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Epoc Digest Tue, 29 Jun 2004 Volume 01 : Number 550
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In today's Epoc Digest 08 messages:
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- Macro5 and CronTab
- Second try - Macro5
- Re. netbook OS on CF
- CoDriver, Moonclock, Nightclock,
- History of Psion
- Converting Agenda and Data files
- Re: Navigator in car
- Re: Macro5
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Date: 28 Jun 2004 15:17:30 +0000
From: Greg Monney
Subject: Macro5 and CronTab
Reply to Will Green:
To play a single sound file each morning using Record, I find the easiest way is to set the sound file as an alarm. No need for macros or CronTab. However, since I find Macro5 (and ExAb) to be tow of my essential files - and keep them loaded all the time, I thought I'd rise to the challenge and see what I could do with your question.
I first recorded a (Macro5) macro which should run two sound files, one after another.
REM Macro C:\Macros\Mother.opl
REM To be used with Macro5
PROC MotherMacro:
REM Change FgApp% lines to point to your soundfiles.
REM I've assumed they are "No6" and "ToDoList" in my Sound folder on drive D:
FgApp%:("D:\Sound\No6")
SendKey:("Space")
Pause 100 : REM Adjust to allow first sound to finish
FgApp%:("D:\Sound\ToDoList")
SendKey:("Space")
REM Simple error trapping should really be added to cover
REM possibility of sound files not being found.
ENDP
When called from Macro5, this works exactly as expected and I think does what you want. HOWEVER - for reasons I can't yet explain, when called from CronTab only the first file plays, and an error is generated as the second one is loaded. Perhaps another digestee can tell us why!
Regards
Greg
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Date: 28 Jun 2004 15:46:13 +0000
From: Greg Monney
Subject: Second try - Macro5
As often happens, as soon as I pressed "Enter" on my last message, I realised how it should be done.
PROC MotherMacro:
REM Change FgSound lines to point to your soundfiles.
REM I've assumed they are "No6" and "ToDoList" on drive D:
FgSound:("D:\Sound\No6",3)
FgSound:("D:\Sound\ToDoList",3)
ENDP
This works with Macro5 directly and when called from CronTab. Regards
Greg
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Date: 28 Jun 2004 15:50:58 +0000
From: Ian Chapple
Subject: Re. netbook OS on CF
Melvin,
>>I see frequent references to the importance of this precaution in messages on this list -- but haven't a clue as to how to copy my OS to a CF drive. Should it be a CF specially set aside for this purpose? (At the moment, I've only purchased one 256k card.) <<
If you have a netbook, then you should also have received the operating system on a CF. If you didn't, you can download it from the Psion Teklogix website, and then save it in the root (ie. not in a folder) on a CF card; it should be saved as OS.IMG. Should your netbook go belly up while you are travelling, you can do a hard reset and reinstall the OS by putting the CF containing the OS in the CF slot and switching on the netbook, which takes no time at all; restoring the data of course is a different matter, unless you've been diligent at making backups...
A special CF is not absolutely essential, but it might be safer to save a copy of the OS image file to a small CF, and not use this for anything else; 16MB will do the trick, as the OS file is (typically) never bigger than 14MB.
Hope this helps, Ian.
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Date: 28 Jun 2004 17:11:11 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: CoDriver, Moonclock, Nightclock,
Re.: CoDriver - I did some more testing and got Streetplanner working somehow but not usable. It now does enter a route into CoDriver but CoDriver starts the route somewhere in the middle and it does not copy the instructions "left" and "right". If anyone has better results, would be pleased to hear from him/her.
Re. Moonclock - Installed the program on d and it works (for now) without problems. It looks very nice on the screen. However, the program "Moon" also gave the date of th enext full moon, but indeed it has no data after 2004.
Re. Nightclock - I suppose that my problem with this program is the incompati billity with Crontab as the latter is always in the background on my Psion.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 28 Jun 2004 17:22:03 +0000
From: Nicole Carbonara
Subject: History of Psion
Reply to: Steve Litchfield Subject: History of Psion
>> http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/historyofpsion.htm <<
Very interesting. Thank you.
Nicole
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Date: 28 Jun 2004 18:06:29 +0000
From: Paula1323
Subject: Converting Agenda and Data files
I am trying to convert agenda and data files to my PC. I was able to do this in previous years with Lotus organizer and synchronizing however, it not
working with now. What would be the easiest way and the best software to
accomplish this task? Thanks in advance Paula
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Date: 28 Jun 2004 22:59:58 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: Navigator in car
Itamar Engelsman wrote:-
> I think the Psion/GPS combination is better, but I decided to
> give CoDriver another try.
I did consider adding an audio out socket to my Psion and then using a small audio amplifier, but never found the time.
My 3rd and next GPS will probably be my 3rd Garmin; a 2610. It uses CF cards, including Type II, IBM 1Gb hard drive cards. It has voice, a remote control and a touch screen. But the serial port has gone and been replaced by USB, so no connection to a Psion. Unless someone can make a reverse USB/serial adapter. Should be easy as no hand shaking and only Tx & Rx data lines to convert. I'll have to learn a bit about USB and see if this is possible.
--
Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion netBook & Nokia 6210e.
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Date: 28 Jun 2004 23:00:07 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: Macro5
Itamar Engelsman wrote:-
> Yes, it should be possible. Maybe you give us a little more
> detail what you want to do and then we can help you better.
I must thank Hanno who gave me the clue off list. It's to run Shell from Z: which produces:-
PROC Macro:
FgApp%:("Z:\System\Apps\Shell\Shell.app")
SendKey:("Menu")
SendKey:("4")
SendPenDown:(317,99)
SendPenDrag:(319,98)
SendPenUp:(319,98)
ENDP
That's a start of just what I want.
Thanks Hanno and Itamar.
Alan.
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