badbob001

I want to schedule my device to do a nightly reset and then shut itself off, which can be two events. I know psshutxp can schedule this, but it seems to be only a one-time thing. Any suggestions?

AKAJohnDoe

Most backup programs will do this.

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harleyxlc

Have you seen SKSchema?

stevenator65

Like akajohndoe said. I use Sprite and it creates a backup every day and resets the Axim.

badbob001

skshema looks to what's I'm looking for. Thanks!

After sprite resets the device, won't it stay on? I know you can configure the device to turn off after a while, even if charging, but the delay length is too short. I would need it to stay on for least a few hours.

Perceptum

This post begs the following question...

Why do you need to soft reset every night? If one needs to do that for the Axim to function correctly, then you must have some major software and/or hardware problems.

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DanmanX

OMG, I see this question all the time also. Why do you need to soft reset every night? You shouldn't need this.

RobMan

Soft resets are a very simple and easy way to clean up memory leaks.

peeps

Sprite reboots for me nightly and I soft reset on my own when my meory drops from 28 to 20...usually daily or every 2 days....no big deal to me...

badbob001

I have a pda set aside for my 65+ year old non-english speaking father-in-law to use for internet radio. A daily reset would:
- remove any error messages the pda may have been left with or clean up any bad state it may be in. windows media player is not the most robust app but what can I do if I need to play asx/mms streams?
- to reset the wifi connection since a few daily suspend/unsuspends may sometimes make the device not connect to the access point
- restart any programs that run from startup in case they got closed or crashed.

So I'm trying to make the device 'appear' as reliable as possible, minimize any error messages from popping up, and of course reduce any hands-on tech support from me. I really don't think it's going to work out if I have to say to him, "If you see this screen, press this, and if this happens, do that, and stick this in there if this and that doesn't work." If I knew of a way to make it run a few commands the instant the device is unsuspended, such as to reset the wifi, I'll probably do that as well. Heck, if I could, I may even go as far as to make the device soft-reset if the device is unsuspended. Sure there is a little wait for it to boot up, but at least the experience will be consistent and reliable.

So I got myself a copy of skschema and have done the following:
- scheduled a nightly reset and then a shutdown (sprite backup can do this as well).
- a link to a script that will turn off wifi, turn on wifi, and play a wav file to signal that wifi is back on.

Lets see how it goes...