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1. To run multiple programs with this action you should use MortScript a simple powerful FREE scripting engine Run Program2 Second program can also be started it will start 30 seconds after first program Close Program Will close fully close and not just hide the program s that were started when the next profile is activated Load Skin Specify a skin to be loaded on profile change Rotate Screen BROJ Select which orientation your screen should have when the profile activates ActiveSync Auto connect BRO Change the auto connect time or disable it depending on your requirements Note Auto connect can use a LOT of power Email Sync BRO Use this to enable phoneAlarm auto sync Option It will regularly synchronise email at specified time intervals without requiring push email support saving valuable battery life 19 Automatic Profile Switching One of the most useful features of phoneAlarm is the automatic profile switching which can be used to change most device settings dependent on the time events such as in Cradle or external Power connected network or an Outlook appointment To access these settings select Automatic Switching on the Profile Settings Options menu opening screen 1 below phoneAlarm Se 47 vil 2 14 40 ok Profile Rules ada J _Delete_ Meeting lt Busy gt i p EL tt E Appointment v Time Range Home Home Work lt ActiveSync BRUCE_PC gt 08 45 1
2. phoneAlarm v3 x User guide phoneAlarm Features phoneAlarm is your complete communication control panel It provides you with repeating notifications whenever a message is waiting for you and allows you to answer these with the minimum of effort In addition you can configure complete phone profiles to easily change all important settings manually or automatically depending on the time power sync state Outlook Appointment category or location Main Feature List 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Complete overview and control of all your communication channels Customizable repeating alarms on receiving Email SMS Missed call MMS IM appointment reminders and or Voicemail Custom Email SMS alarms filtered based on text sender or priority 12 custom phone profiles control most settings on your phone via single click Automatic profile switching based on time appointment category location Active Sync connected network Power event headset and more Fully customizable user interface always visible on Today Screen or running as stand alone application on title bar or in Sense Call filters with custom white black list per profile 1 handed navigation to use most functions Pro amp Lite Version phoneAlarm now comes in 2 different versions Pro and Lite The Lite version is optimized for simple setup and use and has several of the advanced features removed but offers exactly the same repeating alarm
3. which is activated by default 1 Profile Click to change profile click amp hold to activate profile lock profile wont change until you unlock it Also includes options to mute phone 2 Missed Calls Count of missed calls click on icon to access Call History Click amp hold to access Call Forwarding 3 Voice mail Count of unheard mail click to call voicemail 4 SMS Count of unread SMS click to open the SMS Inbox 5 Email Count of unread Emails click to open the Inbox 6 Bluetooth Switch Click this to toggle Bluetooth on off 7 Settings button Access to all phoneAlarm settings 8 Alert icon shown here on alarm click to cancel alarm s 9 Memory meter free memory click to see current memory status 10 Battery meter charge remaining click to see current battery status One Handed Use In addition the navigation control pad round 5 way button on most devices can be used to access most features using one hand On the Today Screen select phoneAlarm by using the down navigation button Use the left right navigation control to navigate through the skin elements press the Action button to activate an item or open the profile list if profile item is selected Use the action button middle of control to access the quick dialer when no skin element is selected The dialer contains a list of the 10 most recently called numbers sorted and filtered so each number only occurs on
4. 2 0 you MUST uninstall first also most WM 5 0 and WM 6 0 devices will automatically uninstall the previous version If you have problems with upgrading perform a soft reset and then try again to install there is a known issue with Microsoft WM 5 0 installation program that it crashes if not enough memory is available Users who purchase in 2010 will automatically qualify for a free upgrade to v3 0 All others receive the new 50 cheaper price compared to June 2010 How to backup settings On Profiles tab click Options menu Backup Restore and export your settings these are saved in pa_Export txt This will copy all important files to a Storage Card automatically select RESTORE to copy them back overwriting current settings with saved This saves all registry settings rules location data and Network snapshots Do I use system Sounds amp Notifications to configure settings NO For all alarms that are controlled by phoneAlarm SMS Email etc these settings are controlled by phoneAlarm via profiles sound in system is set to phoneAlarm which is a silent file and will be changed automatically Using phoneAlarm together with HTC Sense Touch Flo interface phoneAlarm works well together with HTC Sense and Touch Flo Either use the new Host feature or activate the Touch Flo support option in the Advanced settings There is a plugin available in the forum to integrate phoneAlarm in HTC Sense interface
5. Flexmail ActiveSync SMS custom alerts will be added in v2 1 Custom dame on subjactisander Alarms for specific accounts Choose to receive custom alarms when email is received in specific accounts Click the edit field to select which accounts to watch and to select the default account to be opened if no alarm is active in another account This list of accounts is also used for the Email Sync option in profiles NOTE All other emails will still sound the default email alarm as set in profiles To PELU ELS Geis have only the specific custom email ae All Email sound an alarm you need to configure the normal email alarm in each profile Contains fa 3 to be lt silent gt and set up the group i for All email in each profile see in Subject in Sender C Only alarm on high priority mail picture Sound jo Warning Custom Email alarms have a higher priority than all other alarms so while custom email alert is active you will NOT hear Missed Call or voicemail repeating alerts 23 Custom alarms on Subject Sender Enable the check box Custom Alarms Srey Ene aca and then click the Groups button to define Name v Contains business com Configure the different groups you would like to have alarms for You can specify C in Subject in Sender the text to search for in the Sender L Only alarm on high priority mail and or Subject For multiple entries rotify wma separat
6. Please read this forum post for full details on the different options available http www pocketmax net smf index php topic 7200 0 36 How do I activate logging To start recording Go to the About screen and click on the phoneAlarm icon then activate BASIC DETAIL logging option only activate Signal logging option when requested After the problem has occurred send the phoneAlarm log in the Program Files phoneAlarm directory to support pocketmax net Please include a brief description of the problem and the time when it occurred Disable logging via About screen when not required as it can have a noticeable affect on performance On upgrade logging is always disabled and the old log file is deleted Automatic profile switching isn t working Check that the current profile isn t locked small lock icon shown on profile image See the section Automatic Switching for help in configuring this Also make sure your version is not expired see on About screen profile switching does not work once trial is expired Alarms are not notified when email SMS is received Try enabling the option Use broker for alarms on the Advanced settings tab Check that Notification volume in current Bluetooth file transfer doesn t work To transfer files via Bluetooth the Infra rot option Activate IR in current profile must be activated Device backlight activates on alarms or randomly Make su
7. be added as available During installation you need to select any extra languages you will require ACTIVATE ALARMS Missed calls Activate this if alarms should sound when missed call occurs Voice mail Activate alarm monitoring for voicemail Prompt before call Receive a prompt before checking voicemail Show telephone keypad Select this to open phone application if you need to enter a password when checking voice mail SMS Alarms should sound when SMS is received If you only get an SMS alarm when a voicemail is received please see Voice mail option in Advanced Settings MMS Alarms should sound when MMS is received you need to see Power User settings email2IsMMS option if you get an email alarm for MMS IM Alarms should sound when Instant Message is received Currently MSN Messenger Skype Palringo IM Agile Messenger Anastasia and Jive Talk are supported Send an email to support if you have a different client and want it supported Reminders Alarms should sound when Reminder notification is active disable this if you prefer to use a 3 party alarm manager 10 Email Activate this to monitor your Inbox for new email All active Inboxes are monitored Email alarms also work with Verizon Wireless Sync Flexmail Goodlink and several other 3 party email clients however the email count for these may not correctly reflect the actual number of unread mails Alarms will work correctly though Alarm Settings Repe
8. see the current profile in HTC Touch Flo or Manila SMS Send notification Enable or disable the notification pop up when an SMS is sent 13 SMS Delivery notification Receive notification when an SMS is received but not necessarily read by recipient Log Calls Record all calls in the calendar with caller and duration You can set missed calls to not be logged via recordCallsOnlyIfConnectea in Power User settings Set default SIP Specify the SIP Input panel to be loaded after a soft reset Landscape SIP Specify the SIP Input panel to be loaded when device is used in ladscape mode 14 Profiles Top Toolbar Profile Work Select the profile whose properties you wish to view and or edit Automatic Switching Options Menu at bottom right Edit Profile Names Backup Restore Automatic Switching setup the time based or event Appointment based automatic profile Copy Profile switching see Automatic Profile Switching below for full details n Edit Profile Names Hide activate unused profiles or change their displayed names To have more than 7 profiles you need to activate those here Backup Restore Export or re Import your settings either export just the phoneAlarm registry settings to a file in phoneAlarm folder pa_Export txt or copy all important settings including location rules and network snapshots to the Storage Card or another selected location Copy Profile copy all profiles setti
9. updates need to be performed several times per second Slow option has less than 1 affect on CPU Normal uses lt 2 and Fast uses up to 6 but ONLY when Today Screen is visible Static scroller All items are shown at the same time use this if your scroll element is large enough for all information to be displayed at one time It has no affect on performance You select the items to be displayed by moving the items to the right hand panel You can then sort these items to choose which order they appear on the scroller Static scroller Signal Battery o phoneAlarm Settings ek T x ok Done Ea Display Alarms adv Profiles Extras About Forwarding CallSMS PRO Configure the telephone numbers to be used for Call and SMS forwarding using the Extras Forward Calls dialog You can configure up to 4 different numbers to be used then in the profile settings select which should be activated when profile is active Telephone numbers should normally be entered in International format including the and country code at the beginning For example 1 xxx XXXXXXX Note Some users have reported that without the blanks either side of area code that Call Forwarding did not work on their device so try out different spacing if it doesn t work the first time If you have problems some CDMA Verizon devices do not support this activate the Forwarding Fix option and enter the spec
10. 8 00 Mo Tu We Th Fr Car lt Power no ActiveSync gt Night 22 30 06 59 Every day Home Mo Tu We Th Fr Power State AS v Sa Su Cancel Save 2 Cancel You can choose from 7 different profile switching events as shown in menu above Appointment switching will activate the specified profile when an appointment with the specified status or category is active if you have overlapping appointments only the first will be used and All day appointments are ignored The status lt Busy gt and lt Out of Office gt correspond to the Status in the Appointment Headset switch allows switching when headset is connected or disconnected also depending on power connection and for Bluetooth and cabled headset you can also have different profiles The Connection switch allows switching profiles when connected to a specific network or computer when roaming not connected to your preferred network or generally when an ActiveSync connection is present Power State will switching when power cable is attached without ActiveSync being started or when the battery power drops below a certain threshold low battery profile will be deactivated as soon as power cable is attached 20 After selecting the wished for Profile and the time or event press the Save button to save the setting In addition in the BR version you can select that profile will activate when you arrive at a specific locati
11. Activate IR This enables disables the Infra red port NOTE Disabling this also disables file transfer via Bluetooth Disabling this when outdoors can dramatically improve performance sunshine cause s interference on most IR detectors Bluetooth Activate deactivate your Bluetooth radio Works for both Microsoft and Widcomm Bluetooth stack The option to Activate on call enables having Bluetooth activated only when a call is received this depends on your Bluetooth system being able to quickly initialize Headset BG Activate deactivate your Bluetooth headset This enables the headset interface on most devices Activate WLAN BRO This modifies the power state of your Wifi radio it will not automatically choose a connection though Data Band BRO Choose the preferred data band connection for current profile 3G phones default to opening a 3G connection if possible using up to 4 times more power If you only need low bandwidth connection choosing GSM GPRS will extend your battery life noticeably This requires cycling the phone off on to change the setting which is done automatically Network Snapshot BR Apply a previously saved network snapshot to automatically configure network settings See Network Snapshots below for more information Data Connection BRO Completely disable the data connection so that no connection is possible This is especially useful when roaming to avoid unwanted charges when travelling or o
12. Lock Component 33 Power User Settings To allow power users to have many more settings without overloading the user interface with dozens of new commands over 60 less important or device specific settings are now available via a configuration file You access the file via the Options menu Power User Settings or the icon on the About screen This opens the file and you should then carefully read the instructions in the file for details of what the various settings do Clicking OK saves any changes and automatically applies these immediately For example you can hide the count on skin if items are zero display memory or data transfer in MB or on the pop ups apply a fix for vibrate on connect for a few devices speed up graphics routines and many other device specific or possibly unsafe settings If you do change any settings and then have problems make sure you restore default value This especially applies to useFastGraphics which can cause lock ups on some devices Important Entries alarmOnEveryEvent sound alarm for every new item each SMS Email even if that alarm is already active useRILForCustomSMS to enable SMS Forwarding and custom SMS alarms where Outlook is not used for SMS handling Treo threaded SMS for example Some US networks also need this setting enabled activateBacklightOnNewAlarm flashBacklightOnAlarmRepeat activate the backlight on alarms for hard o
13. MS and email If both Email Alarm and Custom Email alarm Notification Settings are defined then when the email does not SMS Alarm alarmi wma match any custom Group the default SMS Alarm repeat Default alarm will be played Custom SMS alarm Work Email Alarm lt silent gt Email Alarm repeat Default Custom Email alarm All Email Voice Mail Alarm alarma wma Voice Alarm repeat Default Display Alarms Ady Profiles Extras 2 Options 24 Full Version Extras Data Connection Settings PRO Add a Disconnect button and Connected Time option to the data icon on the title bar Auto disconnect Specify the timeout to disconnect a data connection automatically if it is not in use This is a system setting phoneAlarm sets the registry key for the OS to control One click Mute PRO Assign a hardware button that can then be used to mute incoming calls and if so selected also to cancel alarms During a call it can also toggle the screen blanking switch screen on and off if Auto blank option was enabled in the profile Location Service PRO Activate this option to enable location data collection Currently this only provides detailed information for GSM devices For most devices you just need to select RIL to enable optimal location detection If RIL location does not record any information after a day activate SIM to retrieve general location within 2 20 km depending on ne
14. alm Treo 700w and some 3 party music players will interfere with music playback always test your sound choices via the green Play button in the settings first WAV alarms cannot be cancelled in the middle of playback If you are using a long alarm 5 seconds or more you should use an MP3 or WMA sound file as they allow canceling during the current alert If sound does not play or is very quiet during testing in Settings enable the option ignoreWMSounad in Power User Settings see below There are also 3 checkboxes per alarm setting to enable Vibration LED and Notification pop ups Custom repeats For each alarm type in each profile you have the option to customize the repeat action or turn alarm off To use the standard repeat settings on the Alarms tab leave it set to Default In addition to the standard settings 2 extra options are available for escalating repeat Escalate 5 is repeat 30sec 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min 5 min Escalate 10 is repeat 30sec 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min 10 min 10 min Custom SMS alarm Custom Email alarm Use these settings to select the active custom email SMS group s for custom alerts based on sender or text in SMS Email see Custom Email Alarms section below for more details on configuring this Groups are applied in alphabetical order So if you use multiple groups consider using number at beginning of the name to control proces
15. at Sets number of alarm repeats and the delay between repeats The first value sets how often alarm sounds for 1 alarm event Multiple repeats per alarm event only apply to WAV files Stop if battery less than Repeating alarm stops if battery drops below specified level First 2 alarms will always sound regardless of battery level Always vibrate if muted All alarms vibrate if volume set to 0 or muted Set system and phone volume to 0 in profile and ringtone to lt vibrate gt to activate the system vibrate mode so that all reminders vibrate including appointments and clock alarms Never vibrate if muted Reverse of the previous setting if device is muted all vibrate options for alarms will be ignored Always vibrate with sound Alarms play selected sound and also vibrate regardless of the profile specific settings for vibrate Don t activate backlight on alarm This saves power but will not automatically activate backlight when alarms occur repeat or profiles are automatically switched 11 Advanced Settings Poor Signal Receive an alarm when signal reception drops below a certain level To receive an alert when signal is recovered again activate the signalAlarmOnEnd option in Power User settings Low Battery Receive an alarm when battery charge drops below a certain level Alarm in call Set notification to use when an alarm occurs while voice call is active The notification can be Vibrate or I
16. attery meter on the title bar 3 pixels wide by default which is visible in all applications You can also set an alarm that is played when the battery is fully charged and have charging turned off until the battery level drops below a specified threshold This stops your battery overheating when charging and might extend the battery charging life considerably Voice Command PRO You can control whether Voice Command is active in each profile and also which Announcements it makes Incoming calls appointments etc allowing full control depending on your current situation needs 31 Weather Plugin Use this option to customize the location and other options for the weather forecast that was added with v2 12 of phoneAlarm You will need a skin that supports this service such as Flipped Out or ClearGloss Manila Both Google Weather service and Accuweather are currently supported USA users can simply enter the Zip code other users can enter the nearest larger city adding the country if there are problems See this forum post for full details on configuring the location http Awww pocketmax net smf index php topic 6538 0 Photo Dialer Bar Use this option to add a photo dialer below the skin using a select set of contacts and the photos taken from system Contacts database You can add a mask to display round or rounded photos Launcher Bar Using the Application Links option define upto 30 application shortcuts T
17. ce Use the action button again to dial the currently selected number The new v2 0 Photo Bar and Launcher Bar can also be activated via one hand navigation this is automatically enabled if these elements are activated via the Extras tab in settings The one hand navigation order is defined in the skin file and can be modified for each skin to provide optimal navigation also the default action can also be changed in the skin See the Skinning Guide for more information on this Command line options Many features of phoneAlarm can be accessed via the command line allowing shortcuts and hardware buttons to change profiles etc All command line options use paWakeup exe in Windows folder 1mute 1 Click mute activate back Backlight toggle 1 max 2 min 3 profile setting bt 0 1 Bluetooth off on bt toggle Bluetooth on off bt2 Activate Bluetooth via ActiveSync bt3 Activate A2DP Bluetooth connection d Open dial favorites menu d1 Open Application Launcher Menu d2 Open Weather forecast menu d3 Open Photo link menu fm Open Call forward menu g 0 1 Disable enable GPS location only if GPS activated in Settings Unlock current profile Il Lock current profile mmM p U L pm skin sp 0 1 t ts V w 0 1 Lock current profile for M minutes Unlock and activate the current rule Cancel alarm mute ringing phone Toggle full mute on off Mute for M minutes Change profi
18. correctly restore Voicemail settings you need to use the Capture option on the Extras Forward Calls tab in Options Forward Settings menu SMS Forwarding BRO Select the telephone number where a copy of all SMS received will be forwarded This generates an SMS and results in the usual charges as if you manually sent the SMS The list of numbers is the same as those used for Call Forwarding This will only work if your provider sends a standard SMS notification to device Some providers send SMS to device using a proprietary format in which case SMS forwarding is not supported You also need to either activate Alarms for specific accounts option for SMS on the Extras Custom Email amp SMS tab or enable the option useRILForCustomSMS in the Power User Settings Call Filter BRO Select the filter to be applied by default you can change this and see current state in skin if it includes Filter icon Set Accept all calls for no filtering this is the default New filters are created in the Extras Call Filter settings 17 Radio Settings Set status of all radio communication components Use this to save battery power on components that are currently not required Activate Radio Enable the telephone radio NOTE If Activate Radio is disabled you receive NO calls The option Cycle radio on off is for users with a dual SIM Card and will automatically switch SIM depending on the SIM Code in Profile
19. e them with semi colon and to aau houf wma include all text use the wildcard Enter the name in Name field or select a previous name to edit its settings this is then used to refer to the group in Profile settings Enter the partial number email address to alert for all messages from a specific group company e g test com will alert for all messages from this domain The search is NOT case sensitive test com and TEST COM will both work the same You can also specify that only Hi priority emails will sound alert To alert for all emails that are Hi priority set the Contains to To delete a group simply set the Contains to blank and clear the Hi_priority flag then press Save NOTE Groups are applied in alphabetical order until a match is found If you need a particular group to be applied first start each group name with a number That is 1_SimpleSubject will be processed before 2_All EMail otherwise All Email will be the first group because A comes before S and no other tests will be applied Custom Email SMS in Profiles phoneAlarm Settings Hf Yi 4 lt Once you have configured your groupsas Magis defined above in each profile select the Group s to activate for custom Email custom SMS Group s and custom Email alarms group s that should be activated or select Wone to disable this and have normal alarms for S
20. eAlarm profile settings as these overwrite the system settings on each profile change Alarms will repeat according to the settings on the Alarms tab the first repeat is at system volume Note If battery is less than the specified threshold only 2 repeats will occur Cancelling Alarms To cancel the alarm notification click the blinking alarm icon on the phoneAlarm skin and select Cancel or Snooze or use 1 hand navigation to select and activate icon Or click the skin icon for the item to open the Inbox or Missed Call list or manually open the system application Inbox for email or SMS Call History for missed call Unread Item Counts Missed calls count is reset on opening the call history Voicemail count is reset when dialing to check voicemail via the icon in phoneAlarm skin or on most devices also when you clear voicemail from any other phone For voicemail you may need to configure the 2 Voicemail Telephone numbers on the Advanced Settings tab Email will reflect the actual number of unread items in ALL inboxes grouped together excluding SMS Some 3 party email clients are not supported currently Outlook Flexmail 2007 and v4 and nPop are fully supported You can use the Custom Applications Link option on Extras tab to open any other 3 party application when icon is clicked though SMS will reflect the number of unread SMS for most SMS clients Context Actions on buttons If you click and hold some
21. f the other rules is active 4 Device will switch to Car profile if power cable is attached and not in meeting or Home group 5 Between 22 30 and 07 00 the next morning device will switch to Night profile if no other rule is active If you want device to ALWAYS switch to Night profile regardless of other settings the Time range rule must be at the top of the list Between 7 00 8 00 on weekends and 22 30 the device will always switch to Home profile if no other rule is active NOTE If you placed any other rule below 5 it will never activate between 22 30 and 07 00 Even if it was another time range with time from 05 00 06 00 for example 21 To lock a profile for example when you are on Holiday or in the church cinema or in a plane click and hold on the Profile icon gt then from the pop up menu select Lock or Timed Lock A timed lock is automatically removed after the specified period Lock must be manually removed or if you manually switch profile it will also be removed You can also choose Timed switch which will switch to a specified profile and lock until the specified time at which point the previous profile will be restored While the profile is locked ALL automatic profile changes are disabled Manual profile change always occurs even if the profile is locked and will remove the lock Manual change also sets the new base profile In addition manual switches activate sticky profi
22. f hearing users providing optical feedback on alarms autoCenterSkin center the skin when in landscape mode if it doesn t fill the screen 34 clearMissedCallSMSOnVoice cancel the missed call and SMS alerts when a voicemail is received so that you only get the one alarm for voicemail This option will also cancel alarms for system notification SMS such as Receipt confirmation voiceMailAsEmailSubject If you receive voicemails as email you can have these automatically alerted as voicemail alarms by configuring this setting dualSIMNumber enter the second number on your dual SIM card so that phoneAlarm can indicate which SIM is active and toggle the SIM correctly forceLocationWakeup Fully wakeup the device on location auto check This is required on some devices to acquire a new location signal and also if using WLAN location and your device turns off WLAN when sleeping 35 Tips and Tricks My registration code isn t accepted Check that your device Owner Name wasn t changed Otherwise email support pocketmax net with product name your device Owner Name and details of when and where you purchased How to upgrade to newer version Free upgrades are included for all users until the next major version v4 0 To upgrade simply install a new trial version freely available from http www pocketmax net over your existing version NOTE If upgrading from a version before
23. gnore a tone is not possible due to device design By default nothing will happen Normal alarms will resume as soon as call is disconnected Use Broker for Alarms Generally the best alarm results are obtained with this setting OFF especially for Treo threaded SMS application it must be Off If you find that alarms are unreliable on your device try switching this on this is required mostly for some 3 party Email SMS clients Voicemail Email Support voicemail notifications that are sent as email For services that notify users with an email with voice attachment when a voicemail is received enabling this option will also activate the correct voicemail alert You may need to customize the text that is searched for in Email subject to correctly identify these emails by default voicemail is looked for See voiceMailAsEmailSubject in User cfg for more details Louder Volume Will amplify the volume above 100 on some devices specifically for Treo 800w Alternate Sound playback If you cannot hear alarms try this option It uses the system Media Player for alarms which is less reliable on many devices though Some iPAQs need this setting Beep on press When icons in skin are pressed a quiet beep will be emitted Also a beep will be emitted when profile is changed manually or automatically You can customize the sound vibrate for profile change via User cfg Max Standby Enter the number of hours your battery lasts when
24. hese can then be displayed on skins that are customized specifically to show the shortcuts For skins that do not include the Application links or the popup menus of links you can automatically have a launcher bar added below the skin by enabling the Add AppLink bar to skin option The automatic launcher will include the as many 16x16 pixel shortcuts as fit across the skin enable Large icons to use 32x32 pixel icons You can optionally add a second bar without editing the skin file to display more links Custom Application Links Use these options to specify a specific 3 party application that should started when Email SMS Missed Call Voice Date Clock or Calendar icons is clicked 3 party Weather voice and MMS applications can also be configured This allows you to start any program or shortcut you wish when an icon is clicked instead of performing the phoneAlarm default action Delete any setting to restore default action Custom LED Colors Custom LED colors are only supported on a few devices such as the TyTn and the Omnia See support forum for more help with this option Some Samsung devices will require activating options on the Device Specific sub menu to fix LED driver issues that cause the LED to stop blinking after 20 30 seconds or when device first turns off after alarm Vibrate LED can also be adjusted here if the automatic detection did not work correctly 32 paAlarm Component screen
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26. ific codes for activating call forwarding for your provider SMS forwarding works only to another mobile phone and will ONLY work if telephone numbers are in International format starting with a Important To forward SMS you must enable the option Alarms for specific accounts on Extras Custom Email SMS NOTE You should configure one of the numbers with your forward to voicemail number usually your own telephone number so you can reactivate normal voicemail action via profile If deactivating call forwarding doesn t correctly restore voicemail support for unanswered calls then you need to open the Forward Settings sub menu and enable the Capture option which will take a snapshot of the current settings and restore these whenever Call Forwarding is disabled in a profile Network Snapshots PRO You can make snapshots of your current network settings to restore the same state via Profile switch saving you needing to access numerous settings when moving from one network to another Home to Office for example To make a snapshot setup your device and connect to a desired network then while connected select the Network Create button on the Extras Setting tab Assign a name to the snapshot then activate the required options generally ALL options should be selected Then in the Profile settings select the Network snapshot that should be activated NOTE Snapshot will NOT automatically ac
27. le Optional U to force unlocking of profiles L to automatically lock profile after switch is the profile number 0 Home 1 Work 2 Meeting 3 Night 4 Loud 5 Car 6 Flight Example paWakeup exe p5 To set Car profile paWakeup exe pU6 To force device into flight profile paWakeup exe pL6 Set to flight profile and lock Open the Profile selection menu Reload the current skin and empty cache Speaker phone off on sp toggle speaker phone on off Change theme Example paWakeup exe t MyTheme tsk Open the Task switcher menu this allows you to switch programs via a hardware button End mute WLAN off on to toggle use w Example shortcut to activate mute for 30 min 20 paWakeup exe mm30 Installation phoneAlarm should be installed to main memory if possible Installation to a Storage Card often results in issues with loading skins playing alarms on wakeup and can lead to device resets Installation to the internal File Store usually works correctly NOTE When installing to Storage Card set the option Startup Delay on the Advanced tab to 5 seconds or greater The application is by default installed in the Program Files phoneAlarm directory all log files and skins are also in this directory An email will be sent to all customers when a major upgrade is available for minor releases you should check our website each month or so To uninstall phoneAlarm use the normal Remove Programs option i
28. le by default so that the rules engine doesn t switch straight back to the active profile according to rules engine logic This means that until the currently active rule ends your manual selection will remain active You can reactivate rules engine logic at any point by click amp hold on the Profile icon and selecting Remove sticky profile You can disable the sticky profile via Power User option When an automatic profile change is scheduled during a phone call the profile change is cached and executed when you hang up This prevents flight mode activating in the middle of a call 22 Custom Email Alarms Using the Custom Email SMS view on the Extras tab you can customize default email client and folder to be opened You can also completely customize the alarm sound for emails and SMS It allows receiving a special alarm when email is received in a particular account only for hi priority mail or for an SMS email from a particular person domain or only when particular text is in the subject of email or SMS body text of email is NOT searched phoneAlarm Settings ek Ty x ok Suca Custom Email SMS vj Email Client Select the client that should be opened when you click on the Email icon NOTE Most custom email features are ONLY available when using Email Client Outlook v Outlook client Flexmail and Goodlink Alaris E TET are not supported for alerts based on email subject Support for
29. n holiday If you disable the connection in a profile make sure that you enable it again in your other profiles This can also be toggled in the Signal pop up menu 18 General Settings Adjust the settings for your backlight and also the timeouts for both backlight and device timeout shutdown NOTE Automatic backlight adjustment does not work on some devices such as the HTC Artemis In this case select the option Leave Unchanged to allow the standard system backlight control to be used The Backlight battery and Shutdown Battery options both have an affect on battery life SIM Code You can enter your SIM code to have it automatically entered when exiting flight mode Radio deactivated The code is stored in an encrypted format and only used after the user has manually unlocked the phone once after each soft reset You can set it to always be entered using the Power User setting alwaysEnterSIM Device Lock Specify if device lock should be enabled when the device is turned on You can also use the phoneAlarm screenLock an intelligent locking tool which allows you to see the screen time current alarm states when turning on the device but without needing to unlock Run Program Allows you to specify a program that should be started when this profile is activated For example open Navigation program when Car profile activates tsGetFile dll and gsGetFile dll are both supported for file browsing if installed
30. n the System Settings to remove all components additional skins should be removed first you will be asked if you wish to remove all settings during the uninstall procedure For any issues with installation uninstall check out our support forum http www pocketmax net smf index php For issues with registration key or non receipt of key please immediately send an email to support pocketmax net specifying your product purchase date and your device Owner Name as displayed via Start Menu Settings Owner Information UPPER lower case is important v2 0 now includes support for AppToDate a free tool to check if all your software is using the newest version and automatically update them See www modaco com for more information on this Adding skins You can find other skins available for free download on our website in CAB format These are compressed device installers Simply copy the CAB file to the device then in File Explorer on the device click on the CAB file to correctly install the skin You can download skins directly from phoneAlarm via the Custom button on the 1 tab in settings To create or customize your own skin use the free skin editor also available on our website or use a text editor to edit the SKN file A document describing the skin format is included with the editor Repeating alarms and count All customization of sounds vibration LED and pop up dialog need to be configured in phon
31. ngs from one profile to another profile to save time entering the same parameters in every profile You can also copy only specific settings such as all sounds or volumes Profile Settings Volumes System volume is for all system sounds such as appointments alerts and music Select Leave Unchanged if you wish to control this via the system volume controller Phone Volume is how loud ringer is on an incoming call Call volume is how loud the phone speaker is when you talk on the phone Notification volume is for all phoneAlarm alerts Email Missed call SMS Voicemail MMS IM Battery and Signal Set Escalating Volume to have volume increase from 40 to 60 80 100 after 4 alarm it remains at 100 Notifications Choose the custom sound to be used for each alarm type in each different profile Contains all WAV MP3 WMA and MID files in the Windows amp Windows rings directories The default WM 5 0 and WM 6 0 ringtone paths are also searched these include My Documents Storage Card root folder and Storage Card My Documents and may include other 15 folders depending on the device see your device User Guide for list of these In addition 2 special sounds are listed lt silent gt No sound will be heard lt 3 Party gt The system sound setting is used this also allows 3 party personalized SMS Tone applications to work correctly NOTE MID music files are NOT supported on P
32. on and optionally change to a specific profile as soon as you leave that location At the end of an event or Outlook appointment the profile will automatically switch back to the base profile If the current profile is locked then no automatic switches will occur until the lock is manually removed Profile switching priority Profile switching priority is dependent on position in the list Items are processed from the top of list until the first active item is found Time based rules are an exception they DON T change the profile immediately they only set the new base profile to activate when no rule is active Time based profiles can be anywhere in the list and will still activate placing them at the bottom is usually clearer See the following example for help in understanding the logic 1 Meetin lt Busy gt 1 Meeting profile will ALWAYS be 4 activated when a lt Busy gt 2 Home Home appointment is present in calendar 3 lt Work lt ActiveSync BRUCE_PC gt 7 08 45 18 00 Mo Tu We Th Fr 2 When current location is Home group and not in a meeting 4 W car lt Power no ActiveSync gt then Home profile will be activated 5 D er anes Every day 3 During working hours work 6 rear Mo Tu We Th Fr profile will be activated if you Home connect using ActiveSync to the 7 08 00 Sa Su computer Bruce_PC If you are still connected at 18 01 the profile switch to home by default unless one o
33. on standby not in use This is usually between 80 200 hours Max Call Enter the number of hours you can telephone with your device before battery is flat This is usually between 4 8 hours Startup Delay Delay the loading of phoneAlarm after a soft reset This can be required when installed on a Storage card or as a plugin in a 3 party program such as WAD or HTC Touch Flo Shutdown Delay Time to keep the device awake during an automatic profile switch You need to set this long enough for all actions to be completed Activating radio or Bluetooth can take considerable time This should be 45 seconds for most devices 12 Skins on Storage Move all unused skins to storage card to save active memory If you have many skins installed this can take several minutes The active skin will always be kept in main memory to avoid stability issues Hide zero count Only show the count if it is above O for skin items such as email and missed calls Voice mail Set the number to be dialed when checking voice mail You can include your password by adding xxxx after the voicemail number where xxxx is your password This format is provider specific so check with your operator if you have problems Incoming Voicemail Only required if different to the previous setting for voicemail This then needs to be set to the number that is specified in incoming SMS that notifies of a new voicemail This will then attempt to convert SMS alarm
34. re that you have the checkbox option Repeat on the Sounds amp Notifications settings for Reminders DISABLED Also make sure you have enabled the option Don t activate backlight on alarm on the Alarms tab in phoneAlarm settings Voicemail alarms are not working If voicemail isn t working correctly especially if you only get an SMS alarm you need to setup the telephone numbers correctly for Voice mail and Incoming Voicemail in the Advanced Settings more info soon I want to use Ringo or another 3 party ringtone manager No problem simply select lt 3 Party gt for the ringtone sound or the SMS sound then phoneAlarm will not manage this setting 37 For SMS phoneAlarm will read the sound setting from registry to get the custom setting that 3 party manager has selected then correctly repeat the alarms On Treo MIDI sounds are NOT supported for SMS alarm NOTE If you use lt 3 Party gt for sound you MUST set this in ALL profiles Sound playback is very quiet Activate the Alternate Sound playback option in the Advanced settings to use older sound playback routine this is needed on some iPAQs otherwise sound playback is very quiet You can also try enabling the setting Louder volume this especially helps with Treo 800w 38 Latest Upgrade http www pocketmax net phoneAlarm htm New skins http www pocketmax net phoneAlarm htm http www pocketmax net pal_skins
35. s and profile switching and uses the same skins What is included only in Pro Version e Location based profile switching e Skin graphic rotator scroller element e Call SMS Forwarding e Call Filter e 1 Click Mute option e Billing Data tracking e Profile Features o Call Filters o WLAN On Off o Headset On Off o Speaker phone On Off o Rotate screen o Push Email On Off What are benefits of the Lite version e Simpler setup rollout e Less confusing user interface e Stable feature set few new features will be added In the documentation features available only in the Pro version will be marked Note Many non essential settings are in Power User settings accessed via the About screen Power Settings menu Some of these settings are listed in the descriptions below What is new in v3 x 2 extra profiles 12 in total Call filter in profiles Location based alarms Weather also in Lite version Log your calls automatically in Outlook calendar Forward all received SMS to any email account Battery meter on title bar And much more see website History for full list User Interface The user interface of phoneAlarm is fully user configurable a free editor is available for download on our website and comes with 4 skins included and on our website over 70 skins are available for free download and new skins are constantly posted by our users Below is the Joel_Blue skin from IronMortyCash
36. s notifying of voicemail into the correct voicemail alarm You can also have the SMS and missed call alerts from voicemail automatically suppressed if you activate the option clearMissedCal1SMSOnVoice in User cfg Vibrate on Connect On outgoing calls the device will vibrate when the other party answers This allows you more freedom when placing calls NOTE Not all devices support vibration mode when a call is connected HTC Prophet and HTC Wizard don t support this unless headset is attached If this does not work try activating vibrateOnConnectFix in User cfg System Vibrate Respect the system volume control and vibrate mute alarms if you set mute or vibrate option via system control panel This will override profile settings in ALL cases if you enable it Blank on dial This changes the Blank on connect setting in profiles so that screen is blanked as soon as dialing starts rather than on connect Note If you have key lock active this will mean you cannot disconnect drop call until you reactivate the screen via power button or other party hangsup automatically reactivating screen Touch Flo support Remove HTC Touch Flo from Today screen and run it as stand alone application allowing you to run phoneAlarm and other plugins on Today screen See our support forum for other solutions or host option later in User Guide Profile as Operator Save the current profile name in registry as Operator allowing you to
37. sing order Ring Settings Set the ringtone and ring type to be used for incoming calls Set both the ringtone AND ringtype to lt 3 Party gt to use a 3rd party ring tone manager If not using a 3 party manager ALWAYS set this to an actual sound and ringtype 16 Auto answer Automatically answer the phone after x rings Auto blank Auto blank on connect will disable the display during a call This serves 2 benefits it saves battery power and it avoids you accidentally hanging up the call or activating other programs when your ear rubs the touch screen Screen is automatically enabled on disconnect Via Advanced settings you can also configure this to blank screen when dialing starts Speaker Phone BRO Automatically enable speaker phone mode when call is answered Call Forwarding BRO Select the telephone number where all calls will be redirected You first need to configure the list of Telephone numbers you would like to have available on the Extras Forward Calls tab Telephone numbers for forwarding must always be in full International format with at beginning In v2 0 you can now just forward calls when the call is not answered busy no signal or not answered using the additional No Answer option for each call forwarding target Choose Off to disable forwarding and Leave Unchanged to leave existing Forwarding state as previously set Note If Off option does not work to
38. skin items extra functionality is available Profile Icon Lock Timed Lock and Timed Switch activate a profile and lock for specific period then reactivate the current profile also sticky profile cancel after a manual profile switch Missed Call Call Forwarding activation disable Reset count of missed calls Text_Window Clear all items Mute Icon Custom Mute mute for a specific time period Signal Toggle data band turn phone on off or cycle off on Voice Mail Reset count Email Reset count and Sync all accounts will be sync d Bluetooth Toggle on off or discoverable mode also enable ActiveSync via Bluetooth or A2DP stereo headset phoneAlarm includes numerous settings and 12 fully user configurable profiles which can be used to change the most important settings on the phone as wished manually or automatically based on time location or particular events such as a Meeting or ActiveSync connection On first installation a standard setup is applied which enables using phoneAlarm out of the box however to get maximum value you should configure voicemail customize billing options and setup Location Service and if wished Call Forwarding Display Settings Skin Select the preferred skin you can download new skins free from our website Custom Settings to modifying text color and size or download new skins Language Select user interface language for Settings Currently at least 6 languages are supported New languages will
39. t only required if you have defined off peak time on the first tab Notification limit for daily downloads A pop up notification will occur one time if this limit is exceeded Notification limit for monthly downloads A pop up notification will occur one time if this limit is exceeded 27 Special Tab Add special numbers here that have non standard cost You can use this to define numbers or groups of numbers which are free and also to specify costs for international calls and pay services To enter a number specify as many digits as possible to uniquely define the group For example to define a price for international calls to Melbourne Australia 61 3 9 enter 6139 and the price in cents minute or whatever your base currency is and click Add Note Any and zeros 0 at the beginning of the number are ignored In the above example the number 44 1 123 6139 would NOT be matched All costs must use decimal and NOT German That is 0 25 for 25 cents 28 Scroller PRO Use this to configure which items are shown in the Rotator element available on some skins if you skin doesn t include this element then there is no performance effect from this item Switch every Items will be shown one at a time Recommended delay 5 seconds This has minimal affect on performance Scroll Items will scroll one after another across the screen This has a small affect on performance as
40. t in cents per minute for normal calls in base currency Off peak Cost Cost in cents per minute for off peak calls in base currency 26 Per Voicemail call Cost per SMS SMS In Cost Free SMS Incoming Call Cost Fixed cost per call Minimum cost Free Minutes Total Peak Off Peak Intern Data Volume Monitor Data Traffic Monthly Fixed fee Included free volume Packet Size KB Cost per packet Off peak packet Daily Limit KB Monthly Limit MB Cost for a single call to check voicemail Cost to send a single SMS SMS gt 160 characters are currently billed as 1 SMS If you have special charges depending on where SMS is sent you will need to enter an average value estimated based on how many of each SMS type you send Cost to receive an SMS for most users this is O Number of SMS you can send for free each month Fixed cost to receive an incoming call this is 0 for most users Free minutes regardless of time period other free minutes are used first if applicable Free minutes in peak period Free minutes in the off peak period Number of free minutes to other users on your network If this option is disabled NO data tracking will occur Set the fixed amount that you pay every month for data services Data volume included in your monthly package Minimum unit volume for billing check your contract for this Cost for a packet as specified above Cost for an off peak packe
41. then enter or select an appropriate Location Name from the Group drop down at the top of the screen You can assign groups at any stage and assign multiple cells to one group Once groups are assigned you will then find them available in the Automatic Profile Switching dialog see above to select You can select a profile change to occur on both entering and leaving a location NOTE Do not assign more than one GPS location to a group Location Wakeup PRO Billing Billing information can be configured so that phoneAlarm can provide you with a close estimate of your actual monthly phone data costs Included are over 25 settings to customize the charges according to your provider tariff With each update more options will be added to support more accurate billing calculation let us know if a critical setting is missing for your provider Tracking Tab This includes the 1 day of your billing period the Time periods that should be considered Peak time only necessary if you have a Peak Off peak tariff and the charging unit how your provider charges for short calls Set 1 1 if you don t have any details this means you are billed only for the exact seconds connected 30 30 for example means you pay for each started 30 second block Costs Tab Monthly Fixed Cost You monthly base cost for telephone service Monthly Credit Credit amount that should be removed from total call cost each month Peak Cost Cos
42. tivate the connection WLAN GPRS etc 30 Call Filter Here you define any call filters other than the default Accept All Calls and Block All Calls screen shots coming soon You can set a normal white list filter to only accept specific callers all in your contacts for example Or you can set a black list to reject calls from unknown callers or specific groups work numbers on the weekend When rejecting calls you can set them to be dropped answered the dropped then they don t go to voicemail or ignored call rings but ringtone volume is silent so that caller doesn t know you are ignoring them In addition you can specify the default text messages that you can send when a call is blocked The message can include caller name and the end time of your current meeting if so wished Light Sensor BRO This allows you to enable automatic backlight control if your device does not already include this and will automatically set 100 backlight when you are in sunlight and minimum backlight when it is dark night or no direct sunlight The Night trigger isn t reliable with all sensors as some are not sensitive enough If your sensor records 0 anytime you are not in sunlight Night trigger will not work as designed In that case set it to 1 to disable the option Louder ringtone in pocket will set ring volume to 100 if it detects no ambient light Battery Options PRO Enable the b
43. twork lt i SIM location should ONLY be M4igLocation Service M activated if no other method is Determine Location via suitable working for you as it will only Cell Towers show changes at regional level WLAN L_ Cell Broadcast C Kill pop up phoneAlarm Settings ek Wye x ok In addition you can choose to get location information via Cell Broadcast GPS gt Range this is an operator specific feature Get GPS location now GPS often on channel 50 or via WLAN Access Point names this requires WLAN to be turned on increasing battery drain C SIM low resolution Since v2 0 GPS location is also supported via Bluetooth GPS module or built in GPS GPS will be checked Display alarms adv Profiles Extras About every 2 minutes when device is awake and compared with your mapped locations are within range With GPS you must manually press the GPS button when you are in a location you want to use as a location group such as at home or work so that it is recorded in the log 25 If GPS connection is not working on your device see this Microsoft post for help in setting up the GPS driver to work with more than one GPS application http blogs msdn com windowsmobile archive 2006 06 07 620387 aspx After location collection has been running for a while you can then begin to assign Location groups Select the Location Groups tab then select a Cell ID from the list and

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