AccuTracking

14. What's hot GPS? What's the drawbacks of hot GPS?

With hot GPS, the software keeps GPS chipset from cooling down between fixes, thus keeps it 'hot', resulting in quicker position fixing. Hot GPS will drain more battery power (about 50% more).

To change the hot GPS setting, on main AccuTracking screen, press the menu key (the key with the popup menu icon) on the phone keypad, select "Setup...".

15. What is Smart Sending? Should I enable or disable it? How?

When the phone stands still in one place for a while, most GPS data are redundant - the same data within the margin of GPS signal error. Smart Sending will save your Data Access Plan bandwidth in that it only sends data when your data is "fresh". For a typical client that is not always moving, Smart Sending option can reduce the network usage significantly.

Smart Sending is enabled by default and should be always enabled unless you need the redundant data report.

To change the Smart Sending setting, on main AccuTracking screen, press the menu key (the key with the popup menu icon) on the phone keypad, select "Setup...".

These questions and answers and more can be found on the FAQ page linked from the home page.

Man I'm a veteran now, I actually know the answer to the majority of the questions being posted here and its my turn to help. Hot GPS is keeping the GPS chip on the phone from going to sleep in between fixes thus the word Hot, it gets faster fixes. Smart sending is used to preserve network bandwith so that if you are at one location the phone doesn't send the same location over and over, it knows you are at the same location so it doesn't send to the site unless you move and a new location is detected. Smart sending is the way to go to save if you are paying per KB to your provider (Nextel).

What is the differance between smart sending and hotGPS? Which box should be checked in the setup menu, the smart sending or the hotGPS or both? I am using the i415 phone. I now have the smart sending checked and it works fine.