PC Navigator 7 - Europe

wilgartw · 07-30-2007, 06:55 AM

I have opened this thread so that we can effectively close the long running "PC navigator 6" thread.

link to company website:
http://directions.ltd.uk/laptop-navigation/

In short-

PC navigator 7 - Europe standard edition now supports being windowed, however you need to pass it some parameters, DOPEHEAD has written an executable to do this

Quote: Originally Posted by _dopehead_

I just made my little application look for a settings.ini in the same dir as the application is in. The settings ini should contain this :

Xpos
Ypos
Xsize
Ysize

on the first four lines of the file, so a setting would ex. be :
0
50
800
550

Which would start pcnav 50 pixels down, and with the size of 800x550, fits on the destinator_gps.skin with a topbar of 50 pixels.

If no settings.ini is found it will use the exact parameters above instead.

Then you can just run startpcnav.exe in your button code in RR.

Link : http://www.csaforum.dk/pcnav.zip

the other intergration option that is still lacking is the ability to mute winamp when the satnav speaks. a solution to this was suggested by SERFIO

Quote: Originally Posted by Serfio

for the audio problem you can take a look here:
www.indievolume.com

and configure the program as explained on digital-car for destinator6 integration into rr (step 6/7).
http://www.digital-car.co.uk/forum/s...ead.php?t=7114

bye

On the whole I have been impressed so far. It has not yet taken me on a obscure route, or got me lost.

one small niggle is when running in a small window the icons/ fonts are not always resized, so for instance when you do a search for your GPS com port, the details of the com port are printed below the bottom of the screen. I will report this in today and see if we get a patch.

jonessc · 07-30-2007, 07:06 AM

ok, 1st thing we need to find is whether we need the professional or the standard,do both versions allow resizing to be embedded in rr?

wilgartw · 07-30-2007, 07:15 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by jonessc

ok, 1st thing we need to find is whether we need the professional or the standard,do both versions allow resizing to be embedded in rr?

i have the standard, and this allows me to resize (as stated above

)
dopehead has the proffesional which also does

AFAIK - the difference between the standard and the proffesional is that the proffesional allows you to write your own active X front end, but as no doubt dopehead will elaborate on, this is a long arduous task.

wilgartw · 07-30-2007, 07:20 AM

oh yes, for it to work in RR, using the BMV2 skin, i needed to select the GPS product as external, and add a clear window (a clip) with the same size window as you are running pcnav. this allows you to see the programme through the skin.

jonessc · 07-30-2007, 07:34 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by wilgartw

i have the standard, and this allows me to resize.

excellent, that saves me 50 bucks!

wilgartw · 07-30-2007, 09:43 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by wilgartw

one small niggle is when running in a small window the icons/ fonts are not always resized, so for instance when you do a search for your GPS com port, the details of the com port are printed below the bottom of the screen. I will report this in today and see if we get a patch.

they've just come back to me, and actually when i use it in standalone mode everything looks ok, it is only when i run it through RR does in cut the bottom off. I will investigate more tonight (when i'm not at work)

_dopehead_ · 07-30-2007, 10:09 AM

Also, it would be nice to know if there are more keyboard shortcuts than the one i found in the new version 7 (sse old thread), maybe ogradka who initially put up the link for the patch could tell us ?

Oh, and this is the patch for Pcnav7 to get windowed support. http://static.mapfactor.com/files/pc...h-7_1_13-1.exe

jonessc · 07-30-2007, 10:16 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by _dopehead_

Also, it would be nice to know if there are more keyboard shortcuts than the one i found in the new version 7

When embedding in RR what functions have you managed to work with buttons (if any) like the ones you get in FreeDrive so far?

wilgartw · 07-30-2007, 11:15 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by _dopehead_

Also, it would be nice to know if there are more keyboard shortcuts than the one i found in the new version 7 (sse old thread), maybe ogradka who initially put up the link for the patch could tell us ?

just gone through the old thread and cannot find this. what post number is it? I will then ask them. i seem to be getting responses within the hour at the moment.

_dopehead_ · 07-30-2007, 01:02 PM

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/1089321-post217.html

_dopehead_ · 07-30-2007, 03:49 PM

The keycodes i have found are located in the file C:\Program Files\Navigator7\PC_Navigator\config\tyrael\defaul t_settings.xml
They are not really that much use, everything in there can be done in the GUI on the first screen i believe. But maybe some more keycode action are available, we should ask directions.

---- These are the ones that are in there. ---------
<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>38</vkCode>
<action>MoveUp</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>
<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>40</vkCode>
<action>MoveDown</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>
<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>39</vkCode>
<action>MoveRight</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>
<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>37</vkCode>
<action>MoveLeft</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>

<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>33</vkCode>
<action>ZoomIn</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>
<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>34</vkCode>
<action>ZoomOut</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>

<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>195</vkCode>
<action>ZoomIn</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>
<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>196</vkCode>
<action>ZoomOut</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>

<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>130</vkCode>
<action>Minimize</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>
<virtualKeyBinding>
<vkCode>133</vkCode>
<action>AddFavourite</action>
</virtualKeyBinding>

wilgartw · 07-31-2007, 06:32 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by _dopehead_

The keycodes i have found are located in the file C:\Program Files\Navigator7\PC_Navigator\config\tyrael\defaul t_settings.xml
They are not really that much use, everything in there can be done in the GUI on the first screen i believe. But maybe some more keycode action are available, we should ask directions.

what kind of things are you after? i use a touchscreen, so have no use for keyboard shortcuts.

_dopehead_ · 07-31-2007, 07:15 AM

So do i, but some of the features would be nice to have available without having to go into the menu system, like 2D/3D view.

brodgar · 07-31-2007, 03:49 PM

OK Guys, What am I doing wrong?

Navigator 7 Europe (Standard) arrived and was installed yesterday. My front end is iCT. I'm using Dopehead's little programme and installed it in the same directory as Nav 7. I have to run any navigation software as an external programme. No problems with that.

When I open the navigation window I now get Dopehead's programme and starting at X0/Y50 where it should, but the screen stays blank apart from a line at the bottom giving me my altitude and speed.

If I now close that window I see the map behind it which has now moved up slightly so that I can see the part of the front end behind that at top and bottom.

Any ideas ? Thanks

wilgartw · 08-01-2007, 03:27 AM

what happens when you run it outside iCT?