Prisma Puzzle Timer

[da25centz]

When i do a 3x3 solve with the scramble thats not in prisma and then go to add solution i try to put in the scramble and it wont let me why not?

because that is simply to add the time for the scramble shown on prisma that you have solved with another timer

 

[Tall5001]

well then how do i add a scramble and solution from another timer with out importing the scrambles then adding the solutions

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

you don't...
I don't think it's even possible

 

[FatBoyXPC]

well then how do i add a scramble and solution from another timer with out importing the scrambles then adding the solutions

Do you mean times, instead of solutions?

 

[Tall5001]

Do you mean times, instead of solutions?

no like i was using cube mania and wanted to put the scrambles and times into Prisma easily but i could do the scrambles

 

[Norbi]

Hi!
How to off the 3D visualization at blind?

 

[joey]

Is it me, or are the 4x4 scrambles wrong? aka Uw Dw'

 

[RubikZz]

I got one this time:
B2 R2 L2 F2 D' L2 D U D' U' L' B R' B R' L2 F2 L'

And I got some ideas for the timer:
1. Questions (?? I don't no in English) that come to stand as time passes or running, likke qqTimer. (change in settings).
2. Sound that you hear if yoy push the space button.
Our keyboard is not functioning properly.
When I hear something I attachment or the timing is start.
3. In the settings set up all the time remember. Even if you've completed it or the next day of you do 3x3 and then Magic en then 4x4 en then again 3x3 than it is still.

I hope you had something and that you may find it useful (my ideas).

It is my main timer.

Sorry for bad English.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

All times are saved in the history are they not?..

 

[RubikZz]

No.

 

[Walter Souza]

About the graph: ideally imho you would see a red line of the last 50 or 100 solves. The change of this line more or less shows the improvement over time. In this I would keep away the gaps, days you didn't cube show up a bit odd otherwise, but maybe make some buttons to set this on or off. When doing this I would really suggest some other buttons to adjust the time frame though, otherwise you don't see any progress after half a year, but the last few months is maybe interesting for instance.

So the first suggestion is to add a mean of 50/100 line to the graph.

After 6 months solving about 100 cubes a day, the graph looks like this (times are made up):

Adding a mean of 100 red line, the graph looks like this:

See? The black dots are enough to show improvement.


The next suggestion is to distribute the times evenly along the x axis.

I deleted the third week's times to show why it's not a good idea.

In the above graph, you can clearly see that some data is missing.

In the above graph, you can't see that data is missing and there's an "unnatural" sudden drop in times (red arrow).


I'm not sure I understand your suggestion about time frame adjustment. If you want to see statistics about the whole history, select all times. If you want to see statistics about the last month, select only the last month's times.

Because I really like a graph like this for my times, I tried to copy the times from the history in excel. Then I noticed it is actually not possible to copy the whole history, or even better one column of it. It'd be really cool if it was possible to copy such a thing (and not that it all comes in one cell of course), or let it export to excel. I'm not sure how complicated this would be to implement though.

Actually you can. Select all lines (Ctrl + A), copy them (Ctrl + C) and paste in Excel (Ctrl + V) (I'm not sure if Excel can import tab separated values, but I think it can).

Anyway, I'll add a menu item to make it easier.

 

[Walter Souza]

so say I wanted to download the source code into eclipse and play around with some things, how would I go about doing that?

1. Download and install Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers);
2. Download source code (http://prismapuzzletimer.com/, get source >>, zip);
3. Unzip source code to workspace folder (usually <User>/workspace);
4. Create a new java project (File -> New -> Java Project...); Select "Create project from existing source" and choose the folder <workspace>/puzzle-timer/; Finish;
5. Run -> Run.

Easy things to modify:

* Text color/font/size
* Session summary layout
* Inspection time
* Main screen statistics

"Easy" puzzles to add:

* NxNxN
* Fisher's cube
* Gigaminx, Teraminx, Petaminx
* Dino cube
* Helicopter cube

 

[Walter Souza]

Thanks, I realized that but I would also like to import dates - i.e. date (time), time, scramble. I can use SQL if needed, can you point me to the right location where the solves are stored?

All user data is stored in a H2 embedded database (http://www.h2database.com/). Schema is here. Times are stored in the "SOLUTION" table.

 

[Walter Souza]

Could you make it so the preset categories can be edited/reset, for example, I would want 3x3x3 Cube, not Rubik's Cube but its just an idea.

I'm not sure. I think the built-in categories will be translated.

Also, Pyramorphix scrambler?

Maybe when I get one. I developed Square-1, Pyraminx and Megaminx visualization without physical puzzles and it wasn't easy.

Edit: Will it wok with a QJ timer, not a speedstacks one?

No. QJ timers don't have an output port.

 

[Walter Souza]

is there a way to make the window into a smaller size?

800x600 is the minimum resolution. What's your available resolution?

 

[Walter Souza]

You can do this in both CCT and Prizma. For CCT just go to your options and you can configure which two keys to use. For Prizma, go to Options -> Timer Trigger -> CTRL Keys. You have to press both CTRL keys (then let off of them) in order for the timer to stop, same with stopping the timer.

Prisma. P-R-I-S-M-A. Prisma.

Feature Request:

This might be a tad bit difficult, but it's something I would definitely find useful. You have a list of solutions for the optimal cross, awesome! Now what if you were to make a way to show Extended Cross, or Optimal Cross + First pair. What I mean by First Pair is that it does not necessarily solve the x-cross, but it sets up a pair into a nice R U R'/R U' R type insertion (so it makes the pair and preserves it in the layer opposite the cross). It wouldn't even have to preserve that pair in U (if cross is in D), but maybe to where the pair is preserved in an F2L slot, or preserved into an F2L slot but inverted (so the pair is pointing up instead of down) and it wouldn't need to be in the correct slot either.

If that didn't make sense, I'll rephrase it. Would you be able to find a way that when making the cross, if it sees a pair that it can preserve, or make then preserve, could you show those solutions? I've been working on this a little bit, and most crosses it's quite easy to influence first pairs. It allows for a great transition from cross to F2L.

I suppose after you do this, you could do it for other methods as well. Showing first block for Roux, first block for Petrus, and edge orientation for ZZ.

Again, I'm not sure how difficult this would be, but it would definitely make for a nice feature!

Optimal x-cross would be awesome. I'll see if it can be done.

Roux/Petrus scramblers and tips would be nice, but I don't know if there's enough interest.

 

[antoineccantin]

Is it supposed to save times?

For me it doesn't.

 

[Walter Souza]

This timer wont work on my Powerbookg4. What should I do?

If there's a Java 6 runtime available, then it should work.

 

[Walter Souza]

I think there is a problem with the megaminx scrambler, all offical scrambles at the end of each lise, it is either D++ U or D-- U' but on this progam it seems to be random. Am I correct?

There is a problem, but it's not in the megaminx scrambler.

Longer scrambles (megaminx, 6x6x6, 7x7x7) don't fit in the screen and are simply clipped. If you resize the window, you'll be able to see the complete sequence.

 

[Walter Souza]

I have two suggestions:

1.) It should be possible to "unselect" solves in the history. So when you select a few solves in the history, there is no simple way to get back to the default selection of all solves. Of course there are workarounds (select all with "Shift"; or select one solve, then unselect it with "STRG"), but I think the selection should at least reset whenever you close the history, what it does not.

Ctrl + A select all lines (on Windows, at least). Selecting a single line (click), then deselecting it (Ctrl + click) deselects every line.

Anyway, there will be "select session" and "select none" buttons in the next version.

2.) As most people probably use the same color scheme for all their cubic puzzles, 2x2 through 7x7, you could maybe implement a simple button like "Apply Rubik's Cube settings to all cubic puzzles" or add a button below "edit" and "default", although the last option would require to select every single color of every single cube, so that won't be a good one, shouldn't have written that down...

It's not true in general. My 2x2x2 has purple stickers on the left side, my 5x5x5 stickers are lighter.

It's a "nice to have" feature, but there are a lot of things with higher priority.

Just my 2 cents, but anyway a great timer, I will definitely stick to it from now on.

Nice!