ChronoArt TimeScape User manual

TimeScape by ChronoArt

(aka Barry’s Clock Dreams)

Attention: TimeScape features a “Power-has-been-off ” display ————->

To activate, momentarily push-in the lower switch on the back. It will start at 11:59 and then chime out 12 o’clock.

What is TimeScape?

It is different for everyone. It’s kinetic art, it’s a

conversation starter, it’s a puzzle, it’s playful, it’s an hourly

chime clock, it’s colorful, and it’s for adults. I have been

creating wonderful art clocks since 1971. Enjoy.

Where did the TimeScape name come from? My design

was inspired by early twentieth century artists, Mondrian

and Picasso. So what does this have to do with the name

–– absolutely nothing. 😇Barry Gamble

HOW TO READ & SET THE TIME?

TimeScape (let’s call it TS) has 3 primary ways to display

the time. So there are 3 ways to read the time. You get to

choose.

Let’s start with something easy — reading the hour. All the

time display methods show the hour the same way. The

hour is where the red is lit, just like a normal clock face.

See below. Pictures help a lot.

4:00 o’clock

TO SET THE HOUR

Push and hold in the Hour Set Switch shown in the picture

below. Watch the Hours advance.

For fun, use the Minute Set Switch to add 2-3 minutes.

WATCHING

Watch it for a few minutes just to wet your curiosity. Notice

how it re-displays the time every 10 seconds. Notice the

sequence of first displaying the hour, then the adding the

minutes. Now let’s skip ahead from watching to….

HOW TO SET THE MINUTES

Note, using another clock that displays the seconds accurately

can be useful.

Hold in the Minute Set Switch. You can watch the minutes

advance. Here is what the display is showing. Pictures on

next page. The position of the yellow is fives-of-minutes.

The quantity of greens (0-4) are the additional minutes.

Advancing the Minutes

20 minutes 30+2 minutes

45+4 minutes 0+3 minutes

When setting the minutes, each minute advance also

resets the seconds to zero. So, if you wait until 00 seconds

to advance to the final Minute, the hourly chime will be

more precise.

Tip: You can speed up minute setting knowing a trick — if

you hold in both the Minute & Mode switches together, the

minutes will — go backwards.

Let’s go back to reading the time…

READING THE MINUTES IN TIMEART MODE

When you first turned on the clock it started in the TimeArt,

Mode 1. In this mode the yellow position is the fives-of-

minutes, just like when you are setting the time. The 0-4

green minutes randomly move around every 10 seconds.

It’s fun, it’s kinetic art, right? See examples.

Note: This Mode has a blue background.

2:44 10:17

Notice also, the time ‘builds’ the display. Every 10

seconds first the red hour lights, then one second later the

yellow fives-of-minutes lights, and finally the green, 0-4

minutes are filled all together. So it displays the time the

way we read it — hours then minutes.

And adding to the fun is what happens at times like 2:10,

or 3:15 or 4:20? The red and yellow are both trying to use

the same area. Well, just what you’d guess. The Red &

Yellow get pushy, both trying to occupy the same place.

READING MINUTES IN THE⛓LINKED MODE

After the red hour is displayed, 0-5 blue segments light,

each are worth 10 minutes.

Then an aqua colored segment may light as 5 minutes.

Then 0-4 green minutes may load.

Then the background color, either yellow or magenta fills

the display, depending on the Mode you have selected.

The minutes are loaded sequentially, counter-clockwise

from the hour, connected like the links in a chain.

6:23 Yellow

background,

Mode 4

10:57 Magenta

background,

Mode 5

Note: The colors are not printed accurately above.

READING THE MINUTES IN TIME PORTAL MODE

This is my favorite display mode –– the best art. It looks

hard to read, but once you get familiar it’s easy. It’s

wonderful how our minds do this trick. Enjoy!

The colors all have the same value as the Linked Modes.

All the minutes are randomly positioned .

Each blue is 10 minutes.

A yellow is 5 minutes.

Each green is a minute.

3:34

9:37

WHEN YOU SELECT A NEW MODE

In all Modes, TS renews the display every 10 seconds. So

when changing Modes it can take up to 10 seconds before

you see the results.

SELECTABLE FEATURES ARE:

Selecting any of 8 time display modes.

HOURLY CHIME ON/OFF (a toggle)

Selecting 8 turns ON or OFF the chime sound but the

hourly chime display dance still works. A ding sound

means you just turned the chime ON.

SOFTER CHIME ON/OFF (a toggle)

Selecting 9 reduces chime volume by about 50%. A ding

sound means you just reduced the volume.

DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS

See next page for how to control the clocks’ brightness.

FEATURES/MODES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

(#’s 1-12 are used, see next section)

1. TimeArt, builds, on blue background

2. TimeArt, builds, randomly colored background.

3. TimeArt, (w/o build) randomly colored background.

4. Time Linked, yellow background. (Both 4 & 5 use

aqua for five minutes.)

5. Time Linked, magenta background

6. Time Portal, builds,hour, minutes (blue-tens, Aqua-

five, green-minutes). All minute positions are random.

7. Time Portal, w/o build, hour, minutes (blue-tens,

Aqua-five, green-minutes). Morphs every 10 sec.

8. Toggles hourly chime ON/OFF. A light flash indicates

— OFF. A ding indicates ON.

9. Toggles hourly chime to half the volume.

10. & 11 Exits Mode-Setting and changes nothing.

12. Diabolic - Mode 1→Mode 4→Mode 6 ↩︎

(each for 20 seconds)

TURNING FEATURES/MODES ON/OFF

To change FEATURES use the Mode Switch.

If you hold down the Mode Switch the display counts up

Mode numbers. When you release, that’s the Feature/

Mode that changes. It starts from the last display mode

you were using.

If you continue holding down the Mode Switch the count

up display starts over –– 1,2,3….

TO SET THE DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS

This feature is desirable for bedside use. There are 6

levels of brightness. If you hold in both the Hour Switch

and the Mode Switch together, the display will dim in

steps. When it gets to minimum brightness on the next

step it will hop to maximum brightness and start down

again.

CLOCK’S ACCURACY & POWER FAILURES

As long as the power stays on it should not gain or lose

time. The power company may allow it to wander 10

seconds now and then, but it always gets corrected. If

power fails, the display will turn off, and TS will try to keep

time for 30 minutes using a crystal for timekeeping and a

super-capacitor for power (no battery to ever replace). This

should help with those power failures you get when there

is a lightning strike in your area. It may gain or lose 5

seconds. If the failure is longer, when the power returns,

you will see the power-was-off display — momentarily

push in the mode switch and set the time. The Modes you

have previously selected should be restored.

MODE STORAGE

The display modes (1-7), hourly chime ON/OFF, chime

volume, and display brightness you choose are stored in

FLASH memory. After a power failure, TS will restore the

features you were previously using.

TROUBLES

On rare occasions, with a power failure, the face will stay

dark when power returns. You may have to unplug it for

30 minutes or even several hours for the TS’s

microprocessor to get an orderly startup. My apologies for

this nuisance. It happens so rarely that it is hard to find

the reason. Weird.

WARRANTY & REPAIR

Your TimeScape is guaranteed against defects, under

normal use, for one year from the date of purchase. The

warranty covers parts and labor and shipping back to you.

All repairs are handled directly by the factory. Please

email or call me with any problems.

If you send any attachments (like photos) with an email,

be aware that your email could end up in a SPAM, or

JUNK folder and I may never see it. You can call me to

say you just sent an email. Or, send me a separate email,

without any attachments that says, “See my other email”

and then I will look for the first one.

Having fun YET? 🤪

Barry Gamble

At 707 795-1895

ChronoArt Inc.

9175 Poplar Ave.

Cotati, CA 94931

[email protected]

www.chronoart.com

DIABOLIC MODE

There is another mode that I have not discussed called

Diabolic. It is Mode 12. It spends the first 20 seconds of

a minute in Mode 1, then the next 20 seconds in Mode 4,

and the last 20 seconds of a minute in Mode 6. It’s meant

for customers who like to play with and/or torture their

friends with the mystery of how does that tell time? It also

has the advantage of showing more patterns and colors.

As they say, variety is the spice of life.

It has occurred to me that some of you may want a custom

version of the Diabolic Mode. For example you could have

6 different modes, each for 10 seconds, in a sequence you

choose. Customizing is possible. Just an idea!

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