Trips, A Simple Edit

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For some unknown reason I always seem to end up with lots of short trips with only 2 or 3 positions, the program is on all the time so not sure why it's happening but anyway a simple edit to have a new trip each day (Note this will overide the tripname set on your phone)

Around line 70 in requests.php

PHP Code:

$tripname = urldecode($_GET["tn"]); 


Change to

PHP Code:

$tripname = date("Y.m.d").'-'.$username; 


HTH

Originally Posted by Tigggger

For some unknown reason I always seem to end up with lots of short trips with only 2 or 3 positions, the program is on all the time so not sure why it's happening but anyway a simple edit to have a new trip each day (Note this will overide the tripname set on your phone)

Around line 70 in requests.php

PHP Code:

$tripname = urldecode($_GET["tn"]); 


Change to

PHP Code:

$tripname = date("Y.m.d").'-'.$username; 


HTH

Didn't the WM version had an option to start a new trip name every day?
Maybe I'm wrong. Are you using that version?

Originally Posted by _LEM_

Didn't the WM version had an option to start a new trip name every day?
Maybe I'm wrong. Are you using that version?

I'm on the android version, been a while since I had the WM one so can remember but don't think it did and I've always had the short trips problem.

Might be an idea as an option, but I suspect most people are happy the way it is

Originally Posted by Tigggger

For some unknown reason I always seem to end up with lots of short trips with only 2 or 3 positions, the program is on all the time so not sure why it's happening but anyway a simple edit to have a new trip each day (Note this will overide the tripname set on your phone)

Around line 70 in requests.php

PHP Code:

$tripname = urldecode($_GET["tn"]); 


Change to

PHP Code:

$tripname = date("Y.m.d").'-'.$username; 


HTH

So what's the actual problem, does $tripname sometimes end up blank because tn sometimes doesn't get set by the client or otherwise lost? If you have access to the http server logs, often you'd be able to see those types of errors from there, as PHP will typically tell you if it's using an undefined variable.

But if this is the issue, my suggestion is that you wrap this in an if condition rather than change it... basically something like..

PHP Code:

$tripname = urldecode($_GET["tn"]);

if ($tripname == "")
{
$tripname = date("Y.m.d").'-'.$username
}; 


There's the option in the Windows version as well as Android to automatically create a new track name when starting. Just restart TrackMe every day and have it automatically create a new file/track. You can probably get a program to do it automatically, or if you're rooted, use cron.

Originally Posted by gorgarath

There's the option in the Windows version as well as Android to automatically create a new track name when starting.

I already have that set, see below.

Originally Posted by khaytsus

So what's the actual problem, does $tripname sometimes end up blank because tn sometimes doesn't get set by the client or otherwise lost?

I have trackme on all the time and never touch it. Using the distance/time setting means it doesn't upload unless I'm moving which is ideal. The problem I have is that sometimes for reasons that I haven't figured out it starts a new trip so for example the other day I had these trips.

Auto_2012.06.08_08.02.35 - 6 positions
Auto_2012.06.08_09.09.02 - 20 positions
Auto_2012.06.08_09.52.30 - 47 positions

With the edit I get
2012.06.08-Damian - 73 positions

Also because it's on all the time it can change
Auto_2012.06.08_08.02.35 - 1000 positions
to
2012.06.08-Damian - 500 positions
2012.06.09-Damian - 500 positions

It's just a simple edit to keep things neater for me

Originally Posted by Tigggger

Auto_2012.06.08_08.02.35 - 6 positions
Auto_2012.06.08_09.09.02 - 20 positions
Auto_2012.06.08_09.52.30 - 47 positions

With the edit I get
2012.06.08-Damian - 73 positions

Oooooh, I understand now. Your original post made it sound like you were losing data, not that it was getting separated into multiple logical trips. I suspect TrackMe is getting killed by the system and when it restarts, new trip. But yes, that'll certainly fix that issue for you.

Personally I do the same thing, but at a different level. I actually haven't used the TrackMe client in a while, all of my data into the TrackMe server come from my Bluetooth GPS Tracklogger or from Tasker, but the trips are per-day, no hourly breakdown.

Yeah, sounds like TrackMe is getting put to sleep by the system. If you have root access, I believe there is a way to give priority to TrackMe so it never gets shut down. You could then set up a cron job to restart TrackMe every midnight. But your solution works as well and is already implemented. Hehe

Sent from my Droid X.

Originally Posted by gorgarath

Yeah, sounds like TrackMe is getting put to sleep by the system. If you have root access, I believe there is a way to give priority to TrackMe so it never gets shut down. You could then set up a cron job to restart TrackMe every midnight. But your solution works as well and is already implemented. Hehe

Sent from my Droid X.

Making it a system app, ie: putting the apk in /system/app gives even higher priority to TrackMe. I assume Lem's already doing all he can in terms of making it a foreground service with a notification, etc... That's about the highest user-level priority you can give. If rooted, Titanium Backup can do this pretty easy on most devices, although on mine (Galaxy Note) it just spins forever... I just copy then remove the version from /data/app if I need to do this, but only have one app that requires it.

Yeah, by default TrackMe run as a service so it should be more protected from the OS to be killed.