Sense Navigation XL
Braille Sense and Voice Sense
(QWERTY Keyboard)
User Manual
v2014
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Table of Contents
1.3 Terms and Concepts in the
Manual
2.1.1 Pairing the GPS
Receiver
2.1.2 Installing the Memory
Card and Launching SenseNav for the First Time
2.1.3 Choosing the GPS
Receiver Type
2.1.4 Setting the POI Author
Name
2.2 Proper Startup and
Shutdown of SenseNav
2.3 Properly Wearing the GPS
Receiver
2.4.2 Transferring Downloaded
Maps to the Sense Notetaker
3.3 Using SenseNav Indoors or
in a Vehicle
3.4 Picking Up Satellite
Signals
3.5 SenseNav and Map Data
Accuracy
3.6 Accuracy of SenseNav
Announcements
3.7 Getting Oriented Using
SenseNav
4.1 Main Display Area of SenseNav
4.2.1 GPS navigation (Live
Mode)
4.3.3 Switching Between Live
and Virtual Navigation Modes
4.5 Switching to Other
Applications
4.6 Copying Information to
the Clipboard
4.7 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 Latitude and Longitude
Coordinates
5.2.1 Searching For Latitude
and Longitude Coordinates
6.3 Working with User Points
of Interest
6.3.2 Additional Ways of
Adding User POIs
7.2 Creating pedestrian or
vehicle routes R P or R V
7.3.1 Set current position to
waypoint (K) ALT-K
7.6 Export route as file (X)
R X
7.7 Close current route (C) R
C
7.8 Recalculate a route
ALT-ACCENT
7.15 Drive There and Walk
There
7.16 Additional route
commands
9.1 Virtual/GPS navigation
toggle (V) V
10 Miscellaneous Functions of
SenseNav
10.1 Copying Text to the
Clipboard
10.7.1 Working With the
History List
10.8.2 Working with the
Favorites List
10.9 Virtual Annotate Intersection
10.9.1 Annotate Intersection
List
10.9.2 Working with the
Intersection Annotations Dialog Box
11.1 Waypoint manager (W)
INSERT-W
11.2 Near waypoint
information (N) CONTROL-N
11.3 Next turn information
(T) CONTROL-T
12.2 Location information (I)
CONTROL-I
12.3 Destination information
(D) CONTROL-D
12.4 Nearest intersection (X)
CONTROL-X
12.5 Next intersection (N)
CONTROL-COMMA
12.7 Additional informational
commands from A to Z
13.1 GPS date/time (T)
CONTROL-U
13.2 Reset distance traveled
(S) ALT-B
13.4 Reconnect GPS receiver
(R) ALT-R
13.5.3 Creating a Route from
a GPS Replay
13.6 Repeat last command ENTER
14.1 Configuration (O)
CONTROL-O
14.2 LookAround options (L)
CONTROL-L
14.3 GPS receiver selection
(G) CONTROL-G
14.4 Route options (R)
CONTROL-R
14.5 Multiple commands (M)
CONTROL-M
14.6 Route sounds (S)
CONTROL-S
14.7 Customizing SenseNav
sounds
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 live
or virtual position.
•
Customize
the types of vehicle or pedestrian routes. For example, a vehicular route which
avoids highways.
•
Save
routes and route instructions for future use or for sharing them with others.
•
Virtually
explore the route to get an idea of what the route will be like before you are
actually there.
•
Add
and manage your own personal points of interest.
•
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.
•
Sendero Maps for the
PC for virtual exploration, software and map management.
If you are
reading the manual from the Braille Sense or Voice Sense with the QWERTY keyboard,
press CONTROL-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 F3.
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 QWERTY 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 or virtual navigation messages are displayed here. The main display
area is described in section 2.4 of this manual.
5. Current
position
The current
position means the position of either the physical location while you are in
GPS navigation or the position of the virtual location while you are in Virtual
navigation. The navigation modes are discussed in section 2 of this manual.
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 pressed together with a
modifier key such as CONTROL, ALT, or INSERT.
In this manual,
hot keys with modifiers are capitalized and specified as follows:
- MODIFIER-LETTER
MODIFIER is
either CONTROL, ALT, or INSERT. LETTER is a character on the keyboard. If the
hot key uses a symbol instead of a letter, the symbol is spelled out, IE:
percent for %.
For example: CONTROL-S means that the CONTROL key
and S should be pressed simultaneously. Most hot keys are listed in the program
menu which is accessed by pressing ALT.
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 without having
to open the program menu with ALT. 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 ALT 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.
O X – Switches between EZ
and XL modes.
S - Displays the
current speed.
CONTROL-L – 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
pressing ALT. 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 ALT, I. ALT 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 ALT. UP or DOWN arrow
to any menu then press ENTER. Now the menu items will be listed. To move
through the menu items, press the UP or DOWN arrows. 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 ALT, T, D. ALT 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 ESCAPE. 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. 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: UP ARROW
key
- Down: DOWN
arrow key
- Tab to the next
item: TAB
- Tab to the
previous item: SHIFT-TAB
- Cancel a prompt
or close a dialog box: ESCAPE
- Close SenseNav: ALT-F4
- Open the SenseNav program menu: ALT
- Close the SenseNav program menu: ESCAPE
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 functions
of SenseNav will work in both Virtual and GPS
navigation modes. In cases where a function applies to only one mode, it is
noted accordingly.
5) 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, ALT-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, ALT-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 TAB 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 TAB to the "Drive there ALT-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 DOWN ARROW.
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.
5) I am traveling to Indianapolis and want
to familiarize myself with the street layout and restaurants near my intended
hotel so that I can set a meeting. I find the hotel address using the L
command. Then I press ALT-V to set my virtual position to the location of the
hotel. I can now use the Virtual Explore mode to wander around the streets
before I am actually there. Once I feel comfortable navigating the streets, I
then use the Simple Find command ALT-F to search for nearby restaurants. I can
then send the directions and the name of the restaurant to my colleagues. I can
search for points in a circle or in a specific direction.
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 QWERTY keyboard. The version specific to
the Sense notetakers with the Braille 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 16 of this manual for a
complete hot key list. For general operation of the Sense notetaker
itself, refer to its own manual.
If you are currently
a registered SenderoMaps 2014 user, see the section
on using the check for updates feature to download maps to your computer. Also see the section on synchronizing to card
or remote device. Using SenderoMaps to install makes the process much easier as
installers, license keys and maps are automatically put in the proper location...
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.
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.
9.
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.
You are then asked if you would like to run in EZ
mode or XL mode. EZ has been designed to
only give basic commands and information, for example, in EZ mode you cannot
access virtual mode or some multiple repeat commands. XL mode turns on all features. Press Y to run in EZ mode, press N to run in
XL mode. You can switch between the two
modes at any time by pressing O then X, this is a toggle. Note: You will need to reinstall Sense
Navigation if your battery goes flat or you have removed your battery because
it is not in the firmware. It is
recommended to leave the Sense Navigation folder on your flash disk, in this
way all you will need to do is start Sense Navigation to start the Sense
Navigation installation after the revive.
The Braille Sense
U2, Braille Sense Onhand and Voice Sense qwerty all
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 in the memory card.
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
F9 until Bluetooth is enabled. If Bluetooth is already enabled, this hot key
will turn it off.
3)
Press
WINDOWS 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 ALT-F4.
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
WINDOWS to focus the main program menu.
3)
Insert
the supplied memory card into the appropriate slot and wait for the confirmation
sound to play.
4)
Press
F9 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 ALT-L to enter your map license key.
2)
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 ALT-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.
Use your arrow keys to scroll to the map or group of
maps you would like to switch to and press ENTER. If you switch to a group of maps your virtual
position is not on one of those loaded maps, you are automatically placed on a
map. This gives you a starting place in
virtual mode.
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.
1)
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.
2)
Press
SPACE to select the map folder, then press ENTER and SenseNav
will load the maps contained in the selected map folder.
Hot key: CONTROL-G
Once SenseNav has been authorized and the maps have loaded
successfully, it will only operate in virtual mode. This is because by default,
the GPS receiver type is set to None if your notetaker does not
have an internal receiver.
If your notetaker has a built in receiver it
will automatically be selected for you and you can ignore this section.
To choose the GPS
receiver type, do the following:
1)
From SenseNav, press CONTROL-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. Now you can press V to toggle between GPS and Virtual navigation.
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 ALT-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
WINDOWS to focus the main program menu.
3)
Insert
the supplied memory card into the appropriate slot and wait for the
confirmation sound to play.
4)
If using an
external receiver, press F9
until Bluetooth is enabled. If Bluetooth is already enabled, this hot key will
turn it off.
5)
Select Sense
Navigation from the menu to
launch SenseNav. Note 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 ALT-F4. 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 F9 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 ALT-F4,
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, last GPS position, and Virtual
pposition are saved.
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).
Maps are an
integral part of the GPS software's capabilities. The map data is developed and
maintained by TomTom and licensed to Sendero Group for use in Sendero-based GPS
systems such as the Sense notetakers and SenseNav. Map data updates may be available about once a
year. Updated Maps and POIs can be downloaded from http://www.GoSendero.com/.
The Sense notetaker MAC address and a password are
required to access your account.
To obtain your
Sense Notetaker’s MAC address do the following:
1)
Press
WINDOWS to display the program menu.
2)
Press
H for help.
3)
Press
I for information.
4)
Scroll
through the information list by using UP or DOWN ARROW. Note if your Notetaker
has more than one MAC address, the first address is the one you are looking
for.
The entire
Map data is
available for download from http://www.GoSendero.com/. In order to successfully
download the files, you must log in with your Sense notetaker
MAC address and password. In most cases however, the entire
You can have up
to 75 map sections and 75 POI files in a given map folder on the Braille Sense
Plus or Voice Sense. However, access times and software are more stable with
fewer states loaded.
Maps can be
stored on any storage card, (such as a 16GB or 32GB Compact Flash card or SD
card). As long as there is room, the capacity does not matter. Be careful when
managing map files that the entire group of files per state or country are
selected. Some states are divided into multiple map segments. If you are likely
to be changing maps often, we recommend keeping each group of state files in
its own directory. For example, Maps Southeast, Maps Northwest, ETC.
By default, the
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
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.
The GPS receiver
needs to track at least 3 satellites to determine a position. Some receivers may provide an approximate
position with less than 3 satellites.
Once the receiver acquires a position, the information is sent to your
Sense notetaker.
It can take anywhere from 1 second to five minutes before a position is
tracked depending upon how long it has been since you last turned the receiver
on and how clear a view of the sky you have.
During this
acquisition period, you will get the message searching for satellites and the
number found. For example: “Searching
for satellites, 2 found.” This is
especially handy for slower receivers. If your GPS receiver is not connected or there
is a problem between the receiver and the Sense notetaker,
SenseNav will inform you that it was unable to
connect to the GPS receiver. In this case, make sure your receiver is actually
turned on and that Bluetooth is enabled in the Sense notetaker.
Press ALT-R to make another attempt to connect with the receiver. If you still
cannot acquire satellites, see the Getting Started section in this manual for
instructions.
Once you have
acquired a GPS position you are given a summary of your current location and
the estimated GPS accuracy.
For example:
"Acquired position, 10620 Kimberley
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio,
WAAS 13 feet, 9 satellites." In the above example 10620 Kimberley Avenue is the nearest address, Cleveland is the city and Ohio is
the state.
Once you begin to
move, the receiver calculates the change in your position approximately every
second using the satellite signals. The
average of your heading is calculated to minimize the variations in heading due
to GPS fluctuations. After moving in a
consistent direction for 15 to 20 seconds, your direction of travel is
determined and can be announced by SenseNav.
When you stop
moving, your heading should be locked on your most recent direction of travel. So keep in mind which direction you were
heading before you stopped walking. If you spin around in circles, you
must begin walking for 10 to 15 seconds before your new direction of travel
will be accurate, (although you may obtain a heading sooner). When you make a
turn, walk for several seconds before asking for a heading.
To maximize the
information and navigation benefits of SenseNav, it
is important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the Global Positioning
System itself. You can improve the use of your GPS location information by
knowing how the system works.
The accuracy
scale in SenseNav is geared so you know how much to
trust the information given. For example if you press G and SenseNav
says "1050 feet, 3 satellites", take note of the large accuracy
distance of 1050 feet. This is a good indication of how much to trust the GPS
information. Move a little and try again to double check. Try to get in a more
open area so you can get better accuracy. Keep in mind that you must be
tracking satellites for 30 feet (10 meters) or more before your direction of
travel can be determined. You can also obtain a quality rating and detailed GPS
accuracy reading by pressing Q. The
quality ratings are: Poor, Fair, Good and Very Good.
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.”
To get more GPS
tracking details, press Q for GPS quality.
If you are
tracking satellites when you press Q, you will hear: "GPS quality: WAAS
(if available), X feet, Y satellites, H and V."
Replace X with
the number of feet, Y with the number of satellites, H with the HDOP value, and
V with the VDOP value. The Horizontal Dilution of Precision (HDOP) and Vertical
Dilution of Precision (VDOP) are measures of the GPS receiver/satellite
geometry. A low DOP value indicates better
relative geometry and higher corresponding accuracy. Accuracies may range from three to a thousand
feet but will average in the 30 foot range.
The last 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 RIGHT_BRACKET 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 know the
direction you will be walking in, you can force the GPS heading before moving
in any direction by pressing CONTROL-H. A list opens and you can choose a
cardinal direction. This can be useful in situations where you know the
direction you are moving in and you don't yet have a GPS fix.
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 2.1 and Section 2.2 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)
Tab
and shift-tab
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 Tab/Shift-Tab 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.
•
Altitude.
The current altitude of the GPS receiver.
•
Distance
traveled. The distance that you have moved either in Live GPS or Virtual mode.
•
Latitude.
The North/South coordinates of the current position.
•
Longitude.
The East/West coordinates of the current position.
Note: Speed and
Altitude are only displayed when you are in GPS navigation. If you are in
Virtual navigation, the name and description of the current waypoint are
displayed instead.
SenseNav has two navigation modes; GPS and Virtual.
SenseNav has two navigation modes; GPS and Virtual.
GPS navigation is
the mode where SenseNav and the GPS receiver are
communicating with each other and the data shown is based on real time
information. So if you are walking North along a street, pressing the heading
command will cause SenseNav to display,
"Heading: North (0)." This means you are moving North and the degrees
you are traveling is 0. Any time you are in GPS navigation mode, your current
position is the physical position of where the GPS receiver is being tracked.
If you create a route to an address, coordinate, or POI, the route will guide
you to the destination using your physical location as the starting point. When
you close SenseNav, the live position is remembered.
This makes it so getting a live fix is much faster when you launch SenseNav again and you are in the same place.
Virtual
Navigation is the mode where you simulate movement on a map. One of the most
common uses for virtual navigation is to explore a city or new area from the
comfort of your home, hotel, or other stationary place. Routes can be created
and followed while you are in this mode regardless of whether a GPS receiver is
connected to the Sense notetaker. Routes created and
saved while you are in virtual mode can be used when you switch to GPS
navigation and physically travel to the starting location of the route. If you
launch SenseNav and it does not have a GPS receiver
configured, or if the GPS receiver connection is not established, you are
placed in the last virtual position from the last time SenseNav
was used. If SenseNav does not know the last position
used or the last position is no longer on a map, then the virtual position is
set to the first map loaded.
Hot key: V
Menu: ALT, V, V
You can toggle
between Live and Virtual Navigation at any time by pressing V. The method used
to toggle navigation modes is the same, meaning if you are in virtual
navigation, you will switch to GPS. If you are in GPS navigation, you will
switch to virtual.
Using the hot key
is much faster because all you do is press the letter V from the main display
area to switch between the navigation modes. If you switch to GPS navigation
mode and you do not have a receiver connected, SenseNav
displays the last known live position. If you simply want to know which
navigation mode you are currently in, press ALT-I and SenseNav
will announce the current navigation mode.
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
- la: automatic LookAround
annotation of a GPS replay
- 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
- up: user POI
list
Miscellaneous abbreviations
- dt: distance
traveled
- fl: favorites list
- hl: history list
- na: nearest address
number
- sa: speed alert
- lat: latitude
coordinate
- lon: longitude coordinate
While using SenseNav, you can switch to other applications in the Sense
notetaker. Press WINDOWS to open the list of
programs, then arrow to the program you want and press ENTER.
For example:
Press WINDOWS, 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-TAB
method of the Sense notetaker by pressing ALT-TAB.
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.
Hot key: CONTROL-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 CONTROL-C to copy it to the clipboard. Later, you can paste the clipboard
contents into another program by pressing CONTROL-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 CONTROL-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
CONTROL-C to copy this information to the clipboard.
3)
Press
WINDOWS, W to open the word processor of the Sense notetaker.
4)
Press
CONTROL-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: F1
Context Sensitive
Help is available in SenseNav just as it is available
elsewhere in the Sense notetaker. When you press F1
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 ALT-F4. If you
want to back out of a submenu and return to the prior menu, press ESCAPE. If you
are on the main list of help categories and you press ESCAPE, the help system
will close. When the help system closes, you are returned to the main display
area of SenseNav.
Each copy of the SenseNav program is tied to a specific Sense notetaker. The GPS receiver can be used on multiple units,
but SenseNav is specific to a particular unit’s MAC
Address. The software, Points of Interest, and map data for the countries you
purchased are also licensed for use only on your specific Sense notetaker. User defined Points of Interest can be shared
with users of other Sendero-based GPS software and are not copy protected. You
may also hear copy protection referred to as a security key, license key, or as
Digital Rights Management.
There are various
ways to search for locations on the map. They include; searching by address,
searching by latitude and longitude coordinates, and searching by points of
interest. This section discusses address and coordinate searches. Points of
interest are discussed in Section 6.
Hot key: L
Menu: ALT, 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 or to virtually explore a
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:
•
You
can press TAB 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 TAB repeatedly to reach the specific button. I.E. Press CONTROL-P to activate the Previous
button, ALT-D to create a driving route, and ALT-W to create a walking route.
•
You
can press ESCAPE 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 TAB 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 UP or DOWN arrow to choose Ohio from the list, then
press TAB 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 TAB 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 TAB 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 tab to move to the "street
search type combo box" and select cross streets. Type the address number,
"10999" and press TAB or ENTER to move to the street name edit box.
6)
SenseNav
will display the street name edit box. Type Amo and
press TAB 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 UP or DOWN arrow to choose Amor Avenue, then press TAB 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 TAB 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 UP or DOWN arrow to choose Ohio from the list, then
press TAB 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 TAB 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 UP or
DOWN arrow to choose 44108, then press TAB 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 tab to move to the "street
search type combo box" and select cross streets. Type the address number, “10999”
and press TAB or ENTER to move to the street name edit box.
6)
SenseNav
will display the street name edit box. Type Amo and
press TAB 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 DOWN arrow repeatedly to display the zip code,
address number, latitude, and longitude. Press TAB repeatedly to move to the
various action buttons contained in the dialog box.
- Previous button: CONTROL-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: ALT-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: ALT-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: ALT-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
10.8 of this manual.
- Add as POI button: ALT-P
Press this button
to add a new user POI. SenseNav will switch to the
new user POI dialog box so you can enter the details of the location you
searched for. Adding POIs are discussed in Section 6.3.1 of this manual.
- Set as destination button: ALT-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.
- Set as virtual position button: ALT-V
Press this button
to set the virtual position. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set your virtual position to the location you searched for. If
you switch to Virtual navigation mode, you can virtually explore the area near
the location. Exploring in virtual mode is discussed in Section 9 of this
manual.
- Set as both virtual and destination button: ALT-B
Press this button
to set both the destination and the virtual position. SenseNav
will close the dialog box and set your virtual position to the location you
searched for. In addition, the location is also set as the destination.
- Cancel button: ESCAPE
Press this button
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
Press ALT-V to set
this location to your virtual position. You are now virtually near the address. Note: your position is as if you were
standing at the street with the building behind you. In this case you would see the following: “At
10999 Amor Ave heading southeast. 1 foot left to Parkwood
Drive, 0.29 mi right to East 105th Street.”
To begin exploring you must turn left or right first.
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 the UP or DOWN arrows 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 or advanced POI find, search for Centennial in the City POI category and
then set your Virtual position to the Centennial city POI.
Here's an example
of how we find an address in Centennial Colorado:
1)
Press
V to ensure you are in Virtual navigation mode.
2)
Press
L to open the location search dialog box.
3)
Choose
City for the search type, then press ENTER.
4)
If
you have more than one state, choose
5)
Type
6)
The
search list will only contain
7)
Press
ENTER on the Address number edit box.
8)
Press
ENTER on the Street name edit box. 492 streets will be found.
9)
Since
we are only trying to find a POI for Centennial for our search, press ENTER on
the first street from the list. I.E. "
10)
A
list containing 15 address ranges will display.
11)
Press
ENTER on the first entry and you will be placed in the search results. The
distance from your current position to this POI will display.
12)
Press
ALT-V to set your Virtual position to the search result.
We are now
virtually near
Now we can search
for the city of
1)
Press
ALT-F to open the simple POI search dialog box. This dialog box is discussed in
Section 6.2 of this manual.
2)
Press
C to choose the City place category. Then press TAB twice.
3)
This
places you in the POI search string edit box. Type "Centennial" and
press ENTER to begin the search.
4)
SenseNav will
search the POI database and find the city of
5)
Press
C to check the current city. You will find that even though you are in
Centennial, SenseNav reports that you are in Southglenn.
6)
Press
F to open the near POIs dialog box. The first entry in the list is the
Centennial city POI you searched for.
7)
Press
DOWN ARROW to move down the POI list. You will notice that SenseNav
announces the name of each POI along with the category, street, and city the
POI is located in. This is a good way to quickly determine if this is the POI
you are looking for without pressing TAB to view its details.
Note: The city is
not announced if it matches your current location. You can continue to press DOWN
ARROW to see the rest of the nearby POIs, or you can press ESCAPE to close the
dialog box and return to the main display area.
You can also find
Centennial by selecting the zip/postal option from the location search dialog
box, L, and use 80122 as the zip code.
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. For example, if your Live GPS position is in Metropolis
- 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 TAB 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: FUNCTION-LEFT ARROW.
- Go to the
bottom of the list: FUNCTION-RIGHT ARROW.
- Move down the
list one item: DOWN ARROW.
- Move up the
list one item: UP ARROW.
- Move down the
list 32 items: FUNCTION-DOWN ARROW.
- Move up the
list 32 items: FUNCTION-UP ARROW.
Searching for an
area based on latitude and longitude coordinates means that you can set your
virtual position there, create a route to it, or add the location as a point of
interest. Any point in the world can be given a name and saved in your personal
database of POIs. Refer to Section 6 for information about points of interest.
Finding
latitude/longitude positions on the Internet is fairly easy to do. For example,
using a search engine like Google.com, type in the name of the location and
either 'latitude' or 'longitude' and you should get the information in the
first two or three hits. Other possible web sites where latitude/longitude
information might be available are http://www.geocode.com or
http://www.wayhoo.com.
As an example,
let’s say you are going to take a trip to the Galapagos Islands and want to know
which Central American city is closest to fly into,
If this sounds
like your kind of fun, you can play the worldwide GPS treasure hunt game by
joining http://www.geocaching.com.
To hear the
coordinates for your current position, Press Y from the main display area. SenseNav will display the latitude/longitude coordinates
using the format set in the main options. By default, the short form is used. Refer
to Section 14 for details on configuring SenseNav.
Additionally, cursor routing keys 6 and 7 on the Braille display will show this
information without the need for the Y command. SenseNav
uses Latitude and Longitude coordinates in the WGS84 datum.
Hot key: ALT-Y
Menu: ALT, S, L
To search for
latitude and longitude coordinates, press ALT-Y. When the Search by Lat/Lon
dialog box opens, it will prompt you for the latitude information.
While the Lat/Lon
dialog box is open:
- You can press TAB
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 TAB
repeatedly to reach the specific button. I.E.
Press ALT-P to add the coordinates as a user POI, ALT-D to create a
driving route, and ALT-W to create a walking route.
- You can press ESCAPE
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
The following is
the description of the Lat/Lon dialog box:
- Latitude edit
box
The North/South
coordinate is entered here.
- Longitude edit
box
The East/West
coordinate is entered here.
- Heading edit
box
The heading in
degrees you want to be facing is entered here.
- Name edit box
In case you will
be adding a user POI, the name you want to give the position is entered here.
- Description
edit box
In case you will
be adding a user POI and you will want a description for the POI, the detailed
description is entered here.
- Drive there
button: ALT-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
coordinates you set. Routes are discussed in Section 7 of this manual.
- Walk there
button: ALT-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
coordinates you set.
- Add to Favorites
button: ALT-F
Press this button
to add a new favorite. SenseNav will add the
coordinates you set to your favorites list. Favorites are discussed in Section
10.8 of this manual.
- Add as POI
button: ALT-P
Press this button
to add a new user POI. SenseNav will switch to the
new user POI dialog box so you can enter the details of the coordinates you
set. Adding POIs are discussed in Section 6.3.1 of this manual.
- Set as waypoint
button: CONTROL-W
Press this button
to add a new waypoint. SenseNav will switch to the
new waypoint dialog box so you can enter the details of the coordinates you sset. Adding waypoints is discussed in section 7 of this
manual. Note: You can only add a waypoint to an existing route.
- Set as
destination button: ALT-E
Press this button
to set the destination. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set the coordinates you set as the destination without creating
a route to it.
- Set as virtual
position button: ALT-V
Press this button
to set the virtual position. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set your virtual position to the coordinates you set. If you
switch to Virtual navigation mode, you can virtually explore the area near the
location. Exploring in virtual mode is discussed in Section 9 of this manual.
- Set as both
virtual and destination button: ALT-B
Press this button
to set both the destination and the virtual position. SenseNav
will close the dialog box and set your virtual position to the coordinates you
set. In addition, the location is also set as the destination.
- Cancel button: ESCAPE
Press this button
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
Note: When the
Lat/Lon dialog box first opens, the coordinates for your current position will
already be filled in. This way you can make minor adjustments if necessary. In
addition, if the Lat/Lon setting is set to detailed instead of Short, the
Lat/Lon edit boxes are separated into Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds.
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. In addition, any place on the map can be designated as a point of interest.
SenseNav comes with more than 13 million commercial
Points of Interest for the
SenseNav gives you the ability to modify and delete
not only your own custom user POIs, but also the commercial POIs which come
with it. This is very useful in cases where a POI changes its name or phone
number, or goes out of business.
The user point of
interest file is called User.pdb and is automatically created in the Shared
POIs folder at the same level as your maps and commercial POIs folder. When you
use the POI Find commands, F, ALT-F, and CONTROL-F, both the commercial and User
POIs are searched. Finding POIs are discussed in Section 6.2 of this manual.
The following are
examples of some of the POI categories which come with SenseNav:
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Tourist
attractions
The following are
examples of custom user POIs you can create:
- Your home
- The front door
of your work
- Low-hanging
leaves along a certain sidewalk
- A complex
intersection
- A bus stop
listing all the bus numbers which stop there
- The beginning
point or the ending point of a sidewalk along a street
To see the list
of POI categories and sub-categories, press either ALT-F to open the Simple POI
Search dialog box, or CONTROL-F to open the Advanced 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 TAB 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 ESCAPE 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: ALT-P
To display the
name of the nearest POI to your current position, press P. To open the Nearest
POI Details dialog box, press ALT-P instead.
While the POI
details dialog box is open:
- You can press UP
ARROW to move 1 item up and DOWN ARROW to move 1 item down in the POI details
list.
- You can press FUNCTION-UP
ARROW to move to the top and FUNCTION-DOWN ARROW 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 TAB
repeatedly to reach the other controls in the dialog box.
- You can press ESCAPE
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 ALT-P
hot keys are not listed in the SenseNav program menu
and are only available from the main display area.
There are 3 ways
of finding points of interest.
1)
View
a list of near POIs by pressing F.
2)
Simple
POI Search by pressing ALT-F.
3)
Advanced
POI search by pressing CONTROL-F.
While either the
Near POIs or the POI search dialog box is open:
•
You
can press UP ARROW to move 1 item up and DOWN ARROW to move 1 item down in a
list.
•
You
can press FUNCTION-UP ARROW to move to the top and FUNCTION-DOWN ARROW to move
to the bottom of a list.
•
You
can press TAB 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 TAB repeatedly to reach the specific button. I.E. Press ALT-D to create a driving route and ALT-W
to create a walking route.
•
You
can press ESCAPE to close the dialog box and return to the main display area
without taking any action.
Hot key: F
Menu: ALT, P, F
To view a list of
POIs which are nearest to your current position in any category and in any
direction, press F. When the Near POIs dialog box opens, it will display a list
of POIs beginning with the closest one to your current position. Refer to
Section 6.3 for details on the POI name list, POI details list, and the actions
available.
Hot key: ALT-F
Menu: ALT, S, P
If you want to
search for a POI by name or category, press ALT-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. Refer to Section 6.3 for
details on the POI name list, POI details list, and the actions available.
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
ALT-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 DOWN ARROW 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 TAB to move to the
sub-category list.
2)
The
first sub-category displayed is "All". You can press DOWN ARROW repeatedly
to move down the sub-category list. Leave the "All" sub-category
selected, then press TAB 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 6.3 for a description
of the search results.
Hot key: CONTROL-F
Menu: ALT, S, A
If you want to
search for a POI by category, subcategory, distance, direction, or field type,
press CONTROL-F. When the Advanced 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. Refer to Section 6.3 for details on the POI name list, POI
details list, and the actions available.
The following
steps show how to use the Advanced POI search to lookup Disneyland which is
about 400 miles from Davis California.
To search for
1)
Press
CONTROL-F from the main display area. The Advanced POI Search dialog box will
open and you will be in the main category list. The first category displayed is
"All". You can press DOWN ARROW repeatedly to move down the list.
Other categories such as Bank, Bonus, and Restaurant are displayed. Press T
until the travel/entertainment category is selected, then press TAB to move to
the sub-category list.
2)
The
first sub-category displayed is "All". You can press DOWN ARROW repeatedly
to move down the sub-category list. Select the amusement park sub-category,
then press TAB to move to the starting distance edit box.
3)
The
default starting distance is 0. Type the number 350, then press TAB to move to
the search direction list.
4)
The
default direction to search is ahead of your current position. You can press DOWN
ARROW repeatedly to select other directions such as right, behind, left, and
full circle from your current position. You can even select a cardinal
direction in case your heading has not been established. Since in this example,
we are not sure in what direction the POI is, press F to select full circle,
then press TAB to move to the search field list.
5)
The
default field to search by is the POI name. You can press DOWN ARROW repeatedly
to select other fields such as address number, street name, and phone number.
Leave the field as name, then press TAB to move to the search string edit box.
6)
In
the search string edit box, type "dis" and press ENTER to begin the
search.
7)
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
"dis", there should be 2 POIs listed. Press DOWN ARROW to move down
the list until you select, "
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 6.3 for a description
of the search results.
The following are
some scenarios in which using the Advanced POI find command can be helpful:
1)
I was
hungry when going from Buffalo to Letchworth Park,
which is about an hour and a half drive. I was able to search for restaurants
ahead of us as we drove. I found a good place to eat, set it as our
destination, and created a vehicle route to it.
2)
I
knew that the POI I was looking for was in the Shop/Service category and that
it was on
3)
Out of
curiosity, I searched for all Korean restaurants in the city of
SenseNav moves you to the list of POIs when you
press F, or when POIs have been found using the Simple or Advanced POI search
methods.
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 DOWN ARROW, 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 "
- POI details static box
This is where the
list of details for the selected POI are displayed. As you move down the list
with DOWN ARROW, 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 SHIFT-TAB.
- Modify button: ALT-M
Press this button
to modify the selected POI. SenseNav will switch to
the Modify POI dialog box so you can update the details of the selected POI. Modifying
POIs are discussed in section 6.4 of this manual. Note: Not all POI details
such as the POI author and POI category can be modified.
- Delete button: DELETE
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: ALT-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. Routes are discussed in Section 7 of this manual.
- Walk there button: ALT-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: ALT-F
Press this button
to add a new favorite. SenseNav will add the selected
POI to your favorites list. Favorites are discussed in Section 10.8 of this
manual.
- Set as waypoint button: CONTROL-W
Press this button
to add a new waypoint. SenseNav will switch to the
new waypoint dialog box so you can enter the details of the selected POI.
Adding waypoints is discussed in section 7 of this manual. Note: You can only
add a waypoint to an existing route.
- Set as destination button: ALT-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.
- Set as virtual position button: ALT-V
Press this button
to set the virtual position. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set your virtual position to the location of the selected POI.
If you switch to Virtual navigation mode, you can virtually explore the area
near the POI. Exploring in virtual mode is discussed in Section 9 of this
manual.
- Set as both virtual and destination button: ALT-B
Press this button
to set both the destination and the virtual position. SenseNav
will close the dialog box and set your virtual position to the selected POI. In
addition, the POI is also set as the destination.
- Cancel button: ESCAPE
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. If you want to
search for POIs which are several hundred miles away, it is best to set your Virtual
position to the vicinity and then search for the POI from there.
•
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.
•
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 TAB 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 DOWN ARROW when you reach the last
POI in the list. SenseNav will keep searching further
away and then display the additional POIs it found.
•
If
you are not sure of the direction a POI is located from your current position,
select full circle from the direction list in the Advanced POI Search dialog
box.
•
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: FUNCTION-LEFT ARROW.
- Go to the
bottom of the list: FUNCTION-RIGHT ARROW.
- Move down the
list one item: DOWN ARROW.
- Move up the list
one item: UP ARROW.
- Move down the
list 32 items: FUNCTION-DOWN ARROW.
- Move up the
list 32 items: FUNCTION-UP ARROW.
It can be very
helpful to create your own user Points of Interest. For example, the location
of the front door of a building is more accurate than its general address as
defined by the commercial POI listing. In addition, you can also add
environmental details such as recessed doorway or steep driveway.
The information
you provided in the POI author configuration is displayed in the author field
when viewing the POI details. This could be your name or your initials. If the
POI author is not configured, SenseNav prompts for it
when you add a new user POI. You can modify the POI author at any time by
pressing O, A from the main display area. Refer to Section 2.1.4 for details on
the POI author name.
The first time
you add a user POI, a file called User.pdb is created in the sharedPOIs
folder. This is where all user POIs you add are
kept. You can only have 1 User.pdb file active at a time and it must have this
name. Therefore, if you swap user.pdb files with another user of a Sendero GPS
product, it is a good idea to change the filename of your own and ensure it is
backed up before sharing.
The User POIs are
automatically searched along with the commercial POIs when you use the POI Find
commands. Because of this, we recommend that you name the POI you add slightly
differently. This will allow you to distinguish between a commercial POI and a
User POI for the same business.
For example,
let’s say that you create a route to Burger King. Once you arrive, you notice
that the front door or drive-through is a couple hundred feet away from the
commercial POI location for Burger King. This is normal for businesses which
are not directly on a street. Especially for businesses located in malls which
share 1 common address. So when you add your user POI at the Burger King front
door, you can give it a name like "Burger King, front door." From this
point on, when you see 2 POI listings for Burger King close together, you will
immediately know which is the one you added for the front door of the building.
Hot key: APOSTROPHE
Menu: ALT, P, P
There are several
ways to add a User POI. The most common way is by capturing your current live
GPS or virtual position and assigning a name to that location.
For example, you
arrive at a location which is not currently in the POI database and you want to
save it for future use. This could be the location of a new business, your own
home, or low-hanging branches along a sidewalk.
To add a new user
POI based on your current location, press APOSTROPHE. When the Add New User POI
dialog box opens, it will prompt you for the name of the POI.
While the Add New
User POI dialog box is open:
- You can press TAB
repeatedly to reach the other controls in the dialog box.
- You can press ESCAPE
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
The following is
the description of the new user POI dialog box:
- User POI name
edit box
The name you want
to give the POI is entered here. This can be the name of a business or place.
If it's the name of a business, you may want to make it slightly different to
distinguish it from the commercial listing. Note: There may be times when the
user POI name edit box is already populated with a suggested POI name.
- User POI
description edit box
An optional
description of the POI is entered here. Perhaps the POI is located near a
trashcan or mailbox.
- User POI
category list
The category you
want the POI to be in is chosen here with the arrow keys or by typing a letter
such as R for Restaurant. The default category is User.
- User POI
sub-category list
The sub-category
you want the POI to be in is chosen here with the arrow keys or by typing a
letter such as A for All. The list of sub-categories available depends on what
was selected for the main category.
- User POI media
button
Press this button
to open a dialog box which displays a list of media files. You can navigate to
a supported media file to associate with the user POI. Once you choose a file,
press ENTER to close the file selection dialog box and return to the Media
button. Note: SenseNav searches the Sounds folder by
default. Also, the media file you associate with a POI is imported inside the
user.pdb file, making it larger.
- User POI
latitude edit box
The North/South
coordinate of the user POI is entered here. The current latitude coordinate
will already be filled in.
- User POI
longitude edit box
The East/West
coordinate of the user POI is entered here. The current longitude coordinate
will already be filled in.
- Confirm button
Press this button
to close the dialog box and save the information entered.
- Cancel button
Press this button
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
Note: Pressing
ENTER while you are on an edit box is the same as pressing ENTER on the Confirm
button. Also, be careful if manually changing the lat/lon coordinates since it can result in the user POI
location ending up somewhere else.
You will notice
that there are not many POI details available when adding a user POI. Things
such as the POI phone number, address number, street name, ETC can be added/modified
from the Modify User POI dialog box. Refer to section 6.4 for details on
modifying POIs.
There are
additional ways of adding a user POI. These involve pressing the Add as User
POI button from various places such as the Location Search, route turn list,
and intersection information dialog boxes.
- Address search:
When you search for an address by pressing L, the result can be added as a User
POI. Refer to Section 5.1 for details.
- Lat/Lon
coordinates: When you set the lat/lon
coordinates by pressing ALT-Y, they can be added as a User POI. Refer to
Section 5.2 for details.
- Intersection
information: If you are viewing the nearest or next intersection information by
pressing either CONTROL-X or CONTROL-COMMA, it can be added as a User POI.
- Route turns and
waypoints: If you are viewing the list of turns or waypoints by pressing either
CONTROL-I or INSERT-W, any waypoint in the list can be added as a User POI.
Hot key: ALT-U
Menu: ALT, P, U
All of the User
POIs you add are saved to a file called User.pdb. In order to work with and
manage them, press ALT-U to open the User POI Manager dialog box. When the User
POI Manager dialog box opens, a list of the POIs you added are displayed. Refer
to Section 6.3 for details on adding User POIs.
While the User
POI Manager dialog box is open:
- You can press UP
ARROW to move 1 item up and DOWN ARROW to move 1 item down in a list.
- You can press FUNCTION-UP
ARROW to move to the top and FUNCTION-DOWN ARROW to move to the bottom of a
list.
- You can press TAB
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 TAB
repeatedly to reach the specific button. I.E.
Press ALT-D to create a driving route and ALT-W to create a walking
route.
- You can press ESCAPE
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
Here is what you
will find in the user POI manager dialog box after pressing ALT-U:
- POI name list
This is where the
list of POIs is displayed. As you move down the list with DOWN ARROW, SenseNav will display the POI name.
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: H until you find "Home." The
Sense notetaker will beep if there are no POIs which
start with the letter you type. Press ENTER to display the POI details, and TAB
repeatedly to move to the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.
If you press
ENTER to display the POI details, the arrow keys are used to move up and down
the list just like when you press ALT-P from the main display area to view the
nearest POI details. Refer to Section 6.1 for details.
- POI details static box
If you press ENTER
on a POI in the list, this is where the list of details for the selected POI
are displayed. In order to close the details and return to the User POI
Manager, press ESCAPE. As you move down the list with DOWN ARROW, SenseNav will display the available POI details such as the
address, phone number, category, sub-category, ETC. You can also press the
letter which matches the name of the POI detail you want to view. I.E. C for
the Category, 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 SHIFT-TAB.
- Modify button: ALT-M
Press this button
to modify the selected POI. SenseNav will switch to
the Modify POI dialog box so you can update the details of the selected POI. Modifying
POIs are discussed in section 6.4 of this manual. Note: Not all POI details
such as the POI author can be modified.
- Delete button: DELETE
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: ALT-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. Routes are discussed in Section 7 of this manual.
- Walk there button: ALT-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: ALT-F
Press this button
to add a new favorite. SenseNav will add the selected
POI to your favorites list. Favorites are discussed in Section 10.8 of this
manual.
- Set as waypoint button: CONTROL-W
Press this button
to add a new waypoint. SenseNav will switch to the
new waypoint dialog box so you can enter the details of the selected POI. Note:
You can only add a waypoint to an open route.
- Set as destination button: ALT-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.
- Set as virtual position button: ALT-V
Press this button
to set the virtual position. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set your virtual position to the location of the selected POI.
If you switch to Virtual navigation mode, you can virtually explore the area
near the POI. Exploring in virtual mode is discussed in Section 9 of this
manual.
- Set as both virtual and destination button: ALT-B
Press this button
to set both the destination and the virtual position. SenseNav
will close the dialog box and set your virtual position to the selected POI. In
addition, the POI is also set as the destination.
- Cancel button: ESCAPE
Press this button
to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any
action.
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 16 of this manual.
- P: Pressing
this hot key will display the nearest POI.
- ALT-P: Pressing
this hot key will display the description of the nearest POI.
- DOWN ARROW:
This is the same as pressing ALT-P.
Note: A complete
list of hot keys is given in Section 16 of this manual.
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. In addition to
both pedestrian and vehicle style routes, you can also create manual routes.
These routes can of course 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 position, whether it's the Live GPS position or
the Virtual one. When you search for an address or a point of interest, you can
set it as the destination by pressing ALT-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. This behavior can be changed by selecting auto-close
route at destination from the route
options menu.
Tips on Following
a Vehicular Route
When traveling on
a freeway or highway, the next turn in the route might be announced as
"0.50 miles to Waypoint 12, proceed right on Ramp, connecting to
The following hot
keys are used to explore the route:
ALT- RIGHT arrow. Press this hot key to
explore the route forward Waypoint by Waypoint.
ALT- LEFT arrow. Press this hot key to explore
the route backward Waypoint by Waypoint.
ALT- UP arrow. Press this hot key to explore
the route forward turn by turn.
ALT- DOWN arrow. Press this hot key to explore
the route backward turn by turn. You can also use CONTROL-I to bring up a list of
turns.
As these keys are
pressed, SenseNav will display; the distance between
the Waypoints, the Waypoint number, the Waypoint name, the Waypoint heading,
and the turn direction.
You may have to
press ALT-UP arrow a few times before you move past
the exit ramp to the nearest intersection. The name of the intersection is your
major clue as to the exit name from a highway. Ramps may have a couple
Waypoints because they curve around. Also, the intersection at the end of the
ramp isn't always the name of the exit. There may also be exit numbers in the
database. Exit numbers are included in
the turn instructions. They are also automatically announced if you
have LookAround intersections enabled.
Once you approach
the turning point, you will be alerted and you can tell the driver to take the
next exit. Normally you want Turns-Only mode activated. This way you will not
hear each Waypoint as you reach it. You can always display the name of the
current Waypoint by pressing K. If you are on a highway, these individual
Waypoints may not be legal exits or entrances from the highway.
Route Commands
Menu
Hot key: R
Menu: ALT, R
To access the
Route Commands Menu, press R. You can move down through the commands by
pressing DOWN arrow or the shortcut letter for the command you want. I.E. P to
create a pedestrian route. The Route Commands menu is separated into 3
categories followed by the frequently used commands.
The 3 categories
are:
- Route
announcement
- Route
management
- Route settings
To display the
list of commands within those categories, press ENTER on the appropriate menu
item.
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 ACCENT
Destination
information: D
Current Waypoint:
K
Nearest Waypoint:
N
Percent of route
completed: PERCENT
List of route
turns: INSERT-TAB
List of
Waypoints: INSERT-W
Route distance
and ETA from current position to Explore Waypoint: R, A, G
Total route
distance: R, A, D
Route options
Hot key menu
style: R, T
Hot key dialog
box style: CONTROL-R
The following are
the route settings and their defaults. If you use the Route menu, all options
begin with R, T. For example, to adjust the setting for pedestrian turns, press
R, T, X. If you use the dialog box by pressing CONTROL-R, all route options are
presented in a list. Press DOWN arrow to move down the list and press SPACE to
cycle through the choices.
The
"Route" menu of SenseNav contains the
following menu items.
- Create pedestrian
route (P) R P
- Create vehicle
route (V) R V
- Create manual
route (N) R N
- 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) BACKAPOSTROPHE or R E
- Reverse route
(R) R R
- Route status
(I) R I
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. As
discussed in sections 3 and 6 of this manual, 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 can either be the live GPS position, or
the virtual position. If you will be using the virtual position as your
starting point, you will need to successfully set your virtual position as
discussed in sections 5 and 6 of this manual. 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 7.15 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 CONTROL-I for the turns list.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing R N from the main display area will create a
manual route. Creating manual routes is slightly different than creating a
normal pedestrian or vehicle route. With manual routes, you have to define the
waypoints manually using the "set waypoint" command with ALT-K, or
using the "set waypoint" button from the methods discussed in section
7 of this manual.
To create a
manual route using the quick key system, do the following:
1)
Press
R to open the route menu.
2)
Arrow
to the menu item "Create manual route" then press ENTER, or press N. SenseNav will display, "Creating manual route."
Remember that
with manual routes, you do not need to have a destination set. The current
position will be used as the starting point for the route, so if you are not in
GPS navigation, you will need to first set your virtual position using the
methods discussed in sections 5 and 6 of this manual. Once the route has been
created, SenseNav will display, "Route created
successfully." Because there are no waypoints defined, you will have to
define them manually. Defining the waypoints manually is done in 1 of 2 ways.
Either by moving to each waypoint physically while you are in GPS navigation or
by virtually exploring to the location where you want to set the waypoint.
Defining manual
waypoints while you are in GPS navigation is done as follows:
1)
Create
the manual route while you are physically at the starting point.
2)
Walk
or drive to the position where you would like the next turning point to be
placed.
3)
Before
making the actual turn, press ALT-K. SenseNav will
display, "Set current position to waypoint dialog box."
4)
Follow
the instructions discussed in the next section of this manual which explains
this dialog box.
5)
Repeat
steps 2 through 4 until you reach your destination. The last waypoint will need
to be set, but it will not be a turning waypoint.
6)
Save
your route by pressing R S. Saving routes is discussed in section 7.5 of this
manual.
Defining manual
waypoints while you are in Virtual Navigation is done as follows:
1)
Set
your virtual position as discussed in sections 5 and 6 of
this manual. Then create the manual route.
2)
Using
the virtual explorer commands discussed in section 9 of this manual, virtually
move to the next position you will be turning.
3)
Before
making the actual turn, press ALT-K. SenseNav will
display, "Set current position to waypoint dialog box."
4)
Follow
the instructions discussed in the next section of this manual which explains
this dialog box.
5)
Repeat
steps 2 through 4 until you reach your destination. The last waypoint will need
to be set, but it will not be a turning waypoint.
6)
Save
your route by pressing R S. Saving routes is discussed in section 7.5 of this
manual.
Note: Until the
waypoints have been defined, you will not be able to move through the route
using the movement keys which are discussed in section 7.11 of this manual.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing ALT-K from the main display area opens the
"Set current position to waypoint" dialog box which contains several
edit boxes and buttons. This dialog box is used to create a new waypoint based
on your current position.
What is a
waypoint? Basically a waypoint is used to define a route. In order for the
route to be followed, you must navigate to the nearest waypoint, then to the
next one in turn until the destination is reached. As we have discussed in
prior sections of this manual, a waypoint can be an unmarked spot on the map, a
point of interest, or a set of coordinates. When routes are created, a series
of waypoints are made which the route will follow. Some waypoints are more
significant than others. For example, a part of your route might consist of
traveling for 3 miles along one street, then making a left turn at a specific
intersection. All the intersections from your starting point, through the
intersection where you must turn might be defined as waypoints. However, only
that last waypoint where you are supposed to turn is more significant. When SenseNav creates a vehicle or pedestrian route, it defines
a series of waypoints which make up the route. Several of these waypoints will
be turning waypoints and by default they will be displayed and the instructions
will be given as you proceed along the route.
Currently, you
can only add waypoints to manual routes. Full details of routes are discussed
in section 8 of this manual, and full details of waypoints are discussed in Section
11.
The following
controls are found in this dialog box:
•
Waypoint
name edit box. The name of the waypoint is entered here. This can be an
intersection or POI.
•
Description
edit box. The detailed description of the waypoint is entered here.
•
Waypoint
direction list box. You can use the UP or DOWN arrow keys to choose whether
this waypoint will require no turn, a left turn, or a right turn along the
route.
•
Waypoint
latitude static box. The North/South coordinate is displayed here.
•
Waypoint
longitude static box. The East/West coordinate is displayed here.
•
Waypoint
heading static box. The heading in degrees the waypoint is facing is displayed
here.
•
Confirm
button. Pressing this button will close the dialog box, saving the waypoint
information.
•
Cancel
button. Pressing this button will close the dialog box, discarding any changes.
Note: Pressing
ENTER at any time while you are in this dialog box will activate the confirm
button.
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.
Once the route
has been loaded, SenseNav will set the virtual
position to the start of the route. You will be able to move along the route by
using the move keys which are discussed in section 7 of this manual.
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. This can especially be helpful in the
case of manual routes. Also, 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 ALT-F4 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.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing ALT-ACCENT 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 ALT-ACCENT. SenseNav
will recalculate the route.
If you have route
recalculation set to "auto" from "route options," you do
not need to recalculate manually in case of a wrong turn, but there are times
when SenseNav may take some time to detect that you
have moved away from the route. You will always have to manually recalculate if
you change the destination or add a waypoint. Route options are discussed in
section 7.14 of this manual.
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 R I from the main display area opens the
"Route status" dialog box which contains several static boxes and a
close button. This dialog box is used to check detailed information regarding
an open route.
The dialog box
contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and
DOWN arrow keys:
- Route total
distance
- Distance from
position to route beginning
- Distance from
position to route end
- Estimated time
of arrival (ETA)
- Percent of
route completed
To open the route
status dialog using the quick key system, press R I. The route status dialog
will open.
Pressing tab once
from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the
dialog box.
As mentioned
previously, a route is made up of a series of waypoints. It is possible to move
along these waypoints and explore the route. This can be done from either live
or virtual navigation.
The following hot
keys are used to explore the route:
- ALT-UP ARROW.
Pressing this hot key will explore the route forward waypoint by waypoint.
- ALT-DOWN ARROW.
Pressing this hot key will explore the route backward waypoint by waypoint.
- ALT-RIGHT ARROW.
Pressing this hot key will explore the route forward turn waypoint by turn
waypoint.
- ALT-LEFT ARROW.
Pressing this hot key will explore the route backward turn waypoint by turn
waypoint.
As these keys are
pressed, SenseNav will display; the distance between
the waypoints, the waypoint number, the waypoint name, the waypoint heading,
and the turn direction. While you are moving along the route, you can press any
LookAround hot key to check things such as the
nearest POI name, POI information, the nearest waypoint and so on.
The following are
some of the hot keys and quick keys which will give you more information about
your surroundings. A complete list of hot keys is given in Section 16 of this
manual.
- Name of nearest
POI: P
- Detailed
information about the nearest POI: ALT-P
- Nearest
waypoint name: K
- Nearest
intersection: X
- Detailed
information about the nearest intersection: ALT-X
- Nearest
address: A
Note: When
reading the output of many of these commands on a Braille display, certain
symbols are used as abbreviations. Section 2.8 of this manual contains a list
of these abbreviations.
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 and
ETA from current position to explored waypoint: G
This is the
distance and estimated time of arrival from the current position to the next
explored waypoint. If you have not explored ahead, the next explore waypoint is
usually the next turning point of your route.
- 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.
Choosing this
quick key menu by pressing R M activates a sub-menu with the following items:
- Add current
waypoint as a POI: P
When this command
is executed, it will open the "Add New User POI" dialog box so that
you can add the current waypoint as a point of interest. This can be useful if
you are traveling along a certain route and you want to add a waypoint in the
route as a point of interest. Once added, this location will be displayed the
next time you travel to this location even if you are not on a route.
Choosing this
quick key menu by pressing R T activates a sub-menu with the following items:
- Set auto increment waypoint: A
This command
toggles between Auto Increment and Manual Increment announcement modes. In manual increment mode, you will be advised
that you are approaching the Current Waypoint at 1.5 times the arrival
distance, default 75 feet, or 23 meters, and then you will be advised that you
have arrived near the Current Waypoint when you are within 40% of the arrival
distance, default 20 feet. After you
have reached your Waypoint, you have to press W to advance to the Next
Waypoint. This gives you time to
consider the current announcement before moving on to the next Waypoint
instructions. Make sure you have R, then
T, then M set to Detailed Waypoint mode.
In Auto Increment Waypoint mode, you hear that you are approaching the
current Waypoint, that you arrived at that point and then you hear information
about the next Waypoint. That
"next" Waypoint is then automatically set as your new current
Waypoint. To find out whether you are in
Auto Increment or Manual mode, press CONTROL-R.
- Set force sequential mode: F
Before following
a route that may wrap back around itself as in a circular route or one with
hair pin turns, switch the route type to "
- Set waypoint mode: M
This setting
controls whether SenseNav will display all waypoints
along a route, or just the turning waypoints. When set to Turns only mode
(default)," SenseNav will only display the
turning waypoints along a route. When set to Detailed mode, it will display all
waypoints along a route.
- Set waypoint numbering: N
This setting
controls whether waypoints are numbered. When set to On (default), waypoints
will have an assigned number. When set to Off, the waypoints will not be
numbered.
- Set auto recalculate route: R
This setting
controls whether SenseNav will automatically
recalculate an open route. When set to Auto (default), routes will be
automatically recalculated when SenseNav detects that
the route is not being followed correctly. When set to Manual, SenseNav will not automatically recalculate a route. Note:
Regardless of this setting, you can always manually recalculate the route by
pressing APOSTROPHE.
- Pedestrian turns: X
This setting
controls how the created route treats pedestrian turns. When set to Shortest
distance (default), routes are created based on distance even if it means extra
turns. When set to Fewest turns, SenseNav will not
take into account the route distance in order to create the route with as few
turns as possible.
- Vehicle turns: V
This setting
controls how the created route treats vehicle turns. When set to Favors right
(default), routes tend to have more right turns. The other settings are Favors
left and Fewest turns.
- Vehicle mode: B
This setting
controls which kind of vehicle route is created. When set to Fastest (default),
the route is created based on the faster time as determined by the streets used
even if it means the distance traveled is longer. When set to shortest, the
route is created based on the shortest distance from the starting point to the
destination even if it means that it will take longer to reach the destination.
- Highways: H
This setting
controls how the created route uses highways. When set to
- Toll roads: T
This setting
controls how the created route uses toll roads. When set to
- Roundabouts: O
This setting
controls how the created route uses roundabouts. When set to
- Route LookAround:
L
This setting
controls the automatic LookAround announcements when
a route is open. When set to Route and Intersection (default), the only
automatic announcements displayed are route instructions and intersections. The
other settings are Route and POI announcements, Route announcements only, and
Current LookAround settings. If you select Current LookAround settings, all LookAround
announcements as defined by pressing CONTROL-L are used.
- Auto close route at destination: C
This setting
controls whether the route is automatically closed when you reach the
destination. The default setting is On.
When using the
"Route options" menu, only one item can be changed at a time. To
change an option, press ENTER on the option you want to change. Then press
SPACE to toggle through the choices. Once you have chosen an option, press ENTER
and the option will be saved and the menu will close. There is an alternate
method of opening an interactive dialog box which allows all options to be
changed at once. This dialog box is discussed in Section 14.4 of this manual
and is called "Route options."
The following are
a couple examples of changing route options using quick keys:
1)
Toggle
force sequential mode. R T F SPACE ENTER.
2)
Toggle
route recalculation. R T R SPACE ENTER.
The "Drive
there" and "Walk there" buttons are located in various dialog
boxes such as "Search for address," "Search for POI," and
"User POI manager." When you find a location on the map, whether the
location is an address, a favorite, a history location, a POI, or a set of
coordinates, 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 ALT-D
button: Pressing this button will set the destination and create a vehicle
route.
- Walk there ALT-W
button: Pressing this button will set the destination and create a pedestrian
route.
As discussed in
section 3 and section 7 of this manual, there are two kinds of automatic
routes; vehicle routes and pedestrian routes. 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 16 of this manual.
- T: Pressing
this hot key will display the next turn information.
- D: Pressing
this hot key will display the heading and line-of-sight distance to the
destination from your current position.
- ALT-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, point of interest, or be virtually
explored. 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 in either Live or Virtual navigation mode,
and whether you are following a route or not.
Automatic LookAround Announcements
Hot key menu
style: ALT-M
Hot key dialog
box style: CONTROL-L
The Automatic LookAround Mode constantly searches for POIs and
intersections in the vicinity and announces them when they are near. By
default, Automatic LookAround announcements trigger
on nearby POIs, up-coming intersections, street changes, city changes, zip code
changes, and map changes.
Any or all LookAround Announcements can be turned off so you have full
control of what kind of information is automatically displayed. If you are
following a route, Automatic LookAround only announces
the route instructions and intersections. You can change this behavior from the
Route LookAround settings by pressing R, T, L. To
change the general LookAround settings, press
CONTROL-L to open the LookAround Options dialog box.
When the LookAround Options dialog box opens, you are placed on the
master LookAround setting. The dialog box is made up
of several lists and edit boxes. Press DOWN arrow to move down a list, TAB to
move to the edit boxes, and ENTER to save your changes.
The following is
the description of the LookAround Options dialog box:
The first list
contains the following items:
- LookAround: On
This is the
master LookAround switch. When set to On (default),
all the below LookAround settings are automatically
announced as long as their own setting is On. When set to Off, nothing is
automatically announced.
- Intersections:
On
- Commercial
POIs: On
- User private
POIs: On
- Announce new
street name: On
- Announce
- Announce new
zip code: On
- Announce new
map name: On
- Announce
annotations: On
- Announce Speed
alert: On
The next 2 items
in the list affect what information about POI announcements are included:
- Include tags in
POI announcements: On
- Include
distance and direction in POI announcements: Off
- Category lists:
All
The second and
third lists contain the main and sub-categories for the commercial POI LookAround setting. For example, you might want SenseNav to automatically announce nearby POIs, but only if
they are in the Restaurant category.
- LookAround direction: Ahead
The fourth list
is where you can set in what direction SenseNav
searches for automatic POI announcements. The choices are Ahead, Right, Behind,
Left, Full circle, and the 4 cardinal directions.
- Max speed for LookAround intersection: 55 mph
This edit box is
where you type a speed value which affects how LookAround
intersections are handled. If you are moving faster than the value entered,
intersections are not announced. This setting is good for highways.
- Confirm button:
ENTER
Press this button
to close the dialog box and save the changes.
- Cancel button:
ESCAPE
Press this button
to close the dialog box without taking any action.
Note: If you
would rather change 1 item at a time, press ALT-M to open the LookAround menu. Then you can press the shortcut for the
option you want to change.
Examples:
1) Turn on or off
all LookAround announcements: ALT-M, L, SPACE, ENTER
2) Turn on or off
commercial POI announcements: ALT-M, P, SPACE, ENTER
3) Turn on or off
Manual LookAround Mode
Manual LookAround mode allows you to spot check your location. You
can use most of these commands whether you are in Live GPS or Virtual
navigation mode. However a few commands, such as S for speed, require that you
have a GPS fix. 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.
- B: Displays the
distance traveled.
- C: Displays the
city/township/county.
- ALT-C: Displays
the city/township/county, state/province, and zip/postal code.
- D: Displays the
destination information.
- G: Displays the
GPS accuracy. (requires a GPS fix)
- H: Displays the
heading.
- I: Displays the
distance between the virtual and live positions.
- P: Displays the
name of the nearest POI.
- Q: Displays the
GPS accuracy and quality in greater detail. (requires a GPS fix)
- S: Displays the
live position speed. (requires a GPS fix)
- U: Displays the
GPS date and time. (requires a GPS fix)
- X: Displays the
nearest intersection information.
- COMMA: Displays
the next intersection information.
- ALT-X: Displays
the nearest intersection information with additional details.
- ALT-COMMA:
Displays the next intersection information with additional details.
- Y: Displays the
latitude and longitude coordinates.
- Z: Displays the
current altitude of the live position. (requires a GPS fix)
The following
informational commands open a dialog box when pressed. While the dialog box is
open, press DOWN arrow to move down the list and TAB to move to additional
buttons which may contain additional actions. Press ENTER to close the dialog
box and return to the main display area.
- CONTROL-D:
Displays detailed information about the destination.
- F: Displays a
list of all nearby POIs.
- INSERT-F:
Displays the favorites list.
- ALT-G: Displays
detailed information about the GPS receiver.
- INSERT-H:
Displays the history list.
- CONTROL-I:
Displays detailed information about the location such as street, city, county,
address range, and road class.
- CONTROL-P:
Displays the list of user-defined POIs.
- ALT-P: Displays
the list of details for the nearest POI.
- ALT-U: Displays
the User POI manager.
- CONTROL-U:
Displays the GPS date and time along with a button to set the Sense notetaker's time to the GPS. (requires a GPS fix)
- CONTROL-X:
Displays the nearest intersection information with additional details and
actions.
- CONTROL-COMMA:
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.
Multiple Repeat Commands
Hot key menu
style: M
Hot key dialog
box style: CONTROL-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 default
interval for the multiple repeat commands is 12 seconds. This interval can be
changed by pressing M, I. The range is between 5 and 300 seconds. If you want
to force SenseNav to immediately issue the multiple
repeat commands which are enabled without waiting for the specified interval,
press ALT-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 DOWN arrow.
The following is
the list of the multiple repeat commands and their shortcuts:
- Turn off all
multiple repeat commands: M
- Multiple repeat
interval: I
- Intersection: X
- Detailed
intersection: N
- Heading: H
- Destination: D
- Route current
Waypoint: K
- Route next turn:
T
- Route ETA: E
- Speed: S
- GPS status: G
- City: C
- Address: A
- Current POI: P
- Altitude: Z
- Distance
between Live and virtual position: V
- Distance
traveled: B
- Percent of
route completed: R
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 CONTROL-M.
The "Virtual
navigation" menu of SenseNav contains the
following menu items.
- Virtual/GPS
navigation toggle (V) V
- Move forward
virtual explorer (F) UP ARROW
- Move backward
virtual explorer (B) DOWN ARROW
- Turn left
virtual explorer (L) LEFT ARROW
- Turn right
virtual explorer (R) RIGHT ARROW
- Cross the
street Virtual explorer (C) CONTROL-UP ARROW
This section will
discuss how to move about using virtual explorer while you are in virtual
navigation. Details of virtual navigation are discussed in section 2.6 of this
manual. Before you can move using virtual explorer, you will need to set the
virtual position using the methods discussed in section 6 of this manual. In
most cases, simply launching SenseNav with loaded map
data will automatically place your virtual position either at a tourist
attraction, or in the capital city of a state or country.
Note: The
virtual/GPS navigation toggle in this menu is the same as discussed in section
2.7 of this manual. Also, the additional menu items are all used to move the
virtual position called virtual explorer. Virtual explorer is discussed in
section 9.2 of this manual.
Choosing this
item from the menu or by pressing V from the main display area will toggle the
navigation mode. Details of using this feature are discussed in section 2.7 of
this manual. If you want to know which mode you are currently in, you can press
ALT-I and SenseNav will display the current
navigation mode. If there is no GPS receiver connected, you can only use
virtual navigation.
When you move to
a new position on the map while you are in virtual navigation, you are using
the virtual explorer. Each new position you move to is known as the current or
virtual position. If you create a route, the current position will be used as
the starting point of the route. All virtual explorer movement can be done
either from the program menu or by using hot keys. Before you can explore you
must turn left or right. Press LEFT ARROW to make a left turn, and RIGHT ARROW
to make a right turn. Undo is done by pressing DOWN ARROW. Note: When undoing
the last movement, you are still facing in the forward direction. This means
that if you move 5 blocks South along a street, then you move backwards 1
block. You will still be facing south and it will be as if you had only moved 4
blocks to begin with.
As you move to
each new intersection, SenseNav displays the distance
between the intersections, heading, street name and turning direction. All LookAround keys such as those briefly listed in section
8.10 of this manual apply. A full list of the hot keys is given in Section 16
of this manual.
If you have a
route open, you can use the route movement keys discussed in section 7.11 of
this manual together with the keys in this section. For example, let's say you
are exploring a route with ALT-UP ARROW and you come to an intersection which
has a street you are curious about. You can press RIGHT ARROW to make a right
turn on that street and explore it even if your route does not say to turn on
this street.
As you virtually
move around in the map, you can press any informational hot key such as H for
heading and B for distance traveled. Additionally, you can find points of
interest from your current virtual position. So if you find a restaurant 350
feet away, you can set it as a destination. Then later when you are in GPS
navigation, you can create a route to it.
In Sense
Navigation there are two ways to explore the street layout. By default when you explore you move from
intersection to intersection. Think of
yourself walking down the center of the street, you are not taking into account
the side of the street you are walking down, you are just moving from intersection
to intersection. When you enable Virtual
Side of Street Tracking it is as if you are walking along a virtual
sidewalk. For example if you set your
explore position to your house the street is in front of you. Pressing LEFT ARROW will turn you to the left
and you are on the left side of the street.
Another difference is when you reach an intersection you must press CONTROL-UP
ARROW to cross the street. This is
because when you reach the intersection, you could cross the street ahead of
you or you could turn right and cross to the other side of your street, turn
right again and walk along the opposite side of the street.
To toggle Virtual
Side of Street Tracking: From the main GPS application, select the GPS options
menu by pressing O, then press down arrow to move to the side of street
tracking” item and press ENTER. Alternatively from the main GPS program press
O then I.
Lets explore
around the address where Superman was created 10999 Amor Avenue, Cleveland OH
44108.
Use the address lookup command L to set your
explore position to this address. See
section 5 for details.
“At 10999 Amor Ave heading southeast. 1 feet
left to Parkwood Drive, 0.29 mi right to East 105th
Street.”
Press RIGHT ARROW to turn right.
“southwest on the right side of Amor Avenue at Parkwood Drive, behind and right”
Now press A to find out the nearest address.
“Address: 10999 Amor Avenue, right side”
Notice you are told you are on the right
side. Picture yourself walking along the
right side of the street. The side of
street information is also announced when you turn.
Now press UP ARROW to move forward.
“You must cross the street before moving forward.”
Press ALT-UP ARROW to cross the street.
“Crossed Parkwood
Drive”
Press UP ARROW to move forward.
“0.29 mi west, East 105th Street, right and
left and Amor Avenue, behind.”
You are now standing on the right corner and
are still on the right side of Amor Avenue.
We have some choices. We can
cross East 105th Street and continue ahead, turn right and walk along the right
side of East 105th Street, or turn left and cross Amor Avenue. Because Amor
avenue ends here, we can only turn left or right.
Lets turn
left by pressing LEFT ARROW.
“south on the left side of East 105th Street at
Amor Avenue, left”
We have not crossed the street, we just turned
at the corner. To cross Amor Avenue we
must press ALT-UP ARROW. If we press UP
ARROW
to move forward we will be told to cross the street first.
Press ALT-UP ARROW to cross the street.
“Crossed Amor Avenue”
We are now walking along East 105th Street on
the left side. Press A to
confirm this.
“Address: 976 East 105th Street, left side”
Now that we have crossed the street, press UP
ARROW
to move to the next intersection.
“126 feet south, Adams Avenue, right”
Press UP ARROW to move to the next
intersection.
“170 feet south, Morison Avenue, left”
As you can see, you did not need to cross the street as Adams
Avenue is on the other side of East 105th Street.
Finally, turn to the left by pressing LEFT
ARROW.
“east on the left side of Morison Avenue at
East 105th Street”
Confirm the side of the street by pressing A.
“Address: 10501 Morison Avenue, left side”
As you can see
from the example above, this is a powerful way to explore an area and get great
details down to the side of the street you might be walking along.
This section
discusses various miscellaneous functions available in SenseNav.
Hot key:
CONTROL-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 CONTROL-C to copy it to the clipboard. Later, you can paste the clipboard
contents into another program by pressing CONTROL-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 CONTROL-C and the
contents of the static box are 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
CONTROL-C to copy this information to the clipboard.
3)
Press
WINDOWS, W to open the word processor of the Sense notetaker.
4)
Press
CONTROL-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.
Hot key: B
SenseNav keeps track of how much ground you have
covered in either the Live GPS or Virtual Navigation modes. The distance is
measured according to the unit of measurement defined in the SenseNav configuration.
To display the
distance traveled, press B. This command can be pressed any time you want to
check how far you have traveled, whether it's in Live GPS or Virtual Navigation
mode.
The distance
traveled while in Live GPS Navigation is kept separate from Virtual Navigation.
For example, if you have traveled 15 miles in GPS navigation, but have not
moved at all in Virtual, the distance traveled is reported as 0 if you press B
while you are in Virtual Navigation.
To reset the
distance traveled counter back to 0, press ALT-B.
Hot key: S or
LEFT_BRACKET
To display the
current speed, press S or LEFT_BRACKET. At lower speeds you will hear speeds
such as 2.4 or 3.8. You must be tracking GPS satellites or in a GPS replay in
order for this command to function.
Hot key: H or
RIGHT-BRACKET
To display the
current heading in terms of a compass reading and degrees, press H or
RIGHT_BRACKET. 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
Hot key:
CONTROL-H
Menu: ALT, I, H
Forcing the GPS
heading allows you to tell SenseNav the heading you
will be traveling. For example, you exit a subway station and always head
South. Since SenseNav doesn't know the direction of
travel until you have moved for a time, forcing the GPS heading helps in case
you are following a route or want to find nearby POIs.
To set a specific
GPS heading, press CONTROL-H. A list opens showing North as the first item.
Press DOWN arrow to move down the list until you select the heading you want.
When you press ENTER on a compass heading, SenseNav
temporarily sets the GPS heading to the one you selected. If you want to set
the heading to a specific degree, I.E. 198 degrees, select the Specify degrees
item at the bottom of the list, then type the value and press ENTER. Once you
move for 15 seconds or so, your temporary heading will be replaced by the real
GPS heading.
-Use internal
compass: O C.
The Voice Sense QWERTY
and Braille Sense
U2 have a
built in compass. If you enable this
feature and you are traveling under 5 MPH the internal compass is used for directional
commands such as H for heading or the direction to your next turn. For example press H “Heading 271
degrees.” Turn slight right and press H
again, “Heading: Northwest 324 degrees.”
Note because this is real-time information you may notice a slight delay
during tasks such as scrolling through a POI list. Also a vehicle might interfere with the
compass reading, for example: if you are sitting at a stop light your heading
might fluctuate.
Hot key: Z
To display the
approximate altitude, press Z. The Z vertical reading is not quite as accurate
as the X/Y horizontal reading. Altitude accuracy averages approximately 50 to
75 feet (16 to 22 meters). You need at least a Fair GPS signal in order to get
an altitude reading from SenseNav. You wouldn't want
to fly an airplane based upon this GPS altitude reading, but it sure is fun to
display the approximate altitude when flying.
Note: You must be
tracking GPS satellites in order for the Z command to function.
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, coordinate, or POI when you set it as your virtual position.
- The location of
an address, coordinate, or POI when you set it as a destination.
Hot key: INSERT-H
Menu: ALT, S, H
To open the
history list, press INSERT-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 DOWN arrow, 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. If you are in GPS navigation and are
physically moving, 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 TAB
repeatedly to move to the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.
- Drive there
button: ALT-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: ALT-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.
- Add as POI
button: ALT-P
Press this button
to add a new user POI. SenseNav will switch to the
new user POI dialog box so you can enter the details of this location.
- Set as
destination button: ALT-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.
- Set as virtual
position button: ALT-V
Press this button
to set the virtual position. SenseNav will close the
dialog box and set your virtual position to the location. If you switch to
Virtual navigation mode, you can virtually explore the area near the location.
- Set as both
virtual and destination button: ALT-B
Press this button
to set both the destination and the virtual position. SenseNav
will close the dialog box and set your virtual position to the selected
location. In addition, the location is also set as the destination.
- Close button:
ESCAPE
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, Lat/Lon coordinates,
waypoints along a route, intersections, and your current Live GPS or Virtual
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 TAB until you reach the Add
to Favorites button or press ALT-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 TAB until you reach the Add to favorites
button, then press ENTER.
2)
Add a
POI. Search for a POI with either ALT-F or CONTROL-F. When the POIs are found,
arrow to the one you want and press TAB until you reach the Add to Favorites
button, then press ENTER.
3)
Add
an intersection. As you move in either Live or Virtual Navigation mode, press
CONTROL-X for the nearest intersection or CONTROL-COMMA for the next
intersection. When the intersection information displays in the dialog box,
press TAB until you reach the Add to Favorites button, then press ENTER.
4)
Add a
Waypoint from a route. As you are following a route in either Live or Virtual
Navigation mode, press INSERT-TAB for the turns list or INSERT-W for the
waypoints list. When the Waypoint information displays in the dialog box, arrow
to the one you want, then press TAB until you reach the Add to Favorites
button, then press ENTER.
5)
Add
your current position. Make sure you are in GPS navigation, then press ALT-Y to
open the Lat/Lon dialog box. The Lat/Lon coordinates for your current position
will be filled in. Press TAB until you are at the Name edit box and type the
name you want to call the favorite. Press TAB until you reach the Add to Favorites
button, then press ENTER.