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DCLFuel is a small and efficient fuel monitoring program for Psion Series 5/5mx palmtop computers. Following in the footsteps of the popular Series 3a/c/mx version but completely re-written from the ground up in C++, the program is lighning fast to use and highly flexible.
DCLFuel gives details of each fill and five different graph views, it allows data entry and display in UK, US and European units in any combination (e.g. you could enter miles and litres when you fill up and display km and MPG, etc. when you view the results later). This is especially useful if you happen to own a British car but live in Europe for example, where you'd enter information in miles and litres but would probably want to display information entirely in metric units. Thus the program is very flexible.
Note: REVO is NOT currently supported. Please don't mail me about this, I'm very busy at the moment but I will add REVO support when I have time.
Just to whet your appetite, here are some screen shots......
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This shot shows the DCLFuel main screen. The upper half of the screen displays numerical information for the current fill. The lower half contains a graph showing trends in various figures. Five graphs are available: Economy, Distance/Day, Fuel Cost, Cost/100km (or M), Cost/Day. |
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By using the arrow keys or the pen, you can view the numerical information for previous fills, the fill being currently displayed is shown on the graph by a grey vertical line. Not that the toolbar can be removed in the usual manner. |
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This is the preferences dialogue allowing you to set the units for display and entry. You can enter values in different units to those you display. The preferences are stored with the file so if you have two cars, one British and one European you don't have to change the entry preferences between km and M |
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The Fill Up dialogue is shown here. Simply enter the odometer reading, number of fuel units and total cost, name of the filling station and optionally a note. A list of previous stations is maintained for entry speed. The date defaults to today but can be changed in the usual way. The required units are indicated in accordance with the current entry preferences. |
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You can set the program to remind you when it's time to do an oil change, service, check tyres, etc. You can use the advance warning to give you enough time to book your car in for service. Reminders can be either repeating or one off. Reminders appear when you fill up or start the program after the specified odometer reading (less advance warning) |
| 1.0 | First release. |
| 1.1 | Now runs properly from CF disk. |
| 1.2 | Statistics can only be displayed after entering two or more fills, this avoids a possible crash and display of useless information. |
| 1.3 | Fixed a couple of minor bugs in the error trapping. |
| 1.4 | Added a currency conversion tool for updating the currency in all records. This will be useful for those living in countries that are changing their currency to the Euro. |
At present the 'Link To Agenda' for reminders is unimplemented and the 'File|Export' is also unimplemented. I plan to add this functionality later along with support for REVO machines. I will publish any updates here as soon as they are ready.
Note: If you're upgrading from a previous version, you'll need to change the properties on \System\Apps\DCLFuel\DCLFuel.hlp so that it's not read only. This avoids a partial install error. If there are any developers out there who can tell me how to automate this procedure I'd be most grateful.
If you want to contact me for any reason, mail me at: Dave.Lee@rts-group.com
I'm afraid I can no longer maintain the program because I no
longer own a Series 5mx machine, having recently changed to a Nokia 9210i communicator.
However, no bugs have been reported to me for a number of years now so
I'm quite confident that the program is free from any major
errors. If you have need help with installation or anything else
that wouldn't require program modifications I will do my best to
help in any way I can.
This page was last updated 19-01-2004