Reference Guide

Reserved Variables D-3
Parameter (Command) Description Default Value
date (→DATE) A real number specifying the
date of the alarm:
MM.DDYYYY (or DD.
MMYYYY if flag –42 is set).
If YYYY is not included, the
current year is used.
Current date.
Time (→TIME) A real number specifying the
time of the alarm:
HH. MMSS.
00.0000
action A string or object:
 a string creates an
appointment alarm, which
beeps and displays the
string
 any other object creates a
control alarm, which executes
the object
Empty string (appointment
alarm).
Repeat A real number specifying the
interval between automatic
recurrences of the alarm,
given in ticks (a tick is
1
/
8192
of
a second).
0
Parameters without commands can be modified with a program by storing new values in the list contained in
ALRMDAT (use the PUT command).
βENTER
This is the vectored ENTER post-processor. If flags –62 and –63 are set and ENTER is pressed, the command that
triggered the command-line processing is put on the stack as a string and ßENTER is evaluated.
CST
CST contains a list (or a name specifying a list) of the objects that define the CST (custom) menu. Objects in the
custom menu behave as do objects in built-in menus. For example:
 Names behave like the VAR menu keys. Thus, if ABC is a variable name, %ABC% evaluates ABC, … %ABC%
recalls its contents, and „ %ABC% stores new contents in ABC.
 The menu label for the name of a directory has a bar over the left side of the label; pressing the menu key
switches to that directory.
 Unit objects act like unit catalog entries (and have left-shifted conversion capabilities, for example).
 String keys echo the string.
 You can include backup objects in the list defining a custom menu by tagging the name of the backup object with
its port location.