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User Guide : Chronobot Cute Client

[Introduction]

Cute Client is a tool for Chronobot end users. Using it, users can manage personal life time schedule, and "lend"/"borrow" time though bidding process.  

[Minimum System Requirement]

  • Intel Pentium processor
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP
  • 32MB of RAM (64MB recommended)
  • 5MB of available hard-disk space

[Getting Started]

  •  Download/Copy the package and click to run. Follow the instructions step by step. Once finished, a new group named "Chronobot Cute Client" will be added into your program group(Figure1). Click Start--> Program-->Chronobot Cute Client-->Chronobot Client to Start the tool.

Figure1.Cute Client Group

  • Login Window:

Figure 2 Login Window

  • Configuration: before input your user name and password, please select menu Tools->System Configuration. A dialog in Figure3 will be shown.

Figure 3 System Configuration

Trouble Shooting: If you get message "Error: KEM/TM Server is not available!", please use configure tool mentioned in [Configuration] to set the server's information. If the problem persists, check  if you are using any firewall software. In some cases, system fails because communication port is blocked by a firewall. Opening the port or disabling firewall could solve the problem.

[Basic Functions]

After login successfully, following functions will be available

1. Bid Management:

 

Figure4 Bid Management

2. Personal Bid Record:

Figure5 Personal Bid Record

3. Personal Schedule Management:

Figure 6 Personal Schedule Management

4. Start A new bid:

 

Figure7 Start A new bid

5. Place a bid:

Figure8 Place a bid

6. Add a new Task:

Figure9 Personal Schedule Management

[Live Update]

A live update tool is provided to download the latest version without re-install the tool.  Click Start--> Program-->Chronobot Cute Client-->Live Update, a window will be shown as Figure 9.

Figure 10 Live Update Tool

By clicking  "update" button, system will automatically check  availability of new version. If yes, it will  overwrite the current version by new one.

Questions and Comments, please send them to flying@cs.pitt.edu

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