IChat and 'idle' status

After some time, my iChat status goes to idle. Yet in my preferences/accounts/security, I have "block others from seeing that I am idle". Why is this?

I've noticed that happening following to me making a change in the setting. I restarted iChat, verified the setting and it appears to have solved the problem.

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IChat Idle Status like Adium

I was wondering if anyone knew of a script or preference tweak that would allow an automatic Idle status like the one Adium deploys with their application, Where I can just choose a predetermined time as to how long I've gone "idle" and it continue to rack up the minutes from there on out without switching back to "Available" until i choose otherwise.
I realize that I could just set my status as "away" with the preference of not allowing people to see when I'm actually not at my computer, but there are times I would much rather go into an idle status to make my absence more believable even when i return.
I can't imagine this to be all that difficult as that most, including AOL's own AIM client, allows this. I just personally don't know where to begin. I've scoured through various forums looking for an answer and I'm just shocked this hasn't been asked before.
It is the only feature I miss from Adium but I love iChat's simplicity and design that much more for me to want to go back to Adium.

Hi,
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The most I have seen on this is this Hint and comment set
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=200402181751007&query=IChatIdletime
Even Chax, an iChat Add On, does it by setting an Away message rather than Idle
I am not sure it is in the Chax Version for Snow Leopard either. (Still in Alpha)
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IChat "idle" status question

So, why would you want someone to not see "idle" status? Is this a security risk or something. Isn't it just about the same as "away" ?
I have only allow people in my buddy list to see me, so I am guessing if this is a security risk, that wouldn't matter in this case...right?

We've done this
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2807212&tstart=0
One forum is enough. I read them all (iChat 3 does tend to be first though)
10:44 PM Wednesday; April 6, 2011
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Tuxedo client was in idle status and lic.txt question

I found that my tuxedo client code didn't work till yesterday and it looks like idle status. There is not any error info written to client application log or ULOG(except "INFO: License file d:\tuxedo9.1\udataojb\lic.txt not found"). I check another Tuxedo client environment and nothing wrong was found in client application log or ULOG. What's wrong with it? Thanks for your kindly reply.

Hi Bill,
I'm afraid I'm not following what's happening. Are you saying your client stopped working yesterday? Or are you saying it wasn't working until yesterday?
In any case, clients are for the most part completely under the control of your application code. So my guess is you'll need to attach a debugger to the client process and try and figure out what the client is doing. Alternatively you could add logging statements into your application code to try and figure out where in your application the client process is waiting.
Regards,
Todd Little
Oracle Tuxedo Chief Architect

After years of owning all things Mac, I am finally trying to use iChat, and can't get it to work. I see my buddy, but all I can do is send a message--the video and audio chat icons are gray, as is inviting to a video chat under Buddies.

After years of owning all things Mac, I am finally trying to use iChat, and can't get it to work. I am using gmail, and I see my buddy (no camera icon next to her name), but all I can do is send a message--the video and audio chat icons are gray, as is inviting to a video chat under Buddies. My buddy has the same problem as I. We are able to do video chat through gmail, but I had hoped to use iChat. I am using OS 10.6.8, iChat v. 5.0.3. What am I missing?

HI,
iChat will Video chat to another iChat in a Jabber Buddy List (Google run a Jabber server for GoogleTalk)
However it will not Video to the Web Page login to iGoogle or the Web Mail Page login. (where people can Google Chat as it were in a Web Browser).
Nor does it video to the Google Talk Stand alone app for PCs or any other Jabber apps on any platform.
iChat uses a connection Process called SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) which is also used by other VoIP devices.
Jabber/XMPP invited the Jingle Protocol for Jabber Applications.
Google have included this in their Standalone app and the Plug-in for Web Browsers on both PCs and Mac (you can get this as a Standalone Plug-in or as part of Chrome)
More on this here This article has been changed several time in the recent months. It now claims a greater involvement by Google in writing the Jingle Library (Although now Google's version does not work with the others)
This tends to mean that using the web Login to Google to Chat also cannot video chat to other Jabber apps that are using Jingle.
If your Buddy is using iChat then check the Video Menu has two items to Enable Camera/Video chat and Microphone/Audio chats are ticked.
In the View Menu the Show Status Items should be ticked (Selecting them toggles the tick and the function On or Off)
It could be Internet speed but at this stage I would doubt this at this stage.
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Idle status

I connected my printer to mac using usb, but the status of the printer is IDLE. When I try to print, in the print queue don't appears the document and don't let me print. How I can change the idle status and print?

Hi @zvo851 ,
I see by your post that you are unable to print. I will certainly do my best to help you.
Make sure the printer is connected directly to a wall outlet and the USB cable is connected directly to the computer. The USB cable shouldn't be longer then 6 feet. Try another USB port on the computer.You might have to try another USB cable.
Try and print a hardware self test on the printer to find out if it is a hardware or software issue.
Press and hold the Start Copy Black button () and the Start Copy Color button () until the product makes some noise.
Release both buttons. The self-test report prints.
Did the self test print?
Check the driver name that is installed for the printer. Make sure it shows just the printer's name.
Click the Apple menu and then click System Preferences. Click Printers & Scanners, highlight the printer name on the left side and on the right side of the screen it should show the printer's name. (Deskjet 1050)
If the full printer name isn't listed correctly, delete it and add the printer name back in from the list. Click the - sign to delete the driver and then click the + sign to add the driver, might have to click the drop down to select the printer's name to add it in.
How was the printer name listed?
Test the printer.
Did you download and install the newest drivers?
HP Deskjet 1050/1050A All-in-One Printer series - J410 Full Feature Software and Drivers.
Please provide in detail the results if you are still having issues.
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Hp Officejet Proo 8600 stuck on idle status

My printer will not leave idle status. I followed the directions that others have posted about right clicking, removing printers and readding. I did that and printer is still idle...any other suggestions

Hello drewjilljess and welcome to the HP forums!
I see you have an Officejet Pro 8600 that is always saying it's idle, which leads me to believe you are using this with a Mac computer. I will do my best to help you out
Now as far as I know (and don't get me wrong, I don't know everything ), the printer shows as idle on a Mac whenever it's not in use, so I would think it normal for it to show idle all the time. That leads to my next question though, which is, are you able to print or are you having issues? If you are experiencing issues trying to print, can you let me know what happens when you try to print?
When you respond can you let me know how the printer is connected to the Mac as well as which version of Mac you're working with? Thanks so much, hope to hear from you soon!
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Ichat and isight

I remember reading posts about putting an ichat symbol showing if your online on your site and the other was how to put a streaming webcam on a page. Can anyone point me in the right direction on finding these? Thanks

newmacguru...
You asked for it, and I'm here to deliver... Here is a SINGLE thread in which I go over BOTH iChat and iSight webcam within iWeb. hahah...
iChat status icon and webcam in iWeb pages
Enjoy! Post here if you have any questions about the process. You can see my iChat status icon at work on my blog...
My World: Putt-Putt's Blog
When it says "I'm online" you can click on it and start an iChat text chat with me. Feel free.

How do I log out of one account on iChat and into another?

I want to log out of AIM on ichat and into Skype, how do I do it?

Hi,
In iChat 3, 4 and 5 you can have multiple accounts set up in iChat > Preferences > Accounts.
In iChat 3 it will display one AIM type Name (@mac.com MobileMe or AIM Name) and one Jabber type plus the Bonjour Account if enabled (total of three Buddy Lists) as a Max.
iChat 4 and 5 can sign in (Log in) to as many accounts as you want to, be they ones that log in to the AIM service or ones that use Jabber.
Logging out can be done several ways.
1) iChat > Preferences > Accounts
Select the Account and then Deselect the "Use this Account" option.
2) In the iChat menu again > Accounts
Select any Ticked account and it will log out and remove the tick (Selecting it again toggle it "On" (logged in)
3) Click to highlight, bring to the Front any Buddy list
Click and hold the Status Message
Select Off Line
4) If you have enabled the Menu Bar iCon in the iChat > Preferences > General section then you can also use the Menu Bar icon menu once the Buddy list is the front window.
IF you want to use Skype and IChat at the same time this is possible (you just can't do a Video chat on both at the same time)
You can Quit any app from it's named Menu (i.e the iChat Menu > Quit)
Or Click and hold the DOCK Icon for the App and select Quit.
You cannot use iChat to connect to Skype.
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HT1455 Did the lastest Apple update and now my Mac has gray screen with spinning gear and a status bar goes to half then turns computer off....help?

Did the lastest Apple update and now my Mac has gray screen with spinning gear and a status bar goes to half then turns computer off....help?

Thanks for your help.
Same thing happen when I hold the button, it idle for a while and then turn off by itself. Any more suggestions?
I got the disc..

A better way to get current and previous status?

I'm working on a system where status messages are read into a table for items of equipment. My requirement is to find all the messages arriving within a particular time window, together with the status value and the status value for the previous message sent for that equipment item, if any. This previous message can (and probably will) have a date outside the window I'm looking at, or might not exist at all for a brand new equipment item.
The table looks something like this:
create table eq_state
(eq_id NUMBER, -- ID of the equipment
event_date DATE, -- Date/Time of the message
status NUMBER) -- Status passed in the messageThere are indexes on (event_date,eq_id) and on eq_id. It'll get very big, so it's important that indexes are used wherever possible.
Here's what I have so far:
WITH eq_state AS
SELECT 1 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:01:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 1 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 01:01:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 2 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:02:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 3 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 10:00:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 4 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:03:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 5 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:04:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 6 status FROM DUAL
SELECT eq_id,TO_CHAR(event_date,'DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date,curr_state,prev_state
FROM (SELECT Es.Eq_Id,
 Es.Event_Date,
 Es.Status AS Curr_State,
 Es2.Status AS Prev_State,
 RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY es.eq_id,es.event_date ORDER BY es2.event_date DESC) the_rank
 FROM Eq_State Es
 LEFT OUTER JOIN Eq_State Es2
 ON Es2.Eq_Id = Es.Eq_Id
 AND Es2.Event_Date < Es.Event_Date
 WHERE Es.Event_Date BETWEEN TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:00:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS')
 AND TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:05:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS')) x
WHERE the_rank = 1
ORDER BY 1,2This gives me the desired results and seems to use sensible indexes (I'll spare you the explain plan):
 EQ_ID EVENT_DATE CURR_STATE PREV_STATE
 1 01/05/2013 12:01:00 1
 2 01/05/2013 12:02:00 3 2
 3 01/05/2013 12:03:00 5 4
 3 01/05/2013 12:04:00 6 5So what's the problem? Just curiosity really - the technique of finding the RANK() in the inline view, and then selecting rows where it's equal to 1 seems like a bit of a kludge. Is there a more elegant way to do it? Maybe something using LAG() or KEEP DENSE_RANK LAST?
I'm still not really up-to-speed with analytic functions, so I'm hoping to learn something from those of you that are!
ORACLE 11.2.0.1.0 by the way

I would use another way, firstly sorting by any unique criteria and using joins
WITH eq_state AS
SELECT 1 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:01:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 1 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 01:01:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 2 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:02:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 3 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 10:00:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 4 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:03:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 5 status FROM DUAL
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 eq_id, TO_DATE('01/05/2013 12:04:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') event_date, 6 status FROM DUAL
), sorted as (
select row_number() over (order by a.event_date) as rn, a.* from eq_state a
select * from sorted s1
left join sorted s2 on (s2.rn = s1.rn -1)
order by s1.rn
 RN EQ_ID EVENT_DATE STATUS RN EQ_ID EVENT_DATE STATUS
 1 2 01.05.2013 01:01:00 2
 2 3 01.05.2013 10:00:00 4 1 2 01.05.2013 01:01:00 2
 3 1 01.05.2013 12:01:00 1 2 3 01.05.2013 10:00:00 4
 4 2 01.05.2013 12:02:00 3 3 1 01.05.2013 12:01:00 1
 5 3 01.05.2013 12:03:00 5 4 2 01.05.2013 12:02:00 3
 6 3 01.05.2013 12:04:00 6 5 3 01.05.2013 12:03:00 5

I am trying to use ichat and when I try to log in it says my account has been suspended bc of suspicious use...help

i am trying to use ichat and when I try to log in it says my account has been suspended bc of suspicious use...help

Hi,
I would guess this is an AIM valid Screen Name such as an Apple issued @mac.com account.
I would also guess you travel to other countries.
There have been several posts about @mac.com names and people who travel and use their Screen Name elsewhere having the name Suspended.
Can you Log in here https://settings.aim.com/ ?
Is this where you saw the Suspended message ?
For AIM issued name the answer is to change your Password as this tends to prove you own the account.
This does not work for Apple IDs used as AIM Valid Screen Names as AIM can't tell when the password is changed (They can only see it when you log in)
AIM's Suspended Account page has an email ([email protected]) on it to contact if your account remains Suspended.
However you need to be very clear that you have an Apple Issued Name and that you know that resetting the password that works for AIM Names and that you would like them to reset the account.
More recently this has been a sticking point. It seems the Contact you get does not always know about the agreement that AIM recognises Apple Issued IDs as Valid Screen Names and that the AIM servers can only view the passwords at specific times (or at least confirm them) so you changing it will make no difference and that they have to step in manually.
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How to get system status and user status of service order

Hi,
I want to show user status and system status for service order in my report and i am using CRM_ORDER_READ function module to read the status, but it is returning lot of status records, could anyone please suggest how to get the system status and user status for service order.
I did not find any clue for how to get user status, i can see the user status when i open the transaction using CRMD_ORDER.
Regards,
Kamesh Bathla

Hi,
Go to CRM_JEST table give your service order guid and get the status, pass this status into TJ02. You will get the status of your order.
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Srinu

Shipping and delivery status from R/3 to CRM

Hi all,
we are creating sales orders in CRM and replicating it to R/3. CRM is the owner of the document.
Now whenever changes are done to sales order in CRM, the changes are replicated to R/3.
Let's say the shipping status is updated in R/3. Now the requirement is the changes need to be replicated
back to CRM.
I can use the scenario X + Y or X alone. But with X or X + y scenario Once I make changes in R/3 then the
document owner changes to R/3. this means any further changes in CRM will not be replicated back to R/3.
I require all changes from CRM to be replicated to R/3, but from R/3 I require the shipping and delivery status to be replicated back to CRM. How could this be achieved.
It would be great if you could share the experiences.
Thanks
Jothi.

Hi all,
I have a similar requirement. Can you please tell me how to go with it?
The requirement is to send the user status from CRM (where the request is generated) to R3 (where the material is processed).
The user status of the return order in CRM should be sent real-time to R3. Any updates to the user status in CRM should result in a corresponding change in the user status in R3. Any updates to the user status in R3 should trigger a corresponding change to the user status in CRM. All user statuses must be available in BI/BW for reporting and analytical requirements.
From R3 to CRM Standard R3-CRM middleware exchanges information between the two systems any time a transaction is created or changed. At this point the order information is exchanged between the two systems depending on whether the item or the header level data is changed in R3. The development should be able to download the user status at the header & the line item level when the middleware brings down R3 sales transaction data to CRM. For the sake of simplicity the status profile in R3 and CRM will be defined exactly the same therefore we do not need a mapping table between the two systems. This information should also be exchanged in case the line item is deleted / cancelled / rejected.
The same from CRM to R/3.
Processing restrictions :
This should not be transaction, item category or status profile specific so that as and when a new transaction type, item category or a status profile is added it should still be allowed to transfer between the two systems.
Should be developed as an enhancement to the standard middleware data stream between R3 and CRM.
Regards,
Raju

Problem with iChat and Address Book

Ok, I've been having a problem ever since I used a program to remove my unwanted print drivers and language packs (I forget the program's name). Ever since then, my iChat and Address book will not open. The spinning beach ball appears, and nothing happens. Ichat just continues bouncing in the dock. All I can do with the programs is force-quit them.
I have tried re-installing OSX (not a fresh install), fixing permissions, re-installing the programs, and re-installing the drivers and language packs. Aside from a complete fresh-install, does anyone have any ideas why these programs are not running and how to fix them?
Thanks,
Jared

I have a similar problem.
There are 3 user accounts on my iMac:
I. The admin
II. My account
III. My wife's account
Where only the admin account can administer the computer.
All the applications work just fine when I am logged in as the admin. The problems appear when I switch to my account.
The following apps crash immediately on their startup:
1. Mail
2. Address Book
3. iChat
4. All the Big Bang board games
Safari browser crashes the moment you enter some input on a page with input edit controls.
Sherlock when trying to actually use any web service.
The crash log for any of the above always reports the same reason:
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000004
The interesting thing is that each and every crash log reports the crash within the
com.apple.AddressBook.framework always at the same place:
c4Sequence::PropIndex(c4Property const&) + 14
Note that the problem exists only with my account. Both the admin and my wife's user accounts are fine.
I have no idea where I take it from here. I really dislike the idea of recreating my account.

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