Battery

Pelican Software Inc. P.O. Box 741072 Houston TX 77274-1072 713-242-8928 Voice 713-242-9573 Fax Email Address INTERNET 72662.3050@compuserve.com Compuserve 72662,3050 Cix mesposito AOL Mespo BATTERY CHECKER v1.3 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ This program gives you a graphic representation of the condition of your batteries. This includes... Main Batteries Lithium RAM SSD Batteries External power 3Fax Batteries It will also tell you if you have enough battery voltage to write to FLASH, or to hear Sound. This can be very helpful. NEW IN 1.2 - 1.3 . New icon - make sure you re-install the app to the system screen to see it. . ROM Version added to menu . New Mains adaptor - watch it change when you plug in the mains. . Correctly identify Write protected, and all other types of SSD devices. . New graphic pops up when battery level goes down to very low. Watch carefully. . Reading of 1800 mV forces Main battery indicator to show "Low". 3FAX BATTERIES Battery Checker will now read your 3Fax Battery status. The 3Fax doesn't give you a "Good/Low" reading. It only shows you amount of time you have on the batteries, and the date they were inserted. Choose this option from the menu. NOTE: The 3Fax does not need to be connected for Battery Checker to give you the readings. This is kept in an environment variable on your S3a. CHECKING BATTERIES One of the nicer functions of the Battery Checker is to check your battery strength by putting a load on the battery, and watching it to see if it holds up. This is the same way a battery in a car is checked. However, in order to put a load on your S3a battery, the best way is to copy files over a 3Link. Set some files to copy, and jump back into the Battery Checker. If you see the main batteries jump down into the "Very Low" area, these batteries are probably no good. If it jumps down into "Low", you may have a few hours left on your batteries, unless they are nicads, in which case they may die any minute. Of course, you have to experiment with your own batteries. Battery Checker 1.3 will now show the condition of RAM SSD batteries, if and only if they are the newer style RAM SSD's. Older RAM SSD's don't have the necessary hardware to report battery levels. By default, Battery Checker shows you both SSD Slots. You will see the SSD type on the bottom of the icon for each SSD, labeled "A" and "B". Types being "FLASH" , or "RAM". INSTALLATION ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ To install Battery Checker, just copy the Battery.opa file into any \App\ directory on your Psion Series 3a. Next, press Psion<I> from the system screen to install the Battery.opa icon. REGISTRATION ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ This program is freeware from Pelican Software Inc. and requires no registration. It can be distributed freely. CREDITS ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Thanks to Chris Hennings for IBOX, the icon library. The Sound icon came from this library. IBOX can be found on Compuserve on the Palmtop forum, Lib 18, and also on the INTERNET. (src.doc.ic.ac.uk) Thanks to David Wood at Psion for info on the 3Fax. Thanks to Phil Creed for the new Battery icon, and the new lithium icon. Other products from Pelican ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Banker v1.0 for the S3 Banker v2.0 for the S3a LOG-IT! 4.1 time billing Sound Off Sound utility You can phone us or email us for more information about any Pelican products.