Trackstick II 101 - Find the Lost Ring Instructables series

Hello, and welcome to my first Instructable ever, and first in a series of a few that'll give you the basics to bring planet Earth back into the synchronised Ring of Worlds that spreads over so many dimensions*.

In this Instructable, we'll look at the basics of the use of a Trackstick II, a contraption slightly bigger than a USB stick that when activated allows you to record, and later download GPS data to your computer for uses such as geocaching, geotagging, video sharing, exporting to Google Earth or just showing off you cool new fancy gadget. For our purpose of synchronising Earth with its parallel-dimensions sisters, Tracksticks are used to track Agonothetai and athletes as they run, walk or bicycle through the streets of their hometowns to draw labyrinths that can be seen from the sky.

And as usual with Instructables, don't forget that I can't be held responsible for any damage that might occur to your Trackstick should you follow these instructions.

*No, I'm not serious and I don't really believe all this. This is part of The Lost Ring, an alternate reality game that demands a minimum of suspension of disbelief ; if you're interested in the concept and don't really know where to start, try this site. If you want to bring yourself up to speed with the Lost Ring game, go there

Step 1 Insert batteries

Silly as it sound, this thing is not going to run on thin air. Therefore, we're going to start by giving it some batteries to consume.

Sounds easy ? Think again ! The Trackstick II comes with a removable belt clip that clings very tightly to the body of the device and keeps the cap that lets you access the USB plug as well as the batteries compartment locked. A little too locked perhaps, so much so that a fellow Agonothetai and I had to go on a video call to explain how to remove the cap. Here's the easy 1-2-3 to removing the belt clip, the cap, and accessing the batteries compartment.

1 - Remove the lower part of the belt clip from the end cap's groove.

2 - Remove the top part of the belt clip from top's groove (duh !).

3 - Remove the end cap...

4 - ???

5 - Profit ! Open the batteries compartment, slip them batteries in, and close everything up, working from step 5 to 1 (feel free to ignore step 4).

All set ? Let's go to the next step, then.

Comments

[www.meyerrfid.com]

this is rfid tech ? realy amazing gadget

[Deslivres]

I'm afraid not : Tracksticks are based on GPS technology :) Maybe you meant to comment on my RFID/Touchatag-related Instructables ?

[reese08_93]

btw how do i rate your instructable?

[reese08_93]

thanks, I never really understood what those did. I have a GPS so im familiar with this, so I could've done it myself, but i can see that other people would need it. great instructable