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  Re: HandyBoard Charging
 
Well I bought an assembled board from Gleason Research and I've been using the DC adapter that came with the board. The charging leds light up only when the Handyboard on? Is there something special I need to do to run the board on batteries? Is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HandyBoard Charging
 
ok, you have the stock adapter. like i said, sometimes the batt does get fully charged and then not enough current flows in trickle-charge to light the LED. but that's normal, so it doesn't sound like there is actually a problem. a simple way to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HandyBoard Charging
 
Danny, Since you imply that your battery does not take any charge at all, it sounds to me as though your problem is: (1) fuse F1 is open, or (2) a cell in your battery pack is open, or (3) one of the battery wires or its associated PCB land is open. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HandyBoard Charging
 
Okay, I'll try it. Do I need to have the DC adapter plugged in to the (...) th (...) the (...) bei (...) pow (...) off (...) a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HandyBoard Charging
 
no, to do the battery run-down test, you must not have it plugged in! otherwise you'd just be powering it from the adapter, and you'd never run out of juice. so, the steps are: 1. bootload your HB with pcode_hb.s19. you should see the Interactive C (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HandyBoard Charging
 
Danny ... does your HB work when it is NOT connected to the serial board or the charger? - Nick - (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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