General Information
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Siteswapper is a program for generating and viewing juggling patterns that
can be described with the siteswap notation. By specifying the number of balls,
the maximum height of a throw, and the maximum length of the siteswap number sequence,
the program can calculate all matching siteswaps. The generated siteswaps can also be
animated.
Only simple siteswaps patterns are calculated, that is, patterns that do not
have any repeatable subsequences. For more information about siteswaps in general,
please consult the program help file or visit
www.juggling.org.
The program is available for the Pocket PC and Windows CE platforms and
as a WAP service.
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Features
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- Limit the calculated siteswap sequences by specifying the number of balls, the maximum
height of a throw, and the maximum length of the siteswap sequence.
- Save the generated siteswaps to a file.
- Sort the generated siteswaps by name or length, in ascending or descending order.
- Animate any of the generated siteswaps.
- Change animation speed between normal and half speed.
- Play a sound when a ball is thrown.
- Choose the size of the balls.
- Choose the distance between the hands.
- Highlight a specific ball, that is, displaying it with a different color.
- Pause (freeze) the animation at any time.
- Step one animation frame at a time.
- Play (restart) a paused animation.
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What's New
November 2001
A version for the Pocket PC series is now available. This version (v2.0) includes
some new features;
- Pocket PC look and feel in the user interface.
- Support for the built in hardware buttons when in animation mode.
- An indication where in the siteswap sequence the animation is at each moment.
- Choose between two different sounds when the balls are thrown.
December 1999
A WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) version of Siteswapper
is now available. Goto the WAP Service section for more
information on how to use the service.
May 1999
A version (v1.1) for the Handheld PC series is now available.
I am also finished with the new release (v1.1) of the PPC version. The PPC and the
HPC versions are identical what comes to program features, besides that the HPC
software has support for colors.
In the new version, I have implemeted some of the features that previously were
listed under Future Development;
- A pause function, with which you can freeze the animation at any time.
- A step function, with which you can step one animation frame at a time.
- A play function, which restarts a paused animation.
- The ability to highlight a specific ball, that is, displaying it with a different color.
The new software for the two platforms have the same version number, and are
available for download.
I am sorry to say that I have not implemented the Win95/98/NT version yet, as I
intended. For the moment it has low priority. If you are interested in such version,
please let me know.
Download
License Agreement
The Siteswapper program is freeware. Please read the
License Agreement before downloading the program.
Instructions
Click on a link in the table below to download a file to your hard disk.
- Extract the files in the zip archives.
- Copy the executable file to a directory of your choice on your mobile device.
- Copy the help file to the Windows directory on your mobile device.
- Create a shortcut from the start menu to the executable file.
Documentation
The help file is written in the PegFile format. This format is standard HTML with some
special comments added that are used by the Pocket PC/Windows CE help file viewer. The document
is designed especially for this viewer, but can be viewed in an ordinary browser, such as
Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Screenshots
Pocket PC
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| Main Window | | Animation Window (6752) |
Palm-size PC
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| Main Window | | Help Window |
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| Animation Window (5) | | Animation Window (7773) |
Handheld PC
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| Animation Window (744) |
Tips and Tricks
- If you have difficulties in seeing the balls in an animation, you can
try one or more of the following tips;
- Increase the screen contrast.
- Select larger balls.
- Set animation speed to half speed.
- Get yourself a device with a color screen. :)
- It is possible to stop a calculation at any time by clicking the Stop button.
This can be useful in some situations, especially if you have selected unlimited sequence
length.
Future Development
Future versions of the program may have some of the following features;
- A version written in Java, i.e. a Java applet.
- A version for Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95.
- A ball tracing function. The trajectory of each ball is displayed on the screen
during animation.
- Play different sounds for left and right hand throws when sound is enabled.
- An option for when to play a sound, when a ball is thrown or when it is catched.
- Animate correct hand movements, taking in consideration the incoming speed of the ball
and the height of the next throw.
- The ability to give an arbitrary combination of valid siteswaps as input for animation.
- The ability to change the length of a time beat.
If you have any other suggestions of improvement, please let me know.
WAP Service
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The Siteswapper WAP Service lets you generate and validate siteswap
patterns from a WAP terminal, ie. a WAP enabled cell phone such as Nokia 7110 or a
handheld computer with a WAP browser. For more information about WAP technology,
please visit WAP Forum.
The WAP service functionality is of course limited to siteswap generation since
there is no support for animation. Due to memory limitations only a subset
of the resultset will be displayed when generating large resultsets.
The URL for the WAP service is
http://multivac.fatburen.org/juggling/siteswapper/wap.
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About the Author
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My name is Magnus Hansson and I live in the city of Stockholm, Sweden. I started to juggle in
December 1997. In the beginning I wanted to learn the three ball cascade. After a month I went up to four balls,
and after another month I started to struggle with five. By that time I could not imagine that juggling would
become one of my biggest interests, spending several hours a week on it.
Today, what comes to numbers juggling, I have a rather solid five ball cascade and a few pretty steady four club
patterns. I have now decided to dedicate the rest of my life to learn the five club cascade. :)
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Webrings and Links
Juggling Links
Windows CE Links
Below I have listed a selection of the number of sites where this program can be downloaded.
On these sites you can also find many other software products and other Pocket PC and
Windows CE related information.
WAP Links
This Windows CE Web Community Webring
site is owned by Magnus Hansson
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