While driving, either ask a passenger to operate CoPilot or pull over to the side of the road when operating CoPilot on your laptop. 1. Check the package contents Your CoPilot Live | Laptop 7 package includes the following: Install/Data Disc Printed Quick Start Guide...
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2. (Optional) Uninstall previous version of CoPilot To uninstall the CoPilot software: (1) Exit out of any programs that are running. (2) On your desktop, double-click on My Computer. (3) Double-click on Control Panel. (4) Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. (5) Scroll down the list of applications until you see the CoPilot application. Click on it to highlight it, then click Add/Remove.
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(3) Activate the Software: See Activate the Software below. (4) When the installation is complete, double-click the CoPilot Live | Laptop 7 icon that was placed on your desktop to start CoPilot. If your GPS receiver is attached, you will be asked to enter a nearby city (see Steps 5 and 6).
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If you do not have internet access you can call, fax, or e-mail ALK. Technical support is available to registered users during standard business hours. For ALK Technologies contact information, see Contact Information and Additional Help, p. 9. - 5 -...
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5. In-vehicle hardware setup WARNING: Never leave your GPS receiver in a closed vehicle that exceeds 140 o F. It could be damaged by the heat. Illustrated instructions for setting up a USB receiver and a Serial receiver are shown below.
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USB Connection: If you are using a USB connection you will have one wire which attaches the GPS receiver to the laptop through its USB port. Plug the receiver into the laptop after Windows is finished booting up. 6. Enter a nearby city When you first launch CoPilot with the GPS receiver attached, you will be prompted to enter your nearest city to help speed up initial satellite acquisition.
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7. Enter a destination NOTE: There is no need to enter a starting point. CoPilot uses GPS positioning to determine your location automatically. In the Guidance screen, click Destination to enter an address. Then click Address to enter a city name and state/country abbreviation or a postal code, and a street address. Enter a city name and state or country abbreviation separated by a comma and space (e.g.
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In subsequent uses, your last destination will appear and you will be prompted to confirm or change your destination. You can choose to Go! to that destination, Add, Edit stops, or Clear all stops and start over. TIP: You must disable your screen saver before using CoPilot.
What’s New in CoPilot CoPilot Live | Laptop 7 is ALK Technologies’ latest version of our CoPilot provides GPS in-vehicle navigation and route guidance from your laptop PC. New features and enhancements we think you’ll like include: -- Redesigned User Interface: The user interface has been overhauled to promote easier access to CoPilot’s main features and to make getting directions even safer than it...
-- Fuel Cost Calculator: Receive an estimate on your total fuel cost for every trip in Planning Mode. -- POI Notification: If you choose, CoPilot will now inform you of every POI along your route as you approach it. These alerts will be included in CoPilot’s spoken directions and will appear on your screen too.
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About GPS Technology The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a tracking and navigation system developed by the U.S. Department of Defense. The system uses 24 satellites that orbit the earth, sending out radio waves that can be picked up by GPS sensors (hardware devices for receiving data). Normally, a GPS sensor relies on receiving signals from four satellites simultaneously to track its position.
The driver must remain alert at all times to actual road conditions and obey all posted signs and traffic regulations. ALK Technologies and its suppliers specifically disclaim any express or implied warranty of fitness of this product for automated navigation or for aiding in the operation of other than a privately owned vehicle.
(see Uninstalling, p. 20-21). This is not required, however. CoPilot Live | Laptop 7 can be installed while another version of CoPilot remains on your computer. 1. To install CoPilot, first turn on your computer (and the external CD-ROM drive if necessary).
Windows Start button, Settings, Control Panel, Date/Time. To start CoPilot, double-click on the CoPilot Live | Laptop 7 icon that was created on your laptop when you installed the program. To quit at any time, select Exit from the File menu in Planning Mode, or Exit in the Guidance Mode navigation control panel.
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If you do not have internet access you can call, fax, or e-mail ALK. Technical support is available to registered users from 9:00am-5:00pm Mon.-Fri. For ALK Technologies contact information, see Technical Support, p. 77. 2. In the next screen, enter your e-mail address and click Next.
Deactivation and License Update: If you’re planning to uninstall CoPilot from one computer and install the same version on another computer, you need to deactivate the software on the first computer before installing it again. To do this, open CoPilot and choose Update License from the File menu. Then click Deactivate in the License Manager.
To Uninstall Data From Previous Versions of CoPilot: NOTE: Data is automatically removed as part of the CoPilot 2002 or 2003 uninstall. For earlier versions of CoPilot, this process is not required but you may want to do this if you have uninstalled the application. 1.
USB Connection If you are using a USB connection you will have one wire which attaches the GPS receiver to the laptop through its USB port. Plug the receiver into the laptop after Windows is finished booting up. Windows XP Users: When you first connect your USB receiver, you might see a Windows message indicating that the drivers have not passed Windows Logo testing (or a similar warning).
Serial Connection When connecting to a laptop through a serial port the receiver is powered through the laptop’s battery. Plug the PS/2 port connector on your GPS unit into the PS/2 port of your laptop. Do not plug the serial port connector into your laptop until after Windows has finished booting up.
CoPilot Live Overview CoPilot can be used for in-vehicle navigation (Guidance Mode), trip planning (Planning Mode), and Live messaging/real-time tracking (from within Planning Mode). If you launch the CoPilot application without first attaching your GPS receiver, a screen will appear (shown below) that lets you choose either Planning or Guidance Mode. Click Planning or Guidance to continue.
Moving Between Modes To move from Guidance Mode to Planning Mode at any time, click the Planning button in the control panel on the right side of the screen. Guidance Mode (Passenger screen) To move from Planning Mode to Guidance Mode at any time, click the Guidance button on the left side of the screen.
Guidance Mode Passenger vs. Driver Safety Screen In Guidance Mode, CoPilot provides two different display formats for maps and on-screen directions that change as you drive. You can switch between the Passenger screen and the Driver Safety screen by clicking the Driver/Passenger button at the top of the Navigation Control Panel (see p.
Start Driving! If your GPS receiver is attached you're ready to start driving! The CoPilot navigation system will guide you to the destination(s) you enter and recalculate your route should you miss a turn. Because CoPilot needs to know where you're going in order to give you navigation advice, you must enter a destination.
Guidance Mode (Passenger Screen) Next Turn Your Current Location Customizable Display Lines (see p. 39) Compass Next Stop Information (Estimated Time of Arrival, Distance to go, and Name/Address) Using the Navigation Control Panel BUTTON Driver/Passenger Destination Itinerary Detour Save Current Live Options Planning...
Map Display On the right side of the map, the Zoom buttons let you zoom your map view in (closer) or out (farther away). The Map Mode buttons let you zoom the map display to frame either the area between your current location and your next turn (Next Turn button), your current location (Where Am I? button), or the route to your next stop (Going To button).
Entering a Destination When you launch CoPilot for the first time with the GPS receiver attached, you will be prompted to enter a destination. Select any one of the destination options, and enter your destination. When entering an Address, enter either a postal code or the city name and state or country abbreviation separated by a comma and space, then hit Enter.
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Selecting Address opens a window in which you can enter a city name and state/country abbreviation or a postal code, and (optionally) a street address. The first time you select the Home or Work buttons you will be prompted with an address entry window in which you can enter your home or work address.
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TIP: Whether you use a City/State or the Smart POI search option, the other fields used to perform a POI search are optional. To decrease the number of POIs that are returned, do one or all of the following: select a POI Category, select an of Type option, or enter the first few letters of a POI.
Trip Confirmation NOTE: If you are making a quick stop, there is no need to exit the application. Simply close the lid on your laptop and the operating system will enter Suspend mode. When you return to your vehicle, simply open the lid and press any button and the operating system will resume.
Editing Stops To edit your existing stops, click Destination in the navigation control panel, then click Edit to bring up the Edit Your Stops window shown above. From this window you can do any of the following: -- Manually change the order of your stops. Highlight a stop, then click the Move Up or Move Down button.
Detour In Guidance Mode, clicking the Detour button will cause CoPilot to generate an alternate route around the next few miles of your trip. This is useful when you need to get around traffic jams, roadwork, or other unexpected traffic slow-downs but don’t know whether or not you’ll save any time by turning off your current route.
Using the Itinerary for Selective Routing CoPilot enables you to be selective about the roads you take on your trip. From the Passenger screen you can customize your Itinerary so that entire segments of a trip can be avoided if you don’t want to travel along the roads CoPilot has you taking. (Note that you can also use waypoints to guide a route along roads of your choosing, see p.
Options Click the Options button in Guidance Mode to open a window that enables you to view your GPS status and change the settings that control map orientation, voice options, and routing and guidance preferences. NOTE: Map and routing options that are set in Guidance Mode carry over to Planning Mode and the reverse is also true.
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POI Alerts As you drive, CoPilot can alert you with a voice prompt and a message window on your screen each time you approach a Point of Interest. To turn this feature on, click the POI Alerts button, then in the Select POIs to be reported scroll list check all categories of POIs you want to know about.
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Map Options Guidance Click the Map button for map display options. Heading Up tracks your position on the map moving upward as you drive, whereas North Up maintains north at the top of the screen. With Drag Map selected, you can use the mouse to drag the map in any direction to a desired location.
Routing Preferences Routing Type CoPilot’s Quickest routing type is based on the most efficient route in terms of road quality, terrain, and urban/rural road classifications. CoPilot’s Shortest routing type calculates the shortest route while maintaining reasonable standards of practicality. Routing Options When Avoid Tolls is checked, CoPilot’s route calculations will avoid toll roads where it is possible to do so while maintaining a reasonably practical and efficient route.
Commands NOTE: Background noise may affect CoPilot’s ability to recognize spoken commands. You can use an external microphone with noise-cancellation technology to optimize your experience with CoPilot’s listening device. COMMAND Go to sleep/Wake up Driver Passenger Destination Detour/Cancel Detour POI Ahead Mute CoPilot not only speaks to you to inform you of upcoming turns, but also responds to a number of...
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Zoom in/Zoom out More detail/Less detail Pan up/down/left/right Next turn Where am I Going to How far Speed Heading Thank you Each time spoken, the view of the map will zoom in or out one level. Each time spoken, the map will show more or less detail. Each time spoken, the map view will shift up, down, left or right from the currently displayed area.
A Sample Trip Suppose you and a friend want to go to a concert on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. You know the approximate location of your destination, but you're unfamiliar with the area. There's no need to worry about the trip: CoPilot will guide you every step of the way! First, you enter your destination.
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1. Driving on Witherspoon Street into Princeton, NJ 3. CoPilot creates a new route from your current position 2. Turning off CoPilot’s route onto Wiggins Street - 44 -...
Planning Mode After launching CoPilot you can access Planning Mode by clicking the Planning Mode button from the welcome screen or the Planning button in the Passenger guidance screen. In Planning Mode you can run trips on your desktop to print and take with you or save for a later time, search for points of interest, calculate fuel costs, add favorite places, add custom places, and much more.
Cities and Addresses To enter a trip, begin by typing the name of the place where your trip will start or a postal code in the City, State (or City, Country) box (e.g. “princeton, nj” or “paris, fr” or “08540”), then press the Enter key. Do not include periods in the state/country abbreviation. A list of matches to your entry may appear;...
Points of Interest When you select the Points of Interest tab, it will open with the cursor in the POIs that start with box. The only field that is required to perform a POI search is City/State (or City/Country); all other fields are optional. Once you have entered a city, you can do one or more of the following to narrow down your search: select a POI Category, select an of Type option, or enter the first few letters of the Place name.
Itinerary Buttons Regardless of the tab you select, the same commands will remain in the bottom of the Trip Planner window. To the right of the Itinerary you will see five buttons. Using the Up/Down arrows you can alter the order of the stops on your Itinerary. Using the Zoom button you can zoom to the selected stop on a map.
Running the Trip To see a complete map of your trip, as well as detailed, turn-by-turn driving directions, click Run. To generate a round trip, click the Round Trip check box before clicking Run. A round trip includes all intermediate stops on the way to your destination, but routes directly from your destination back to your starting place.
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Routing Type CoPilot’s Quickest routing type is based on the most efficient route in terms of road quality, terrain, and urban/rural road classifications. CoPilot’s Shortest routing type calculates the shortest route while maintaining reasonable standards of practicality. Routing Options When Avoid Tolls is checked, CoPilot’s route calculations will avoid toll roads where it is possible to do so while maintaining a reasonably practical and efficient route.
Printing Your Map or Driving Directions After you Run a trip, the Trip Summary window will pop up over a split screen displaying the map of your trip, and detailed driving directions. Although the Trip Summary cannot be printed, both the map and the directions can. Click OK to hide the Summary window. To alter the size of either the map window or the directions window, drag the gray bar in the center in the appropriate direction.
Beyond the Basics If you’re familiar with the basic features of CoPilot, you’re probably ready to try some of the advanced features. Some of these features are briefly described on the following pages. For more information on advanced features see the Legend on page 59 of this manual, and see Trip Planning: Beyond the Basics in the Help Files (under Planning Mode in the Contents tab).
Adding Custom Places CoPilot gives you the ability to add new places with your own custom names to the map database. After adding your custom place to the map database, you'll be able to enter it as a start place, end place, or waypoint for any trip you run. To add a new place, click on the Add Custom Places button on the tool bar or select Add Custom Places from the sub-menu of Mouse Modes in the Map menu.
Avoiding and Favoring Roads CoPilot gives you the ability to avoid or favor specific road segments. This feature is handy when you want to avoid a traffic jam or road construction, and can also be used to guide a trip along a route you know you want to take. To avoid or favor a road, first click either the Avoid or Favor button on the tool bar, then click on a road segment on the map.
Importing Custom Places CoPilot Live’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 Live.) These points are then added to CoPilot’s POI database, in a category and type of your choice.
Editing Custom Places After custom places have been added to the database, they can be edited at any time. Select Manage Custom Places from the Tools menu, then highlight the custom place you wish to edit, click Edit, and make your changes. Click Apply when finished. NOTE: By default, addresses entered as Custom Places are assigned to the Custom POI category.
Customizing Your Driving Directions Display CoPilot gives you precise, turn-by-turn driving directions, plus time and distance calculations for every trip you run between a start place and a destination. Print these directions, and/or customize them by editing the font CoPilot uses and by controlling the number of “nearby places”...
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To control the number and type of landmarks reported, select Landmark Reporting from the Trip menu to open the Landmark Reporting dialog box. NOTE: You can use these options in Planning Mode, but not in Guidance Mode. Use the slide bar under Find landmarks within this distance of your route to control the size of the area around your route in which landmarks should be reported.
Legend Planning Mode Tool Bar Buttons: Open/Save Trip: Allows you to save a trip you have outlined in Planning Mode, or access a previously saved trip. Edit/New Trip: Prompts the Trip Planner window where you can enter addresses, search for points of interest, and recall favorites.
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Label Cities and Places: Allows you to label or unlabel cities within your map. Add Custom Places: Allows you to label specific places on the map and save them in your Points of Interest database (map detail level must be at least 7.) Buttons in the Trip Planner Window: Zoom to Stop: Zooms your map view to the stop that is...
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 using your computer with CoPilot installed or from our CoPilot Live web page. Using this CoPilot Live functionality requires the following: 1) If you want to track and message other drivers: An Internet connection on the computer where CoPilot is installed, or access to our CoPilot Live web page through a normal web browser.
For more information and complete details, visit the CoPilot Live Tracking Website at http://live.alk.com. On the following pages you'll see how you can communicate with someone on the road from within CoPilot (the Live Mode sections) and also what it's like to be the driver using CoPilot when someone else is communicating with you (the Driving with Live sections).
Below the Vehicle List is the Message Center. The text of sent and received messages will appear here. NOTE: All of CoPilot Live's communications are done in real-time. This means information is only transferred when you and the person in his vehicle are using CoPilot Live at the same time.
Live Mode - Send/Receive Messages To send a message to the driver, click the Send Message button on the tool bar or right click on the vehicle and select Send Message from the pop-up window. Standard Response Buttons Text to Send Customizable Response Buttons Send Button...
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When the driver responds to your message, the response is displayed in the Message Center: Message and Driver’s Response Advanced Clicking on the Advanced tab of the Send Message window will expand the view. From the Advanced view you can save frequently used message text and button layouts that you can recall for future messages.
Live Mode - Send Itinerary Updates To send a Trip Itinerary Update to the driver, click the New Trip button on the tool bar, create a trip itinerary in the Trip Planner window just as you would in Planning Mode, and click Send.
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Driving with Live - Set Up The previous sections have detailed how you can communicate with someone else who's on the road from within the CoPilot Live program. These following sections will describe how it looks when you're the one on the road. To enable tracking and messaging, you (the driver) must first create a login account using the CoPilot Live Web login page.
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4. In the window that opens, enter a Screen Name that will identify you to the person on the other end for messaging and tracking. You can also use the Send position info every _____ pick list to change the interval at which your vehicle’s position will be updated as you are tracked.
Driving with Live - Receiving Messages On the top are the four Standard Response Buttons, which appear on every message: Speak Message: Defer Message: More Information: Sends a response back that you need more information. Delete Message: You can also tap one of the Customizable Response Buttons that the message sender has included at the bottom of the screen.
Driving with Live - Receive Trip Itinerary Updates When you are the driver and a Trip Itinerary Update is sent to you, CoPilot Live displays it on top of all other windows. CoPilot Live's text-to-speech engine will speak the itinerary update when it is received.
CoPilot Live Real-time Traffic Reporting In addition to providing pre-trip planning, GPS route guidance, and Live messaging capabilities, CoPilot Live uses wireless communications to automatically send real-time information to drivers, notifying them of traffic incidents along the route ahead and creating potential alternate routing.
Check Traffic Click the Check Traffic button to see all traffic incidents on the route ahead between your current position and your destination. CoPilot will take a few seconds to check for incidents. If any incidents are found, they are reported one by one beginning with the one closest to you.
Review and Clear Traffic The Check Traffic button in the Live Options window brings up only new incidents along your route that have not been reported yet. To review the traffic incidents that were already reported, click the Review Traffic button. To clear the traffic incident queue so that Check Traffic brings up every incident, click Clear Traffic.
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Map Display of Incidents Traffic incidents are displayed on CoPilot Live’s maps as numbered, colored triangles. Any of the four icons below are used to reflect the location(s) and severity of traffic congestion. 1 (Red) - Most severe 2 (Orange) - Second most severe 3 (Yellow) - Third most severe 4 (Cyan Blue) - Least severe Severe Incident Ahead...
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Live Traffic in Planning Mode In Planning Mode, CoPilot Live provides traffic reporting and alternate routes based on the origin, destination and planned route you enter in the Trip Planner window. This allows you to plan and save trips that avoid heavy congestion. These trips can then be opened in Guidance Mode when you get on the road.
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Trouble-shooting First things to check: Are all cables properly secured? Do all components have adequate power? Does your GPS receiver have a clear view of the sky? (Buildings, mountains and heavy foliage may block your satellite reception.) Why can't I get a satellite fix the first time I use CoPilot? The first time the GPS receiver is used it can take approximately 15 minutes to acquire a signal.
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audio cassette adapter equipped with a cord and jack that you can plug into your laptop's speaker jack, then put the cassette into your car's stereo cassette player. This will channel CoPilot's commands through your car's stereo system if it's set to play audio tapes. NOTE: Please don't drive with headphones on because this is unsafe! When I try to run CoPilot I get a message that says “CoPilot Can't Find the Data Disc”, and the program won't start.
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Click once on the black arrow so that all of your drives are shown. Your CD- ROM drive is the one that has the CD-ROM icon next to it. And next to the CD-ROM icon, there should be a letter - this is your CD-ROM drive letter. Please remember it and move to section B.
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B. If you are powering the GPS unit through your laptop's PS/2 port, make sure the connection is snug and that your laptop's battery has enough power. If you've checked the power supply, and it is sufficient, see question 2. Is the GPS unit plugged into the serial or USB port? A.
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D. Next at the bottom where it says Connect using select direct to Com 1 and click OK. E. Next in the Com Port Properties window the settings should read: Bits Per Second = 4800 Data Bits = 8 Parity = None Stop Bits = 1 Flow Control = Hardware If the settings are different you need to make the necessary changes and then click...
Using the CoPilot Help Files CoPilot provides extensive built-in Help to guide you through the program as you use it. Click on the Help button in a window to open a Help topic that describes how to use that window. For example, if you’re entering a stop in the Trip Planner window, the Help button will open the Help files at a topic that describes the Trip Planner window.
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