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NiyaShy / XB1ControllerBatteryIndicator

A tray application that shows a battery indicator for an Xbox-ish controller and gives a notification when the battery level drops to (almost) empty.
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Batteries "empty", controller still functions 2 hours later #48

Closed davidponton closed 3 years ago

davidponton commented 3 years ago

I got the toast saying my controller's batteries were empty, but I ignored it. 2 hours of continuous use later, the controller still works. I feel like the empty warning should come a bit later than that? Or is this maybe just a problem specific to my batteries?

NiyaShy commented 3 years ago

Hey, I have no influence on when the "empty" level is reached, that's determined by the driver or the controller itself. Most likely case is that the controller monitors the voltage the battery delivers and estimates its remaining charge by that. And the API used for polling the level knows no level below "empty". So it's probably that your batteries voltage drops below a certain threshold even though they still have enough charge left to keep the controller running.