Battery charging indicator post FW 3.x

[PeterK]

Good morning Matthias,

for the first time after installing FW 3.x I've recharged my 2N. Unlike the old indicator it seems to be no indicator to see that the unit is really charging. The old one changed color from blue to read.
As workaround I've temporarily turned the % reading off. Is there any better way?
If not I'd like to submit this on the wish list for future versions: Change color of % reading while charging

Have a nice week end

[jb2cool]

It changes colour for me when charging. What colour is yours displaying?

[PeterK]

Color is white or grey on black, but no change while charging. Is there a CF I need to activate?

[Clownfish]

Yes, I posted this a while back that when you have the % showing you cannot tell if it is actually charging. A simple solution is for the figures to change colour when charging and again when fully charged.

[PeterK]

Thx for the reply, Michael. Any idea where I can change the color?

[Clownfish]

There is no way to change or show, that is what I asked Matthias to consider implementing (eg red figures and % when charging, green when full, white when not charging).

[heinrichsweikamp]

Hi,

The pre-release of 3.12 color-codes the % display. Note that the % will not increase during charge (Charge current is not monitored by software, unfortunately), it jumps to 100% when charged.

Regards,
Matthias

[PeterK]

Thx Matthias,

this is absolutely sufficient. Could you submit a compiled version of 3.12? I'm unable to compile a hex file.

[heinrichsweikamp]

Hi Peter,

It's compiled already. Just install this HEX file with the Bootloader v2. It's named odd, but will work.

regards,
Matthias

[Clownfish]

I had to rename the file to remove the two full stops for it to work with Subsurface. Installed okay then. Thanks Matthias!

[PeterK]

Finally found the time in xmas eve to install the pre-release of 3.12

Works fantastic, color changes from white to red while charging. Exactly what I as looking for. Thx to Matthias and his team for providing solutions so quickly.

Looking forward to more updates in 2016

Merry X-Mas