I would like to run a Kattack Test for RumRace #5.
I have access to the Kattack Publisher which allows me to "publish" a race so that all can view what's going on.
You will get to see your boat speed and position as well as those of the rest of the fleet.
To show up on the Kattack system you will need a Kattack Tracker. You can buy an iPhone/iPad and/or Android app
that accomplishes this little feat for $10. (Note, I get no financial benefit out of this)
Once you have the app, start it up and go to the boat name page:
1. Enter your boat name on the boat name page
2. Go to the feed list and select J105 Fleet 17
3. Enter the password turkey (all lower case)
4. Go to the map page and see if you show up. If you do, you are online.
5. Go to the status page and see if any points have been uploaded. If they have, you are online.
6. On Saturday, don't forget to start the Kattack app before you start. In 105 circles, I am famous for not doing this so don't be a Bee.
The app tends to drain the battery so the later you start it the better.
Its best if you have the phone on a charger but you have to balance this
with the fact that the phone also needs to "see" the satellites.
After the race I will do my best to publish the race so we can view it at the clubhouse after the race.
In spite of the fact that I am pretty much a computer geek, I have a bit of a problem with the setup so
don't get too angry if I don't get it done Saturday evening. I will eventually publish and give everyone the link.
I will also begin the download/publish process when I get to the clubhouse so don't get too angry if your boat
does not make the feed because I started before you finished.
Also, I would like some idea of who is going to do this and your start time before the race. This will make
selecting the start and finish times much easier. Send the info to me at bednarb at 3dbee dot com with a subject
line of Kattack.
Hamburg, Stinger, Infinity, and someone called Observer (whomever you are) tried this for RumRace 4.
For some reason Hamburg had no points during the race window (5:20-8:00) that I set up but you can see
Stinger and Infinity battle it out.
http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=ce2ecf86-c717-4ad7-ab44-242a2670959d
With no takers, I will set the start time at 5:20 and the finish time at 8:00 PM. It would appear that the winds on Saturday may not let even the fastest boats finish so will see what I get on Saturday evening.
I'll set up mine, Bee. Thanks for taking care of this!!
OK, confused. Only Shaken and Stinger show up on this one. For some reason the marks don't show up either but if you switch to make mode you can see where the boats are as then run.
http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=210b4d86-eb91-42ae-86f1-0c652eb3b962
Going to go back one more time and see if I can figure out why Hamburgler is not there.
Bee, the course marks appear to be in Tibet. I assume your coordinates for longitude were set to "E" rather than "W"?
AHH. That might explain it. I can check that and correct it. Thanks
Indeed, the Kattack Publisher requires negative numbers for W, so if you put positive numbers in you get E. I'm so used to entering only positive number in my GPS that I did not recognize this as an issue.
Will republish shortly.
Fixed.
Cool stuff.
Awesome!
Quote from: Bee on July 15, 2012, 03:18:28 PM
OK, confused. Only Shaken and Stinger show up on this one. For some reason the marks don't show up either but if you switch to make mode you can see where the boats are as then run.
http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=210b4d86-eb91-42ae-86f1-0c652eb3b962
Going to go back one more time and see if I can figure out why Hamburgler is not there.
The Hamburgler didn't show up because he didn't switch his smart phone on - or was it his brain?
Your beginning to think like me. Be careful I have a month or two on you. In my case its explainable. Not so sure in yours.
Bee -- Tango will be online for TRW!!
OK
The correct version of Rum Race 4
http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=f0d4e278-2b1e-4d2d-a9cb-e863a88fde01
Bee, I have the Kattack App on my I phone (finally), are you going to try this for Rum Race #6 Tomorrow?
Dave Christensen
S/V Airborne
Bee, when will we get to see TRW on the kattack?
Oh crud. I forgot all about that. Will get on it this weekend.
Bee:
I just downloaded the Kattack app on my I phone. I will ry to remember to turn it on when we start the race. Anything special I need to do to be part of the tracking?
Ron E
S/V Stellar of Course
Stinger will not be doing the Rum Race this evening so no Kattack.
Here are the TRW tracks for Stinger and Tango. Thursday appears to be OK but I could not change the
start time on Saturday to 11:00. Still learning.
Tracks start at 9:00 so speed the play back up and then slow it down
to whatever makes you comfortable after that.
Thursday
http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=11ebbad8-56e4-4095-81be-dac39fe7ab47
Saturday
http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=3f684d78-ead3-4265-9827-31004681e5d3
Stinger should be back out on the 18th and Kattack will be back up.
I would really appreciate it if as many of you as possible could tune in.
To do so,
Install the Kattack app on your phone (iPhone or Android)
Go to the myBoats page
Enter your boat's name
Select the J105 Fleet 17 feed. This is really important if you don't do this I cannot see you on the play back
Enter the password turkey (all lower case)
Go back to the map page. It should show your current location
Go to the status page. This should tell you if you are uploading points or not. If not you have either done
something wrong or the app is not picking up your location. Be sure locations services is on.
I do not have an Android phone so I cannot help much with that, but zap me bee at panoramatech dot com if you
have questions or want to see if I can see you on the tracker. I would really like to test an Android phone.
B
One more thing. On Sat the 18th, start your Kattack app as close to your start time as possible.
If you are going to do Kattack, send me an email with your start time so I know when to set it in the race
timer.
Bee, I used the Kattack for last Sat's Rum Race (#6), just logged onto J105 Fleet 17. The entire boat track was overlaid on a chart of Upper Gal. Bay when we finished .
VERY COOL, thanks for getting this going
Dave
Great. This helps me a lot. The more often I get to set up these races, the better I get at it.
FYI
06.Aug.12 - Kattack Android app Kattack has released v1.1 of the Android app that fixes the time problem that resulted in a position error in v1.0. This should update automatically if automatic update is enabled. To verify the revision level, go to "Settings", "Manage Applications", "Kattack Mobile". The revision level should be 1.1.
OK, now i really don't have a clue. The link below is the data from Rum Race 7.
Der Hamburgler shows up the entire time. In fact, all the boats show up the
entire time. Even the little Stinker managed to finish. Only real discrepancy
was that the real French Connection only had one point in the buffer.
I made the start line too long but you should be able to see everyone
start at least at or slightly behind their starting times.
Let's do it again for Rum #8. Only this time everyone has to humiliate Uzi into
running his.
http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=8ec541ed-1fcc-4fc7-b766-8f962e5fb08c
Is there a way I can watch this on an iPad?
Not unless you can get Apple to allow Flash Player to run on the iPad.
I think you can jail break your iPad and do it but so far I have been unwilling to try.
Here is a link as to why.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3969566?start=0&tstart=0
iSwifter Flash Web Browser is an app that is supposed to allow one to play flash videos on the iPad.
I will go try it and see what happens.
Yep, iSwifter Browser will do it.
Photon will also do it and it seems a bit better to me $4.99.
Here is the link to Rum Race 8. All three boats, Hamburg, Millie, and Stinger, came in just fine all the way.
I think maybe the big winds had something to do with it.
For us on Stinger it was really a fun run. Hope everyone enjoyed it and the entire series.
http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=bca42316-d184-43f2-82cc-c10cff0782d5