No, the battery power status is in the options as we all know. But there are a heap of commands when you go into support information mode. Some of them are listed in the manual. Look up your index under battery topics.
Kylee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 7:52 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] battery is critical Joseph; What do you mean by support imformation mode commands? Is this like battery status? Thanks. Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:06 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] battery is critical This is Joseph. The commands for Support Information Mode can be found on the Chapter 2 of the User Guide under battery topics and recalibrating topics. I hope this information may help you. p.s. I've looked on the mPower's User Guide on the HumanWare site today. That's where I've got the information from. --- Stacey Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >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 > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Don > Bishop > >Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:35 PM > >To: Braillenote List > >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. > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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