Hi Again Chip,
I need to know if you have any alarm set, or the sleep mode wakeup?
Also, what is the voice that announces? You seem to say male and wondering
what all the settings are in the menu.
I guess I will have to make up a report, or, how about sending me a copy of
the .ini file by just copying the insides and sending it to me. So I know what
settings you have and I can trace it from there.
For, the announcement should not sound unless the time is within one minute
of the hour setting you have.
Now, maybe the timer itself is going off because in sleep mode the timer is
getting set to less than a minute for some reason and is firing, but even if it
was it should never sound unless it is within one minutes of a quarter hour.
So, I think I just may have solved the problem. Since you are only on the
hour mode, I will have to also insure the flag reflects that. Because I just
remembered, it could go off at each quarter hour even though you want it once
an hour.
My mistake, I will just make an upgrade which will also include the folder
issue since I have to resolve that error in the trek game as well.
I will bet Chip that you have opened the lid on a quarter hour and that is
why it is reduced but your timing was perfect for a quarter hour trigger. No
need for the .ini file now, just will make the changes and send it out.
Thanks, Bruce
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: cuckoo clock laptop problem still happening
Hi Chip,
That setting is the only place where it gets fired. The timer function
call is for that area and the only thing I can say is the time as the lid opens
is not the same.
But, when it makes the announcement of the time, does it say the correct
time or just the hour time? What I mean is the time it says is the present time
when it fires, and does it say that or the top of hour time?
Now, maybe it is firing after the reset, it should not, but maybe it is,
an issue maybe with the timer itself. In other words, when it gets set for the
next hour the milliseconds is off and sounding immediately upon being set. I
just can't imagine that, but the only possibility.
Let me know if it says the exact time in which the lid is opened. I will
check and make sure I only have one function call for the top of the hour;
unless an alarm or wakeup is going off, there not set to go off when the hour
one does. Now will investigate that and put the same flag there if that were
happening. The alarm should not go off if it is not set, do you have an alarm
setting set as well? Or a wake up setting?
Bruce
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 7:35 PM
Subject: RE: cuckoo clock laptop problem still happening
Bruce,
Yep; I checked the announce menu item you mentioned and it is not checked.
The announcement doesn't always happen as it used to, so things are much
better; it's just a little strange, especially since it's male.
Chip
From: BX [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: cuckoo clock laptop problem still happening
Hi Chip,
The .ini is not included so no one looses there settings. I believe
that error is connected to the folder created for the record files and it also
happens with the Trek game.
I may have to delete that folder upon install but not sure if that will
fix it since the error or warning comes up before install.
Now, try deleting the record to wav folder and download the latest
version again. But, before doing that change the version level in the one you
have to an earlier number so it will know to update.
I may even have to include a check for update on the help menu so it
will delete the folder if an update is there.
But having said all that I may just compile the record program so it
does not require a folder, which I have not been able to do since the fire at
my house.
Laptop lid problem:
Also, Chip did you look at the flag on the Clocks menu, the first menu
when using the alt key and cursoring down to the 5'th option, Announce after
hibernate/screen savor mode?
What is it's setting? Is it checked? For it should not be. When you
toggle it AI have it say on or off depending on the check state.
Bruce
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 7:23 AM
Subject: cuckoo clock laptop problem still happening
Sorry to say Bruce, but I have your latest version of the cuckoo clock,
and it's set for a female voice at the top of the hour and nothing else, and
yet when I open my laptop lid I immediately hear the male voice announcing the
last hourly time.
Also, when I installed this version, it told me that some of its files
will conflict with some files from the current version of the cuckoo clock (I
believe this usually happens when you include a file which has a time stamp
earlier than that of one of the files in the previous package; this can easily
happen if you include the .ini file).
Hth,
Chip
