44208-00006-000 DSV3-SP User’s Manual
Rev 0B
2/12/2009
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4.2
Power Status LED Indicators
Shown below are the states for the Power Status LED Indicator depending on the charge state of the
battery, and whether or not the AC adaptor is connected.
•
If
red
is included in the LED display sequence, this indicates that the battery charge level is very
low or that the battery is charging.
•
If
yellow
is included in the LED display sequence, this indicates that the system is in suspend
mode.
•
Note that the LED will be active (very slow blink) even when the unit is powered off. This signals
to the operator that the battery is installed and the unit can be powered up.)
•
See section 5.3 for a description of the battery gauge available via WinCE.
•
See section 5.3.1 for a description of the available power management states.
External Power
Connected?
Battery Charge
State
Power Status
LED Color
Power Status LED Blink Rate
System Powered Off
no extremely
low
Red
Lit Only When Power Button Pressed
no not
low
Green Very
Slow
no low
Red / Green
Very Slow with Color Blink
yes no
battery
Green Very
Slow
yes charging
Green / Red
Continuous with Very Slow Color Blink
yes fully
charged
Green Very
Slow
OS Running
no not
low
Green Slow
no low
Red / Green
Continuous with Color Toggle
yes no
battery
Green Solid
yes charging
Green / Red
Continuous with Slow Color Blink
yes fully
charged
Green Solid
System in Suspend Mode
no not
low
Yellow Slow
no low
Red / Yellow
Continuous with Color Toggle
yes no
battery
Yellow Solid
yes charging
Yellow / Red
Continuous with Slow Color Blink
yes fully
charged
Yellow Solid
Definitions
•
Lit Only When Power Button Pressed
: On continuously when Power Button Pressed.
•
Very Slow
: Mostly dark with quick blink approx every 5 seconds (~1% duty cycle).
•
Very Slow with Color Blink
: Mostly dark with quick blink approx every 5 seconds. Color
changes while lit from Color 1 to Color 2.
•
Continuous with Very Slow Color Blink
: LED is On continuously with a 5 sec period, where
color 1 is On for 4.9 sec and color 2 is On for 0.1 sec.
•
Continuous with Slow Color Blink
: LED is On continuously, with a 2 sec period, where color 1
is On 1.9 sec, and color 2 is On 0.1 sec.
•
Slow
: LED is On 50% of the time, blinking every 3 seconds (50% duty cycle, 3 sec period).
•
Solid
: LED is On continuously.
•
Continuous with Color Toggle
: LED is On continuously, alternating
evenly
between the two
colors each second.
