Humminbird Side Imaging Forums
Software and Software Development => Other 3rd Party Software => HumFinder => Topic started by: Timo on June 04, 2010, 09:21:16 PM
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Hello everybody!
Latest HumFinder release can be downloaded from
http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?topic=783.0 (http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?topic=783.0)
I have developed HumFinder little bit further now and then and now it's time for version 2.0.
New features HumFinder v.2.0
- Display user selectable SI images of target area
- Aspect ratio correction is used (vertical dimensions correlates with horizontal ones, with certain limitations)
- Independently zoomable SI images
- SI Images are pannable when zoomed
- Image windows are resizeable
- SI image color is user selectable
- Measuring tool for measuring dimensions, object height estimation
- Image copying, saving possibilities
- Search radius extended to 100 000 feet (30 000km). With 3000ft (1000m) and above only SI tracks are shown
- Abort button added to cancel search on time consuming operations
- Automatic comma separated position (Lat, Lon) tracking from clipboard. Can be used for example with HumViewer
- New position formats added
[+,-]ddd[°].dddddd[N,S,W,E]
[+,-]ddd[°] mm.mmmm['][N,S,W,E]
[+,-]ddd mm['] ss.ssss["][N,S,W,E]
- Search speed is optimized (1.5x - 10x as compared to HumFinder v. 1.0 depending on search)
- Real target “hit” point recording time is shown
Some bug fixes done:
- Lat, Lon controls were multiline types causing erratic operation in if "enter" was pressed while editing values
- Tracks were limited to 25 different types causing error if exceeded, now max. is 125
And there is some known limitations:
- tested only in very limited environment
Windows XP Professional SP2, SP3
Windows Vista Business
Humminbird 798ci SI, firmware 4.510, 4.780
Google Earth v. 5.1.3533.1731
LabView Runtime Engine 2009 (LVRTE90min.exe)
- cannot handle position formats starting with N,E,S,W
- target cursor max. number 50, 125 different tracks can be handled. ("Tracks only" mode has 1 different track)
- Google Earth position tracking won't work if HumFinder is maximized by user since "Show in Google Earth” operation
- Google Earth will occasionally give "installation" messages when opened by HumFinder - these can be cancelled by user
- if boat speed is very high, position information and SI data don't go apparently "hand in hand" causing shift in "hit" point
A brief Installation and Operating .pdf guide can be downloaded from:
ftp://sideimagingsoft.com/HumFinder_2.0_short_Installation_and_Operating_Guide.pdf (http://ftp://sideimagingsoft.com/HumFinder_2.0_short_Installation_and_Operating_Guide.pdf)
HumFinder v. 2.0 can be downloaded from:
ftp://sideimagingsoft.com/HumFinder_2.0.exe (http://ftp://sideimagingsoft.com/HumFinder_2.0.exe)
For smaller screen sizes 1024x768 there is separate installer:
ftp://sideimagingsoft.com/HumFinder_2.0_(1024x768).exe (http://ftp://sideimagingsoft.com/HumFinder_2.0_(1024x768).exe)
Some screenshots from HumFinder new features:
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It got little bit late (or early ;)) tonight, below is a picture taken few minutes ago of a rising sun.
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Please use the HumFinder "Bug Reports" and "Development Ideas" topics for that kind of stuff.
Regards,
Timo
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A username and password is required to download ftp://sideimagingsoft.com/HumFinder_2.0.exe
What do I use?
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X2
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X2?? Doesn't compute..
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X2
Great answer ::)
Clean your keyboard or cut your nails
Gert
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john h, try links:
http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0.exe (http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0.exe)
http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_(1024x768).exe (http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_(1024x768).exe)
http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_short_Installation_and_Operating_Guide.pdf (http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_short_Installation_and_Operating_Guide.pdf)
LabView runtime can be downloaded from:
http://ftp.ni.com/support/labview/windows/runtime/9.0/ (http://ftp.ni.com/support/labview/windows/runtime/9.0/)
I am behind pretty slow connection right now, so I can't verify links correcteness.
Regards,
Timo
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john h, try links:
[url]http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0.exe[/url] ([url]http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0.exe[/url])
[url]http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_(1024x768).exe[/url] ([url]http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_(1024x768).exe)[/url]
[url]http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_short_Installation_and_Operating_Guide.pdf[/url] ([url]http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_short_Installation_and_Operating_Guide.pdf[/url])
LabView runtime can be downloaded from:
[url]http://ftp.ni.com/support/labview/windows/runtime/9.0/[/url] ([url]http://ftp.ni.com/support/labview/windows/runtime/9.0/[/url])
I am behind pretty slow connection right now, so I can't verify links correcteness.
Regards,
Timo
Works fine - Thanks Timo
Gert
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Great answer ::)
Clean your keyboard or cut your nails
Gert
That wasn't a answer. It means By Two Which means i would like to know the answer as well. This is very common on most forums as it saves typing and bumps the thread up to the top
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X2 of course ;D just didn't think of it...
But another question, after succesfull upload and installation.. What specific file or directory I should click to get something opened in HumFinder. Moving the "/record/*/*" to different places doesn't help me???
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Teddy,
you can just choose the /record/ directory (folder) under which your records are, so the search would be done for all the records under that directory.
You can make sub search to your SI records by selecting the desired folder or search from all the SI records by selecting parent directory which contain all your SI records. It depend how you have organized your Humminbird records on your disc. If you choose the parent directory of /record/ the search is done to all records under that.
You don't need to move your HB records to new place.
If your records are in the desktop your search directory would be for example "C:\Users\Timo\Desktop"
Note also following from
http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_short_Installation_and_Operating_Guide.pdf (http://sideimagingsoft.com/downloads/HumFinder/HumFinder_2.0_short_Installation_and_Operating_Guide.pdf)
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Default Humminbird folder and file names must used for the records i.e.
\RECORD\R00xxx.DAT
\RECORD\R00xxx\B002.IDX
\RECORD\R00xxx\B002.SON
\RECORD\R00xxx\B003.IDX
\RECORD\R00xxx\B003.SON
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the same format HB unit stores the records to the SD card
Is your position information (lat, lon) right? If you use HumViewer to view your records, you can simply choose "Utilities" and from the drop down list "copy position to clipboard", hit the HumFinder "Search SI Records" button and you should have at least one track shown.
Note also that the "Search Radius" is as desired, if selected as 30ft, only tracks inside that area are shown
I am happy to try to help, if you still got any problems.
Regards,
Timo