Date & Time pop-up.
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The date and time setup allows you to desks time, date, location and daylight savings settings. There is also an analog clock in the lower right corner. This is the Time & Date Setup window:
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Time.
There isn’t much to be said about this. You can change the hour, minute and second. You press/click on the number and then the calculator appears. This you can use to alter the numbers.
Date.
Here you can change the day, month and year. You press/click one of the date fields this pop-up appears:
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Her you can change the month and year using the respective plus and minus buttons. Then you can press/click on the correct date.
You can choose to enter the date directly using the numeric hard buttons or the keyboard. You also have the option to press/click the Today button.
If the pop-up doesn’t disappear when you make your selection you can use the OK button to confirm your choice.
Location Manual.
Here you can change the physical location of the desk. This can be useful if you are on a ship where you change position and you got programmed events for events like “Dusk” or “Dawn”. There is the option of changing the location manually or connect the desk to a GPS receiver that can report the current location to the desk.
If you do it manually, you need to know where you are. When you know this you can enter longitude and latitude using the calculator. The desk automatically changes the time zone. If you for some reason needs to, you can change the time zone to something else.
Daylight Savings.
The settings for daylight saving can be changed here. When you press/click one of the date fields you get the Enter Date pop-up. You have the option to change the Begin date, the End date and to Enable or Disable daylight savings.
Daylight Info.
You access the Daylight Info pop-up by pressing the button next to the blue cross in the upper right corner. It looks something like this:
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This gives you information about when the sun rises and sets. Also when it is Dawn and Dusk. You can get the Always Bright message in the summer when the sky never really gets really dark. You can close this pop-up using the blue cross in the upper right corner.
Closing the pop-up.
You can close the Time and Date pop-up using the blue cross in the upper right corner. This returns you to the Setup Menu.