Reviewed: Tchart's GPS Speed Sentry

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject:

Try an e-mail to the software developer as Trevor will be able to sort this out, you can find his e-mail address from the contact button on This Page, bear in mind there is quite a time difference involved between the UK and New Zealand though - Mike

Darren · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

FrequentFlyer · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject:

He has/he did ! Sorted..magic !

FrequentFlyer · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:47 am Post subject:

Could somebody please point me in the direction of 'where to look?'.... I can't get it to sound any warning tones. The device volume is on, up loud, and the SS is enabled OK. I have selected Windows Warning sounds, 1 and 2...detection angle is 60, first distance set for 500 and the other 250. While driving, it detects the camera locations fine , but no 'noise'. Thanks.

mikealder · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

Start the GPS Speed Speed Sentry application and got to Menu/ Set-up/ Database, adjacent to each audio file location is a greater than sign, pressing this will play the sound associated with the file path you enter. It doesn't like the Windows sound files though so you are better loading up some wav files to the memory card for it to use.

I have to extract the audio files made from the Liz Whittaker voice set that I used on my Artemis and send them to another site member, sadly they are on what is now a dead PC, once I have the audio files I use I will e-mail thm over for you to use (later tonight) - Mike

FrequentFlyer · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject:

Thanks Mike...appreciated. It must be the Windows files that, as you say, it doesn't like.

FrequentFlyer · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject:

What am I doing wrong....my son sent me a wav file, but still no sounds ?

tchart · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:14 am Post subject:

FrequentFlyer · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:25 am Post subject:

Thanks....looks like I'll have to live with it, as a hard reset at this stage is really not on for me.

M8TJT · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:

Tchart has been updated recently. The speedcam readout is now much better IMHO. It keeps the speed displayed big whilst giving all the other info bigger than it was. A real improvement. Well done Trevor.
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st1967 · Lifetime Member Joined: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 189

I love Tcharts Speed Sentry Very Happy

Best $11 I've spent in a long time. I was worried that the display looked a little fussy but been running it for a couple of days and it is perfect for the job.

I've got the new 1.7 version released last month and loaded the warning sounds they offer. OK a little computerised but they do the job.

I've basically changed all my units to read 30 40 50 60 70 and 80 in the last box. I then always leave it on 80 and that coupled with the PGPSW database and change temp limits works perfectly on my smartphone. Switching to the limit for the speedcamera and playing an alarm if I am over the limit.

I have so missed the PGPSW database since moving to manufacturer satnav and this is great without the overkill of running TT6 as a 2nd satnav.

Highly recommended Very Happy

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Darren · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:38 pm Post subject:

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It might be 18 months since anybody has been on this thread but I need to resurrect some of the points above - better late than never i suppose!

I started this topic elsewhere but have now moved to a more relevant position here to stop loose ends to this important thread.

I have just set up an HTC Advantage X7500 running MS win mob 6.1rom plus Tom Tom Navigator 7 plus the Tchart speed sentry.

I love the part of speed sentry that shows the legal speed limit on the road being driven, but in my naivety assumed that it was being done automatically until Mike pointed out to me - quote:

mikealder · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:09 pm Post subject:

The Franson GPS Gate application lets you split a single GPS feed between multiple programs running on the same device, what some of us were doing a couple of years ago was to run TTN6 for routing instructions via the audio and Speed Sentry for the camera warnings and associated graphics.

This let you set a destination in TTN6 which would continue to run offering navigation audio whilst the speed camera and other options from Speed Sentry were in use on the screen of the device.

The Franson application doesn't offer any way to extract map related speed limit information from the TomTom map data, and to be honest the TT speed limit data isn't that accurate to trust your driving license to.....

One other thing I should point out is the Franson GPS Gate application does a huge array of different (useful) functions when playing around with GPS applications on a PDA, but it cannot extract speed limit data from TTN for use elsewhere - Mike

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