PiCOSM USER GUIDE

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• Logging in
• Navigation
• Configuration
• Tags
• Contact Management
• Privacy & Security
• The Jenesis Timeline
• The Task Manager
• Help

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1. Use a web browser to visit PiCosm.com
2. An on screen keypad will appear
   (The letters on the number buttons act as a guide if you chose a Pi number based on letters on a phone keypad when your account was created.)
3. Enter your Pi into the top field. (Shown with XXXXXX in the fig below.)
4. Input your password into the lower field

5. Click the red key icon or press [Return] on your keyboard

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PiCosm is driven using the intuitive MustDash™ navigation interface that appears at the top when you're logged in.

• The PiCosm logo - Clicking this will return you to whatever you specify happens when you login to PiCosm. Login actions are specified in VIEW > Account > Settings
• Pi ID - The number shown to the right of the PiCosm logo is the unique ID/login used to identify you or your location, such as a business, club etc. Your Pi is key to everything to do with the PiCosm platform and associated features. Display it everywhere, IE, Pi 12 34 78
• Logout control - The blue power symbol top right will log you out of your PiCosm account

• The Search field at top left is for:
1. Inputing a Pi number to resolve it directly, such as to display your PiCard
2. Entering keywords to locate information in your own account when you are logged in. Or..
3. Locating information other PiCosm users have made public or chosen to share with you.
• The ADD drop down menu is for feeding information into your account, such as Like Log entries, HEYYU content, or even Products if you're a manufacturer.
• The VIEW menu is for browsing, managing or editing your account data.
• Depending on the content on the page, the FILTERS menu will sometimes appear and allow you to narrow down information, such as Like Log Music genres, PiCosm Task Manager Task statuses and so on.

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Select VIEW > Account > Settings to:

1. Select between 12 & 24 Hour mode.
2. Choose where your Pi points to. By default, it will resolve to your PiCard electronic business card.
3. Opt in for our (very) periodical newsletters. If you would rather learn about improvements to PiCosm in a less intrusive manner, follow @PiCosm4D on X.

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Tags are custom keywords you create and assign to some of your PiCosm content to help organise, filter and locate it.

There are two types of tag: Will help people find you. Examples: Plumbing, Javascript, Teacher. Associated with your internal (potentially confidential or sensitive) PiCosm content such as work or personal projects. Examples: Xanadu, Berlin2026.

To create tags:

1. Select VIEW > Account > TAGS
2. Type your first tag into the appropriate field.
3. To mark the tag as a project, tick the checkbox to its right.
4. Click the control.
5. Once done, click [SAVE] and continue as required.

The Contact Manager and other forthcoming PiCosm features will make use of your tags.

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To allow another PiCosm user to view information on your PiCard you have chosen to share with them, you will both need to pair each others Pi numbers with the other using the PiCosm Contact Manager. To do this:

1. Notify your contact (say by phone, text chat or email)
2. Select VIEW > Account > Contacts.
3. Input the Pi of your contact into the [Enter Pi to Pair] field and click the orange Resolve Pi control.
4. Ensure your contact logs into their PiCosm account to accept your invitation from their PiCosm Contact Manager. Now do the reverse and ask your contact to pair your Pi.

This mutally safe privacy centric opt in system is what seperates PiCosm from other online services.

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Select VIEW > Account > Profile to specify what will appear on your PiCard and (at your discretion) be used by other current or future PiCosm features. Use the SELECT FIELDS FOR THIS PROFILE drop down menu to choose items (Location, Email etc) and then click the control to create the specified field. If you create a Location field group, where a physical address is input, enter the name of the location in the Description field, i.e., Home, Work, Studio.

The red trash can control can be used to remove fields created in error or no longer required. Mandatory fields required for operation of your PiCosm account cannot be deleted.

If you have paired one or more contacts with your account, specify who sees what using the permissions menu below each field, as shown in the fig below.

The permissions padlock icon will change shape and colo(u)r as follows: No PiCosm contacts? Then the only sharing option is Public. If you do not want anyone to view that item, ensure no checkboxes are ticked.

For your peace of mind, to verify how much information is visible to the public on your PiCard:

1. Logout of PiCosm.
2. View your PiCard at picosm.com/x, where x is your Pi number.

Only the information you specified as Public on VIEW > Account > Profile will be visible.

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YD-98-26-48 To enable task management and other features, PiCosm is equipped with a powerful horizontal timeline known as The Jenesis Timeline. Jenesis allows the following:

• Creating and managing tasks, including those assigned to others in your team
• Creating, managing and playing back HEYYU Digital Signage / Video Menu content
• Viewing the weather
• Showing the location of an event on the map above the timeline. For example, a meeting task linked to a destination, such as a hotel.

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PiCosm ‘Jenesis’ Timeline showing some layers related to the HEYYU Digital Signage features

Jenesis operates in a similar manner to a desktop video editor such as Davinci Resolve, Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro, Vegas etc. Entries are represented by clips on the timeline that feature drag handles for setting the Start and (optional) End time for each entry.

Icons are shown within each clip to indicate its function:

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Timeline clip icons

To keep the timeline tidy and less cluttered, thumbnails and attributes associated with each clip are hidden unless you do any of the following:

• Position the mouse pointer over a clip
• Click the clip once with mouse pointer
• Touch the clip on a touch screen device
• Double or right click the clip to display the full clip properties panel

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YD-34-66-28 A task is a type of event on the timeline associated with getting things done, from business or hobby club organisational tasks, to family shopping lists.

By default, a task is assigned by you to you, the PiCosm user/account holder. However, a project manager, whether in a business or the ‘leader’ of a household can assign a task to another PiCosm user. For example, request a marketing director prepare a press release, or a family member go do the shopping. In the case of the latter, a sub list can be created within a task, such as a shopping list that will pop up on your timeline. No faffing about with various external task managers or to do apps any more! PiCosm does it all. Tasks can be created using the following two methods:

1. Double clicking or right clicking in the Timeline about where you would like the task to be actioned. If you double click or right click on or near the PlayHead, the task start date and time will be based on the date and time at that moment.
2. Clicking the [+] control in the MustDash header.

Fig 34-66-28 / 1 Two task clips on the timeline. The left clip is highlighted and shows its properties because the pointer is over it. The drag handles at either end of the clip can be used to adjust the start and end times. Drag the whole entry widget to move it along the timeline to a different period. ADVANCED This allows you to paste spreadsheet table cell rows into the timeline to auto create tasks from the data. Ideal if you have some tasks organised in a spreadsheet or prefer to create tasks in a sheet first.

1. Create spreadsheet row as Fig X
2. Copy contents of row to clipboard (Ctrl +C)
3. Switch to the Jenesis Timeline

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To provide an at a glance view of any combination of tasks, from those you have assigned yourself, to those assigned to you by others, tasks assigned by you to others and so on, select VIEW > Tasks (T/U) > List / Table

The numbers in parenthasis after the word Tasks indicates the total number of tasks in or associated with your account (T) and the number that are assigned to or associated with you (U)

Use the FILTERS drop down menu to choose which tasks to view. Once finished using the filter checkboxes, click the [Apply] control to refresh the table.

For an at a glance view of tasks assigned to you or due by others, use the My Tasks and Their Tasks short cuts at the top of the MustDash header.

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PiCard location map accuracy

If a map that appears next to one or more of your physical addresses is not showing your true location, you can manually adjust this as follows:

1. Login to your account
2. Select VIEW > Account > Profile
3. Below the Location fields, ensure the Update map on save checkbox is on.
4. Click the small [Save] control. If not already visible, a mini map will appear.
5. Drag the cross hairs and map until the cross hairs are positioned over your location. If necessary, zoom in [+] or out [-] and/or switch to Satellite view.
6. Click [Save]

Contact name does not appear next to a Pi

If your contact(s) have yet to give you permission to view their name (First, Middle and/or Last), then it will not appear before their Pi on the Contact Manager or Profile Permissions. For example, Pi 12 34 5. Once Permissions are set, you will see, (for example) Joe Smith (Pi 12 34 5).

Need more technical support?

Contact us at hi AT picosm DOT com. A real human will reply.

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