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- ==========================================
- RUNTIME
- V1.5.1a 6.7.2000
- (c) Uwe Klimmek
- uwe.klimmek@web.de
- ==========================================
-
- Runtime is a tool for your Palm organizer, which is used to record the last ten
- changes of battery, its runtime between changes and the battery voltage over
- the last 120 days.
-
- You may switch between the two main program screens by tapping the button
- at the upper-right corner of either screen, or by tapping your MENU button
- and selecting the first Option item ( "Bat.voltage" or "Runtime").
-
- BAT. VOLTAGE SCREEN
- On theleft side of this screen, the date of the last battery change is shown.
- Beside it is the time elapsed since this date.
-
- On the right, you will see the runtime of your Palm with its current batteries.
- If 2 or more changes of battery have been recorded, the average of the
- runtimes is displayed above the bottom line. ("Avg" or "Mtl" in the german
- version).
-
- On the bottom line, you will see the runtime since the last reset of your Palm.
-
- The format "12d 13:24" means 12 days 13 hours and 24 minutes.
-
- RECORDING A CHANGE OF BATTERY
- Tap your MENU button and select the item, "New Battery" to register a change
- of battery.
-
- In the displayed dialogbox, you have three choices:
- <YES>: This records the change of battery with the current date and time.
- <HAND>: This allows you to select a date and time for recording a change of
- battery.
- <NO>: This aborts the procedure.
-
- You can edit or delete the values of date and time of all stored battery changes
- by tapping on the date (displayed in the left column). This action also allows
- you to enter a note of up to 100 characters in length.
-
- BATTERY VOLTAGE GRAPH
- Time is displayed on the x-axis. Voltages are displayed on the y-axis.
- The current battery voltage is shown at the centre of the x-axis, between the
- two dates. The range of the voltage graph is adjustable and may be re-set by
- tapping the title "Battery voltage graph" at the top of the screen. In the
- displayed dialog box, adjust the range of the displayed voltages by selecting
- their minimum and maximum values. This adjustment is useful if you have
- rechargable batteries or a Palm V (which has a voltage range from 3.5V to 4V).
-
- The option "Start" is triggered by tapping the button "Date" to select the
- starting date of the x-axis. If you set this date before the first stored value
- it starts with the first day stored. (If you select a day after the last stored day,
- you see nothing!)
-
- The option "Count" determines the number of days for which voltage values
- will be displayed. Tap the arrows to increase or decrease the count. (I know,
- to tap 100 times to reduce te number from 120 to 20 is not user friendly. This is
- a point of improvement for future versions of the program.)
-
- The option "Auto. Store" will cause the program to automatically record the
- battery voltage every day, without having to call the program from the launch
- pad. If you do not select this option, it is a good idea to call the program once
- a day, to make sure that it regularly records battery voltage. In this setting, the
- program will only store voltage values when the program is called.
-
- The option "Lines" connects the points between each day's voltage with a line.
-
- The option "Bars" draws a vertical line for every day. These lines represent the
- minimum and maximum range of the detected battery voltage for each day.
-
- The option "Backup" toggles on/off the Backup-Flag of the database. This
- enablesyou to make backups of the Battery database each time you perform
- a hotsync. With this option selected, you are able to restore your Battery
- database after a hard reset, by installing the file "runtimeDB.pdb" from the
- backup directory on your PC. With this option selected, your Battery data
- is "reset" resistant (stored in database "runtimeDB.pdb").
-
- You can update older versions (V1.1, V1.2, V1.2.1, V1.3, V1.4 and V1.4.1) on
- your palm. Old data will be converted and used in the new version.
-
- This software has a registerd App-ID "RuTi" from 3Com/Palm computing.
-
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-
- PC-Tool pdb2csv
-
- The program pdb2csv converts a RuntimeDB.PDB File from
- the Palm program Runtime/Laufzeit in a csv-File. This file-format can
- be read from Excel.
- The tool has a command line interface only. It is available for
- Windows and Linux.
-
- Usage:
- -i inputfile
- -o outputfile
- [-g]
- [-dc]
-
- -g: Switch to german as program language. Set colon as decimalsign. If
- not selected default language is english.
- -dc: Select decimalsign. Place for c the character you want.
-
- Examples:
-
- German language and colon as decimalsign:
- pdb2csv -g -i runtimeDB.pdb -o runtime.csv
-
- English language and dot as decimalsign:
- pdb2csv -i runtimeDB.pdb -o runtime.csv
-
- English language and colon as decimalsign:
- pdb2csv -i runtimeDB.pdb -o runtime.csv -d,
-
- German language and dot as decimalsign:
- pdb2csv -i runtimeDB.pdb -o runtime.csv -g -d.
- (Attention: select -d after -g !)
-
- Linux: pdb2csv is compiled for using library libc.so.6.
-
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-
- FILES INCLUDED
- ==============
- Runtime.prc The english version of the application
- Laufzeit.prc The german version of the application
- pdb2csv.exe Windows-Executable to convert runtimedb.pdb to csv-format
- pdb2csv Linux-Executable to convert runtimedb.pdb to csv-format
- readme.txt This file.
-
- RELEASE NOTES / NEW FEATURES
- ============================
- Runtime 1.5.1a english version
- Laufzeit 1.5.1a german version
- - Tool pdb2csv added.
- - improvements of readme.txt from Paul Fungs
-
- Runtime 1.5.1 english version
- Laufzeit 1.5.1 german version
- - fixed a Bug for OS3.5: If a battery change date was edited and the
- menu "Change battery" was invoked, a Palm with OS3.5 would hang.
-
- Runtime 1.5 english version
- Laufzeit 1.5 german version
- - toggle Backup-Flag of database
- - add note to battery change date
-
- Runtime 1.4.1 english version
- Laufzeit 1.4.1 german version
- - all dates of battery change can be deleted
-
- Runtime 1.4 english version
- Laufzeit 1.4 german version
- - all dates of battery change can be edited
- - new menu functionality
- - new about dialog
- - button for battery change eliminated (use menu now)
-
- Runtime 1.3.2 english version
- Laufzeit 1.3.2 german version
- - Bugfix for V1.3.1 (crashed, if installed for the first time)
-
- Runtime 1.3.1 english version
- Laufzeit 1.3.1 german version
- - average runtime of the stored values are calculated and displayed.
- - menu added. You can perform all actions now on each screen via menu.
- - small icon for Palm OS3.0 added.
- - Bugfix: if MenuHack (Hackmaster) was activated, the Palm has hang up.
-
- Runtime 1.3.0 english version
- Laufzeit 1.3.0 german version
- - extend memory to store 120 days
- - select date and time of the change of battery from hand (if
- forgotten at the moment when battery had been changed)
- - show current voltage under the battery graph
- - rescale x-axis by selection of start day and numbers of days.
-
- Runtime 1.2.1 english version
- Laufzeit 1.2.1 german version
- - Bugfix in Auto store option
-
- Runtime 1.2 english version
- Laufzeit 1.2 german version
- - Bugfix: the value of the 40. day was not correct copied on the
- 41. day. This results in data, where only the 40. day and the last
- day were displayed.
- - Adjustment of battery voltage range added.
- - Option added for store the battery voltage automaticly.
- - Display option added for the voltage graph.
- - Now the date is formated corresponding the preferences in the setup.
- - online help improved
-
- Runtime 1.1 english version
- Laufzeit 1.1 german version
- - First public release. Tested on a PalmPilot Professional.
-
- HOW TO CONTACT ME
- =================
- Got a suggestion? Find a bug? Send e-mail to uwe.klimmek@web.de
- Thanks for all comments and suggestions, which have been sent to me.
-
- LEGAL STUFF
- ===========
- Runtime and Laufzeit are "freeware", meaning it's copyrighted software
- and Uwe Klimmek retains all rights to it.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY
- OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE USER MUST ASSUME
- THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM.