Trekker 3.1
Trekker 3.1 contains a wide range of features to enhance your navigation experience. The version also fixes recurrent problems.
This document describes new features, fixes and useful procedures for the supported HP iPAQ 4150, Dell Axim X50, Dell Axim X51 and HP iPAQ hx2490b platforms. Please refer to the What’s new section for the version highlights and fixes. The upgrade procedure is described in the section called Installation procedure.
What’s New in Trekker 3.1?
Trekker 3.1 contains a wide range of new and improved features:
1. Benefit from advanced street positioning
- Occurrences of mapping on lateral streets when crossing an intersection have been reduced.
- Improved detection of very close intersections in pedestrian and motorized modes.
- A more precise vocabulary has been adopted to describe uncertain situations (e.g. “Unavailable” messages).
- Quicker announcement of street name after turning on a lateral street.
2. Obtain enhanced route information:
- Exit numbers in roundabouts are now announced when a motorized route is activated.
- When off route, from a distance of 150 meters, automatic re-routing is allowed either in motorized and pedestrian routes. Manual rerouting is also possible. For convenience, a one handed shortcut on the numerical pad "0" key has been added to manually re-route in pedestrian or motorized modes.
- Right Validate gives instant access to the next instruction. Left Validate gives the previous instruction. When no route is activated Right Validate announces next intersection.
- In motorized routing, the next instruction and its distance after a maneuver at an intersection is announced automatically.
- When a route is activated Trekker gives a "Turn Back" message at intersection detection if user starts the route in the wrong direction.
- In case of quick routes destination, automatic reroute is applied when first intersection is missed.
- In the Route menu, Edit is now replaced by Rename.
- Quick routes can be created up to 100 meters away from street (both origin and destination).
- When activating a route far away from the origin, the initial instruction takes into account the current context and gives the proper instruction towards destination.
3. Enjoy a more efficient navigation
- When travelling in a vehicle, Trekker switches automatically to motorized mode when the speed reaches 15 km/h. When getting off the vehicle, pedestrian mode is activated. Navigation mode changes are vocally announced. The existing shortcuts for manual switches are also available.
- Distance to the next intersection is available in the Where am I information command.
- In Free mode, guidance is now provided according to clockwise instructions.
- P.O.I. and intersection detection announcements do not interrupt user requested information such as Where Am I? , Route Information and Next Instruction.
- When browsing offline, the travelled distance can be heard. This feature is available in the browsing offline verbosity settings.
- 3-way intersections are fully described even with identical names: "3-way intersection: Street A crossing Street A on your right".
4. More Points of interest are detected
- The distance range for P.O.I. search in free mode has been increased up to 10 km. Search is now done by incremental rings. Available search distance ranges are: 0 to 500 meters, 500 to 1000 meters, 1000 meters to 1.5 km, 1.5 to 2.5 km, 2.5 to 5 km and 5 to 10 km.
- In motorized mode, the detection range of points of interest has been increased to 50 meters.
- When browsing offline, it is possible to search for points of interest according to the current virtual position by using the Search by distance function.
5. Issues corrected
- The spontaneous creation of an additional folder on the SD card has been solved.
- Maps on the SD card are automatically activated. If there are more than four maps on the card, Trekker will activate four maps on the top of the list. Access the settings to change the selections.
- The Search by address option is replaced by Search by name.
- Volume and Speech Rate are coordinated with Maestro System Bar settings.
- When the verbosity of P.O.Is is set to tone, P.O.I detection now works properly.
- UK dictionary has been improved, better pronunciation of certain street names.
6. New GPS Receivers are supported
Following GPS receivers have been added to the supported list:
- Holux M-1000C
- iBlue 737 A+
- iBlue MobileMate 886
- Royaltek RBT-2100 (Revision 2)
Converting old Trekker 3.0.x routes
All routes created with Trekker version 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 are no longer compatible with the new Trekker version. However, Trekker Map Manager 2.0.7 allows you to convert your old routes to the new format in one simple operation. Use the CTRL+ALT+R shortcut in the Routes tab. A popup dialog will invite you to launch the conversion process (Note: if a dialog box does not appear after pressing CTRL+ALT+R, press TAB and try the command again). You will receive a success message when the conversion process has been completed. It is important that any conversion be done only once.
Installation procedure
If you downloaded Trekker 3.1 from Humanware web site:
Before installing Trekker 3.1.0, please make sure that your PDA has already been upgraded to Maestro 2.1 and Trekker 3.0.2. Contact HumanWare if you don’t have the installation CD for this version.
Please also make sure that you have installed Trekker Map Manager 2.0.7 to be able to convert Trekker 3.0.2 routes to the new format (refer to “Converting old Trekker 3.0.x routes” section).
To upgrade to Trekker 3.1.0, please do not perform a hard reset beforehand. To perform installation, please follow this procedure:
- Exit the Maestro application. No need to remove SD card from the PDA.
- Connect the PDA cradle to your PC and to the AC adapter.
- Insert the PDA into the cradle.
- Make sure the PDA is turned on.
- Establish an ActiveSync guest partnership.
- Execute the Trekker3.1_Upgrade.exe file (name may contain a suffix indicating language of installation).
- It will take the Trekker 3.1 upgrade procedure 2 to 3 minutes to transfer files to the PDA. This is followed by a Finish dialog on the PC.
- Restart Maestro.
Note to HP 4150 users:
If you need to reinstall Maestro 2.1.0, install it as you would normally. When Maestro installation has been completed, launch the Trekker application once and exit. Then, install Trekker 3.1.0 by following the above procedure.
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