MultiAlarm 3.0.0 Ready
24. Apr 2006 
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After the demand for a MacBookPro version and the demand for version 3 i have ditched the support for AMSTracker as it does not support the MacBookPro and im also removing the keychain support until we can work on the bugs which are currently holding it back.
I have replaced the keychain with activation of screensaver, if you want to have a password to stop someone from disarming the alarm after it has been set off, just enable a password to disable the screen saver this is available under “Security” prefence pane.
The voice alert was removed to keep the cpu and ram from being wasted from other important tasks, it may make a return in the next version along with a better password support.
DOWNLOAD LINKS REMOVED — CHECK LATEST POSTS
MultiAlarm.powerbook is for iBook/PowerBook
MultiAlarm.HiRes is for High Resolution Powerbooks
MultiAlarm.mbp is for MacBook Pros
If you find a bug please tell me as i need to know before i publish it on versiontracker and macupdate
TODO:
Customisable voice speech
Inbuilt screen flash
Remove the dock icon and move up into menu bar — Now put off until further notice
Remote control API script so that there is scripts to enable and disable on the go
Add detection of what system it is currently running on
Prefrence File
CHANGE LOG:
Version 3.0.0
Voice was removed
Added GUI
Plays disarm sound
Activates screen saver when alarm is set off
sets volume back to orginal volume when disarmed
Works on MacBookPro
Custom Sensitivity — setting does not carry after exiting the program
Removed beeps to help on memory and cpu
Added dock menus, do not operate 100%
Version 2.3
Split into two seprate programs to work with powerbooks
Changed sounds to match with iAlertU
Version 2.2 — Added machine detection, Thanks to bob who left a fake email address
Version 2.1 — Fixed up minor bugs
Build 0.3 — Repaired parts of program and Added application icon
Version 2.0 — Modified and added the following:
Removed menu bar items
Changed Application quit keys
Added Growl notifications
Minor touch ups
Added dialog to warn user and keep alarm going
Version 1.4 — Inital Release
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Hi I downloaded the multialarm zip file, but in it only contains hirespb, powerbook and mbp, there is no iBook version
Could you please provide the updated source code for downloading?
the powerbook one is actually the ibook one, sorry about the name changes i thought i updated the read me anyway.
i will upload the new source code soon, but be ware its very very messy and has beta code lying in there and youll find the beta features hiding
The source has been uploaded and is available but if you use it you must include source code if you make your own version, but if you have a way of improving it just email me.
As mentioned on Versiontracker, the alarm does not sound when the lid is closed before the laptop is moved (on my HiResPB). It sounds when the computer is woken up from sleep again, though, if the laptop was moved in few seconds the system needs the write the RAM to disk.
One solution is sound the alarm also when the lid is closed, or more generally when the computer is put to sleep, without disarming it first.
The idea of making the alarm still sound when the lid closed has been on the today list for a long tim but i dont know how to code it, so if you know how to code it tell me please
I have a Powerbook G4 (purchased around apr 2005). Multialarm 3.0 does not work on it. I do have sms on my laptop. ( I did “pmset -g” and it returned “sms 1″). I have tried both the ibook and hires versions. The older versions dont work either. Any suggestions ?
Srinivas please leave a support ticket and dont use the comments for support,
If you have a SMS supported laptop please try other programs as well, such as the level widget
http://pallit.lhi.is/palli/dashlevel/
Srinivas, What you described means that your SMS in your powerbook has problems.
Check this post in apple discussion.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=228309&tstart=0
This is great! i can’t wait for the next version, I would prefer a screen flash than screensaver… preferences perhaps? Great job… thank you… Is there a Salling Clicker Script for this?
well if i get time to add more features ill add the screen flashes back in, also ill try to write up some salling clicker scripts for the newest versions
When the alarm is going off on my MacBook Pro I can simply press mute to stop it and the volume level is very low. Could the volume be set to full and mute/volume change disabled?
What’s the license? If it’s GPL I might be interested in helping out.
the licence is GPL and free for anyone but if someone makes a spin off version they must include the source code.
but if you know applescript or cocoa and want to help out just email me and we can see what needs doing :
Jeffery: as for the mute button, it is on the todo list but i just dont have the knowledge nor time to work out how to make it possible, but when the alarm is set off it will set the volume to 100% so it should loud enough if it isnt you could play around inside the program and replace the mp3 files with your own
semaja2: I’ll take a look at the source code sometime and see what I can come up with.
What it really needs is Quicksilver hooks for enable disable…
well i dont know anything about coding for quicksilver although it could be kinda cool
What are the requirements for this application, I have and ibook from a year and half ago, do you know if it even has the motion detection hardware. Previous version of this application haven’t worked on my computer.
i dont reallhy have a way of detecting the SMS but id say if it hasnt worked before it probally wont work again.
sorry.
The link for appl. for version 3.0.0 to use sailing clicker doesnt work. and i cannot deactivate with sailing clicker in 2.3.2
Boy this is really a rip of iAlertU and a bad one at that.
Joe: thanks for very stupid and useless post, MultiAlarm was never ment to be of the same quality as iAlertU it was designed to support the old apple laptops like ibooks and powerbooks,
it was also designed to be free and open source
Will this work on the new MacBooks Not MacBook Pro
The only way for me to know if it works on the MacBook is for you to test it and try the mbp engine
just a question, is it compatible wuth the MacBook (non-pro)?
I cann download this file,
Brgds
H.Puchar
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