re. WAP etc..

[Phil Payne]

>> [See http://www.isham-research.com/quattro/wiring/Typ85/mb_lookup.html

>> I'm trying to put that technology in every shade tree mechanic's pocket.

> Pretty cool - I take it you scroll, select, and store the diagrams and load
> them on a PC, or can they actually be displayed on the the wireless unit?

I've run essentially that 'component selector' on the Nokia - including graphics downloads
using the NFILE and BreadBox viewers.  It's dog-slow and expensive - each page downloaded
costs about $2.  It won't be much cheaper with GPRS because you pay by the byte.  There is a
low-badnwidth graphics format for WAP phones (WBMP) but the implementations are disparate.
I'm currently using .PNG because it's lossless and avoids the .GIF patent issue.

What I need to do is find a way of structuring that fits the way a mechanic with a problem
would access the data - some form of 'drill-down'.  I find I frequently go to the wiring
diagrams looking for what a blue/red wire does, because I've just found some component spliced
into one.  Another reason is when you discover a cut wire and you wonder whether it's part of
the problem you're chasing and whether you should reconnect it - so what does it do?  Relay
location is another issue - it's real easy with the MB component locator - you scroll down to
the function, find the relay in column two, click on it, find it in the relay list (it should
auto-scoll to it) and click on that again for a map of the relay panel with the relay on it.

I might do one for the Type 44 -
http://www.isham-research.com/quattro/wiring/Typ44/index.html

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