Open GPS Tracking System / Discussion / Open Discussion: Android: MyLiveTracker excellent !

georgio - 2012-01-27

Hi people !
I have been playing with OpenGTS for the past couple of weeks, having great fun. Congrats to the developers.
I have successfully connected 3 different trackers (e-bay). Minimum coding was required for only one of them (sending "LOAD" and "ON" reply packets over TCP).
The thing I want to share most is an excellent application called MyLiveTracker that worked like a treat out of the box:
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.msk.mylivetracker.client.android
Use the "Tk102 Emulator" in the server settings screen and the "tk10x" receiver in openGTS.
Also mark the "Close connection after every upload" or the server will time you out every so often (unless you have changed the default settings).

Best regards !
George

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Lakshmipathi.G - 2012-08-17

Thanks for the update George. Whats your OpenGTS version ?

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Tim - 2012-09-01

Does anyone know how to keep this app alive? I'd like it to continuously run while I do other things, such as gps nav or talk on the phone, but android kills it after a few moments.

Thanks,

Tim

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georgio - 2012-09-01

Hi Tim !
I have been using this app for some time now and I have no such problems.
I have used it on Android 3.x and 4.0 with no probs. I have tracks as long as 9 hours. At the same time I have used the phone for browsing, calling, other GPS applications etc. The only issue that I sometimes have is that it goes to no reporting mode for no apparent reason.
Make sure you are not using any task killers (especially with aggressive "free memory" settings). Also if your device is low on memory, android will kill any background apps to make room for critical applications. Which phone are you using ? memory installed ?
Best regards
George

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Tim - 2012-09-04

Hi George,

Thanks for the fast reply! I use on android 2.x and 3.x and have the same issues on all 5 devices. I track 24/7, and the only solution I have found so far is to run tasker on each device, and I have set tasker to load mylivetracker every 5 mins. This works well, especially on the devices that I use to do nothing but run mylivetracker. In this manner, I can have live 24/7 awesome tracking with no problems so far. I have used this setup on 4 devices and have reliable tracking for 4+ months now.

The issue is on one of the devices, which is a tablet running android 3.something. As soon as I start doing other things, like gps navigation or even just surfing the web, android stops mylivetracker and then there's no more tracking until tasker (set to start every 30mins) starts it back up. It would be nice if there was a way to keep it running always, no matter what other app is running as well. The device at issue is a ZTE Optik Z55 tablet.

Perhaps I should contact the author and see if he's interested in creating a "Pro" version that runs as a service. Mylivetracker is an AWESOME app that has done very well for me with OpenGTS. I have had much better luck using this app than the paid app gps2opengts. If only I can get mylivetracker 24/7 without interruption on my tablet, I'd be an extremely happy camper.

Thanks again,

Tim

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Michael Sk. - 2012-09-14

Thank you for the flowers, it is really great to build something which is used by others too. I am the owner of MyLiveTracker App. And I already know that there is an issue regarding the apps lifecycle. But it is really strange that the issue depends on the smartphone model and on the android version. Myself I use a Sony Ericcson X10 Mini with Android 2.1. And believe me, I use it daily like a poweruser, without any problems. The idea to make a service inside the app maybe is a solution. Would you like to discuss it in my MyLiveTracker forum (forum.mylivetracker.info)? The forum is not only about the app but also about the MyLiveTracker tracking platform. Ok, the forum is in german, but you will find a sub forum there called "English topics". Please register to my forum, it would help me very much in supporting you with MyLiveTracker app. Thanks a lot, Michael.

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georgio - 2012-09-15

Hi Michael!
My congratulations for your excellent application! I also use it daily for leisure and never had a problem.
Thus and the original post.
I have one request though, on behalf of a good friend of mine : Can you take down the minimum update interval to 1 second?
He wants to use it on remote controlled model airplane and the detailed track is a must!
My very best wishes
George

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Michael Sk. - 2012-09-15

Dear George, of course it is possible to have an interval setting like 1 second and also 0 second. But please keep in mind, that the upload process takes time itself. E.g. the average upload time to your server takes 1.5 seconds. So if the interval is set to 5 seconds, you have a real interval of 6.5 seconds between 2 positions. So even there is an intervall setting like 0 seconds, you have 1.5 seconds between 2 positions. So the upload performance depends on the server and of course of the internet connection. I'd be very grateful if we could discuss this further in my forum, because others are interested in this stuff too: forum.mylivetracker.info
Michael.

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Adam - 2012-10-22

Hi George,
Slightly OT, but are you prepared to share the coding for the LOAD and ON commands / files. Seems the device we have from ebay are the same.

Thanks.
Adam

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georgio - 2012-10-23

Dear Adam Hi !
It's always a pleasure to share.
Get the source file from, here : https://dl.dropbox.com/u/103368094/openGts_2.3.9_ebayUnitsPlusRedviewProtocol.zip
The included TrackClientPacketHandler.java must be merged / replace your <opengtsHome>/src/org/opengts/servers/tk10x/TrackClientPacketHandler.java
All my modifications are tagged with "GRG". Just search for them.
I have also implemented the protocol of a company named Redview that sells trackers as well. You do not need it for the tk10x replicas but it doesn't hurt either. I have this running for months now with openGTS 2.3.9 with no problems.
Of course you will have to recompile with ant and restart the tk10x server.
Hope this helps
Best regards
George

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Adam - 2012-10-23

Hi George,

Thanks for that, it works great!
It's saved me a lot of time, thanks again.

Adam

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Michael Sk. - 2012-10-29

@George (georgio3) @Tim (t22980) - MyLiveTracker Android App version 1.4.0 beta 2 is available for testing. Now the upload thread is embedded in an Android service (and marked as foreground). Further it is possible to send positions in an one second intervall. If you are interested in testing, please let me know. And of course I need your feedback - particularly if the App isn't killed by Android OS anymore. Michael.

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Tim - 2012-10-29

Hi Michael,

I am excited to test v1.4.0b2! Please let me know where to download and I will test on all of my devices.

Thanks,

Tim

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Michael Sk. - 2012-10-29

Dear Tim, please send your email address to support(at)mylivetracker.de.
Then I will invite you to my DropBox, where you can download the beta.
Michael.

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georgio - 2012-10-29

Dear Michael, this is very nice. Sounds a great app getting greater ! I will send you an e-mail to the above mentioned e-mail for the link. My feedback is the least I can do for your efforts.
Also, many thanks for implementing my request !
My best regards
George

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Michael Sk. - 2012-11-06

Since sunday version 1.4.1 is available at Google Play. Now the upload thread is embedded in an android service - and of course there are some more minor bugifxes and changes. So enjoy it - and please feel free to write some review at Google Play to make the App more widely known.

The Roadmap (version 1.5):
* Integration of an optional pin code query.
* Free configuration of the (MLT-)HTTP protocol (HTTP parameters).

Michael.

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Gokul - 2012-11-08

Hi all,

I configured Live Tracker app in My OpenGTS.it is working fine but lat and long is not showing exact place in OpenGTS map.

Please any one help me

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Michael Sk. - 2012-11-08

Dear gokulmannu,

you are right, this is a bug in version 1.4.1 in the Tk102 protocol (algorithm for converting gps position values from decimal to degrees does not work correctly). I will fix the bug this evening (MEZ) and I will upload the update in the Android market store as soon as possible.

I am really very sorry - the following comes true once again: "What was not tested does not work either!"

Kind regards,
Michael.

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Michael Sk. - 2012-11-09

Dear all,

version 1.4.2 of MyLiveTracker app has just been uploaded to Google Play (formely known as Android Market).
Now the conversion of gps positions in WGS84 format is done very well.

Please have a little patience - experience shows that it takes some time until Google has published the application.

Have a nice weekend,

Michael.

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- andrey volodin - 2016-05-07
  
  Does port specify at android mylivetracker app make sense ?:
  Serverside port configuration , file dcservers.xml , section tk10x is:
  <ListenPorts tcpPort="31272" udpPort="31272"/>
  Will mylivetracker android app function with different from tk10x ways?
  
  Last edit: andrey volodin 2016-05-07
  
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Pavel - 2012-11-13

Hello. michaelsk , thank you for nice application for Android. I use it with my LG Optimus P500 in tk102 mode and openGTS . But I have problem with speed, it always show very small values, for example mylivetracker send
121112081501,,GPRMC,041501.1,A,5334.1155,N,04929.0524,E,13.2,287.10,121112,0.0,E,A*0D,F,imei:XXXXXXXXXXXX,09,84.2,F:3.0V,0,126,,250,01,2062,652AF
here my speed was about 90 km , but I see here only 13.2*1.8 = about 23.76 km/h

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Pavel - 2012-11-13

With new version http://forum.mylivetracker.info/download/file.php?id=25 speed show correctly. Michael, thank you very much !!!

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Tim - 2013-10-26

Update: After Michael shared with me the app thru dropbox, I was able to implement mylivetracker app on 21 devices (mostly Samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0) and the app works flawlessly. I track half my fleet so far using this app and gts 2.4.0. I do recommend this app to anyone who wants reliable 24/7 tracking via android. The one snag I did run into is that I cannot download from the play store, as it seems the app isn't available for tablets, even though it works great on galaxy tab 2 and zte optik. Thanks again Michael!

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memento - 2014-04-19

It is posible autostart tracking without the charger connects?
Could you ad that function?
Thanks!

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