Distance Traveled does not calculate properly

[bozzer]

I am testing the Vehicle Manager software on my TREO 700WX, and the distance traveled does not seem to be calculatng correctly.

[EP2005]

I am testing the Vehicle Manager software on my TREO 700WX, and the distance traveled does not seem to be calculatng correctly.

Hmm, this seems to be working for me.

Are you viewing a specific date range, or all your dates?

How off do you think the calculation is?

I know this has happened to me before, but could it be possible that you have entered your milage with some digits mixed up (i.e. 137,920 rather than 137,290)?

[bozzer]

Hmm, this seems to be working for me.

Are you viewing a specific date range, or all your dates?

How off do you think the calculation is?

I know this has happened to me before, but could it be possible that you have entered your milage with some digits mixed up (i.e. 137,920 rather than 137,290)?

Well, I now understand that it does not calculate miles traveled, but the distance from your beginning to ending odometer. When I entered my first trip, it uses the end mileage as the start for the calculation, not the start mileage and it was leaving out my first days mileage. So I eneded up using a 0 as start and my starting mileage as the end, and now I understand how it calculates.

[EP2005]

Well, I now understand that it does not calculate miles traveled, but the distance from your beginning to ending odometer. When I entered my first trip, it uses the end mileage as the start for the calculation, not the start mileage and it was leaving out my first days mileage. So I eneded up using a 0 as start and my starting mileage as the end, and now I understand how it calculates.

Actually, if you select "All Dates" in the date range menu, it should give you the total milage travelled. :)

[bozzer]

Hmm, this seems to be working for me.

Are you viewing a specific date range, or all your dates?

How off do you think the calculation is?

I know this has happened to me before, but could it be possible that you have entered your milage with some digits mixed up (i.e. 137,920 rather than 137,290)?

I don't think so because I added it up on my pc and on a calculator. So what happened: I started with my current odometer reading as the starting point for the app. When I entered my first day ending mileage, in the quick stats view, it shows ending mileage for that day, not miles traveled. When I put my ending mileage in yesterday, the mileage calculated everything, but my starting day because it looks at the end odometer and not the start. So unless you have a 0 - #### as the starting point, it seems to miss that first day, at least on mine.

[EP2005]

I don't think so because I added it up on my pc and on a calculator. So what happened: I started with my current odometer reading as the starting point for the app. When I entered my first day ending mileage, in the quick stats view, it shows ending mileage for that day, not miles traveled. When I put my ending mileage in yesterday, the mileage calculated everything, but my starting day because it looks at the end odometer and not the start. So unless you have a 0 - #### as the starting point, it seems to miss that first day, at least on mine.

Ok, when I take my first odometer entry and find the difference with my last odometer reading, I get a total that matches my Quick Stats total.

What is your first odometer entry and what is your last? What does the Quick Stats tell you is the total distanced traveled?

[bozzer]

Hmm, this seems to be working for me.

Are you viewing a specific date range, or all your dates?

How off do you think the calculation is?

I know this has happened to me before, but could it be possible that you have entered your milage with some digits mixed up (i.e. 137,920 rather than 137,290)?


Here are my entries. As you will see, it calculates 116, but the quick stats show 91. so what I did was start an entry from 0 and ended at 84163 so it calculates the start mileage. It seems to be calculating from 84188 and leaving out the first day
day 1 84163 84188 25
day 2 84188 84210 22
day 3 84210 84237 27
day 4 84237 84257 20
day 5 84257 84279 22
116

[EP2005]

Here are my entries. As you will see, it calculates 116, but the quick stats show 91. so what I did was start an entry from 0 and ended at 84163 so it calculates the start mileage. It seems to be calculating from 84188 and leaving out the first day
day 1 84163 84188 25
day 2 84188 84210 22
day 3 84210 84237 27
day 4 84237 84257 20
day 5 84257 84279 22
116

Ok, I see that now. I created a fake vehicle and entered all your data and I also get 91.

I will bring this to the developers attention. Thanks :up: :D

[michael]

Thanks for reporting this. We'll have a look immediately.