[vdr] Re: Shutdown after recording

[Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Lauri Tischler (LT) wrote:

LT> http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2757
LT> on that page there is a link to full pdf

there are approx. 10 links to some sheets. which one?

LT>  > LT> contains info that 'current time has matched alarm time'.
LT>  >
LT>  > most  probably, this bit is only set to 1 _while_ the current time
LT>  > matches alarm  time,  so  the bios of the motherboard only has to
LT>  > look at this bit and  if it is 1, calls the power-up routines. That
LT>  > is, this bit is useless during the general vdr-use.
LT>
LT> No, the spec says 'has matched', when current time reaches alarm time
LT> AF bit is set.  Reading register C then clears it.

well, BIOS has to read that bit to be able to wake up the system.


c ya
        Sergei
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