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Q:What is tripslayer?
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TripSlayer is a windows application that generates a random trip log between you
and your clients.
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Q:Who would want to use the application?
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Anybody that needs to generate a trip log depicting his or her business travels.
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Q:How much does it cost?
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A single user license costs US$10 per year.
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Q:What forms of payment do you accept?
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We have a PayPal account which accepts all major credit cards.
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Q:How can I test the application before I buy it?
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The application is available for free download - no registration required. You will
be able to use and test all the functions of the application, except you will not
be able to save the random logs that the application generates. You will need to
purchase a license in order to save your random log.
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Q:Do you pre-loaded addresses for testing purposes?
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Yes, we have.
- By following this link: you can download the application with Washington as
the City Centre
- By following this link: you can download the application with Auckland as the
City Centre
- By following this link: you can download the application with Manchester as
the City Centre
- By following this link: you can download the application with Perth as the City
Centre
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Q:How do I activate the application?
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Click on the register link in the top right hand corner.
You will asked for your: Name, Surname, user ID and password. You will now be able
to login and view your account status. You can now make a payment.
You will receive an email detailing your user id and password. Enter these into
the user id and password textboxes and click activate the application.
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Q:What does change hardware mean?
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If you have a registered license and you change your Hard disk or your CPU during
that period, you will have click on the change hardware button to reactivate your
application.
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Q:Why is it asking me for my social security and tax numbers?
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You do not have to use these fields - they can be left blank, however if you want
to use your log for tax purposes, the application will use these numbers in the
header of the log that is generated.
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Q:Is it possible for anybody to read my social security and tax numbers?
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No, the information will only be available on your log.
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Q:How do I add a home address?
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Click on the personal information tab; click on Residence address tab.
Type in the home address details in the textboxes. Using the zoom bar and left click
and drag on the Google map to locate your home address and right click on the map
and drag the marker to the exact point. Now click save.
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Q:How many home addresses can I have?
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As many as what you want
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Q:How do I add an additional home address?
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Click on the personal information tab; click on Residence address tab.
Type in the new home address details in the textboxes. Using the zoom bar and left
click and drag on the Google map to locate your new home address and right click
on the map and drag the marker to the exact point. Now click save.
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Q:How to add a work address?
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Click on the personal information tab; now click on work address tab.
Type in the work address details in the textboxes. Using the zoom bar and left click
and drag on the Google map to locate your work address and right click on the map
and drag the marker to the exact point. Now click save.
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Q:How many work addresses can I have?
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As many as what you want
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Q:How do I add an additional work address?
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Click on the personal information tab; now click on work address tab.
Type in the new work address details in the textboxes. Using the zoom bar and left
click and drag on the Google map locate your new work address and right click on
the map and drag the marker to the exact point. Now click save.
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Q:How do save my vehicle information?
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Click on the personal information tab; now click on vehicle information tab. Type
in the vehicle information details in the textboxes. Now click save.
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Q:How many vehicles can I have?
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As many as what you want.
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Q:How do I add a client’s address?
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Click on the Clients tab.
Type in the clients address details in the textboxes. Using the zoom bar and left
click and drag on the Google map to locate your clients address and right click
on the map and drag the marker to the exact point. Now click save.
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Q:How many clients can I have?
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As many as what you want.
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Q:How do I add an additional client’s address?
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Click on the Clients tab.
Type in the new clients address details in the textboxes. Using the zoom bar and
left click and drag on the Google map to locate your new client address and right
click on the map and drag the marker to the exact point. Now click save.
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Q:How to define a travel period?
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Select the travel Period Tab; now select the define travel period tab.
Select the start month and year; select the end month and year. Select the home
address, work address and vehicle applicable now enter the start and end kilometres
of the vehicle for the travel period. Now click save. If you changed your vehicle,
work or home address define these in different travel periods.
If you changed your vehicle, work or home address define these in different travel
periods.
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Q:How many travel periods can I have?
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As many as what you want.
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Q:How to define another travel period?
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Select the travel Period Tab; now select the define travel period sub tab.
Select the start month and year; select the end month and year. Select the home
address, work address and vehicle applicable now enter the start and end kilometres
of the vehicle for the travel period. Now click save.
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Q:How to define my working week?
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Click on the personal information tab; now click on work address tab.
Go to your work address and define your weekends i.e. Saturday and Sunday
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Q:How to define public holidays?
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Select the travel period tab, select the define non-working days tab, select the
public holiday tab select the travel period and enter the date and name of public
holiday. Now click save.
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Q:How to define a leave period?
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Select the travel period tab, select the define non-working days tab, select the
leave tab, select the travel period and select the start date and end date of the
leave also select the home.
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Q:What are special working days?
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These are days when you went into work on a weekend or on a public holiday.
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Q:How do define a special working day?
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Select the travel period tab; select the special working days tab; select the travel
period; select the month now click on the days that you worked.
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Q:What is the distance matrix?
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The distance matrix is an array that contains all the distances between your clients,
home and place of work. This array is generated by the application and needs to
be refreshed if you add new clients
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Q:How do I generate the distance matrix?
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Frist create all your home, work and client addresses.
Click on the report tab; click on the matrix tab
Select the travel period and the application will use Google maps to generate all
the distances between your clients, home and work addresses for you. Now click save.
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Q:How do I edit the distances travelled each month?
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Select the report tab; select the distances tab; select the travel period; select
the month now enter the distance that you travelled during that month. Click update.
Remember to lock the month if you are happy with the distance travelled during that
month.
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Q:What does locked mean (Months)?
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This function allows you to lock the distance travelled in a month while changing
the distances travelled in other months in the same travel period.
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Q:What does locked mean (Clients)?
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This function allows you to lock the distance travelled to a client while changing
the distances travelled to other clients in the same month.
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Q:What is AvgDailyDistance?
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This is the average daily distance that you travelled during the month, taking into
consideration start and end kilometres, leave, public holidays, weekends and the
number of working days during the month.
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Q:What is the MinimumDailyDistance?
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This is a distance the application generates, taking into account the total kilometres
travelled to clients and the distances between the clients, your home and work addresses.
For the application to work as designed the MinimumDailyDistance must exceed the
AvgDailyDistance.
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Q:How do I edit the distances travelled to each client in a month?
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Select the report tab; select the distances tab; select the travel period; select
the month; select the client now enter the distance that you travelled to the client
during that month. Click update. Remember to lock the client if you are happy with
the distance. Notice that the AvgDailyDistance changed.
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Q:How do I add a client to a month?
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Select the report tab; select the distances tab; select the travel period; select
the month now click on the add client button select the client and supply a reason
for the meeting.
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Q:Why do I have to supply a reason for the meeting?
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The application states the reason for the meeting in the random log it generates,
it is tax requirement.
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Q:What is private?
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This is the distance travelled between your fixed home address and fixed work address.
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Q:How do delete a client in a month?
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Select the report tab; select the distances tab; select the travel period; select
the month now click on the client that you want to delete. Click on the delete client
button to remove the client.
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Q:What does recover kilometres mean?
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These are freed-up kilometres available after deleting a client. If you click ok
the application will redistribute the kilometres among the unlocked clients.
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Q:What does save month locks mean?
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Click this button if you changed the status of any of the monthly locks.
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Q:What does save client locks mean?
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Click this button if you changed the status of any of the client locks.
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Q:How do I generate a random trip log for a month?
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Select the report tab; select the generate random trip log tab; select the travel
period; select the month click on the start button.
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Q:I cannot click the start button?
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This happens when your minimum daily distance is less than your average daily distance.
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Q:How do activate the start button?
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Increase your average daily distance by increasing the kilometres travelled in the
month
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Select clients that are closer to your home and work addresses or Select clients
that are closer to each other
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Decrease the distances travelled to clients that are further away
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Q:What is the timer progress bar?
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This indicates the amount of time the application has available to find the best
solution.
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Q:What is log accuracy?
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This indicates the accuracy of the random log generated against the predefined parameters
i.e. the kilometres travelled in each month and to each client.
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Q:The application seems to start a solution but does not generate a
log
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Have look at your clients, you might have client that relatively close to the other
clients with a large amount of kilometres assigned it, reduce the kilometres travelled
to that client Have look at your clients, you might have client that is afar with
a small amount of kilometres assigned it, increase the kilometres to the client.
Click start again , the application generates random logs and it is possible for
it to have chosen twelve dead ends.
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Q:How do I activate the save log button?
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First you have to register by clicking on the register button on the top right corner,
deposit 10 USD into our PayPal account and we will send you an activation code
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Q:What are proxy settings?
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A proxy server mediates connections between two or more computers to increase both
security and privacy in the network. The proxy can either exist as a dedicated server
running special software or as just an application running on a generalized machine.
There are many ways to configure a proxy server, and an administrator can use them
to block content to a network, cache data to increase transfer speeds or to bypass
filters. Most companies use proxy servers.
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Q: Would I need to know my proxy settings, if I work from my Pc at
home?
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In most of the cases no, however you could have a proxy installed on your home network.
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Q: How do I find the proxy settings on my computer?
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- Goto Network
- click change proxy settings button
- select the connections tab
- click LAN settings button
Now you have three options
- Nothing is checked and you can access the internet. Most PC are configured this
way, it means you have no proxy installed. This has no effect on Tripslayer the
application will work.
- Automatically detect settings is ticked, this means your PC automatically routes
to the internet via the proxy server. Tripslayer will use this method by default.
- Use a proxy server for your LAN, if this is ticked, you will find the proxy address
and port listed over here. Use these numbers in Tripslayer.
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