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=== Show notification based on time or percent ===
 
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'''Percent selected:''' The percent values for ''Low battery level'' and 'Critical battery level'' in the ''Warning Levels'' section will be used to determine when the battery has reached ''low'' and ''critical'' levels.
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:The default setting is '''30%''' for ''low'' and '''15%''' for ''critical''.
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'''Time selected:''' The values for ''Minutes remaining'' in the ''Low battery level'' and ''Critical battery level'' sections will be used to determine when the battery has reached ''low'' and ''critical'' levels.
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:The default setting is '''45 minutes''' for ''low'' and '''20 minutes''' for ''critical''.
  
 
== Warning Levels ==
 
== Warning Levels ==

Revision as of 04:05, 15 May 2009

Ambox notice.pngThis feature is exclusive to BatteryBar Pro.

BatteryBar Pro Preferences window

To access the Preferences window, right-click on BatteryBar and choose "Preferences..."

General Settings

Enable status tooltip

  • Checked: When you hover your mouse over BatteryBar, a Status Popup will appear until you move your mouse away.
  • Unchecked: The Status Popup will never appear

Show time remaining on startup

  • Checked: BatteryBar defaults to showing the time remaining
  • Unchecked: BatteryBar defaults to showing the percentage remaining

While using BatteryBar you can toggle the display between percent and time remaining by clicking on it. However, each time you log into the computer, this setting determines which is shown first.

Alternate time remaining and percent

  • Checked: Every 5 seconds, BatteryBar will switch between showing the percent remaining and the time remaining.
  • Unchecked: BatteryBar not automatically switch between percent and time remaining.

There is not currently a way to change the time interval of 5 seconds.

Use statistical time estimation

  • Checked: Time remaining is calculated based on historical usage data from your battery
  • Unchecked: Time remaining is calculated based on the discharge rate : Time Remaining (hours) = Current Capacity / (Dis)charge Rate

BatteryBar font

Clicking on the font name box will allow you to choose the font type, size, and style. The name and size of the selected font will be displayed in the box in the font type and size that was selected.

This is the default font that is used in the Default Theme or any themes that don't explicitly state the preferred font. Themes have the option of overriding the default font by specifying the font within the theme.xml file. In that case, this option will have no effect.

Percentage precision

This option allows you to specify the decimal point precision in all percentage values.

For precisions 0 through 4, the value 88.8888 % would be formatted as 0: 89% / 1: 88.9% / 2: 88.89% / 3: 88.889% / 4: 88.8888%

Low battery notifications

These options control if battery warning notifications are displayed and if warning sounds are played when the battery reaches low and critical levels.

Low and critical battery level are determined by two options,

  1. Show notification based on time or percent
  2. The options in the Warning Levels section

If Percent remaining is selected in the Show notification based on: section, then the percentage value under Low/critical battery level is used to determine when the battery reaches the low and critical levels.

If Time remaining is selected, then the low and critical battery levels are determined when the time remaining drops below Minutes remaining.

Show critical battery popup

Checked: When the battery level reaches critical level (as described above), a notification popup will be shown indicating the percent and time remaining along with a warning message.

Show low battery popup

Checked: When the battery level reaches low level, a notification popup will be shown indicating the percent and time remaining.

Enable low battery audio alerts

Checked: When the battery reaches either a low or critical level, a sound will be played once.

BatteryBar uses the system default Low Battery Alarm and Critical Battery Alarm sounds as defined in the Sounds control panel.

To change the sounds, open the Windows Sounds control panel applet. Change the sound files associated with Critical Battery Alarm and Low Battery Alarm. The sounds must be standard WAV files. MP3 or other compressed audio won't play.

Show notification based on time or percent

Percent selected: The percent values for Low battery level and 'Critical battery level in the Warning Levels section will be used to determine when the battery has reached low and critical levels.

The default setting is 30% for low and 15% for critical.

Time selected: The values for Minutes remaining in the Low battery level and Critical battery level sections will be used to determine when the battery has reached low and critical levels.

The default setting is 45 minutes for low and 20 minutes for critical.

Warning Levels

Low battery level

Critical battery level

Soft minimum level