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- BatCheck for the Psion Series 5 v1.1
- 28 January, 1999
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-
-
-
- BatCheck is a small and extremely useful application that monitors the
- status of the main and backup batteries.
-
- Features:
-
- * Unlike other programs that only tell you the status of the batteries
- when they are in foreground, BatCheck will gauge the battery levels
- at certain time intervals (1-60 minutes, selectable).
-
- * Normally the program sits in the background using virtually no battery
- power itself, wakes up when its time for a checking, and goes back to
- sleep if the batteries are good, without disturbing you or being noticed.
- If the batteries are not good, the program comes to the foreground
- and warns you.
-
- * (NEW!) When a warning occurs, just hit Enter, Esc, Space, or any
- letter keys (a-z), and the program will go back to the background.
-
- * You can select two warning levels for both the main and backup batteries:
- a 'low' and a 'replace' voltage level. This is particularly useful if
- you use rechargeable cells where the voltage usually drops fast. By
- setting a warning level higher than the built-in levels you can avoid
- accidents caused by sudden battery power loss.
-
- * (NEW!) If you want, you can ask the program not to warn you repeatedly,
- only once the first time when the main or backup levels reach the low
- level. Next time it will only warn you if the machine has been switched
- off then back on, or when they reach the replace level.
-
- * (NEW!) You can ask the program to do a check at every switching on. If
- you have lots of other startup programs, you can select a delay time for
- battery check (0-20 seconds), so it will pop up after all the startup
- programs are done with their jobs.
-
- * You can also ask the program to monitor if the external power is connected
- or not. This is great if you use your machine plugged-in, and the plug
- slips out of the machine without being noticed.
-
- * The program will tell you the voltage in 2 decimal values for greater
- accuracy (e.g. 2.28 Volts).
-
- * Toolbar support.
-
- * (NEW!) The main window can be positioned anywhere on the screen.
-
- * (NEW!) Fully responds to system events, i.e. you can close the program
- from the task window even when it sleeps.
-
- * (NEW!) Geofox One backup battery has a voltage of 1.5 Volts when new.
- Therefore, they can now select warning levels as low as 0.8 Volts.
-
- * (NEW!) Help included with the program.
-
-
- Try BatCheck, and there will be one less thing to worry about!
-
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ************
-
- 1) Copy the file BatCheck11.sis to your Series 5. Highlight it and
- press Enter. It will be installed automatically. (If you don't
- have the Add/Remove control panel installed, you can download
- it from the official Psion site.)
-
- 2) You're now ready to run BatCheck. It's icon should appear on
- the Extras bar, so just click it!
-
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- STATUS OF THE PROGRAM
- *********************
-
- BatCheck is FREEWARE! I made it because I have almost lost all my
- data from my Psion, some program source codes even got damaged.
- Well, I learned the lesson that rechargeables tend to die fast, so
- here is a solution. Feel free to distribute the program, but don't
- change the contents and layout of the original zip file please. If
- you like this program, please have a look at my other programs as
- well (Encrypt-it!, Statistics, Moon).
-
- The program has been fully tested and appears to have no bugs, but
- if you find any or have any comments then I welcome your input
- e-mail on:
-
- csutora@usa.net
-
- Updates of BatCheck (and my other programs) can be found on my
- web page at:
-
- http://members.tripod.com/~csutora/
-
-
- REMARKS
- *******
-
- The program uses the temporary UID 0x10001C89. If this causes any
- problems (it shouldn't), let me know.
- The author cannot and does not accept any liability for loss caused
- by error, defect or failure of the software including any loss of
- any kind. No guarantee is either offered or implied by the author.
- Use of this software is entirely at your own risk.
-
-
- CREDITS
- *******
-
- The program uses the SystInfo OPX extension, copyright Otfried
- Cheong and RMR Software 1998.
-
- Thanks to Andrew Giddings for his suggestions and coding advice.
-
- Thanks to GΘrald Aubard for the French and to Christian Bruss for
- the German translation.
-
- And last but not least thanks to you for trying BatCheck! :-)
-
-
-
- BatCheck and all associated files are Copyright (C) 1998-99 Peter Csutora.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
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