>From the SDK docs (under System Manager->System Functions):
UInt16 SysSetAutoOffTime( UInt16 seconds )
Pass zero to never turn off. Of course, you're not going
to want to do this for long if the device is running on
batteries.
-----Original Message-----
From: The Inanimate Carbon Rod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 11:21 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: Power Management questions (idle processes)
"Richard Burmeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:45252@palm-dev-forum...
>
> > From: Inanimate Carbon Rod
> >
> > Specifically speaking, I need my program to "wake up" every 15
minutes
to
> > perform some serial communication. I'm sure there is a better way
to do
> > this than a busy wait (which I am using now, which causes the Palm
to
shut
> > down). Any suggestions?
> >
>
> That sounds like a case for using an Alarm. I wonder how useful this
> information is going to be to an inanimate object! :)
>
Heh, thanks. I'll look into it in the SDK docs. I assume that is for
the
"wake up in 15 min" part. However, because this is near the project
deadline and I'm trying to do some incremental changes...is there any
function to shut off the auto-shutoff?
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