CoDriver

CoDriver Installation In-car navigation for the Psion 5. Installation The program is downloadable as a "zip" file, which contains this "readme" and the "sis" installation file for the Psion. Once "unzipped" (using the "unzip" program widely available for the PC or Psion) all that needs to be done is to double click on the "sis" file on your PC, or double tap on it on your Psion, and the program should be installed on your Psion. Note that this does not work if you have the old (2.0) version of PsiWin. If this is the case, the easiest option is to download "setup.exe" from Psion's website - http://www.psion.com/downloads/epoc32/epocinstall/setup.exe Once installed on your Psion, this gives you an "install program" option, which can be used to install the "codriver.sis" file. Hope that's not too complicated! Once installed, CoDriver should appear as an icon on the "Extras" menu and can be run from there. Detailed help is available from within the program by choosing "Help" on the tools menu. The program will initially load a example route, but you will want to import a route from your own routefinding program before you use the program to take you anywhere. Choose "Import" from the File menu, and follow the instructions from there. Note, importing routes is the most complicated part of CoDriver, and you might like to read the "Help" first! Registration Registration costs £15 and removes the nag screen, entitles you to use beyond an evaluation period and encourages me to go on developing the program. You can register by post, address given in the program, or online by credit card at http://www.reg.net The Reg.net id number is 4327. Contact I can be emailed at patrick.fox@virgin.net. The program is ©1999 Patrick Fox Feel free to link to the program at http://freespace.virgin.net/patrick.fox/codriver/ Version History 9/3/99 Version 1.00 released. 10/3/99 Distribution file altered to "sis" - thanks to Steve Lichfield for his help in this. 11/3/99 Version 1.01 released. * Bug fixes - Import from Psion RoutePlanner was crashing more often than not. Changed so RoutePlanner uses the LaserJet III printer driver (slower but more predictable than the General one) and rewrote the import routine accordingly. Error during import no longer leaves a blank screen but reverts to beginning of previous route. Non-open RoutePlanner produces prompt. Recognises French and German "Left"/"Right", although automatic import from RoutePlanner still fails in these languages due to different keyboard shortcuts. Manual import works. The .ini file couldn't be read for Continental users who use commas as decimal points. Fixed. 13/3/99 Version 1.02 released. * Bug fixes - Progress bar now keeps correct position on route when stepping backwards manually (it was getting left behind before). Reinstated error handling for Import (which had accidentally got turned off while I was debugging 1.00 and not turned back on!). Also made it rather more informative depending on the likely type of error. Autoswitchoff is now only disabled while the program is in the foreground. * New Features - Limited international support. CoDriver can now import automatically from German and French versions of RoutePlanner. (Note it still gives you instructions in English, but it will now at least work!) 14/3/99 Version 1.03 * New Features - When road numbers are displayed by RoutePlanner as eg A20/E15, CoDriver now takes the first of these not the second (which doesn't seem to be used anywhere. Does anyone use these E numbers?!). Greater accuracy in GPS mode with RoutePlanner routes (2% "fudge factor" added, since RoutePlanner usually underestimates distances slightly). Added registration details for online registration through www.reg.net. 15/3/99 Version 1.04 * Bug fixes - Program no longer occasionally crashes with "Kern Exec" or "Comm Server" errors. * New Features - Extra options to turn beeps on/off and to adjust the size of the "RoutePlanner fudge factor" - see above. 21/3/99 Version 1.10 * New Features - CoDriver can "guess" turn direction based on quoted compass heading when direction not stated by RoutePlanner. Pause GPS input option, to allow GPS use by other programs (eg RoutePlanner). Dutch language sound files available. 24/3/99 Version 1.11 * New Features - Support for roadnames beginning "R..." Choose first or last roadname when RoutePlanner gives a list (eg A20/E15). 30/3/99 Version 1.12 * Bug fixes - Program was failing to recognise unclassified roads from MS AutoRoute - fixed. Registered users using a GPS were still getting an occasional nag screen! * New features - Audible "No GPS attached" alarm in GPS mode. 15/4/99 German Version released as 1.10D * Basically the same as English version 1.10, it incorporates the bug fixes from 1.12 but not the new features added to 1.11 or 1.12. Back