GooPs Real-time GPS Tracking and Navigation for Google Earth -Version 2.5.13 Released

**holmanm** · 03-08-2007, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by davidhite

Thanks for you kind comments Mike,

I would appreciate your help in getting the FTP upload to work with your GPRS setup.

I should probably add a debug option to log the ftp traffic.

Try setting the GooPs track length to zero. That will make for a much smaller update.

Try turning off the firewall for your GPRS connection.

Do you know if wsftp is using passive or active mode? GooPs uses passive mode which should work in most situations.
Does the windows ftp client work?

I set the track length to 0. Still doesn't work.

The only firewall I know of is Windows firewall and that is off.

WSftp has passive mode checked.

Windows ftp works fine.

I noticed I didn't have the me.txt file or any of the tmp files others talked about earlier so I switched to "save to file" and the me.txt file was created in the GooPS directory. I made the batch file you described in an earlier post and that uploads it fine.

I increased the track length to 100 and it works fine with the batch file program, but not with the program option.

Thanks again,
Mike H

**bes51659** · 03-12-2007, 12:19 PM

I am also trying to get upload thru phone now without success. I have disable firewall and I have internet access thru GPRS but no uploads of kml file.

Upload works with Wifi connection.

Another good thing is automatic connection of Wifi to open AP's seems to work (slow) as well as automatic dial of GPRS if no Wifi. (Pew!)

Confident you will sort us out David. Thanks for your effort! Regards, B-O

**davidhite** · 03-15-2007, 02:18 AM

B-O, Mike H,

I just uploaded a beta release here that will allow you to save the GooPs FTP session to a log file.

To enable the FTP debug log go to Options->Save File Periodically... and check the "Save debug log" check box. The FTP session will then be logged to the file goopsftp.log in the current directory. Send the log file to me at mygoops@gmail.com.

Thanks again for your help,

-Dave

Originally Posted by bes51659

I am also trying to get upload thru phone now without success. I have disable firewall and I have internet access thru GPRS but no uploads of kml file.

Upload works with Wifi connection.

Another good thing is automatic connection of Wifi to open AP's seems to work (slow) as well as automatic dial of GPRS if no Wifi. (Pew!)

Confident you will sort us out David. Thanks for your effort! Regards, B-O

**reboot** · 03-15-2007, 12:39 PM

first of all thanks for the software..it looks promising

however i cannot get the demo mode to work

if i desable the demo i get signal acquired...meaning it is talking to my little gps device.

however it just sits there (google earth) that is and it doesn't move..even in demo.

I did see to adjust the fly/tour speed but no luck.
I also do see the GooPsServers in my Temporary places in google earth and it is selected and the little "green connection icon" is moving

So now what?

Thanks!

**davidhite** · 03-15-2007, 12:56 PM

Hi reboot,

That is very odd.

Do you see any 3D cursors around the Portland, Oregon area?
Press the Zoom button on the GooPs main window?

Do you have the latest version of Google Earth?

Do you have any other Google Earth network links loaded that may be moving the Google Earth view? GooPs will only update if the view is stopped.

Some people have had to re-install Google Earth to get it to work with GooPs.

Originally Posted by reboot

first of all thanks for the software..it looks promising

however i cannot get the demo mode to work

if i desable the demo i get signal acquired...meaning it is talking to my little gps device.

however it just sits there (google earth) that is and it doesn't move..even in demo.

I did see to adjust the fly/tour speed but no luck.
I also do see the GooPsServers in my Temporary places in google earth and it is selected and the little "green connection icon" is moving

So now what?

Thanks!

**reboot** · 03-15-2007, 12:57 PM

no i have no other network links and yes i have the latest

I just deleted all the cars and added a new one and it told me i was in the middle of the ocean just west of ivory coast

i will reinstall google earth and see if that makes any difference

Thanks

**reboot** · 03-15-2007, 01:48 PM

WOOT....i re-installed google earth...and it works...

the disappointing thing is that google software is staring to be like Microsoft's ....reinstall if it don't work

I had the latest i tought...so now i have to run outside with my laptop to test this new set up in the offline mode

SWEET!!!

i will provide more feedback once i get some play time out of the tool

**reboot** · 03-15-2007, 05:53 PM

hey.....can i make a suggestion?

i am personally very against ftp and will not run it on any of my servers due to cleartext passwords...etc

so how about scp / sftp support.....
and if i can simplify things....you sould make cygwin a requirement and then just call scp with parameters that you enter on the goops config screen.

Also, for ftp, a port field should be displayed

**reboot** · 03-15-2007, 08:43 PM

ok....i definatelly had fun watching it zoom and rotate while i drove...works really well

Short of the original configuration problems (it is possible i had a bad version of google earth) the set up was easy.

Question: how do i play the trip like in the demo mode. It doesn't seem to work for me

**davidhite** · 03-15-2007, 11:13 PM

Thanks for the feedback reboot,

You just need to press the "Record" button in the Options dialog. That will record your nmea data to a file. When you press the "Play" button it will play it back.

You can use this feature to play back any NMEA data log, just name the file "me@play.nme" (or substitute "me" for your id if you changed it) and put it in the directory that you are running GooPs from. When you press the GooPs Play button it will play back in Google Earth.

You can also play back your saved kml files with Google Earth. Expand the "Me" folder and you should find a "TourTrack" item. Highlight "TourTrack" and press the button that looks like a VCR play button at the bottom of the Places window. This doesn't give you the nice autoview stuff that GooPs does. You can adjust the camera angle and elevation in the Google Earth options.

I've had several folks that have had to re-install Google Earth to get GooPs to work - I don't know why, but I think I need to highlight it better in the Troubleshooting section of the website.

I would like to incorporate sftp/scp into GooPs and I understand the security problems with FTP. It's on my list.

Originally Posted by reboot

ok....i definatelly had fun watching it zoom and rotate while i drove...works really well

Short of the original configuration problems (it is possible i had a bad version of google earth) the set up was easy.

Question: how do i play the trip like in the demo mode. It doesn't seem to work for me

Thanks spaceskater,

I appreciate your feedback and support!

Originally Posted by spaceskater

I second that! I've been in this thread since day one and I am so thankful! thanks David! I have been using goops since the beginning and still do, all your hard work and updates-upgrades are VERY appreciated.

BTW I believe that the program definitely has commercial value, I believe that if you can find the right market you can get a lot back. Of course you can continue to to offer it free here in our GREAT forum