Harry's GPS Suite Forum

Hello all, new user to Harry's Lap Timer

I had two major questions before investing in equipment for use with the HLT Application
Background info:
Android Samsung Galaxy S5 with Harry's Lap Timer PetrolHead Edition
Currently using an old non wifi enabled Gopro 360 to record video on my dash.

I recently had a track day at Lime Rock park and realized I had no cell signal/data connection to download the track.
When I open Harry's Lap timer, I usually click, Load Track and search and find my track.
Then I click the start driving and go for a heat.

When I am done and back in the pits, I typically press the back button until I close the app.
My question is, does the application remember the last track I loaded?
Because I may not be able to reload/download the track again, I was wondering if I have to load the track each time I load up the application.
I ask this because when I click Load track again after I had already loaded it previously, then shut down the application, the track selected spins and ready for driving spins and I am unsure what is loaded in.

second question: I know the gopro wifi models have good compatibility with the wifi and video overlay, but they are expensive! I would rather spend the money on a track day than buy another camera (albeit a nice one with good features)
would a generic action camera with wifi work with this app in the same way the gopro hero3 wifi and later generations would?

I did look at how to overlay the track data onto existing video, but I am ashamed to say, I could not figure it out easily.

I also apologize if these questions have been beat to death

Once you have loaded a track set, it stays on your device until you delete it. You can recognize a track set is loaded when watching Lap List: in case you see a line "Certified Track Set" as the first row in a track's section, the track is ready to use. You can load up to 15 track sets and LapTimer will switch to the one you are visiting currently. No action required. The only limitation is track sets loaded must not overlap (two or more configurations of a track). In this case, you need to load the configuration you drive and purge conflicting track sets (and load them again later).

Cam types that can be connected with LapTimer (GrandPrix, iOS) directly are limited to HERO2 (plus WiFi BackPac) and HERO3/3+ cams. The next major release will improve this integration and expand it to HERO4 and Sony Cams. It will add support for cam remote controlling on Android too. All other cams are not remote controlled. However, you can transfer footage to your smartphone recorded by any cam as long as it is an Android readable format in HD or FullHD size and smaller than 2 GB. To run this model, transfer the video file to your smartphone's SD card (/Movies folder), select a lap covered by the video from Lap List, press +VIDEO on the top right, select the vide transferred, and follow the instructions.

- Harry

Thank you Harry!