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Glad you got it working.

Not sure why your URL didn't work, I guess it is not resolvable from your device for some reason. Maybe a DNS issue? I'm not sure. You should be able to check by putting the same URL into the browser on your device and see if it can find it. If you have it working it doesn't really matter, but URLs should work , that is what I use on my device.

Regarding the install, the one from my web page ( http://users.bigpond.net.au/ian_pendlebury/mymad.htm ) definitely supports installation to Storage Card, you need to do an ActiveSync install. Is that where you got the install from? The freeware sites copied the binary from my site (without my permission) and have done all sorts of things with it, including extracting the CAB file from the exe and posting it on their web sites. I think CAB file installs are restricted. Anyway, if you have any problems get the latest version from my site as step 1.

Those ftp addresses you wrote are invalid. It should be "ftp.foohost.net" , there is no "www" or "http" in an a ftp address. Stricly speaking the full address would be "ftp://ftp.foohost.com" , the bit at the front is optional.
Once you have the address right, try putting it into a browser as a URL - is it a really an ftp site with an ftp server running? Does it ask you for a password?
You need to sort this out before proceeding.
If it turns out you don't actually have an ftp site you can access, you can get a free one here: http://asphost4free.com/

You can get the new version of MyMotion from http://users.bigpond.net.au/ian_pendlebury/mymad.htm (press refresh on your browser if it doesn't show 1.10 for download)

I have moved this to the main download version now

Check you have MyMotion 1.02, earlier versions had a bug with this.
Check your ftp address, username and password supplied on the Upload Preferences page (ie on a PC, verify they work and you can access the site and have space to upload files).
If Upload is enabled (via the Ftp Auto Upload setting) you will see a report on the text Summary screen, right at the bottom it gives an Upload summary either OK with the number of bytes, or "failed" - do you see this?
Look for a file on your ftp site called LL.device.* where device is the ID of your device.
If GPRS is not already connected, does Upload connect it for you (it should - and that would show it was trying to connect)?
Any other symptoms - does it freeze or anything?

In response to reports from Jorma and others regarding problems with commas in MakeMyMap 1.2 I have improved the functionality to trap this and other problems.
Since you folks have taken the time to give me feedback, I'll give you first opportunity to try the new version.
Please let me know if it works then I will put a link on the main page.

Here is the fixed version: http://users.bigpond.net.au/ian_pendlebury/makemapsetup130.exe

I don't see the file. Use the "Messages" area at the very top of the web page (next to logout & Edit your profile). Then send a message to "mymotion" and Upload File.

Nice Jorma.
I run listening to music and MyMotion too.
There is sometimes a little bit of error in the GPS signal it is normal. This happens mostly when you have a poor signal, maybe heavy cloud or running near power lines. I wouldn't bother trying to fix the coordinates.
I didn't set .kmz as the default as it doesn't contain all the recorded data, just a subset. I could set it as the default though. I'll add that idea to the list.
NOTE: I've been in touch with the guys at http://runometer.com apparently people are trying to load mymotion .kmz files up to their site. Cool idea, it doesn't work yet but you can expect to see interesting developments here I think.

Ian

Could you send me the .tgz file so I can check it? You can use the private Message facility of this forum (top right of the web page) to send me a message and attach a file.

Did you see the response above? I'll repeat it here:
If you can see the map under Maps in Preferences then I think it loaded OK.
So, now all you need to do is get a GPS signal and if your location is within the coordinates supplied for the map, it will display it. If you are not getting a GPS signal then set up NMEA via Preferences.
Have you done that, got a signal within the map?
If the map is of an area which is not your current location, try getting a GPS signal then zooming out the map (down arrow) until it appears.
Do you see the base map of the world?

Hi Aliard,

The biggest issues with showing your realtime position during a 100km will be
a) power - you will need more than one battery, or will need to re-charge.
b) robustness - if your phone is anything like mine it will freeze and need a reset every now and then. I also found if my phone could not get a GPRS signal the upload would sometimes lock up MyMotion.

I factored these in when designing MyMotion. The simplest way to show your position live is to send your location to an ftp site at a predefined interval. If your phone needs to be reset, just start MyMotion again and everything will continue. I also added power management to get the maximum life out of your battery. On the General preference there is a mode called "black box"; if you pick this MyMotion will allow the phone to sleep for 10 minutes then wake it up for long enough to get a signal and post it to the ftp site, then allow it to sleep again. Using this mode I could get about 10 hours of continuous usage out of one battery (whereas you would typically only get 1 or 2 otherwise).

With the ftp upload, here is what I recommend.

1. Make sure you are using the latest version of MyMotion
2. Use "Current Loc" as the Upload Type from the Preferences
3. Fill out your ftp info and select Auto Upload (yes, you need your own ftp site)
4. If the ftp site/username/password you supply is all OK, this should post a file called LL.deviceid.kmz to your ftp site each time interval or when you go Tools->File->Upload Now. The device ID is unique to your PDA, you can get it from Tools->Help->Register (press Cancel after)
5. You can pull down the kmz file via a PC script, program or something else of your creation, but what I found best was to use the network link feature with kml files. This allows you to link a PC based kml to a web based kmz via a URL and auto refresh at a specified interval. You can then just open this kml file up in Google Earth and it (and your PDA) will do the rest.. fingers crossed.

Here is a template network link kml file you can use (after changing the highlighted fields to your own values), just cut and paste it into a file and save it with the suffix kml, save it to your PC and open it up in GE (NOTE: you can also send it to other people if you want them to know where you are too!):

<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<LookAt>
<longitude>150.00</longitude>
<latitude>-38.00</latitude>
<range>10000.0</range>
<tilt>45</tilt>
<heading>0.0</heading>
</LookAt>
<NetworkLink>
<description>Dynamic network link to name GPS phone</description>
<name>link.kml</name>
<link>
<href>http://yourwebaddress/LL.deviceid.kmz</href>
<refreshMode>onInterval</refreshMode>
<refreshInterval>400</refreshInterval>

</NetworkLink>
<styleUrl>root://styles#default+icon=0x307</styleUrl>
</kml>