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ALK CoPilot Truck Mobile User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Welcome to CoPilot Truck | Mobile!...1 Safety Warning ...2 Getting Started Requirements ...3 Hardware Setup ...4 Connecting Your Smartphone ...6 Installing CoPilot ...7 Software Activation ...8 Deactivation and License Upgrade ...8 Adding a Data Region ...9 Region Selection ...10 Changing the Voice Option At Any Time...

  • Page 3: Welcome To Copilot Truck | Mobile

    CoPilot Truck | Mobile, now available for Windows Mobile Smartphones, provides turn-by-turn driving directions respecting commercial truck restrictions. CoPilot Truck | Mobile can be used in or out of the vehicle. There’s no need to look at a printed map — you just listen and go!

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    Activate CoPilot on your Smartphone. Enter an address and Start Driving! Desktop PC Requirements To install CoPilot Truck | Mobile on your desktop or laptop PC, you must have: Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP, Windows NT ® (4.0 or higher) or Windows Mobile 2003...

  • Page 5: Connecting Your Smartphone

    To return to the GPS Status screen select Menu > Options > GPS. TIP: Your GPS receiver won’t function properly inside a building. Please be sure that the receiver has a clear line of sight to the sky, for example by placing it on a vehicle dashboard.

  • Page 6: Installing Copilot

    USB or Serial port. Your Smartphone should be connected to your desktop via ActiveSync (see p. 6). Installation Steps: Step 1: Insert the CoPilot Truck | Mobile Install Disc into your CD-ROM drive. After a few seconds, the Installation Wizard will open. Follow the instructions, entering your Installation Product Key when prompted.

  • Page 7: Adding A Data Region

    Adding a Data Region If you have purchased an additional data region after your initial purchase of CoPilot, you will need to modify the original (“Base”) installation and activate the new region. IMPORTANT: You can only use your Expansion Product Key AFTER you have installed CoPilot with a Product Key for the Base product.

  • Page 8: Map Download To Your Smartphone

    Map Download to Your Smartphone To use CoPilot Truck | Mobile on your Smartphone, you first need to download map data from your desktop or laptop computer to your mobile device. You select the data to download from one or more regions that you specify in the CoPilot application on your desktop.

  • Page 9: Data Selection Options

    Data Selection Options After you specify a location where the data will be stored, you will be prompted to select a region on the map to download. CoPilot gives you a choice of three ways to select a data region, described p. 13-19 below. City Radius Data Selection This method allows you to quickly select data in the shape of a circle surrounding any city on the map.
  • Page 10 Map Area Data Selection This method of selecting data allows you to choose an area of data by draw- ing a box on the Data Download Wizard's map screen. In the Wizard, you enter a city name near which you would like to select data, then click Next.
  • Page 11 Trip Data Selection The Trip method of selecting data is by far the most customizable method. This option allows you to run a trip and select street-level data specific to that trip, thereby avoiding unneeded data and saving valuable memory space. Once the trip is run, the Data Download Wizard automatically selects circles of data around your origin and destination, and a corridor of data along your route.

  • Page 12: Data Download Options

    6. You will return to the Data Selection menu where you can select another data area if you like, using any method. When you are finished selecting data areas, click Download. Trip itineraries that were created using the Trip download method will be transferred along with map data (see p.

  • Page 13: Poi Download Options

    POI Download Options When you download a data region, youl get all roads within that region. Also included are regional points of interest (POI) such as gas stations, hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, etc. CoPilot now lets you control the number and types of POI that get down- loaded along with map data.

  • Page 14: Importing Custom Places

    Importing Custom Places CoPilot’s Custom Place Import Wizard enables you to import addresses from your Outlook Contacts database, an Excel file, or text file. (If you are using another type of database or contact manager, you can export your contacts/ locations to an Excel or text file before importing them into CoPilot.) These points are then added to CoPilot’s POI database in a category and type of your choice (the default category is “Custom”).

  • Page 15: Editing Custom Places

    7. When processing is finished, the Data Import Status window shows you how many places in your file were matched with addresses in the CoPilot database. A plus sign in the Accept column indicates a match. Places that failed to match appear in red and do not have a plus sign. 8.

  • Page 16: Using Copilot For Guidance

    Using CoPilot for Guidance In CoPilot's Guidance Mode on your Smartphone, you will receive turn-by- turn route guidance information as you travel. For your safety, the Safety View screen will hide maps when your speed exceeds 10 m.p.h. to avoid distractions.
  • Page 17 2. In the Address screen, enter a Street Name with or without a Street Number. In Step 2 the City field, enter either a city name or a ZIP code. Choose a State from the pick list. NOTE: Street address entry is optional, if you like you can enter only a city or ZIP code and state.

  • Page 18: Stop Menu Options

    Stop Menu Options In the My Stops screen, press the Menu softkey to access options that include adding, deleting, moving, editing, and optimizing your stops. Add Stop To add another destination, choose Add Stop from the menu. (You can also simply highlight <Add a Stop>...

  • Page 19: Entering A Home Address

    Help Select Help > and choose Help for on- screen instructions about basic CoPilot features, or About for version information about CoPilot. Exit Select Exit to close the CoPilot application. - 33 - Entering Your Home Address To program your home address for quick trip entry, select Home in the Select Stop screen and enter your home address as you would a new address (p.

  • Page 20: Favorites

    Favorites CoPilot automatically places every stop you enter on a list of favorite places for future quick trip entry. To enter a favorite as a stop, first select Favorites in the Select Stop screen. In the next screen, choose one of the places on the scrollable list, then press Select.

  • Page 21: Finding Points Of Interest

    Finding Points of Interest CoPilot enables you to search for points of interest (POI) such as gas stations, hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, etc. within the region for which map data was downloaded from your desktop/laptop computer. You can then choose a destination from the list of search results. 1.

  • Page 22: Picking Stops From The Map

    (Optional) In the menu, Map zooms to the highlighted POI on the map, Details gives you more address information, Expand Search executes the search again over a wider area, and Call enables you to make contact by phone. 5. To add a POI as a stop, highlight it in the Matches list and press Select. Step 5 - 39 - Picking Stops from the Map...

  • Page 23: Start Driving

    Start Driving! Once you have entered at least one stop in the Select Stop screen, you’re ready to start driving with CoPilot! You’ll receive turn-by-turn directions and maps to guide you safely to your destination. As you drive, CoPilot’s dynamic directions will instantly recalculate your route if you take a wrong turn or decide to go a different way.

  • Page 24: Itinerary View

    Zooming and Shifting Your Map View To zoom your view of the map in or out, press the Menu softkey and select Zoom In or Zoom Out. Or, press the Action key to display the zoom arrow, then press up to zoom in or down to zoom out. This action can be repeated until the minimum or maximum zoom level is reached.

  • Page 25: Taking A Detour

    Taking a Detour If for any reason you find that you want to take an alternate route around a particular road segment — no problem! CoPilot can calculate a detour on command, tell you how much longer it will be, and then give you the option to accept the new route or cancel it and return to the original route at any time.

  • Page 26: Getting Eta's And Distances

    Getting ETA’s and Distances The estimated time of arrival (ETA) and distance to your next stop will always be shown at the bottom of the Safety screen. To bring up the Safety screen, enter one or more stops, press the Start Driving softkey, then select Safety View from the View menu.

  • Page 27: Options

    Options Press the Menu softkey in the My Stops screen or any guidance screen, then select Options to access a menu of CoPilot options. GPS Options Select GPS in the Options menu. The GPS screen provides tools for setting up and viewing your Smartphone’s GPS functionality.

  • Page 28: Routing Options

    OK to hide the alert and continue using CoPilot — these alerts never dis- appear automatically. Hazmat Routing: CoPilot Truck can calculate routes for hazardous materials based on over twenty different road categories and four route options. Hazmat route options include: General, Explosives (1.1-1.3), Inhalants, and Radioactive.

  • Page 29: Guidance Options

    Toll Roads: Select Avoid to avoid tolls. CoPilot Truck provides this routing option for carriers who desire to avoid long stretches of toll roads. Toll avoidance routing will avoid long stretches of toll roads but won’t take long, impractical detours to avoid toll bridges and tunnels. For example, a route from Boston, MA to Albany, NY will avoid the Massachusetts Turnpike, but a route from Camden, NJ to Philadelphia, PA will include a toll bridge.

  • Page 30: Live Options

    Live Options Select Live in the Options menu. CoPilot Live allows you to maintain two-way communication with drivers who are using CoPilot and to actually see where they are currently located. You can do this using a computer with CoPilot installed or from our CoPilot Live web page.

  • Page 31: Copilot Modes

    You can select one type of POI that you want to be alerted to from the Type list. In the Show POIs this far ahead screen, set the distance at which you would like to receive an alert as you approach each POI. (The CoPilot default is .2 miles.) You can use the Show POIs that are: pick list to increase the number of alerts you...

  • Page 32: Trip Planning On Your Smartphone

    Trip Planning On Your Smartphone You can use CoPilot on your Smartphone for trip planning whether or not the GPS receiver is connected and receiving data. In Planning Mode you can run a trip even when you're not in your car. You'll get driving directions and maps to use as a reference before your trip begins.

  • Page 33: Trip Planning On Your Desktop Pc

    Trip Planning On Your Desktop You can use CoPilot's desktop functions to map out routes and print maps and driving directions before getting on the road. Desktop trip planning is an additional feature of CoPilot that is in no way connected to using your Smartphone for route guidance.
  • Page 34 Save Trip Save Trip button or Save Trip.../Save Trip As... in the File menu. Opens a standard Windows dialog where you can name your trip and save it to your hard drive either before or after running it in the Trip Planner. Open Trip Open Trip button or Open Trip...
  • Page 35 Zoom In Zoom In button or Zoom In in the Map menu. Each time you click this button, your view will be zoomed in by one increment. The zoom level is shown in the title bar of the map window. Zoom Out Zoom Out button or Zoom Out in the Map...
  • Page 36 Zoom To Region Zoom to Region button or Zoom Region in the Map menu. This function allows you to zoom your map view to a specific area. Choices in the sub-menu will depend on which CoPilot data region(s) were purchased. Refresh Map Refresh Map button or Refresh Map in...

  • Page 37: Reference: Copilot On Your Desktop

    Landmark Reporting Select Landmark Reporting from the drop-down Trip In this window you can control how menu. many landmarks CoPilot points out when generating driving directions. Help Menu Use the drop-down Help menu to access CoPilot Help for assistance with all aspects of the software and to quickly access ALK’s web site.
  • Page 38 Trip Planner Window (Points of Interest) Trip Planner Window (Favorites) - 71 - Click Points of Interest tab. Enter a city or ZIP code in which you would like to search, a radius within which to search, and choose a category and type from the drop-down menu.
  • Page 39 Routing Options Click the Options button in the Trip Planner window to access CoPilot routing options. In the Trip Options window you can change various routing preferences. The Routing Type and Routing Options here are the same as the options on your mobile device (see p.

  • Page 40: Copilot Live Communications

    Copilot Live Communications CoPilot Live allows you to maintain two-way communication with drivers who are using CoPilot and to actually see where they are currently located. You can do this using a computer with CoPilot installed or from our CoPilot Live web page.

  • Page 41: Real-Time Traffic Information

    4. Set up your desktop to log in to your CoPilot Live account. a. Open the CoPilot desktop program. b. Click Tools, then click Options. c. Click on the Live tab. d. Check "Enable Live Network". e. Enter the user name and password you created on the web site.
  • Page 42 Traffic Report Content Provided that CoPilot has GPS acquisition, a user-inputted destination, and access to the Internet, it will provide regularly updated traffic incident reports in Guidance Mode. As soon as the user selects a destination, CoPilot begins providing dynamic driving directions as well as regularly updated incident reports that include traffic incidents along the route ahead as well as potential alternate routes.

  • Page 43: Using Help Files

    Technical Support After registering your software (see below), you're entitled to technical support and discounts on new versions of CoPilot Truck | Mobile. Check out ALK’s web site for technical support documentation and posted answers to common questions. If the web site does not provide an answer to your question, technical support for registered users is available during standard business hours (9:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday-Friday).

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