Bangle.js 2: How do I use it as delivered? Is there any user documentation?

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Gordon

Hi Rob,

Thanks for this - this kind of feedback is amazingly helpful. I'm updating the https://www.espruino.com/Bangle.js2 page now and have added a glossary to the Wiki: https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/wiki#glossary

I note that @Andrewmk has already added notes about the menu to the FAQ - thanks!

But yes, the menu in particular is a bit odd to get used to at first, and isn't well documented in the right places.

Understood about https://banglejs.com/start2 and https://banglejs.com/apps/ - the latter is a good way to set the time, find installed apps and get info on them though. I'll try and tweak the getting started page to make that clearer.

If you come across anything you think might be helpful/useful for new users, please can you add it to https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/wiki ? At some point we'll probably move things around a bit to make them easier to find, but at least it'll written down somewhere for now.

The documentation is definitely a bit lacking right now, but I do want to make it better. The issue is rather than saying I'd ship the Bangles next year when I'd have time to write everything up I'm shipping them 1 month after the KickStarter, and that means that some things (especially docs) aren't done yet!

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RobS in reply to @Gordon

I love the changes you've made and so quickly. I'm wearing the watch night and day now. I also know what app I want to write, if there isn't one like it already. Here's the bare bones spec:

I want an app that will buzz me every hour, on the hour, from 0900 to 1800. (I like to get up out of my chair each hour and do a five minute workout.) Of course those start and end times should be configurable. Are their any apps like this now or one that is close enough that reading the code would help me write my own version?

I'm impressed and happy at how well this project is running. As we say in Texas, "This ain't your first rodeo now is it."

Peace,
RobS:-]

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blkhawk in reply to @RobS
I saw one that sorta does that - its a old bangle 1 app tho - "hour chime". What you want can be done super easily. The core function would be just a couple of lines of code:
```
let chime = setInterval(function(){
  let d = new Date();
  if((d.getMinute() == 0) && (d.getHour()>8 && d.getHour() < 22)){
     Bangle.buzz(400,1);
  }
}, 60 * 1000);
```
that's it basically. You could just put that into a widget and be done. the easiest to mod is probably https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/tree/master/apps/widver. just replace everything between line 1 and 9 ;).

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