Integrate IGO or Garmin Mobile into Centrafuse - Page 4

f1racr · 12-11-2008, 12:39 PM

OK, as suspected, I made a newbie mistake.

Not sure why using the original .reg files didn't fix it for me, but the reg file I sent Assault to check over had a mistake where I'd accidently put PC on the que.exe side of the \\ so I'd ended up with \PCque.exe and of course I wasn't paying attention to the .exe name as I thought I hadn't touched it.......so didn't matter what else I did it wasn't going to work !!

So in short, now the 2 PC's which wouldn't work, work perfectly !!! Sorry to all for wasting their time !!!

Very embarrassed, but gotta own up to the newbie mistakes so others triple check before posting.

I'd recommend anyone having an issue post the .reg files here in text form so they can be assessed by another set of eyes to spot obvious mistakes.

f1racr · 12-11-2008, 12:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Dignen

Frankino, I tried your setup with the ZWKB. Only problem i see is that it is always running in the background so if I ever touch the top part of the screen it opens the keyboard. Like when I hit Library or Playlists.

Did you get any further with your development Frankino ?

I'm going to use the ZWKB method also, but even before I read this post I thought of the issue mentioned...... would be a real pain.

Tumeski · 12-14-2008, 03:06 PM

Very interesting system. I myself find this bug:

When you open the program it starts nicely and positions itself at the middle nicely. Okay all cool, but once i goto Menu(Garmin menu) and lets say Where to... The windows position is lost (resets to normal position the top) aaaand when i scroll my mouse to try to minimize the window it automatically minimizes

Really frustrating bugs aaargh! Also even if i dont goto menus it will still minimize if i go over to "Top Menu" button....

Anyone have ideas for that?

f1racr · 12-14-2008, 03:37 PM

Save this to a .reg file and run it. This will overwrite your current registry settings.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GARMINCFMONITOR]

"left"="0"
"right"="0"
"top"="0"
"bottom"="0"
"zone2enable"="1"
"left2"="728"
"right2"="800"
"top2"="520"
"bottom2"="600"
"DEBUG"="0"
"TOOLTIPS"="0"

"GarminNavigatorWindowSizePosition"="0,50,800, 445"
"GarminNavigatorWindowSizePositionOSK"="0,50,800,4 45"

"ActivateOSK"="10,70,225,100"
"APPPATH"="C:\\Program Files\\Garmin\\GarminMobilePC\\Que.exe"
"APPNAME"="Garmin Mobile PC"
"APPWORKINGDIR"="C:\\Program Files\\Garmin\\GarminMobilePC"

You might need to adjust the path statement above to match your location, but everything else should work well.

All I did was download the Zero weight keyboard from here http://www.freshnet8.com/ then I went into advanced settings on Centrafuse and then went into the General, then on the second page of the general settings, goto startup / shutdown commands and added the Zero weight keyboard application to startup, then it will ask you for any switches or other instructions.

Just type this in

quiet NoTapBox NoBumpBox largespacebar size=800x550x125% foreground=28 background=39 TypingTransparency=45

Then complete that part and exit CF. When you restart CF it will start the Zero weight keyboard in the background. Then when you're in GMPC and touch the Garmin name in the top left hand corner it will launch the Zero weight keyboard. When you're done, click hide in the top right hand corner.

I'm thinking of adjusting where you touch to get the keyboard to appear as it's easy to accidently move the application when you click, however when you click the CF button in the bottom right corner, then go back into GMPC it will reposition itself OK, but it's not ideal.

You can adjust where you click to make the keyboard appear by adjusting the line
"ActivateOSK"="10,70,225,100"

Just put the coordinates for where ever you want to make the active area, then re run the .reg file and the PC and it should move to where ever you've specified.

Hope that helps.

I had the exact same issue you did and it's because the coordinates you have to make the application hide are in the area you're trying to use......

I've got the above working on 3 cars and it's pretty good.

Tumeski · 12-16-2008, 01:52 AM

Well i did all that and it works better now anyway, but i still have some issues with the onscreen map. When I click the Garmin logo it still brings up the old keyboard and it wont even fit on the screen... I mean GMPC is over the old keyboard so no luck there.

When I add the zwkb to startup there's no place i can insert those parameters? Explain that a bit more.

Caso85 · 12-16-2008, 03:11 AM

I can not find "then on the second page, startup / shutdown commands and added the Zero weight keyboard application to startup, then it will ask you for any switches or other instructions."

i have CF 2.1 Version

EDIT:

resolved

Carz · 12-25-2008, 04:09 AM

U can add the desired switches to a shortcut to ZWKB and put the shortcut in startup folder instead of using CF startup command. I find it better this way as I use ZWKB outside of CF as well for other applications.

f1racr · 12-25-2008, 03:01 PM

Yeah, I use CF as the shell so it's not possible to use startup group, but for those who use Windows Explorer as their shell then it's much more sensible to use a shortcut in the startup group of Windows program group.

JCGBIKE · 12-27-2008, 10:38 PM

HI
I succeeded in installing IGO8 on centrafuse But I have a problem.
When I click on “MENU” in top on the left of the screen, any master key behind the page of IGO8 and thus I can nothing select menu.
what do I have to make to reveal the menu in front? …
thank you

ThunderStick · 12-28-2008, 08:43 AM

My problem with garmin is that I am unable to switch back to the main menu with out closing garmin completely.
How can I fix this... I am using the newest trial version of CF downloaded just 3 days ago.

Assault · 01-05-2009, 10:07 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ThunderStick

My problem with garmin is that I am unable to switch back to the main menu with out closing garmin completely.
How can I fix this... I am using the newest trial version of CF downloaded just 3 days ago.

That is why we are using the GarminHelper app that this thread is about. it allows you to switch back and forth between Garmin and CF and still leave parts of CF usable i.e. play, fwd, rew buttons, while Garmin is in use and not have to close Garmin to switch back to CF.
It works really well and hass essentially solved all of the problems I have had using Garmin Mobile PC with Centrafuse.