Setup

One of those long boring, adding of information screens.

• Waypoint size (in meters): The default is 40m (120ft). When you approach a client, and you get within this distance from the clients location, the application will start a countdown called the Arrive Time Delay. If you stay within this distance for the full Arrive Time delay the application will record your arrival at this location (Client and Position) in the visit table of the database.
• Arrive Time delay See above description of Waypoint size
• Waypoint exit size Also measured in meters, the default value is 80m (240ft). Once the application records your location, you are fixed to this location. You will stay fixed to this location as long as you stay within the Waypoint exit size distance from the waypoint. When you move out of this area, the application will start a countdown called the Exit time delay. If you move back towards the waypoint and to within the Waypoint exit size, the countdown will reset. If you stay out of this area for more than the Exit time delay, the application will record the time and you will be marked as left the location.
• Exit time delay See above description of Waypoint exit size.
• Backup server URL There is a php script and an asp script that can be installed on the appropriate web server that will allow you to upload or download backups and reports to the web server. This must be installed by a knowledgably person. The instructions can be found at the above links. Here you enter the web address of this script. The application will check your URL for sanity, and it will show it in red if it is not ok or green when it is ok, but will not test it. A URL is something like:
  http://upload.server.com/android/index.php where http is the protocol used (in this case the only allowed protocol), upload.server.com is the address of the server, android is the folder on the server where this script is located and index.php is the script on the server that will upload or download the file for you.
• Upload username A script like the one above will be misused by hackers if it is visible on the internet. It is therefore highly advisable to have a username and password on this script. This can be setup by a knowledgeable person. If you use this upload script just within your own private network, it is probably not required.
• Upload password The password that goes together with the above URL and username.
• FTP server URL This is probably much easier to get going than the http server. Here you enter the address of the ftp server that you want to upload to. On a personal pc, it is very easy to install the Filezilla ftp server. It is easy to setup. Here you can enter the IP address of the pc where filezilla is installed, or if it is on the internet, the internet address of the server.
• Folder name You can specify a folder name on the server where you want to save your files. This is just for organizational purposes. The folder must exist. You can use the FileZilla client to create this folder.
• FTP Username The username required to connect to the ftp server.
• FTP Password The password required for the ftp server.
• Backup To email address You can also do backups and reports to an email address. There are limitations on the size of emails you can send. Other than that, this is the second easiest method of transferring files to and from your android device. Unfortunately, you cannot download files via email. Just enter the email address here of where you want to send emails to.
• Backup From email address This should be a valid email address for the "From:" user.
• SMTP Server address Enter the server address of your SMTP server, just as you setup an email account.
• SMTP server user If the SMTP server requires authentication, put the username here.
• SMTP server password If the SMTP server requires authentication, put the password here.
• SMTP port number Some SMTP servers do not use the default port 25. You can enter the port number here if required.
• Data lines on FIX menu Not all android devices have the same screen size. The default number of lines is 10. If you find that too much data is displayed and it falls of the screen, you can adjust the size.
• Enable Tracking Enabling this will record tracks of your movement. This will create a huge database that needs to be truncated on a regular basis.
• Enable Tollgate tracking Every tollgate that you pass by will be recorded in the visits table.
• Start Program on System start-up The application will start automatically when the android device starts up (is booted).
• Start Program in background When the previous setting is enabled, the program will start up but it will not appear on the screen. To see the screen, you must tap on the application icon.
• SMS client at job completion This is a global setting to turn the SMS feature on or off. To be able to send a SMS to a client, you need to enable the SMS feature for the client on the client info screen. If the feature is enabled, you can still disable the feature when you save the visit information.
• Email client after job completion The same rule as for SMS. The above information about backup to email is used for sending emails.
• Message for SMS and email This message will be added to every SMS or email that is sent after a visit.
• Default Travel Time The amount of travel time that will be added to the visit's report for every visit if the client is not in the clients database table. Will also be the default if a client is added.
• Fixed cost for Travel As above for clients.
• Travel Tax As above for clients.
• Charge per hour As above for clients.
• Minimum Time The above for clents.