TTN5 Traffic updates do not occur

mstockha · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:14 am Post subject: TTN5 Traffic updates do not occur

I have a support call open, status "research" with Tomtom re the inability of version 5 to perform regular updates.

It updates when I start the app, sometimes afterwards, but normally I get the annoying "pie" segments and have to manual update (not a good idea when it takes a few screen presses). Other times I get the Orange blob meaning there are updates available, annoying as h***, since if its checkup for updates, JUST DOWNLOAD THEM!

As far as I am concerned the traffic feature is next to useless now since I just want it to tick along in the background.

Anyone else see anything remotely similar, or is it just my bad luck.

Thanks

Mark
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dionysus1975 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 19, 2005 Posts: 4

I have the same, but I think TT only downloads, when there are updates. When it's rush hour, on my tomtom it updates then evry 2 minutes, but outside rush-hours e.g. 2200 hours, i'll get the pie segments.
Have you ever break up the connection, then you'll see that tt is connected, because of the error screen that tt cannot connect to traffic.

paulbo · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject:

I thought this was just me! I was in Belgium[1] last week, so I changed the frequency of the updates to 10 minutes, expecting it to, erm, update every 10 minutes, and thus, no grey bits of the pie. But yep - same thing: I kept seeing a wedge appearing, indicating that it hadn't updated in 15 minutes. Manually updating worked every time[2] that I tried it, so it clearly wasn't a network/coverage issue.

As an aside, I'm using an Orange Pay-as-you-go SIM, and unless GPRS is really cheap when roaming, I don't think I've been charged for it. I'll try and remember to check my balance before I go, and after every trip when I'm out there again this week.

[1] From France to Holland via the Westershelder tunnel
[2] Some of the networks I roamed onto didn't support GPRS, but I didn't do much in the way of troubleshooting which ones.

SpeedCam · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject:

With V5 they appear to have changed the Traffic function, initially I received the orange icon but now its not so regular.

Trafffic now only downloads the location and incident type, no detail is download and the reason why the update seems so quick. If you then browse the traffic map and click on an inccident TT then retreives the details relaing to that one incident.

Also in the to left corner the number of incidents download is displayed.

paulbo · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject:

Just a thought, but do you suppose that the 'orange/yellow' traffic icon only appears under the following scenario:

You have deviated from the planned route AND that TTN hasn't yet reached it's x minute update cycle.

You see, I'm wondering if it goes orange/yellow when you deviate from the pre-planned route. Could it be that even hough TTN hasn't reach it's update cycle, that it knows it hasn't got the latest information on your NEW route, because it's only got information for your OLD route?

Just an idea...

mstockha · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:48 am Post subject: Nice idea

but its happening on route most of the time, still puzzled!
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