Hi all,
Where in the manual can I find a list of all of the support
information commands for ks 7?
Thanks,
Stacey and Amigo
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From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:58:28 -0800
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] battery is critical
i Les,
I'm assuming you have keysoft 7 because I can't remember all the
commands for ks6.2. <grin.
The g is okay. What that does is really the same as the r
command except that it creates a log of the calibration cycle and
places it in the root directory of
the keysoft disk. It's a text file and will have something like
"xxxx battery calibation log.txt" where xxxxx is your serial
number. It's really only useful to tech
support and frankly it makes very boring reading. <grin
So, you can just complete the calibration cycle and then simply
delete that log if you like.
Normally, you really can use the r command since you don't need a
log of the process anyway but it certainly won't hurt anything.
Don
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:48:51 -0500, Les Kriegler wrote:
Hi Don,
Thanks for this helpful message. I was using my mPower and the
battery
seemed to be discharging more slowly since upgrading to KS 7. I
keep speech
off most of the time and thought that would be the reason. Now,
yesterday,
my battery was at 38%, and today, it was down to 8% and the
battery low
message was displayed. I figured that it shouldn't have dropped
that much,
as I had no cards in the unit, and my usage wasn't indicating
that a 30% in
one day should have occurred. So I figured time for Calibration.
AS I
haven't done this before, I went into Support Mode and typed
Letter G and
the message you referenced regarding the initial charge was
displayed.
Should I abort the process, since I obviously didn't hit letter
R? Thanks.
Best Regards,
Les
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Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Braillenote] battery is critical
If you want to calibrate your battery gauge, do the following.
Note that
the battery itself is really not effected, but rather the gauge
within the
MPower which determines when battery warning messages should be
sent out and
also tracks the percentage of battery charge. It helps to put
the software
mechanism in the MPower in sync with what is actually happening
related to
the physical battery charge.
First, use your MPower until your battery registers below 80
percent. This
will insure that the calibration process starts with the unit
charging at a
full charger
rate rather than trickle charging. Actually, you can do this if
the battery
is around 90 percent, but 80 percent gives a bit more chance to
be sure the
battery is charging. If you start the process with too high a
percentage of
battery capacity, the initial charge part of the process can take
nearly
forever.
2. To actually start the calibration process, from the main
menu, press
space with o on the bt or function with o on the qt to get into
the options
menu.
3. Enter support mode with space with i on the bt or read with i
on the qt.
4. Make sure your ac adapter is plugged into an electrical
outlet
and into the MPower.
5. Press dots 1 2 3 5 on the bt or the letter r on the qt to
start the
process.
You should see a message on your braille display which says "
battery
calibration I'm charging up my battery!" And there may be more
to this
message but this is the gist of it.
Once the battery is fully charged the discharge cycle will begin.
Speech
will be switched on and you hear the message "I'm talking until
my battery
goes flat", etc. It's a good idea to put the MPower somewhere so
this
repeated message won't bother you as it will continue for many
hours. A
good way to deal with this is to turn up the MPower volume to 32
and then
plug earphones into the earphone jack of the unit. This will
also help to
speed up the discharge process. You may be able to speed it up
further by
playing the repeated message through the speaker but it may be at
the price
of your sanity and the good will of your family.
Once the battery is fully dicsharged, a second charging sequence
will start.
There will be no continuous speech during this charge.
Once the final charging is complete, you should see a message
saying that
the calibration is complete.
You're done!
Don't interrupt this process if at all possible as it will just
slow things
down and may require you to do it all over again. You won't hurt
anything
by interrupting it except that you may not receive the
calibration results
you want.
The entire process can take around 18 hours, sometimes more
sometimes less
depending on the particular unit and battery in question.
You really should only have to do this very occasionally.
Once the battery calibration is complete, just exit back to the
main menu
and continue using your MPower as usual.
Don
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