Hi all,

You may or may not yet have seen my Modular Planner on the Doepfer website. It is currently linked to my site but they are hosting their own Euro price version soon, for now just open that link in a new browser window. I will be hosting the combined US/UK/Euro price version on my site soon.

I just wanted to give you a few tips on how best to use it.

Because of the real estate the planner requires I recommend the minimum resolution of 1280x1024 to use it on the web. At this resolution with the browser maximised with F11 it is possible to view the entire planner without scrollbars. I will also probably make a executable version of the planner for offline use and offer as a download when i get my site fully up and runing.

To use the planner you add modules using the "+" next to the module name. The module is added to the lower right and you then click it and move it around the racks with the cursor keys. There is no drag and drop mouse control as it was causing problems so for now I have removed it. The cursor movement snaps to 2hp so everything fits perfectly.

You will notice that modules will go underneath others, this is something you will have to live with for now, I dont find it a problem really. I want to put in some kind of collision detection at a later date if I can get my head around it, this will avoid the problem altogether.

To delete a module, just click it and then press "-" next to its name. This will remove it and adjust all the values accordingly.

Everything else on their is pretty self explanatory. There are tooltips to give you quick information if you hover over the module names and quantities.
Also an "i" you can click to go to Doepfer's main page for that module.

Im open to suggestion for further improvements but cannot promise anything. I have a lot of ideas myself like a patch version and a save option but this will be a way off as I want to move the planner into a php/mysql/flash enviroment before i do this, which is still something I'm learning.

All the best
Andy




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