Has anyone successfully built one?

[Gittheheckout]

I've been working on this project for several weeks. Ordered all the parts, installed the latest Arduino IDE, double checked the libraries. Ran the example sketches for the individual components, and it still doesn't work. The fastclock.ino verifies and completes the upload. However, the displayed clock data is gibberish. A series of horizontal bars, sanscrit characters, and not much else. There is an entire block of code that has been commented out.

// This block sets the real and fast clocks
{
InitialSetClocks();

/* // Get time from the Real Time Clock
if (timeStatus() != timeSet) { // Check if RTC set the real clock
realClock = 1; // When RTC fails, Set real clock time to midnight 1/1/1970
setTime(realClock);
}
realClock = now();
prevRealClock = realClock;
// Set default start time for fastClock
timeParts.Hour = DEFAULTHH;
timeParts.Minute = DEFAULTMM;
timeParts.Second = 0;
timeParts.Wday = weekday(); // Set Day of week, sunday is day 1 - Default to Real Clock
timeParts.Day = day(); // Set Day of month - Default to Real Clock
timeParts.Month = month(); // Set Month - Default to Real Clock
timeParts.Year = year() - 1970; // Set year offset from 1970 - Default to Real Clock
fastClock = makeTime(timeParts); //Create FastClock storage
//fastClock = 68400UL; //Set starting fasttime
*/

Is there an operational piece of code that is available to get this program working?
Setting DEBUG _MODE on does show that the RTC is functioning while looking at the serial monitor.
Nothing else works except the charges on my Paypal parts bill.

[Gittheheckout]

No support, eh?

[Gittheheckout]

Still no response from the author :(

[Gittheheckout]

NOT CLOSED!

[Gittheheckout]

Nearly 2 years, and still no response, pathetic.

[tabear1776]

I recently built this clock and it works. I uncommented the section you listed above and I added the following 3 lines of code to the void setup right after Serial.begin(115200);

/* Uncomment to set real clock to compile timr
Use comment so that every power up rtc will controle real time */
RTC.set(compileTime());

I also had to use version 1.4 of the LiquidMenu, because the latest version didn't work for me.

I'm just a hobbyist and I don't fully understand all the code, but mine has been working for approximately 3 months with no problems. If you ave any other questions i might be able to help.

TABEAR