Matthew, Some informaiton came from the User Guide under Support Informatiohn Mode topics, and some came from email that I've received from Andrew Riden, and some came from my knoledge, and others came from the list. Forming charge means that the calibration will be done on a battery that is empty (Andrew says sometimes it gives the battery some useful power). Mostly, I play around with Support Information Mode (that's why I've suspected memory management after I've received the fatal application dialog, and I think my hypothesis on memory management is correct0.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Horspool Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:08 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Support Information Mode Hi Joseph, This information is very, very helpful - was this just from playing, or was there a document somewhere? I have a question with regards to switch K, though: you say that a forming charge basically means it'll start over from scratch, but what, exactly, does that mean? It will drain the battery, then charge, then drain? Or will it attempt to charge the battery as if it were empty even if it were half full? Or ...? Finally, I think I've found a way of service resetting a classic... and this is something I really won't discuss on-list, as it's not tested and I don't want to mess up a unit! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:38 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Support Information Mode > Matthew and list, > Rather than contacting you off list, this kind of question is easy for me > to > anser, at the same time, it allows us to learn more about support > information mode. > Background: the Support Information Mode is a console window (that's what > I > call it) where you can view various settings about the power and memory > usage. Mainly, it is used by tech support personnel at HumanWare, but some > of us on the list (myself included) utilize this feature. > Here are the switches: > A: Gauge Accuracy: this switch allows you to see whether the battery gauge > is accurate or not. When it is accurate, it should say: Gauge is accurate. > When it is not accurate, it should say: the battery gauge is not not > accurate enough to give percentage reading. > B: battery charging status: this switch allows you to view how long > battery > has been charging. For example: battery has been charging since KeySoft > started, that is 15 minutes ago. > C: Battery capacity: this switch allows you to view the curent battery > capacity. The typica message is: battery capacity: 1780. The larger the > longer you can use your unit. > D: Last discharge capacity: this allows you to view the current capacity, > as > well as the cuent designed capacity. The typical message on a 1800 MA > battery is: current capacity: 1780. Designed capacity: 1800. Like C > switch, > the larger the number, the longer you can use your unit. > E: End of discharge voltage: This allows you to see the voltage when the > battery will discharger itself (it is not useful, but it allows you to > view > the voltage where the battery can operate). > F: Battery calibration with log on Flash disk: this allows you to perform > battery recalibration with log that is saved on the Flash Disk. The log > file > will be named serial number battery cycle number.log where the serial > number > is your serial number and the number is how many times you have run this > cycle. > G: Battery recalibration with log on KeySoft System Disk: same as F > switch, > except that the log will be placed on the KeySoft System Disk. Bare in > mind > that if you select G switch, the log will be erased, wheres if you select > F, > it will be saved (I recommend F switch). > H: Deep hibernation: this allows you to put your BrailleNote to > hibernation. > This option is really useful if you are going to store your BrailleNote > for > more than few weeks. You will need to press Reset (probably Service Reset > will do) in order to "wake" your BrailleNote. Same effect as dots 4-5-6 > Reset will occur. > I: Inaccurate count: this allows you to see the battery cycle count. > J: average current: this allows you to see how much the BrailleNote is > drawing current. Useful if you want to know how much power it uses. > K: battery recalibration with forming charge: this allows you to > recalibrate > your battery with forming charge (meaning it will basically start from > scratch). You should not use this switch. > L: last battery recalibration: this allows you to see the results of your > last battery cycle (it is not shown during normal usage). > M: Battery isolation (I have no idea what this is) > P: power level: this allows you to see the actual power level the battery > is > at (same as power and battery status item). > R: battery recalibration: same as F and G switch, except it won't save a > single log. > S: charging status: this allows you to see whether the battery is charging > or not. If it is running from AC power, it should say "fast charging" or > "trickle charging" depending on the current power usage. If it is not, > than > it will say, "discharging." > T: battery temperature: this allows you to see the current battery > temperature. > V: battery voltage: this allows you to view the current battery voltage. > W: battery recalibration with deep discharge: same as R switch, except > that > it will discharge the battery deeply (almost opposite of K switch). > X: Braille display exercise: this allows you to exercise the braille > display > (does not apply to VoiceNote uits), thereby allowing you to detect any > problemwith the display. > Y: Battery recalibration with continuous cycle: same as R switch, except > that it will recalibrate the battery continuously (in addition, do not use > K, W, and Y switches). > Z: Discharge and recharge test (again, I have no idea what this is.) > Space with I (Read+I): RAM usage: this allows you to see how much RAM > KeySoft uses (and this is the switch that I frequently use to determine > memory management if some software bug occurs). > > I hope this information may help you. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew > Horspool > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:52 AM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: [Braillenote] Support Information Mode > > Hi, > > Could someone contact me off-list with specific details on the usage of > Support Information Mode? (I've been playing around and found a lot of > options which either make no sense or have me worried!) Ideally, I'm > looking for a document in the following format:] > "M: Turns battery isolation mode on or off. this mode is useful when... > or > serves ... purpose." > > thank you in advance, > Matthew Horspool > > > ___ > 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
