User:Magick777/My N900 Scheduling
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What do I need to schedule
Backups
- Regular backups to be scheduled from alarmed at such time as I have a suitable backup script.
Maintenance
- Perform any software or network updates that may be required
- Reset GPRS data counters monthly (done via Alarmed)
Profiles
- Minimise annoyances overnight (but allow alarms to work)
- Turn off e-mail checking & notifications overnight
Optimisations
- Power management - maximise battery life opportunistically
- force 2G mode when phone is in pocket/not being actively used
- Perform updates when on WLAN to minimise transfer via GPRS
Criteria for scheduling events
Time-based scheduling
Certain actions need to be scheduled according to time of day, week or month, i.e. as per the scheduling behaviour of the Unix cron daemon. There seem to be two viable ways of achieving this, via fcron and Alarmed. The [fcron] page is well-written and useful, but I think Alarmed is the better tool for the job, partly on the strength of the GUI and partly because it uses an existing daemon rather than adding another one.
Phone status & event scheduling
Charger plugged in / removed
Device locked / unlocked
Display on / off
Specific WLAN connected / disconnected
Calendar-based scheduling
Location-based scheduling
- When not at home, turn WiFi off unless and until explicitly requested
- When at home, turn WiFi on and autoconnect
Changelog for scheduled events
This will be moved to the bottom of the page later.
2010-07-15
- Installed 'alarmed' from extras-devel, had to ln -sf python2.5 to /usr/bin/python
- Configured alarmed to reset GPRS data at 0000 on 1st of each month