TatraApp is dead, here comes QCar - Page 8

SEGgeek · 03-14-2007, 08:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by aychamo

lol

You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? I love when people throw out all the developer terms like Aqua, Cocoa, Carbon, etc, without having a clue what they actually are. Thanks for the laugh!

Aqua - What I drink when I'm thirsty
Cocoa - When I drink when I'm cold and thirsty
Carbon - What I use when I need to make a copy of something
Java - What I drink when I wake up in the Morning
Ascii - What I will kiss to get AMP (aka Kindling) released

Jonathan

MX5PC · 03-22-2007, 07:44 AM

Bump - it's been a week, any updates/upcoming beta test comments/news?

Ah, the internet: reducing patience since 1990

www.workingcars · 03-22-2007, 10:55 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Jirka Jirout

The idea is to
- have self-install kits with hardware (including cables, connectors for non-destructive installation etc.) and software
- offer the installation services including heavy customizations thru our partners

in both cases, there will be an option of using customer's own Mac mini. I should have more details shortly, but will talk to the moderators first.

If you are looking for resellers and fitters, a friend of mine is interested in the selling and i already do his fitting for carputers for him...

London based and very eager to push forward the car entertainment industry into the new era of commercial carputers.....!!!

Jirka Jirout · 03-24-2007, 07:39 AM

And again some progress...

- Setup support for multi-instance modules (i.e. weather)
- Customizable color schemes, also applied to icons
- Text entry for both rotary control and touch screen (see the attached image)
- Phidgets connector module
- Car monitoring (for phidgets connector) - temperatures, voltage, current, door, lights etc.

A new test release should be available in the beginning of the week.

Jirka Jirout · 03-24-2007, 03:54 PM

And one more fresh from the lab - thanks to excellent support we got, QCar now supports the 3DConnexion's Space Navigator.

SEGgeek · 03-24-2007, 09:23 PM

Really is!!!
i can't wait for 1.37

Jonathan

natedawgg · 03-24-2007, 09:29 PM

so is there any time frame for a final release?

metalac · 03-26-2007, 12:53 PM

I propose we instate Jirka Jirout as the official forum stripper. With all the teasing he does around here, he surely deserves it

Jirka Jirout · 03-27-2007, 07:26 AM

So OK, here you go, the first public preview:

http://www.qcar.nl/software/QCar.release.1.38.zip

Most of the modules that make sense without hardware are included, the only limit is that the app will quit after 10 minutes.

Before you run it, you need to go to terminal and choose the appropriate screen resolution by executing this command:

Code:

defaults write cz.ocs.QCar ScreenSize 800,480

Alternatively you can use "640,480" and "800,600" as the value. If you want to use e-mail reader, make sure you read the enclosed documentation. The rest should be pretty easy to figure out: everything can be controlled using arrow keys.

To use GPS receiver (NMEA compatible) you need to do this in terminal:

Code:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain nl.qcar.gpspath /dev/usbserialX

where the path to device is of course whatever you use.

There is also one test module, that does not do anything useful, but it is more like a place for showing all the different GUI widgets and low-level functions.

To betatesters: we will post another build probably tonight with some extra info on color schemes and other improvements.

joesan · 03-27-2007, 08:17 AM

Trying it out now - looks good. Well done Jirka and the rest of the team.

metalac · 03-27-2007, 11:06 AM

OMG I can't wait to get home and try it

pepsibobby · 03-27-2007, 12:21 PM

will you guys make a release utalizing the GPS feature so that we can at least test it? not all the functions, but something...

Jirka Jirout · 03-27-2007, 12:48 PM

If you mean the full turn-by-turn navigation, then it is not yet ready for public testing. You can however connect your GPS and see your position on the map using Google maps module.

pepsibobby · 03-27-2007, 01:02 PM

ohh is that what that is for? i was highly confused on what the google maps did. lol okay sounds good. so you are planning on letting us play for it for a bit before we buy it?

jdisenberg · 03-27-2007, 05:39 PM

Great looking program with what looks like be greatly customizable and that is awsome... anyway... I know this is a beta but I guess it is there for testing and to report bugs... anyway, when there is an option to "sleep" or "cancel" or whatever and cancel... on a touchscreen you connot touch the cancel button... is that because this program is not really designed for touchscreens... also, when you go to fullscreen there is no way of getting out of the view unless you hit the "esc" button...

but this program is great and keep up the good work...

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