My first choice too, but the app that records the inverter's data from the serial port, is a Windows app, and I don't know if it will work under WINE Any idea on how WINE is with serial ports, and then to USB for wireless ul ?
--- Tim Schaeffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You might try turing off the screen saver and hd > powerdown but wndows is not > reliable enough for this kind of aplicaion imo. You > wold be beter off runig > linux which has powerrful scripting language that > you casn use to run > keep-alive cronjobs and logging funcions for what > your trying to do. Almost > any old cheepie laptop can run linux. > > Tim Schaeffer > Network Engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:56 AM > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: laptop 803.11b keeps > shutting down, part 2 > > > > > > Mike, > > > > Please disregard my "better antenna" reply if it's > obviously a PC config > > issue and not a wireless connectivity issue. > > > jack > > > > Mike Burgess wrote: > > > >> - sorry hit send key instead of spell check, > >> continueing mesage - > >> > >> Got a laptop, that I have configured to use as a > data > >> logger, and periodic FTP uploads to a website > >> ( Solar power inverter monitor & logging ) > >> http://tinyurl.com/fa5qj > >> > >> Problem I'm having is after some period of time, > the > >> wireless link gets lost, and locks up. This has > been > >> happening with 3 different adapters: > >> PCCARD wireless > >> internal USB to a wireless dongle (linksys) > >> PCCARD USB adapter - hub - wireless dongle > (Airlink) > >> > >> There are no nearby routers that have any usable > >> power, they are barely detectable, link to my > router > >> is strong and steady. Other wireless PC's in the > >> house never seem to be loosing connection (6 > >> connections total) > >> > >> I've set the devices I can find in XP's device > >> manager, to not power the USB hub down, and I'm > using > >> a flash drive on a hub, to log the data, and > letting > >> the internal HDD spin down. Data logs thru the > hub to > >> flash drive always, the USB port is staying on as > >> requested. > >> > >> Screen and HDD are set to go off after 10 min. > >> Sleep is NEVER > >> > >> Wireless stays up for an hour to several, and > then > >> seems to get shut down, and usually, only a > reboot > >> will reliably restart it. Safely removeing a > dongle, > >> and re-inserting it only works about 25% of the > time. > >> Suggestions on how to configure, or what I > missed in > >> the laptop setup? > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, > Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > > Serving the License-Free Wireless Industry Since > 1993 > > Author of the WISP Handbook - "Deploying > License-Free Wireless WANs" > > True Vendor-Neutral WISP > Consulting-Training-Troubleshooting > > Newsletters Downloadable from > http://ask-wi.com/newsletters.html > > Phone (VoIP Over Broadband Wireless) 818-227-4220 > www.ask-wi.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ministry of Truth: War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength - G. Orwell, 1984 Can-Spam is a Success - FTC 12-2005 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" 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/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
