README.TXT Release Notes for the Timex Data Link Software Version 1.0b (C) Copyright 1994, 1995 Timex Corporation and Microsoft(R) Corporation This document contains release notes for the Timex Data Link Software version 1.0b. Information in this document is more current than that in the manuals or on-line Help. ======== Contents ======== Part Description ---- ----------- 1 Network Installation 2 VBX and DLL Files 3 Files Installed by Timex Data Link Setup 4 Time/Date Formats for Countries Other than the US 5 Transmitted Time Of Day 6 Video Driver Errors 7 Connecting to Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0 8 Importing CSV Files from Microsoft Excel 9 Daylight Savings Time options on Windows 95 ============================= Part 1: Network Installation ============================= The Timex Data Link Setup files may be placed on a network server, allowing network users to install the software from the network. Here is the procedure, with examples for a Novell(R) Netware(R) 3.1X installation: Network Administrator: 1. Determine the desired destination directory for the Setup files. You will need 1.5 Mb of space available. You, as administrator, must have full supervisory rights and your users must have read and execute permissions. 2. Insert the Setup disk in a drive. 3. At the MS-DOS prompt, type the drive letter of the drive. 4. Type netsetup . For example: A:\> netsetup f:\apps\timexdl 5. All files from the Setup disk will be copied to the destination directory you specified. The directory will be created if it does not already exist. 6. Grant read and execute permissions to all required users. Network User: 1. Log in to the network. 2. Start Microsoft Windows(TM). 3. From Program Manager, select File menu and choose Run. 4. Type \setup. For example: f:\apps\timexdl\setup 5. Follow the instructions on your screen. Setup will install itself locally on the user's workstation, as if the user had installed the software using the Setup disk. Please note that Setup will not work unless it is executed using a drive letter, as above. For example, entering \\server\apps\timexdl\setup will not work. ========================== Part 2: VBX and DLL Files ========================== The software uses library routines in .VBX and .DLL files, some of which may also be used by other programs you have. Timex Data Link uses the latest versions of these files which should be backward-compatible with any older versions you may already have. These files belong in your Windows System directory and Setup will move any existing versions of these files from your Windows directory to your Windows System directory, if necessary. Old files will be updated and newer files will be left alone. If you are running any programs which use the same library files as Timex Data Link, you must close those programs before running Setup. If you have had these programs running prior to running Setup, you should restart Windows after Setup is done, since these libraries may be left in memory. In general, this is not a problem for most installations. Part 3 contains a list of all of the files, including VBX and DLL files, installed by Timex Data Link Setup. ================================================= Part 3: Files Installed by Timex Data Link Setup ================================================= File Name Size Date Time Destination ------------ ------ -------- ------ -------------- DATAZAP DLL 24080 08-17-94 6:34p Windows System MHRUN400 DLL 93456 04-28-94 4:57p Windows System MSAFINX DLL 31744 04-28-93 12:00a Windows System SPLUS DLL 84496 04-26-94 10:46a Windows System VBRUN300 DLL 398416 05-12-93 12:00a Windows System FPGRID10 VBX 395968 06-22-94 10:25p Windows System MH3B200 VBX 23456 06-28-94 12:33p Windows System MHAS200 VBX 30048 12-07-92 12:35p Windows System MHGCAL VBX 58880 07-08-94 9:03a Windows System MHGGAG VBX 37504 06-28-94 12:36p Windows System SPIN VBX 22528 10-21-92 12:00a Windows System THREED VBX 64432 07-16-93 3:28p Windows System DATALINK INI 65 08-18-94 8:13a Windows TIMEXDL INI 146 08-14-94 2:42p Windows (TIMEXDL.INI contains the Options menu settings.) TIMEXDL EXE 775014 04-17-95 9:15a Working DATALNK EXE 12725 08-31-94 11:53a Working DATALNK PIF 545 08-16-94 3:51p Working TIMEXDL HLP 76831 10-06-94 9:37a Working DLWATCH HLP 195689 10-06-94 10:25a Working SAMPLE DAT 1007 09-01-94 1:18p Working TIMEXDL DAT 730 09-01-94 1:17p Working (TIMEXDL.DAT contains your databases and their settings.) TIMEZONE DAT 6796 08-24-94 2:56p Working MEMFILL BMP 1718 08-02-94 1:31p Working MEMFULL BMP 1718 08-02-94 10:13a Working CHECK_0 BMP 230 06-09-94 11:47a Working CHECK_1 BMP 230 06-09-94 11:56a Working CHECK_2 BMP 230 06-09-94 1:18p Working CHECK_3 BMP 230 06-09-94 1:14p Working ========================================================== Part 4: Time/Date Formats for Countries Other than the US ========================================================== The Timex Data Link software supports MDY, DMY, and YMD date formats, as specified in the International section of Windows Control Panel. The default time/date formats are those for the United States. If you wish to use different formats, you must do the following: - Open Windows 95 Control Panel. - Open Regional. - Choose OK. You must do this even if all of the Windows settings are correct, to ensure that these settings are saved in your WIN.INI file. The Timex Data Link software does not support date/time formats with the same separator character for both the time and date, as is used in Finland. To correct this problem: - Open Windows Control Panel. - Open Regional. - Choose Change... in either the Date Format or Time Format box. - In the Separator text box, enter a new separator character. - Choose OK. Windows 3.1 produces the wrong date format for Austria. To correct the date format: - Open Windows Control Panel. - Open International. - For the Country, select Austria, if it isn't selected already - Choose Change... in the Date Format box. - Choose OK. If you make any changes to the Regional settings while the Timex Data Link software is running, you must exit and restart Timex Data Link for the changes to take effect. =============================== Part 5: Transmitted Time Of Day =============================== The time of day transmitted to the watch is typically within 5 seconds of the PC's clock. If the error between the watch and PC clock is *consistently* greater than 5 seconds, you may wish to increase or decrease the following setting in your timexdl.dat file: TimeAdjustment001=x where x may be set to any positive integer between 0 and 30, and the default value is 6. Note: The Timex Data Link Program will need to be restarted for the TimeAdjustment001 setting to take affect. ============================ Part 6: Video Driver Errors ============================ After returning from calibration or sending data, text on the Windows desktop is sometimes corrupted. To correct this problem, contact the maker of your video driver to obtain the latest version of the driver you are using, or change your video driver to standard VGA. See your Windows manual for information on changing video drivers. ============================================== Part 7: Connecting to Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0 ============================================== If Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0 is installed on your PC, the Setup program will ask you if you wish to have Schedule+ data automatically extracted. If you choose Yes, appointments and tasks will be retrieved from Schedule+. If you choose to get data from Schedule+, you should start Schedule+ before running the Timex Data Link software. If you don't, the Timex Data Link software will start Schedule+ for you. If you have installed Schedule+ without Microsoft Mail, you will get dialog boxes that ask you if you wish to work offline every time you run Schedule+. You can avoid them by doing the following: - From the Options menu in Schedule+, choose General Options... - Check Startup Offline. - Choose OK. This will allow Schedule+ to run offline (without Microsoft Mail) automatically. If you have never run Schedule+ before, you will be told that your message file does not exist. This is normal. When you are asked to open one, choose New. If you choose not to automatically extract data from Schedule+, you may choose to do so at a later date through the Options menu in the Timex Data Link software. Similarly, if Schedule+ is not installed on your PC, you may use the Options menu to select automatic extraction once Schedule+ is installed. It is not necessary to rerun Timex Data Link Setup after installing Schedule+. ================================================= Part 8: Importing CSV Files from Microsoft Excel ================================================= The Timex Data Link software can import data from CSV (comma separated value) files. These are files which have data separated by commas. Microsoft Excel can produce a CSV file but does not necessarily use commas as the separator; it will use the List Separator character found in the International section of Windows Control Panel. For the United States and some other countries, the List Separator defaults to a comma, but for other countries it does not. If your country is set to something other than the United States, and you plan on importing data from Microsoft Excel, you should make sure the List Separator is a comma, by doing the following: - Open Windows 95 Control Panel. - Open Regional. - For the List Separator, enter a comma, if it isn't already. - Choose OK. ================================================================= Part 9: Daylight Savings Time options on Windows 95 ================================================================= Windows 95 automatically accounts for Daylight Savings Time so these check boxes in the Time Settings and Set PC Clock screens should be left unchecked. ================================================================= TIMEX is a registered trademark and service mark of Timex Corporation. INDIGLO is a registered trademark of Indiglo Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. 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