Automation

[iBanesto]

Hello there fellow race designers!

Are you sick and tired of typing 200 numbers in an excel sheet one by one? I kind of was when I started working on my december tour two weeks ago, so I used my (somewhat limited) skills to create myself a little program that I would like to share with you. The input of the program is a tcx-file from bikeroutetoaster, tracks4bikers or whatever you use. The output is a nice little etn-file (only containing percentages, no names of places and stuff) ready to be uploaded in the php-raceeditor. This cuts out most of the boring typing stuff in the excel editor and saves quite some time. For example, I just did this Vuelta stage in less than 10 minutes.



Using Bikeroutetoaster to layout the track: 5 minutes
Downloading tcx-file, creating etn-file: 1 minute
Uploading etn-file, filling the other forms in the raceeditor: 2 minutes
Neat, isn't it?


How to use it:
Unzip the zip file. Not allowed to upload jar-files here.
There is no graphics user interface, so you need a command line. Go to the folder of the jar-file and enter the following to run it:

java -jar RSF.jar "C:\MyFiles\Downloads\course.tcx"

with C:\MyFiles\Downloads\course.tcx obviously the path of the tcx-track you downloaded.
Now you either have crazy error messages or a etn-file in the same folder as the tcx-file.

Have fun!

[sylvainmeteo]

Let's try, but I don't understand all ^^
EDIT : can't open the jar file ^^

[flockmastoR]

hm need an explanation for dummies!

[iBanesto]

Explanation for dummies:

How to get to a MS-DOS prompt or Windows command line

So do this thing from the link thing above. Start, Run/Ausführen, cmd or Start, cmd or whatever it says there for your system.
Go to the folder where the jar-file is by using the "cd"-command, like "cd Desktop", "cd Downloads\Files" or "cd.." (guess what that does!). Don't type the " , that would be stupid. Type stuff, press enter, stuff happens with the white letters on the black background.

In the folder of the jar-file, type:

java -jar RSF.jar "C:\MyFiles\Downloads\course.tcx"

Include the " here, they are needed! Mas importante!
Also change C:\MyFiles\Downloads\course.tcx to the path of your tcx-file.
Press enter. This should be it. Dummie enough?

etn-file should be now in the same folder as your tcx-file.

[flockmastoR]

Dummie enough and it works!!!!
great work iBan, nice tool!

[NoPikouze]

Hey guys,

I took the liberty of improving this nice little program.
Instead of typing manually the whole thing as a ms-dos command line, which is not really convenient, I made an automated program for this part.

How to use it ?
- Unzip the attached file in a folder on your computer
- save the TCX files (from T4B etc...) in this same folder
- pull the TCX file to the RSF Convertor and the ETN file should be created !

Have fun.

[sylvainmeteo]

Hey guys,

I took the liberty of improving this nice little program.
Instead of typing manually the whole thing as a ms-dos command line, which is not really convenient, I made an automated program for this part.

How to use it ?
- Unzip the attached file in a folder on your computer
- save the TCX files (from T4B etc...) in this same folder
- pull the TCX file to the RSF Convertor and the ETN file should be created !

Have fun.

Excellent!

[Hansa]

because of my bad Englisch i don´t understand it can somebody translate it in German?

[Woddeltown Team]

Welchen Text?

[el Galactico]

It doesn't work for me. No ETN-file appears
Can somebody help me?

[iBanesto]

Can you be more specific?

[el Galactico]

Sure, i dowonloaded the file with the convertor. Created a tcx-file with t4b, saved it in the same folder and then i pulled it to the converter, but then nothing happens... no ETN-file appears in this folder.

Maybe this helps you: It's what the appearing screen tells me then...


This program converts a TCX file into a ETN file for Radsportfreaks.
Clic on the TCX file, pull it to the RSF Converter, and a ETN file should appear
in the folder.
--------------------

C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Bjoern>cd C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Bjoern\D
esktop\GPS tracks\

C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Bjoern\Desktop\GPS tracks>java -jar RSF.jar "C:\D
okumente und Einstellungen\Bjoern\Desktop\GPS tracks\Salvador.tcx"
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version n
umber in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
--------------------
Operation finished
Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

[Alkworld]

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
...

This pretty likely means that you are using a Java version which is either too old or too new. Java is often installed with other software which requires it being there, e.g. OpenOffice. Type the following on the Windows command line: java -version. If someone with a working version can tell you what he's using, you should try with the same version. What you need then is the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with the same version, e.g. from http://www.java.com/de/download/

[Avaya]

also ich hab nun ne reihe von tcx files geladen, und 5 davon kann ich irgendwie nicht konvertieren also ins etn, bei den anderen klappts?

ich bekomme die nachricht

C:\Users\Pascal>java -jar RSF.jar "C:\Users\Pascal\Downloads\RSF\Münster.tcx"
java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: c
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrent
Entity(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLVersionDetector.determineD
ocVersion(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(U
nknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(U
nknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown So
urce)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown So
urce)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unk
nown Source)
at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(Unknown Source)
at DomParserExample.parseXmlFile(DomParserExample.java:41)
at DomParserExample.runExample(DomParserExample.java:25)
at Shell.main(Shell.java:11)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at DomParserExample.parseDocument(DomParserExample.java:54)
at DomParserExample.runExample(DomParserExample.java:27)
at Shell.main(Shell.java:11)


ist die tcx einfach "kaputt"? weil javaversion oder so kann ja nicht sein, weil ich 4 andere etappen konvertiert hab..

[el Galactico]

Thanks a lot. It's working now. Is there a chance to do the same with Files from Google Earth?(for my Dec tour eg.)

[iBanesto]

Avaya, haben die Dateien die Probleme machen zufälligerweise Umlaute im Dateinamen?

[Woddeltown Team]

Was mache ich falsch?

[Team Schlonz]

Was mache ich falsch?

So ad hoc würde ich vermuten, dass du entweder Java nicht installiert hast oder die Verlinkung in der Kommandozeile nicht eingestellt ist. Das kann man irgendwie überprüfen, habe aber keine Ahnung wie.
Falls Java installiert ist, führe das ganze doch testweise aus dem Java-Verzeichnis (bei mir c:\programme\java\jre6\bin) aus.
Also bsp. mit dem Befehl: C:\Programme\java\jre6\bin\> java.exe -jar d:\rsf\deutschland\bischofshofen.tcx
Groß- und Kleinschreibung spielt bei (emuliertem) DOS bzw. der Win-Kommandozeile keine Rolle.

[Woddeltown Team]

Was mache ich falsch?

So ad hoc würde ich vermuten, dass du entweder Java nicht installiert hast oder die Verlinkung in der Kommandozeile nicht eingestellt ist. Das kann man irgendwie überprüfen, habe aber keine Ahnung wie.
Falls Java installiert ist, führe das ganze doch testweise aus dem Java-Verzeichnis (bei mir c:\programme\java\jre6\bin) aus.
Also bsp. mit dem Befehl: C:\Programme\java\jre6\bin\> java.exe -jar d:\rsf\deutschland\bischofshofen.tcx
Groß- und Kleinschreibung spielt bei (emuliertem) DOS bzw. der Win-Kommandozeile keine Rolle.

Danke einstweilen.
Java ist installiert, also kann es daran nich liegen
Deine Idee klappt leider nicht

[Team Schlonz]

Ähm, nimm mal die Anführungszeichen beim Dateinamen weg.
Und wenn du in der command line im Pfad D:\RSF\Deutschland stehst, brauchst du ihn beim Dateinnamen nicht nochmal anzugeben.
Es reicht aus, wenn du am Pompt eingibst: java -jar rsf.jar bischofshofen.tcx

Falls es dann immer noch nicht klappt. Überprüf mal die Java-Version.
Bei mir läuft die Version 1.6.0_24 bislang ohne Probleme.

[Woddeltown Team]

Auch die Idee funktioniert nicht, leider. Gleiche Fehlermeldung wie auf dem Screen

Von Java hab ich die aktuellste Version gestern installiert, weil ich auch befürchtete, dass es daran lag.

[Avaya]

Avaya, haben die Dateien die Probleme machen zufälligerweise Umlaute im Dateinamen?

ja hatten sie.. danke iban.

[Berlin Marks]

Auch die Idee funktioniert nicht, leider. Gleiche Fehlermeldung wie auf dem Screen

Von Java hab ich die aktuellste Version gestern installiert, weil ich auch befürchtete, dass es daran lag.

hab das selbe problem.

[Berlin Marks]

Problem gelöst


Java Runtime Environment hat gefehlt!

Java Runtime Environment (32-Bit Version)

Java Runtime Environment (64-Bit Version)

[sylvainmeteo]

Hello, my computers crashed 1 month ago, and since it, I try to design something, but I can't do anything, what version of java we need to run it and my problem is that the automation don't want to convert a T4B track to a .etn file...
I've this message (french) : j'ai un message : java n'est pas reconnu en tant que commande interne un programme exécutable ou un fichier de commandes