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The Alarm popdown (activated with A) can be used to make your Cambridge Z88 remind you of important events or appointments, or simply to wake you up in the morning. Any number of alarms can be set up, and for each alarm you can specify the following information:

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For each alarm you can specify a message of up to 23 characters, or a CLI command string which will be executed to cause something to happen; see below.

To set an alarm, press  Highlightlightgreylightgreyclasskey

ENTER

Image Added. The alarms you have set up will become active as soon as you exit from the popdown by pressing  HighlightlightgreylightgreyclasskeyESCImage Added.

Note that the Cambridge Z88 will not switch off automatically while the alarm popdown is on the screen.

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You can move between these options with  Highlightlightgreylightgreyclasskey

SHIFT

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 Image AddedImage Added and Image Added; pressing or  then increases or decreases the number of the unit selected. You can thus specify every 3 HOURS, for example.

No. of times: specifies the number of times that the alarm will be repeated before being cancelled. It is initially set to NEVER, so that the alarm will occur just once. It can be set to FOREVER by pressing , or a number from one upwards by pressing. Holding the  HighlightlightgreylightgreyclasskeySHIFT key Image Added key down while pressing or  will increase or decrease the number in tens, and   and   will change it in hundreds.

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To clear an alarm, select it with the cursor keys or  on the list of alarms, select CLEAR ALARM with   and , and press  Highlightlightgreylightgreyclasskey

ENTER

Image Added. With a repeating alarm this just clears the present alarm; use CLEAR ALARM twice to remove a repeating alarm completely.

If an alarm occurs while the Cambridge Z88 is turned off, the alarm will sound and the Cambridge Z88 will be turned on in LOCK OUT state to prevent accidental key-presses. To clear this state turn the Cambridge Z88 off and then on again in the usual way, by pressing both  Highlightlightgreylightgreyclasskey

SHIFT

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