I was retro entering old log entries, so I set up my preference Year as 1996. I also set the preference ICAO entry to "EINN". You will need to change yours.
To change your preferences, go to the tools tab & press the "menu" button. This will bring up the following screen:
press "Your preferences..." at the bottom of the screen.This will bring up the following screen:
Slide the screen up/down to get to the preference you want to change:
Press "Year". This will bring up the year entry below.Change the value to a year that suits you. This functionality was added for making entries for previous years e.g. to make a block of entries for 2006, set this value to 2006.
This will work automatically for you and will not require you to do anything. I've used the auto-complete feature to suggest entries. The suggestions are based on previous log entries made by you. An example of using auto-complete is when you enter a registration. The first time you make a log entry, you will need to enter the registration in full. However, subsequent times you will be prompted for values in a list to select.
Holder's Operating Capacity (HOC)
This field is free format. The following table shows suggested entries:
| P.1 PIC | Pilot-in-Command |
| PICUS or P1 U/S | Co-Pilot under supervision |
| P.1/S | Pilot-in-Command under supervision |
| P.2 | Second Pilot or Co-Pilot |
| P/UT | Pilot under instruction |
| SPIC | Student Pilot in Command |
| P.u/t | Student Pilot; Pilot under training |
| Other | Enter other value |
| N.1 | Navigator responsible for the navigation of the aircraft |
| N.2 | Navigator acting under the supervision of the pilot in command |
| N.u/t | Navigator under training |
| T.1 | Licensed Radiotelephony operator responsible for all communications made. |
| T.u/t | Radiotelephony operator under training. |
| E.1 | Flight engineer responsible for the operation of the aircraft power units and auxillary systems |
Android Wheel by kankan - Spin or tap
This app uses the Android wheel for entering times and dates. The wheels or spinners are linked to the +/- tap buttons. Spin or tap to enter values.
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| Android wheel for time selection |
Data Backup
Get into the habit of backing up your data regularly. You never know when your phone, laptop etc will no longer be available to you. I back up my data off-site so that a restore is easier:
- backup your data from the "tools" tab to create a backup file. The backup file is a text file called logitppl.txt.
- email your backup file from the "tools" tab. Using the preferences you can enter your email address so that you don't have to keep retyping it.
It's also a good idea to back up data before updating an application with a newer version.
I've used the AFreeChart software for charting (see credits). To start off I've provided functionality for 4 basic chart types: Captain, Type, Registration & Type. There's a whole load of different ways you can go with charting your data. If you take a look at their web-site you'll see what I mean:
