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.

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

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

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

You can control alarms using context menu, by tapping the alarm name and waiting for context menu to appear.

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

Countdown timers (or simply Timers) are used to notify you when certain time interval elapses.

Original Chronos' feature is support for 2 times for each timer. Second time counter is started after you react on first counter. Such approach lets you automate certain common actions (especially during cooking).

You can control timers using context menu, by tapping the timer name and waiting for context menu to appear.

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

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

To add new timer entry press Add button. To start a timer, select it and press Start button. You can temporary pause the timer if necessary.

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 (running 5 laps is a good example) twice and measure both lap results and overall results.

Since 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.
• Time. Specifies the time to signal.
• Snooze. This is time between first and second signals. If Snooze time is set, then the alarm window is initialized to Snooze time.
• Force Snooze If this option is enabled and you press Dismiss in alarm window, the alarm will signal again after Snooze time. If Force snooze is not enabled and you press Dismiss button, the alarm won't signal again.
• Active. Defines if the alarm is active and will be signalled.
• Notify once. This option tells Chronos to turn the alarm off (set Active to false) after it has signalled.
• Blink LED. When Blinking is enabled, signal LED (light) on your device will blink for some time.
• Play sound. When the sound is turned on, Chronos will play sound to signal about alarm. The sound is played according to Sound Settings
• Vibrate. When vibration is turned on, the device will vibrate. This feature is only avaialble on some devices, which support vibration. Vibration is used according to Vibro Settings

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

• Time. Specifies the time, after which to signal.
• 2nd Time. Specifies the time, which will be counted after you close Timer Notification window for the first time.
• Start now. Specifies that the timer should astart right after settings are accepted.
• Save as template. Specifies that the timer should be saved as template to be used for future.
• Blink LED. When Blinking is enabled, signal LED (light) on your device will blink for some time.
• Play sound. When the sound is turned on, Chronos will play sound to signal when timer has elapsed. The sound is played according to Sound Settings
• Vibrate. When vibration is turned on, the device will vibrate. This feature is only avaialble on some devices, which support vibration. Vibration is used according to Vibro Settings

Sound settings dialog is used to customize, what sounds and in which way are played when the alarm or timer is signalled.

The settings are:

• Repetitions count specifies, how much 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.
• Play with ascending volume. If this option is enabled, then the sound volume starts from 0 (silent) and is increased in equal intervals twice a second until it reaches the volume, specified by Sound Volume slider. If the option is disabled, then Sound Volume slider defines the volume.
• Ascending Time. Defines how fast to increase sound volume.
• Respect system sound state. This option tells Chronos to set volume not loder, than specified by system settings. For exmaple, if system volume is set to 50% and alarm volume is set to 100%, the alarm volume won't go over 50% when this option is set. And if the volume is turned off, 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, OGG files and files located on storage cards are accepted too.
• Sound Volume. This option specifies the volume of the alarm sound. This setting is affected by other settings, 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 new alarm or use Reset command.
• Reset command. This command removes existing settings and overwrites them with Default settings (either factory default or the ones which you've set with Set As Default command).

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

The settings are:

• Start vibration before sound. If the option is enabled, then vibration is started before the sound is played, with interval specified in this option. If the option is disabled, 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 during some time (specified in seconds).
• Vibration cycle specifies the behavior of vibration hardware, i.e. how long it vibrates and how long it stays silent.

Chronos is a commercial software. It can be used without purchasing a license only for evaluation for a period no more that 30 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, registration code will be delivered to you by e-mail. Please contact Sales department (911@activekitten.com) if you don't receive the registration letter within reasonable time (several hours).

Enter the registation code to Registration window.

Please keep the letter 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 PocketPC which are released for the version you purchased. For example, if you purchase Chronos 2.1, you will get free updates to all 2.x versions. Version 3.0 will require a separate license, which will be available for purchase with a special discount.

To register Chronos you need to enter Registration Code:

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

If you don't see "Registered" text in 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 mix 1 with I and 0 with O.