Ah, maybe it's that emergency battery then. My question wasn't very clear, but what I meant was that if you purposely change the time, and then do a reset, it seems to synchronize it and find the correct time and time zone even without any internet connectivity.
Yes, you're right - daylight savings status doesn't seem to get synced, which is very odd. I imagine that they synchronize to GMT but since they don't include daylight savings status, this is why it can be messed up. On 8/12/12, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > I imagine the reset simply does not interrupt the timer, so it never > has to figure out the time again. After all, there is that emergency > battery for tracking the time, so even disconnecting power will not > cause time problems. That said, the apex does a poor job of time > synchronization, as one can see every time daylight saving time starts > or ends. > > On 8/12/12, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for the reply but that's not what I was asking about. :) >> >> Yes of course the date and time is tracked by the notetaker itself >> independent from the internet. But by synchronizing, we refer to >> setting the time automatically by communicating with some external >> service of some kind. That means the user does not have to set the >> proper time themselves. Atomic watches do this, as does Microsoft >> Windows (it checks for the proper time on the internet and sets your >> clock automatically). If you check your Apex manual you will see that >> the Apex also connects to the internet to get the proper time. >> >> However, it seems to get the proper time even without internet >> connectivity so I was just curious about how it does this. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Grant >> >> On 8/12/12, Camille Winfield-Newton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> the internet has nothing 2 do with the date and time. The date and >>> time has always been a feature on the notetakers, even on the >>> braillelight. >>> >>> On 8/12/12, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Here's an interesting curiosity for you folks to ponder. >>>> >>>> As you know the BrailleNote Apex sets the time and date for you, >>>> so you usually don't have to worry about it. >>>> >>>> One bizarre thing I've found is that it is apparently able to do >>>> this even if you don't have an active internet connection! That >>>> is, if you warm reset the Apex you will probably find that your >>>> time and date and time zone is properly set up even if there was >>>> no internet connection configured. >>>> >>>> I'm just curious: do you guys have any idea how it does this? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Grant >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> May God Bless and keep you >>> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected] > ___ 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
