hi shawn, any chance it will be developed for android? I know you said it would never be in the passed just wondering if you have had a change of heart? cheers simon
On 10/01/2018, Shawn Kirkpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > I am the original developer for the Symbian version of Loadstone, currently > developing the version for iOS. > You are correct about the certificates, all the systems that supported these > are dead. This was the problem we ran in to that prevented any further > releases. Now, if I remember correctly there is a way to generate a > self-signed certificate that you could use to run the program on your own > phone. I haven't looked at any of this in about 5 years so I forget exactly > how this worked. The other option is to jail break your phone, this would > allow you to run unsigned programs on it. > There may be an easier solution to your problem though. Loadstone should > work with any receiver that sends out standard nmea data. This should be > almost all bluetooth receivers as far as I know. The exception to this may > be receivers that are marketed specifically as being compatable with the > iPhone, in that case they may use a different protocol and may not work with > anything else. It's also possible that the receiver is set to send out some > other kind of protocol and it may be possible to make it send nmea. You'd > have to read the specifications for your receiver to know what it's doing. > You'll need to know this anyway in order to fix Loadstone if it turns out > the receiver does send nmea but in a way Loadstone doesn't understand. Maybe > it's easier to just get another receiver that works? > The Loadstone source should be available on the website in the Loadstone > legacy site section. This is now an external site that I don't control so it > may have changed. If the source isn't available there then let me know and I > can send you a copy, I should have it around here somewhere. > > On Wed, 10 Jan 2018, Aura Kelloniemi wrote: > >> Hello >> >> This list seems to be taken over by the non-free Loadstone application, >> but I >> hope there is still somebody who can guide me. >> >> I have two questions regarding the old Symbian Loadstone application. I >> wish >> somebody could answer them or direct me to someone else who could help - >> most >> likely an old developer. >> >> Question 1: I want to add support for a particular BT GPS receiver to >> Loadstone. This receiver is incompatible for some reason, which is still >> unknown to me. I am unable to install my own versions of Loadstone, >> because I >> can't get my hands on a developer certificate needed to sign the >> installation >> package. All sites that once provided the certificates are now dead. Did >> Loadstone have a certificate for itself that I possibly could use. It does >> not >> matter if the certificate has expired - I can always tinker with the date >> of >> my phone. If I can't find a certificate, my project will fail and I need >> to >> find another platform where my receiver is usable. >> >> Question 2: >> Is Loadstone's SVN repository available somewhere nowadays or does anyone >> have >> a copy of it? >> >> Thank you for any help that you may be able to provide. >> >> -- >> Aura >> _______________________________________________ >> Loadstone mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.loadstone-gps.com/listinfo/loadstone >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Loadstone mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.loadstone-gps.com/listinfo/loadstone _______________________________________________ Loadstone mailing list [email protected] http://lists.loadstone-gps.com/listinfo/loadstone
