Hi Paul: It is not just the alarm that drains the battery when the BrailleNote is switched off.
Basically, the processor needs to be powered constantly, to keep the real time clocks going. The stop watch doesn't drain the battery either, as it calculates the difference in time when you switch the BrailleNote back on, rather than keeping a constant count. Dean. Regards, Dean Jackson Customer/Technical Analyst Pulse Data International Ltd. DDI: +64 3 373 6184 Fax: +64-3-384 4933 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.pulsedata.com __________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:37 AM Subject: [Braillenote] A suggestion regarding alarms and the battery > Hi, Everyone. I came up with this idea last night. > What if not using the alarm feature in the braille note would decrease > battery drain? > I don't know how much less the battery would drain if the alarm function > could be turned off, but I came up with the following idea. > Allow the user to turn this off if he or she is not going to use the alarms. > If, later, one tried setting up an alarm, a message could be displayed that > this feature is not turned on and did the user want this feature turned on? > If not, no alarm can be set. > If so, the alarm feature would be turned back on. > This got me thinking about another idea along the same line. What if the > alarm were only turned on for that day or time when an alarm needed to go > off? The rest of the time, it would be turned off. > Guess that's what I get for lying awake late at night<grin>. > Paul Henrichsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <home.pacbell.net/paulh52> > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
