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RoadBook PDF

The classic PDF roadbook: open the file, the trip counts the km and the notes move on. Here you find the commands, one by one.

RoadBook

Opening a PDF, the library on the device and the Cloud space.

Select Roadbook: Choose a PDF from the device and ODOCAP opens it. On the start page the same command is called Choose roadbook. Without a subscription it opens but does not stay in the library.
Open PDF from Mail or Downloads: From Mail, Files or Downloads, select a PDF and choose ODOCAP Rally: the file is copied to the local library and opened directly in RoadBook. Without a subscription it only opens, without staying in the library.
Download from cloud: In the menu, next to Select Roadbook, and on the start page: it downloads the PDFs of your Cloud space into the library.
Roadbook library: The PDFs on the device: tap to open, New folder to sort them, drag them into the folder, the bin deletes them.
Move to Cloud: Next to the name of every file in the library: it uploads that PDF to the Cloud space and keeps the copy on the device. Without a subscription it is not there: the cloud space is not included.
Roadbook zoom: With + and - you change the size of the PDF. Hold the middle to go back to the starting size.
Note alignment: If the note does not stop in its place on the screen, move the PDF a few pixels with + and -. It applies to that roadbook; hold the middle to go back to 0.

Interface

Controls to choose layout, visible data, automatic advance and countdown warnings.

Automatic advance: On: when the trip reaches the note's km, the roadbook moves on to the next note by itself. It stops where the roadbook resets the km and starts again when you reset the trip.
Advance after: Metres after the note's km before moving to the next one. If unsure, leave 0.
KM: Shows or hides total kilometers in the trip bar.
COUNTDOWN: How far it is to the km of the next note. During the event the organiser can switch it off: the line below says This event organiser's choice.
SPEED: Shows or hides speed in the trip bar.
CAP: Shows or hides the CAP compass calculated from GPS movement.
Dynamic colors: The trip bar changes colour according to the distance to the next note: green, orange, red.
Bar flashing: Makes the trip bar flash when the countdown enters the warning range.
Blinking: Adjusts the duration of the bar flash.
Green: How many metres before the note the bar turns green. The dot next to it changes the colour.
Orange: Sets the last warning before the note reference.
Red: Sets when red appears after reaching the note.

Keypad

Controls to assign the physical keypad and control RoadBook and trip without touching the screen.

RoadBook UP: Goes back to the previous note. Held down, it scrolls.
RoadBook Down: Moves the roadbook to the next note. Held down, it scrolls.
Trip +: Adds 10 metres to the trip. Held down, it runs.
Trip -: Takes 10 metres off the trip. Held down, it runs.
Set KM to note: Sets the trip to the km of the note to read.
Trip reset: Sets the trip back to 0.00. It must be held down, so it never resets by mistake.
Reset assignments: Clears all configured button assignments.

Wheel sensor

Controls to choose trip source, configure the wheel and correct GPS or circumference.

GPS Sensor: The trip counts with the GPS. Works on any phone and tablet, with nothing to connect.
Wheel sensor input: Tap it and turn the wheel: the app takes the first pulse. Without an input the trip stays still.
Circumference: The wheel circumference in mm. Example: over 10.00 km of notes the trip reads 10.15: set 2160 to 2128.
Start wheel sensor calibration: Ride a marked 1 km stretch, then press Calculate circumference: ODOCAP measures it by itself.
Start GPS 1 KM calibration: From the zero point ride 1 real km, then press the same button again: ODOCAP calculates the GPS correction.
GPS correction: Metres to add or remove for every km with the GPS. Example: over 10.00 km of notes the trip reads 10.15: set -15 m.

External displays

What to show on the two ODOCAP external displays, connected to the tablet by USB.

Times on master: Adds TIME, CO and countdown below the main value on the master display.
Enable external displays: Turns sending data to the external displays on or off. When on, the button becomes Disable external displays.
Display 1: What the first display shows: KM, Countdown, Speed or CAP. In RoadBook PRO also Waypoint, the point to take.
Display 2: What the second display shows, with the same choices.

Time controls

Controls to set start, CO and time information shown in the bar.

Show times in bar: Shows current time, active CO and countdown in the top bar.
Start: Sets the official start time.
TC1: From CO1 to CO5: tap the time and type how long after the start the control is; ODOCAP shows the Expected arrival. USE makes that CO the active one.
TIME, CO1 and Remaining: Summarizes current time, active CO and time remaining to the control.
Reset times: Clears start and configured time controls.
Chained times: As on time cards: the ideal time of a TC counts from the time stamped at the previous TC, not from the start. If you stamp TC2 2 minutes late, TC3 moves by 2 minutes. In the bar WAIT in the minutes before your minute (Early warning), green in the right minute, LATE after; at the last TC arriving early is allowed.
Stamp the active TC: At the control tap Stamp the active TC: the current time to the minute, then the next TC becomes active. Marshal time enters the time stamped on the time card; Remove the last stamp fixes a wrong stamp.

Pen

The pen button, on the roadbook screen, opens the bar for drawing on the notes. It works in the PDF and in RoadBook PRO.

Note: The bar shows the number of the note you are drawing on: tap it to change note. Drag the bar to move it.
Pen color: The coloured dots: the colour of the stroke.
Line thickness: The - and + buttons next to the number change the thickness of the stroke.
Color opacity: The two buttons next to the percentage make the stroke more transparent or more opaque.
Undo last stroke: Removes the last stroke drawn on that note.
Clear marks on this note: Removes all the marks on the note.
Close pen: Closes the bar and goes back to the roadbook controls.

Legend

The roadbook symbols, in the last tab of the menu.

Legend: Tracks, dangers, abbreviations, the roadbook symbols and how to read a note. The part about waypoints is only in RoadBook PRO.

Remember

The menu opens with the menu button and fills the screen: the tabs Roadbook, Interface, Keypad, Wheel sensor, External displays, Times and Legend are on the left (at the top on a phone), each with how it is set up underneath. Back to the roadbook closes it.
On screen, next to the roadbook: the ▲ and ▼ arrows change note, the pen lets you draw, the magnifier takes you to a note when you type its number. The padlock at the bottom locks the screen with a double tap.
Tapping the KM in the trip bar opens SET KM: type the km and press OK.
Countdown, Time controls and Wheel Sensor come with the ODOCAP subscription, like every feature with the line Not included in your account: tapping it shows the offer, with the price coming from the store. During the trial days and with an event in progress on the device, everything is on.
Without a subscription, once the trial is over, a standard roadbook opens but does not stay in the library: the next time you open the app it is gone. The roadbooks of an event are always saved.
To find a PDF on another device of your account use Move to Cloud; there you bring it into the library with Download from cloud.
The pen drawings stay on the device and, with the account linked and the file in the Cloud space, in the cloud too: on the other devices you find the roadbook with DRW rev N in its name.
In an event, if the organiser changes the roadbook while you have it open, A new version of this roadbook has arrived appears with Open the new one: it reopens on the same note, with the trip as it is.
The roadbook of a day that has not opened yet is already on the device: tapping it you read Opens later, with date and time, and at its time it opens by itself.
At the end of the event the roadbook closes and says when it will be deleted from the device.

If something does not work

The notes do not advance: check Interface > Automatic advance and that the trip is counting (Wheel sensor tab).
The trip stays at 0.00: in the Wheel sensor tab choose GPS Sensor, or assign Wheel sensor input and turn the wheel.
The countdown is off and does not come back on: during the event the organiser switched it off, and the line says This event organiser's choice.
The countdown stays on Wait: ODOCAP could not read the note km from that PDF. Convert it to RoadBook PRO.
A drawing does not show on the other device: it needs the same account, the device linked and the file in the Cloud space.
Download from cloud shows nothing: check that you are signed in to your ODOCAP account and have a connection.
A roadbook you had opened is no longer in the library: without the ODOCAP subscription the standard roadbook opens but is not saved.
Download from cloud offers the subscription: without a subscription the cloud space is not included, and your files are kept.