MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Hello,

I also downloaded the MultiChron-Beta-0-6.zip file and updated my clock using the FTDI interface. This is great! Thank you so much.

I agree that the digits look a little weird spread out.

Is it possible to re-purpose one of the side buttons, either 'set' or '+',to cycle through the 4 clocks while the device is in run mode?

Thank you once again for all the effort you guys are putting into this.

ED

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Okay, since the easter egg is obsoleted, those of you still on beta 0-6, The trick was to Push MENU twice, push and HOLD MENU, then flip the alarm switch, from any normal display screen. This brought up an About Screen.

Beta 0-7, as soon as I can build it, now has that about screen as a selectable option, on the mode selection screen.

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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[*]Okay, Fixed how the digits for RattChron are displayed.
[*]The about screen is now easier to access. (dataman)
[*]Added some urls into the about screen.
[*]Selecting a new mode, drops you back to main display instantly, with new mode selected. (dataman)
[*]Dots now blink in XDALICHRON
[*]More code found to be #ifdef'd under OPTION_DOW_DATELONG. (About screen URLs other than adafruit's are #ifndef'd under OPTION_DOW_DATELONG, due to that going over eeprom budget. Of couse, OPTION_DOW_DATELONG also goes over bootloader budget as well.)
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MultiChron-Beta-0-7.zip
RattChron digits fixed. About Screen tweaked, and recoded. No longer a hidden way to activate it.
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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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I hear you on the button repurposing, but the mode switch is now down to 3 button clicks.
That's a whole lot better than a firmware reload!

I was planning on an automagically rotating display modes as well.
I'll see what we can fit in.

I think BANNED will throw a fit if I blow the budget again.

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[*]Rotate mode added (dataman)
[*]RattChron super fast rotation bug fixed.
[*]Fixed instance where ALL of the dispatch calls fail to do anything at powerup. (Style setting STYLE_ROTATE was saved to eeprom, and there was no code to handle this case at power on.)
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MultiChron-Beta-0-8.zip
Display style rotation added, and bugs I found related to it, fixed.
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If this isn't proof that the open source development model works, I don't know what is.

I don't even HAVE a Monochron (I'm only in it for the IceTube...) but still, I'm incredibly impressed by the work put in by dataman and BANNED, and the suggestions from the community. Good going, folks. Hats off to all of you.

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I saw pictures and videos of the other monochron modes,
But never really bothered to load any of them,
Which is really sad, because they all have a particular beauty in their own way.
With the rotate mode, you can now enjoy all 4 clocks, changing on the quarter hour, if you start it on the hour...

Man, it was a frack'n lot of a work,
And BANNED knows his way in and out of this code,
I couldn't have done it without him.
Where I used a sledgehammer,
He used a scalpel.

Hopefully Ada will make this the prime release.
That's what I'm really hoping for.

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whats funny is we thought using github would keep people from posting .zips in the forum :D turns out posting zips int he forum is the best way to do it :mrgreen:

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Due to how SevenChron handled its minute_changed/hour_changed, those flags were never making it to the rotation handler, so it would always persist on SevenChron forever. Bug has been fixed.
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MultiChron-Beta-0-9.zip
Another rotation bug fix.
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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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adafruit wrote:whats funny is we thought using github would keep people from posting .zips in the forum :D turns out posting zips int he forum is the best way to do it :mrgreen:
Yeah, at least now, we can post just binaries in the zips, making for smaller zips, and keep the source code on github.

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We're fast approaching a 1.0 version with just a couple of minor bugs left.
Please reply with any feedback if you've tried this firmware.
Looking for any feedback.

BUGS:

SevenChron: Alarm Mode inverse video incomplete,
Appear to be a problem in the inverese video draw routine.

RATTChron: Occasional loss of part or whole paddle,
Appear to only occur on start of screen,
Perhaps we need to draw paddles later.

WISH LIST:

Updating from GPS is still on our minds,
But that may need to wait for Version 1.1
There's not a lot of I/O left over,
But with the expansion buss capability
(row of empty pins beside the cpu)
Should be an easy hack if we can figure out how.
Do we have enough power?

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Super coding job!!!...Just downloaded latest code and installed. seems to work great so far...will run tests to see if any bugs show up...thanks.... :D

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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dataman wrote:BUGS:

SevenChron: Alarm Mode inverse video incomplete,
Appear to be a problem in the inverese video draw routine.
Fixed.
dataman wrote: RATTChron: Occasional loss of part or whole paddle,
Appear to only occur on start of screen,
Perhaps we need to draw paddles later.
and Fixed.
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MultiChron-Beta-0-10.zip
minor bug fixes.
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BANNED wrote:
dataman wrote:BUGS:

SevenChron: Alarm Mode inverse video incomplete,
Appear to be a problem in the inverese video draw routine.
Fixed.
dataman wrote: RATTChron: Occasional loss of part or whole paddle,
Appear to only occur on start of screen,
Perhaps we need to draw paddles later.
and Fixed.
Sweet!!!!!

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