Registered: May 2000
Location: Highland Mills, NY
Posts: 65

While I was using my Prism this morning all of a sudden the "waiting for sender" window appeared. I had beam receive off. I was wondering what could have caused this. Other people were using Visors around me bbut greater than 3 feet away. What could be causing this. I was in the program WardWatch when this was happening.

Thanks in advance

Marc

Registered: Feb 2000
Location: Detroit-ish
Posts: 18

Hmm...
Funny you should mention it - that happened to me this morning too.

Like you, I had Beam Receive off; but, I don't recall which app I was using. Unlike you, I was not in the vicinity of any other Palm (or similar device) users - I was home, alone.

Hmm....

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posts: 406

"Aliens try to beam back Elvis, but he's intercepted by a Visor's IR port". (pixelated Elvis shown tapping on inside of Visor screen) Next on SICK SAD WORLD!

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

Just a guess here, but there is a shortcut that turns Beam Receive on... .i. It's possible that if you were doing Graffiti input that you inadvertently performed this shortcut command (I'm constantly doing the stroke myself, especially when rushing). I think that many people may invoke some of these by accident which in turn causes some of the "mystery" problems we hear about so often.

There's a PalmGear FAQ that describes the built-in shortcuts. Make sure you read thoroughly before trying any of them!

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Registered: May 2000
Location: Highland Mills, NY
Posts: 65

I will be more aware of my grafitti stroke for the next couple of days

Thanks,

Marc

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Watertown MA, USA
Posts: 15

Were you near your laptop?

My new laptop (a Sony Vaio) has the IR port on the side, my old one (a Dell) had the IR port on the back. If I put my Visor near the IR port, Beam recieve will activate. It weirded me out the first couple of times (espceially since the IR beam from the laptop bounced off of the cube wall, so I was getting "Beam Recieve" if I held my visor ABOVE the laptop.

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

Re: Were you near your laptop?

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Originally posted by tiassa
If I put my Visor near the IR port, Beam recieve will activate.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Pleasanton, CA
Posts: 253

Laptop getting friendly on plane...

I was using my Prism last night on a plane from Singapore and the IR beaming/receiving kept popping up. Turns out it was the laptop across the aisle, and the guy using it couldn't figure out why I kept glaring at him.

I finally asked him to shift his laptop to see if it would make a difference. No luck (I finally just turned my beaming off). He didn't believe me at first, but it only happened while I was within 5 feet of his laptop.

It killed an hour on a really long flight... Luckily they had some good movies, so I didn't drain the Prism battery playing games.

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Registered: Mar 2000
Location: Hacienda Heights, Ca
Posts: 302

My theory is, it is related to the increased solar flare activity

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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

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Originally posted by Bret Snyder
My theory is, it is related to the increased solar flare activity

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or all that re-counting in Florida...

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