Main Interface

 

 It is simple and intuitive.
  I don't think that i have to give to much information;

  Connection Hour, Local Time, Session Time and Session Cost are shown.

  In the left down corner a total is shown based on entries from the database;
Choosing "T" (time) or "C" (cost) you can visualize the total which represents the sum calculated from the database plus the cost of the current session;

 here is selected the Total Time ; format is Days:Hours:Minutes:Seconds

  General Total is calculated starting with a date (Time Base) set in the Engine Settings; this date can be fixed (specific for every day and month) or a day from which to start calculating the Total; for more details see Engine Settings;

  In the right upper corner are 2 buttons; the Close button which makes the main interface to dissapear; you will be able to see it again clicking on the tray icon ITimerPro; the minimize button will transform the main interface into a minimal interface in which you can see only the General Total and the main buttons of the programme; you can maximize this by double-clicking on the window or by selecting the Pop-Up menu atached in case of a minimize;

Minimized form


 It takes a minimal room and it eases access to parts of the programme.

 Shortcuts:

  • F5 - Graph Tariff / Tariff Editor
  • F6 - Report
  • F7 - Dialer
  • F8 - Internal Settings
  • F9 - Properties Monitored Connection
   Popup menu in which the Window submenu is selectedniul PopUp in care este selectat sub-meniul Ferestre

 The Right-Click Menu will offer you access to various parameters of the programme so you can do the following:

  • Activate/Deactivate STD mode (standard). This is the main mode of running the programme;it consists in the Live synchronization of connections; read more about it in Advanced Settings.;
  • Manual Synchronization of the system time with Atomic Servers located over the internet; of course you have to be connected to the internet for this thing to happen;
  • Arrangement of the programme windows; ITimerPro was made from a modular system of windows for better ergonomics; not everybody is interested in some data so these data don't need to be loaded with the main interface;
      - you can make ITimerPro to be Always on Top;
      - you can save a position of the windows which you can restore whenever you want;
      - you can reinitialize the "default" settings any time you want;
  • If you are connected to the internet you can manually check for a new version of the programme, if you don't have the automatic check for the new version or the programme didn't tell you already; you can browse around the website to see the news;
  • In the "About" box you will see your name as a registered user of a ITimerPro version;
  • In the end the Exit option of the programme; DO NOT CLOSE the programme if you are still connected and haven't set the MDML (modem log) mode, because you will lose the connection data!!

 Other windows and explanations;

 Impulse Cost and Time Tables

 Seconds before next impulse


  Based on the best Engine of calculation from all the Romanian NetCounters IT2, if it's set properly (you can see here the Delay) can work (at least theoretically) exactally as a telephone exchange. Thus the remaining seconds until the next impulse will have a truth value if the "Delay" is set better; (see Engine Settings .. how to set the Delay).

 Traffic Graph
  In an attractive form you will see the in/out data from your computer which is from your monitored connection; on the chart you can see the out data, the in data or both at the same time; the max of the chart is given by the maxim speed of your connection;
Many times you will see that the in or out data is bigger than the speed of the connection;this is because of the data compression which is made in the modem, RAS function practically rapporting, the data that is being read in a second then decompressed (big values of txt files, html which support big compression etc)
 The average speed (Rec/sec) , (Sent/sec) calculated from divinding the in/out data from the start of the session till the end is also shown;
  From the Popup associated to the window you can visualize the Black and White version of the Graph or the Color one, you can choose to see only the Total Bytes received/sent in the current session or the one corresponding to the data set as Base Time.
  The data are measured in KBytes(KB), except the connection speed which is in Kbiti(Kb)

 Important Note
 -because of a special routine, you DON'T HAVE TO RESTART the ITimerPro for a new connection;
 -it is recommended that you connect with the included Dialer because in this case the ITimerPro can detect and record in the database connection errors (invalid password, remote computer not responding etc); for these types of errors when the connection is not made (but you have been taxed) there is only the possibility of "catching" them in the Dialer, the modem log has no use in this case;
 -in case of ITimerPro the programme stars after it has made a connection, the programme Engine takes the monitored connection time of the operating system after which it calculates the cost;


News here

Last version may be found at next url:
http://itimer.home.ro (official site)
http://christig.virtualave.net/ITimer (mirror site)

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