* Uptime 1.3.1 * Copyright 2000/12/31 * Holger Mueller or * http://hmueller.purespace.de/pilot * Gabe Dalbec * http://www.pilotcreations.com/uptime.html * * $Id: README.txt,v 1.1.1.1 2001/06/01 12:14:13 hmueller Exp $ * * You may use this code, and do whatever you want to it, but give me * credit in whatever it turns into. Keep track of how long since the last soft start of your pilot and the battery change. Furthermore you get the actual power on time since both events. Last but not lease you get advanced battery information. See ChangeLog for information about the different versions. Installation: ============ You now need the Hackmaster extension of Draggerware installed! Please register Hackmaster, if you like to use Uptime. It is Shareware and NOT Freeware like Uptime. Sorry for that, but it is really necessary. Before you install a new version of Uptime you should remove the old one from your Pilot memory to avoid conflicts. Form more infomation see section "Deinstallation". After removing install both "uptime-hack.prc" and "uptime.prc" via hotsync as usual. On your Pilot change to "HackMaster" and activate "Uptime Hack". If you do not like the hack (for what reason ever) you do not need to install "uptime-hack.prc". See limitations for more information. Deinstallation: ============== Do NOT delete the active "Uptime Hack" with the Memory application! Uncheck "Uptime Hack" inside HackMaster first. After that you may remove "Uptime" and "Uptime Hack" with the Memory application from the Pilot memory. Limitations: =========== After the installation all times start with zero, because nobody knows exactly how long your Pilot already run. ;-) If you deactivate (or do not install) the hack the "Running time since reset" is derivated by a system function and may be wrong! The entry "Running time since battery change" and the "Backlight on time" is set to "n/a" since there is no other way to get this informaton than the hack. If you activate, deactivate and afterwards activate the hack you may get wrong "Running"-times!!! After a reset the battery type gets reseted to "Alkaline". Hints: ===== When you change the batteries, remember to run uptime and press "Reset Battery Time" button in the "Options" menu to reset these timer. You may change the battery type from "Alkaline" to "NiCad" and vice versa by using the undocumented {.7 grafitti shortcut or the popup list. For some unknown reason the undocumented shortcut gets out of sync if you change it with the popup list. Nevertheless is the display battery type the actual set battery type! Uptime does not use any CPU time when it is not the active program. If it is active it just updates the display every 10 seconds. In the meantime the pilot is in doze mode (very low power consumption). The hack gets only activated while pilot power on and off sequence. It should work with any and all other pilot programs. It is tested with PalmOS 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.3. Some features may not work with PalmOS 1.0 since Uptime 1.3. The USR application ID 'PLSu' is registered by Gabe Dalbec and the hack ID 'PLSh' by Holger Mueller. Please note that Uptime is released as free software, licensed under the GNU GPL. Be sure to read the file COPYING for full details. If you have any feedback or comments (or bugs) please feel free to mail them to dalbec@usa.net or holger.mueller@web.de. The latest version of Uptime will currently be available from: http://hmueller.purespace.de/pilot/Uptime If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Uptime you can find out what has changed by reading the uptime.c changelog. Note: The revision numbers are RCS revisions, which currently do not correspond with the Uptime version number! Have fun. Holger Mueller