I'm running a test on a module that spits out serial data - 3 messages - once every
second. I'm using a Palm (a Vx and a IIIc) to monitor these messages and report if and
when 1.5 seconds or more elapses between message transmissions. I left the system
running continuously over the weekend, starting on Friday afternoon, with the error
count reading 0. On Monday morning, the error count was 3, Tuesday morning it was 4,
and Wednesday morning it was 5. Wednesday, I added a time stamp to the Palm display to
discover when the time gap was occurring, and restarted the system with an error count
of 0. Thursday morning, the error count was 1, with a time stamp of 0:00:03 (3 seconds
past midnight). The question: does Palm OS do some kind of memory garbage cleaning
scheduled at midnight that could take several seconds?
Dave Heil
Preco Electronics
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
208-322-4288
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