DynaClock question

[Ex Clie User]

I tried DynaClock the other day and found that all it did was to noticeably slow down my T|X.

On the PalmPowerups site it says, "You may configure applications to be run at a certain minimum speed or set a maximum speed", but I could not find a way to do that.

I deleted the app and did a soft re-set and I was back to my original speed.

I am obviously missing something somewhere . . . :confused:

[vovka1965]

I tried it yesterday myself and found some fuzzy lines running across my display..
Not sure.. There must be a thread dedicated to its usage here somewhere

[Ex Clie User]

I did a search, vovka1965, but could (so far) not find anything. Will have another go tomorrow.

[_Em]

Not sure if there is a thread on it here. However, here's the lowdown on DynaClock:

DynaClock is a CPU cycle-on-demand extension for PalmOS devices (of the kinds listed below). DynaClock allows your Palm to only use as many CPU cycles as it currently needs to, thus saving battery power while at the same time ramping up to full speed for processor-intensive tasks.

It comes with multiple files. You need to install:
DynaClockUI
plus
DynaClock
.22 Zire22
.QU Garmin iQue, Tapwave Zodiac
.T3 T|T3, T|E2, T|C, Zire 31
.TE T|E, T|T, T|T2, Zire 71
.TH TH55, UX40, UX50, VZ90
.TJ TJ25, TJ35, TJ27, TJ37
.TX T|T5, TX, Zire72, LifeDrive

You control the settings and enable/disable it from the UI, but the other PRC does the heavy lifting. The max CPU speed varies depending on the module you are using; for the .TX module, the top speed is 416MHz and the lowest speed is 52MHz.

Using the UI program, you can set the CPU range on a per-app basis. You can set an app to a fixed speed by setting the max and min state to the same value.

Clicking the PowerStates button brings up a list of all possible cpu states for your current model, and the number he has assigned to that state (so you can set the range based on those numbers).

Clicking the Statistics button shows a number of statistics regarding program usage, so you can see what kind of savings you are actually getting.

The one downside to DynaClock is that it breaks WarpSpeed's screen whine fix; when using DynaClock, if you have a noisy screen, you will hear it change pitch up and down as the CPU speed changes.

Also, programs like TCPMP, Kinoma Player, Pocket Tunes, and anything else that handles streaming data such as audio or video will automatically ramp up to use the maximum amount of processor cycles available. If, like me, you're happy with the quality of audio playback at say, 156MHz, you will want to limit the top speed in that program to prevent it eating up all the possible CPU cycles.

[Ex Clie User]

Great, _Em. Thanks a lot :)

[vovka1965]

But why do I see this annoying flickering across the screen when trying to use DynaClock -- like lines distorting?

[_Em]

That's caused by some background code you've got not liking the shifting bus speed, most likely. Is it still there if you have only DynaClock installed in CleanStart (all prefs turned off too)?