Travel Clock 2000 Documentation =============================== Version information =================== Travel Clock 2000 will run on all versions of the Palm Pilot which run PalmOS version 2.0 or later, up to and including PalmOS3.5. Travel Clock 2000 runs in color on devices that are capable of it (i.e. Palm IIIc). If you only have one of the very early Palm Pilots that ran PalmOS 1.0, you can run Travel Clock Version 1.2, which is also available from PalmGear HQ. Main screen =========== The top half of the screen shows the time at your Home location. The bottom left of the screen shows the time at an Away location. You can choose locations from a database of over 120 places. The bottom right corner shows the Alarm time. If you tap the Away button at the top right corner, the Home and Away displays swap over, so you can see the Away time bigger, and adjust the Away location. The Sun icon shows when Daylight Saving Time is in operation. This is calculated automatically, using rules in the database (which you can change). Installation ============ If you downloaded the ZIP file, unzip it onto your hard disk, using WinZip or a similar tool. Use the PalmPilot install tool to install the application file and the location database. If you have the demo, choose one of the following files: cclockdem.prc if you want the color version. clockdem.prc if you want the black and white version. If you have the registered version, choose one of the following files: cclock.prc if you want the color version. clock.prc if you want the black and white version. Also install the location database, which is the same in all cases, and is called places.pdb. Getting started - setting your Home location ============================================ Click on the Travel Clock icon. If you are running the demo, the first thing you see is a message reminding you how to get the registered version. Click on OK to clear the message. (The registered version doesn't have this message - it takes you into the program right away.) You should now see the main screen. The first time you use Travel Clock, you have to tell it where you are, so it can work out the times in other places. Tap on the words 'Home location'. Now you will see a list of places in the database. (If this list is empty, you didn't install the places.pdb file properly. Try installing it again.) Choose your home location from the list, and press OK. If it isn't in the list, you can add a new location by tapping 'New'. Changing the home location setting doesn't change the time being displayed. It tells Travel Clock where in the world you are. Then when you select another place as an Away location, Travel Clock can work out what time it is there. You can use the Travel facility to change the home time when you travel to another country or time zone. Setting the away location ========================= Tap the Away button in the top right corner. This moves the Away time to the top half of the screen. Now you can tap 'Away location' to choose a place. The time display will change in line with your choice. It will be correct only if you have set Home location correctly too. Setting the alarm ================= Tap the time displayed under the word 'Alarm'. This brings up a display that allows you to choose the alarm time to the nearest minute. The alarm will sound every day whenever Home time is equal to Alarm time. You can unset the alarm by tapping the bell icon. When the alarm sounds, the Pilot turns on if it was switched off, and a message is displayed. Tapping 'OK' stops the alarm until tomorrow. Tapping 'Snooze' silences the alarm for two minutes. If you don't tap either button, the alarm will continue for five minutes. Some model of the Palm have a problem in that the alarm doesn't work at first when the device is turned off. If you have that problem, you can fix it by pressing Reset on your device. You should only have to do this once. Travel facility =============== You can reset the Home time to the Away time by using the Travel facility. Use this when you go on a trip to the Away location. Tap the airplane icon in the center of the bottom of the screen. If you answer Yes to the confirmation question that appears, the System time of the Pilot is changed to Away time, and Away time and Home time are swapped over. Adding new places to the database ================================= You can add as many new locations to the database as you like. Just bring up the places list by tapping the location dropdown near the top of the screen, then tap the New button. Enter the place name, and select its time zone, in hours relative to GMT. If Daylight Saving Time operates in this location during summer time, check the Daylight Saving Time box, and use the popup lists to give the rules for when DST is in operation. If you aren't sure, use one of the other places in the database as your guide. (You can look at the DST settings by tapping the Edit button.) Most European countries have DST from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. North America has DST from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Support ======= I will support registered users to the best of my ability. However, I can't guarantee when or if a problem will be fixed. Warranty ======== There is no warranty expressed or implied with this software. The author shall not be responsible for any problems arising from the use, direct or indirect, of this software for any purposes whatsoever, whether personal, private or commercial, for any reason. Installation of this software will denote your acceptance of these conditions. History ======= 16 July 2000 Build 02 to remove some superfluous dialogs. Demo version now also available in color. 17 March 2000 Build 01 completed. Email: andrew@boswell.demon.co.uk Copyright(c) Andrew Boswell 2000