I think there were two questions from yesterday about batteries. Ann, did you try plugging the adaptor in and then unplugging it, after your mPower has politely thanked you? That should work. We'll probably not make it compulsory next time - it may suggest that you plug the adaptor in rather than demanding it.
Why is the battery cycle more complicated on the mPower (or transplant) than on the old BN? Mostly because we use a different chip to measure the amount of charge in the battery. This little beastie watches how much current goes into and out of the battery and tells the main processor how much it thinks there is. We do not make this chip; it is made by Texas Instruments and works in a subtly different way to the old one. Why change? I hear you ask ... well, chips go out of date. And the new chip would let us use Lithium batteries if we'd wanted, which is still something we're keeping in mind - almost everyone else seems to be using them these days, although from my laptop's battery life I wouldn't put too much faith in them! We didn't do it in order to confuse BN users, honest ... regards, Andy. ---- Andrew Riden Software Development Engineer HumanWare Ltd. 11 Mary Muller Drive, Christchurch, New Zealand. DDI +64 3 940 2264 Fax +64 3 384 4933 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.humanware.com ___ 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
