Hi folks, Quite an extensive list topics over the past few days. I just wanted to take some time to reply to these emails in a single post (while wireless lasts)...
* New members: Welcome to the list. I'm sure you'll enjoy learning from the listers. * mPower answers: For braille terminal, you can use either serial or Bluetooth. However, the process of using Bluetooth display on an mPower is different from that of Apex. Infrared is a wireless technology that allows sending and receiving data over a short distance (using direct sight e.g. when infrared ports on devices are lined up). The best use of this is printing via infrared (IR for short). For networking, HW does sell both wired and wireless network cards. However, as one other lister said, be careful with wireless networking at home. The other way of connecting to the Internet is through USB/serial ActiveSync connection, as you'll be using your PC's internet connection. * QT issues for terminal and find and replace: As others have said, this is HW's time to sort these problems out. There are countless posts on this; now the question is how HW will answer our requests. Other than that, Apex (and mPower) QT works like the BT in some "useful" ways. * iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad and Apex QT: Again, this is a known problem, and I really hope that HW would fix it "soon". * Language indicator: The format marker that Sharon mentioned is so-called "language tags." This usually occurs on MS Word files, but I've seen this happen with other file formats. As of now, there's really no fix unless HW does something. * KeyMail Log files: As Josh mentioned, there is a "hidden" option under KeyMail Setup Menu that allows creation of email logs (sending and receiving log files). These files are located on the root of RAM (keysoft system) disk. There are some ways of accessing these, chiefly through viewing these using Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC)/ActiveSync. I've seen these files (called poplog.txt and smtplog.txt) pop up somewhere else, but to find the "real" files, look them under RAM Disk (this is also where you can find the body of the last email you read). * Virtual Memory: I'll try my best to explain it using simple words... Virtual memory allows a program (termed "process") to use more memory than what the computer has. This is usually done by moving data between RAM (physical memory/primary storage) and secondary storage (hard disk, flash drive, etc.). In some operating systems (system software), the data that is not used often is moved to secondary storage when a program asks for more room on RAM. Also, this allows programs to work on there own memory slots (termed pages that holds program data). The size of virtual memory differs between system software (usually twice that of RAM size), and each process (program) can use certain amount of virtual memory. On the mPower (and any Windows CE device prior to 6.0), any process (including keysoft.exe) is given 32 MB of virtual memory space. When a computer starts, programs are loaded to RAM, and as a user uses the computer, there would be data that the programs would not use, hence these are moved to virtual memory. But since there is limited VM (virtual memory), most of it would be used even though there are about six or seven programs running, hence about 16 MB of 32 MB of VM is used on the mPower. Now, with this in mind, we can ask ourselves, "can we increase VM?" The answer is "no". This is operating system dependant, and with the OS being used on the mPower (Windows CE.NET 4.2), you cannot go beyond 32 MB. Next, what happens if we use more and more programs and if a program uses a lot of data? Obviously virtual memory would get low, right? On the mPower, this is a notorious problem - KeyWeb (web browser) uses a lot of memory, and if KeyWeb is used a lot on the mPower, you'll get the following message: Virtual memory is below certain percent. This problem usually occurs if: Keyweb is used a lot and if Eloquence is in use. The temporary solution is to close KeyWeb and/or changing the synthesizer to KNG. The "real" solution is soft reset on the mPower. But is VM problem fixed? The answer is "yes," but on Apex only. Unlike previous CE versions, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 allows up to 2 GB of VM per process. This means that the annoying problem with web browser running out of memory no longer exists. However, you can run out of physical memory though - if you do a certain trick (found by some people on the list), you can run more than one instance of Internet Explorer Mobile and use up to 180 MB of physical memory (including KeySoft). In the beginning, about 100 MB of physical memory would be used when the Apex starts. But as time goes by, the rule on memory versus number of processes kicks in. But, as I said before, the annoying VM problem no longer exists (the most I've seen used was about 120 MB out of 2 GB (in the beginning, it'll be about 60 MB). Hope this helps. Cheers, Joseph ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
