I get the following
"Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch_array() on a non-object in /home/sota/packages/sotawatch on line 323" when I use the bookmark that used to work.
The old version will continue to work for the time being but will be discontinued at some point in the future.
The new version, by request, has a couple of new features:
the ability to add alerts
a ‘Get URL’ button to make it easier to save spots/alerts as favourites on your phone.
It’s a little rough around the edges and does need some more work so please do let me have any feedback and suggestions and I will try and improve it over time.
73, Jon
It’s all working here but my old bookmarks are now defunct.
In reply to MM0FMF:
Thats the one, i thought i was in for a prize when it said Array! Nope not to be. I would really like to be able to use this function as anyone else any idea’s? Sean M0GIA
The old sotawatch.sota… spotlite spot URL doesn’t work anymore. The new one I can’t get to work. I get “failed to instantiate”.
My phone will only accept a stored URL of up 100 characters, so the new format is beyond the scope of that. I know that you don’t have to include all the fields, but the “ready-done” bit is half the point of using Spotlite.
The old URL to the spots page still works - SOTAwatch3
In reply to M1EYP:
I created the url on the pc at work then emailed it to my phone then opened the url straight from the email, all details are there the problem is it will not let me post the spot.
Maybe im doing something wrong or it does not like my phones browser? I will try again later when some of my sanity has returned. Sean M0GIA
Note that the capital S in ‘Spotlite’ and C in ‘actCallsign’ are crucial here.
In order to keep the string length down below 100 characters, I found that I could lose the “http://”, but still had to omit the “/callsign/m1eyp” which is a bit of a nuisance.
So, this got me to the entry form, but when I hit the “SPOT!” button, I got the following:
Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch_array() on a non-object in /home/sota/packages/sotawatch/view/classes/Spotlite.class.php on line 323
You could also use the APRS instead of mobile phones. The coverage is not perfect, but it is a amateur radio network. GPS is not necessarily needed if you use preprogrammed coordinates for the summit. Here is what I have now
In reply to M1EYP:
Its a bit long winded but you can log on as your normal account and spot from there using your mobile i have just tried it.
To make it a little less stressful add all your relevent call signs into MY WORDS using predictive text before hand, this way you already have your call when you spot yourself i.e M0GIA/P MW0GIA/P MM0GIA/P.
Theres always a way around these things, that said spotlite would be far more convenient. Sean M0GIA