Well, I'm having some different readings, haven't done a Service Reset yet. Last week, I checked my battery status at the end of the work day. When I turned on the unit the next day, the battery level was the same. I knew that was inaccurate, and within a minute or so, it reset to a proper value. Last evening, I charged the battery. This morning, when I unplugged the mPower, instead of receiving the Adapter Off message, I saw Battery Low instead. I checked the battery level, and it was at 100%. Then the battery low message went away. I have the hardware modification that HW offered, it was installed a few weeks ago. I think I'll do the Service Reset at this point, unless this is not advisable.
Les -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Aldrich Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 8:25 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Inaccurate charge info Hi again Cindy and list, I completely ran down my battery! I did so the time before this last charge. I still had to plug the charger in after 90 percent but once I did this, I got the gage up to a hundred percent. I'm getting the gage is accurate message no problem. I again was on the web with a weak battery last night! My BN stopped working and attempted a reset. I got a faint raspberry sound then my unit went completely dead. I had to do a service reset. Once I did this, I got the battery up to a hundred percent even though I had to plug it in again! I haven't used my unit today after charging it so all should be well. I certainly would recalibrate if the gage wasn't accurate! It is showing 92 percent even though I haven't used it all day. The nominal charge was 1270 I believe and the discharge was 1370. I think that is what it said. I don't worry much about the numbers. I just worry about how long I can use it at any one time and I have had good service from my M-power. Jim Aldrich ----- Original Message ----- From: "slery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 4:33 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Inaccurate charge info >I had this problem and unplugged the charger and it reported 100%. After > this, it told me I needed to recalibrate. I had a full battery when I did > start the recalibration the next day and it took four hours to fully > charge > even though it was already full. > > I would recommend doing the recalibration when you get home one day and > let > it work over night. I think the whole process took 10-12 hours for me > even > though it started with a fully charged battery. > > Cindy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James > Aldrich > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Inaccurate charge info > > > Jason, > > When charging the battery and if it was plugged in for two hours and still > not a hundred percent, unplug your charger and plug it back in again. It > should get back up to a hundred percent within another hour. I do this > often. > > Jim Aldrich > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Symes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Braille Note Mailing List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:11 PM > Subject: [Braillenote] Inaccurate charge info > > > I'm having serious issues with my BN Mpower keeping an accurate percentage > count on my battery lately. For example, I was busy typing up a document > today. I paused for a moment to check my battery charge status, and my BN > claimed there was 13% remaining. Less then five minutes later though, it > announced battery low. But by the time I could get my BN plugged in > (barely > 10 seconds after the first battery low announcement), my BN had turned > itself off. Once Keysoft 7.2 restarted, I hurried up and removed all cards > from my BN and turned it off to more quickly charge. When I returned 3 > hours > later and checked the battery gauge, my BN reported 80% charged, but when > I > went to support information mode and checked charge status, it replied > trickle charging. I checked the gauge accuracy, and it came back with > accurate, plus or minus 2 percent. So I turned it back off and left it to > charge for another hour, before I came back and rechecked all these stats. > None had changed, so I decided to try a recalibration of the battery. But > when I came back another hour later and hit spacebar to see how far in the > recalibration process it'd reached, I was told that it was still charging > the battery. What in the world is going on here, and how do I straighten > out > this problem? > > Those who trade liberty for security have neither. > > Jason Symes > Visit my web site at: > http://home.mchsi.com/~jsymes > for screen-reader friendly apps, games, and much more! > > > > ___ > 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 ___ 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
