PDA-Based ETDs

[AlliedPianoCraft]

Terry, I'm using my hp PDA with PRCT and get at least 5 tunings with some juice to spare. Things to do: 1, Turn screen light low. 2, Be sure there are no programs running in the background. (Every time you use a program and hit the X to shut it down, it usually runs in the background). 3, I also keep a car charger handy, but I usually don't use it.  It's good to have just in case. 4, Check the battery life after each tuning, if you have a heavy tuning day and you think you wont make it through, charge it while you're driving to your next call. The only time I killed my battery was when I had to tune 5 pianos + pitch raise on all of them for an event.

Al Guecia



From: Farrell 
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:39 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: PDA-Based ETDs


I will be taking a first run on my new HP ipaq 111 PDA w/ Verituner software (been using a VT100 for a few years) this afternoon. Just got the software installed last night. Was curious how long the battery lasts, so I left the unit on while I walked my dogs this morning and the darn thing chewed up 55% of my battery in 90 minutes just sitting there with the display lit up. That's going to put a severe cramp on my tuning business.

Anyone else care to share their experience with the battery life of these units? I believe the Cybertuner software is often run on similar/same PDAs. My battery is 1.2 Ah capacity. Do I need to head out in the morning with a separate battery for each pitch raise and tuning? Is there a way to minimize the power drain? If I am tuning, I can't have the thing going to sleep every three minutes - I mean, I'm using it!

I can't believe anyone is using these things if you can only get one or two tunings out of the darn thing before it goes dead.

Terry Farrell
Farrell Piano

www.farrellpiano.com
terry at farrellpiano.com
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