Ivie IE-35 RTA - Real Time Analysis - Manual (Page 40)

Ivie IE-33 & IE-35 Manual
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Appendix I: Trouble-Shooting
Simple Trouble-Shooting
One of the great advantages of the IE-33 and IE-35, is that they function as a software program on an iPAQ, or
Axim. When not running the IE-33, or IE-35 software, you have the bonus of having a standard PDA, with all its
inherent capabilities, software, data, time management and business management tools. The HP® iPAQ 3950,
3955, 5550, 5555 and the Dell® Axim X51v are all 64MB PDA’s. The IE-33 and IE-35 programs use under 300
kilobits of this memory capacity. That leaves a lot of capability for other programs, data etc.
The down side is, unless you’re careful, the other "stuff" you have in your PDA can affect the performance of the
analyzer software. Following are some tips that may help prevent down-graded IE-33, or IE-35 performance.
The IE-33, or IE-35 Display Appears to be Running in "Slow Motion"
Other applications running in the background can and will degrade the performance of the IE-33, or IE-35. If
your unit seems lethargic, it may be because it is having to share processing time with other applications. You
may have opened an application and not closed it (even the calendar or task list can slow things down a bit).
Closing applications in the Pocket PC environment is sometimes not intuitive. To check on this, close the ana-
lyzer software and go to the main "Today" screen of the iPAQ, or Axim. Tap "Start" in the upper left corner of the
screen. Now tap Settings > System > Memory > Running Programs. You will see a list of the applications that
are running in the background in your PDA. Tap "Stop All" to close all applications. Alternatively, you can select
individual applications and close them one at a time.
When you're done, tap "OK" in the upper right corner of the screen, then tap the "X" in the upper right corner to
return to the Today screen.
The "sure fire" way to shut down all applications is to do a "soft reset" by poking your stylus in the little hole in
the bottom of the iPAQ, or back of the Axim, designed for that purpose. Doing this will shut down all applica-
tions and give you a fresh start.
Exiting or Shutting Down Other PDA Applications
The convention for shutting down applications in Pocket PC is, well, not what you might expect. In Pocket PC,
the convenient little "X" in the upper right corner of the screen does not actually shut down the application; tap-
ping the X will just put the application to "sleep" and keep it running in the background. There is no indication
on the iPAQ, or Axim standard display that there are applications "asleep" in the background.
In order to shut down a standard application one must go to the "File" menu of the application and tap "Quit" or
"Exit."
Ivie has chosen not to follow the Pocket PC convention. When you are in the IE-33, or IE-35 software, tapping
on the X WILL shut down the application.
My IE-33 Data, Applications, Measurements - Gone! All Gone!
There is a major warning at the beginning of this manual concerning data loss. We repeat this warning here, so
its unhappy effects may be avoided.
The iPAQ will continue to discharge when sitting on the shelf in the
"Off" position. If the battery runs down, everything in volatile memory will be lost - data, software - everything!
It is wise to keep the IPAQ charged, and prudent to store in the iPAQ's non-volatile memory anything that must
not be subject to loss. You have the choice of whether to store something in volatile or non-volatile memory, but
you may not have enough non-volatile memory available to store everything there you would like to store.
The Axim (IE-35) features “Retentive Memory” and is not subject to this problem when the battery runs down.