About
 Introduction
 Features
   Clock
   Alarms
   Countdown Timers
   Lap timers
 Settings
   Alarm properties
   Countdown timer properties
   Sound settings
   Vibration settings
 How to order
 Registration

Read Introduction for more details.

Visit Chronos homepage to download new version and get support.

To get support visit Support department (http://www.activekitten.com/en/support/ticket_list.php).

Chronos lets you manage your time more effectively by introducing

• Nice clock, which can work as a screen-saver;
• Unlimited number of highly customizable alarms;
• Unlimited number of countdown timers;
• 2 multi-stage lap timers.

The Clock function represents a simple skinnable clock, which can work as a screensaver (thus taking all the screen space).

The clock uses skins to draw the clock surface and hands. One skin is included with the application. You can find more on the skins page.

The most important feature of Chronos is it's support for an unlimited number of highly customizable alarms.

You can control the alarms using the context menu by selecting the alarm name and waiting for context menu to appear. (It is labeled 'Menu'.)

You can set basic alarm properties via context menu or you can use Properties command to deeply customize alarm behavior.

Countdown timers (or simply Timers) are used to notify you when certain amount of time has elapsed.

You can control the timers using the start, stop, and reset options in the context menu. The context menu appears when you select a timer on the main timer screen (It is labeled 'Menu').

You can use the Properties command to deeply customize timer behavior.

You can create timer templates, i.e. timers, which are stored and used many times.

To add a new timer, press the Add button. To start a timer, select it and press the Start button. You can temporarily pause the timer if necessary by pressing 'Stop' in the context menu.

Lap timers let you measure how much time it takes to perform some action.

Chronos supports 2 multi-stage lap timers. This means that you can measure some complex action, such as running 5 laps twice, and measure both the lap results and the overall results.

Since the lap timer is simply a counter, it doesn't have any special settings.

Chronos lets you completely customize behavior of the alarms you set. This includes the following options:

• Days of week. This option lets you set, on which days of week the alarm will be active. (Selected days will have a dark backgound.)
• Time. Specifies the time the alarm will sound.
• Snooze. standard alarm snooze. If you press the snooze button, the alarm will sound again after the interval you secified. The screen will show the alarm time and the specified snooze interval.
• AutosnoozeThis will automatically perform the snooze function (act as if you pressed the snooze button). It will do this one time.
• AutocloseAutomatically closes the notification window after the amount of time specified
• Force Snooze the alarm cannot be dismissed. Both buttons will cause the alarm to snooze.
• Active. Defines if the alarm is active and will sound.
• Notify once. This option tells Chronos to turn the alarm off (set Active to false) after it has been dismissed.
• Blink LED. When Blinking is selected, the LED (light) on your device will blink for some time.
• Play sound. When the sound is turned on, Chronos will play sound to signal the alarm. The sound is played according to the Sound Settings
• Vibrate. When vibration is turned on, the device will vibrate. This feature is only available on devices which support vibration. Vibration is used according to Vibration Settings

Chronos lets you completely customize behavior of the timers you set. This includes the following options:

• Time. The amount of time you want to elaspse before the alert sounds
• Autoclose. Close the notification window when the time you specified in the time property has elapsed.
• Next Template Timer Specifies that a new timer should be started after the current one finishes, so it is possible to build a sequence of timers
• Start Next Manually Using this option, the next timer will not start until you manually close the notification window. The next timer will start immediately if this option is not selected.
• Start now. Specifies that the timer should start right after settings are accepted. If this is not selected, you can start the timer using the 'Start' option in the context menu.
• Save as template. Specifies that the timer should be saved as template for future use.
• Blink LED. When Blinking is selected, the LED (light) on your device will blink for some time.
• Play sound. When the sound is turned on, Chronos will play sound to signal the alarm. The sound is played according to the Sound Settings
• Vibrate. When vibration is turned on, the device will vibrate. This feature is only available on devices which support vibration. Vibration is used according to Vibration Settings

Sound settings dialog is used to customize which sounds you hear and in which way they are played when the alarm or timer sounds.

The settings are:

• Repetitions count specifies, how many times to play the sound if you don't close the alarm window.
• Repetition interval specifies, how many seconds of silence to wait between the sound end and beginning of the new sound signal.
• Ascending Time. If this option is selected, the sound volume starts from 0 (silent) and is increased in equal intervals twice a second until it reaches the volume, specified by the Sound Volume slider. If this option is disabled, the Sound Volume slider defines the volume.
• Respect system sound state. This option tells Chronos to set volume not louder, than what is specified by your system settings. For example, if system volume is set to 50% and alarm volume is set to 100%, the alarm volume won't go over 50%. Also, if the volume is turned off, the alarm won't sound at all.
• Sound. This box let you specify a sound. You can choose one of built-in sounds or select custom sound. MP3 and OGG files that are on your device or storage cards are accepted too.
• Sound Volume. This option specifies the volume of the alarm sound. This setting is affected by other settings as described above.
• Set As Default command. This command copies settings which are currently on the screen to Default settings. Default settings are used when you create a new alarm or use the Reset command.This is located in the context menu.
• Reset command. This command removes the existing settings and overwrites them with the Default settings (either factory default or the ones which you've set with Set As Default command).This is located in the context menu.
• Record Custom Sound This allows you to record your own sound to be used as an alarm. This is located in the context menu.

The Vibration settings dialog is used to customize, how vibration works when the alarm or timer sounds. Note that vibration works only on certain devices that have the corresponding hardware.

The settings are:

• Start vibration before sound. If the option is selected, the vibration is started before the sound is played, and will vibrate for interval specified in this option before the alarm sound begins. If the option is not selected, the vibration and sound are started at the same time.
• Vibration time specifies, how long the device should vibrate. The options are to vibrate as long as sound is played or to vibrate only for the time in seconds, that you specified.
• Vibration cycle (from the 'Extended' item in the context menu) specifies the behavior of the vibration hardware, i.e. how long it vibrates and how long it stays silent.

Chronos is commercial software. It can be used without purchasing a license only for evaluation for a period of 15 days. After that you must purchase a license or stop using the Software.

The Software is licensed on per-device basis. This means that you can install and use Chronos on the number of devices that equals to the number of licenses you have purchased.

After your order is processed, a registration code will be delivered to you by e-mail. Please contact Sales department (911@activekitten.com) if you don't receive the registration e-mail within a reasonable period of time (several hours).

Enter the registation code in the Registration window.

Please keep the e-mail with registration code as it is necessary when you re-install the application or when you upgrade the application.

The registration code is valid for all updates of Chronos which are released for the version you purchased. For example, if you purchase Chronos 3.8, you will get free updates to all 3.x versions. Version 4.0 will require a separate license, which will be available for purchase at a special discount.

To register Chronos you need to enter the Registration Code:

1. On the About tab press Register button.
2. Enter the registration code, found in your e-mail into Registration Code edit box.
3. Press the Register button. If the code is entered correctly, then About box will show "Registered" instead of "Evaluation".

If you don't see "Registered" text in the About box after entering the registration code, ensure that the following steps are taken:

1. Check that the registration code is valid for the version of Chronos that you are registering. Note that the registration code for versions 2.x is not valid for versions 3.x. It may be possible that the registration codes are changed between 2.x versions too, so if you are not sure, contact Support department (see below).
2. Be sure that you enter the code correctly. The registration code contains only digits (0..9) and letters (A..F). Don't confuse 1 with I and 0 with O.