My experience with Jabber on mobile systems is that it also tends to be fairly battery-intensive, usually because the client needs to remain fairly active on the processor. Many IM systems are built on the principle of server-push, with merely an active socket. Jabber and other systems not explicitly designed for mobile tend to be very talkative, usually in terms of pinging the server on a regular basis. That's why they eat battery. Chris already stated that one of his criteria was to find a system that would not eat battery, so I assumed IM messengers were likely not a viable candidate.
Bluetooth, on the other hand, while vulnerable to certain security issues (like forced pairing), is explicitly designed as a minimal power framework, which is why I believe it would be ideal for this situation. On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you thought about going at it the other way most people do, by using an > IM client or other groupware system? Jabber and/or Lync is designed with > this kind of setup in mind! > > " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the > first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all > irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and > warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all > damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG > episode "The Drumhead" > - Alex Smith > - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> One of the biggest problems you're going to have with this is that >> even though Wifi is a big battery hog, constantly refreshing >> geolocation is an even bigger battery hog. While I don't have an >> application that can do this, my inclination would be to use something >> along the lines of Bluetooth proximity devices, possibly along the >> lines of two proximity devices along your path to the exterior door. >> When the proximity devices sense in one direction, you set one state, >> while if the proximity devices trigger in the opposite order, you set >> the opposite state. >> >> Alternately, you could use a state table whose values were triggered >> on/off either by a code entered into your desk phone, your cell phone >> (with an appropriate password), or even by time-based signals (think >> cron job). >> >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Chris McQuistion >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Curt and I were discussing this idea this morning and it seems so >> > obvious >> > that I'm sure someone is already doing this and there are probably >> > already >> > some good ways of accomplishing this. >> > >> > Here's the idea. >> > >> > When I'm at work, I'd like our phone system (Asterisk-based Elastix) to >> > just >> > route incoming calls over to my cell phone number, instead. I've got >> > unlimited minutes and it is always on me. >> > >> > When I leave work, I'd like the call routing to route to my desk phone, >> > as >> > usual. >> > >> > It seems like this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish. If nothing >> > else, >> > IFTTT could be used with the iOS Location or Android Location channel to >> > determine my geo-location. From there, I have to DO SOMETHING with that >> > information, and then have Elastix act on it. >> > >> > This is where I'm stuck. My best ideas so far are to create a new file >> > in >> > Dropbox or append a line in a Google Spreadsheet when I'm entering or >> > leaving the geo-location. This seems a little kludge-y to me. >> > >> > Anyone got a better idea of how to accomplish this goal? It isn't >> > really >> > important. It's just one of those ideas that I've had for a long time >> > and I >> > can't seem to let it go until I figure out how to do it... >> > >> > Chris >> > -- Tilghman -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
