Product User Guide

Thank you for purchasing your very own WyTrac GPS tracking device and MapTrac software. We’re sure that both of these will be useful to you, no matter whether it’s for personal or business use.

Before using your WyTrac or MapTrac product, please take note that you have all required materials from your WyTrac package:

• WyTrac GPS tracking device
• MapTrac software installation CD

Once these items have been verified, you’re ready to begin using your product!

To install your MapTrac software, please follow these steps.

1. Insert your MapTrac CD into your CD drive.
2. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to your C drive. Look for a file called “Setup”. Run this program.
3. Follow the on-screen dialogs for the program installation.
4. Once installed, double-click on the “MapTrac” desktop icon to run the program.

When used in conjunction with your USB adaptor, your MapTrac program will display up to date information regarding your tracking.

Your MapTrac software comes loaded with features. Most of these can be accessed via the menu options.

File Menu
Exit – Exits the MapTrac software.

Config Menu
Color – This submenu contains three choices: gray, red, blue. These color choices affect the color of the MapTrac software interface.
Reset – Choosing reset will clear the datapoints that are displayed by the MapTrac software. (It will NOT delete them from the data file, so don’t worry about accidentally deleting your datapoints.)
Edit Points – Opens up the datafile in a text editor, allowing for a user to edit the latitude and longitude points.

Figure Menu
This menu only becomes operational after the datafile has been read. The options in this menu will be used when loading the map. Once selected and the map is loaded, that type of figure will be used when displaying the datapoints. For example, choosing to display a car will put a car icon above each pair of latitude and longitude points as they are displayed.

Send Menu
Send Email – Send information to someone via email. Click on this option to open a dialog box, asking for an email address. Inputting a valid email address and clicking send will load a WyTrac webpage that will send the datapoints and a link to the map to that email address.

Help Menu
About – Displays information about the MapTrac program.

How to display your location

1. Transmit your data from your WyTrac device.
2. Load MapTrac.
3. Click on “READY: Get File”. This will load the datapoints into memory.
4. Choose a figure from the “Figure” menu.
5. Click on “READY: Get Map”. This will load the map in your default browser.

How to email your location

1. Transmit your data from your WyTrac device.
2. Load MapTrac.
3. Click on “READY: Get File”. This will load the datapoints into memory.
4. Click on the “Send” menu and choose “Send Email”. This will open a dialog box.
5. Enter your email address, or the email address of the person receiving the datapoints.
6. Click “Send”. A browser page will open up and the information will be emailed to them.

How to Use Your Hardware

Your WyTrac GPS tracking device comes ready for personal use. With its simple design, you can quickly and easily use it. This is done by the use of four buttons on the device. Each button is numbered and means the following:

1. Get Location
2. Send location data to PC
3. Set location sampling time
4. Shut Down/Power Up

Get Location button

Pressing this button will have the unit calculate your current location and print the latitude and longitude data to the LCD display.

Send Location Data to PC button

Once you have attached your WyTrac GPS tracking device to your PC via the USB cable, pressing this button will cause the unit to attempt to transfer your location data to the PC. Note: Before sending data, you must have your MapTrac software running.

Set Sample Time button

This button changes the time period between samples. The choices are one (1) minute, five (5) minutes, and ten (10) minutes. Press the button to scroll through the three choices. The sample time is the time between each recorded data point.

Shut Down/Power Up button

This button turns the WyTrac GPS tracking device on and off.