PathAway 3.1 PalmOS - Pre-Release

PathAway Untested pre-releases are posted here for user testing purposes. The pre-release versions are regarded as unstable and may contain bugs and or usability issues. Once we are satisfied that a build is acceptable for general usage,on the main release download pages.

Please Backup your critical PathAway databases.

Ie. Go to your Palm Backup folder on your PC and copy all the PathAway database files to a separate folder. If your databases become corrupted you can do a hard reset on your Palm, Copy the saved data to the Backup folder and HotSync.

PathAway 3.1 PalmOS Pre-Release Executables
Revision History
Incomplete Features
Known Bugs
New Features

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Executables
  Options
1. Install using the PathAway Install Windows Executable
2. Install each PathAway for Palm OS component individually.
 

Option 1: PathAway for PalmOS Installers - Install Program for PathAway. WinMobile Executables Include: PathAway GPS 3.1, Projection Libs, Sample maps and data.
Windows Executables Include: PathAway Map Manager, PathAway Icon Manager, Manual (PDF), (updated with every build)

    MuskokaTech Install Builds
    English PathAway 3.1 PalmOS English Full Install
 

Option 2: PathAway for PalmOS Files - Individual Programs for PathAway. Download each and install each .prc directly.

    MuskokaTech PathAway Components
    English - PathAway3.prc (always updated)
    Required
Libraries:

- ProjLib.prc (Oct 13, 2004)
- PJtmerc.prc (May 2003)
- MathLib.prc (Sept 2002)
       
Other Tools
  Tools for Map and Database Conversion, not included in regular install.
    MuskokaTech Tools
      PWMapConvert.zip - Map Converter SDK with WinMobile map support. See PWMapConvertReadMe.html
      PWDBConvert.zip - Route/Track/Waypoint Database Conversion SDK. See PWDBConvertReadMe.html
       
       

Revision History

Version 3.10.41 - Nov 26 2004

- New: Added more advanced GPS Debug Output Log settings.
- FIXED: T3 Fatal Alert when changing to Full Screen and using Menus. (sometimes reported a BmpGetDensity error, somestimes would just hang)
- FIXED. Adjust location position saves using W not -. Affects only localized versions

Version 3.10.34 - Oct 14 2004

- Fixed 041010JB2: Prefs Colors and Lines Display.

Oct 29 2004

Map Manager - 3.10.23
- NEW: Added option to send to external card.
- Fixed Error converting between Lat/Long Degrees and UTM, with a Datum other than WGS 84.

Version 3.10.34 - Oct 14 2004

- Fixed 041010JB2: Prefs Colors and Lines Display.
- Fixed 041013SN1: Fixed Point Info crash and other refresh issues.

Version 3.10.33 - Oct 13 2004

- Fixed 041010JB1: After zoom out, hi-res not restored.
- Map Manager 3.10.21: Fixed Error converting between Lat/Long Degrees and UTM, with a Datum other than WGS 84.
- NEW: Added Europe 1950 (Spanish and Portugal) datum
- NEW: Added Europe 1950 (Spanish and Portugal) datum
- NEW: Added option to set UTM Time offset in .5 (1/2 hr) increments
- NEW: Added Customizable Hard Key settings in Preferences.
- NEW: Added "GPS Configure->Advanced" Section, option to "Apply SIRF GGA Altitude Correction to calculate Elevation". See Explanation for details.
- FIXED 040825SN1: Track Details - File Path not showing
- FIXED 040825SN3: Goto World Map not show when Auto Select Map On
- NEW: Elevation Alarms.
- NEW: Added Cascading Dashboard Menu (better organized).
- NEW: Manual Routing and Route Target Advancement features.
- NEW: System Prefs - Switch to finer units when within a range
- NEW: System Prefs - Set speed decimal precision
- NEW: System Prefs - Option to record Depth instead of Elevation. Uses NMEA $xxDPT sentence.

Version 3.10.19 - July 21 2004

- Initial Pre-Release.

To be done:

PathAway PalmOS

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Untested
- Auto Detect.

Known Bugs
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New Features (so Far)

Dashboard

- New Dashboard info: Time to Next point, Time to next Turn.

GPS Configure

- Added "Auto Detect" baud rate. Turn on AUto Detect, and system will cycle through baud rates until if begins to receive a valid stream.
- Obscure options, Parity, Bits, Stop, and Timer Comm, moved to "Advanced" dialog.

Preferences

- In Preferences-Map Display, options to show/hide Line to Next Point, Line to Next Turn, Circle Next point and turn using Proximity distance parameters.
- Preferences-Alarms, Elevation warning.
- Preferences-Route. Can now set to "Follow Routes in Sequence". This means, you must Pass through the "Proximity Radius" of a point before the system will move on to target the next point. (otherwise, routing is targeted to the "Closest" next point in the route. This is useful if you're routing on a Grid where route points may cross (or come close to each other). You can also set the Target Advancement to "Manual", where you the route target will not change until you tell it to. You can do this through the GPS-Advance Route Target" command, or by modifying a hard key to perform the operation.
- Prefences-Points: Default naming is now "Prefix #".
- In Preferences-System, set the speed decimal precision, and units precision used for reporting distances.
- New Routing options allow you to do Manual Route advancement.
- Preferences-Hard Keys allows you to customize or disable the hard key buttons.
- Preferences-System control the precision of the buttons.

Context menu (click on map)
- Added Calculate Area of a Route or Track. Track or route must be set as Activated, or Follow.