of these options has a sub menu allowing the user to modify hide or delete the geofence Hide Edit Define Delete The Edit option will open the above shown Geofence form allowing to rename the Geofence and change the shading color and opacity The Define option will activate the polygon vertexes that can pulled across the map To finish redrawing click on any polygon vertex with left mouse button file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 7 of 11 StreetTrek Explorer geofences can be saved to a file in XML format via Export geofence submenu option If you have multiple StreetTrek Explorer installations you can define geofences on one machine export geofences to a file copy the file to a folder of
34. ous causes for an Asset icon not to be shown on the map For example a radio might be programmed incorrectly or not acquired a GPS lock To assist the system operator with troubleshooting StreetTrek Explorer offers a Diagnostics View Data option under the Local toolbar button Moving the mouse cursor over the Local J toolbar button should pull down a submenu Hil MOTOTREO Settings Legend Selecting View Data would produce a Radio Data form showing data received from the base radio s file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh451B htm 4 27 2010 MOTOTRBO 1 Radio Data Alias W Mike UF Michael Wp Mike i Mike w Mike UF Michael cs Michael Michael Mike v Michael 3 Michael S amp Mike Si Michael W Mike 3r Michael 18 29 02 18 28 06 18 28 02 18 27 24 18 27 17 18 27 06 18 27 03 18 26 57 18 26 42 18 26 39 18 26 07 18 25 56 18 25 07 18 24 56 18 24 07 Base IFP 192 168 11 2 192 168 12 2 192 168 11 2 192 168 11 2 192 168 12 2 192 168 12 2 192 168 12 2 192 168 11 2 192 168 12 2 192 168 11 2 192 168 12 2 192 168 11 2 192 168 12 2 192 168 11 2 Longitude 73 93299 73 93204 73 93301 73 93289 Latitude 40 61336 40 61292 40 61334 40 61287 Page 2 of 2 Accuracy VO 192 168 12 2 73 93306 40 61329 Each row in the above table represents a decoded data message The message type is indicated by an icon in the left most cell Note that only data messages represente
35. pData Local Temp hh451B htm 4 27 2010
36. ray Beach FL 33446 W nomal 02 04 09 10 02 0 26 45416 80 16386 7501 7533 SR 806 Delray Beach FL 33446 We nomal 02 04 09 10 03 26 45430 80 16348 14921 14999 Hagen Ranch Rd Delray Beach FL We nomal 02 04 09 10 03 26 45372 80 16161 7300 7498 SR 806 Delray Beach FL 33446 We nomal 02 04 09 10 04 26 45375 80 15448 6767 6871 SR 806 Delray Beach FL 33446 WW nomal 02 04 09 10 05 26 45370 80 14797 6500 6598 SR 806 Delray Beach FL 33446 We nomal 02 04 09 10 06 26 45238 80 14709 15021 15097 Carter Rd Delray Beach FL 33446 Ww namal 02 04 09 10 07 26 4430 2N 14679 Note that toolbar Export end Print buttons may be initially grayed out and most cells in the address ET may be initially blank Address cells will be filled in at the rate of approximately 2 lines per second Address decoding is provided by Google Server that limits the number of geocoding request sent over a short period of time Once all addresses are decoded the Export and Print toolbar buttons will be enabled You can export the report to a comma separated CSV file or an XML file StreetTrek Explorer can load reports it generates You can open a report file in either CSV or XML format from the main program window toolbar via button The imported report will produce the same map as on the above screenshot Street View Previous Top Next Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth that provides 360 horizontal and 290 vertical panoramic street level view
37. red in these files will be added to the Icon list box and you can select any of them as an Asset Icon Your choice of assets graphics is not limited to StreetTrek Explorer graphics collection The File Open Dialog produced when you click the Import button can be navigated to any folder on the PC where you can find and select an appropriate graphic Graphics suited for assets should be reasonably small Most built in assets graphics are size 32x32 pixels with some minor variations For use in Google Maps transparent graphics are preferable The preferred graphic file format is GIF PNG format is suitable for PCs with newer versions of Internet Explorer IE7 Older IE versions do not handle well PNG transparency StreetTrek Explorer does not run in Internet Explorer browser however it uses underlying Windows OS features related to the installed version of Internet Explorer The above way of choosing Asset name and icon is intuitive and simple However there is another way of editing assets that is more convenient when you need editing multiple assets at once including those assets that are not shown on the map If you click on the arrow portion of the Assets toolbar button you will pull down a sub menu e List 7 Edit The second menu option Edit will open a spreadsheet like form listing StreetTrek Explorer assets with their icons names optional speed limits and an ID that should uniquely identify each asset Mobile And Portable Assets a Mobil
38. reetTrek Server StreetTrek Explorer connection status is indicated by the green traffic light S icon in the upper left corner of the StreetTrek Explorer window You may observe this icon changing to when StreetTrek Explorer is getting and processing Server data At this point you should get icons plotted onto the map Congratulations You got StreetTrek up and running The chapters to follow show how to customize StreetTrek Explorer to your specific needs use of advanced features like reports and telemetry and how to get data from a local source like Motorola MOTOTRBO radio Note MOTOTRBO is a trademark of Motorola Inc System Requirements Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer requires a PC with Windows XP or later operating system 1GB of RAM and a high resolution video card are recommended Broadband Internet Connection is required for using StreetTrek Explorer with Google Maps Upgrading StreetTrek Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer can be upgraded over the Internet from StreetTrek web site The availability of an upgrade can be verified by clicking on the arrow portion of the About P84 7 toolbar button which will pull down a sub menu o Help g Upgrades rh Register If the PC running StreetTrek Explorer is connected to the Internet selecting the Upgrades menu option should produce an Upgrade Form like the one shown below ig StreetTrek Explorer Upgrade j _ Your Street Trek Explorer Ver
39. rk or Internet connection Once you turn on or plug ina MOTOTRBO base the Network toolbar button will change it s caption to Local and icon to Googe A A I A PO Te of ge El Settings i Ge cy Local Assets AB gt Landmarks Q 7 About i indicating that data will be received from the MOTOTRBO base radio Clicking on the toolbar Local button should produce a MOTOTRBO Settings Form MOTOTRBO m E Network Settings Radio Parameters 192 168 11 2 Model M27QNHJATAN ARS Port 1005 Seral 38 THW 1446 Channel 2 Zone 1 CAI Network ID Telemetry Port Update int l 180 aa ace Power Low MOTOTRBO is a registred trademark of Motorola Corp Save Cancel The only MOTOTRBO parameter you may need to adjust is the Update Interval GPS Update Interval in seconds is the desired time interval between GPS updates MOTOTRBO Documentation recommends 4 minutes 240 seconds between updates and cautions against lowering them below 60 seconds StreetTrek MOTOTRBO Settings Form allows entering shorter down to 20 seconds update intervals for testing purpose Keep in mind that shorter update intervals translate into more radio traffic and less radio battery life The GPS Update Interval entered here will be applied to MOTOTRBO radios registering with StreetTrek for the first time StreetTrek stores the GPS Update Interval for each radio and a GPS Update Interval of a partic
40. s and allows users to view parts of some regions of the world at ground level StreetTrek Explorer offers Google Street View for assets and landmarks either in a balloon opened when the user clicks the icon with the left mouse button or in a separate form opened via context menu activated by the right mouse button click A Street View form opened for an asset will stay with the asset and will be updated each time StreetTrek Explorer gets new data for that asset Currently Google Street View is available mainly for major USA and Canada population centers and major roads It is now offered for some European capitals major cities in Australia and Japan To find out if Google Street View is available in areas of your interest click the aia toolbar button Roads and Streets covered by Google Street View will be highlighted with blue outlines To turn the blue outlines off click the k again or click the right mouse button anywhere on the map but not on an icon While Google Street View blue outline is ON you should notice a camera icon hovering over the map at the current cursor position Clicking the left mouse on an outlined road or street will produce a Street View form with Google Street View of the area The size of this form can be adjusted by dragging the form s borders Google Street View is not a StreetTrek Explorer feature It is a service offered by Google Maps Since StreetTrek Explorer uses Google Maps it offers Google Street View among
41. s the path would point to the StreetTrek Explorer program folder and World kml will be the only file available This file is an internal file visible only to StreetTrek Explorer application It is generally not recommended adding files to the application program folder You can store your raster map files in any other folder of your choice including Application User Data folder in Documents and Settings under XP or Users under Windows Vista or you could store your raster maps in My Documents folder Once you copied your raster maps into a folder of your choice you can navigate to that folder in the File Open Dialog and open the raster map The raster map will be shown in the main program window with assets that are within raster map boundaries plotted The raster map file name will become a menu option in the sub menu pulled down when you click on the arrow portion of the left most toolbar button Next time you want to select the same map you don t have to go through the File Open Dialog the map will be available as a menu choice The raster map shown at StreetTrek Explorer exit will be automatically loaded at the next program run Raster Maps allow adding Landmarks The procedure of adding a Landmark to the a Raster Map is similar to adding landmarks to Google Maps described in Adding Landmarks topic Raster Map landmarks are tied to the raster map they reside on and added for each Raster Map separately StreetTrek Options Previous Top Next
42. sed on both Product Code and Maximum Assets Tracked and will be accepted only on the PC with the matching Product Code In order to better serve you in keeping track of your subscriptions for cases like adding extra assets moving the application to another PC recovering registrations after OS reinstall etc we ask to submit additional information like Company Name Contact Name and Phone Number your StreetTrek Explorer Dealer Name StreetTrek Explorer offers two ways of requesting Registration Key via email The preferred way is to click the Email button which would open a Registration Request Form like the one shown below file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh45B7 htm 4 27 2010 Welcome to StreetTrek Explorer Page 4 of 5 Registration Request Fields marked by are mandatory Company Email Contact Phone Assets tracked 25 Address City State Purchased from Additional Information Submit Cancel Fill in the fields and click the Submit button StreetTrek Explorer will generate and send an email to info streettrek com and also send a confirmation email to the email address you entered This is the preferred way of requesting a registration code It requires only Internet access You do not need to have an email account on the PC running StreetTrek Explorer Alternatively you can send an email to info streettrek com or sales streettrek com using your PC Email Client To make this procedure
43. sion is 2 0 0 18 New Street Trek Explorer Version 2 0 0 17 posted on 08 09 7009 Version History 2 0 0 17 08 09 2009 Comected latitude calculation for southem hemisphere 2 0 0 16 07 27 2009 MOTOTREO Diagnostics option added Built in help updated 2 0 0 15 07 17 2009 Minor GUI changes for Search by Latitude Longitude 2 0 0 15 07 14 2009 Capacity plus fimware versions support Comected server data processing on local Windows versions 2 0 0 15 06 15 2009 Added SMTP Registration Request option 2 0 0 14 04 28 2009 Local database max size increased to 4 GB 2 0 0 14 04 06 2009 Comected Adobe Flash Player update in Street View Download The text on the Upgrade Form will inform about the latest available upgrade version If the installed StreetTrek Explorer build is the same or earlier you will be able to download the upgrade by clicking the Download button The list box labeled Version History contains a brief description of recent updates and should help you in making a decision whether you should download and install the upgrade The upgrade procedure involves several steps You can cancel the upgrade procedure at every intermediate step Once you click the Download button the upgrade file will be downloaded from the StreetTrek FTP site The download progress will be indicated by a progress bar The upgrade file is an archive file and once downloaded you will be prompted to install it The text in the bottom left button will
44. te graphic from any folder on the PC Graphics suited for Landmarks should be reasonably small The built in landmarks graphics are size 32x32 pixels For use on Google Maps transparent graphics are preferable The preferred graphic file format is GIF PNG graphic format is suitable for PC with newer versions of Internet Explorer IE7 Older IE versions do not handle well PNG transparency StreetTrek Explorer does not run in the Internet Explorer browser however it uses the underlying Windows OS features dependent on the installed version of Internet Explorer Next you may want to correct the address information The information filled in when you first opened the Landmark Edit form is a result of reverse geocoding based on Landmark coordinates This information may not be precise enough If you know the exact address type it into the Address field The text you type will be shown in a balloon that will pop up each time you move the mouse cursor over a landmark Before closing the Landmark Edit form you may lock the Landmark on it s current position by checking the Lock box Locked landmark can t be dragged across the map You can always unlock the landmark via context menu opened when you click the Landmark with the right mouse button If the Landmark is locked the context menu would offer an Unlock option If the Landmark is not locked there will be a Lock option Changes you made in the Landmark Edit Form will be saved only if you close the form by
45. that can be zoomed and navigated independently from the main map Unlike the main map the detailed map will keep track of it s dedicated asset and will automatically change map view port if the asset moves beyond map boundaries Refer to the Detail Maps topic for more details Street View option x opens Google Maps Street View for the selected asset if Street View is available for the area Locate option will change the main map view port to place the selected asset in the map center The same action is performed when you make a selection from the toolbar Assets drop down box The only difference is that locating from the Mobile and Portable Assets is guaranteed to succeed because all assets on that list have valid coordinates Edit option will open Asset Edit form where you can change the asset name alias the asset icon and the asset individual speed limit Geofence option opens a Geofence Select form where the user can select geofences in effect for the asset Geofence option is visible only if geofences have been defined by the user Options provided via the Asset List context menu are also available directly on the main map A right mouse button click on any asset icon on the main map will produce a context menu with similar options Refer to the Geofencing section for details about setting up geofences file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 5 of 11 To close the Assets List form click the x button o
46. u can change the name of the file Once you saved your landmarks you can import them into any running copy of StreetTrek Explorer To do so open the Edit Landmarks form by clicking the Landmarks Landmarks p button on the main program window toolbar and in the Edit Landmarks form click the Import aor ty toolbar button This will produce a Windows File Open Dialog which you navigate to the Landmarks Export file you earlier created The default File Open Dialog path points to StreetTrek User Application Data folder If the Landmarks Export file you selected contains landmarks data the spreadsheet will be populated and you can finish the Landmarks Import by clicking the Save Save ld toolbar button Landmarks Export Import is quite similar to Assets Export Import described in Changing Asset Name and Icon topic Address Lookup Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer offers address lookup through Google Address Lookup services To locate an address first click the S button on the main program window toolbar You will be presented with a form like the one shown below file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 4 of 11 J Find Address Address 1961 Utica Avenue Brooklyn NY 11234 Name 4 Place a pushpin Ne Address 1961 Utica Ave Brooklyn NY 11234 USA On this form type the address you are looking for The formatting of the address search string should confirm
47. ular radio can be changed independently of the global GPS Update Interval entered here If you need changing GPS Update Interval for each previously registered radio check the Apply to All box It is possible but not recommended changing other parameters in the Network Settings group For detailed information about MOTOTRBO programming for Location Services contact your Motorola Dealer Keep in mind that StreetTrek Explorer will automatically configure itself for MOTOTRBO only if it is not currently connected to StreetTrek Server the MOTOTRBO base is properly programmed and MOTOTRBO drivers are installed If you intend on switching between getting data from StreetTrek Server and a MOTOTRBO base terminate the connection to the StreetTrek Server before turning on the MOTOTRBO base radio Note MOTOTRBO is a trademark of Motorola Inc Troubleshooting Previous Top Getting GPS data from MOTOTRBO hardware may require some troubleshooting Due to the constraints of MOTOTRBO Location Services Architecture a GPS capable radio will send GPS only after getting an Over the Air instruction issued by a GPS tracking application like StreetTrek Explorer There is a fair chance that when you run StreetTrek Explorer with MOTOTRBO for the first time you will be looking at a map with no Asset icons An Asset icon is plotted onto the map only if StreetTrek Explorer received GPS data with valid coordinates There could be vari
48. ve picture corresponds to the first data packet generated early in the morning The Green Arrow toolbar button allows advancing the to the next record which will be reflected by changed time in the toolbar Time drop down list box The position of the vehicle on the map if changed will be updated as well You can jump directly to a time of your choice by making a selection in the Time drop down list box Clicking on the route with the left mouse button would move the vehicle icon to the route point nearest to the point clicked and the time and speed shown in the form caption as well as the time shown in the drop down list box will be updated The gray background of the Label with the Vehicle Name on the above screenshot indicates that ignition was off as you would expect considering the early hour The next screen shows the vehicle position later that morning 2 4 2009 9 52 AM 47 mph S 13135 13347 Hagen Ranch Rd Delray Beach FL 33446 The information balloon shown on the map was erodes byt Paver the mouse cursor over the vehicle icon The next screen was produced by clicking the vehicle icon with the left mouse button file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp hh3005 htm 4 27 2010 Main Map Page 9 of 11 seacn a Anna AAN oorr u A wrTTTy Hagen Ranch Rd Hagen Ranch Rd This map shows a ground level Street View balloon Note that Street View panorama angle matches the vehicle s heading Instead of repeate
49. w position and size and use these at the next program start Once StreetTrek Explorer starts getting GPS data your assets will be plotted onto the map according to their GPS coordinates You can adjust map center and zoom level for the best viewing of your assets When you move the mouse cursor over an asset you will be getting a balloon with additional information such as date time speed and direction if any address if decoded Moving the mouse cursor from the asset should close the balloon Clicking an asset icon with the right mouse button would activate a context menu Detail Street View Edit Geofence Delete You can use context menu options to Edit the asset name and icon open a Detail Map open a Street View if available or remove the asset from the map Clicking the asset with the left mouse button would produce a Street View balloon showing the ground level panorama of the area if available You can enhance your maps by placing Landmark Icons marking any objects of your interest Refer to Adding Landmarks topic for details StreetTrek Explorer offers address lookup through Google Address Search Services For address search click the e toolbar button to open the Find Address form For details on Address Search refer to the Address Lookup topic Google Maps offer a number of unique features including Traffic Overlay and Street View Street View provides 360 horizontal and 290 vertical panoramic street level views a
50. where you can choose another color Besides telemetry values you can choose the Global Speed Limit and the color corresponding to Speeding condition Keep in mind that StreetTrek Explorer Speeding is not related to any local or national traffic laws The Global Speed Limit does not necessarily apply to all assets Global speed Limit is overridden by Individual Asset Speed Limit When a new asset is added to the fleet it s speed limit is set to the Global Speed Limit entered here If you later change the individual speed limit for that asset the speeding condition for it will be derived from the individual speed limit Normal condition specifies the state when the asset is on not speeding and there are no telemetry values matching values in one of the four numeric up down telemetry controls The default Normal color is white and can be set to transparent by checking the Transparent check box Transparent means that the assets labels will be painted without background Talking condition corresponds to the activated Push To Talk PTT switch PTT is not supported by all GPS hardware If the GPS hardware for example a two way radio does support PTT the background color of the label will change to the color selected for Talking condition when the radio operator pressed microphone PTT button The program user in that case could not just hear the audio from the receiving radio speaker but also see on the map which unit is talking and where it is OFF c
51. your choice on other machines and import geofences via Import geofence submenu option Each mobile or portable asset can be assigned a combination of defined geofences This can be done in number of ways The most intuitive is to move the mouse cursor over the asset on the map and click it with the right mouse button to activate a context menu Detail Street View Edit Geofence Delete and select the Geofence option This will produce a form listing defined geofences Check which geofences should be in effect for the asset and click the save button The same form can be called from the Mobile and Portable Assets Reports Previous Top Next StreetTrek Explorer allows the program user to look up past whereabouts of any asset StreetTrek Explorer was tracking and generate a Visual map and Tabular reports The Report feature is accessed by clicking the re toolbar button which would produce a form like the one shown below WD oc T Law Vehicle Asset annama Monday February 16 2009 Jr End Date Monday February 16 2009 J Before a report can be generated the user needs selecting the Asset and the Date Range The Asset selection is done in the Vehicle Asset drop down box which is pulled down by clicking on the drop down box arrow In response StreetTrek Explorer will either search it s database if data is provided by the locally attached hardware or send a request file C Users LennyHome AppData Local Temp
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