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by arizonajon
Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

The Daemon Generated KML This is a feature that I have wanted to implement for some time now. ... The KMZ file is laid out as such: doc1.kml...................<- The index file for the KMZ, points to the other KML files in the archive files/full_db.kml..........<- The full DB export (no Labels) fil...
by arizonajon
Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: War driving contest
Replies: 82
Views: 496570

War driving contest

In downtown Scottsdale today, at one location, I got 72 APs simultaneously (as in 72/nnn). Loop time was moderate. Then later this afternoon, at a different location in downtown, I got 80 APs... It must be nearly overwhelming to try to use Wi-Fi in those areas. The first was around a hospital (alway...
by arizonajon
Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:25 pm
Forum: Beta
Topic: ViStumbler Betas
Replies: 55
Views: 167571

ViStumbler Betas

Had two GPS fail events today. Not sure why. First was after a successful file collection on the way into downtown. Closed Vist and everything was good. When I came out about an hour later, started up Vist and no GPS reporting - was N0 E0. Could see GPS using putty. Had to cycle power to get back to...
by arizonajon
Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:40 pm
Forum: Requests
Topic: Wi-Fi DB Sorting feature request
Replies: 6
Views: 10628

Wi-Fi DB Sorting feature request

arizonajon wrote:Looks like I picked up one onboard Gogoinflight Wi-Fi AP while parked at the airport.

https://live.wifidb.net/wifidb/opt/fetch.php?id=450546
Hey Andrew -

It looks like you picked up one last year!

https://live.wifidb.net/wifidb/opt/fetch.php?id=50267
by arizonajon
Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:35 pm
Forum: Requests
Topic: Wi-Fi DB Sorting feature request
Replies: 6
Views: 10628

Wi-Fi DB Sorting feature request

Looks like I picked up one onboard Gogoinflight Wi-Fi AP while parked at the airport.

https://live.wifidb.net/wifidb/opt/fetch.php?id=450546
by arizonajon
Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:19 pm
Forum: Requests
Topic: Wi-Fi DB Sorting feature request
Replies: 6
Views: 10628

Wi-Fi DB Sorting feature request

Thanks for this - I really enjoy the ability to sort by date. I'm confused by the indicator globe. Is when it's in green mean that there's a valid GPS position for the AP? If in grey, then there's none? If there's a valid position, then it would be nice to be able to click on the globe icon and get ...
by arizonajon
Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:05 pm
Forum: Beta
Topic: ViStumbler Betas
Replies: 55
Views: 167571

ViStumbler Betas

I do like the idea of having an save and auto clear. Right now vistumbler does have an auto save function that used the external Export.exe, but has no way to create a unique file name for each save and clear the list. Right now when it proposes a filename based upon Date/TOD, I always choose it si...
by arizonajon
Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:59 pm
Forum: Beta
Topic: ViStumbler Betas
Replies: 55
Views: 167571

ViStumbler Betas

Well, Vist sure works better when I keep it under 1000 APs :D Took Beta 12 for a drive this morning and every once in a while I saved the file and restarted Vist. Is it possible to set up the autosave in some way to automate the save and clear list function? Then I could set it to do that every not ...
by arizonajon
Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:24 pm
Forum: Requests
Topic: Wi-Fi DB Sorting feature request
Replies: 6
Views: 10628

Wi-Fi DB Sorting feature request

In looking through the WiFiDB View All APs at
https://live.wifidb.net/wifidb/all.php? ... m=0&to=500
I'd like to be able to sort by date as well. For instance, it'd be nice to sort by "first seen" or "last seen". Is this a possible thing?

Cheers - Jon
by arizonajon
Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:08 pm
Forum: Beta
Topic: ViStumbler Betas
Replies: 55
Views: 167571

ViStumbler Betas

Hi Andrew - Where we left off a few days ago, I was promising to try beta 12 and yesterday and today I did get that opportunity. First, the setup again: truck computer is the Windows 7 Pro running on a dual-core Atom D2550 board, with 4 GB memory. The Wi-Fi setup is an Amped Wireless dual-band USB a...
by arizonajon
Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Hi Andrew - I took beta 10 out for another spin this afternoon, but was distracted by a number of things so I didn't have enough time to look at it in depth. There was some strangeness in the GPS, but I can't tell whether it was the serial connection or something else. I hope to have some time tomor...
by arizonajon
Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Good afternoon, Andrew -

Thanks for the return of the tick-tick-tick!

I took it for a drive just now and it seems to be fine. Is there anything I should be looking at to provide feedback?

Cheers - Jon
by arizonajon
Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

I bet you're all beta'd-out, Andrew! I found beta 10 ready when I decided to go to the grocery store a little while ago. It installed and the very first thing I noticed was the lack of sound. No GPS tick, no AP sproing. I checked some other sounds that Windows is supposed to make, they all worked, a...
by arizonajon
Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Second set of runs, identical to the first except that I used an ATEN UC232A Serial to USB adapter on COM4. This uses the Prolific chipset. Run 2, Kernel32: 194 APs, 162 GPS locations, 6:51 duration, average of 1 GPS location every 2.5 sec. 2015-02-24 CommPortTest_Kernel32_Prolific.VS1 Run 2, CommMG...
by arizonajon
Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

oh, and it had the same problems again with COM port settings and the directory on the desktop.
by arizonajon
Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Just returned from doing a set of road tests to test the various COM methods on a closed circuit here in the neighborhood. The route is two-ended, cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac, almost exactly 2 miles long, and the speed limit is 20 mph. There is one stop sign, and nearly zero traffic. First, installed V...
by arizonajon
Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

A weird thing happened to VS. Yesterday late afternoon, I was running the version which was dated 22 Feb. I took it out for the spin, listened to the ticks as I said above, everything was good. When I returned to the house, I closed VS, it asked whether I wanted to save the file, I said yes, as usua...
by arizonajon
Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Good evening, Andrew - I didn't yet try the new new version which you mention here, but the first new version with the GPS tick sound is good. It's allowing me to gauge without looking how often I get a GPS position. That's very good, and I can see that it varies radically based upon the number of A...
by arizonajon
Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Jon, I put out an update that has an option to give a sound every time there is a GPGGA update. There is a new menu item in the options menu called "Play sound on new GPS" ... [/color] Thank you very much for this - I just installed the update. It sounds a little like a Geiger counter :) ...
by arizonajon
Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Yeah, right now vistumbler tries to update gps every loop. It will only update if it gets a GPGGA sentence from the gps. It should be simple to add a sound for new gps position. any suggestions on the sound to use? I don't know if you have seen, but we have also experimented some with taking pictur...
by arizonajon
Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:07 am
Forum: Share Scan Results
Topic: Traffic-signal-related Wi-Fi APs?
Replies: 0
Views: 22229

Traffic-signal-related Wi-Fi APs?

In my drives here in PHX, I see a lot of multi-antenna boxes atop traffic signals at major intersections, and often in the 1/2 mile minor intersections as well. I have heard that perhaps it's a mesh network deployed by the city to allow them to do traffic signal control and preemption on a relativel...
by arizonajon
Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Hi Andrew - Thanks for the recommendations. The home machine (i7-4790, 16 GB RAM) is where I've been using GE, and getting the crashes. It could be a number of things, including video driver issues. I've suffered a variety of those from the first day I ever loaded GE onto a PC... The mobile machine ...
by arizonajon
Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

I appreciate the work that both of you done and the time and effort that must go / have gone into it. I imported a few more drives from today. For the most part, the importing goes very smoothly. GE crashes ("Google Earth must close..." on occasion when attempting to fly to a location, it ...
by arizonajon
Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Hi Andrew - That's the great thing about building a system like you and Phil have done - there's always something to tweak... :D :( I was looking at today's (19 Feb 2015) daily kmz files on GE. I see the APs which I imported today, as well as a few others in the PHX or the southwest AZ area which I ...
by arizonajon
Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:28 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew
Replies: 21
Views: 22319

Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew

Another thing I find helps is to set your device to "High Performance" mode in windows power options. This seems to help vistumbler performance quite a bit... Good point. Not sure where that's set right now. I will check that also. I have now set the PC to be in "High Performance&quo...
by arizonajon
Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Good morning, Phil and Andrew - Thanks for the quick and informative responses. I've just uploaded another small file as I had to run to the store a while ago and decided to wardrive it. The question I have now is in regards to the update.kmz network link. I have been playing with the WiFiDB Newest ...
by arizonajon
Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

I think i may have broken the importer function. There's a 2.1 MB file that's been preparing for import since 3pm MST today...
by arizonajon
Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

Yet another noob question. On the page https://live.wifidb.net/wifidb/opt/scheduling.php there is the heading Scheduled Imports Next Import scheduled on: 2015-02-10 16:56:48 (UTC) 2015-02-10 09:56:48 (UTC-7) Why are these imports so far in the past? Today is 18 Feb, and the files are being imported ...
by arizonajon
Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Daemon Generated KML
Replies: 68
Views: 312525

Daemon Generated KML

The Update.kml file can be found here: http://rihq.randomintervals.com/wifidb/opt/scheduling.php?func=daemon_kml by clicking on the "Sample KML file" link. The above link does not seem to work. It times out after a while. However, this page https://live.wifidb.net/wifidb/opt/scheduling.ph...
by arizonajon
Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew
Replies: 21
Views: 22319

Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew

Mapping wifi is the main reason me and my friend phil started Vistumbler. I don't know if you have seen our WifiDB at live.wifidb.net, but this was made to try and map all the different scans we were doing (and there are quite a few by us). Ok, the truck returned home today. I first allowed VS to u...
by arizonajon
Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew
Replies: 21
Views: 22319

Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew

Mapping wifi is the main reason me and my friend phil started Vistumbler. I don't know if you have seen our WifiDB at live.wifidb.net, but this was made to try and map all the different scans we were doing (and there are quite a few by us). I gave up on GE attempting to open the entire DB :shock: W...
by arizonajon
Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew
Replies: 21
Views: 22319

Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew

If you have auto update enabled you should get a prompt to update when you open vistumbler... Very nifty :D Due to an incident with a flying shovel, the truck (and the computer within) is in the shop, but as soon as it returns I will install the update automagically and see if I can tune up the sys...
by arizonajon
Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew
Replies: 21
Views: 22319

Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew

evening, Andrew - Thanks very much for the update - where do I find it :D Yep, I know the Atom (even the dual-core) is pretty wimpy, but it's the first computer in the truck that's been able to run all night for several nights in a row during this time of year and not pull the battery below 11.5 VDC...
by arizonajon
Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew
Replies: 21
Views: 22319

Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew

Good afternoon, Andrew - Thank you for the response and the efforts you made to develop the program. It's very much appreciated! The version is 10.6 Beta 3, at least that's what it says in the Title bar. Yes, I am using Kernel32 com interface, COM1 (native serial interface on MB), 4800, 8, 1, none. ...
by arizonajon
Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: What GPS hardware should I get?
Replies: 21
Views: 53094

What GPS hardware should I get?

Another update on my GPS issues: As I think I mentioned before, I have both native serial ports and serial to USB dongles with either Prolific or FTDI chips. Yesterday morning, I started up the box using the native serial port COM1. I drove a route to and return from the local Frys' Electronics stor...
by arizonajon
Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What GPS hardware should I get?
Replies: 21
Views: 53094

What GPS hardware should I get?

More information on my GPS read issue: Underneath the lines Active APs: and Actual loop time: is a field which, when the Use GPS button has been clicked, shows either the GPS sentences or the message "Seconds Since GPS Update: GPGGA: n/30 - GPRMC: m/30" where n and m are integers. I see in...
by arizonajon
Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: Project Mysticache
Replies: 133
Views: 6504102

Project Mysticache

TO further explore my problem with GPS sentence parsing in VStum, I downloaded Mysticache this morning and tested it on the same machine, assuming it's using the same code to read the GPS. Flawless operation. GPS appears to read just fine and reliably. I wish I was still into geocaching! However, I ...
by arizonajon
Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: What GPS hardware should I get?
Replies: 21
Views: 53094

What GPS hardware should I get?

Hi ChuckE - I just joined the forum yesterday hoping that anyone was left. I'm having an issue getting my GPS stream to be read reliably by Vistumbler. To answer your question "What I'm really wondering though is how is the location of these other APs on my list calculated? When I get used to t...
by arizonajon
Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew
Replies: 21
Views: 22319

Ummm.. I may get tagged for this, Andrew

wow, this is an old thread. Hopefully someone's still out there. First, I found Vistumbler today after a lot of searching. It's a miracle! Thank you for creating it! I have a Win 7 Pro dual-core Atom in the truck. Had been a NetStumbler person for years using XP and legacy Wi-Fi dongles. For the pas...