Spb Weather User Manual
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1. Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies Spb Weather User Manual Spb Weather User Manual Abstract This document describes Spb Weather version 1 0 Spb Weather is a Pocket PC application that downloads and superbly displays weather forecasts for up to seven days in your selected cities Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Page 1 of 11 Spb Software House Spb Weather User Manual beep Table of Contents TDC Or CONTON sccsanaiecaccaanesases tin paseue senna sae astunia ta nesnan A IA 2 OO CV E E TEN ameter PEN PE A E PE PE isaac PE E T A FT 2 Software Features sssssssssssssnssnsnssnsnssnsrssnesronessenesnnnssnsnesnsnesnsnesnsnrnnenrnnennnnne 3 VIEW mMOdGS smirim rrei EEE R EE E E EE EA 3 21 4 A E E P E E TET T E E EENE E E E T tn ee 3 Weather SOUrCES sssssssssssrsnssnsnssnssennssennesronesnnnesnsnesnsnennessenesnnnesnsnesnsneenennnne 3 Weather Update RuleS ssssssnsnssnsnsnnsssnnenrnnesnnnrnnsnsnnsnrnnesneneunnnennsnennsnrnnennnne 4 Wiad TAUS SUOS aerer ein a AE RE A ARS 4 Integration with Spb Pocket PIUS sssosnssssnnnssnnnsnrnnsrrnnnnrnnenrenenrrrrnnrrennrrrnnerennr 4 Customizable Measurement UNits ccccceececcsecceensennneneeeeeeeeeseeeeasenanannneeesesnegs 4 OCO P NE S aE EE EE E EEEE A E E 4 Configuring Spb Weather ssssssssssssssssssssnsnsssnnessenesnnnssnsnesnsnrsnssennssrenesrenesnrene 5 Adding and Activating2. gt Number of cities IF I5 Aa 2l Ape 825 Ko City 2 Fiep Be ge O z al ge ioe ES e EENE tyl Sage tge ge O irat ir Tools Cancel E New York Londan Tokyo S nits AB Refresh Tokyo Refresh All e 4 4 ot Mior Tue J 4 f cf 1 E p i 11 Active tasks Cities bel default wm a ASH T iy i Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies Spb Weather User Manual Customizing Today Plug In Header You can customize the appearance of the i aegis TAE Today plug in header which can include all s active cities just one particular city or Refresh Tokyo nothing at all e g when you need to look at Refresh All Thu FE only one single city let s say the one where i _ Re he Se you live To do so Cities i 3 ee System 1 When you are in the Today plug in Skins i just tap and hold somewhere on the one ener area si Sadik edie Selected City 2 Select a desired header type from the ie No Header Header item of the pop up menu se ee i Integration with Spb Pocket Plus Spb Weather can be integrated into Spb Pocket Plus Spb Pocket Plus is a powerful Today plug in with tabs one of the more popular Pocket PC applications If you have Spb Pocket Plus installed on your Pocket PC you can configure Spb Weather to appear as a separate tab of the Spb Pocket Plus Today plug in which optimizes your screen layout To
3. number of cities to select from with the ability to add custom cities custom weather sources and has total integration with Spb Pocket Plus Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Page 2 of 11 Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies Spb Weather User Manual Software Features View modes New York London Tokyo You can select one of four available modes to i _ gt gt 23 display weather information in Spb Weather ES p e These modes are 7 days 5 days 4 days a Wee Thu FH and multiline These modes are quite self SS 1 Refresh New York explanatory When you select let s say a 4 i Refresh All day mode then you can see four days of weather information for a selected city in a Pi Cities row The multiline mode allows you to view five day forecasts for several cities simultaneously City entries are represented in linear fashion in this mode rather than with tabs as in all other modes Skins All graphics in the program are kept in a skin file By changing the skin you can change the program interface The program is initially equipped with four skins designed by Spb Software House More skins will appear at Spb Software House site from time to time as a part of the customer support program Moreover it s possible to create your own Skins which will be described below Re Berlin New York Lond amp gt Mig Tue gq Wed vies Th Ont
4. Berlin Forecasts GisMeteo ru 0 4 K Name Custom Fa Cancel Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Spb Weather User Manual Changing City Names Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies Some people would prefer to say Frisco rather than San Francisco or Peter rather than St Petersburg You can provide a custom city name or a nick if you wish To do so 1 Open Spb Weather options by tapping on 1 If in Spb Pocket Plus mode just tap and hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area and select Options from the pop up menu 2 Select the Cities tab Tap on Edit 4 You will see a City Options dialog Provide the custom city name there Changing Skins Spb Weather supports skins that contain all weather icons used by the program To change the skin 1 Open Spb Weather options by tapping on F If in Spb Pocket Plus mode just tap and hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area and select Options from the pop up menu Select the Views tab Select a skin from the Choose skin drop down list See the result at the bottom of the page Another way to quickly change the skin is the following 1 When you are in the Today plug in just tap and hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area 2 Select a desired skin from the Skins item of the pop up menu Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Page 6 of 11 ae Spb Weather en 2 3 57 ok Options Choose view Choose skin Mune
5. OEE Soe i pade gt amp A Weather Sources You can select which Internet weather sources should be used for downloading weather forecasts for each active city You can assign the most desired weather source to different cities Spb Weather supports adding custom weather sources If you want to use a custom weather source please contact Spb support team and we will send you a user manual on adding weather sources This is a for advanced users feature Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Page 3 of 11 Spb Software House Spb Weather User Manual Advanced Software Technologies Weather Update Rules FiG spb Weather 7 11 22 GD The weather information is downloaded from Options assigned Internet sources according to options that you may configure You can w Update when docked have data refresh every hour or just once a Update after city added day etc You can also download an update Manual Update every time your Pocket PC is docked i Auto Update Traffic Statistics You can view how much data you have downloaded for each weather source for a specified period of time en 2 8 58 Integration with Spb Pocket Plus Spb Weather can be integrated into Spb Pocket Plus version 2 5 and higher Spb Pocket Plus is one of the most powerful and popular Pocket PC applications Among other useful features it offers a powerful Today plug in with tabs
6. One of these tabs will be Spb Weather Such screen handling guarantees best use of the Pocket PC screen area You will now be able to view weather forecasts at any time you desire Customizable Measurement Units You can select your measurement units for such parameters as temperature wind speed and atmospheric pressure Installing Spb Weather After you ve downloaded the Spb Weather file you should install it on your mobile device You will need a Pocket PC Pocket PC 2002 or Pocket PC 2003 Windows Mobile 5 0 Pocket PC device attached to your Windows desktop PC You will also need Microsoft ActiveSync software When you run the software installer on your desktop PC it will ask you to accept the license agreement and will start the Pocket PC software installation program You will be prompted for the location where you want the software to be installed Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Page 4 of 11 Spb Weather User Manual Configuring Spb Weather After Spb Weather is installed on your Pocket PC device it is ready to use You can now customize the settings Adding and Activating Cities First you select some cities to monitor Initially the screen does not contain cities at all however you are prompted to tap the screen to add a city In future to add more cities you should 1 Open Spb Weather options by tapping on If in Spb Pocket Plus mode ju
7. add Spb Weather into Spb Pocket Plus Today plug in 1 Open Spb Pocket Plus options by tapping on 2 Select the Today Plug In feature and AEDE tap on the Feature Options button New London Tokyo Saint FPR Fiket Pe ile jig EERE OE 2 ee eS a Mon Tue Wed Thu Fi Sat Sun 11 Active tasks 3 You will see the list of Pocket Plus Today plug in tab names Tap on Add and select Spb Weather from the item list Items i Wew tab d Or within Spb Pocket Plus Today plug in just tap and hold on the tab header and select S Delete Tab New Tab gt Spb Weather as shown in the A E EE E screenshot The integration is available for Spb Pocket Plus version 2 5 and higher Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Page 7 of 11 Spb Weather User Manual Adding Custom Cities You can add your own custom cities not found in the database For such a custom city you should know a weather source that provides forecasts for that city and a special code used by that weather source for handling that city If you don t know this information please contact the weather source support and ask them to provide you with the code they use to handle your city On this screenshot you can see adding a custom city Washington handled by GisMeteo with a City Code of 72403 To add a custom city 1 Open Spb Weather options by tapping on J If in Spb Pocket Plus mode just tap and
8. hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area and select Options from the pop up menu Select the Cities tab Tap on Add Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies Spb Weather an Ty AE ok Add Custom City Name Washington Forecasts GisMeteo ru 0 4 K Oty code 4 You will see the city adding dialog Select Custom from the menu at the bottom of the screen You will get to the custom city adding dialog 5 In this dialog provide the city name forecast source and a code used by that source for handling your city 6 Tap ok Make sure that the newly added city is checked in the favorite city list Setting the Update Option 1 Open Spb Weather options by tapping on F If in Spb Pocket Plus mode just tap and hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area and select Options from the pop up menu Select the Sync tab Select if you want Spb Weather to update every time your device is docked 4 Select if you want Spb Weather to update every time you add a new city 5 Select update option this can be either a manual update weather data will be downloaded only upon request or automatic update in this case data Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Page 8 of 11 Cl Sspb Weather ef 1122 0D Options Update when docked Update after city added a Manual Update ai Auto Update Every 1 hour Cities views units Oniks Sync Stats Tools Cancel E Create
9. CitieS sssssssssssssssnsnnnnsssnnsnrenesnnnssnsnsnnsnrenenrnnssnnnennne 5 changing Weather SOUNC SS ara cecnascaaveaevnan rsa re AOTEA Eai 5 Changing City NameS sssssssssssssssssssssnssnsnssrnnsssnsnesnsnesnssesneneenesrenesnnnesnsnennnne 6 cRanding SKI Siccecaceenseutvecksanasmessnosseqnsneniauisanscmesseosenend ans aanaeeeueceaeaenenndeneannoenees 6 Customizing Today Plug In Header cisscccccccsscsecvscaccccsseuuceabennncesssesecasveaceerennnneness 7 Integration with Spb Pocket PIUS cccccceseeeeesssccccnsenencueeenecenseeucugeenencarensenenses 7 Adding Custom CIES insncesscnsnsmesanaananeceencoussaunqentumnneensersuadaunnaaermeoseeeaeanuencsune 8 SURG tiie UPE ODUN arson EEA AE A N E A E TA 8 Setmng Measurement UNINS ciics avin satus aA se dedeedn 9 USING Spb Weather ssssssssssssssnsssenessnneresnsnnsnsnnssennesrenessenesnsnesnsnesnsnesnsneenennnne 9 Switching between View Modes sssssssssssssssssnssennessonessnnsssnnesnsnesnsnennsnennenenne 9 Switching between Cities arrersnrireetr a a 10 Viewing One Day Detailed ForecaSt s sssssssessrnnsrrsrrnrrrrnrrrrnrrnrnnrrrnnsrrnnrnenns 10 VICWwWINO TTAN taS E raaa E A A E EEA EAE EAE 11 Refreshing Weather Information ccccce cece eeeeeeeeeee eee e eee e nese eeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnes 11 Overview Spb Weather is a program that accurately displays current weather forecasts for the next seven days with customizable sources has a skinnable design with a large
10. cts Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Page 10 of 11 Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies Spb Weather User Manual Viewing Traffic Statistics i Spb Weather You can view statistics on downloaded options _ weather data To do so eS ee a Ty a ok 1 Open Spb Weather options by tapping on If in Spb Pocket Plus mode just tap and hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area and select Options from the pop up menu Select the Stats tab In the statistics dialog select an observed period and you will be Shown how much data has already been downloaded for each source Tools Refreshing Weather Information If you want to manually refresh weather data tap and Hemp o hold on the Spb Weather Today plug in header and aus ani i l Refresh Tokyo select if you want to refresh the current city only or all k L Refresh All cities Cities Yiews Skins Header Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Page 11 of 11
11. d February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Spb Weather User Manual Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies will be downloaded after the specified time interval Setting Measurement Units 1 Open Spb Weather options by tapping on F If in Spb Pocket Plus mode just tap and hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area and select Options from the pop up menu Select the Units tab Specify the measurement units for such parameters as temperature wind speed and atmospheric pressure Using Spb Weather e 421135 Options Temperature Speed Pressure Cities views Units Sync Stats Tools Cancel E After configuring Spb Weather using it becomes very easy Switching between View Modes Below you can see all four available view modes for several cities 7 days view 5 days view 4 days view Multiline view Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Page 9 of 11 Si Start en 2 11 41 Monday February 14 2005 Mem London Tokyo Saint PHL ki E a 4 Livy 11 12 A qha TL q ie 4 a Hoa 3 lon Tile Wed Thu Fr Sat Siin Created February 14 2004 Updated October 25 2006 Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies Spb Weather User Manual To switch between these views 1 When you are in the Today plug in Oia ye SE just tap and hold somewhere on the ____ 7 5 Refresh New York Spb Weather area zi ria Refresh All Cities item of the p
12. op up menu Multiline Switching between Cities When you are in multiline mode your active amp w cities are all displayed on the screen 3 ge iz 5 ae Otherwise each active city uses a tab in the Mor a Tuz a Refresh Tokyo Spb Weather Today plug in Tap on the city EE e Refresh All name to view its weather When integrated P York into Spb Pocket Plus then the tab captions are displayed at the bottom If the city London names are hidden if you configured your Tokyo header to contain only one city or no cities at Saint Petersburg all then you may select a city the following Phuket way 1 When you are in the Today plug in just tap and hold TEE ETETE Spb Weather area 2 Select a desired city from the Cities item of the pop up menu Viewing One Day Detailed Forecast gt cot E 4 8 52 To view the detailed weather forecast for a L S hess 2006 certain city for one day just select this city Owner Sill sonc and tap on the desired day entry You will see a window containing all available en ae weather data for that day If available you r rat a IN A will see different forecasts for different times PaT n e a of the day To change the day tap on and RET eA buttons or use the action button Left Right Up and Down may be used for navigation through the cities or me 30 49 i Wind W 4 5 mis md 46 54 Wind WSW 2 4 mis J Updated LIDOS 6 38 PM from GisMereo ru Calendar Conta
13. st tap and hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area and select Options from the pop up menu Select the Cities tab Tap on Add You will see the city adding dialog In it select a country for US locations also a ZIP code or a state and a desired city After adding the city it will appear in your favorite city list Spb Software House Advanced Software Technologies AG Spb Weather ar d 8 54 ok Options Checked cities appear on the Today screen New York United St London United King nf Tokyo Japan Delete More Down Tools Cancel E Within that dialog box you can assign a weather source for that city Make sure to have your cities checked in this list because only checked favorite cities will become your active cities in which the weather forecasts will be downloaded on your Pocket PC In this screenshot the active cities are New York London and Tokyo Changing Weather Sources To set a weather source for a certain city 1 Open Spb Weather options by tapping on If in Spb Pocket Plus mode just tap and hold somewhere on the Spb Weather area and select Options from the pop up menu Select the Cities tab Tap on Edit You will see a City Options dialog Select a desired weather source from the drop down list as shown on the screenshot Copyright 2005 Spb Software House Page 5 of 11 F i Spb Weather ae Ty a ok Add City Country Germany City Berlin
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