Motion Computing M1200, M1300 manual Battery Status Gauge, Battery Status Action

Chapter 2 Motion M1200 and M1300 Tablet PC Hardware

Table 2-4

Front Panel Battery Status LED

LED	Battery Status	Action
Steady green	Battery 100% charged	None
	(AC plugged in)
Steady amber	Battery is charging	None
	(AC plugged in)
Steady red	Battery is overheated or	Wait for the battery to cool.
	defective.	Replace the battery.
Flashing green	Unit is in Stand By	None
Flashing green and	Battery is discharging	Replace the battery.
amber	abnormally.
Slow-flashing amber	10% battery charge	Immediately charge the
	(AC unplugged).	battery to avoid loss of data.

NOTE: When the battery reaches a 10% charge, the Tablet PCs issue a Low Battery alarm message in addition to the LED warning. For information about modifying this alarm (you can set it to display a message or to produce an audible warning), see Chapter 4 of this User Guide.

Fast-flashing amber (for only a few seconds)

3% battery charge (AC unplugged)

The Tablet PCs issue a Critical Battery alarm and automatically goes into Hibernate mode.

NOTE: Hibernate mode attempts to save data in any open programs to your hard drive. When you restart the Tablet PC, it returns to the same place you were before the system hibernated.

Off

Tablet PC is unplugged from AC power and the system is running on battery power.

None

Battery Status Gauge

A five-LED battery gauge is located on the battery on the bottom of both Tablet PCs. Each LED represents about 20% of available power. You can activate the gauge by pushing the black button next to the LEDs.

In the example shown here, the battery has about 40% of its power remaining.

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