VITO Navigator II

User Manual

Introduction

VITO Navigator II is a Pocket PC application which works with almost all types of GPS receivers using NMEA 0183 or SiRF protocols, connected to the PDA either through serial port or through Compact Flash slot.

VITO Navigator II provides you with:

- enhanced information about your current position

- heading/bearing on the destination waypoint

- track and waypoints recording for further use in navigation

- indication of GPS receiving conditions

- import of recorded tracks/points from Geocaching .loc and text .csv files

Getting Started…

On the first launching of Navigator II you will see the registration dialog. If you already have your activation key, you may activate your program at this point, else you press the "Later" button and find yourself in GPS Setup menu.

The choices are:

Autodetect

- lets your Pocket look for GPS device automatically

(make sure that your GPS receiver is connected!)

Manually enter GPS setting

- if you already know such parameters of your GPS receiver as:

Port

Baud Rate

Parity

Data Bits

Stop Bits

you may enter them at this point and thus skip the autodetection procedure

(make sure that your GPS receiver is connected!)

Skip setup

Disables working with GPS during your next sessio

Working with VITO Navigator II

After you've passed first steps, the next stage is the "Main view". It contains three adjustable panels and several switches and buttons.

VITO Navigator II main view

1. Course/Speed menu

changes the look of big dial in the upper panel from "Course" (degrees) to "Speed" (kmh/mph) and vice versa

2. Bearing/Height/Speed menu

switches numerical indicator in the bottom left corner of the upper panel between "Bearing", "Height" and "Speed" values

3.Compass/Destination/Sky View menu

there are two switches, each may set the look of corresponding middle panel:

Compass - a simple compass limb, blue arrow points at North, red - at South

Destination - contains information about selected destination point, such as point's icon, name, distance, time to destination.

Sky View - displays the picture of GPS satellites actual position (the color of satellites differ from white till red, the brighter the color is, the better the signal is, if the color is white there is no signal from the satellites, if it is yellow – the signal is weak enough, if it is red – the signal is strong enough)

4. Main View/Track switch

switches over the Main View and Track modes.

5. Create New Waypoint

opens the dialog of Waypoint creation

6. Select Destination Point

chooses destination point for further use

7. Options

contains following choices:

GPS GPS Setup menu, enables changing of GPS settings

Sound menu of sounds assignment to different events

WayPoints

pushpins (waypoints) management menu.

You may Edit, Delete, Export or Import existing pushpins

Misc Unit System selection (U.S./Metric/Nautical)

About

information about VITO Navigator II:

version, registration status

8.Heading/Accuracy/PDOP menu

switches numerical indicator in the bottom right corner of the upper panel between "Heading", "Accuracy" and "PDOP" values

9. Exit VITO Navigator II

Exit from VITO Navigator II. GPS connection is closed, port is released

Track mode

Displays on the square grid your track and pushpins with the possibility of zooming

Waypoint creation

In this dialog you may create a new waypoint (pushpin). If GPS signal is good and the coordinates are resolved, then their values will be automatically put into the "Lat" and "Lng" fields. Note: these fields are also editable, so you could create a pushpin in the place you've never been before...

Destination point

Here you may choose from existing pushpins the destination point to be used for the "Course" dial in the upper panel or for Destination point option in the middle panel.

Plug-ins

Two samples of commented program code that can help you learn how to program plug-ins are now available for "Hello, world!" and speedometer plug-ins.

"Hello, world!" plug-in's commented program code

Speedometer plug-in's commented program code

Download "Hello, world!" plug-in for ARM Download "Hello, world!" plug-in for MIPS

Download Speedometer plug-in for ARM Download Speedometer plug-in for MIPS

Activation

After you have purchased Navigator II you will receive an e-mail with an activation code. Please, make sure your device is connected to Internet, start Navigator II, type in your activation code from the e-mail and press Activate now.

In case you can't connect to Internet from your pocket PC, activation will take more time: click Activate off-line and carefully read instructions in the pop-up window. After you've performed the necessary action you will receive an e-mail with the necessary instructions for completing your activation.

Note: as you can see activating your Navigator II on-line is much easier than the off-line variant which can take considerably more time. We recommend you on-line activation.

Contact us

If you have any questions or suggestions, you are welcome to contact us by e-mail:

mailto:support@vitotechnology.com