Qstarz Travel recorder nano User manual

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TableofContents

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1.OVERVIEW...................................................................................1

2.PRODUCTNOTICE ........................................................................1

3.FEATURES ....................................................................................2

4.PRODUCTSPECIFICATION ............................................................4

5.HARDWAREINTRODUCTION........................................................5

5Ͳ1.APPEARANCE ............................................................................. 5

5Ͳ2.HARDWAREFUNCTION ................................................................ 5

5Ͳ3.CHARGINGBATTERY .................................................................... 6

5Ͳ5.LEDINDICATORS ........................................................................ 6

5Ͳ6.FUNCTIONOFAUTOONͲOFF,AUTOLOGONͲOFF............................. 7

6.SETUPBTͲQ1300..........................................................................8

6Ͳ1.INSTALLTHEDRIVERANDSOFTWAREUTILITYFORBTͲQ1300 ............... 8

6Ͳ2.INSTALLGOOGLEEARTH............................................................. 11

7.STARTTOUSE............................................................................11

7Ͳ1.FULLYCHARGETHEBATTERYWHENUSINGATTHEFIRSTTIME .............. 11

7Ͳ2.CONNECTBTͲQ1300WITHYOURPC........................................... 12

7Ͳ3.STARTTHESOFTWAREUTILITY...................................................... 12

8.USEFULREFERENCEAPPLICATIONSONTHEINTERNET...............35

8Ͳ1.LOCRGPSPHOTO .................................................................... 35

8Ͳ2.GPSBABEL.............................................................................. 36

8Ͳ3.SPORTSMATE....................................................................... 37

8Ͳ4.JETPHOTOSTUDIO.................................................................... 38

8Ͳ5.VEOGEO ................................................................................ 39

9.TROUBLESHOOTING..................................................................40

10.APPENDIX ................................................................................41

10Ͳ1.ACTIVATETHEBLUETOOTHFUNCTIONINYOURPDA/SMARTPHONEORPC.. 41

10Ͳ2.CREATEBLUETOOTHSETTING(WINDOWSMOBILE5/6FORPOCKETPC) .... 42

10Ͳ3.CONFIGURETHEGPSINTERMEDIATEDRIVER ................................ 45

10Ͳ4.STARTYOURNAVIGATIONSOFTWARE........................................... 47

10Ͳ5.SAFETYNOTICES..................................................................... 48

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1.Overview

ThankyouforchoosingQstarzSuper66ͲCHBTͲQ1300–Bluetooth®

SolarGPSTravelRecorder,builtͲinnewgenerationGPSchipsetMTK

with66channelsperformanceforyournavigationandtravellog,and

also,providesstandͲaloneloggingupto200,000recordswith48hrs

recordingundersufficientsunlight,andsupportsSmartPower

controlforpowersavingtoextendusagetimeevenmore.Besides,

BTͲQ1300softwareutilitysupportsmultiͲconditionsettingwhich

allowsyoutocustomizeandpersonaltravelrecordby3Ͳleveldetail

adjustmentandprovidesdownload,save,andsplittoarrange

trackingrecord;moreover,youcandisplaytravelpathdirectlyon

GoogleEarthandcombinegeographyinformationwithphotosby

Geotagging.

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2.ProductNotice

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OnHandling

zIfBTͲQ1300isn’tusedintemperaturebetweenͲ10ɗ~60ɗ,its

batterychargingcapabilitywilldecrease.LeavetheBTͲQ1300

farfromheatorhightemperatureenvironment.Andalso,do

notexposeyourBTͲQ1300intemperaturehigherthan

140ə/60ɗtopreventthebatteryinsideBTͲQ1300from

overheating,explodingorburningitself.Thebuiltinbattery

insidetheBTͲQ1300shouldberecycled.

zItisrecommendedtoturnBTͲQ1300offinthehospital.

WirelessGPSreceivermayinterferewiththemedical

equipmentswhichuseradiofrequency.

zThemanufacturerassumesnoresponsibilityforanydamages

andlossresultingfromtheuseofthismanual,orfromdeletion

ofdataasaresultofmalfunction,deadbattery,orfrommisuse

oftheproductinanyway.

zPleasecleantheunitwithadryandcleansoftclose.Donotuse

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harshcleaningsolvents,chemicals,alcohol,orstrong

detergents.

zDonotattempttoopenBTͲQ1300byyourself.Unauthorized

hackingmaydamagetheunit,andvoidyourwarranty.

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OnBattery&Safety

zChargingtimeisabout1hourtypicallyforthisunit.Wesuggest

disconnectingtheunitfromthecigarettechargerorACcharger

aftertheunithasbeenfullycharged.

zBesuretousethesuppliedcigarettechargerincludingin

package;otherwiseexcessivevoltagemaybeappliedtothe

unitandmaycausesmoke,fire,oraccident.

zWhentheunitisnotinuseornotcharged,wesuggest

disconnectingtheunitfromthecigarettecharger.Otherwise

batterydrainmayresult.

zNotethatthebuiltinbatterycannotbechargedoutsidethe

temperaturerange0ɗ~45ɗį

zThechargingtimemightbeextendedifyouusetheproduct

whilecharging

zDonotheatorleavetheunitinhightemperatureordirect

sunshineforalongperiodoftimeasthebuiltͲinbattery

capacitywilldeteriorate,orwillbecomeunchargeable.

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3.Features

Hardware:

zAdoptthelatestMTKchipsetwithhighsensitivityͲ162dBmand

SuperHigh66ͲChannelperformancetracking

zLowerpowerconsumptionto12hrsfortravelrecording

zStandͲAlonetravelrecordertologupto200,000waypoints(*)

zSlim,Thin,Light,andStylishdesign,only62Lx38Wx7H(mm)

zBuiltͲinPhotoGeotagandvisualizedtravelpath

zSupportbuttonpushmanuallytomemorizeyourlocation

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zSupportMultiͲmodesettingtorecorddata(Vehicle,Bicycle,

Jog)

zFastPositionFix,Coldstart35s,Warmstart33s,Hotstart1s

zAutoOnͲOfffunctionforsmartpowercontrol

zPersonal/PortableNavigation(PDA,Smartphone,PC,etc.)

zDGPS(WAAS+EGNOS+MSAS),QZSSsupport

Software:

zDoublesoftwareincludedwithbuiltͲinGoogleMap,

multiͲlanguagesupport,andvisualizationUI

zProvidePCUtilityV3allowingyoutofurtherdetaillyconfigure

thedevice

zProvidePCUtilityV4withbuiltͲinGoogleMapandvisualization

UIforuserstoeasilymanagetheirtravel

zAutotracksplitfunctionhelpsyouorganizeyourtravelpath

zSupportTrackEditfunctionallowingyoutoremove

unnecessarywaypoints

zActiveNMEAprotocolVTG/GLLmanuallyviaQstarzsetuptool

zBackupyourtravelrecordasGPS/PLT/CSV/NMEA/Google

Earthfileformat

zDrawyournavigationpathimmediatelyonGoogleEarthas

default

zSupportGeoTaggingfunctionfordigitalphotoandgenerate

KMZfileeasily

*ThewaypointswouldbedecreasedwhenthemoreoptionsofLog

Formatareselected

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4.ProductSpecification

General

GPSChipMTKGPSModule

FrequencyL1,1575.42MHz

C/ACode1.023MHzchiprate

Channels66ͲCHPerformance

Antenna(Internal)BuiltͲinpatchantennawithLNA

SensitivityTrackingͲ162dBm

DatumWGS84

PerformanceCharacteristic

PositionWithoutaid:3.0m2DͲRMS

Accuracy<3mCEP(50%)withoutSA(horizontal)

DGPS(WAAS,ENGOS,MSAS):2.5m

VelocityWithoutaid:0.1m/s,DGPS(WAAS,ENGOS,

MSAS):0.05m/s

Time50nsRMS

Cold/Warm/HotStart 35/33/1sec,average

DynamicCondition

Altitude<18,000m

Velocity<515m/sec

Acceleration<4g

Protocol

GPSOutputData

NMEA0183(V3.01)ͲGGA,GSA,GSV,RMC

(Default)

VTG,GLL(Optional)

BaudRate115,200bps

Power

BuiltͲinrechargeableLiͲionbattery

Bluetooth

StandardFullycompliantwithBluetoothV1.2

BluetoothProfileSerialPortProfiles(SPP),Upto15meters

Others

Size/Weight62(L)X38(W)X7(H)mm/22g

Operating

TemperatureͲ10ɗto+60ɗ

StorageTemperatureͲ20ɗto+60ɗ

Charging0ɗto+45ɗ

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5.HardwareIntroduction

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5Ͳ1.Appearance

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1.PowerButton(ON/OFF/EnableLOG

mode/DisableLOGmode/PushtoLOG)

2.Powerjack(miniUSBtype)

3.BatterystatusLED(Red/Green)

4.BluetoothstatusLED(Blue)

5.GPSstatusLED(Orange)

6.LOGstatusLED(Blue)

7.Internalantenna

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5Ͳ2.HardwareFunction

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Hardware

FunctionDescription

PowerJackTakethepowercableandconnectittothe

powerjack(miniUSBtype)forchargingonly

PowerButton

(On)

Presspowerbuttonandholdfor4secto

powerBTͲQ1300on.

PowerButton

(Off)

Presspowerbuttonandholdfor4secto

powerBTͲQ1300off

PowerButton

(EnableLog

mode)

AfterpowerBTͲQ1300on,presspower

buttonandholdfor2sectoenablelogmode.

ThenBTͲQ1300wouldstartloggingwiththe

blinkingLOGstatusLED(blue).

PowerButton

(DisableLog

mode)

Presspowerbuttonandholdfor2secagain

todisablelogmode.TheLOGstatusLED

(blue)wouldbeoff,andstoplogging.

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PowerButton

(PushtoLog)

Presspowerbuttononcetopushtologthe

favoritePointofInterest.

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5Ͳ3.ChargingBattery

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ForthefirsttimeusingtheBTͲQ1300,

pleasechargebatteryuntilitisfully

charged.Takethepowercableand

connectittothepowerjack(miniUSB

type)andrechargethroughUSBcable,

travelcharger,orcarcigaretteadaptor.

Thiswillbegintochargethebattery.

Chargingtimeisabout1hourstypically.

ͲWhenthePowerLEDisRed,batterypowerislowstatus.Please

recharge.

ͲWhenthePowerLEDisGreen,thebatteryisunderchargingmode.

ͲWhenthePowerLEDisblinking,thebatteryisfullycharged.

NOTE1:TheCigaretteAdaptorcanonlybeusedtocharge

BTͲQ1300.Pleasedon’tmakeuseofitwithdevicesotherthan

BTͲQ1300.

NOTE2:Pleaserechargethebatteryonaregularintervaliftheunit

isnotusedforalongtime.

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5Ͳ5.LEDIndicators

LEDStatus FlashONOFF

Power

(Red/Green)

LowPower(Red)

Fullycharged(Green)

Recharging

(Green)

Bluetooth

(Blue)

Flashper2sec.:

Bluetoothconnected

andtransmittingMode

Flashper5sec.:Power

savingmode

Not

connected

/Pairing

GPSnot

powered/

LogModeis

on

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GPS

(Orange/

Blue)

Flashper1

sec.(Orange):

GPSpositionisfixed,

Navigation

Detecting

Satellite,

GPS

positionnot

fix

GPSnot

powered

Log(Blue)

LogModeison

Flashper2sec.(Blue):

Lowmemory

Flash3times(Blue):

POI(PointofInterest)is

recorded

Memoryis

full

LogMode

isoff

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5Ͳ6.FunctionofAutoOnͲOff,AutoLogOnͲOff

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AutoOnͲOff(Powersavingmode):BTͲQ1300willautomaticallyenter

sleepingmodeaftertheBluetoothconnectivityisturnedoff,sothe

BlueLEDwillturntoflashevery5seconds.Thusyoucanalways

poweritonwithverylowpowerconsumption.

Underpowersavingmode,whendetectingBluetoothisbeing

connected,BTͲQ1300willautowakeupitselfandtheblueLEDwill

turntoflashevery2secondsandGPSOrangeLEDwillbealsoOn.

Note:Powersavingmodewouldnotfunctionwhenlogisenabled

orconnectedwithPC.

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AutoLogOnͲOff:UnderLogmode,BTͲQ1300willautomaticallystop

logaftertheGPSisnotfix.However,theLEDwillnotindicateitsince

itworksinbackground.AslongastheGPSisfixagain,BTͲQ1300will

starttolog.Thusyoucansaveverymuchmemoryduringyourtravel.

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6.SetupBTͲQ1300

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6Ͳ1.Installthedriverandsoftwareutilityfor

BTͲQ1300

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SystemRequirement(OnlycompatiblewithMicrosoftWindowsXP

/Vista)

MinimumSystemRequirementRecommended

SystemRequirement

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ͲWindowsXPorVista

ͲPentium3,500Mhz

Ͳ128MRAM

Ͳ128MBdiskspace

ͲNetworkspeed:128Kbits/sec

Ͳ3DͲcapablevideocardwith

16MbytesofVRAM

Ͳ800x600,"16ͲbitHighColor"

screen

ͲWindowsXP

ͲPentium42.4GHz+orAMD

2400xp+

Ͳ512MRAM

Ͳ2GBoffreediskspace

ͲNetworkspeed:768Kbits/sec

orbetter(DSL/Cable)

Ͳ3DͲcapablevideocardwith32

MBofVRAMorgreater

Ͳ1280x1024,"32ͲbitTrueColor"

screen

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1.PleaseinserttheDriverCDtoyourcomputer,andfindthefolder

“Utility\PCUtilityV4\”.Doubleclick

“TravelRecorderV4_installer.exe”toinstallthesoftwareutility

package.ThissoftwarepackagecontainsUSBdriverandPCUtility

V4softwareinside.

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2.Systemwouldpopuptheutilityinstallationdialog.Pleaseclick

<Next>forthenextstep.

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3.Pleaseselect“TravelRecorderPCUtilityV4”and“GPSDataLog

DeviceDriver”,andthenclick<Next>tothenextstep.Ifyou

alreadyinstalledUSBdriver,pleaseunselect“GPSDataLogDevice

Driver.”

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4.Click<Next>ifyouwanttoinstalltheprogramindefaulttarget

folderoryoucanclick<Explore>tochangetheinstallfolder.

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5.Giveafolder’snameforquicklinksinstartmenuandclick

<Install>toinstalltheprogram.

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6.Whentheutilityinstallationiscompleted,pleaseclick<Finish>to

reboot.Oryoucanalsorebootlaterbyselecting“No,Iwantto

rebootlaterbymyself.”

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6Ͳ2.InstallGoogleEarth

BTͲQ1300supportsshowingyourtravelpathdirectlyonGoogleEarth.

Pleasegotohttp://earth.google.comforthefreedownloadof

GoogleEarth,andtheninstallittoyourcomputer.Fortheoperation

procedureofGoogleEarth,pleasereferto

http://earth.google.com/support/

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7.Starttouse

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7Ͳ1.Fullychargethebatterywhenusingatthefirst

time

Afullychargedbatterycanlastupto12hourscontinuously

operation.

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7Ͳ2.ConnectBTͲQ1300withyourPC

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1.PleaseconnectBTͲQ1300withyourPCbyminiUSBcable.

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2.PoweronBTͲQ1300

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7Ͳ3.Startthesoftwareutility

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NOTE1:Beforestartingthesoftwareutility,pleasemakesurethat

theUSBdriverandthesoftwareutilityhasbeeninstalled

properly.

NOTE2:PCUtilityV4onlysupportsBTͲQ1300.Anyintentiontouse

PCUtilityV4connectingGPSunitsotherthanBTͲQ1300

wouldresultinsoftwaredisconnectionautomatically.

NOTE3:QstarzTravelRecorderPCUtilityV4can’tbeopenedwith

QstarzTravelRecorderPCUtilityV3simultaneously.Please

executeeitheroneofbothortheprogrammayexperience

unstablestatus.

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1.Clickfrom<Start>\<AllPrograms>\<QstarzTravelRecorderV4>

\TravelRecorderPCUtilityV4.

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2.<File>\<ReadLog> 

DownloadthelogdatafromBTͲQ1300.

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2.1 Click<File>\<ReadLog>orthequicklinkicon.

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2.2 Usershavetoinputproductkeyatthefirsttimeofuse.The

productkeyislocatedonthecoverofthedriverCD.

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2.3 PCUtilitywillautomaticallydetectthecomportandbaud

rateandloadintheGPStracks.

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Ifdownloadproccessdoesn’tworkwell,pleasepullUSB

portoutofTravelRecorder,turnoffͲon,andplugitin

againtomakeconnection.

Youmayalsotrytomanuallyselectcomporttogetmore

stableconnection.Pleasereferto“4.1Connection

Setting.”

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2.4 Atracklistwindowwillbepoppedup.Selectthetracksto

import.

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2.5 TrackswillbeshownontheGoogleMapwindow.

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3.<File>\<ClearLog>

ClearthedatastoredintheTravelRecorder.

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4.<File>\<ConfigGPS>

ConfiguretherecordingmethodoftheflashmemoryofTravel

Recorder.

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4.1ConnectionSetting

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I.AutoScanGPSModule(Recommended)

Theprogramwillautomaticallydetectthecomport.Itis

recommendedtosettoautoscan.

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II.ManualSetting

Userscanalsomanuallysettheport.Althoughitcanspeed

uptheinitialconnecttime,butitisnotrecommended

unlessusersunderstandthevalidport.

Tofindthevalidcomport,pleasegoto<DeviceManager>

andexpandthe<Ports(COM&LPT)>andcheck“GPSUSB

SerialInterfaceDriver”toseewhichCOMportisassigned

toTravelRecorder.(COM18isforexample)

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4.2GPSLogSetting

Thereare4logmodes:Generalmode,vehiclemode,

cyclingmode,andhikingmode.Userscanalsochange

thedefaultsettingofthese4modes.

Logevery()seconds:

Ifthecriterionischecked,TravelRecorder

willnotlogifdifferencebetweencurrent

timeandlastloggedtimeislessthanthe

specifiedtime.

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Logevery()meters:

Ifthecriterionischecked,TravelRecorder

willnotlogifthedistanceofcurrent

positionandlastloggedpositionislessthan

thespecifieddistances.

Logover()km/h:

Ifthecriterionischecked,TravelRecorder

willnotlogifthespeedisunderthesetting.

4.3DataLogMemory

Abarshowhowmanypercentageofmemoryisusedin

theTravelRecorder.

Overwrite:

Whenthememoryisfull,TravelRecorderwill

keeploggingbyoverwritingthememory

fromtheearliestpoint.

StopLog:

Whenthememoryisfull,TravelRecorderwill

stoplogging.

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5.<Photo/Media>\<AddMediaFiles> ġġ

Userscanaddmediafilesfromafilefolder,orselectedfiles.

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5.1Addmediafilesfromafolder:Selectafoldertoaddmedia

files.

Addmediafilesfromselectedfiles:UseCtrlͲClick,or

ShiftͲClicktoselectmultiple

files.

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5.2Afterphotosareadded,allphotoswillbeshownonthe

<PhotoView>and<PhotoList>window.Under<PhotoView>

window,Userscanclickonthe“nextphoto”and“prevphoto”

buttonstobrowsephotos,addcommenttoeachphoto,and

rotate,deletephotos.PCUtilitywillautomaticallymatch

photosandGPSloggedwaypointsbytime.

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