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Eugene Mikhaylov edited this page Nov 14, 2017 · 18 revisions

Welcome to the pebble-watchface-time-and-calendar FAQ!

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Interface settings

  • Background color
    Backgroud color setting allow to set background color.
    Default is black.

  • Font color
    Font color settings allow to set color to every drawn element - fonts, signes, lines. Gurus of meditation can choose same color for Background and Font.
    Default is white.

  • Action on Pebble shake
    Accelerometer is the only way to register actions from users for watchfaces. You can shake your watch and see weather forecast (if enabled in settings below), or show seconds, or choose no reaction at all. Shake your watch again to return to a previous state.
    Default is 'do nothong'.

  • Shake several times to perform action
    Accelerometer is quite sensitive, and this may cause accidental action triggering. Enable this option, and you must shake your watch two or three times to perform action. I'm usually shake my watch once, wait one second and shake again. Shake your watch again once to return to a previous state.
    Default is disables.

Date and time settings

  • Clock format
    Choose time between 12h format(AM/PM format) and 24h format, or use your Pebble watch settings.
    Default is 'Use watch settings'

  • Time Font
    Choose time font. Options are 'Normal font' and 'Digital font'.
    Default is 'Normal font'

  • Seconds are shown for, in seconds
    Choose autohide timeout for seconds. Or you can choose to switch back to previous state by shaking your watch one time.
    You can't change this option if Action on Pebble shake is not set to 'Show seconds'
    Default is '15 seconds'

  • Week starts on...
    Choose your first day of a week between Sunday and Monday.
    Default is Monday

  • Date format
    Choose Date field format. Alailable options are

    • '2017.12.31'
    • '31.12.2017'
    • 'december 31, 2017'
      Default is '2017.12.31'

  • Date separator
    Choose date separator symbol in a date field if one of the first two options is selected in a prevoius option. Available options are

    • '.' e.g. 2017.12.31
    • ',' e.g. 2017,12,31
    • '-' e.g. 2017-12-31
    • '/' e.g. 2017/12/31
      Default is '.'

  • Enable 'Quiet Time'
    This option is available only on Pebble Classic and Pebble Steel Classic, or Aplite platform. Main goal of this option is to disable all notification during Quet Time. In general, Pebble has support for Quiet time in all watches, but there is a bug on Aplite platform - Quiet time is always off on it. So, if you want to disable any vibration during Quiet time caused by this watchface and you see this option - enable it and set preferred time period. Vibration settings are placed below.
    Default is 'enabled'

  • start at:

  • end at:
    These options are available only on Pebble Classic and Pebble Steel Classic, or Aplite platform.
    You can't edit these options if "Enable 'Quiet Time'" is disabled.
    Start and End time for Quiet Time period.
    Default is from 23:00 till 6:30

Calendar settings

Weather configuration

  • Weather provider
    Choose weather provider. Available options are:

    • disabled - no weather at all
    • Openweathermap - weather will be fetched from this openweathermap.org
      You must have internet access on your phone to get weather. Default is 'disabled'

  • API Key
    This option is visible if 'Weather provider' is not 'disabled'.
    Put your API key from Openweathermap.org site. Get your own API key at OpenWeatherMap site for free.
    Default is emtpy.

  • Get weather location by:
    Get location for weather request from your smartphone's GPS, or by city ID code.
    pros:

    • With GPS you will always receive actual weather for your current location.
      cons:
    • Getting your location by GPS drain little more battery power from your smartphone.
    • Getting location by GPS may take lot of time on some smartphones.
      GPS is recommended option in general case. If you have troubles with getting your location by GPS, try 'city ID' option. Default is 'GPS'

  • city ID
    This option is visible if 'Weather provider' is not 'disabled' and 'Location type' is set to 'City ID'.
    Steps to get your city's ID:

  1. Go to the Openweathermap search page
  2. Type in the search field name of your city, e.g. Washington, and press Search button;
  3. Search result may contains several items. Find proper one and click on its name.
  4. A new page will be opened. Look at URL in the address bar. It looks like http://openweathermap.org/city/XXXXXXXX, where XXXXXXXX - is the city id, that you are looking for.
    Default is empty.

  • Update period
    How often weather update requests are made. Available options are avery 15 mins or 30 mins or 1 hour or 3 hours.
    Default is '15 mins'

  • Weather units Choose your favourite weather units. Available options are:

    • Fahrenheit
    • Celsius
    • Kelvin
      Default is 'Celsius'

  • Forecast type You can choose forecast type or disable forecast at all. Available options are:

    • disable - no forecast
    • 3 hours forecast - four forecasts with 3 hours periods.
    • 6 hours forecast - four forecasts with 6 hours periods.
      For example: Now is 16.25, or 4.25PM. 3-hours foreacast will show weather for 18.00(6.00PM), 21:00(9.00PM), 00:00(0:00AM) and 03:00. 6-hours forecast will show for 18.00, 0:00, 6:00, 12:00.
      Default is '3 hours'

  • Show forecast window, in seconds
    You can't edit this option if forecast is disabled'
    If you choose your shake action to 'view forecast', a forecast window will show. Here you can specify how long if will be show before automatically switched back to time and calendar view. Or you can set to switch back only by watch shake. Avalable options are: 'manual switch', 15, 20, 25, 30, 45 seconds.
    Default is '15 seconds'

Vibration settings

  • Vibe during Quiet Time
    Vibrate even during quiet time.
    Default is disabled
  • Vibe during Pebble charging
    Vibrate while Pebble attached to charging cable.
    Default is disabled
  • Vibe on phone connect
    Vibrate when Pebble connects to your smartphone via bluetooth
    Default is enabled
  • Vibe on phone disconnect Vibrate when Pebble disconnects from your smartphone via bluetooth
    Default is disabled
  • Periodic Vibration
    Enable periodic vibration. Available periods are:
    • every 15 min - every hour at beginning, 15, 30 and 45 min of a hour
    • every 30 min - at the beginning of a hour and at 30 min of a hour.
    • every hour
    • every 3 hour - 00.00, 03.00, 06.00, 09.00 and etc.
      Default is on, every hour
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