Bike-O-Meter User Manual
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1. 0 0 Miles Haversine2 dist 0 0 Miles Figure 6 USE CASES Example 1 Running Jogging 1 Step outside turn on the Bike O Meter and wait for about 2 minutes to acquire the satellites Usually you get 7 to 10 satellites The satellite count is shown on the top left corner in the blue block 5 26 PM Bike O Meter 08 16 35 Ave 21 33 KMPH Figure 7 De 6 28 PM De 6 29 PM Gps Info Reset Timer Ave Speed Start Gps Screen ON Figure 8 Figure 9 10 2 Using the Mode button select the appropriate mode or MODE 2 3 Next using the Units button toggle the Units to English or Metric 4 From the Main menu reset the Odometer 5 If necessary reset the Timer D M 6 31 PM Gps Info Reset Start Gps Screen ON Figure 10 Figure 11 6 That is it Start running or walking When your speed is above 3 Miles per hour 4 8 KMPH you will see the speedometer shows readings 7 While walking even at Speed less than 3 miles per hour you will see the Odometer in feet or meters changing and showing distances 8 At any time using the menus you can switch between the various MODES and UNITS Helpful Tips Internally the distance 15 stored as a big number The largest number it can store 15 4 294 967 295 4 2 Billion feet So even if you walk more than 99 999 feet 19 miles the Odometer will wrap around to 0 but internally the distances are stored correctly Yo2. have to wait for about 5 to 8 minutes When you get a good satellite fix you should see the satellite count on the Main Screen at top left hand corner A screen shot of the Bike O Meter main screen is shown below D A 5 26 PM Bike O Meter 08 16 35 Ave 21 33 KMPH Figure 5 Once you get a satellite fix more than 8 is good 1f you move about 20 meters 60 feet in any direction you will see the speed and distance readings change We have tested the App while walking on a bike and in a car With good GPS coverage 7 to 10 satellites the speed and odometer distance readings are very accurate OPERATION Bike O Meter is real simple and easy to use we will explain how it works Keep in mind that the App requires the use of GPS The GPS accuracy is about 20 meters 60 feet and this technology requires movement to detect speed distance and heading 1 To start the App simply click on the Bike O Meter icon The main Bike O Meter screen shows up and it starts working as soon as it gets a satellite fix 2 As with any regular speedometer odometer the speed readings and the distance readings will not change unless there is movement If you are walking set the mode to MODEI This way you will see how much you moved in feet or meters as opposed to miles or kilometers If you walk more that 100 000 Meters or 20 Miles switch to MODE2 so that your distance readings DO NOT warp around 3 If you are on a bicy
3. 2 17 Waypoint View Waypoint Index Start Time Stop Time Latitude Longitude Altitude Heading Horiz Dist Vertical Dist Next First Figure 23 1 55 0 12 25 13 50 43 0 12 25 13 50 49 51 105183 1 3 0 Feet 1 0 151 57 Feet 0 Feet Previous Last The WayPoint View Screen menu allows you to navigate and view the different recorded waypoints The menu items Next Previous First and Last are self explanatory GESTURES FOR SCROLL ING Use Swipe Drag and Fling gestures to scroll through waypoints quickly and easily The Waypoint View Screen also supports Gesture touch screen capabilities such as Swipe and Fling This allows the user to quickly scroll through the waypoint screens by simply dragging the screen Drag the Screen to scroll through the Waypoints Drag the screen right to left to scroll forward Drag the screen left to right to scroll backwards Fling the screen to move forward or backward by quanta of waypoints for e g 8 waypoints Again you can fling forward or backward ADVANCED ANALYTICS The Trip Waypoints and measurements can be downloaded to a computer for complex analysis and advanced graphing The gpx files can be easily imported to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and various trend analysis can be performed Since all the measured and calculated data are available various graphs can be easily plotted such as speed vs distance Distance vs Time
4. Bike O Meter User Manual for Android Smart phones amp Devices Version 3 Date 2011 04 30 Thank you for purchasing the Bike O Meter App from Cellimagine The Bike O Meter is an App rich in features and functions NEW FEATURES e Screen ON Wake Lock feature to keep the Screen from going to sleep Bike O Meter is setup to work in Unattended Mode so even with no user activity the App and GPS device does not stop working when the mobile device goes to sleep Suspended state Automatic Screen Rotation based on device orientation Increased Speedometer range 0 to 999 Increased Odometer range 0 to 99999 Display shows Average Speed Trip Waypoints points now captured as both GPX and KML files KML files display Waypoints and Line segments GPX files display Waypoints Line segments GPX files contain other important information such as Heading Average speed and Elevation gain ADVANCED FEATURES e English and Metric Units Can switch Units at any time e Multiple Modes Feet Feet Sec Miles MPH English Units Meters meters Sec KM KMPH Metric Units e Persistent User Preference settings such as Mode Units Odometer and Elapsed time readings are also saved and persistent e Comprehensive set of GPS measurements As one of the first users described It has a cool factor It is a high precision instrument and very reliable Before getting started please follow the checklist below to make sure your Android phone me
5. Waypoint GPX Filename GPX 110428 1850 gpx KML Filename KML 110428 1850 kml Sample Freq Minutes Duration Hours Waypoints Collected Figure 17 1 982 Figure 18 14 For each trip two files will be generated One is a GPX file that contains the vital Waypoints data and statistics GPX is an open standard XML data interchange format and many applications can read this file An XML file is a simple text file in a easily readable form for both machines and people The GPX filename that is displayed is a unique name that is based on the date and time timestamp The file extension gpx For e g GPX 101012 1905 xml This file was created on 2010 October12 at 19 hrs and O5 minutes The second file is a KML files and has kml extension This is a special file that contains the trip points that can be displayed in Google Earth Again a kml file is an open standards XML file understood by many Location Based Applications LBS The KML file also has a unique name based on the date and time it was created It has an extension of kml KML 100901 0140 kml This file was created on 2010 September 01 at 01 Hrs and 40 minutes Both the GPX and the KML file names can be changed if the user decides to do so The next field 1s the Sampling Frequency in Minutes This specifies how often the Waypoints are marked and stored This is a TextBox where the user can enter a valid sampling value Pado un For example a sampling frequency o
6. cle or in a car switch to the MODE2 In this mode you can use the English units speed in Miles per Hour and distance in Miles You can also set units to Metric speed in Kilometers per Hour and distance in Kilometers 4 The Android phone does not have Magnetic Compass So the HEADING direction is calculated based on GPS locations To obtain proper heading values you need movement Once you start walking or driving you will get correct HEADING 5 If you lose Satellite fix count for example you go indoors the reading become unreliable 6 With good satellite fix GPS accuracy of 5 meters the readings are reliable and the errors are less than 2 7 The GPSInfo screen gives you detailed information of both the GPS readings and calculated values Latitude Longitude Altitude Distance Vertical Distance Heading Speed Grade Start Time and End Time stamps IMPORTANT Wait until and make sure that the Horizontal Accuracy is less than 5 meters to get accurate readings The Horizontal Accuracy can be found on the GPS Info Screen See Figure 6 below 8 You can store and view the Waypoints Waypoints are locations along you travel path along with other GPS information such as speed distance altitude vertical distance etc D A 1 41 Longitude 1 3 Latitude 51 105183 Altitude 0 0 Miles Heading relative to true north 19 0 Speed 42 5 MPH Grade 0 0 Satellite Count 19 Horizontal Accuracy 0 0 Delta dist
7. d Speed is displayed in Meters Sec Feet Sec Kilometers per Hour KMPH and Miles per Hour MPH Odometer Displays the total distance traveled The odometer value is non volatile and saved across application exit and device power off Distance is displayed the following units Meters Feet Kilometers and Miles Elapsed Time It displays the up time the Bike O Meter App has been running The elapsed time is preserved across application exit and device power off Average Speed Displays the average speed It is zeroed before starting a new application session Units Button The Units button is used to select toggle between Metric and English units You can switch units at any time Mode Button The Mode button is used to select the granularity of the Units If English Units are selected the Mode toggles between Miles per Hour and Feet Sec The distance is toggled between Miles and Feet If Metric Units are selected the Mode toggles between KM per Hour and Meters Sec The distance toggles between Kilometers and Meters Measurement Units English or Metric The combination of Mode and Units is used to display the proper measurement units For e g MODE 1 English Units will display Speed in Miles per hour and distance in Miles MODE 2 Metric Units will display Speed in Meters Second and distance in Meters The table below shows the various combination of mode and units and the resulting measurement units displayed Mode of op
8. eration There are 2 modes of operation MODE 1 and MODE 2 The Mode depends on the Units selected For Metric units the Mode toggles between Meters and Kilometers for distance Meters Second and Kilometers per Hour for speed For English units the Mode toggles between Feet and Miles for distance Meters Second and Miles Hour for speed The Mode and Units combinations are summarized in the table below English Units Metric Units Speed Distance Speed Distance Feet Second Feet Meters Second Meters Miles Hour Miles KM Hour Kilometers In the Model the Odometer readings show whole units either Feet or Meters e g 1234 represents 1234 0 feet or meters In Mode2 the Odometer last digit shows Tenth of a Mile or Kilometer e g 1234 represents 123 4 Miles or Kilometers MAIN SCREEN MENUS The Main Screen menus can be accessed as Option Menus as shown in Figure 3 D GB 5 08 PM GB 5 09 PM Bike O Meter Gps Info Reset Timer 07 59 45 start Gps Gps Info Reset Timer Screen ON Start Gps screen ON Exit Figure 3 Figure 4 The Main Menu can also be accessed as Context menu as shown in Figure 4 To invoke the Context Menu simply touch the screen for a while long touch and the menu will appear STEP 3 GETTING A SATELLITE FIX Step outdoors to get a clear view of the sky Turn on the Bike O Meter App and wait for about a minute to get a satellite fix For the first time you may
9. ets the minimum requirements and the GPS is setup properly SETUP STEP 1 REQUIREMENTS Make sure your Phone has Android OS version 2 1 or higher Is GPS capable with internal GPS unit No data service is required for the Bike O Meter to operate STEP 2 INSTALLATION You can install Bike O Meter by downloading the apk file to your Mobile device Alternately you can install the App Over the Air OTA The Bike O Meter icon will show up in the Application Folder Click on the Bike O Meter Icon to start the Application Figure 1 shows the Bike O Meter Widget in the Application Folder did 1 Alarm Clock Camera Email Phone De 6 21 gem Bike O Meter Contacts Custom Dev Tools Locale Gallery Music ud 2 Settings Spare Parts Browser Calculator 8 Messaging Figure 1 Satellite Count Bike O Meter 2 12 360 Elapsed time 08 15 43 Ave 21 33 MPH Average Speed Units Unit Granularity Figure 2 BIKE O METER Main Screen The main screen displays the following information Satellite Count The number of satellites used in solution IMPORTANT Make sure that the Satellite count is 5 or more before you start using the App Heading This is the true magnetic compass direction Since Heading is a calculated value there has to be movement before true heading values are displayed Speedometer Displays the spee
10. f 1 Minute specifies that trip locations are marked every 1 minute A value of 0 25 minutes specifies sampling frequency of 15 seconds The Duration field specifies the Total time duration for which the waypoints are collected The duration 1s mm in hours This is also a TextBox to enter a valid sampling value For e g if the Duration is 2 hours and the sampling rate is 1 minute then Waypoints are collected every minute for 2 hours for a total of 120 Waypoints The Waypoints Collected field shows how many waypoints have been collected so far since the start of the Auto Mark Waypoint This field increments with time as more waypoints are collected The Duration field serves a second dual purpose Once started this field shows the remaining time the time left to collect waypoints It decrements and when it reaches zero the Waypoint collection stops 15 For a given trip a maximum of 250 waypoints will be collected After that the waypoint collection is stopped Once the Waypoint collection is stopped either manually or automatically the waypoints are stored in the specified files on the SD card The Start Stop Reset and Save menu items are context sensitive and designed to be fool proof to prevent the user from accidentally overwriting a saved Waypoint file UNLIMITED TRIP FILES Any number of trip files can be created The only limitation is the size of the SD card Each trip generates two files that have unique names and hel
11. ient itself to the correct landscape or portrait modes Android allows for the screen orientation to be locked The user can manually rotate the screen from portrait to landscape mode and vice versa Questions Please contact Support Cellimagine com Please contact info Cellimagine com for a version of the Bike O Meter that run on other platforms such as the BlackBerry Windows Mobile and iPhones 21
12. p keep track of the trips chronologically Once a trip is started the user can exit the WPSaveScreen and go back to the Bike O Meter main screen to view the Speed and Distance instrumentation Since the state of the WPSaveScreen is preserved the user can return to this screen any time to check the status of waypoint collection or stop and save the files The Reset button can be used to reset the filenames and sampling interval and duration to default values The Reset button cannot only be activated while the trip is active and waypoints are being recorded 5 04 PM Trip Waypoint Files saved on SD card Figure 19 Waypoints that are stored can be viewed as a List in the PointScreen 16 Bike O Meter gt GpsScreen gt View Waypoint Eam 12 08 Waiting for satellite data Mark Waypoint Auto Mark Waypoint Metric Units Figure 20 Wa y p oint 0 Waypoint 1 Waypoint 2 Waypoint 3 Waypoint 4 NW a y p nt 5 View Delete All Figure 21 Bi 0 Meter DE 5 18 Delete Exit Details of a Waypoint can be viewed by selecting a particular Waypoint Select the Waypoint you want to view e g Waypoint 7 and click for details 1 56 PM Waypoint View Waypoint Index Start Time stop Time Latitude Longitude 51 10 0 Meters Heading 1 0 Horiz Dist Vertical Dist 0 0 Meters Average Speed 16 0 m sec Altitude Figure 2
13. p to a file on the SD card 2 View Waypoints 3 Download the Waypoints Files You can manually store single waypoints or automatically store multiple waypoints MANUALLY STORE WAYPOINTS 1 To Store a Waypoint From the Main Screen go to the GPSInfo screen Then use the Mark waypoint menu item Bike O Meter gt GPSInfo gt Mark waypoint 2 To View a WayPoint From the Main Screen go to the GPSInfo screen Then use the View Waypoint menu item Bike O Meter 2GPSInfo View Waypoint 12 08 AM 12 07 AM ROE Se a SADS ORDE OOOO OT TO TEE di adc i i ig Bike O Meter ike O Meter TONES ee AA CEM GPS Info GPS Info Waiting for satellite data Waiting for satellite data Auto Mark Waypoint Mark Waypoint Auto Mark Waypoint View Waypoint Metric Units Metric Units Figure 14 Figure 15 13 AUTO STORE WAYPOINTS To automatically store trip waypoints go to the WPSaveScreen Bike O Meter gt GpsInfo gt Auto Mark Waypoint The WPSaveScreen is displayed as shown below 4 5 00 PM Auto Mark Waypoint GPX Filename GPX 110428 1700 gpx KML Filename KML 110428 1700 kml Sample Freq Minutes Duration Hours Waypoints Collected Figure 16 4 5 03 PM Auto Mark Waypoint GPX Filename GPX 110428 1700 gpx KML Filename KML 110428 1700 kml Sample Freq Minutes Duration Hours Waypoints Collected DA 6 53 PM Auto Mark
14. u can get the correct distance by switching to MODE 2 and obtain the correct distance in Miles 11 Example 2 On a bicycle or in a car 9 The App works exactly the same way whether you are on a bicycle or a car 10 In this case you would set to MODE2 and the units to English or Metric as the case may be The Bike O Meter provides very accurate readings for both speed and distance We have checked that the readings closely match with the readings of the car DAS 5 07 PM Bike O Meter 07 58 56 Ave 11 18 KMPH 08 15 43 Ave 21 33 MPH Figure 12 Figure 13 11 With the Mode2 English Units the Odometer shows distance in Miles The right most odometer position the black box digit now shows 10th of a mile 12 In the Mode2 Metric Units the Odometer shows distance in Kilometers The right most odometer position the black box digit now shows 10th of a Kilometer 13 When you are moving the HEADING values show the correct Magnetic direction such as N north NE E east SE 5 south SW W west NW etc The actual values in degrees are displayed in the GPSInfo screen 14 At any time you can also permanently save your Waypoints Latitude Longitude Speed Heading etc and view them later The Waypoints are stored on the SD card and can be downloaded or e mailed to a Computer or a server 12 STORING AND VIEWING WAYPOINTS The current version of Speed O Meter will allow you to 1 Save Waypoints for a tri
15. vertical distance vs distance altitude vs distance All these advanced capabilities that are normally reserved for expensive GPS devices and software are available a virtually no cost Similarly the KML files can be used to display Line segments on Google Earth on your local computer Alternately they can be uploaded to Web servers such as MapMyRide com and RideWithGps com These sites can accept kml files and plot contour maps street maps hybrid maps etc The possibilities are endless and comparable to expensive professional GPS biking gear 18 PLOTTING ON GOOGLE EARTH Both the GPX and the KML files can be downloaded onto a PC and plotted on Google Earth If you have a KML viewer you can even plot it in your Android device Bike O Meter GPX file displayed in Google Earth TRKPT6 Longitude 96 10044 Latitude 34 03612 Altitude 60 0 Speed 37 55 Heading 0 0 Time 2011 04 24T12 04 20Z Directions To here From here TRKPT6 TRKPT7 5 a I TRIKETS 1 2 TRKPT3 TRKPT2 X TRKPTO TRKPT1 TRKP MO lt KML File plotted in Google Earth SCREEN ORIENTATION AND RESOLUTION The Bike O Meter Screens are smart The App can automatically detect screen sizes and resolutions and scale the App graphics to properly fit the various device screens When a device is rotated if the device has accelerometers to detect orientation of the screen the App will re or
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