Avoiding ActiveSync PDA Wakeups

Can you configure ActiveSync so it does not wake up a Pocket PC 2003 device
every 4 minutes?

>> Can you configure ActiveSync... <<

configure? no... activesync does what it wants to.

The only really practical solution is to use an AC charger and not
charge by usb.

I have some kludge shutdown options posted at
http://BevHoward.com/ASync.htm#RAPI but under wm5, nothing was really ideal.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Hi Beverly

I checked out your link but noted that it applies only to WM5. We are
running ActiveSync 4.2 on the attached host computer but the PDAs are
running WM 4.21 (Pocket PC 2003) and no special connection is created so
there is nothing to disable.

Do you have a fix for Pocket PC 2003s? I need some way of disabling the
wakeups on those devices since cycling PowerDown / WakeUps over 12-16 hours
are causing our PDAs to lockup.

Cheers

Steve

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LINK >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Controlling the WM5 Sync Connection
With the device connected, open network connections, rightclick the Windows
Mobile Devices icon and create a desktop shortcut.
Once this desktop shortcut is on your pc, you can <right-click> it and
select "Disable" which will break the activesync connection _until you
re-enable it!_ (remember to check this setting before you post that you
can't sync)

When the RAPI network connection is set to DISABLE, it will stop AS4's
insistant syncing... however, the following facts should be read and
understood before you elect to use this approach;

If RAPI connection is "Enabled"
device syncs every 5 min
device charges
device will turn itself on if turned off

If RAPI connection is "Disabled" and PPC is "ON"
device stops syncing
device does not charge (a penalty fee? ;-)
suggestion... set "on external power" setting
to "power off" at 10min to prevent a dead ppc

If RAPI connection is "Disabled" and PPC is "OFF"
device stops syncing
device charges
PnPlay bongs occur at random (turn them off)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LINK >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message news:%23$...
> >> Can you configure ActiveSync... <<
>
> configure? no... activesync does what it wants to.
>
> The only really practical solution is to use an AC charger and not charge
> by usb.
>
> I have some kludge shutdown options posted at
> http://BevHoward.com/ASync.htm#RAPI but under wm5, nothing was really
> ideal.
>
> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
>
>

>> We are running ActiveSync 4.2 on the attached host computer but the
PDAs are running WM 4.21 <<

The tips apply to activesync itself...

However the reference to wm5 assumes that's the only reason anyone would
run 4.x in the first place...

....return to 3.x ...and sanity

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

There is something other than AS doing this if you are running WM2003. The
every 5 minute AS is a WM5 'feature' on the PPC side. I am happily running
Dell X50's (WM2003SE) and older iPAQs on AS 4.5B with no wakeup issues
(except the occasional midnight housekeeping.) I would dig around in the
mail application first off, as that is a built in potential problem. If you
have any third party products that can generate a desire to refresh info,
weather, stocks, currency exchange, look at their setups as well.

--
Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
"Steve Schumacher" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Hi Beverly
>
> I checked out your link but noted that it applies only to WM5. We are
> running ActiveSync 4.2 on the attached host computer but the PDAs are
> running WM 4.21 (Pocket PC 2003) and no special connection is created so
> there is nothing to disable.
>
> Do you have a fix for Pocket PC 2003s? I need some way of disabling the
> wakeups on those devices since cycling PowerDown / WakeUps over 12-16
> hours are causing our PDAs to lockup.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LINK >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Controlling the WM5 Sync Connection
> With the device connected, open network connections, rightclick the
> Windows Mobile Devices icon and create a desktop shortcut.
> Once this desktop shortcut is on your pc, you can <right-click> it and
> select "Disable" which will break the activesync connection _until you
> re-enable it!_ (remember to check this setting before you post that you
> can't sync)
>
> When the RAPI network connection is set to DISABLE, it will stop AS4's
> insistant syncing... however, the following facts should be read and
> understood before you elect to use this approach;
>
> If RAPI connection is "Enabled"
> device syncs every 5 min
> device charges
> device will turn itself on if turned off
>
> If RAPI connection is "Disabled" and PPC is "ON"
> device stops syncing
> device does not charge (a penalty fee? ;-)
> suggestion... set "on external power" setting
> to "power off" at 10min to prevent a dead ppc
>
> If RAPI connection is "Disabled" and PPC is "OFF"
> device stops syncing
> device charges
> PnPlay bongs occur at random (turn them off)
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LINK >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
> message news:%23$...
>> >> Can you configure ActiveSync... <<
>>
>> configure? no... activesync does what it wants to.
>>
>> The only really practical solution is to use an AC charger and not charge
>> by usb.
>>
>> I have some kludge shutdown options posted at
>> http://BevHoward.com/ASync.htm#RAPI but under wm5, nothing was really
>> ideal.
>>
>> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
>>
>>
>
>