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SysMetrix is a skinnable clock and metering application. Its purpose is to provide system metrics in a variety of interesting, useful, and cool ways. It can monitor and report on the hundreds of statistics including:

Date	Time	CPU Usage	User Name	IP Address
Machine Name	Windows Uptime	Phys. Mem Total	Phys. Mem Used	Phys. Mem Free
Phys. Mem %Used	Phys. Mem %Free	Swap Mem Total	Swap Mem Used	Swap Mem Free
Swap Mem %Used	Swap Mem %Free	Virt. Mem Total	Virt. Mem Used	Virt. Mem Free
Virt. Mem %Used	Virt. Mem %Free	TCP Bytes In	TCP Bytes Out	Tot. TCP In
Tot. TCP Out	Ave. TCP In	Ave. TCP Out	TCP Bytes Out	Tot. Unread Email
Tot. Email Size	Rotating Email Stats	Recycle Bin Files	Recycle Bin Size	Drive Vol Label
Drive Total Space	Drive Free Space	Drive Used Space	Drive %Used	Drive %Free
Generic Text	Mouse position	Active Window	System Mute state	System Volume
Microphone Volume	Wave Volume	MIDI Volume	CD Volume	Line Volume
Pixel color	Media State	Media Artist	Media Track	Media Track #
Media Track len	Media Track pos	Media Track %	Media Track remain	Media Bitrate
Media Samplerate	Media Channels	OS Name	OS Build	OS Version Info
GMT-based Times	Timezone Desc.	CAPS Lock	Num Lock	Scroll Lock
Number of CPUs	Network Connected	Weather Description	Outside Temperature	Dew Point
Relative Humidity	Heat Index	Barometric Pressure	Pressure Trend	Wind Speed
Wind Direction	Wind Chill	Visibility	Registry Value	Power Source
Battery State	Battery %Used	Battery %Free	Battery Time Used	Battery Time Left
Battery Time Total	CPU #1 MHz	CPU Description	Wireless Strength	Wireless SSID

It can display this information in a variety of different ways via the following list of "object" types:

Analog clock	To display the time in a familar fashion
Textual	To display statistics as text
Drawn Histograms	To graphically display a statistic and its history
Image-based Histograms	To graphically display a statistic and its history in a more flexible format
Drawn Bargraphs	To graphically display a statistic in bargraph format
Image-based Bargraphs	To graphically display a statistic in a more flexible bargraph format
Slider Image	To graphically display a statistic like a volume slider
Dual-State Images	To graphically represent something's state, like whether you have email
Multi-State Images	To graphically represent a statistic. The most flexible format of all
Interactive Buttons	To cause something to happen, like empty the trash, control WinAmp, etc.
Interactive Sliders	To adjust something, such as the system volume, the song position, etc.
Animations	To display information such as trash status & cpu usage in an animated way
Gauges	To display information in an analog gauge format
Graphics	To render a graphic image below or on top of other controls

As of Version 2.0, SysMetrix themes support the excellent Motherboard Monitor (MBM5) which is created by Alexander van Kaam. MBM5 is a freeware program that works with hundreds of motherboards and reports on various hardware related items such as temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, etc. You can goto Alexander's site (http://mbm.livewiredev.com) for more information on MBM5. In order for SysMetrix to work with MBM5, you have to install and configure MBM5 on your system. After it's installed and running, SysMetrix should automatically be able to report on all of the information that MBM5 supplies. Most of the sensor values are available for use in various objects, such as Histograms, Bargraphs, MultistateImages, etc. Additionally, the following items are available for textual objects:

Temperature Sensors (Name, Value, Minimum, Maximum, Alarm1, Alarm2)

Voltage Sensors (Name, Value, Minimum, Maximum, Alarm1, Alarm2)

Fan Sensors (Name, Value, Minimum, Maximum, Alarm1, Alarm2)

CPU Sensors (Name, Value)

As of Version 3.0, SysMetrix themes support METAR Weather Reports and World Time Zones. The METAR weather will retrieve weather reports from any of over 6,000 airports worldwide on an hourly basis. The Time Zone support allows you to create themes that display the time and date anywhere in the world. Additionally, SysMetrix automatically determines whether the timezone practices Daylight Savings Time (DST), when DST starts and ends for that particular zone, and what the appropriate bias factor is.