Sense Navigation EZ
Braille Sense and Voice Sense
(Braille Keyboard)
User Manual
v2014
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Table of Contents
1.3 Terms and Concepts in the Manual
2.1 Installing SenseNav Software
2.1.1 Installing Sendero Map Manager
2.1.2 Activating Sendero Map Manager
2.1.3 “Check for Updates” Feature:
Automated Downloading and Installing
2.1.4 Synchronizing Maps and POIs with
GPS Device or external media
2.3 Installing the Memory Card and
Launching SenseNav for the First Time
2.3.1 Choosing the GPS Receiver Type
2.3.2 Setting the POI Author Name
2.4 Proper Startup and Shutdown of
SenseNav
2.4.3 Switching to Other Applications
3.3 Properly Wearing the External GPS Receiver
3.4 Accuracy of SenseNav Announcements
3.5 Getting Oriented Using SenseNav
4.1 Main Display Area of SenseNav
4.3 Copying Information to the Clipboard
4.4 Resetting While Using SenseNav
5.1 Location Search by Address
5.1.1 Location Search by City Name
5.1.2 Location Search by Zip/Postal Code
5.1.4 Tips for Street Name Searches
5.1.5 Tips for City Name Searches
5.1.6 Miscellaneous Location Lookup Items
5.2.1 Working With the History List
5.3.2 Working with the Favorites List
7.2 Creating pedestrian or vehicle routes R P or R V
7.5 Export route as file (X) R X
7.6 Close current route (C) R C
7.7 Recalculate a route BACKSPACE-DOT-3
7.9 Next turn information (T) ENTER-T
7.10 Turn list (I) BACKSPACE-I
7.14 Drive There and Walk There
7.15 Additional Route Commands
8.1 Automatic LookAround Announcements
9 Miscellaneous Functions of SenseNav
10.2 Location information (I) ENTER-I
10.3 Destination information (D) BACKSPACE-D
10.4 Nearest intersection (X) ENTER-X
10.5 Next intersection (N) ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6
10.7 Additional informational commands from A to Z
11.1 GPS date/time (T) SPACE-U
11.3 Reconnect GPS receiver (R) ENTER-R
12.1 Configuration (O) BACKSPACE-O
12.3 GPS receiver selection (G) BACKSPACE-G
12.4 Multiple commands (M) BACKSPACE-M
Appendix A: Installing and Downloading Software Using
GoSendero.com
Transferring Downloaded Maps to the Sense Notetaker
Sense Navigation
is a program developed by HIMS and Sendero Group which is powered by the
Sendero GPS SDK. This program uses map data together with a GPS receiver, and
gives information based on the map data. GPS satellites and massive location databases
combine to create the potential for every place on earth to have a label. The
Voice Sense and Braille Sense (Sense notetakers),
together with map data and a GPS receiver make all labeled information
accessible. Since GPS satellites can be picked up anywhere in the world, many
consumer products already have access to this information. As the consumer
demand for these technologies increases, there is more improvement for more
accurate location information.
Here are just a
few of the many features available when using Sense
Navigation (SenseNav) together with a GPS receiver.
The rest of this manual gives complete information on the program features and
capabilities. You can:
•
Find
out about your surroundings. Whether it is through points of interest (POIs) or
through the LookAround features.
•
Create
a pedestrian or vehicle route to anywhere on the map based on your current
position.
•
Save
routes and route instructions for future use or for sharing them with others.
•
Search
for a location by city name or zip code.
•
Quickly
search for points of interest even if they are far away.
•
Add
frequently explored addresses or locations to a favorites list.
•
Choose
from Imperial, Metric, and Nautical measurements for distance and speed.
•
Choose
to display the prompt name along with the information, or just the information
by itself.
•
Copy
any displayed information to the clipboard for later pasting inside another
application such as the Word Processor.
•
Configure
commands to be automatically executed at regular intervals.
•
Restore
SenseNav to its factory defaults in case you made
many changes and want to reset it to the way it was from the factory.
The following
items are included with the purchase of SenseNav:
•
A license
key to enable Sense Navigation to operate on the Braille Sense or Voice Sense notetaker. This is a
string of characters you obtain from your account at http://www.gosendero.com.
•
Online
access to download map and POI data from http://www.GoSendero.com.
If you are
reading the manual from the Braille Sense or Voice Sense with the Braille
keyboard, press SPACE-F to open the search box. Then input two plus or two
minus signs followed by a press of the ENTER key. To repeat the search, press
ENTER-F.
Sense Navigation
is available for all HIMS Sense notetakers. This
includes the Voice Sense, Braille Sense Plus BT, Braille Sense Plus QT, Braille
Sense OnHand, Voice Sense QT, and Braille Sense U2.
In order to use SenseNav successfully, the most
recent firmware update must be installed. The firmware can be upgraded online
by using the upgrade program found in the Utility menu of the Sense notetaker, or by downloading it from http://www.hims-inc.com.
This version of the SenseNav manual is specific to
the Sense notetakers with a Braille keyboard.
There are various
terms and concepts used throughout the manual in order to demonstrate how
something should be done or how something is announced or displayed. In order
to minimize any confusion, the following is a list of some of the more common
terms and their meanings.
1. SenseNav
SenseNav is the shortened name of Sense Navigation.
When describing functions, announcements, or features of the GPS program, it
will be referred to as SenseNav.
2. Sense notetaker
Since Sense
Navigation can operate in more than one device, this term is used to refer to all Sense notetakers. If there is a feature which is specific to one
notetaker and not the other, it is noted accordingly.
Also, when the Braille display is mentioned, it refers to the included Braille
display of the Braille Sense and Braille Sense Plus, or the USB-attached Sync
Braille display for the Voice Sense which is sold separately.
3. Announce, Speak,
or Display
When any of these
terms are used, it refers to something which SenseNav
says using the Sense notetaker's speech or something
which is shown on the Braille display. These could be automatic announcements
or the result of a SenseNav command. In most cases,
anything which is spoken is also shown in Braille. However there are situations
where the Braille display shows an abbreviated form of the announcement to save
space.
4. Main display
area
The main display
area of SenseNav is the area in which no menus or
dialog boxes are open. You can think of this area like the display screen of
information. Information such as street names, heading, route information, and
other GPS messages are displayed here. The main display area is described in section
4.1 of this manual.
5. Current
position
The current
position means the position of the physical location while you are in GPS
navigation.
6. POI
A POI is a point
of interest. These are entries in the POI database which can be anything on the
map. i.e. Restaurants, hotels, stores, a person's home, etc.
7. Measurements
By default SenseNav uses the Imperial system for measurements. This
means that in many examples given, the terms feet and miles are used. However
the features work the same when using other measurement systems such as Metric
and Nautical.
1. Hot keys with
modifiers
Many of the
functions of SenseNav are accessed by pressing hot
keys. Typically these are combinations of letters or dot patterns pressed
together with a modifier key such as BACKSPACE, SPACE, or the ENTER key.
In this manual,
hot keys with modifiers are capitalized and specified as follows:
- MODIFIER-LETTER
- MODIFIER-DOT_PATTERN
MODIFIER is
either BACKSPACE, SPACE, or ENTER. LETTER is a character on the keyboard. If
the hot key uses a symbol instead of a letter, the symbol's dot pattern is
used.
For example:
SPACE-DOT-4 means that the SPACE button and DOT-4 should be pressed
simultaneously. BACKSPACE-S means that the BACKSPACE button and the letter S should be pressed simultaneously.
It is assumed that you know the dot pattern for the letter S is DOTS-2-3-4.
Most hot keys are listed in the program menu which is accessed by pressing F2.
2. Single-letter
hot keys
Many of the functions
of SenseNav are accessed by pressing single-letter
hot keys. This allows you to press single letters or dot patterns without
having to open the program menu with F2. These hot keys might display
information such as speed and heading, might open a sub-menu to change options
or work with routes, or might open a dialog box to make more than one setting
change at a time. Since opening the program menu with F2 would defeat the
purpose of a single-letter hot key, most of them are not available from the program
menu.
Some examples of
single-letter hot keys follow:
R - Opens the
Route menu which allows you to enter a route command such as P to create a
pedestrian route or V to create a vehicle route.
S - Displays the
current speed.
DOT-4 - Opens the
LookAround POI dialog box.
3. Program menu
The Program menu
is the menu bar of SenseNav. Just like all program
menus of the Sense notetaker, it can be opened by
either pressing F2 or SPACE-M. When the Program menu is opened, the first menu
is displayed. In the case of SenseNav, the first menu
is the File menu with shortcut F. To move through the menu bar, press the UP
and DOWN arrows. If you know the shortcut letter for a specific menu, you can
simply enter that letter and the menu will open.
For example: To open
the Information menu, press F2, I. F2 opens the program menu and I is the
shortcut for the Information menu.
4. Menu item
The menu item is
one of the items listed when a menu is opened. To see the menu items for a
particular menu, open the Program menu by either pressing F2 or SPACE-M. UP or
DOWN arrow to any menu then press ENTER. Now the menu items will be listed. To
move through the menu items, Press SPACE-DOT-1
or SPACE-DOT-4. If you know the shortcut letter for
a specific menu item, you can simply press the letter and the menu item will be
executed. Some functions of SenseNav (such as the
pronunciation dictionary) can only be accessed from the Program menu.
For example: To
open the custom dictionary, press F2, T, D.
F2 opens the program menu, T opens the Tools menu, and D is the menu
item for the custom dictionary.
5. Dialog boxes
and prompts
There are some
areas of SenseNav where a dialog box or prompt is
opened. To cancel and close one of these, press F4 or SPACE-E. If the dialog
box contains information which has been modified, pressing this hot key will
close the box without saving any changes. If you want to save any changes made,
press ENTER on the Confirm button instead.
6. Moving around
You can move
around in SenseNav using different methods. Sometimes
different keys perform the same function. For example, SPACE-DOT-1 is the same as UP arrow and SPACE-DOT-4
is the same as DOWN arrow. If you are inside a list of items, pressing the
letter of an item will quickly move you to that item so you don't have to use
the arrows to reach it.
The list below shows
different ways you can move around in the SenseNav
program:
- Up: SPACE-DOT-1
or UP arrow key
- Down:
SPACE-DOT-4 or DOWN arrow key
- F3 to the next
item: F3 or SPACE-DOTS-4-5
- F3 to the previous
item: SPACE-F3 or SPACE-DOTS-1-2
- Cancel a prompt
or close a dialog box: F4 or SPACE-E
- Close SenseNav: SPACE-Z
- Open the SenseNav program menu: F2 or SPACE-M
- Close the SenseNav program menu: F4 or SPACE-E
A few things to keep
in mind when using SenseNav:
1) In order to
use SenseNav in GPS navigation mode, the Sense notetaker and GPS receiver must be paired and connected.
2) The
sensitivity of the GPS receiver may not be stable or accurate if used inside a
building.
3) It may take a
long time to create a route if the distance between the starting point and the
destination is very long. If it takes too much time and the GPS system locks
up, press the reset button of the Sense notetaker to
reboot it.
4) Most SenseNav
hot keys can only be executed when you are in the main display area. This means
while a dialog box or prompt is not opened.
SenseNav together with a GPS receiver is designed
to give as much information as possible, just like a commercial GPS system.
However, just like there are limitations on commercial GPS products due to
various factors, SenseNav is no different. Some of
these limitations can include, but are not limited to:
•
Lack
of information about the physical road characteristics such as: elevation,
obstacles, bridges, sidewalks, traffic controls, construction and other
hazards.
•
Map
accuracy for newly developed areas.
•
Traffic
and weather conditions.
•
Inaccurate
or loss of GPS signals due to tall buildings or other interference.
Additionally, the
routes that you create may not be safe or possible to follow. The individual
user is wholly responsible for all issues related to personal safety and
mobility. HIMS, Sendero Group, and its distributors advise all users that SenseNav is not a substitute for mobility skills with a
cane or guide dog and recommends that users have good mobility skills before
using any GPS orientation information to travel. HIMS, Sendero Group and its
distributors assume no liability for accidents or injuries that occur from
using any of our GPS products.
Once you have SenseNav properly configured in your Sense notetaker and it’s paired with a GPS receiver, what can you
do with it? Here are a few examples:
1)
I am
a blind person in a car or bus, with minimal knowledge about the environmental
information whizzing by my vehicle. I turn on my Voice Sense and load SenseNav. Upon getting a GPS fix, the point of Interest
"LookAround" mode automatically starts
announcing Points of Interest as I pass near them. When I want to look further
away, I use the Simple Find command, SPACE-F to see where to stop and grab a
bite to eat.
2)
I
want to find a restaurant called Las Lomas and would like to be routed to it
from my present location. I know it is roughly 3 to 5 miles away. So I press
the Simple Find command, SPACE-F, select Restaurant for the category, all for
the sub-category and Las Lomas for the search string. After the POI list is
created, I locate Las Lomas Mexican Bar & Grill in the list of POIs. Then I
press F3 to bring up the POI details where I can use the UP or DOWN arrows to
see the restaurant details such as address and phone number. Once I'm satisfied
that this is definitely the place I want, I press F3 to
move to the "Drive there ENTER-D" button
and press ENTER on it. SenseNav creates a vehicular
route from my current position to Las Lomas, complete with Waypoints, turns and
distances. I am now literally the blind back-seat navigator informing the
driver of upcoming turns and exits.
3)
We
have family visiting during a 3-day weekend. On one of these days, just after
lunch at Las Lomas, we want to do a little sightseeing. To find out what is in
the vicinity of Las Lomas, I now use the Nearby Points of Interest command F to
hear what Points of Interest are near the restaurant. Everything from museums
to recreational horseback riding facilities may show up as I scroll through the
database of nearby POIs with SPACE-DOT-4.
4)
Once
we settle on a place to visit, I select the “walk there” button. Sense Navigation automatickly
creates a pedestrian route so we can walk to the
destination by following the route directions created.
As you can see
from these various scenarios, there are two general ways to use SenseNav. The first and probably most popular use of the
GPS information is simply to be aware of one’s environment with the "LookAround" options. Traditionally, a blind person
might get one percent of location information through a "sighted
filter." With SenseNav, a blind user can
independently "look around" and hear what businesses, addresses and
intersections are nearby.
The second
general use of SenseNav is to navigate to a specific
destination along an automatically planned route. One can also create manual
routes or edit automatic routes either in pedestrian oriented or vehicular
routes. These routes can of course be used in conjunction with the LookAround information.
This version of
the SenseNav manual is specific to the Sense notetakers with a Braille keyboard. The version specific to
the Sense notetakers with the QWERTY keyboard is
located in the Docs folder in the SenseNav documentation. In some cases there are duplicate keys
which perform the same function. Refer to Section 14 of this manual for a complete hot key list. For general operation
of the Sense notetaker itself, refer to its own
manual.
There are a few
things which must be done before successfully using SenseNav.
Some of them will only need to be done once, while others will have to be done
every time. This section describes pairing the GPS receiver, loading the maps,
and setting the POI author name. If you purchased SenseNav
at the same time as the Sense notetaker, all of this
might have already been done by Sendero Group or one of its dealers.
In order to purchase Sense Navigation, Sendero or
your local dealer will need the following information.
1.
Your Sense Notetaker’s
serial number. If you don’t know the serial number already, this can be located
on the bottom of your note-taker. It is
in print and in Braille.
2.
Your Sense note-taker’s MAC
address. To obtain this information go
to the program menu, press H for help, then scroll to information or press
I. If your Notetaker has two MAC addresses we need the first one.
This section explains how to install the GPS
software and data on your Sense Notetaker using the
Sendero Map Manager. If you purchased
the GPS and Sense Notetaker at the same time, the GPS
software may already be installed for you and it is not necessary to install
it, although if you need to reinstall the software for any reason, the GPS
installation file should be left in the Sense Navigation folder on your flash disk,
in the Sendero Map Manager, or is available online when you log into your
GoSendero.com account.
If you have purchased the GPS as an accessory, you
will need to install the software on your Sense Notetaker
according to the following instructions.
There are two ways to install your SenseNav Software, using the Sendero Map Manager or using
the GoSendero download website. Using the Sendero Map Manager to install
makes the process much easier as installers, license keys maps and POIs are
automatically placed in the proper place. Currently the map manager only runs
under Windows, so people using Mac OS X or other operating systems must use the
GoSendero.com method outlined in Appendix A.
When your account is set up, you will receive an
email from Sendero containing a link to the Sendero Map Manager Install
program. In order to install Sendero Map Manager select the link to download
and begin installing the program.
The installation screens are:
1.
Welcome screen. Press TAB to move to the Next button and
press ENTER.
2.
License
Agreement screen. You can select I do not agree, at which point
the installation will not continue, or I agree.
Once you have selected I agree, select the Next button to proceed to the
next screen.
3.
Select
Installation Folder location and check disk cost. The program
installation folder defaults to C:\Program Files\Sendero Group LLC\SenderoMaps on 32 bit operating systems, or C:\Program
Files (x86)\Sendero Group LLC\SenderoMaps on 64 bit
operating systems. If you are satisfied with the defaults select the Next
button. If you want to change the
Installation folder, select the Browse button and choose where you would like
to install the program files. The
installer will always install to a new folder called “SenderoMaps”
under the Installation folder. For
example if you install to drive D: the program will be installed to
D:\SenderoMaps.
4.
Confirm
Installation.
Select the Next button to install. Note:
If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7, the User Account Control (UAC)
dialog is displayed, Using Windows
Vista, TAB to the allow button and press ENTER, or press ALT-A
to allow the installation to continue.
Using Windows 7, TAB to the Yes button and press ENTER,
or press ALT-Y to allow the installation to continue.
5.
ReadMe document. Read the document and select the next button
to continue.
6.
Installation Complete. Select the
Close button to complete the installation and exit the install program.
Now that the map manager is installed, you need to
activate it. In the same email that gave you the link to download your Sendero
Map Manager software, you will also find your Account ID and password. Once you have this information, you can
activate your copy of Sendero Map Manager.
First, start Sendero Map Manager by:
1)
Selecting
SenderoMaps from the desktop and press ENTER.
2)
Using
the Start Menu, scroll to the Programs menu item or All Programs, depending on
your version of Windows and how your Start Menu is
configured. Scroll to SenderoMaps and press ENTER.
3)
In
Windows Vista or Windows 7, bringing up the start menu and in the search box
type in "SenderoMaps" and press ENTER.
Once the program is loaded, you will be prompted for
your Account ID. Type
in your Account ID, then press TAB to move to the password field.
Type in your password and press ENTER.
If you have a firewall installed it may prompt you
to allow communication with the Internet.
Please allow communication with the internet. No personal information is sent to the
Sendero servers.
After your information has been verified, you are
ready to download Maps, Points of Interest and the SenseNav
installation package.
Once you have installed your software and activated
it, you are ready to use Sendero Maps’ automated, “Check for Updates” feature,
to download or update Maps, User Submitted POIs, Install Packages and GTFS
Feeds.
To start the “Check for
Updates” feature, from the map manager dialog press TAB to move to the check
for updates button and press ENTER. You are presented with a
dialog box with the following 11 items:
a. Event Log: This is a read only edit area where you are given the status of what
is going on. You may see the number of
updates available, the name of the Map or user submitted POI that is currently
being downloaded.
b. Maps: This is a list of all available maps you have access to
download. If you have access to multiple
map bundles all countries are listed here.
Use your arrow keys to scroll up and down the list. Press SPACE to select or unselect multiple
Maps.
c. POIs: This is a list of user submitted POIs. Use your arrow keys to scroll up and down the
list. Press SPACE to select or
unselect one or more POI files.
d. Install Programs: This is a list of all install programs you have available to
you. Use your arrow keys to scroll up
and down the list. Press SPACE
to select or unselect one or more install packages.
e. GTFS POIs: This is a list of transit feeds by Google. They are additional bus stops for those
cities that put their transit bus stops into the GTFS standard format. GTFS stands for General Transit Feed
Specification which was initiated by Google a few years ago. Use your arrow keys to scroll up and down the
list. Press SPACE to select or
unselect one or more of the offered GTFS feeds.
f. Update: Pressing this button will download and install all selected items.
Your screen reader will announce each item as it is being downloaded even when
you are working in other programs.
g. Unselect all: This button will unselect all selected items.
h. Display: This is a combo box where you can tell SenderoMaps
to show you updates only or all files you have access
to. Note: if you check for updates and
you have none available, you are automatically switched to show all. In this way you can download any additional
files without changing this item.
i. Account: This is a list of all available accounts you might have access
to. This is good for those that have
multiple GPS products. If you had
Sendero GPS for the Apex and Sense Navigation you would select each account and
the proper install package and license key will be retrieved for you. If you only have one GPS product, it is safe
to ignore this option.
j. Add new account: If you have multiple GPS
products, here is where you can add an additional account. Pressing this button will prompt for your ID
and password. If you only have one GPS
product you can safely ignore this option.
k. Cancel: Pressing this button will
cancel the check for updates function and return you to SenderoMaps.
As you can see from this
list, the Check for Updates feature allows you to check all the types of
updates: maps, POIs, install packages or GTFS feeds. The Check for Updates feature does it
all.
Now that we have successfully downloaded Maps and
POIs, we can synchronize them along with your GPS installation program to a
Sense product connected by USB to your computer.
From the Map manager main screen press TAB
to move to the “Synchronize with remote device” button and press ENTER.
Map manager attempts to locate your device or media
card by scanning all removable media for specific folders. It is recommended to connect your Sense device
to the computer before synchronizing, this ensures the
license key is copied to the flash disk of the Sense device as well as the
installer. If it finds the folders the
location is selected for you automatically.
Your License key and favorites are automatically synchronized between
your computer and the remote device.
If, however, the map manager is unable to detect the
card you are given the opportunity to manually browse to the location
containing your SD card, Compact flash or removable media.
Finally the Synchronize dialog appears with the
following 9 items:
a.
Status area: This is a read
only edit box where you can see what is happening. It might show you how many files are selected
to synchronize or it might show you the file that is being sent to the remote
device as it might take a while if you are copying large maps.
b.
List of files
waiting to be synchronized: This is a list of files waiting to be copied. It may say PC list or remote list. This depends on the next option. All files that need updating are
automatically selected for you including Maps, user submitted POIs, GTFS feeds
and your installer.
c.
Synchronize
direction:
This is a radio button where you can specify the direction that you would like
syncing to take place. For example, if
you do not have internet access and a friend has their maps configured you can
take the card from your friend and select the remote to PC option.
d.
Map Optimization: This is a
combo box with two items.
a.
Improve
performance by separating Maps. If this item is selected when you
synchronize your maps are automatically sorted into predefined folders. For example, if you are synchronizing
California it is automatically placed in a folder named maps1westcoast. This is recommended for older devices where
having a lot of maps could slow down or make the device crash.
e.
Select all: This is a
button where you can select all files if they are currently not selected.
f.
Unselect all: Pressing this button will unselect all
selected files. Perhaps you have 25
files waiting and you only wish to send the installer for your Sense product
over. Press this button then move to the
list of files, then select the SenseNav installer by arrowing to it and pressing SPACE.
g.
Synchronize: This button
will start the process of synchronizing the selected files.
h.
Delete selected
files:
This is an easy way to delete selected files from either the PC or remote
device. Be careful when deleting files
and remember to verify the selected direction.
i.
Cancel: Pressing this
button will cancel the synchronize dialog and return you to the Map manager
main area. You can also press ESCAPE
to cancel out of the dialog.
Once you start the process of synchronizing each
update may be announced. You will also
hear the background sound while the copying is taking place. Because announcements are sent directly to
your screen reader it is possible to hear announcements while you are in other
programs. When all files have been
synchronized a different sound will be heard.
The Braille Sense
U2 and Braille Sense OnHand have internal
receivers. When installing Sense
Navigation the internal receiver is automatically selected for you. In
order to successfully use SenseNav in a live
environment, the Sense notetaker must be paired with
a GPS receiver. For operating instructions for your specific GPS receiver,
refer to its manual or to the files located in the Receivers folder of the SenseNav Docs folder.
Pairing an external Bluetooth GPS receiver with the Sense notetaker is done as follows:
1)
Turn
on both the GPS receiver and the Sense notetaker.
2)
Press
BACKSPACE-DOTS-3-4-5-6 until Bluetooth is enabled. If Bluetooth is already
enabled, this hot key will turn it off.
3)
Press
F1 then L to open the Bluetooth Manager. The Sense notetaker
will immediately begin scanning for available Bluetooth devices in range. After
several seconds the Sense notetaker will display a
list of available Bluetooth devices. [Note: If multiple GPS receivers are
found, there will not be an accurate way of determining which is the correct
receiver.]
4)
Press
UP or DOWN arrow to select the GPS receiver then press ENTER to begin scanning
for its services. When the service list is displayed, press ENTER on ActiveSync
to establish a connection.
5)
Once
the ActiveSync connection has been established, close the Bluetooth manager
with SPACE-Z.
At this point the
Sense notetaker and the GPS receiver know about each
other and will work together when they are in range. Note: If the Sense notetaker is ever reset back to its factory defaults from a
revive or a firmware upgrade, it will need to be paired with the GPS receiver
again. Simply follow the steps above to do this.
1)
Power
on both the GPS receiver and the Sense notetaker. [Note:
for best performance, we recommend that the external GPS
receiver be powered on a couple minutes prior to launching SenseNav.]
2)
Press
F1 to focus the main program menu.
3)
Insert
the memory card into the appropriate slot and wait for the confirmation sound
to play.
4)
Press
BACKSPACE-DOTS-3-4-5-6 until Bluetooth is enabled. If Bluetooth is already
enabled, this hot key will turn it off.
5)
Scroll to Sense
Navigation and press ENTER to
launch SenseNav. In later versions of the Sense firmware Sense
Navigation is located in the Extras menu.
If this is the
first time, you may be prompted for your map license key.
To Enter Map
License key:
1)
If
prompted press ENTER-L to enter your map license key.
2)
Using
computer Braille type the license key you obtained from http://www.gosendero.com.
If you used SenderoMaps to download your maps
and installers the key will be imported automatically.
When SenseNav launches for the first time, the map data location
and the GPS receiver type will not be set if your device does not have an internal receiver.
To tell SenseNav the location of your maps, do the following:
From SenseNav,
press ENTER-O. Map and POI Folder. You are presented with a dialog. The first item shows your list of available
maps. You might see something like
California with Washington and Oregon.
If you have multiple maps in a map folder you are given this
information. You might also see New York
by itself. This means that New York is the only map within that folder.
Scroll to the map or group of maps you would like to
switch to and press ENTER.
1)
The next button is a browse button. Use this button to choose the drive and
folder containing the Map files, for example the automatic detection is unable
to locate the maps you are looking for.
Selecting the browse button will then ask you to choose a map folder.
2)
You
will be placed on one of the memory storage devices such as the Flashdisk or SD card. If your maps are located in a place
other than the default location, press BACKSPACE until the correct storage
device is displayed. Press ENTER on that device and then navigate to the
correct folder using a combination of the ENTER key and the arrow keys. It is
important that you not press ENTER once you reach the folder containing your
map files.
3)
Press
SPACE to select the map folder, then press ENTER and SenseNav
will load the maps contained in the selected map folder.
Hot key:
BACKSPACE-G
Once SenseNav has been authorized and the maps have loaded
successfully, it will not operate until you choose a GPS Receiver type. If your notetaker
has a built in receiver it is automatically selected for you and you can ignore
this section.
To choose the GPS
receiver type, do the following:
1)
From SenseNav, press BACKSPACE-G. This will open the GPS
receiver selection dialog box.
2)
The
GPS receiver is set to none by default. Press SPACE or BACKSPACE until the
correct type of GPS receiver connection is selected. I.E. Bluetooth (ActiveSync
or Internal GPS).
3)
Press
ENTER and SenseNav will look for the GPS receiver and
connect to it.
Once the
connection has been established SenseNav will
announce that it has obtained a GPS fix. Then the street and city name are
announced. You can also press G to display the GPS receiver accuracy. [Note: If
you are inside a building, SenseNav may not obtain a
satellite fix right away or at all. Moving near a window will help to obtain a
fix.]
If a connection
has not been established after a minute, press ENTER-R to attempt to connect
again. Also, the external GPS receiver must have already been paired
with the Sense notetaker prior to configuring SenseNav.
Hot key: O, A
The POI author
name is required so that new user points of interest and favorites can be added. To set the POI author name, do the following:
1)
From SenseNav, press O, A. This will open a prompt with an edit
box.
2)
Type
your initials or your full name. The appropriate type of input will need to be
used depending on the View/Input mode setting in the Sense notetaker.
3)
Press
ENTER and SenseNav will store the name you entered
and the edit box will close.
The information
you provide in the POI Author edit box is displayed in the Author field when
viewing POI details. This information is necessary when adding a new user POI.
If you don't add the author name when first setting up SenseNav,
you will be prompted to do so when you add your first user POI. The POI author
name can be changed any time by following the above steps.
As mentioned
previously, the steps in Section 2.1 should only be done the first time SenseNav is used or after a hard reset or firmware upgrade
of the Sense notetaker. This section describes proper
startup and shutdown of SenseNav in a typical usage
situation.
To properly start
SenseNav, do the following:
1)
Power
on both an external GPS receiver if using one and the Sense notetaker. [Note: for
best performance, we recommend that the external GPS
receiver be powered on a couple minutes prior to launching SenseNav.]
2)
Press
F1 to focus the main program menu.
3)
Insert
the memory card into the appropriate slot and wait for the confirmation sound
to play.
4)
If using an
external receiver, press
BACKSPACE-DOTS-3-4-5-6 until Bluetooth is enabled. If Bluetooth is already
enabled, this hot key will turn it off.
5)
Select Sense
Navigation from the menus to
launch SenseNav. Depending on
the firmware installed, Sense Navigation may be under the Extras menu.
Note: Depending
on how many maps are loaded, SenseNav could take up
to one minute while the data is loaded. During this time the Sense notetaker will play a series of progress beeps. The preceding
steps are the typical ones used for every-day use. Once SenseNav
has finished loading the maps, it will obtain a GPS fix. If one is obtained, it
will announce the street and city name.
To properly
shutdown SenseNav, do the following:
1)
From SenseNav, press SPACE-Z. SenseNav
will prompt you if you are sure you want to close it.
2)
Press
ENTER if you are sure you want to shutdown SenseNav.
3)
After
SenseNav has closed, press BACKSPACE-DOTS-3-4-5-6 to
turn Bluetooth off if you are using
an external receiver.
4)
Power
off the Sense notetaker.
We recommend that
SenseNav is closed prior to turning off the external GPS receiver. Also, if you have an open route when you press
SPACE-Z, SenseNav will prompt you if you want to save
it. If you choose the Yes button, the file save as dialog box opens and you can
type the file name of what you want to call the route. Whether you save the
route or not, the next prompt will be if you are sure you want to Shutdown SenseNav. When SenseNav is
closed, the destination set and last GPS position are saved.
While using SenseNav, you can switch to other applications in the Sense
notetaker. Press F1 to open the list of programs, then
arrow to the program you want and press ENTER.
For example:
Press F1, W to open the Word processor. SenseNav will
remain in the background and you can now write or edit a document in the Word
processor.
To switch between
the Word processor and SenseNav, use the ALT-F3
method of the Sense notetaker by pressing F2-F3.
While you are in
another application of the Sense notetaker, SenseNav will continue communicating with the GPS receiver
and your position, speed, heading, and any other navigational information will
still be updated. You will even hear the sounds associated with SenseNav such as street changes and up-coming
intersections.
This section
covers some of the concepts, issues and background information about the Global
Positioning System (GPS). The SenseNav program,
together with a Sense notetaker is an excellent
navigation aid, but it does not replace the need for actual orientation and
mobility. This is where good judgment is needed. Never rely solely on GPS or
any one device for navigating.
The U.S.
Government operates the Global Positioning System (GPS) and is solely
responsible for the accuracy and maintenance of GPS. Certain conditions can make the system less
accurate. There are 24
It is possible to
get a reading of Good with 4 or more satellites or Poor with 5 or more
satellites. A Good reading is better
than a Poor reading no matter the number of satellites. The quality of the satellite signal
determines the quality rating announced by SenseNav.
The user has no control over the WAAS satellite detection; this feature will
automatically turn on when it is available from the satellite.
A similar system
in
Since the GPS
receiver detects information from satellites orbiting the earth, the antenna
needs to have a relatively unobstructed view of the sky. Large obstructions
such as buildings, cliffs and overhangs may interfere with signal reception,
reducing accuracy or eliminating tracking altogether. This is called the
"urban canyon effect." For example, if you are in a city with 50
story buildings on all sides, the satellite signals would be blocked
completely. However, if there is a tall building on one side only, you may
still be able to receive enough signals from other satellites to determine a
position.
Changing your
location by even a few feet can make a difference. For instance, walking on the outer edge of a
sidewalk versus up against the building may help. Positioning yourself on a corner at an
intersection may also help. There is a
better view of satellites while in a car in the street versus up against a
building.
The location of
the receiver on your body may also make a difference to reception. If you are among tall buildings or near an
overhang, you may begin tracking faster if you hold the receiver up and away
from your body. Face away from the
building. Once the receiver begins
tracking, it should continue doing so attached to the Sense notetaker
shoulder strap. If you need to have it inside a backpack or enclosed because of
rain or snow, the GPS signals should be picked up through clothing or vinyl
materials.
The good thing is
that among tall buildings in big cities, where GPS is less reliable, there are
more people to ask for directions. Out in the open where there are fewer people
to ask for directions, the GPS availability and accuracy is best. We feel this
is a convenient trade-off.
GPS signals
cannot usually be picked up in-doors; however you may be able to pick up
signals inside a house with a wooden roof or inside a bus with a fiberglass
roof. You may also be successful in picking up signals with the receiver in the
window of a bus or train. The best location for the receiver is on the dash or
window of a car. Note: Highly tinted and mirrored windows can block satellites.
We also recommend that you secure the GPS receiver as it may become a
projectile if you stop suddenly.
For pedestrian
travel, the GPS receiver tracks satellites best when located on top of your
shoulder, facing the sky. The GPS receiver custom case which is included with SenseNav contains a belt clip to secure the GPS receiver
onto the Sense notetaker shoulder strap. It doesn't
matter which hand you operate the Sense notetaker
with, although you may want to situate it so it's the opposite hand which uses
a cane or holds a dog's harness. The shoulder strap is reversible, so you are
free to experiment with which configuration feels best for you. If your right
shoulder is through the strap, you would probably put the GPS receiver on your
left shoulder and vice versa. If your Bluetooth connection is intermittent,
make sure you have the GPS receiver and Sense notetaker
on the same side of your body. The receiver will probably work fine inside a
purse or clipped to your belt.
Note: For
operation in a vehicle, you may wish to put the receiver on the back dash of a
car or clip it near or on a window. (We strongly recommend that you keep it
away from the air bag as the receiver could become a missile if the air bag
deploys).
This section
explains what to expect when using SenseNav in Live
GPS navigation mode. First, check the GPS accuracy by pressing the G command.
We recommend you press this command a couple of times so you can be sure of the
accuracy.
If the GPS receiver
is tracking satellites, SenseNav will announce:
"GPS accuracy: WAAS (if available), X feet, Y satellites."
Replace X with
the number of feet and Y with the number of satellites as in, "GPS
accuracy: WAAS, 13 feet, 10 satellites." If it first says "WAAS,"
that indicates the receiver is tracking the extra WAAS satellites, which
enhance accuracy. The word WAAS may be heard in countries where the enhanced
accuracy is not fully implemented. If you are tracking more than 3 satellites,
the receiver will determine which satellites are more accurate and will use the
best signals. It is not only the number of satellites that determines position
quality but also the relative position of the satellites to each other. Because of atmospheric anomalies, there are
times when positions are inaccurate for no obvious reason.
If you are
tracking less than 3 satellites when you press G, you will hear: Searching for
satellites and the number found. For
example “Searching for satellites, 2 found.”
Another way to check how well you are tracking is
with the Heading command. Once you are heading in a given direction of travel,
press H or DOT-5 repeatedly to ensure that you are getting consistent compass
heading information. This will not only
impact your heading but all information relative to your heading such as Points
of Interest or your destination.
The heading
information is announced as: "Heading: X (YY)
Replace X with a
compass direction such as North, Northeast, ETC. Replace YY with a degree value
from 0 to 359. 0 means perfect North, 90 means perfect East, 180 means perfect South
and 270 means perfect West. So if your heading is announced as E (87), it means
you are going East at 88 degrees. Not perfect East, but close enough that most
people wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
You can start
walking and get a compass direction from SenseNav
after about 30 feet (10 meters). If you do not intuitively know the cardinal
compass directions, having a talking or tactile compass with you can assist you
in heading directly to the destination announced by SenseNav.
Even if you do not start moving, the absolute position of the destination
announced should be reliable. If you have a pedestrian route loaded and walk in
the wrong direction for 30 feet (10 meters), you will hear a warning sound. In
a vehicle route, the wrong direction warning comes after moving 100 feet (30
meters) in the wrong direction.
If you do not
have a route opened, you can still work your way to your destination using the
"getting warmer" method. Try to get the destination to be announced
ahead of you at the 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock or 1 o'clock positions. Once you get
close to the destination, the announcement starts to move away from the 12
o’clock heading. When it gets to your 3 o’clock (right) or 9 o’clock (left)
position, it is time to make a 90-degree turn.
This does not tell you if there is a through street, but it gets you in
the vicinity. You also want the
destination distance to steadily decline as you move toward it. If it suddenly increases, double and triple
check the distance so you know you are not getting a bogus reading. You may very well have veered off track but
it is best to make sure.
This section
describes some of the basic functions of SenseNav. It
is assumed that SenseNav has already been properly
configured for initial use. Refer to Section 2 for setup and proper startup
instructions.
The main display
area of SenseNav consists of various static boxes
which display different pieces of information.
All information
can quickly be accessed by using the following methods:
1)
Hot
keys
2)
F3
and shift-F3
3)
The
first seven cursor routing keys of the Braille display
Pressing a hot
key displays information immediately and that information will remain on the
display until a new piece of information is automatically announced or another
hot key is pressed.
The information
from F3/Shift-F3 and the cursor routing keys available is as follows:
•
Street.
The street name of the current position.
•
Heading.
The compass direction and degrees that the current position is facing. Example:
NE (45).
•
Speed.
The speed in which you are traveling.
•
Distance
traveled. The distance that you have moved.
All the
information spoken by SenseNav appears on the Braille
display. This can be especially useful if you are hard of hearing, or if you
are using SenseNav in a noisy environment. Rather
than displaying a message in its entirety, there are certain words or phrases
which are abbreviated to save space on the display. The following is a list of
which messages are abbreviated and the Braille symbols used for them.
Cardinal direction abbreviations
•
N North
•
NE
Northeast
•
E East
•
SE
Southeast
•
S South
•
SW
Southwest
•
W West
•
NW
Northwest
Route message abbreviations
- d: destination name, distance, and direction
- nt: next turn instructions
- wp: waypoint list
- cw: name of current waypoint
- dw: heading and distance to nearest waypoint
Automatic Lookaround announcement
abbreviations
- lx: automatic lookaround
name of the next intersection
- nx: basic
information of the next intersection
- nxd: detailed information of the next intersection
- xx: basic information of the nearest intersection
- xxd: detailed information of the nearest intersection
- lp: automatic lookaround name and
category of a POI
- ls: automatic lookaround name of a new street
- lc: automatic lookaround name of a
- lz: automatic lookaround of a new zip code
- lm: automatic lookaround
name of a new map
POI abbreviations
- np: name of
nearest POI
- pd: nearest POI
description
- pl: POI list
Miscellaneous abbreviations
- fl: favorites list
- hl: history list
- na: nearest address
number
- sa: speed alert
Hot key: ENTER-C
Copying text from
an edit box from within any program of the Sense notetaker
has always been possible. You simply select the text you want to copy, then you
press ENTER-C to copy it to the clipboard. Later, you can paste the clipboard
contents into another program by pressing ENTER-V. SenseNav
is a little different because the majority of the information it displays is
contained inside a static box which you cannot edit. Normally if you cannot
edit the static box, you cannot select text to copy. However there are times
when you would like to copy and paste certain information from SenseNav into another program like the address book or a
text file in the word processor. When SenseNav is
displaying any information in a static box, you can press ENTER-C and the
contents of the static box is copied to the clipboard as if you had first
selected the text to copy.
Example:
1)
From
the main display area of SenseNav, press the letter A
to display the nearest address.
2)
Press
ENTER-C to copy this information to the clipboard.
3)
Press
F1, W to open the word processor of the Sense notetaker.
4)
Press
ENTER-V to paste the clipboard contents into the blank document.
When you read the
current line you will find that the output of the nearest address command is
now pasted into the document. Information which can be copied to the clipboard
can be any output from a command entered in the main display area of SenseNav, and any information displayed in static boxes
from searching for addresses, POIs, waypoints, or coordinates.
If you find that SenseNav has become unresponsive, or you have accidentally
started creating a 500 mile route, performing a soft reset of the Sense notetaker is the only option. To soft-reset the Sense notetaker, press the reset button on the back for 2
seconds. When SenseNav is reset, the distance
traveled is reset to 0, and an open route is not saved. All other settings are
retained. So there should be little impact from pressing the Reset button.
Speaking of long
routes, if you try to create a pedestrian route more than 25 miles long or a
driving route more than 200 miles long, SenseNav will
ask to confirm that you want to create this route.
Hot key: SPACE-H
Context Sensitive
Help is available in SenseNav just as it is available
elsewhere in the Sense notetaker. When you press
SPACE-H from the main display area of SenseNav, the
help menu opens and you are presented with a menu list of help categories.
Each of the menu
items contains a submenu list of the commands for that category. Navigating
each menu and submenu is done the same as navigating other menus in the Sense notetaker. To close the help system, press SPACE-Z. If you
want to back out of a submenu and return to the prior menu, press SPACE-E. If
you are on the main list of help categories and you press SPACE-E, the help
system will close. When the help system closes, you are returned to the main
display area of SenseNav.
There are two ways to search for locations on the map. They include;
searching by address or searching by points of interest. This
section discusses address searches. Points of interest are discussed in Section
6.
Hot key: L
Menu: F2, S, S
Searching for a
location by address is one of the most commonly used features of SenseNav. For example, it can be used to set a friend’s
home as your destination. You can look up an address in two ways; by city name
or by zip/postal code. This section describes how to search for a location by
city name and zip/postal code.
To search for a
location by city name or zip/postal code, press L. When the Search Location
dialog box opens, it will prompt you for the type of search you want to
perform.
While the
Location Search dialog box is open:
•
Take
note of the view/input mode, SPACE-G the Sense notetaker
is in when typing into edit boxes. If using Contracted Braille, make sure that
proper symbols such as DOTS-5-6 before a single letter and DOTS-3-4-5-6 before
a number are used. Otherwise translation issues such as the letter
"g" translating to "go" will happen. This is not a concern
if you are using Computer Braille.
•
You
can press F3 repeatedly to reach the other controls in the dialog box.
•
If
you know the hot key for a button in the dialog box, you can press it instead
of pressing F3 repeatedly to reach the specific button. I.E. Press BACKSPACE-P to activate the Previous
button, ENTER-D to create a driving route, and ENTER-W to create a walking
route.
•
You
can press F4 to close the dialog box and return to the main display area
without taking any action.
The first way to
search for a location is by city name.
The following steps show how to lookup the address,
10999 Amor Avenue, Cleveland OH 44108, which is one of the locations where
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman.
To search for the
address by city name, do the following:
1)
Press L from the main display area. A
combo box of location search types will display. The default is City. Press
SPACE or BACKSPACE to choose from the different search types such as City,
Zip/postal, Favorites, and History. However for this example we are using City.
After choosing the City option, press F3 or ENTER to move to the map list.
2)
SenseNav
will display the list of available maps. When the list of maps displays, the
map which matches your current position will be selected. For example, if SenseNav is loaded with Ohio, Texas, and Utah and your
current location is Ohio, this is the map which will be selected. However if
only 1 map is loaded in SenseNav, there will only be
1 to choose from. Press SPACE-DOT-1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to choose Ohio from the
list, then press F3 or ENTER to move to the city name edit box.
3)
SenseNav
will display the city name edit box which will be populated with the name of
the city your current position is in. For example if your current position is
in Cleveland, this is what will appear in the edit box. Type the city name,
"Cleveland" if it is not already there and press F3 or ENTER to
search for the city.
4)
SenseNav
will display the list of cities which match the name you typed. Since in this
example you typed "Cleveland", 3 cities are listed. Had you typed
something shorter such as "san" for San Francisco, California, then 74 cities would be listed since there are 74
city names with "san" as part of their name. Press UP or DOWN arrow
to choose Cleveland, then press F3 or ENTER to move to the address number edit
box.
5)
SenseNav
will display the address number edit box. Note: If you want to search for cross
streets, leave this field blank and press F3 to move to the "street search
type combo box" and select cross streets. Type the address number, "10999"
and press F3 or ENTER to move to the street name edit box.
6)
SenseNav
will display the street name edit box. Type Amo and
press F3 or ENTER to search for the street. Please note, if only 1 street
matches the name you type in this edit box, the street list is skipped and the
search is done immediately.
7)
SenseNav
will display the list of streets which match the name you typed. Since in this
example you typed "Amo", there are 2
streets beginning with the characters Amo to choose
from. Press SPACE-DOT-1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to choose Amor avenue, then press F3 or
ENTER to perform the search.
You are now moved to the search results area. If SenseNav
displays a static box with a distance value, it means that the location was
found. Refer to Section 5.1.3 for details on the search results and the actions
available.
The second way to do a location lookup is by
Zip/Postal code. In the previous
section, we described in detail how to lookup the address where Superman was
created by using the city search. The steps below show how to lookup the same
address, 10999 Amor Avenue, Cleveland OH 44108, by using the zip code 44108.
To search for the
address by zip/postal code, do the following:
1)
Press L from the main display area. A
combo box of location search types will display. The default is City. Press
SPACE or BACKSPACE to choose from the different search types such as City,
Zip/postal, Favorites, and History. However for this example we are using
Zip/postal. After choosing the Zip/postal option, press F3 or ENTER to move to the
map list.
2)
SenseNav
will display the list of available maps. When the list of maps displays, the
map which matches your current position will be selected. For example, if SenseNav is loaded with Ohio, Texas, and Utah, and your
current location is Ohio, this is the map which will be selected. However if
only 1 map is loaded in SenseNav, there will only be
1 to choose from. Press SPACE-DOT-1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to choose Ohio from the
list, then press F3 or ENTER to move to the zip code edit box.
3)
SenseNav
will display the zip/postal edit box which will be populated with the zip code
your current position is in. For example if your current position is in Cleveland,
the zip code, "44108" might appear in the edit box. Type the zip
code, "44108" if it is not already there and press F3 or ENTER to
search for it.
4)
SenseNav
will display the list of zip codes which match the value you typed. Since in
this example you typed "44108", only 1 zip code is listed. Had you
typed something shorter such as "441", then 56 zip codes would be
listed since there are 56 zip codes with "441" in them. Press SPACE-DOT-1
or SPACE-DOT-4 to choose 44108, then press F3 or ENTER to move to the address
number edit box.
5)
SenseNav
will display the address number edit box. Note: If you want to search for cross
streets, leave this field blank and press F3 to move to the "street search
type combo box" and select cross streets. Type the address number, "10999"
and press F3 or ENTER to move to the street name edit box.
6)
SenseNav
will display the street name edit box. Type Amo and
press F3 or ENTER to search for the street. Please note, if only 1 street
matches the name you type in this edit box, the street list is skipped and the
search is done immediately.
7)
Because Amor Ave is the only street in
the zipcode of 44108 you are placed in the address
action Dialog.
You are now moved to the search results area. If SenseNav displays a static box with a distance value, it
means that the location was found. Refer to Section 5.1.3 for details on the
search results and the actions available.
Once the location
has been found by either city name or zip code search, SenseNav
displays "Distance: xx" where xx is the distance between your current
position and the location you searched for. For example, if you are at home and
you searched for your work address in the same city, the distance may be a few
miles. However if you searched for an address in another state, the distance
may be several hundred miles instead.
The following is
what you will find in the dialog box after performing a location search:
- Search results static box
When a location
has been found, the first item displayed is the distance from your current
position to the location. Press SPACE-DOT-4 repeatedly to display the zip code and address number. Press F3 repeatedly to move to the various
action buttons contained in the dialog box.
- Previous button: BACKSPACE-P
Press this button
to go back one step in the search process. This is useful in case you need to
make a minor change in your search instead of completely starting over.
- Drive there button: ENTER-D
Press this button
to create a vehicle route. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and create a vehicle route from your current position to the
location you searched for. Routes are discussed in Section 7 of this manual.
- Walk there button: ENTER-W
Press this button
to create a pedestrian route. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and create a pedestrian route from your current position to the
location you searched for.
- Add to favorites button: ENTER-F
Press this button
to add a new favorite. SenseNav will add the location
you searched for to your favorites list. Favorites are discussed in Section 5.3 of this manual.
- Set as destination button: ENTER-E
Press this button
to set the destination. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set the location you searched for as the destination without
creating a route to it.
- Cancel button: F4
Press this button
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
The following are
a few tips when it comes to searching for street names:
·
If
you are not sure of the exact spelling of the street name, type the first few
letters of the name and press ENTER. You will then be presented with a larger
street list to choose from. Press SPACE-DOT 1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to scroll through
the list until you find the one you want.
·
If
you are not sure if a street suffix is an avenue, drive, or lane, only type the
main name of the street and press ENTER. You will then be presented with a
larger street list to choose from. If you know the exact spelling of the
suffix, you can type it in for an exact match. However keep in mind that some
street suffixes may be written as ln instead of lane.
·
In
most cases if you are searching for
The following are
a few tips when it comes to searching for addresses located in cities which are
hard to find:
Because of the
way that some map data is compiled, some addresses must be retrieved in a roundabout
fashion. If the address you are looking for is not found, consider a few work-arounds. An example of such a city is Centennial Colorado.
1)
Try a
Zip/postal Lookup. It could be that even though the address you are looking for
is located in Centennial, the city name itself is named differently in the map.
2)
Try
the name of a nearby city, district, or township. I.E.
3)
Using
simple POI find, search for Centennial in the City POI category and then set
your destination to the Centennial city POI.
Most cities
aren’t this tricky to find, but it is good to know that even the smallest towns
are probably in the map database. It may take just a little ingenuity to bring
them up. While searching, you can press ENTER without any text in the City or
Street name edit boxes to produce a list of all matches or type the first
couple letters to narrow the search.
Note: If you are
in a city like Centennial and press C to hear the City name, the township or
county is announced if the exact city name is not in the database. This is
helpful for faster address matches in the future.
This section
discusses miscellaneous items for you to keep in mind when looking up
addresses.
- Location search defaults
The location
search dialog box takes your current position into account when choosing a map,
city, or zip/postal code.
- Global searching
In the city name
and zip/postal edit boxes, you have the option of an exact match, accepting the
default from your current position, typing a partial match, or getting an
entire list. If you clear the edit box and press ENTER, a global search is
performed. This is especially important to keep in mind when searching for
cities or zip/postal codes since the list can be very long.
- Address numbers and street names
If you leave the
address number edit box empty and type in just the street name or the address
number is not found, SenseNav presents you with a
list of address ranges along the street chosen. For example, let's say you
search in Metropolis, leave the address number blank, and type super as the
street name. SenseNav will display "1 - 41
Superman Sq". As you arrow down, the various address ranges are displayed.
- Cross streets
To obtain a list
of cross streets, leave the address number edit box blank. Press F3 to move to the search type combobox and scroll to cross streets and press ENTER to
display the list of cross streets. The cross streets are in order from the
beginning of the street to the end.
- Previous entries are not remembered
The address
number and street name edit boxes do not remember the last entry you typed in
prior searches. This means that you must type a search string when performing a
new search. If you leave the address number edit box blank, select the search
type combobox to change from address range or cross
streets. If you leave the street name edit box blank, a list of all streets in
the selected city is shown.
- Street name searching
In most cases it
is not necessary to type the cardinal direction of the street name. For
example, if the address is,
- Finding streets
There are
occasions when you will not be able to find streets within the city you have
selected. This may be because the selected city contains only those streets the
map company considers to be within the built-up area, I.E. the center of town.
If this happens, please try again and select another city from the choices
presented.
While in a search
list, the following commands are used to review the list more easily:
- Go to the top
of the list: SPACE-DOTS-1-2-3.
- Go to the
bottom of the list: SPACE-DOTS-4-5-6.
- Move down the list
one item: SPACE-DOT-4.
- Move up the
list one item: SPACE-DOT-1.
- Move down the
list 32 items: F3-F4.
- Move up the
list 32 items: F1-F2.
The history list
is where SenseNav keeps a list of the 25 most
recently used locations. Each time you create a route to an address or POI, the
destination location is added to the history list.
Other types of
locations which are added to the history list are:
- The location of
the initial GPS fix when you run SenseNav.
- The location of
an address or POI when you set it as a destination.
Hot key: ENTER-H
Menu: F2, S, H
To open the
history list, press ENTER-H. Another way to open it is by pressing L for a
location search and choosing History from the search options.
When the History
List dialog box opens, you are placed in the list of locations with the most
recent one at the top.
The following is
what you will find in the dialog box:
- History list
This is where the
list of locations is displayed. As you move down the list with SPACE-DOT-4, SenseNav will display the location name, the city the
location is in, the heading and distance to the location from your current
position, and the compass direction. The
distance and direction of the location is updated dynamically as the distance
and direction changes.
Example:
"Initial GPS position, 123 Main street, Cleveland,
234 feet ahead."
While you are in
the history list, you can press any letter to quickly move to a location whose
name begins with that letter. For example: I until you find "Initial GPS
position." The Sense notetaker will beep if
there are no locations which start with the letter you type. Press F3
repeatedly to move to the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.
- Drive there
button: ENTER-D
Press this button
to create a vehicle route. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and create a vehicle route from your current position to the
selected location.
- Walk there
button: ENTER-W
Press this button
to create a pedestrian route. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and create a pedestrian route from your current position to the
selected location.
- Set as
destination button: ENTER-E
Press this button
to set the destination. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set the selected location as the destination without creating a
route to it.
- Close button:
F4
Press this button
to close the dialog box without taking any action.
The Favorites
list is a list of locations you may wish to work with at a later time. You can
think of them like favorites in your web browser. Unlike the history list, you
are not limited to the number of locations you can add as favorites.
The different
location types are Points of Interest, address searches, intersections, and
your current Live GPS position. You can also manage your favorites such as
viewing them, modifying them, or removing them as favorites.
To add a
location, POI, or coordinate to your favorites, press F3 until you reach the
Add to Favorites button or press ENTER-F from the dialog box which contains the
location itself.
Examples:
1)
Add
an address. Search for an address with L and fill in the search parameters.
When the location is found, press F3 until you reach the Add to favorites
button, then press ENTER.
2)
Add a
POI. Search for a POI with either SPACE-F or BACKSPACE-F. When the POIs are
found, arrow to the one you want and press F3 until you reach the Add to Favorites
button, then press ENTER.
3)
Add
an intersection. As you move around, press ENTER-X for the nearest
intersection or ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6 for the next intersection. When the
intersection information displays in the dialog box, press F3 until you reach
the Add to Favorites button, then press ENTER.
4)
Add
your current position. Make sure you are in GPS navigation, then press SPACE-Y
to open the Lat/Lon dialog box. The Lat/Lon coordinates for your current
position will be filled in. Press F3 until you are at the Name edit box and
type the name you want to call the favorite. Press F3 until you reach the Add
to Favorites button, then press ENTER.
Note: Favorites
are added to the list in ascending order. I.E. The most recent is at the top of
the list. The information contained in the favorites list is stored in a file
called Favorites.fdb which is located in the SharedPOIs
folder. If you switch map folders, your favorites list is still accessible.
Hot key: ENTER-F
Menu: F2, S, F
To open the Favorites
list, press ENTER-F. Another way to open it is by pressing L for a location
search and choosing Favorites from the search options.
When the
Favorites List dialog box opens, you are placed in the list of favorites with
the most recently added favorite at the top.
The following is
what you will find in the dialog box:
- Favorites list
This is where the
list of Favorites is displayed. As you move down the list with SPACE-DOT-4, SenseNav will display the favorite name, the address if
any, the city, the heading and distance to the favorite from your current
position, and the compass direction. The
distance and direction of the favorite is updated dynamically as the distance
and direction changes.
Example: "
While you are in
the favorites list, you can press any letter to quickly move to a favorite
whose name begins with that letter. For example: H until you find
"Home." The Sense notetaker will beep if
there are no entries which start with the letter you type. Press F3 repeatedly
to move to the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.
- Modify button:
SPACE-M
Press this button
to modify the selected favorite. SenseNav will switch
to the Modify Favorite dialog box so you can update the details of the selected
favorite.
- Delete button:
SPACE-D
Press this button
to delete the selected favorite. SenseNav will delete
the selected favorite from the database. When the favorite is deleted, you are
returned to the favorites list. Note: The favorite is deleted immediately
without confirmation.
- Drive there
button: ENTER-D
Press this button
to create a vehicle route. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and create a vehicle route from your current position to the
selected favorite.
- Walk there
button: ENTER-W
Press this button
to create a pedestrian route. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and create a pedestrian route from your current position to the
selected favorite.
- Set as
destination button: ENTER-E
Press this button
to set the destination. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set the selected favorite as the destination without creating a
route to it.
- Close button:
F4
Press this button
to close the dialog box without taking any action.
First, what is a
POI? A point of interest (POI) is anything which may be of interest in a mapped
area. Typically POIs are saved locations of businesses and commercial
landmarks.
SenseNav comes with more than 13 million commercial Points of Interest for the U.S. and Canada. The POIs are categorized into main and sub-categories for easier searching. If a POI goes out of business, it may be deleted.
There are several POI Categories which make up the
Core POIs. Some have subcategories to
help refine your search; some examples from the restaurant category are
"barbeque" and "German."
These new points are the equivalent of electronic yellow pages with GPS
positions. The core POIs include everything
from automobile, transportation, medical, government services to schools,
libraries, restaurants, accommodations, entertainment and tourism.
To see the
list of POI categories and sub-categories, press SPACE-F to open the Simple POI
Search dialog box.
When the POI
Search dialog box opens, you are placed in the main category list. Arrow to a
category, then press F3 to move to the second list which contains the related
sub-categories.
The
sub-categories in the second list depend on which category was selected in the
first list. For example the sub-categories for Restaurants are different than
the sub-categories for Hotels.
Press F4 to close
the POI Search dialog box and return to the main display area. Searching for
POIs are discussed in Section 6.2 of this manual.
Hot key for
nearest POI name: P
Hot key for
nearest POI details: SPACE-P
To display the
name of the nearest POI to your current position, press P. To open the Nearest
POI Details dialog box, press SPACE-P instead.
While the POI
details dialog box is open:
- You can press
DOT-1 to move 1 item up and DOT-4 to move 1 item down in the POI details list.
- You can press
SPACE-DOTS-1-2-3 to move to the top and SPACE-DOTS-4-5-6 to move to the bottom
of the POI details list.
- You can press
the letter which matches the name of the POI detail you want to view. I.E. N
for the name of the POI, A for the address number, and P for the phone number.
If more than 1 POI detail begins with the same letter, such as sub-category,
street name, and side of street, the letter S will need to be pressed
repeatedly.
- You can press
the cursor routing keys above each Braille cell to view different POI details
instead of using the arrow keys.
- You can press
F3 repeatedly to reach the other controls in the dialog box.
- You can press
F4 to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking
any action.
If there are
certain details which the POI doesn't have, those details will not be shown as
you move in the list. For example, not all commercial POIs have fax numbers or
web site addresses.
Note: The P and
SPACE-P hot keys are not listed in the SenseNav
program menu and are only available from the main display area.
There are two ways of finding points of interest.
1)
View
a list of near POIs by pressing F or DOT-4.
2)
Simple
POI Search by pressing SPACE-F.
While either the
Near POIs or the POI search dialog box is open:
•
You
can press SPACE-DOT-1 to move 1 item up and SPACE-DOT-4 to move 1 item down in a list.
•
You
can press SPACE-DOTS-1-2-3 to move to the top and SPACE-DOTS-4-5-6 to move to
the bottom of a list.
•
You
can press F3 repeatedly to reach the other controls in the dialog box.
•
If
you know the hot key for a button in the dialog box, you can press it instead
of pressing F3 repeatedly to reach the specific button. I.E. Press ENTER-D to create a driving route and
ENTER-W to create a walking route.
•
You
can press F4 to close the dialog box and return to the main display area
without taking any action.
Hot key: F or
DOT-4
Menu: F2, P, F
To view a list of
POIs which are nearest to your current position in any category and in any
direction, press F or DOT-4. When the Near POIs dialog box opens, it will
display a list of POIs beginning with the closest one to your current position.
Hot key: SPACE-F
Menu: F2, S, P
If you want to
search for a POI by name or category, press SPACE-F. When the Simple POI Search
dialog box opens, you are placed in the main category list. Once POIs have been
found, a list showing the POI names will display.
The following
steps show how to use the Simple POI search to lookup a restaurant called
Fluffy Donuts which is about 1.05 miles away.
To search for
Fluffy Donuts, do the following:
1)
Press
SPACE-F from the main display area. The Simple POI Search dialog box will open
and you will be in the main category list. The first category displayed is
"All". You can press SPACE-DOT-4 repeatedly to move down the list.
Other categories such as Bank, Bonus, and Restaurant are displayed. Press R
until the Restaurant category is selected, then press F3 to move to the
sub-category list.
2)
The
first sub-category displayed is "All". You can press SPACE-DOT-4
repeatedly to move down the sub-category list. Leave the "All"
sub-category selected, then press F3 to move to the search string edit box.
3)
In
the search string edit box, type "fluffy" and press ENTER to begin
the search.
4)
SenseNav will
search for the POIs which match the search parameters from the above steps. If
the search takes some time, beeps will play.
You are now moved
to the search results area. Since in this example you typed the word
"fluffy", only 1 POI is listed as "Fluffy Donuts & Sandwich
Shop,
The search
results consist of the list of POIs, the POI details, and the various action
buttons you can take on a selected POI. Refer to Section 6.2.3 for a description of the search results.
SenseNav moves you to the list of POIs when you
press F, or when POIs have been found using the Simple POI search method.
The following is
what you will find in the dialog box after performing a POI search or after
pressing F:
- POI name list
This is where the
list of POIs is displayed. As you move down the list with SPACE-DOT-4, SenseNav will display the POI name, the category and sub
category if it has one, the street the POI is on, the city the POI is in, the
heading and distance to the POI from your current position, the side of the
street the POI is on if known, and the compass direction.
Example: "
While you are in
the POI list, you can press any letter to quickly move to a POI whose name
begins with that letter. For example: B until you find "Burger Palace."
The Sense notetaker will beep if there are no POIs
which start with the letter you type. Press F3 repeatedly to move to the POI
details list and the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.
- POI details static box
This is where the
list of details for the selected POI are displayed. As you move down the list
with SPACE-DOT-4, SenseNav will display the available
POI details such as distance and heading, category, sub-category, ETC. You can
also press the letter which matches the name of the POI detail you want to
view. I.E. D for the POI distance and heading, A for the address number, and P
for the phone number. If more than 1 POI detail begins with the same letter,
such as sub-category, street name, and side of street, the letter S will need
to be pressed repeatedly. The cursor routing keys of the Braille display can
also be pressed to quickly display specific POI details. To return to the POI
name list, press SPACE-F3.
- Delete button: SPACE-D
Press this button
to delete the selected POI. SenseNav will delete the
selected POI from the database. When the POI is deleted, you are returned to
the POI list.
- Drive there button: ENTER-D
Press this button
to create a vehicle route. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and create a vehicle route from your current position to the
selected POI. See the section on
routes for more information about creating routes.
- Walk there button: ENTER-W
Press this button
to create a pedestrian route. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and create a pedestrian route from your current position to the
selected POI.
- Add to favorites button: ENTER-F
Press this button
to add a new favorite. SenseNav will add the selected
POI to your favorites list. Favorites are discussed in Section5.3 of this manual.
- Set as destination button: ENTER-E
Press this button
to set the destination. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set the selected POI as the destination without creating a route
to it.
- Cancel button: F4
Press this button
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
The following are
a few tips when it comes to searching for points of interest:
•
The
POI search takes longer when the area is densely populated or when you search
far away. Beeps play to indicate that a search is in progress.
•
The
items in the sub-category list change dynamically depending on which main
category is selected. For example, the sub-category list for restaurants is
different than the list for hotels.
•
Take
note of the view/input mode, SPACE-G the Sense notetaker
is in when typing into edit boxes. If using Contracted Braille, make sure that
proper symbols such as DOTS-5-6 before a single letter and DOTS-3-4-5-6 before
a number are used. Otherwise translation issues such as the letter
"g" translating to "go" will happen. This is not a concern
if you are using Computer Braille.
•
If
you type 1 or 2 characters in the search string edit box, SenseNav
will only search for POIs with these characters at the beginning of the POI
name. However, if you type 3 or more characters, SenseNav
will search for a match anywhere in the POI name.
•
If
you press ENTER on the search string edit box without typing anything in it, SenseNav will search for all POIs which match the category
and sub-category you selected.
•
You
must press F3 to move between the search controls such as the category list,
sub-category list, and search string edit box. When you are ready for SenseNav to search for POIs based on your choices, press
ENTER.
•
When
searching for POIs, SenseNav searches both the
commercial POI database as well as the user-created POI database.
•
While
you are in any list, you can press a letter to quickly move to an item which
begins with that letter. For example: R takes you to the Restaurant category.
The Sense notetaker will beep if there are no items
which start with the letter you type.
•
To
expand the POI search even further, press SPACE-DOT-4
when you reach the last POI in the list. SenseNav
will keep searching further away and then display the additional POIs it found.
•
SenseNav
remembers your search choices while in the same session. If you close and
restart SenseNav or if you press the Reset button,
the search choices are set to their defaults.
While in a POI
list, the following commands are used to review the list more easily:
- Go to the top
of the list: SPACE-DOTS-1-2-3.
- Go to the
bottom of the list: SPACE-DOTS-4-5-6.
- Move down the
list one item: SPACE-DOT-4.
- Move up the
list one item: SPACE-DOT-1.
- Move down the
list 32 items: F3-F4.
- Move up the
list 32 items: F1-F2.
The following
additional POI commands are ones which can be pressed while you are in the main
display area of SenseNav. Note: A full list of the
hot keys is given in Section 14 of this manual.
- P: Pressing
this hot key will display the nearest POI.
- DOT-3: This hot
key is the same as pressing P.
- SPACE-P: Pressing
this hot key will display the description of the nearest POI.
- SPACE-DOT-4:
This is the same as pressing SPACE-P.
Like commercial GPS systems, SenseNav
creates routes that can assist you in navigating to a specific destination with
turn by turn instructions. If you would like to create routes between states
each state must be loaded. If you would
like to create a route and your destination is two or three states away, you
must also have the states your route will travel through loaded. Both pedestrian and
vehicle style routes can be used in
conjunction with the automatic LookAround information
which SenseNav provides.
In order to
create a route, there must be a starting point and a destination set. The
starting point is your current GPS position. When you search for an address or
a point of interest, you can set it as the destination by pressing ENTER-E from
the search dialog box.
Once you have a
destination set, press R, P to create a pedestrian route, or R, V to create a
vehicle route. A pedestrian route may take you North on a South-only street,
and a vehicle route will honor the correct type of streets in the map.
Additionally, the time for the route to complete is calculated accordingly. A
faster way to create these types of routes without having to first set the
destination is by using the Drive there or Walk there buttons when searching
for an address, favorite, history item or POI.
As you travel
along the route, SenseNav will indicate when the next
turn is approaching and again, when you should make the actual turn. Once you
have successfully arrived at your destination, the route will automatically
close.
Route Commands List
Hot key: R
Menu: F2, R
To access the
Route Commands List, press R. You can move down through the
commands by pressing SPACE-DOT-4 or the shortcut letter for the command you
want. I.E. P to create a pedestrian route.
Frequently Used
Route Commands
The following are
some frequently used commands which display information while a route is open:
Next turn or road
transition: T or BACKSPACE-DOTS-2-3
Destination
information: D or DOT-6
List of route
turns: BACKSPACE-I
List of
Waypoints: BACKSPACE-W
Total route
distance: R, A, D
The
"Route" menu of SenseNav contains the
following menu items.
- Create pedestrian
route (P) R P
- Create vehicle
route (V) R V
- Load route (O)
R O
- Save route (S)
R S
- Export route as
file (X) R X
- Close current
route (C) R C
- Recalculate
route (E) BACKSPACE-DOT-3 or R E
- Reverse route
(R) R R
Choosing one of
these two items from the menu or by pressing R P or R V from the main display
area will create either a pedestrian or a vehicle route respectively. There must be a starting point and a destination set to
successfully create a pedestrian or a vehicle route using this method. The
starting point is your live GPS position. Once you have both
starting point and destination set, you can create either a pedestrian route or
a vehicle route. A faster way to create these types of routes without having to
first set the destination is by using the “Drive there” or “Walk there”
buttons. These buttons are discussed in section 7.14 of this manual.
To create a
pedestrian route using the quick key system, do the following:
1)
Press
R to open the route menu.
2)
Arrow
to the menu item "Create pedestrian route" then press ENTER, or press
P. SenseNav will display, "Creating Pedestrian
route."
To create a
vehicle route using the quick key system, do the following:
1)
Press
R to open the route menu.
2)
Arrow
to the menu item "Create vehicle route" then press ENTER, or press V.
SenseNav will display, "Creating vehicle
route."
If you attempt to
create a pedestrian or vehicle route using the "Route" menu and you
do not first have a destination set, SenseNav will
display, "No destination set." Once a pedestrian or vehicle route has
been created, the menu will close and SenseNav will
display that the route has been created successfully. The waypoints which make
up the route will be available to you. SenseNav will
automatically display the necessary instructions of where to go to get started
on the route. While the route is open, you can explore it using BACKSPACE-I for the turns list.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing R O from the main display area opens the
"Load route" dialog box which contains a list of files, an edit box,
and a couple of buttons. This dialog box is used to load a previously saved
route.
The following
controls are found in this dialog box:
•
File
list box: This is a list which displays the list of saved routes. The default
location is the "RouteFiles" folder.
•
File
name edit box: This is the edit box where you can enter a name for the route to
load. If you know the name of the route you want to load, enter its file name.
The .rte extension will automatically be used so you do not need to include it
in the name.
•
Confirm
button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box and load the route.
•
Cancel
button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box without loading the
route.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing R S from the main display area opens the
"Save route" dialog box which contains a list of files, an edit box,
and a couple of buttons. This dialog box is used to save an open route.
The following
controls are found in this dialog box:
•
File
list box: This is a list which displays the list of saved routes. The default
location is the "RouteFiles" folder.
•
File
name edit box: This is the edit box where you can enter a name for the route to
save. By default, the route will be called "route01.rte." If you do
not want to use this name, enter a different file name. The .rte extension will
automatically be used so you do not need to include it in the name.
•
Confirm
button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box and save the route.
•
Cancel
button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box without saving the
route.
Previously saved
routes can be beneficial because if you want to use a route in the future, you
don't have to create it all over again. Route
files can be shared with other GPS users who use SenseNav
or any Sendero-based GPS system. To use a saved route, you will have to load
it.
If you have an
open route which you have not saved and you press SPACE-Z to close SenseNav, the Sense notetaker
will prompt you to save the route. If you want to save the route, press ENTER
on the Yes button. When you do this, the save route dialog box will open. If
you do not want to save the route, press SPACE to change to the "no"
button and press ENTER.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing R X from the main display area opens the
"Export route as file" dialog box which contains a list of files, an
edit box, and a couple of buttons. This dialog box is used to export an open
route to a text file which contains the route instructions.
The following
controls are found in this dialog box:
•
File
list box: This is a list which displays the list of exported routes. The
default location is the "RouteFiles"
folder.
•
File
name edit box: This is the edit box where you can enter a name for the route to
save. By default, the route will be called "route01.txt." If you do
not want to use this name, enter a different file name. The .txt extension will
automatically be used so you do not need to include it in the name.
•
Confirm
button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box and export the route.
•
Cancel
button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box without exporting the
route.
Exported routes
are a good way to save route instructions for later use. You could Email them
to someone or you could keep them for later reference. The exported route can
be viewed from the Sense notetaker word processor or
from any program in the PC or Mac which can open text files such as Notepad or
Text edit.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing R C from the main display area closes an open
route. It is important to save any open routes first because SenseNav will not prompt you to save the route before
closing it.
To close an open
route using the quick key system, do the following:
1)
Press
R to open the route menu.
2)
Arrow
to the menu item "Close route" and press ENTER, or press C. SenseNav will display, "Route closed."
As soon as the
command is executed, the menu will close and so will the route.
When off-route the
recalculate a route feature should trigger automatically, but there are times when SenseNav may take some time to detect that you have moved
away from the route. Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-DOT-3 from the main display area recalculates
the current route. There may be times when a route may need to be recalculated.
This could be because you turned in the wrong direction, or you decided to take
a different way.
To recalculate a
route using the quick key system, press BACKSPACE-DOT-3. SenseNav
will recalculate the route.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing R twice from the main display area reverses
the current route. Reversing the route simply means that the destination
becomes the starting point, and the starting point becomes the destination.
To reverse a
route using the quick key system, press R twice. SenseNav
will reverse the route.
There are some
types of routes which cannot be reversed. If this happens you can simply
reverse the destination and starting point manually. Then you can save the new
route after creating it.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-T from the main display area opens the
"Next turn information" dialog box which contains several static
boxes and a Close button.
The dialog box
contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and
DOWN arrow keys:
- Waypoint name
- Index number
- Turn? Yes or No
- Description
- Street name
forward
- Turn
information
- Route beginning
point? Yes or No
- Route end
point? Yes or No
Pressing F3 once
from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the
dialog box.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-I from the main display area opens
the "Turn list" dialog box which contains a list box along with
several buttons. This dialog box is used to see a list of turn only waypoints
of a route. You can also check detailed information about a specific turn
waypoint from here.
The following
controls are found in this dialog box:
- Turn list box:
This is where the list of turning waypoints is displayed. You can use the up or
down arrow keys to display the instructions of the route.
- Details button:
Pressing this button will open the "Next turn information" dialog box.
- Export route as
file button: Pressing this button will open a dialog box which will allow you
to save the route instructions to a text file.
- Close button:
Pressing this button will close the dialog box.
Using the
"Turns List" dialog box is an alternate way to get an idea of what
kind of instructions the route is giving. It will give the same information
that you get when pressing SPACE-DOTS-5-6 along a route. The difference is that
the information is presented in a list so you can use the up or down arrows to
display the information. If you want to save the route instructions to a text
file which can be viewed from any text editor or from the Sense notetaker word processor, activate the "Export route
as file" button from this dialog box.
Choosing this
quick key menu by pressing R A activates a sub-menu with the following items:
- Total route
distance: D
This is the
distance from the starting position to the destination.
- Distance from
beginning of route to current position: B
This is the
distance from the starting point to the current position.
- Distance and
ETA from current position to route end: E
This is the
distance from the current position to the destination.
The following are
a couple examples of route announcement quick keys:
1)
Check
total route distance. Press R A D.
2)
Check
distance and ETA from current position to the end of the route. Press R A E.
Note: You must
have a route open for any of these commands to function.
The "Drive
there" and "Walk there" buttons are located in various dialog
boxes such as "Search for address" and
"Search for POI." When you find a location on the map,
whether the location is an address, a POI, favorite, or a history location, you can quickly create a route which will
guide you to one of the aforementioned items. Using one of these buttons saves
time because you do not need to first set the destination followed by the
correct command to create the actual route.
- Drive there
ENTER-D button: Pressing this button will set the destination and create a
vehicle route.
- Walk there
ENTER-W button: Pressing this button will set the destination and create a
pedestrian route.
Vehicle routes
are designed to be followed while riding in a vehicle such as a car, bus, or
taxi. Pedestrian routes are designed to be followed on foot. Because of this
difference, a vehicle route may use different streets than a pedestrian route.
For example, when following a vehicle route you cannot follow it North on a one
way street heading South. In the case of a pedestrian route, this would not
matter.
The following
additional route commands are ones which can be pressed while you are in the
main display area of SenseNav. Note: A full list of
the hot keys is given in Section 14 of
this manual.
- T: Pressing
this hot key will display the next turn information.
-
BACKSPACE-DOTS-2-3: This hot key is the same as pressing T.
- D: Pressing
this hot key will display the heading and line-of-sight distance to the
destination from your current position.
- DOT-6: This hot
key is the same as D.
- ENTER-E:
Pressing this hot key will make the current position the new destination.
SenseNav provides a means of accessing information
about your environment through speech and Braille. This information can be
invaluable for getting oriented in any environment whether it's familiar or
not.
Whether you are
traveling in a new area or in the same place you've lived in for many years,
both informational commands and automatic LookAround
announcements can give you a clear picture of your environment. Any place on
the map can be defined as a destination or
point of interest. This is often the way sighted people orient, by using nearby
landmarks and signs to know that they are in a familiar or unfamiliar area. The
local maps and Points of Interest databases allow the environment to talk to
you through the Sense notetaker so a blind person can
also orient in this fashion.
The commands for
looking around work while you are following a route or not.
The Automatic LookAround Mode constantly searches for POIs and
intersections in the vicinity and announces them when they are near. Automatic LookAround
announcements trigger on nearby POIs, up-coming intersections, street changes,
city changes, zip code changes, and map changes.
Manual LookAround mode allows you to spot check your location. The
information displayed is relative to your current position when the command is
issued.
Brief
informational commands:
-
SPACE announces a summary of your current location. You will hear information such as nearest
intersection, next turn and destination if a route is loaded, heading, nearest
address including city and GPS status.
This is a great way to get a summary of your current location with one
keystroke.
- A: Displays the nearest address.
- C: Displays the
city/township/county.
- BACKSPACE-C:
Displays the city/township/county, state/province, and zip/postal code.
- D: Displays the
destination information.
- G: Displays the
GPS accuracy.
- H: Displays the
heading.
- P: Displays the
name of the nearest POI.
- S: Displays the
live position speed.
- X: Displays the
nearest intersection information.
- DOTS-4-5-6:
Displays the next intersection information.
- SPACE-X:
Displays the nearest intersection information with additional details.
- SPACE-DOTS-4-6:
Displays the next intersection information with additional details.
The following
informational commands open a dialog box when pressed. While the dialog box is
open, press SPACE-DOT-4 to move down the list and F3 to move to additional
buttons which may contain additional actions. Press ENTER to close the dialog
box and return to the main display area.
- BACKSPACE-D:
Displays detailed information about the destination.
- F: Displays a
list of all nearby POIs.
- ENTER-F:
Displays the favorites list.
- ENTER-G:
Displays detailed information about the GPS receiver.
- ENTER-H: Displays
the history list.
- ENTER-I:
Displays detailed information about the location such as street, city, county,
address range, and road class.
- SPACE-P:
Displays the list of details for the nearest POI.
- ENTER-X:
Displays the nearest intersection information with additional details and
actions.
-
ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6: Displays the next intersection information with additional
details and actions.
Note: Other hot
keys which give other types of information or perform additional actions are
listed at the end of this manual.
Hot key menu
style: M
Hot key dialog
box style: BACKSPACE-M
The Multiple
Repeat mode of SenseNav is where informational
commands are automatically issued as if you kept pressing them at certain
intervals.
Situations where
you might use multiple repeat commands:
1)
You
are walking in a park and want to make sure you are not veering too far from a
direction. Press M, H so that SenseNav automatically
issues the heading command every X number of seconds.
2)
You
want to make sure you are walking at a certain speed. Press M, S so that SenseNav automatically issues the speed command every X
number of seconds.
3)
You
are walking across a large parking lot in order to reach a row of mailboxes
which are already set as your destination. Press M, D so that SenseNav automatically issues the destination command every
X number of seconds.
The interval for
the multiple repeat commands is 12 seconds. If you want to force SenseNav to immediately issue the multiple repeat commands
which are enabled without waiting for the specified interval, press
BACKSPACE-A.
To enable or
disable any multiple repeat command, press M followed by the command's
shortcut. If the command is disabled, it will be enabled and vice versa. For
example, press M, D to turn on the destination command and again to turn it
off. If you are not sure which commands are on or off, press M, M to disable
them all at once. If you are not sure of the command's shortcut, press M by
itself, then arrow down the menu with SPACE-DOT-4.
The following is
the list of the multiple repeat commands and their shortcuts:
- Turn off all
multiple repeat commands: M
- Intersection: X
- Heading: H
- Destination: D
- Route next
turn: T
- Speed: S
- GPS status: G
- City: C
- Address: A
Note: if the
multiple repeat commands are too verbose, you can turn off the SenseNav prompts by pressing O, V and setting Verbose
prompts to Off. Additionally, if you want to enable or disable multiple repeat
commands from a dialog box, press BACKSPACE-M.
This section
discusses various miscellaneous functions available in SenseNav.
Hot key: S or
DOT-2
To display the
current speed, press S or DOT-2. At lower speeds you will hear speeds such as 2.4
or 3.8. You must be tracking GPS satellites in order for this command to
function.
Hot key: H or
DOT-5
To display the
current heading in terms of a compass reading and degrees, press H or DOT-5. SenseNav displays the cardinal direction followed by the
degrees. The average of your heading is calculated to minimize the variations
in heading due to GPS fluctuations around 30 feet.
The degree
reading is an excellent way to understand when you are on a curving road that
would otherwise be difficult to detect by feel. It can take up to 10 to 15
seconds at pedestrian speeds to determine your direction of travel.
The following are
the cardinal directions and their degrees:
- North: 0
- Northeast: 45
- East: 90
- Southeast: 135
- South: 180
- Southwest: 225
- West: 270
- Northwest: 315
This command will
repeat which ever command was pressed previously. To use the repeat command,
press the ENTER key by itself. For example, if you press
the T command, pressing the ENTER key will simulate pressing T again. If you
next press S for speed, pressing the ENTER key
will simulate pressing S again. The repeat command is especially helpful if you
are moving and you need to repeat a certain command without having to stop to find the key again such as H.
The
"Information" menu of SenseNav contains the
following menu items.
- GPS status (G)
ENTER-G
- Location
information (I) ENTER-I
- Destination
information (D) BACKSPACE-D
- Nearest
intersection (X) ENTER-X
- Next
intersection (N) ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6
- Map information
(M)
Note: Additional
hot keys which are not listed in the "Information" menu are discussed
at the end of this manual.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-G from the main display area opens the
"GPS status" dialog box which contains several static boxes and a
Close button. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding the GPS
receiver.
The dialog box
contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and
DOWN arrow keys:
- Description.
Displays weather or not a GPS receiver is connected.
- Speed. Displays
the speed in MPH or KMH you are moving.
- Heading.
Displays the heading in degrees you are facing.
- Satellites.
Displays the number of satellites tracked.
- GPS fix.
Displays weather or not you have a GPS fix.
- GPS quality.
Displays the estimate of the quality of the GPS signals received.
- Estimated
accuracy. Displays the estimated GPS accuracy in terms of feet or meters.
Pressing F3 once
from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the
dialog box.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-I from the main display area opens the
"Location information" dialog box which contains several static boxes
and a Close button. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding
the location of the current position.
The dialog box
contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and
DOWN arrow keys:
- Area
- City
- Country
- County
- Nearest address
- Number of lanes
- Road class
- Average road
speed
- Street name
- Zip code
- Address on left
side
- Address on
right side
Pressing F3 once
from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the
dialog box.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-D from the main display area opens
the "Destination information" dialog box which contains several
static boxes, a Clear button, and a Close button. This dialog box will give
detailed information regarding the destination.
The dialog box
contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and
DOWN arrow keys:
- The destination
name, distance and direction. The direction is based on your current position.
- Description.
The detailed description such as the address and phone number of the
destination.
- Side of street.
If the side of street is known it will be displayed.
Pressing F3 once
from here will display the Clear button. When this button is pressed, the
destination will be cleared. Pressing F3 again will display the Close button
which can be pressed to close the dialog box.
Note: If you want
to change the destination, you do not need to clear the old one first. Simply
creating a new route or setting a new destination will clear the previous one
and replace it with the new one. Also, the destination is remembered if you
close SenseNav and restart it. This can be useful if
you are on your way to one destination, but stop during the middle of the route
for something else and need to turn off the notetaker
in the meantime. The only time the destination is not remembered between
sessions is if the Sense notetaker is reset.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-X from the main display area opens the
"Nearest intersection" dialog box which contains several static boxes
and several buttons. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding
the nearest intersection regardless of whether it is behind your current
position. To display the information, use the UP or DOWN arrow keys, to
activate the buttons, either use the hot keys for them or press F3 to select a
button to press.
The dialog box
contains the following information:
- The
intersection description
- Description
(detailed)
- Current street
- Cross street
- Distance and
heading (based on your current position)
- Drive there
ENTER-D button: Pressing this button will create a vehicle route to the
intersection.
- Walk there
ENTER-W button: Pressing this button will create a pedestrian route to the
intersection.
- Set as
destination ENTER-E button: Pressing this button will set the intersection as
your destination so you can create a route to it using the "Route"
menu.
- Close button:
Pressing this button will close the dialog box.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6 from the main display area
opens the "Next intersection" dialog box which contains several
static boxes and several buttons. This dialog box will give detailed
information regarding the next intersection based on your current position.
Note: The dialog
box information and buttons are exactly the same as the "Nearest
intersection" dialog box. The main difference is that the next
intersection is based on your heading. For example: If you are walking North,
pressing this hot key will give you the intersection information based on the
one which is ahead of you, even if there is another intersection behind you
which might be closer.
Choosing this
item from the menu opens the "Map information" dialog box which
contains several static boxes and a Close button. This dialog box will give
detailed information regarding the maps which are loaded.
The dialog box
contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and
DOWN arrow keys:
- Loaded maps
- Loaded
commercial POIs
- Loaded user
POIs
- Loaded country
maps
- Loaded
provincial maps
- Loaded state
maps
- Loaded regional
maps
Pressing F3 once
from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the
dialog box. Note: There is no hot key for this dialog box.
The following are
additional commands which are related to getting information. These commands
are accessed by pressing single alphabetical letters from the main display area
of SenseNav.
- A: Displays the
nearest address.
- C: Displays the
city, state, and zip code.
- D: Displays the
destination information.
- G: Displays the
GPS accuracy.
- H: Displays the
heading.
- P: Displays the
name of the nearest POI.
- S: Displays the
live position speed.
- U: Displays the
GPS date and time.
- X: Displays the
nearest intersection information.
Note: There are
many other hot keys which give other types of information. Some keys need to be
pressed together with either the BACKSPACE, SPACE, or ENTER keys. A complete
list of hot keys is given in Section 14 of
this manual.
The
"Tools" menu of SenseNav contains the
following menu items.
- GPS date/time
(T) SPACE-U
- Custom
dictionary (D)
- Reconnect GPS
receiver (R) ENTER-R
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing SPACE-U from the main display area opens the
"GPS date/time" dialog box which contains two static boxes and two
buttons. This dialog box gives the date and time of the GPS satellites and allows
you to set the Sense notetaker date and time to match
the satellites.
The following
controls are available:
- GPS time static
box: Displays the time received by the satellites.
- GPS date static
box: Displays the date received by the satellites.
- Set system
date/time button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box, setting the
Sense notetaker date and time to match the
satellites.
- Close button:
Pressing this button will close the dialog box without making any changes.
Note: This dialog
will display, "No item" if there is no GPS fix, or if the GPS
receiver is not connected to the Sense notetaker.
Also, if you want to simply check the date and time without opening the dialog
box, you can press U from the main display area. Pressing SPACE-T will still
display the Sense notetaker date and time as always.
Choosing this
item from the menu opens the "Custom dictionary" dialog box which
contains a list box and several buttons. This dialog box is used to change the
way SenseNav pronounces certain items. Note: The
custom dictionary only affects the pronunciation of the voice. It does not
change the way items are displayed in Braille.
The following
controls are found in this dialog box:
- Items list box:
This is where the list of words is displayed. You can use your arrow keys to
select an entry. As you press the up or down arrow keys, the name of the entry
will be displayed.
- Insert SPACE-I
button: Pressing this button will open a dialog box which will allow you to add
a new entry. Note: This dialog box is discussed later in this section.
- Delete SPACE-D
button: Pressing this button will delete the selected entry from the custom
dictionary list. SenseNav will not prompt you if you
are sure when this button or hot key is pressed.
- Modify SPACE-M
button: Pressing this button will open a dialog box which will allow you to
modify the selected entry. Note: This dialog box is discussed later in this
section.
- Close button:
Pressing this button will close the custom dictionary.
The insert entry
and the modify entry dialog boxes contain the following controls:
- Original edit
box: The original spelling of the entry is entered here.
- Replacement
edit box: The phonetic spelling of the entry is entered here.
- Confirm button:
Pressing this button will close the dialog box, saving the entry.
- Cancel button:
Pressing this button will close the dialog box, discarding any changes.
As an example,
the street "
1)
Press
SPACE-I to open the "Add new entry" dialog box. Then enter
2)
Press
F3 then enter lime uh and press ENTER.
Now when SenseNav encounters "
Another use for
the custom dictionary is for highway names. Perhaps you do not wish to hear
"nb" for a northbound highway. You can add
an entry so that SenseNav says "northbound"
every time it sees "nb." The custom
dictionary is stored in the database folder of the flash disk and can be edited
using a text editor. As long as the file is saved as text, it will work as expected.
The file is called: HanNaviDict.bdc. The format of the dictionary is as
follows:
original=new
Original is the
original spelling of the word and new is the phonetic pronunciation.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-R from the main display area will
attempt to reconnect to the GPS receiver. This should normally not be needed
unless SenseNav tells you that it lost the GPS
receiver. This can happen if you enter a building and the receiver cannot
receive a satellite signal. In many cases, if the signal is lost, the Sense notetaker will automatically reconnect. You can press G
from the main display area to check the GPS accuracy. If there is still no
receiver signal after a minute, you can press the "Reconnect GPS
receiver" hot key.
If you have more
than one GPS receiver paired, a dialog box will open so that you can choose
which GPS receiver to connect to. Otherwise, the connection with the GPS
receiver will be made.
The following
controls are found in this dialog box:
- GPS receiver
list box: This is a list which contains a list of paired GPS receivers. The
word "active" will be displayed next to the one which was last used.
The top of the list will contain the newest paired receivers while the bottom
will contain the oldest. Use the UP or DOWN arrow keys to select a receiver.
- Delete SPACE-D
button: Pressing this button will delete the selected receiver from the paired
list. SenseNav will not prompt you if you are sure.
- Connect button:
Pressing this button will close the dialog box and connect to the selected
receiver.
- Close button:
Pressing this button will close the dialog box.
Note: If you
choose either Bluetooth (ActiveSync) or Bluetooth (serial) as your receiver
type, SenseNav will automatically connect to the
receiver when it launches as long as Bluetooth is enabled and the GPS receiver
is powered on prior to launching it.
The
"Options" menu of SenseNav contains the
following menu items.
- Configuration
(O) BACKSPACE-O
- GPS receiver
selection (G) BACKSPACE-G or O G
- Route options
(R) BACKSPACE-R or R T
Note: Additional
options which are not in this menu are discussed at the end of
this manual.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-O from the main display area brings up the options menu.
The below is a
list of the menu items found in the "Options" menu:
- Set map and POI
folder M
This opens the
same dialog as discussed in sections 2 of this manual. Note: This menu item
will not be available the first time SenseNav is
launched. Pressing ENTER-O must be the first method used to initially load the
map and POI data.
- Set street name
mode N
- Set units U
- Set verbose
prompts V
- Select GPS
receiver G BACKSPACE-G
This menu item
performs the same function as discussed in Section 14.3 of this manual.
- Restore factory
defaults R
Pressing ENTER on
this menu item performs the same function as pressing ENTER on the
"Restore factory defaults" button discussed above.
The following are
a few examples of changing options using quick keys:
1) Restore factory defaults. O R.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-G from the main display area opens
the "GPS receiver options" dialog box which contains a list box of
receiver connection choices, and two buttons. This dialog box is used to set
the receiver type, including replay files. Changing the receiver connection
type is done by pressing SPACE. Once a receiver type is chosen, pressing F3
will display the buttons.
The following
options are found in the list box:
-- Internal GPS.
Choosing this option is done if the Sense Notetaker
has a built in receiver.
- Bluetooth (SerialPort)". Choosing this option is done if the GPS
receiver is connected via Bluetooth SerialPort.
- Bluetooth
(ActiveSync)". Choosing this option is done if the GPS receiver is
connected via Bluetooth ActiveSync.
- Confirm button.
Pressing this button will close the dialog box and save the settings.
- Cancel button.
Pressing this button will close the dialog box, discarding any changes.
A few notes about
GPS receiver connections:
1)
If
using any of the Bluetooth connection types, the receiver must be paired with
the Sense notetaker from the Bluetooth manager prior
to running SenseNav.
2)
2.
Pressing O G from the main display area
will open this same dialog box.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-M from the main display area opens
the "Multiple command options" dialog box which contains a check box
group list, an edit box, and several buttons. This dialog box is used to
activate or deactivate the repetition of multiple informational commands. If a
command is checked, it will automatically be executed every 12 seconds.
The following
check box items are found in the list: Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to browse
the items. Use the SPACE key to toggle the check box.
- Address:
Checking this item will automatically issue the A command.
- Altitude:
Checking this item will automatically issue the Z command.
- City, State,
and Zip: Checking this item will automatically issue the C command.
- Route current
waypoint: Checking this item will automatically issue the K command.
- Destination:
Checking this item will automatically issue the D command.
- GPS status:
Checking this item will automatically issue the G command.
- Heading:
Checking this item will automatically issue the H command.
- Intersection:
Checking this item will automatically issue the X command.
- Detailed
intersection: Checking this item will automatically issue the SPACE-X command.
- Current POI:
Checking this item will automatically issue the P command.
- Speed: Checking
this item will automatically issue the S command.
- Route next
turn: Checking this item will automatically issue the T command.
- Route ETA:
Checking this item will automatically issue the R A E command.
- Distance
traveled: Checking this item will automatically issue the B command.
- Percent of
route completed: Checking this item will automatically issue the DOTS-1-4-6
command.
Pressing F3 will
display the following controls:
- Activate all
commands button. Pressing this button will check all the items in the list box.
- Deactivate all
commands button. Pressing this button will uncheck all the items in the list
box.
- Confirm button.
Pressing this button will close the dialog box and save the settings.
- Cancel button.
Pressing this button will close the dialog box, discarding any changes.
Note: There is a
quick key menu which allows you to enable or disable one type of multiple
repeat command at a time. This menu is opened by pressing M from the main
display area. This way you can quickly enable or disable a multiple repeat
command without having to go into the interactive dialog box. The following is
the order of the menu items along with their shortcuts which are available when
pressing M from the main display area.
- Turn off all
multiple repeat commands: M
- Intersection: X
- Detailed intersection:
N
- Heading: H
- Destination: D
- Route next
turn: T
- Route ETA: E
- Speed: S
- GPS status: G
- City, state,
and zip: C
- Address: A
- Current POI: P
- Percent of
route completed: R
Examples:
1) Quickly turn
off all multiple repeat commands: M M
2) Quickly toggle
the heading multiple repeat command: M H
3) Quickly toggle
the destination multiple repeat command: M D
Note: if the
multiple repeat commands are too verbose, you can turn off the prompts from the
"options menu"
O. If you want to force SenseNav to
immediately issue the multiple repeat commands which are enabled without
waiting for the specified interval, press BACKSPACE-A.
This section
lists the default settings of SenseNav. These are the
settings used when SenseNav is first configured,
after a firmware upgrade, after a firmware reinstall, after the Sense notetaker is revived from a hard lockup, or after resetting
them manually via the "Reset factory defaults" button from the
configuration dialog box.
General settings
- Verbose prompts
are activated.
- All LookAround options are activated.
- All multiple
repeat commands are deactivated.
Configuration
options
- Units are set
to Imperial.
-Use internal
compass is set to Off.
-POI author name
is set to None.
The "About Sense
Navigation" menu item is part of the main program menu. When activated, a
dialog box will open and SenseNav will display,
"About Sense Navigation." You can use the up and down arrow keys to
display all the copyright information. To close this dialog box, press F4,
SPACE-E, or F3 to the Close button and press ENTER.
Program menu, prompts, and dialog box movement commands
Move to previous
menu/item: UP arrow or SPACE-DOT-1
Move to next menu/item:
DOWN arrow or SPACE-DOT-4
Move to previous
control: SPACE-F3 or SPACE-DOTS-1-2
Move to next
control: F3 or SPACE-DOTS-4-5
Toggle an option:
SPACE
Escape or close a
menu, prompt or dialog box: F4 or SPACE-E
Close SenseNav: SPACE-Z, ENTER
Informational commands
Nearest address:
A
Current street:
DOTS-3-4
Current city: C
Current city
state/province and zip code: BACKSPACE-C
Nearest
intersection: X
Next intersection
(when a heading is established): DOTS-4-5-6
Detailed
description of nearest intersection: SPACE-X
Detailed
description of next intersection (when a heading is established):
SPACE-DOTS-4-6
Nearest
intersection (dialog box): ENTER-X
Next intersection
(dialog box): ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6
Location
information (dialog box): ENTER-I
Heading compass and
degrees: H or DOT-5
GPS navigation commands
Speed: S or DOT-2
GPS estimated
accuracy and number of satellites: G
GPS date and
time: U
Set Sense notetaker time to GPS time: SPACE-U, F3, ENTER
GPS status
(dialog box): ENTER-G
GPS receiver
selection (dialog box): BACKSPACE-G or O, G
Reconnect GPS
receiver: ENTER-R
Point of interest (POI) commands
Display name of
nearest POI: P or DOT-3
Display details
of nearest POI (dialog box): SPACE-P or SPACE-DOT-4
Play media
associated with nearest POI: ENTER-DOT-6
Quick find of POI
in all categories and directions: F or DOT-4
Simple POI find
by name specifying a category in all directions: SPACE-F
Find nearest user
defined POIs: BACKSPACE-P
Delete current
POI from inside a POI list: SPACE-D
Route commands
Create pedestrian
(walking) route from address, POI, favorites, intersection annotation list, or
history dialog box: ENTER-W
Create vehicle
(driving) route from address, POI, favorites, intersection annotation list, or
history dialog box: ENTER-D
Create pedestrian
route after setting a destination: R, P
Create vehicle
route after setting a destination: R, V
Load saved route
from file: R, O
Save route to
file: R, S
Export route
directions to text file: R, X
Close current
route: R, C
Recalculate
route: BACKSPACE-DOT-3 or R, E
Percent of route
completed and ETA: DOTS-1-4-6
Next turn or road
transition: BACKSPACE-DOTS-2-3 or T
Detailed next
turn information (dialog box): ENTER-T
Detailed nearest
waypoint information (dialog box): ENTER-N
List of turns
(dialog box): BACKSPACE-I
List of waypoints
(dialog box): BACKSPACE-W
Route
announcement menu: R, A
Total route
distance: R, A, D
Route distance
from beginning of route to current position: R, A, B
Route distance
and ETA from current position to end of the route: R, A, E
Destination commands
Heading and
distance to destination: DOT-6 or D
Destination
information (dialog box): BACKSPACE-D
Set destination
by address: L
Set destination
to address, POI, or waypoint from inside a dialog box: ENTER-E
Set current
position as destination: ENTER-E
Multiple repeat commands
Multiple repeat
menu: M
Turn off all
multiple repeat commands: M, M
Set multiple
repeat interval: M, I
Trigger all
enabled multiple repeat announcements: BACKSPACE-A
Intersection: M,
X
Detailed
intersection: M, N
Heading: M, H
Destination: M, D
Route current
waypoint: M, K
Route next turn:
M, T
Route ETA: M, E
Speed: M, S
GPS status: M, G
City: M, C
Nearest address:
M, A
Current POI: M, P
Configuration and Option commands
Multiple commands
(dialog box): BACKSPACE-M
Option commands:
O
Map and POI
folder: ENTER-O or O, O
Verbose prompts:
O, V
Automatically
synchronize with GPS time: O, Z
Use internal
compass (Braille Sense OnHand and U2): O, C
POI author name:
O, A
GPS receiver
selection: O, G
Miscellaneous commands
Favorites list:
ENTER-F
Add to favorites
from address, POI, waypoint, or history dialog box: ENTER-F
History list:
ENTER-H
Activate the
Previous button from location or POI search dialog box: BACKSPACE-P
Lock or unlock
the keyboard: ENTER-L (or use switch)
Repeat last
command: ENTER
Repeat last
spoken message: ENTER-W
Copy currently
displayed information to the clipboard: ENTER-C
Interrupt speech,
BACKSPACE-ENTER
Install new
License: F2, F, L
Map information
(dialog box): F2, I, M
Custom dictionary:
F2, T, D
Once your account has been set up to download your
product and maps follow the below steps:
1.
Go to http://www.gosendero.com
and login with your User Id and password.
Note: your User Id is no longer your serial number. Instead it is your device’s MAC address. Your MAC address is located in the
information section of help. From the
program menu, press H for help, then scroll to information or press I.
2.
Download the SenseNavigation_2014.zip
file. Make a note of your Sendero
License Key while logged into your account as you will need this in Step 8.
3.
You can also download the 2014 maps and
POIs for your state, province or country.
Download and unzip the maps to the Maps folder of your storage card.
4.
Using a USB cable, connect your Sense Notetaker to your computer and unzip the installer zip file
to the root of your flash disk. If you
go into file manager you should see a folder called “Sense Navigation”
on your flash disk. You can also just unzip the SenseNavigation_2014.zip
file on your PC then copy the “Sense Navigation” folder contained within the
zip file to the root of your Notetaker’s flash disk.
5.
Disconnect the USB cable from the Sense Notetaker.
6.
Hard reset the Sense Notetaker
by pressing and holding the forward media key and pressing the reset
button. Keep the forward media key held
down until you hear the musical chime.
Note: the forward media key is to the left of the power switch.
7.
Press V or scroll to Sense Navigation
and press ENTER. The installation
process will start. When prompted press
the reset button one more time. Note in
version 7 of the firmware, HIMS moved Sense Navigation from the main menu to
the extras folder. Press X then V to
load Sense Navigation.
a. If
the installation does not start either you didn’t unzip and put the “Sense
Navigation” folder on the root of your Flash Disk correctly in Step 3, or you
still have your USB cable connected to your computer which you should have
removed in Step 4.
b. If
that is not the problem maybe you didn’t get a complete download in Step
2. Make sure the file size of the zip
file matches what the website says is the file size,
8.
After you have performed the normal
reset as per the installation instructions and the system has restarted press
the V key to start Sense Navigation 2014.
If this is your first time installing Sense Navigation, you will be prompted to read the license agreement, after accepting the license agreement you may be prompted for your license key. Your Sendero License Key is located in your account at http://www.gosendero.com.
Transferring
files from a PC to the Sense notetaker can be
accomplished in a number of ways using a PC or laptop. For specific details on
using Windows Explorer, refer to the Windows manual.
An easy way to download maps is by using the check for updates feature
in SenderoMaps.
Press f3 to check for updates.
Download the map you wish to copy, once that is complete, press F4 to
synchronize the map/POI/installer. If
you do not have access to SenderoMaps or are using a
mac, follow the steps below.
1)
Using
Windows Explorer, locate the folder which contains the downloaded map zip
files.
2)
Press
the APPLICATIONS (CONTEXT menu) key and arrow to Extract All.
3)
Choose
the Next buttons in the extract wizard, making sure to not change the name of
the extraction folder.
4)
When
the wizard finishes extracting the map files, it will show a Finish button.
Choose this button and a new folder (showing the extracted files) will open.
5)
Also
using Windows Explorer, locate the drive for the Compact Flash card or SD card.
For the fastest results, we recommend that you use a card reader.
6)
Create
a new folder inside the memory card and call it Maps.
7)
Go
back to the folder from step 4 and select all the files with CONTROL-A.
8)
Copy
the files to the clipboard with CONTROL-C.
9)
Go to
the newly created Maps folder in the memory card and paste the files with
CONTROL-V.
Repeat these
steps for each state you want to copy to the memory card. If you want, you can
have several states in one map folder. So there is no reason to create a new
folder for each map you copy to the memory card. For example if you live in
Note: if you are
upgrading from a previous version, SenseNav will
remove older maps and POIs from your maps folder. For example you have the