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                           P.O. Box 741072
                           Houston TX 77274-1072
                           713-242-8928 Voice
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BATTERY CHECKER v1.3s

This program gives you a graphic representation of the condition of your
batteries on the Siena. This includes...

        Main Batteries
        Lithium
        RAM SSD Batteries (Not sure: with an external SSD drive.)
        External power

It will also tell you if you have enough battery voltage to write to FLASH,
or to hear Sound. This can be very helpful.

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 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. Battery Checker shows
you one external SSD Slot on Siena. You will see the SSD type on the bottom
of the icon labeled "A".  Types are "FLASH" or "RAM".


INSTALLATION

To install Battery Checker, just copy the Battery.opa file into any
\App\ directory on your Psion Siena. Next, press Psion<I> from the
system screen to install the Battery.opa icon.


Other products from Pelican

Banker v2.0 for the S3a
LOG-IT! 6.03 time billing
Notepad Deluxe for the S3a/S3c

Visit our web page for more info:  http://www.pelicansoft.com
