Hi,
I am having problems with keeping my application alive as the pda keeps going into 'sleep' mode. I realise that i can't just keep the pda switched on as the battery will just die, so i have a little program which does a RunAppAtTime call, and then checks to see if my application is alive. I expected that i would either have an error or would get a process id of -1 etc if the process wasn't alive. I am using VB.net and OpennetCF to do the code here is a code snippet. Hope someone can help, i need to finish this before friday.
Dim intProcessID As Integer
Dim Process As New OpenNETCF.Diagnostics.Process
Dim NewProcess As OpenNETCF.Diagnostics.Process
Dim info As New OpenNETCF.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
Dim OldProcess As New OpenNETCF.Diagnostics.Process
Try
intProcessID = ReadID()
ldProcess = OpenNETCF.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessById(intProcessID)
If (OldProcess.Id = -1) Or (OldProcess.Id <> intProcessID) Then
info.FileName = "\Storage\AutoSync.exe"
info.UseShellExecute = False
NewProcess = Process.Start(info)
intProcessID = NewProcess.Id
WriteProcID(intProcessID)
Else
WriteFile("Processexists" & DateTime.Now)
End If
Dim CanRat As LINEHSCSDCODING = LINEHSCSDCODING.CODING_4800
Dim Ekip As LINEEQUIPSTATE = LINEEQUIPSTATE.FULL
ret = CellTSP.lineGetCurrentHSCSDStatus(BuHat.hLine, Ekip, System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReadInt32(iki), System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReadInt32(uc), System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReadInt32(dort), CanRat)
what is wrong
i have this code:
<DllImport("coredll")> _
Private Shared Function SetDevicePower(ByVal pvDevice As String, ByVal dwDeviceFlags As Integer, ByVal DeviceState As devicepowerstate) As Integer
End Function
Public Enum devicepowerstate : int
Unspecified = -1
D0 = 0
D1 = 1
D2 = 2
D3 = 3
D4 = 4
End Enum
Const POWER_NAME As Integer = &H1
SetDevicePower("BKL1:", POWER_NAME, devicepowerstate.D3)
when i use D3, my backlight goes DIM (which is what i am aiming for) but when my LCD goes off (idle mode) and then i click on any key to reactivate my DIMMED backlight, the LCD does TURN ON but my backlight stays OFF.
im using it on my T-Mobile SDA WM5.
I am currently working on my "SciLor's WiMoBlue". The new protocol is ready. Everything works fine, until I send much data at the same time.
For example if I try to send an image in that way:
Code:
Public Sub SendImage(ByVal Image As Bitmap, ByVal Position As Point, ByVal Format As ImageFormat)
Dim PosX, PosY, Width, Height As Byte()
Dim ImageStream As New IO.MemoryStream
Dim ImageLength As Integer
Dim ImageLengthBytes As Byte()
Dim ImageBuffer(MaxChunkSize - HeaderSize - 1) As Byte
PosX = BitConverter.GetBytes(Position.X)
PosY = BitConverter.GetBytes(Position.Y)
Width = BitConverter.GetBytes(Image.Width)
Height = BitConverter.GetBytes(Image.Height)
Image.Save(ImageStream, ImageFormat2ImagingFormat(Format))
ImageStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin)
ImageLength = ImageStream.Length
ImageLengthBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(ImageLength)
SendData(BuildCommand(BaseProtocol.Image, ImageProtocol.Initiate, CombineBytes(PosX, PosY, Width, Height, ImageLengthBytes)))
Thread.Sleep(2000)
Dim DataPos As Integer
For DataPos = 0 To ImageStream.Length - MaxChunkSize - HeaderSize - 1 Step MaxChunkSize - HeaderSize
ImageStream.Read(ImageBuffer, 0, MaxChunkSize - HeaderSize)
SendData(BuildCommand(BaseProtocol.Image, ImageProtocol.Data, ImageBuffer))
'WaitForNextChunk = True
'Do While WaitForNextChunk = True
'Loop
'Thread.Sleep(2000)
Next
ImageBuffer = New Byte(ImageLength - DataPos - 1) {}
ImageStream.Read(ImageBuffer, 0, ImageBuffer.Length)
SendData(BuildCommand(BaseProtocol.Image, ImageProtocol.End, ImageBuffer))
End Sub
SendData:
Code:
If Data.Length > MaxChunkSize Then
MsgBox("Data to long... " & vbNewLine & "SendSize:" & Data.Length & vbNewLine & "MaxSize:" & MaxChunkSize)
Else
If btClient.Connected = True And isRecieving = True Then
btStream.Write(Data, 0, Data.Length)
btStream.Flush()
End If
End If
Recieving Part:
Code:
While isRecieving = True
If btStream IsNot Nothing And btStream.DataAvailable = True Then
Try
Recieved = btStream.Read(myHeader, 0, myHeader.Length)
If myHeader(0) = HeaderIdentifier And myHeader(1) = OtherModeHeader Then
btStream.Read(myDataSize, 0, 2)
DataLength = BitConverter.ToInt16(myDataSize, 0)
myBuffer = New Byte(DataLength - 1) {}
Recieved = 0
Do Until Recieved = DataLength
If btStream.DataAvailable = True Then
Recieved += btStream.Read(myBuffer, Recieved, DataLength - Recieved)
End If
Loop
ExecuteCommand(myHeader(2), myHeader(3), myBuffer)
Else
Debug.WriteLine("WrongData")
Exit While
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message)
If Recieved = 0 Then
Exit While
End If
End Try
End If
End While
If I send the image, without Thread.Sleeps (huighe ones). The recieving stream gets weird. The gets btStream.DataAvailable = False forever. If I remove that ckeck, it hangs at the btStream.Read.
I also tried to fix that with waiting for the answer of the server, but the problem doesn't get solved.
Do you have any idea how to fix that problem?. In that speed the image sending is worthless
SciLor
Hi,
Does anybody know how to pull the time from a server and use that time to update the devices clock?
I want to lock the Clock down on the device so the best way to ensure the time is correct is to sync it with a server.
I'm using VB.net.
Give this a spin.
It sets the get the UTC time, from http://www.timeapi.org/ , but have a look at the site to see what else it can do.
Your device should deal with your timezone offset from UTC automatically.
I used .NET Reflector to translate into VB from C#, hence the odd definition of some variables.
Code:
Public Structure SYSTEMTIME
Public wYear As UInt16
Public wMonth As UInt16
Public wDayOfWeek As UInt16
Public wDay As UInt16
Public wHour As UInt16
Public wMinute As UInt16
Public wSecond As UInt16
Public wMilliseconds As UInt16
End Structure
Declare Function GetSystemTime Lib "CoreDll.dll" _
(ByRef lpSystemTime As SYSTEMTIME) As UInt32
Declare Function SetSystemTime Lib "CoreDll.dll" _
(ByRef lpSystemTime As SYSTEMTIME) As UInt32
Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Dim Buffer As Byte() = New Byte(&H19 - 1) {}
Dim DateItems As String() = New String(8 - 1) {}
Dim Separators As Char() = New Char() { "-"c, "-"c, "T"c, ":"c, ":"c, "+"c, ":"c }
Dim Now As New SYSTEMTIME
Program.GetSystemTime((Now))
Dim ResponseStream As Stream = WebRequest.Create("http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now").GetResponse.GetResponseStream
ResponseStream.Read(Buffer, 0, &H19)
ResponseStream.Close
DateItems = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Buffer, 0, &H19).Split(Separators)
Now.wYear = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems(0))
Now.wMonth = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems(1))
Now.wDay = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems(2))
Now.wHour = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems(3))
Now.wMinute = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems(4))
Now.wSecond = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems(5))
Now.wMilliseconds = 0
Program.SetSystemTime((Now))
End Sub
The original C# code is here. You will have to convert the C# 'using' statements to VB 'Imports'
Code:
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace GetTime
{
class Program
{
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
private extern static void GetSystemTime(ref SYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime);
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
private extern static uint SetSystemTime(ref SYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime);
private struct SYSTEMTIME
{
public ushort wYear;
public ushort wMonth;
public ushort wDayOfWeek;
public ushort wDay;
public ushort wHour;
public ushort wMinute;
public ushort wSecond;
public ushort wMilliseconds;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
byte[] Buffer = new byte[25];
string DateString;
string[] DateItems = new string[8];
char[] Separators = new char[7] { '-', '-', 'T', ':', ':', '+', ':' };
SYSTEMTIME Now = new SYSTEMTIME();
GetSystemTime(ref Now);
Stream ResponseStream = WebRequest.Create("http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now").GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
ResponseStream.Read(Buffer, 0, 25);
ResponseStream.Close();
DateString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Buffer, 0, 25);
DateItems = DateString.Split(Separators);
Now.wYear = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems[0]);
Now.wMonth = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems[1]);
Now.wDay = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems[2]);
Now.wHour = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems[3]);
Now.wMinute = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems[4]);
Now.wSecond = Convert.ToUInt16(DateItems[5]);
Now.wMilliseconds = 0;
SetSystemTime(ref Now);
}
}
}
Here's how it works: The call to the URL returns the date/time as a char buffer.
"2011-12-02T14:56:38+00:00" as an example.
After converting this to a string we convert it into an array of strings in DateItems[] as
2011
12
02
14
56
38
00
00
using Separators[] to split the fields apart.
These are then converted to ushort values in the time structure, before setting the time on the device with it.
Nice code stephj .
Cheers!!!
Thanks for that stephj, will give it a go.
i've tried this and i'm getting a :
The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required.
any ideas?
I tried the above program on an emulated device connected to the net via its host PC's connection and it worked a treat.
To get through a proxy, you will need to add the following code.
Code:
Program.GetSystemTime((Now))
**************INSERT THIS ****************
Dim Proxy as new WebProxy("http://ProxyServer:80/",true)
proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy = proxy
**************INSERT ENDS ****************
Dim ResponseStream As Stream = WebRequest.Create("http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now").GetResponse.GetResponseStream
Where the first parameter of the WebProxy constructor is the name of your proxy server, and the port it uses. Here at work, we can get away with just using our proxy server's internal network DNS name of "Internet:8080", to access the outside web through a Microsoft ISA Proxy/Firewall. Note in this case the proxy uses a different port number of 8080 as opposed to the default http port of 80. If yours is not 80 you will have to provide it. You may have to do some groundwork to track down the name of your proxy server, and the port it uses. I would start by looking at the proxy setup in Settings->Connections->'Set up my proxy server' for starters.
CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials, picks up your default login/credentials and passes them to the proxy server. If it works properly, you should go through it, seamlessly.
Good luck!
Hi steph,
i tweaked this slightly and set up a webreference in my program, i then pull the time down from that in the format of "2011-12-12T09:43:14", it then splits it.
The problem i am having is that sometimes it seems to add an hour to the time.
Any ideas?
What time zone is your device operating under?
Start->Settings->[System]->Clock & Alarms->[Time]
What's the zone, and is it Home or Visiting? - I'll see if I can duplicate it.
GMT London and is set as Home.
As a test I set the time on the device to: 01/06/1999 and time 01:00:00. When i run the program the first time i press my 'Update Time' button and it returns 12/12/11 and 12:53:04, so 1 hour ahead. If i press the button again I get the correct time.
I notice on your original post that the time returned had +00:00 on the end but you dont seem to use it when you break the string down, is this not required?
Thanks for the help, much appreciated
At least I can duplicate it, so that is a start. It only seems to throw the hour forward if the date has changed, which explains why the second call to it corrects the time.
If you just knock the time back a couple of hours, a single call of the program sets the correct time.
Interesting. I'll try and get to the bottom of it, might take a day or so, on and off.
Edit: Got it!
The 1st of June 1999 is in BST one hour in front of GMT/UTC. The first call changes the date and time using BST, leaving the time pushed forward one hour. The date is then set to today's date which is in GMT/UTC. The second call sets the time against the GMT Timezone which corrects the time.
Set the date time to 04:00 yesterday and it works fine.
I'll see if we can fix it a bit better. More later.........
Here's the cure: It's C#, I'll leave you to convert it to VB.
The secret is to set the time twice, but stall the thread for ten seconds inbetween. The device will sort itself out in the gap, as various time and date housekeeping tasks are triggered. The second SetTime(), will carry out the final fix of the time before the program finally ends.
This should also work in BST when changing from a GMT/UTC date, and should also work with all global time zones.
Add this:
Code:
using System.Threading;
SetSystemTime(ref Now);
Thread.Sleep(10000);
SetSystemTime(ref Now);
that's great steph, thanks again.
There is a minor problem with the previous code:- If the minute happens to roll over in the 10 seconds while the process is asleep, then the change of minute will be lost.
Here's a better solution. Create a DateTime object in which to store the returned date and time from the WebRequest().
Use it to set the system date/time, and then advance it forward ten seconds.
Set the date/time with it again, after the ten second sleep() has elapsed.
Seems to work O.K. Post bug reports to this thread, if you find it doesn't.
Code:
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace GetTime
{
class Program
{
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
private extern static uint SetSystemTime(ref SYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime);
private struct SYSTEMTIME
{
public ushort wYear;
public ushort wMonth;
public ushort wDayOfWeek;
public ushort wDay;
public ushort wHour;
public ushort wMinute;
public ushort wSecond;
public ushort wMilliseconds;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
byte[] Buffer = new byte[25];
string DateString;
string[] DateItems = new string[8];
char[] Separators = new char[7] { '-', '-', 'T', ':', ':', '+', ':' };
SYSTEMTIME Now = new SYSTEMTIME();
Stream ResponseStream = WebRequest.Create("http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now").GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
ResponseStream.Read(Buffer, 0, 25);
ResponseStream.Close();
DateString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Buffer, 0, 25);
DateItems = DateString.Split(Separators);
DateTime SaveTime = new DateTime(Convert.ToInt32(DateItems[0]),Convert.ToInt32(DateItems[1]),Convert.ToInt32(DateItems[2]),Convert.ToInt32(DateItems[3]),Convert.ToInt32(DateItems[4]),Convert.ToInt32(DateItems[5]));
Now.wYear = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Year);
Now.wMonth = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Month);
Now.wDay = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Day);
Now.wHour = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Hour);
Now.wMinute = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Minute);
Now.wSecond = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Second);
Now.wMilliseconds = 0;
SetSystemTime(ref Now);
SaveTime.AddSeconds(10);
Thread.Sleep(10000);
Now.wYear = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Year);
Now.wMonth = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Month);
Now.wDay = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Day);
Now.wHour = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Hour);
Now.wMinute = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Minute);
Now.wSecond = Convert.ToUInt16(SaveTime.Second);
SetSystemTime(ref Now);
}
}
}
C# .NET CF 2.0 WinMo 5.0 onwards executable is included in the zip file.
It is a console application, so don't expect anything much to happen until the 'hourglass' disappears.
If the first SetSystemTime() ends up changing the date across a Daylight Saving Boundary date, then, during the sleep() period, the device's housekeeping date/time/alarm services will probably retrigger any outstanding task and event reminders for 'today'.
P.S. GetSystemTime() can be dropped it is not required.
works like a charm steph, nice one. thanks.
@stephj, Thanks for the updated code .
Cheers!!!
Seem to be having a problem with this since UK has put the clocks forward an hour, every time I update using this code my device is adding an hour to the time.
The device is an M3 Mobile.
What are the settings on the Start-> Settings->Clock and Alarms->Time[Tab]
It should still have the Home radio button active and the time zone set to GMT London, Dublin. The mobile device should take care of daylight saving itself.
Is your M3 running WinMo 6.1 or 6.5? But I can't see it making much difference.
Works OK on a stock 6.1 Kaiser (Vodafone v1615)
Update: Also seems to work OK on the WM 6.5.3 Professional emulator.
wubbledoos said:
Hi,
Does anybody know how to pull the time from a server and use that time to update the devices clock?
I want to lock the Clock down on the device so the best way to ensure the time is correct is to sync it with a server.
I'm using VB.net.
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Well on my Kaisers (running either wm 6.1 or 6.5) I use SKTsync to sync my device clock to one of the NIST or SNTP servers. It's freeware and it does it all for you, all you do is run the app. It's soooo simple. I also run an app called CT Scheduler lite. I use it to automatically run SKTsync every night.