Homescreen widget doesn't disconnect from network when idle

[upsite]

Hi,

I'm working on a wrt widget which is running on the homescreen.
Every 60 minutes updates are pulled from the internet using an Ajax.send() request.
But after the first connect the connection isn't disconnected although there are no more requests.

How can I tell the phone that i don't need the network connection until the next request.
Staying connected is purging my battery especially when connected through wifi/3g.

Thanx
upsite

[Maveric]

Hello upsite,

What comes to finding out what the status is with the network (ConnectionStatus) as well as the network connection type, please have a look at this article:

http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...n_a_WRT_widget

When the user has been requested to accept network connection, then it's from the HomeScreen widget's point of view merely keeping the widget updated periodically. Dropped network connection would result in asking the user the request again depending on users preferences or initial answer to option whether to allow only once or for session. You would not much be able to handle disconnecting/connecting at will.

Updating the homescreen content
The homescreen does not offer any interactivity with the user. The only interaction with a homescreen portion
of a widget is launching the full view of the widget. However, dynamic content can be introduced to the
homescreen view by updating the view, for example by timer. Basically, the homescreen view should show a
subset of the widget?s most important information. This might be, for example, the local forecast from a
weather widget, or upcoming appointments from a calendar widget. It is recommended to remove any
continuously updating media, such as video and flash animation.
What you can do is implement a timer to update important data to the homescreen. A timer event can, for
example, trigger network operations, parse data, or simply select some other already-gathered information.
Keep in mind, however, that data updates may not always be consistent due to suspended network access
caused by phone calls, low battery, and so on. See section "Informing the widget of online/offline status" to
better handle situations, when a network connection is not available. However, the APIs described in that
chapter are only for limited set of devices, and do not let you re-activate a network access. They are ment to
give you feedback about the network access status for a better fallback handling in case of an error. I

// Start the timer, which refreshes the homescreen view.
var refreshRate = 30000;
var self = this;
this.timerId = setInterval( function(){
self.refresh();
}, refresh );

Best Regards,