Hi,
Some comments to the alarms (from the BigClock author).
>However if it is
>switched off the alarm does not wake the device up! Instead the alarm is
>triggered the next time the Palm is switched on.
That is a good old bug that still bothers me a lot.
Some machines have the problem that they dont turn on when a alarm is
triggered.
Some details are here:
http://www.paessler.com/rupp/bigclock/bigclock.htm#osbug
I havent heard anything technical yet what causes the bug or a way to fix it
without a reset. I dont even know if the problem is fixed in the latest OS
release.
Some offical statement from Palm on this issue would be nice.
> > As I need an alarm accurate to 1 second, it looks as if I will have to
> > except that the Palm will have to be left switched on all the time.
>
> Perhaps waking up the device 1 minute before your scheduled time with an
> alarm and keeping it on for the last minute will be enough. I remember
> having read somewhere that BigClock (freeware with sources) does its
> alarms like this.
Thats exatly what i do.
Palm OS can turn on the devcie only on the full minute. That is becuase the
palm sleeps a minute. Then wakes up (without turning the screen on) and does
some low level checks and maintaning things like checking for alarms. Palm
OS does this every minute.
If you need a alarm seconds exact you need to use a trick. Set a alarm on
the full minute before you need it. When the device turns on, set an other
alarm (or wait) till the exact time. One thing that can cause a problem is,
when the auto off is set to 30s. It could happen that the device turns off
again before the alarm time is reached.
Jens
www.gacel.de
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