Description:
ReliRescue enables your Windows Mobile Phone to broadcast your location to designated partners (over SMS or email).
Your location is obtained using Integrated or external (Bluetooth) GPS connected to your device.This utility also enables any Windows Mobile platform to feed the broadcasted waypoints to track and locate the sender.
I use this utility to broadcast my location during Hang Gliding activities to a ground personal (Reli - the software is named after you...).
This Utility is provided for free (as long as it seems), however contains a time expiration mechanism so you'd come again to get a newer version from this site.
Features of this current version (partial list):
- Supports internal GPS or external Bluetooth GPS.
- Supports Smartphone versions of Windows Mobile.
- Supports location broadcast over your Phone's SMS (Short Message Service).
- Status display: Speed, Alt, Destination to WP, Time to WP, SMS status and more...
- Supports recording a compressed track log.
- Data features:
o Connecting to the Internet through GPRS/UMTS/WiFi/USB.
o Sending compressed track log to an email receiver.
o Translation of track log to Google KML (screen shot, sample KMZ file) and FAI IGC formats by server side (which sends email).
- SMS Broadcast features:
o Supports broadcast to multiple phone numbers.
o Supports periodic interval broadcasts (5, 10, 30 ... minutes).
o Supports reducing the amount of sent SMS messages by sending them only if you are on the move.
o Supports automatic detection of "landing/crash" situation and sends a message.
o Records a log of sent messages, so you'd know how many messages were sent and get their status.
- New:
o Power saving option to maximize battery life.
o Fault tolerance: Cell tower detection and retry operation.
o Night display, for seekers driving by night.
o Automatic Broadcast notification on Low battery - useful to find your phone if lost...
o Responds query SMS with pass code (ex. "R$0000").
*for example, if you enable remote query and the access password is 0000the phone will send it's location upon receiving the SMS message r$0000*
Tested platforms:
- ASUS P525 - PDA Phone HP iPAQ h4150.
- PDA ASUS A639 - PDA with Windows Mobile 6 and internal GPS.
- SAMSUNG SGH-i617 (Blackjack II) Smart Phone.
- SAMSUNG SGH-i780 Smart Phone.
- SAMSUNG SHG-i900L (OMNIA).
- SAMSUNG GT-B7320 (OmniaPRO).
- Qtek 9100 (Wizard) with Windows Mobile 6.1.
- HTC Tytn I - PDA Phone.
- HTC Tytn II - PDA Phone, with Windows Mobile 6.1.
- Moto Q 9h Global - Smartphone with Windows Mobile 6 and internal GPS.
- HTC Touch Diamond.
- HTC Touch HD (T8282) (Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6.5).
- HTC HD2 T8585 (HTC Leo).
- HTC Kaiser.
- HTC Touch Pro.
- HTC Touch Diamond P3700.
- HTC Touch2 (T3333).
- LG GM 750 (Windows Mobile 6.5).
Prerequisites:
- This software is compatible with a Windows Mobile device.
- Your device should support .NET Compact framework (if it does not have it, you may get it here: 2.0 , 3.5).
- In order to broadcast your location over SMS you need to have an SMS plan.
- In order to send your location over a Data transport you either need a Phone data plan (GPRS/UMTS), WiFi, or a connection over Synch cable.
Installing:
- Copy the file "ReliRescue.cab" to your device and click it.
- After installing, the CAB file may be deleted, unless you want to share it with your friends...
Update Description:
v1.17.4.27 (27-04-2010):
- Immediate fix for connectivity issue with livetrack24 UDP protocol over GPRS.
v1.17.4.23 (23-04-2010):
- Improved power consumption profile (allow screen off & suspend with scheduled wake).
- Fixed HTC HD2 remote SMS query issue (may be applicable for other phones).
- First release of Software User's manual!!! (access through About screen).
- Fixed an issue with GPSdriver around degree 0 (UK).
- Livetrack24 changes:
o User must change default name before updating.
o UDP protocol to work with http://www.livetrack24.com or
http://test.livetrack24.com.
o Minimum update interval reduced to 4 seconds.
o UDP packet can include multiple points in a single (unreliable) message.
v1.17.0.25 (17-03-2010):
- Fixed race condition in last packet send to livetrack24.
- Fixed UDP issue in while sending to livetrack24.
- Added option to include google maps link in the SMS message.
- Improved Activity-log to include refined activity messages.
- Improved error logging in case of abnormal software events.
- Rearranging Time to WP. / Dist to WP. + hiding when destination is inactive.
- Further restricting Software Update Check frequency.
- Map view:
o Adding a menu option to disable map fetch from network.
o Adding a menu option to refresh cache - see manual.
o Reverted keyboard roles (up/down/left/right).