disable the wireless disable?

shelley · 10-21-04, 07:37 PM

Hello,

I've noticed with the X30i, if the battery gets low, the wifi is automatically shut off to save power, but if you recharge the device or replace the battery, the wifi stays off and you have to manually turn it on again. Is there any way to automatically reenable the wifi when the battery is charged? or any way to disable the default disabling of wifi when the battery is low?

Thanks,

Shelley

Levon · 10-21-04, 08:03 PM

cmon man a touch of a button wont burn you calories!!

shelley · 10-21-04, 08:40 PM

well, actually it's a bit of a larger issue. you can read more about this project here: (http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/info/p...cketmuseum.pdf

Basically, the batteries run down, visitors get an error message, wifi gets disabled and the device becomes useless. Then the device gets returned to our staff who have to kill a kiosk client, reenable the wifi, relaunch the client and hand it back out. I'm sure you can imagine, if you had to do this dozens of times a day, this could get pretty annoying.

To top it off, visitors are seeing a message that I would rather supress. It would be better if the wifi worked until the battery was 100% dead -- at least that way it would not be confusing for our patrons.

xgambit · 10-22-04, 12:32 AM

i saw a thread here about that. and there was a program or registry edit where you can select when the disble came on 10% 20% and so on. im too lazy to search now.

kartoga · 10-22-04, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by shelley

Then the device gets returned to our staff who have to kill a kiosk client,

Boy, you museum folks are tough. Couldn't you just disable them, maybe break a leg or something.

kartoga · 10-22-04, 01:55 AM

Originally Posted by shelley

Basically, the batteries run down, visitors get an error message, wifi gets disabled and the device becomes useless. Then the device gets returned to our staff who have to kill a kiosk client, reenable the wifi, relaunch the client and hand it back out. I'm sure you can imagine, if you had to do this dozens of times a day, this could get pretty annoying.

To top it off, visitors are seeing a message that I would rather supress. It would be better if the wifi worked until the battery was 100% dead -- at least that way it would not be confusing for our patrons.

Well, about the message part, I dunno. But why do you have to kill the kiosk client to reenable wifi. Seems like you just need to recharge the battery (or better yet have a spare around) and then reenable the wifi with a press of a button...

10-22-04, 02:09 AM

Originally Posted by kartoga

Well, about the message part, I dunno. But why do you have to kill the kiosk client to reenable wifi. Seems like you just need to recharge the battery (or better yet have a spare around) and then reenable the wifi with a press of a button...

and you know that's dang hard. ;P

shelley · 10-22-04, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by kartoga

Well, about the message part, I dunno. But why do you have to kill the kiosk client to reenable wifi. Seems like you just need to recharge the battery (or better yet have a spare around) and then reenable the wifi with a press of a button...

the kiosk client disables the buttons. for instance, you wouldn't want a button to turn off wifi -- this would be problematic for visitors -- what happens if they accidentally turn off the wifi? the device is useless at that point (for our purpose)? basically, you have to give the visitor a "problem-free" shell, which includes not having an option to accidentally break the thing in the middle of a visit :)

shelley · 10-22-04, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by xgambit

i saw a thread here about that. and there was a program or registry edit where you can select when the disble came on 10% 20% and so on. im too lazy to search now.

Thanks for this! It took me a while to find it (kept searching with the wrong wording) but this might be the tread you were thinking of, which should solve the problem -- thanks for the heads up!

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...ttery+registry
:approve: :approve:

xgambit · 10-22-04, 09:42 AM

thats not the thread i saw but its basically the same thing.

good job.

kartoga · 10-22-04, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by shelley

the kiosk client disables the buttons. for instance, you wouldn't want a button to turn off wifi -- this would be problematic for visitors -- what happens if they accidentally turn off the wifi? the device is useless at that point (for our purpose)? basically, you have to give the visitor a "problem-free" shell, which includes not having an option to accidentally break the thing in the middle of a visit :)

Errr, right. Makes perfect sense. Nice touch you folks have going there :)

If I am ever in NY I will need to take a look-see