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BIKE-PRO
1992 Bicycle Training Log
Osprey Software Company Version 1.0 1992
BIKE-PRO INSTRUCTIONS
For the safety of your software, make a back-up copy of the two
floppy diskettes which comprise the BIKE-PRO program.
INSTALLATION
BIKE-PRO assumes that your hard drive is labeled C: and
the floppy drive is either A: or B:. If your computer
configuration is different, go to NON-STANDARD CONFIGURATION
INSTALLATION.
1. Insert diskette #1 into either A: or B: drive.
2. At your default directory prompt, type A: or B: and
press Enter.
3. Type INSTALL and press Enter.
The installation program will create a directory BIKE-PRO
on your hard drive and copy the program to that directory.
It will also prompt you to remove diskette #1 and replace
it with diskette #2 when necessary.
4. When installation is complete, you will be left in
the BIKE-PRO directory of your C: drive. Type BIKE-PRO
and press Enter to start the program.
NON-STANDARD CONFIGURATION INSTALLATION
1. AT the DOS prompt type MKDIR BIKE-PRO and press Enter.
This operation creates a BIKE-PRO directory on your hard disk.
2. Insert diskette #1 into your floppy disk drive.
3. At the DOS prompt, type
COPY [Floppy drive]:Bike-Pro.ovr [Hard Drive]:\BIKE-PRO
and press Enter.
If your hard drive is labeled D:, and your floppy drive
is labeled A:, then the following is how the command would
look:
COPY A:Bike-Pro.ovr D:\BIKE-PRO [Enter]
4. Using the same COPY command, copy Run.Exe from diskette #1
to your hard drive.
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5. Remove diskette #1 and insert Diskette #2 into your floppy drive.
Use the same protocol to copy the following files from diskette #2
to your hard drive:
Bike-Pro.wkb
Bike-Pro.bat
Example.vid
Picprt.exe
Picprt.cnf
Picprt.dlb
Picprt.flb
Picprt.isd
Msherc.com
Instr.doc
New2.pic
6. Type CD BIKE-PRO and press Enter. This DOS command will place you
in the BIKE-PRO directory of your hard drive.
7. Type BIKE-PRO to start the BIKE-PRO program
MAIN MENU
To use your new BIKE-PRO program, simply enter the number
of the desired operation and hit the enter key.
1. Personalize Training Log.
This operation will enter your name at the top of all
statements and reports.
2. Enter Ride Data.
This is a menu driven option which lets you painlessly enter
data for a ride.
Answer the question stated on the screen, press enter
and go on to the next question. After you have answered the
the fourth question, you will be returned to the Main Menu.
If you need to go back and change any answers, go into #3,
Edit/View Ride Data. You cannot change any of your answers
in Enter Ride Data.
3. Edit/View Ride Data
This option leaves you in the database area of the worksheet.
You can move the cursor around in this area to change
any of your previous answers or add new data.
If you change the distance or time entries, you must compute
your Average Speed manually as the program will not
automatically update that value.
F1 - Brings you back to the Main Menu.
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F2 - Allows user to enter new ride data or correct erroneous
entries for any particular date. This is a good function to
use to make corrections as the Average Speed is automatically
updated here.
F3 - Same as #4 on Main Menu. This function will cause the Daily
Mileage Log to be printed.
F4 - Same as #5 on Main Menu. The Weekly Mileage Log will
be printed.
F5 - Same as #6 on Main Menu. This option will ask you what
Route you want to analyze, and will print that route.
4. Print Daily Mileage Log.
A printout of your Year-To-Date daily training sessions will
be printed. You will be returned to the Main Menu after
the list is printed.
5. Print Weekly Mileage Log.
A list of YTD weekly mileage totals is printed. You will
be returned to the Main Menu after the list is printed.
6. Print Chosen Ride Data.
When you are asked "What route name do you want to analyze?",
type in the name of the route and press [Enter].
The program will do the rest.
Choose this option if you want to look at all the
times you performed a particular route. The printout will
will print the Date, Name of Route, Distance, Time
and Average Speed.
You will be returned to the Main Menu after the
list is printed.
7. Graph Daily Mileage.
This option will graph your YTD daily activity,
Date vs Mileage.
This graph will start on the first ride of the year and end
at the latest ride.
After viewing the graph, press Enter to return to the
database area of the program.
At this point you can edit any parameter of the graph,
use any of the function keys shown on the bottom of
the screen or edit any of your ride details.
F1 - Returns you to the Main Menu.
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F2 - Save Graph. This is the command you must use prior
to printing your graph. Save Graph saves your graph(s) in
a picprt file for later printing.
To print a graph, return to the Main Menu and enter
the Print Graph option. You will then go the the Print Graph
program where you can print your graph.
F3 - View Graph puts the current graph back on the screen.
F4 - Redraw Graph incorporates any changes made to the
ride data and redraws the current graph.
EDIT COMMANDS
By pressing the "/", additional commands become available
to you:
/Worksheet command allows you to change the default interface
to your printer. If your printer is attached to a port
other that LPT1, use this option to set the correct printer
port.
This command also allows you to change the margins, page
length and other page parameters.
/Graph command allows you to change the type of graph
displayed, change data point labels, spacing of the
X-axis points plus many other options.
This option allows you to fully customize your graph to
look exactly as you would like it to look.
/Video command allows you to change any or all of the
display colors of the program.
8. Graph Weekly Mileage.
This choice will graph your YTD Weekly activity, Date (last
day of the week) vs Total Weekly Mileage.
This selection also leaves you in the data section of the
program. The Edit commands and the functions available are the same
as in number 7.
9. Graph Chosen Ride Data.
This choice will graph your Chosen Ride, Date vs Average Speed. It is
assumed that the distances are all equal for the Chosen Ride. The
graph shows your improvement (hopefully), for that particular course
over time.
The Edit commands and the functions available are the same as in
number 7.
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10. Exit and Perform Backup.
This option will backup the latest version of the file as
BIKE-PRO.wkb.
11. Exit Without Backup.
This option will get you out of the program without saving your
latest revisions or data input.
12. Print Graph.
This option will transfer you over to the Print Graph portion of the
program.
When you are finished printing graphs, the program will return you to
the Main Menu.
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P_i_c_P_r_i_n_t_
The PicPrint program prints graphs (that you saved as .PIC files with
BIKE-PRO /Graph Save command) on a printer or plotter. PicPrint
includes a number of different options that let you control the way
in which PicPrint prints individual graphs. For example, PicPrint
lets you specify whether your graph will use colors, what character
styles you will employ, how the output will be positioned on the
page, and what type of printer (or plotter) you are using. In this
chapter, we will discuss how to configure and use PicPrint.
Note: PicPrint requires about 160kB of free memory to operate.
Full page graphs that are printed at high resolution may
require more memory.
S_t_a_r_t_i_n_g_ _P_i_c_P_r_i_n_t_
To use PicPrint, you must store the graph you want to print using
BIKE-PRO Graph Save command then exit to the Main Menu and choose
Option number 12, Print Graph.
At the top of the PrintGraph screen, you will see a command menu
(similar to the BIKE-PRO Command menus). The PicPrint program
contains the following options:
Select Lets you choose the graph (.PIC)
files you want to print. You can
also preview on the screen what the
printout of the graph will look
like.
Options Lets you choose from the available
options such as color, font, picture
size.
Go Starts printing the graphs you
indicated at the graphics device you
specified.
Configure Sets the current paper position in
the printer as the top of the page.
Align Sets the current paper position in
the printer as the top of the page.
Page Advances the paper in the printer to
the top of the next page.
Quit Returns you to the BIKE-PRO Main Menu.
PicPrint displays the current configuration settings in the area of
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the screen that your text or worksheet usually occupies in
BIKE-PRO. Beneath the menu options, the screen lists the following
information, uppercase and in either a different intensity than the
rest of the text on the screen or in a different color (depending
on what type of monitor you have):
SELECTED GRAPHS MODES
COLORS PICTURE DIRECTORY
FONTS GRAPHICS DEVICE
SIZE VIDEO DEVICE
MANUAL PAGE SIZE
If this is the first time you have started the PicPrint program,
you can interpret the default settings as follows:
There are no graph files SELECTED for printing. Because the
default color option isn't on, the grid will be printed in black,
and each of the data ranges will be black. If your graph has a
title, the first line will be printed in Font 1 (Roman Medium); any
other text on your graph, such as the second line of the title,
legends and axes titles will be printed in Font 2 (Italic Medium).
The SIZE settings are measured in inches from the edge of the paper
you are using. For example, the left margin is .75 inches from the
left edge of the paper. The special mode settings (eject and page)
are both set to No. In other words, PicPrint will not pause and
will not eject a blank page of paper between each selected graph
print job.
The default picture directory is set to C:\BIKE-PRO. This is where
PicPrint will look for graph (.PIC) files. The default graphics
printing devices is an Epson, low resolution, parallel printer. The
default video device (the type of monitor you have) is an IBM CGA
(Color Graphics Adapter). The default page size is the standard 8
by 11 inches.
C_h_a_n_g_i_n_g_ _t_h_e_ _C_o_n_f_i_g_u_r_a_t_i_o_n_ _S_e_t_t_i_n_g_s_
Before you print a graph, you want to check that all the PicPrint
configuration settings are correct. To change PicPrint's default
configuration settings, choose Configure from the following menu
options:
Files
Device
Page
Interface
Video
Save
Reset
Quit
Files
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The Configure Files command lets you indicate in which drive and
directory PicPrint should search for your graph (.PIC) files. When
you select Configure Files, you see the prompt:
Enter where to search for picture files
On the line beneath the prompt, you see the blinking cursor. The
default drive and directory, or the last drive you specified will
be displayed here. To change the drive and/or directory, type the
appropriate path, then press Enter. You return to the Configure
menu, and PicPrint displays the current directory.
NOTE: When you enter a new picture directory, it will be active
only for the current PicPrint session. If you want PicPrint to use
the new picture directory as the default, you must issue the
Configure Save command.
D_e_v_i_c_e_
The Configure Device command lets you select from different
graphics devices (graphics printers and plotters). To select a
device, you must first highlight the graphics device of your
choice, then press the space bar to mark it. The keys you use to
make your selection are listed to the right of the Configure Device
screen. Select your graphics device from the list. (You can press
the Home key to get to the first option in the list and End to see
the last option in the list).
Press the up- or down-arrow keys to move the highlighted menu
pointer to the graphics device you want, then press the spacebar to
mark your choice. You will see a # (pound sign) to the left of the
marked choice. Press Enter to return to the Configure menu. If
you want to change the current selection, move the menu pointer to
another device option, and press the spacebar. You can have only
one graphics device selected at any time.
NOTE: When you mark a new graphics device, it will be active only
for the current PicPrint session. If you want PicPrint to use the
new graphics device selection as the default, you must issue the
Configure Save command.
P_a_g_e_
The Configure Page command lets you change the length and width of
your paper. The page length and width is measure in inches; the
default length is 11 inches and the default width is 8 inches.
When you select the Configure Page command, you see the following
options:
Length Width Quit
To change the page length, select Configure Page Length, you will
see the following prompt:
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Enter page length in inches
Beneath the prompt, you will see the blinking cursor following the
decimal value of the default page length setting. type the value you
want, and press Enter. The new page length will be active for the
current PicPrint session. Select Configure Save to update the
PicPrint configuration file.
To change the page width, select Configure Page Width, you will see
the following prompt:
Enter page width in inches
Beneath the prompt, you will see the blinking cursor following the
decimal value of the default page width setting. Type the value you
want, and press Enter. The new page width will be active for the
current PicPrint session.
I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e_
The Configure Interface option tells PicPrint where to sent the .PIC
file; the following choices are available.
1 - The first parallel port (LPT1).
2 - The first serial port (COM1).
3 - The second parallel port (LPT2).
4 - The second serial port (COM2).
5 - A disk file (SPOOL.FIL).
If you have a parallel printer attached to the first parallel device
port (LPT1), choose option 1. If you have a serial printer attached
to the first serial port (COM1), choose option 2. If you have a
parallel printer attached to the second parallel device port (LPT2),
choose option 3. If you have a serial printer attached to the second
serial port (COM2), choose option 4. Choose option 5 when you want
PicPrint to create a disk file, called SPOOL.FIL, to be used with a
print spooler.
NOTE: Use DOS COPY /B (binary) command when you are ready to print
SPOOL.FIL.
If you choose either of the serial port options (2 or 4), you will
have to select from 9 baud rates. A baud rate is the speed, (measure
in characters per second) at which the serial device will transmit
characters. The following choices are available:
1 - 110 baud
2 - 150 baud
3 - 300 baud
4 - 600 baud
5 - 1200 baud
6 - 2300 baud
7 - 4800 baud
8 - 9600 baud
9 - 19200 baud
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If you are unsure of the optimum baud rate for your printer (or
plotter), refer to your printer (or plotter) manual.
V_i_d_e_o_
The video device is the type of monitor you have. PicPrint needs
to know what type of video device you are using so you can display
(or preview) on your screen what the printout of your graph will
look like.
To preview a graph, you choose Select from PicPrint's Main Menu,
and highlight a graph of your choice, then press the F-10 (Graph)
key. You will see a picture of your graph, with the fonts (and
colors, if your monitor allows them) you selected with the Options
command. Press Esc to return to the Select menu.
NOTE: The preview of your graph will not look exactly like the
printout. This is because the screen image and the printed image
have different proportions. Your graphic images will be printed
correctly.
The Configure Video command lets you choose from four video
display adapter options:
Monochrome
CGA
VGA/EGA
Hercules
If you do not know what type of monitor adapter your computer
uses, read your computer's hardware manual. Select Monochrome if
your computer has no graphic display capability. Select CGA if
your computer has an IBM Color Graphics Adapter (or compatible).
Select VGA/EGA if your computer has an IBM Enhanced Graphics
Adapter or an IBM Video Graphics Array adapter (or compatible).
Select Hercules if your computer has a Hercules monochrome adapter
card.
S_a_v_e_
When you select Configure Save, PicPrint stores all the current
settings on disk. The next time you start the program, these are
the default settings.
R_e_s_e_t_
The Configure Reset command lets you reset all the setting you
have changed in the current PicPrint session back to the most
recently saved settings. When you select Reset, PicPrint gives
you the opportunity to cancel the command if you want. Select Yes
to reset the current values of the last stored configuration
settings; select No to cancel the command and return to the
Configure menu.
Q_u_i_t_
Choose the Quit option from the Configure menu to return to the
Picprint Main Menu.
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PRINTING GRAPHS
All the other PicPrint options, excluding Configure, deal with
printing graphs. You need to Select the graph(s) you want to
print, and choose new options (if any) that you want to print
with, including colors, fonts, size, and positioning of the
graph.
S_e_l_e_c_t_
Choose the Select option to mark which graph (.PIC) files in
the current picture directory you want to print. You can
select one or more files. When you choose the Select option,
you will see a menu listing all the .PIC files in the current
picture directory. If you do not see any files listed, check
that you specified the correct directory and drive with the
Configure Files Pictures command. Or possibly, you didn't
store your graph (.PIC file) in the directory you intended when
you were using BIKE-PRO.
The Select command lets you choose from a menu listing all the
.PIC files in the current default directory. The keys you use
to make your selection are listed at the right of the Select
screen. To select a file, you must first highlight the file of
your choice, then mark it and press Enter. If you want to
print more than one graph in this PicPrint session, mark the
graphs in the order you want them printed, then press Enter.
When you return to the Main Menu, you will see each graph you
selected in the order you marked them.
Press the arrow keys to move the highlighted menu pointer to
the file you want, then press the spacebar to mark your
choice. You will see a # (pound sign) to the left of the
marked choice. If you want to "de-select" a file selection,
move the menu pointer to that file name and press the spacebar
so that the # (pound sign) disappears. Press Enter when you
have marked all the graphs you intend to print, PicPrint
returns you to the Main Menu. Once you press Enter, you will
see the selected file names listed in the PicPrint display in
the order you marked them.
You can also "preview" a graph on the screen to see how it will
look when its printed. To preview a graph, press the F10
(Graph) key when the menu pointer is highlighting a graph in
the Select menu. It is not necessary to mark a graph to
preview it.
O_p_t_i_o_n_s_
The Options command lets you indicate what characteristics you
want your graph to be printed with. The following Options are
available:
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Color
Font
Size
Pause
Eject
Quit
C_o_l_o_r_
When you select Option Color, you are assigning color to different
ranges you have specified in your graph. You will only be allowed to
change colors if you have selected a graphics device (with PicPrint's
Configure Device command) that supports multiple colors. You can
assign colors to the following ranges:
G_r_i_d_ - The grid is the horizontal and/or vertical lines you assigned
to your graph in BIKE-PRO with the /Graph Options Grid command. Also
included in the Grid setting are both the graph's and the axes'
titles.
A - The worksheet data you defined for the A data-range of your graph
with BIKE-PRO /Graph A command and the corresponding legend for the A
data-range.
B - The worksheet data you defined for the B data-range of your graph
with BIKE-PRO /Graph B command and the corresponding legend for the B
data-range.
C - The worksheet data you defined for the C data-range of your graph
with BIKE-PRO /Graph C command and the corresponding legend for the C
data-range.
D - The worksheet data you defined for the D data-range of your graph
with BIKE-PRO /Graph D command and the corresponding legend for the D
data-range.
E - The worksheet data you defined for the E data-range of your graph
with BIKE-PRO /Graph E command and the corresponding legend for the E
data range.
F - The worksheet data you defined for the F data-range of your graph
with BIKE-PRO /Graph F command and the corresponding legend for the F
data-range.
After you select which data ranges you want to print in color, the
PicPrint display is updated to reflect your changes.
F_o_n_t_
Options Font lets you select the primary (1) and alternate (2) fonts
that you want for the text portions of your graph. The first line of
the graph's title will be printed in the primary font, and any other
text (such as legends, axes titles, and so on) will be printed in the
secondary font.
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The following fonts are available for the primary and secondary
fonts:
Gothic Bold Roman Medium (Small)
Italic Bold Sans Serif Light
Italic Medium Sans Serif Medium
Italic Medium (Small) Script Light
Medieval Bold Script Medium
Roman Bold Teutonic Bold
Roman Medium
You select a font in the same manner as you select a file (Select
File) or a device (Configure Device). Press the highlighted menu
pointer to select the font you want, the press the spacebar to mark
your choice. You will see a # (pound sign) to the left of the marked
choice. If you want to "de-select" a font selection, move the menu
pointer to that file name and press the spacebar so that the # (pound
sign) disappears. Press Enter after you mark your choice, PicPrint
returns you to the Configure menu. Once you press Enter, you will
see the selected fonts listed in the PicPrint display.
NOTE: If you are printing a pie chart, you should select one of the
Italic or Roman fonts for Font 2 because they have the percent (%)
sign; the other fonts do not.
S_i_z_e_
The Size option lets you specify how you want the graph positioned on
the paper. When you select Size, you see the following menu options:
Full
Half
Manual
Quit
Selecting the Full option prints the graph full size, taking up an
entire 8-1/2 x 11 inch page. When you select Option Size Full,
PicPrint automatically rotates your graph 90 degrees so that your
graph fills the page is not distorted.
When you select the Half option, the printed graph occupies only one
half of the 8-1/2 x 11-inch page.
When you select Manual, you have the following menu choices:
Left Top Width Height Rotation Quit
The Left setting specifies the size of the left margin in inches.
the Top setting specifies the number of inches for the top margin.
The Width option indicates how wide the printed graph will be;
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Height indicates how many inches the vertical length of the graph
will be. You can change the Width and Height settings to be bigger
than the width and height of the page for multiple-page graphs.
Rotation adjusts the rotation of the graph on the page in a
counterclockwise direction. For example, if you have Rotation set
to .000, your graph will be printed with its x-axis parallel to the
width of the page. If you have 90 degrees of Rotation, the x-axis
will run along the height of the paper (where the y-axis usually
is), perpendicular to the page width.
P_a_u_s_e_
When you select the Pause options, PicPrint tells the printer to
pause after printing each graph, or each page of a multiple-page
print job.
E_j_e_c_t_
When you select the Eject option, PicPrint tells the printer to
eject a blank page after printing each individual graph, or between
printing each page of a multiple-page graph.
Note: If you are printing to a high resolution printer (like a
laser printer set to 300dpi), PicPrint may not be able to
complete the rendering of the graph in one pass. When
this happens, PicPrint will print parts of your graph
across many pages. To print a high resolution graph on
one page, set Eject to No.
Q_u_i_t_
When you select Quit from the Options menu, PicPrint returns to the
Main Menu.
G_o_
Select Go when you have set all the configuration settings
correctly, and you have selected the graph (.PIC) files that you
want to print in the PicPrint session. Depending on your computer
and the type of printer you are using, your graphs should start
printing in just a few seconds.
As PicPrint generates a graph and sends it to your printer or
plotter, you will see a message similar to the following:
Generating Picture B:\LINEGRAF.PIC
When all the graphs have been printed, PicPrint returns to the Main
Menu.
A_l_i_g_n_
The Align option lets you tell your graphics device where to set
the top of the page (sometimes called the top of the form). When
you select Align, PicPrint tells your printer that it's currently
at the top of the page.
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P_a_g_e_
The Page options tells your printer to advance the paper to the
top of the next page (you can define the top of the page with the
Align option).
Q_u_i_t_
Select the Quit option when you are ready to end the current
PicPrint session. When you specify Quit, PicPrint lets you
choose No, and return to the Main menu, or Yes to exit to
PicPrint and return to the BIKE-PRO Main Menu.
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