**** GBM
Production Release – All customers should upgrade to
this release
Includes
GBM Mobile – all Editions
· GBM Mobile Manger 5.10.0117c
·
GBM
· Profile Manager 5.10.0027
· Profile Loader 5.10.0027
· Profile Retriever 5.10.0027
· Portable Exporter 4.10.55.0
· MapInfo extensions installer 5.10.0.019 containing
o
GBM Mobile
Merge (mbx) V5.10.0014 - Build 14
o
GBM PostProc (mbx) V1.01.028 – for GBM Mobile for Trimble customers only
GBM
· Pathfinder Tools SDK Version 2.31
Known Problems and cautions
There are
no know problems
**** GBM
**** GBM Portable Forms Exporter - This release includes an
updated version of the GBM Portable/Office forms exporter. These forms are compatible with GBM Portable
V3.21 or later. Forms exported with this Mobile Manager release will not
operate with the older GBM Portable / GBM Office Versions. Please contact
Exa-Min for a GBM Portable or GBM Office V4 upgrade.
**** Operating Folders - Installation will re-map the
location of the “downloads” and “profiles” folders. Customers who are
upgrading an old installation may need to reset these folder locations. Refer
to the last paragraph of the installation instructions. These instructions can
be accessed through the Install Software
link on the installation media.
Updates between
5.10.00.0098 and V5.10.0099 (November 5th 2008)
1.
GBM
· Corrected supports for on-screen keyboard in landscape and square screen modes
2. Installation
· Now supports Windows 2003 installation as well as Mobile5/6
Updates between
5.10.00.0095 and V5.10.0098 (November 3rd 2008)
3. Installer
· PDA installation script has been signed through VeriSign to eliminate prompting for permission to install components from an unknown source
4.
GVM
· Corrected issue with intermittent windows camera driver on specific models of HP devices
· Improved error reports for occasions where users unknowingly exit camera programs without saving the photo
1. GBM Enterprise Manager
· Improved import of custom forms pick lists to allow single file import of values for cascading lists
2.
GBM
· Corrected communications with ike comers
Updates between
5.10.00.0092 and V5.10.0095 (October 2008)
3.
GBM
· It is now possible to stop recording GPS lines and regions after GPS is lost
· New user prompt added to ensure partly drawn lines and regions are saved before changing maps or closing GBM Mobile
· Improved behavior when tracking is initialized and then stopped before GPS positions are recorded
4. GBM Mobile Manager
· Log file locations are listed on the Help Menu
· Retrieve data has more robust prompting to ensure GBM Mobile is shut down before starting the retrieval process
· Improved error messaging when Active Sync connection is lost after the initial connection
· Corrected misclassification of reference data tagged with edit tracking (prevented setting of optional install path)
5.
GBM
· MapInfo based Post Processing utility has been upgraded with better audit files
· Post Processing corrections can now be read from a MapInfo .tab file as well as a Trimble .cor file (for instances where Trimble Pathfinder office is installed on a different computer)
6. Documentation
· User Manual and on-line documentation upgraded to V5.10 (14th edition)
Updates between
5.10.00.0088 and V5.10.0092
7. Installer
· User feedback has been improved. Installation on machines on large networks will be faster in some cases.
8. Custom Forms
· Fixed issue with presentation of default values in some cascading drop down lists
9.
GBM
· Corrected issue with move to GPS location
· Added support for tracking along linear features in waypoint navigation
10. Mobile Manager
· Relaxed error messages for occasions where path to the profiles folder is invalid on data retrieval
· Correct misclassification of reference data for non-editable layers tagged as edit tracked in load data wizard
11.
GBM
· Post Processing MBX - Corrected issue with co-ordinate system bounds and small project areas – requires MapInfo Pro V8.5
· Audit file (_shifts.tab) now correctly links post processed satellite observations to the final vertex locations
· GBM Mobile post processing log updated to correct time coordination
· Post Processing MBX - Corrected unreliable matching of raw and post processed vertexes
Updates between
5.10.00.0074 and V5.10.0088
12.
GBM
· Code migration to Visual Studio 2005
· Static C-ATL linking to minimize impact of variations of C-ATL dll versions in ROM (for Nomad devices)
· Full support for drop down lists that include decimal values
· Map based hot-linking to external files (e.g. images and documents) is now supported
13. Mobile Manager
· Load data wizard now supports multiple uses of the same pictorial pick list images in the same custom form
· New utility to pre-prepare change index for reference data loaded through card readers (Tools/Generate Change Index)
· Data transfer protocols has been upgraded to reduce data transfer delays
· The profile wizard now checks for the new MapInfo date/time data type (this data type is not supported by the mobile device software)
14. Trimble Edition
· The Trimble SDK has been upgraded from V2.30 to V2.31 to support newer devices
· Current Estimated Accuracy (CEA) now presents in place of PDOP on the status bar
· Calculation of coordinate system bounds in the MapInfo Post Processing component has been upgraded to improve precision
· The MapInfo post processing module has been upgraded to support GPS averaging for individual vertices of linear or polygon features
· File path names have been optimized to work with deep folder hierarchies
15. Mobile Merge (MapInfo Extensions)
· The downloads folder can now be set through the utilities menu
· Data type compatibility constraints have been relaxed to allow merging into linked Oracle tables
· Minor user interface refinements
16. Installer
· Microsoft .NET 2.0 is now available on the installation CD in place of the older .NET 1.1
Updates between
5.10.00.0068 and V5.10.0085
17.
GBM
· New start-up dialog prompts for opening of a map and re-connecting the GPS
· Auto-detection of GPS port configuration has been improved
· Auto-setting of Static Navigation on SiRF chip has been improved
· The status bar registers each location update rather then just on location change
· The GPS can be used to add individual vertices to Lines and polygons (see V4.20 use manual)
18. Mobile Manager
· Now recognizes external storage cards on Windows Mobile 6 and fast processors
· Updated Profile editor and load data wizard including performance upgrade on data load
· Corrected custom forms problem with photo access for very complex custom forms.
· In the forms editor, values for drop down lists can be loaded from files
· The retrieve data wizard automatically retrieves photographs
· GBM Portable forms exporter upgraded to 3.20.44.0 with individual files for each form for compatibility with GBM Portable V4
· It is now possible to group items in a custom form listing
· Retrieve data wizard updated to properly manage retrieval of _deletes files (correction of error in early 4.20 releases)
19.
GBM
· Corrected issue with recording post processing data for traverses
· Corrected Nomad install (auto reboot) issue
· Updated to Trimble SDK V2.30 (for Nomad operation)
· The Trimble release is now correctly installed if selected from the load software wizard
· Corrected issue with new Trimble SDK not recording Trimble format .ssf file during precision navigation of linear features
20. General Operation
· Placement of registry keys on the PDA has been updated for improved compatibility with Windows Mobile convention.
· A start-up wizard prompts for connecting the GPS and for opening a map
· GPS messages no longer obscure the status bar when the measure tool is in use
· There is a new menu item for quickly enabling and disabling moving map display
· Panning controls have been added to the map window
· Ariel and Mallet fonts are now installed on the mobile device
21. Custom Forms
· Forms have been optimized for strong light conditions
· Logical (yes/no) data is now edited through radio buttons.
· Added grouping of items in custom form on the mobile if grouping has been defined in the form definition
22. Waypoint Navigation
· It is now possible to track along lines
· A new compass rose displays travel direction and direction to waypoint
23.
GBM
· A problem with retrieval of information on deleted records that affected interim V4.20 builds has been fixed
· The software now uses the upgraded Trimble V2.10 Pathfinder Tools SDK
· Post_Process.mbx now accepts MapInfo files that have “_” characters in file/layer names
· GBM Post Process.mbx – missing file ExaminProj.txt - The projection file required by the MapInfo based post processing module is now reliably added by the installer.
· GBM Post Process.mbx - .cor file export - The export of post processing corrections from the .cor file to MapInfo now operates more reliably as it is not affected by display coordinate settings of the current Pathfinder office session.
24. GBM Portable
· GBM Portable forms exporter has been updated for compatibility with GBM Office build 47
Updates between
4.10.0065 and 4.20.0068 (Trimble and Ike releases)
Only the MapInfo based modules have been upgraded in this release. The core GBM Mobile Manger and GBM Mobile software has not changed, but please reinstall GBM Mobile Manger to access the upgraded user documentation. These changes only affect Trimble customers using GPS Post Processing. GBM Mobile for ike customers can continue operating with V4.20.0065.
25. Installation
· GBM Mobile Standard Edition, GBM Mobile for Trimble and GBM Mobile for ike are now all installed from the same media
· Separate license keys are now required for each of the above editions, replacing the GBM Survey Tools add on
26. Documentation
·
Precision issues related to inappropriate
MapInfo bounds settings are now fully documented.
· Added detailed documentation for GBM Mobile for Trimble and GBM Mobile for ike as chapter 4
· Extended documentation on drawing with GPS to include the new precision GPS drawing mode
27. Drawing Tools
· New precision drawing method allows users to choose where to add vertices to linear and polygon objects.
28. General
· There is a new button on the devices activation screen to enable recording systems logs. These logs can be enabled briefly to record details that can assist Exa-Min support personnel to debug device connection and machine resources issues.
29. GPS
· The GPS auto-detect module has been upgraded to optionally search for GPS units that provide data at less common baud rates (Devices/NMEA GPS settings /Hardware on the PDA).
· A new configuration option allows static navigation to be disabled on SiRF III GPS units (refer to Technical Bulleting No 9 at www.geobasemap.com for further details)
· A new configuration option is provided to poll the GPS for position updates rather than rely on the GPS unit raising the normal systems interrupt when new data is available. This update is required for the GPS unit built into some O2 brand combined Phone/GPS/PDA units (Devices/NMEA GPS settings /Hardware on the PDA)
30.
GBM
· Support for GPS averaging and drawing of features at the laser target location has been imporved
· The MapInfo based post processing module (Post Proc.mbx) has been significantly upgraded
o
It is now
possible to correct magnetic bearings through MapInfo processing module (GBM PostProc.mbx)
o
New map
layers support improved auditing of post processing corrections
o
The
location of the downloads folder is remembered between sessions
· Dependency on the Trimble SSFTOASC.exe for post processing has been removed in favor of new Pathfinder Office V4 .cor file export utility.
o
Robustness
has improved
o
Post
processed locations are no longer rounded to +/- 10 cm
o
Issues
with surveys that spanned midnight GMT are resolved
o
The .cor file name is not longer restricted to 8 characters
o
The
software works with Pathfinder Office V4. Customers operating Pathfinder Office
V3 will need to manually export the .cor file using
the older ssftoasc.exe program
· GBM Post Process.mbx will now execute properly for those projects that only collect point data
·
It is now possible to auto adjust magnetic
bearings (e.g. for applying a magnetic declination) at the Post Processing
stage
31.
GBM
· Now installed from the standard media. Installation has been simplified
· Support for user controlled location of vertices for linear and polygon feature drawn at the laser target location
· 1280x1025 camera mode is now supported
· An Issues that prevented photograph file names from being properly recorded in the MapInfo .tab files under certain circumstances, has been corrected
· An error in the “move to current GPS location” function that manifest in build 61 has been corrected
· The ability to auto adjust magnetic bearings by applying a magnetic declination has been fully implemented
32. Mobile Manager
Minor improvements to screen layout – column widths
Updates between
4.18.0062 and 4.19.0067a
33. General
·
Device drivers have been tuned to
operate correctly on Windows Mobile 6 PDA units.
·
There is a new button on the devices
activation screen to enable recording of systems logs. These logs can be
enabled briefly to record details that can assist Exa-Min support personnel to
debug device connection and machine resources issues. This new option extends
and supersedes the trouble shooting methods outlined in Technical bulletin 10.
Be sure to deactivate log recording and delete the log files when they are no
longer required.
34. GPS
·
The GPS auto-detect module has been
upgraded to optionally search for GPS units that provide data at less common
baud rates (Devices/NMEA GPS settings /Hardware on the PDA). To activate the
extended search select “all likely baud rates” from the drop down list box at
the top of the auto detect screen.
·
A new configuration option is
provided to poll the GPS for position updates rather than rely on the GPS unit
raising the normal systems interrupt when new data is available. This update is
required for the GPS unit built into some O2 and Intermec brand combined
Phone/GPS/PDA units several other device models (Devices/NMEA GPS settings
/Hardware on the PDA)
·
End user feedback on GPS status has
been improved with a set of dots appearing on the status bar at the bottom of
the map on each GPS cycle
35. Wireless Camera Support
·
The device driver “other camera” is
offered for connection of wireless cameras that directly write photographs to a
folder on the PDA. Included here is the Trimble TrimPix
and similar devices. Be sure to specify the location where the camera will be
posting the photograph (click the devices button on the settings screen to
access this control). Leave the option for running a capture program unchecked.
Then click on the phot field in a custom form and
take the photograph in the normal way.
36. Drawing Tools
·
A new precision drawing method
allows users to choose where to add vertices to linear and polygon objects when
drawing features using the GPS. It is now possible to locate some vertices from
the GPS and other by clicking on the map. To use this feature draw linear and
polygon features through the standard and GPS drawing tool buttons rather via
GPS Tracking.
37. Moving Map
·
Significant processing efficiencies
have been introduced into the module that centres the map on the current GPS
location. moving map. This will improve responsiveness when used with complex
maps and will reduce battery drain.
Waypoint Navigation
·
The method for establishing the
direction of travel has been improved to reduce the effect of GPS scatter. Also
to avoid confusion arising from GPS scatter, waypoint navigation now terminates
when the distance between the device and the target waypoint is less than the
GPS accuracy. GPS accuracy is set through the GPS Settings / Track tab.
·
A new waypoint details menu presents
when waypoint navigation is active. Click the waypoint status bar when waypoint
navigation is active to see the enhanced heads up display.
38. Tracking
·
Robustness of the module that
prevents the PDA from going into sleep mode when tracking is active has been
improved. GBM Mobile will now prevent the PDA from powering off when tracking
is active and a GPS unit connected, even when the unit is temporarily not
recording GPS fixes or the user adjusts status bar display options.
Updates between 4.15 and
4.18.0062
39. GPS
·
A new configuration option allows
static navigation to be disabled on SiRF III GPS units (refer to Technical
Bulleting No 9 at www.geobasemap.com
for further details)
·
A Sky plot has been added to show
the position of GPS satellites
40. Waypoint Navigation
·
Way point navigation has been
enhanced. When a waypoint is active, click on the waypoint line of the status
bar at the bottom of the map to see the new display. The display shows both the
current direction of travel and the direction to the waypoint.
Updates between 4.10.050 and
4.15
41. GPS
·
Upgrades to GPS sub-system to
improve robustness with Windows Mobile 5
(refer to Technical Bulletin No 8 at www.geobasemap.com for further details)
*** Updates between 4.10.0049M (pre
production) and 4.10.0050 (production)
42. Photographs
· Connection of Pretec and HP cameras has been simplified through predefined device profiles
· There have been further refinements to improve robustness for Pretec cameras
43. Mobile Manger
· Robustness has been improved when using the save button in Custom Forms editing
· GBM Mobile is automatically shut down when data is retrieved to avoid possible file conflicts
44. Mobile Merge
· The installer has been upgraded to account for unusual MapInfo Professional installation folders
45. Documentation
· User documentation has been proofed and additional GPS trouble shooting notes added
46. GPS
·
GBM Mobile now works with GPS devices that do
not send the expected RMC NMEA sentence.
·
Error reporting has been improved for occasions
when connection to the GPS is severed during operation
47. GBM Portable
·
The exporter that prepares custom forms for use
with GBM Portable has been update
*** Updates between 4.10.0049k and
4.10.0049M
48. Raster Images
· Memory management has been improved for projects with numerous (tiled) ECW raster images. Out of memory error messages should now be very rare.
49. Photographs
· The camera device driver has been upgraded to overcome a problem with the Pretec cameras that occasionally resulted in copying of incomplete images
50. Installation
· The Mobile Manager installer has been upgraded to smooth the transition from earlier V4.10 beta versions to the current system in the case where users failed to uninstall the existing version before installing the upgrade
· The Mobile Merge installer now accepts V4 as well as V3 serial numbers
51. Custom Forms
· Improvements have been made to the part of the Custom Forms editor that recovers form definitions when the structure of the underlying MapInfo .tab files has been changed.
· It is now possible to set the number of decimals to display
52. Demonstration Data
· The demonstration data set has been upgraded to show off the new custom form features. The new custom forms and data files have a _V4 extension.
*** Updates between 3.51.0043 and 4.10.0049k
53. General
·
Customers require a new (V4) serial number to
install this release.
· This release is tested for installation on Pocket PC 2003 and Windows Mobile 5 devices
· The device interface (including GPS interface) has been re-written to support easy addition of new devices. A list of supported hardware devices (cameras, GPS, Laser distance equipment etc) is now presented on the devices menu on the PDA where devices that are currently available can be activated.
· Internal memory allocation has been reworked to minimise the occurrence of “insufficient memory” messages when loading external programs such as the Bluetooth manager. The new release should be significantly more robust, especially when operating with ECW images and third party plug-ins.
54. Photographs
· Support for ike and IMATE integrated cameras and Pretec and HP CF card cameras on the PDA
· There is a hot-link button on the tool bar for viewing photographs or documents associated with map objects
55. Custom Forms
· A number of minor operational problems with custom forms in V3.51 have been fixed, especially in conditional (cascading) drop down lists and expressions. More complex expressions are supported.
· Pictorial pick lists (where users select an image to have the corresponding text value entered into the data) are now fully supported.
· Operation of interdependent (cascading) drop-down lists has been improved
· Operation of conditional visibility option (where fields in a question list are visible or hidden depending on the value entered in another field) has been improved
· Long pick lists are now correctly rendered on small and landscape format devices
· Additional automatic fields have been added. Automatic value options now include:
X and Y - The map feature's longitude or latitude. If a GPS is being
used, the feature will have been created at – or moved to – the GPS location.
Can be used with text or numeric (non-integer) fields.
Altitude - The altitude indicated by the GPS. Otherwise, zero. Can be
used with text or numeric (non-integer) fields.
Length, Area, Perimeter
- The
feature's length, area, or perimeter from GIS query. Set to zero if the feature
is a not of the appropriate type. Can be used with text or numeric
(non-integer) fields.
Creation time, Creation date -Time of feature creation – from the
device’s system clock – expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC/GMT).
Times can be used with text or floating-point fields. If floating-point,
they’re expressed as VARIANT times. Dates can be used with date fields.
Last edit time, Last edit date - Time of the feature’s last edit –
from the device’s system clock – expressed in Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC/GMT). Times can be used with text or floating-point fields. If
floating-point, they’re expressed as VARIANT times. Dates can be used with date
fields.
GPS time - The GPS time (it’s in UTC) represented as a string:
HHMMSS.SSS. Can only be used with text fields.
GPS PDOP - The PDOP for the GPS position(s) received when creating or
moving this feature. Can be used with text or numeric (non-integer) fields.
GPS post-processing ID - The internal ID used to associate a feature in a data
file with the points in the POSTPROC.TAB file that are to be used by the
post-processing MBX to correct the feature’s position. Unless a field has this
auto-value, features created using the form cannot be post-processed. Can only
be used with text fields.
Incremental number - An incremental number from a range
specified by the profile loader. If the range is exhausted, zeros are used. Can
be used with text or numeric fields.
From the last-created object - The value from the same field of the
last created object on the layer. If no object is found, the field is left
empty.
From an object on another layer - Looks for objects on the specified
layer that are within the specified buffer. If multiple objects are found, they
are listed and the user selects one. Copies the value from the specified field.
From the selected object - The value from the specified field
of the currently selected object. Only works with the “Create from Selection”
command.
Photograph - A photograph taken using – typically – the device’s in-built
camera. This is the photograph taken when in the feature attributes dialog.
(It’s more of an edit method than an automatic value.) Stores the photo
filename in the field. Can only be used with text fields.
ike photograph, Target photograph - This refers to the photo taken as
part of the target (offset) capture. (No longer referred to as an ike photo, as the ike can now
take photos from the attributes dialog as well as the target capture dialog.)
Stores the photo filename in the field. Can only be used with text fields.
Expression - Either a numeric or text expression that can include
references to other fields. (Now supports referencing other fields that are
themselves evaluated as expressions.) Can be used with text or numeric fields.
Specified time - A time specified by clicking the “Now” button in the
attributes dialog or typing in the date/time. (Like “photo” this is more of an
edit method than an automatic value.) If the user takes the time the device’s
system clock, it’s expressed in local time (not UTC/GMT).Can be used with text
or floating-point fields. If floating-point, they’re expressed as VARIANT
times.
Measured distance, Measured area, Measured perimeter - These are the measurements that can be taken with a rangefinder – such as the Contour XLRic. The distance could be a range, a horizontal or a vertical distance. Can be used with text or numeric (non-integer) fields
56. Mobile Manager
· The user interface for editing custom forms has been improved and simplified
· There is a new Export forms option for using GBM Mobile custom forms with GBM Portable on a Windows desktop, laptop or tablet PC
57. GBM Survey Tools
· This release includes a pre-production implementation of the optional GBM Survey Tools extension. Survey tools supports direct entry of distance and point offsets from the Contour XLS ic laser distance measurement equipment. It also provides post-processed GPS positions when used with a Trimble GPS receiver. A separate serial number is required for GBM Survey Tools installation.
58. Web Services Integration
· A new software framework has been implemented to simplify future interfacing with external web processes.
· This release is ready for implementation with the wireless data transfer plug-ins that are part of the GBM Integrated Command Centre distribution. With these optional plug-ins, GBM Mobile can transmit wireless GPS location updates to a web server and trigger data updates to a central GIS database when data is edited through GBM Mobile custom forms. A separate plug-in is available to call a MapInfo location server and return the street address corresponding to a point clicked on a map.
59. Documentation
· The user manual has been updated.
*** Updates between V3.50 build 37 and V3.51 build 43 (test release)
1. CUSTOM FORMS (Mobile Manager)
· Three new options have been added to the Automatic Tab:
o “Expression” allows the entry of a numeric or text expression
o “Photograph” to capture the ID of photos collected by the device (currently restricted to the iMate)
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