How to keep app running on power off POcketPC 2003

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Hi,

I have an app that logs information from a serial port on my Pocket PC.
It appears that when I turn the PocketPC off, the app stops recieving data.
How can I force the application to keep running ALL THE TIME.

Thanks

B

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Hi

This is by design, there is a way tho...

You can use a utillity that turn of the screen but keeps the machine running
instead..

fx. this freeware utillity looks like it can do the trick
http://www.freewareppc.com/utiliti [...] itch.shtml

Regards,

Allan Boegild Pedersen
MCSA 2003

"Brian" <nospam@nospam.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Hi,
>
> I have an app that logs information from a serial port on my Pocket PC.
> It appears that when I turn the PocketPC off, the app stops recieving
> data.
> How can I force the application to keep running ALL THE TIME.
>
> Thanks
>
> B
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

Thank Guys,

Yes, I need the screen to power off so the utilities mentioned will help.
And yes I have set all the power options.

Thanks Again.

B

"xTenn" <xTennREmoveThisPart@tds.net> wrote in message
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> "Brian" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an app that logs information from a serial port on my Pocket PC.
>> It appears that when I turn the PocketPC off, the app stops recieving
>> data.
>> How can I force the application to keep running ALL THE TIME.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>
> Is there a reason you are turning off the PPC? If only for the screen,
> etc, then there are utilities to turn off the screen, as others have
> stated. Be sure to adjust your power setting to not automatically turn
> off as well. But the real question would have to be "Why are you turning
> it off"? After all, in a power down mode the ports will be off, despite
> a heartbeat, so to say.
>
>
>
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