[Ldsoss] Wireless Networks in Church Buildings

[Ben Galbraith]

Hi Joe,

On Nov 22, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Idaho Joe wrote:

> I wonder how feasible it would be to simply schedule the  
> transmission once per day at a time when the system is not likely  
> to be used. (1am?)  After all, is there any reason why the  
> transmission has to be user initiated?  (It's fine that it is, but  
> does it require it?)  I would imagine that it would be a simple  
> task to 'cron' due to the fact that the communication layer is  
> already abstracted from MLS as it is.
>

There is a discussion going on in the Church exploring that very idea.

> Of course this would also relieve the poor finance clerk who has  
> been there for 1.5+ hours after the block because he had to wait  
> for all the settings apart, all the temple recommend interviews,  
> and finally all the money counting to conclude, only to print out 2  
> reams of membership updates that came in with his finance  
> transmission report.
>

The MLS team is very sympathetic to scenarios like the one you describe.

> Bah, now I'm rambling...  At any rate, for the concurrency issue, I  
> simply suggest that MLS create a snapshot of the database, and put  
> in a Read-Only mode so that when Afaria kicks off to transmit, MLS  
> can still be used for reporting purposes.  Fairly simple  to  
> implement since there is not conflict resolutions to overcome and a  
> good middle ground for users because they can still view MLS data.   
> To avoid the whole locked MLS being an inconvenience to users, I  
> like the cron idea.  Of course, YMMV.
>

Thanks for the suggestions.

Ben


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