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- Re: The Digest V1 # 846

- Re: PhoneMan Pro

- MorseIt - the Morse tutor is available

- RE: PhoneMan Pro locked out by lost password

- P910i and Bluetooth

- Macro GPScalcNew updated to V1.3

- Datalogger program DMMtr5 for Psion ER5 machines

- Mobile GSM connection from Psion 5MX using IR

- Tcl/Tk for EPOC32?

- Re: Times gone by

- Re: Battery life

- Re: Apple iSync 2

- Sudden Lack of memory

- Batteries again

- Buffalo card

- BigBen program

Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005
From: Digest administrator
Subject: SPAM

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Date: 24 Nov 2005 01:30:25 +0000
From: Vlad A <address truncated>
Subject: Re: The Digest V1 # 846

Thanks for replying!

> Carl von Einem wrote on 24.11.2005 1:28 Uhr:

> I know about a tool that prevents

A name would be useful when you remember it...

> Really annoying on "external" drives.
... The more so on C, as they take precious space.

> What kind of iBook do you have

G3 700. Indeed, none of the post-G3 B&W Macs had serial ports, there are third party internal cards or external adapters though. I just switched to Tiger, but I'll keep OS 9 on an external HD for vintage apps like the very simple psion-to-mac text converting script... As for connecting the MX5 to the Mac by rs232, I tried, it's quite slow...

>> I'd like to delete them, should I?
> I won't advise you to do so, I always try to connect only to the CF

I'm doing a backup and deleting them, just to see what happens... I still have no clue as to how they got onto C...

What I do know is, deleting them from D always caused the CF to become corrupt with ao the very mysterious symptom of animated file-names turning into garbage under my eyes...

The tip with not opening any windows on CFs in the Finder: I'll remember, thanks!

best

vlad a

Date: 24 Nov 2005 08:25:54 +0000
From: Rolf Vonau <address truncated>
Subject: Re: PhoneMan Pro

Alan Morris <address truncated> wrote at 23 Nov 2005 23:32:45 +0000 in The Digest V1 # 846

> I've just downloaded it but need the freeware reg
> code.
> Where can this be found?

Hi Alan,
you can find the code for PhoneMan and much more at Martin's great site www.psience5.net/software2.htm

name "freecode", code "94934055"

--
BR

Rolf

Date: 24 Nov 2005 18:32:57 +0000
From: U Hornstein <address truncated>
Subject: MorseIt - the Morse tutor is available

Hello Psioneers,

many of you will remember Owen Morgan, the sailing psioneer, as a very active member of this digest. A long while ago he started to develop MorseIt, a morse tutor for the Psions. Some people may still have a beta version of this macro.

MorseIt has evolved to version 1.0 as a coproduction between Owen and myself. You can look at the features and download it on
http://psion.uh-lab.de

On the MorseIt page (far below), there is also a way how you can find out about Owen's whereabouts and even his email address. But send short mails only, no attachments. He is well and stays currently in Mindelo.
--
With greetings from Germany
Ulrich Hornstein
http://psion.uh-lab.de
For spam protection: Please NEVER type my mail address into a www page ("send to a friend" or similar).
Sent by MC218 (EPOC palmtop)

Date: 24 Nov 2005 19:48:09 +0000
From: John Morris <address truncated>
Subject: RE: PhoneMan Pro locked out by lost password

Many thanks to all for the solutions offered.

The method that worked for me was:-

(1) uninstall PhoneMan Pro; (2) delete the PM-P data files (which I had initially missed - they were in Documents, but, because the folder display was organised by file type, were not noticed by me the first time); (3) finally reinstall PM-P again.

PhoneMan Pro now works without problem.

Thanks again,
John Morris, Cambs, UK

Date: 24 Nov 2005 21:16:51 +0000
From: Ian Chapple <address truncated>
Subject: P910i and Bluetooth

I was wondering if anyone has successfully connected their P800/900/910 to a Windows PC via Bluetooth. I have bought a Sitecom CN-502 BT adapter, which works (sort of!!). I am able to send files between my phone and the PC, but I am not able to synchronise or backup via BT. If I try this, I am informed that Windows cannot find any Bluetooth devices, even though the Device Manager says that the BT adapter is working correctly AND I can send files via BT.

I have read something about some software called mrouter, which I have downloaded but not yet installed, but am not exactly sure what this is supposed to do.

Any help in sorting this out would be much appreciated.

Cheers, Ian.

Date: 24 Nov 2005 21:51:14 +0000
From: U Hornstein <address truncated>
Subject: Macro GPScalcNew updated to V1.3

Hello List,

a few days ago Ed Kaneen mentioned my macro GPScalNew. It can do a recalculation of the route in Routeplanner and Citymaps, if you have lost your way. With the help of Itamar for the English keystrokes, which differ from the German ones, it runs on German and English (and all other languages with the same keystrokes) machines now.

Find it on http://psion.uh-lab.de to download.
--
With greetings from Germany
Ulrich Hornstein
http://psion.uh-lab.de
For spam protection: Please NEVER type my mail address into a www page ("send to a friend" or similar).
Sent by MC218 (EPOC palmtop)

Date: 24 Nov 2005 21:51:16 +0000
From: U Hornstein <address truncated>
Subject: Datalogger program DMMtr5 for Psion ER5 machines

Hello List,
the system METEX (or VOLTCRAFT) Digital Multimeter (DMMtr) + PSION5 + this software is characterised best as a small lightweight data recording system for slowly varying processes - a datalogger! Because of its low power consumption it is particularly suited for observations in the field of processes which are slow, have long (even years!) duration and for which electrically readable sensors are available.
The program is designed to work with the METEX M-3640D digital multimeter.

Feature list (excerpt)
Reads data from the Digital Multimeter and displays, stores and retrieves the results graphically.
Demo mode included (runs without a plugged in multimeter).
Audio signals can be sent when threshold values are under- or overrun.
Logging durations between 26,4 secs and 11 days per screen.
Up to 99 consecutive screens can be automatically filled, giving a theoretical maximum logtime of 11d*99/365=2,98 years.
If these timings do not suit you (e. g. need for syncronization with some other process), you can set up your individual timing
Graphs may be stored as bitmap files (PSION .PIC format).
Data may be stored in a CSV text file for subsequent numerical processing, e.g. by importing the file into a spreadsheet program.

See sample screen dumps and more on
http://psion.uh-lab.de
--
With greetings from Germany
Ulrich Hornstein
http://psion.uh-lab.de
For spam protection: Please NEVER type my mail address into a www page ("send to a friend" or similar).
Sent by MC218 (EPOC palmtop)

Date: 25 Nov 2005 15:26:06 +0000
From: Kevin.Bewley
Subject: Mobile GSM connection from Psion 5MX using IR

Hi,
   Anyone do this using one of those nice new Nokia 6020 phones? How's it work? I currently use a 6250 (old and B&W) but would like to upgrade to colour phone. The 6020 is IRDA enabled - but will it work with the 5mx for email/web?

Cheers,
Kev


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Date: 25 Nov 2005 15:46:50 +0000
From: Christopher Holly <address truncated>
Subject: Tcl/Tk for EPOC32?

anyone know if Tcl/Tk has been ported to EPOC? in my quixotic search for a better outline tool for my 5mx, I found tkOutline.

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Date: 25 Nov 2005 16:00:14 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Times gone by

Dear Phil,

<< ... whilst I have no doubt that scientists in Europe have the 
quandary you report ... >>

That the scientific convention was held in Geneva doesn't mean that 
the adjustments are limited to Europe. As it concerns the adjustment 
of the atomic clocks it's an adjustment which has to be carried out 
world wide.

<< ... for similar lunacy, watch “Inherit The Wind” - a film about 
the Scopes monkey trial ... >>

Real life produces more lunacy than a fictional/dramatised account of 
the Scopes trial. Two weeks ago the Kansas Board of Education voted 6 
to 4 in favour of making it mandatory for biology teachers to mention 
a kind of disclaimer when they discuss Darwin's theory of Evolution 
by Natural Selection. The disclaimer would tell pupils that Darwin's 
theory is but a theory, that it's unproven, that there are 
alternative theories, etc., etc. Makes you wonder how well educated 
the members of the Kansas Board of Education are as the disclaimer is 
100% religious politics and 0% science education.

<< But, rather more seriously, I can’t see why clocks/watches/Psions 
shouldn’t be adjusted to match *real* time ... Waiting until the 
difference is an hour seems plain crazy, waiting until it’s a minute 
seems pretty silly ... >>

You already accept that your clocks/watches/Psions show a deviation 
of roughly eight hours per year, which is corrected by having a leap 
year every four years. When you really want to use 'real time' - 
based on the sidereal year - you'd have to adjust your clocks/watches/
Psions by about 3 seconds every hour. The proposal is therefore far 
from crazy/silly as it concerns the very small adjustments that are 
made in addition to the leap year. Consolidating the leap second 
adjustments into a leap minute or leap hour is much less drastic than 
the leap year we're all familiar with.

<< After all, we’re only talking about a very few reference clocks 
here. Modern time started with the railways... >>

There are far more atomic clocks in use than you imagine. Dutch 
National Railways has one, for example. It controls eight regional 
master clocks - made by Patek Philipe of Geneva - which are 
responsible for keeping all station clocks in synch. Watch a Dutch 
station clock and you'll see it ticking the first 59 seconds of every 
minute according its own clock mechanism. The signal for the second 
hand to move to the 12 - the final second of the minute - comes from 
the regional master clock.

---
Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Beilen - Netherlands

Date: 25 Nov 2005 22:15:31 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Battery life

Dear Itamar,

<< It could be the battery life was shortened by using email several 
times via GPRS >>

That's a given as you told us that you'd configured your P910 to 
check for e-mail ever 30 minutes. As each check involves processor 
and radio activity it means that each check reduces battery capacity 
by x%.

<< Also, it happened while I was in The Netherlands so could it be 
that whenever I am not in the UK battery life will be less due to the 
roaming and not being on your own network ? >>

Roaming on foreign networks has no effect on power consumption 
whatsoever.

<< Sometimes one opens by mistake the camera or camcorder and 
"clsoing" it does not really close the program >>

Both Camera and Camcorder applications use the screen as viewfinder. 
Updating the screen is only important when these applications are in 
the foreground as you don't see what's in front of the lens when 
they're in the background. Looks to me that their activities are 
suspended the moment you switch to another application sp these 
applications don't use any power.

---
Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Beilen - Netherlands

Date: 25 Nov 2005 22:31:36 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Apple iSync 2

Dear Vlad,

<< Thanks for the hint, but no Psion in the Apple or the PalmOne's 
list... How do you connect? >>

I don't because my 12" PowerBook G4 has replaced a Psion Series 7. I 
keep my PowerBook and SonyEricsson P800 synchronised.

---
Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Beilen - Netherlands

Date: 25 Nov 2005 22:57:12 +0000
From: Neil Ogden <address truncated>
Subject: Sudden Lack of memory

I have been happily synchronising my Revo and Outlook on my computer for a long while now and apart from one occasion when I had to delete the Agenda file and start again to reduce the file size, it has worked fine.

However I have now come up against a persistant lack of memory error even when starting from scratch with a synchronising of just 1 day previous and 1 day forward ( I used to do it 2 months in the future).

When clicking on "today" it tells me I am using 74% of memory but I haven't got that many files and no more than when it was working properly.

Any suggestions/possible solutions.

I guess hitting reset and starting completely over is one?

Neil

Date: 25 Nov 2005 23:41:33 +0000
From: Bernard Hill <address truncated>
Subject: Batteries again

Batteries
=========

On my P800 the batteries go down fast.

I have tried 3 batteries, one old the other 2 just purchased.

The phone is kept switched off most of the time as I don't use it for incoming calls, only when I'm away from base to reply to emails.

I can charge the phone for a day, keep it switched off and when I start it up a week later the batteries won't even complete a reboot. Just the same with all the battery sets.

Any ideas, anyone?

--
Bernard Hill
Braeburn Software
Selkirk, Scotland

Date: 26 Nov 2005 10:11:37 +0000
From: Jon Welford <address truncated>
Subject: Buffalo card

Hi,

My Mbook has stopped connecting to the broadband router via my Buffalo cardrecently. I fired up Netstat and it shows no connection. The WiFi network isworking Ok. I have tried the paperclip reset and everything else seem OK.Ihave no other machine in which to test the card unfortunately. I use WEP andhave reentered the code in case it had been corrupted but even so surely thenetwork would be found even if not connected to? Are there any other testsor suggestions Digest readers might make?

Many Thanks,

Jon Welford

Date: 26 Nov 2005 18:10:23 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman <address truncated>
Subject: BigBen program

As CellphoneSoft  were very quick in answering my questions I thought it not more than fair than to quote some of the answer in the digest :

My remark : the flip closed the screen lights up, switches to the main screen and switches back again to the clock

Answer :  This is due to the behavior of the built-in Phone application which also provides the standby screen in flip closed mode. The Phone app comes to foreground in every minute. BigBen can not prevent this as there is no published API to control the Phone app's behavior. BigBen however notices when the Phone app came up, and immediately eliminates it - but an unpleasant flashing is the consequence.

My remark : The result is that your program uses about 12% of the battery power in just 1 hour. I tested this over several hours !!

While BigBen does use battery power (like all running programs), 12 % per hour is much more than what we have measured. To selectively measure BigBen's battery consumption, please make sure that you compare it to data taken under the very same conditions, but without BigBen running.

My question: Will  you in future check this matter and correct it ?  With such a battery usage you will appreciate that it is not a useful program.

Answer: We are working on making BigBen more "environment-friendly" and will include improvements as soon as a solution is found.

My remark: However, when using the phone on a charger in the car (phone in a craddle), I think the program should also recognise that

Answer:  You are right, but unfortunately this is a problem similar to the one mentioned above. There is no public API to detect when the phone is connected to the charger, the car-holder, or the craddle. Again, a solution will be included as soon as it is found.

Sofar for their answers. In the meantime I did a test in the office today. I charged the phoen completely for several hours, and when I took it off it showed 98%. I closed all programs but for Handy Day 2005 and Handy Desktop, Phone and Applications  and set countdownSJ to 1 hour, closed the phone and left it, no calls or SMS's. After one hour it showed 97%. I did the same another hour and it showed 96%. So typical stand-bye power consumption is 1% per hour. Now I switched on Bigben screensaver and repeated the test again. After one hour it showed 88% and after the second hour 81%. It appears that the program, although not 12%, does take 7 to8% battery power per hour, and on a working day of 9 hours that woud be 60 to 70% of your battery power on this program alone before you made any calls or sent SMS's or emails. I informed them of my test and will let you know if there is any meaningful answer again.

Bye,
Itamar