Re: [NTLK] reset my emate?

see my replies below, but also, if I do a restore through NCX, it won't restore the soup corruption, right?
Jeff

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From: RAParker <QuadzillaNET@SBCGlobal.NET>
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Cc: Jeff Kidman <imjafj@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 2:10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] reset my emate?

On Jun 29, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Jeff Kidman wrote:

> So, I got my emate to connect with a serial connection,
> and also with TCP/IP, though I'm not sure what finally
> got the TCP/IP working.

Are you saying that, in someway, you are connecting to your Mac through
the serial port AND using TCP/IP via the serial port as well? Wow...
you might be pushing the limits for an eMate.

Not at the same time.

> I periodically get some errors though. 48807 is "Undefined variable"
> Don't know what that means, but it has come up multiple times.
>
> Once I got error 202453780, which is not in the error database, and
> once a 4.
>
> 1. If I back up the data, then do a hard reset,
> is that a good idea? Might it fix the errors?

Is this a new (to you) eMate? Have you ever done a full erase and clean
installs?

I'll have to check my references to see if the "hard reset" that you're
talking referring to means to reset and erase the internal store
completely. If that's what you mean...

Then, yes. Over time, soups can get corrupted. This can happen from
installing apps, then deleting them, followed by more installing and
more removing. I would see symptoms typically during a backup or an
export. When the eMate tries to backup or export or read the corrupted
data in the soup, it can cause random disconnections, incomplete
transfers and errors at startup after a reset.

This is a new emate to me. I haven't done too much with it yet.

> Or am I making too much of those errors?
> Also, will works still be there after a hard reset?
>

Works is in ROM, you will not lose the app after a full erase.

Cool.

> 2. I have successfully got the serial connection going at 115200.

Now that's impressive. You have (obviously) loaded some kind of serial
port extension on your eMate... Yes?

Normally, 38400 is the max connection speed for Newton serial ports
unless you go out of your way to modify the drivers and stuff at both
ends of the connection. I experimented with an extension or two that
allowed me to change the serial port speeds but, I never found these
options reliable.

> If I do a hard reset, how do I tell my mac (OS 10.4) to
> listen at the old speed again?

I would actually recommend a full erase, to clean your eMate. The eMate
has very limited resources (heap, storage, speed, etc.) and anything
that upsets the balance can be tough to clean out... unless you have
the knowledge and experience to edit hidden and corrupted soups.

> (since the emate won't have the 115200 extension)

Ah... as I thought.

> I used the Terminal command which is in the NCX use guide:
> defaults write com.newton.connection BaudRate -int 115200

So, you've done this before? I really wouldn't recommend making these
kind of changes. Might create instability on an eMate.

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