Alerts
The Alerts tab is used to configure alerts that notify you about various GPS quality or navigation conditions that occur when your GPS receiver is communicating with ArcPad.
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Alert
Displays the name of each alert.
This is a display-only field.
Message 
When checked, the alert message is be active. Each alert has two components: a message and a user-defined sound. The following table summarizes the condition that must be met for the corresponding alert to occur.
Alert | Condition |
|---|---|
No GPS data being received |
The GPS receiver is active, but no being received GPS data is being received from the specified GPS port. |
Maximum PDOP exceeded |
Maximum PDOP is checked on exceeded the Quality tab, and the current PDOP value from the GPS receiver exceeds the maximum value. |
Maximum EPE exceeded |
Maximum EPE is checked on the exceeded Quality tab, and the current EPE value from the GPS receiver exceeds the maximum value. |
No current position fix |
GPS data is being received from the specified GPS port, but no current position information is being received. |
Not a DGPS Fix |
DGPS Mode Only is checked on the Quality tab, and the current position fix from the GPS receiver is not a DGPS fix. |
Not a 3D Fix |
3D Mode Only is checked on the Quality tab, and the current position fix from the GPS receiver is a twodimensional fix. |
Approaching Destination |
The DST value on the GPSPosition Window is less than or equal to the value specified on the DST Distance Alert box on the Location tab. |
Sound 
When checked, the alert sound is active. Each alert has two components: a message and a user-defined sound. The table on the previous page summarizes the condition that must be met for the corresponding alert to occur.
The default is unchecked for all alerts.
Play 
Tap 
to listen to the sound
associated with the alert. This is the sound you hear when the alert occurs and the
alert sound check box is checked.
Sound Name
Tap to select the .wav file that is played when the corresponding alert occurs.
The default is the default sound specified on the Sounds tab of the Sounds & Notifications dialog box for Windows Mobile and the Asterisk sound specified on the Sounds tab of the Sounds and Multimedia Properties dialog box in desktop Windows.