OK, for something good on the battery calibration side, this morning we had our first rain in 143 days and the power went off. My husband woke me up because we were hearing noises and he thought maybe the alarm sound on the BN had changed and he thought I had set something up there. I came in and noted that the AC power was off and the BN was on the charger and realized all the beeping was coming from the UPS units we have.
Later we were speculating on when the power came back on and I check the BN, it said charge began at 3:48 AM, no argument, no estimation, so I won that argument for once ha, ha. Rose Combs [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rose Combs Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:49 PM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] battery recalibration continued We know that this happens, but, it does not solv the issue of how to reset the cycle counts, if there is a way, or answer the question I had two months ago about my newly returned BN 18-cell that wanted to recalibrate through four cycles and keep yammering and recharging for two days. I eventually told it to stop and it is working just fine. Why a new much more complicated process needed to be created for what seemed to be a simple problem for me since my BN arrived in January 2001 is beyond my scope of imagination, probably to get back at me and others like me who ran the battery flat every few months just using the BN, using the "I am talking" option to kill of the last few percentage points and recharged. I might add I got 24 to 36 months of good usage out of the batteries. They were in very good condition when I upgraded each unit to the mPower. In my humble opinion the process was not broke so why fix it! I will, of course live with the new process but I can't say it is one of the features I asked for or appreciate. Rose Combs [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 5:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] battery recalibration continued This is Joseph For people who were wondering how mPower recalibrates: A HumanWare staff wrote to me some time ago that when the battery discharges, you'll notice that the ac adapter is connected. This is because when mPower discharges, it disconnects the battery compartment from the power source. And after the discharge is completed, it'll reconnect the power source. I hope this information may help you. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann K. Parsons Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 5:57 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: [Braillenote] battery recalibration continued Hi all, Well, apparently, one *can* discharge a battery when the AC is plugged in. I think it's weird, but it says it's completed, and has been recharging for twenty-two minutes. It's quit yawping, too, so something must be right. Man, Humanware, huccum you did this thing that seems so illogical but works? I'm not really complaining, I'm just totally flummixed! Hey, if it works, I'm not going to fix it, but discharging the battery while the AC is plugged in???? Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
