To get the most out of Trapster, you need to be able to customize the way you are alerted on your Palm Pre. Lets take a quick look at setting up your Trapster preferences on your Pre.
Preferences
Alert Settings
Touch the Trapster button in the top left corner of the screen, this will lower the drop down menu. Now touch “Preferences” and touch “Alert”
Customize the “Alert Within” setting by sliding the circle to your desired alert radius. You have your choice of 0.25 (a quarter mile), 0.50 ( a half mile), 0.75 (three quarters of a mile) or 1.00 (a full mile). This will alert you when you are within a specific distance from an upcoming trap.
Switch the default distance measurement from miles to kilometers by sliding the button right to display “Yes”
Audible Alert Repeat can be turned on with three choices delay between alerts: 5 seconds, 10 seconds, & 15 seconds.
Trap Settings
Trap settings help you customize the alerts you include on the trapmap.
To get to “Trap Settings” touch the Trapster button in the top left corner of the screen, this brings will lower the drop down menu. Now touch “Preferences” and finally touch “Trap.”
You can choose to only display certain traps and/or confidence levels.
All Levels – All confidence levels will be included
High/Medium Only – Only traps with of red (highest confidence) or yellow (medium confidence) will be included.
High Only – Only the Red traps will be included.
Each Trap type has an option to “Play Audio” or play “None”
For example, you do not want to hear alerts for “Police Often Hide Here” around your normal commute since you know the area already, but do want a visual alert in case any new traps are reported.
Red Light Camera alerts can be included based on your speed of travel.
For example, while traveling on the highway you want to be alerted only when traveling under 65 MPH, since Red Light Cameras could be near or under the highway.
For help understanding trap icons and confidence levels, check out Understanding Trap Types & Confidence Levels with Trapster for the Palm Pre.
