Well, I'm asking just because in my case it's always zero, so I disabled the measure and I'm trying to find a solution.eclectic-tech wrote:Guilty as charged!
The PowerState=Lifetime option of the Power plugin can give you that information... It is used in the code I posted.
Are you on a notebook? Because a while ago I used a desktop which had a UPS, connected though USB to the device and as far as I remember, even that shown the appropriate left time.fonpaolo wrote:Well, I'm asking just because in my case it's always zero, so I disabled the measure and I'm trying to find a solution.
Even if Windows is able to give the remaining time, the reading by Power Plugin doesn't work at all.
No, as I said, my computer has a UPS, Windows reads the time remaining correctly but not Power Plugin.balala wrote:Are you on a notebook? Because a while ago I used a desktop which had a UPS, connected though USB to the device and as far as I remember, even that shown the appropriate left time.
fonpaolo wrote:No, as I said, my computer has a UPS, Windows reads the time remaining correctly but not Power Plugin.
It's an APC, which has software with many more readings, but also Windows uses the same technology (if I remember correctly given or created jointly between APC and Microsoft), so, if I install the software, windows can't read anything, if I use the standard Windows application, the readings are ok, but not the lifetime.
Weird. As I said mine read it correctly. At least as far as I can tell, because I don't use the desktop more then a year, but I think it read it correctly, both in Windows and in Rainmeter, through the PowerPlugin. Me too, my desktop. However I'll give it a try tomorrow, to ensure I remember correctly.fonpaolo wrote:The only alternative is to resurrect my old laptop and test my skin there, but now I use it once in a while...
From my point of view, you don't have to. I'm glad to help, when I can.Bub wrote:eclectic-tech & balala, right now I have no idea how to thank you enough for all you've done for me.
Please post the code you have so far, to can take a look. Would be much easier to help, if we could talk about an existing code, not just so, generally.Bub wrote:EDIT: Found the way to make animated bar, still looking for ideas 'bout question above.
EDIT: was able to make it to change bar from static color on unplugged to animated while plugged and charging.
Problem - animation speed. It doesn't matter what value in Update - 10 or 1000, it plays sequence at same speed...
Question - how to make it switch back to static color when fully charged?
And second question 'bout fade in - fade out effect when same damn bar showing "fully charged" and BarColor starts smoothly fade in/fade. Just a BarColor bar, the rest of meter stays the way it use to.
Been trying to reuse beautiful skin from Kaelri https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=12802 but it doesn't go right way. All I was able to achieve instead of fade in/out is partially color changes. Static one
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[Rainmeter]
[Variables]
@include=#@#Options.inc
Update=100
;=============================================
;Background
;=============================================
[Meter.Background]
Meter=Image
X=0
Y=0
H=28
W=276
;SolidColor=38,201,157
SolidColor=#Background.color#
;=============================================
;Calc
;=============================================
[StringStyle]
StringAlign=left
FontColor=#FontColor#
FontSize=#FontHeight1#
FontFace=#Font#
AntiAlias=1
Text=%1
[MeasurePercent]
Measure=Plugin
PlugIn=PowerPlugin
PowerState=PERCENT
[MeasureStatus]
Measure=Plugin
PlugIn=PowerPlugin
PowerState=STATUS
Substitute="0":"NO BATTERY","1":"CHARGING","2":"CRITICAL","3":"LOW","4":"ABOVE LOW"
[MeasureACLine]
Measure=Plugin
PlugIn=PowerPlugin
PowerState=ACLINE
;X=40
;Y=4
;StringAlign=Right
FontColor=#FontColor#
FontSize=#FontHeight1#
FontFace=#Font#
AntiAlias=1
Substitute="0":"BATTERY","1":"PLUGGED"
IfCondition=(#CURRENTSECTION#=0)
IfTrueAction=[!SetOption MeterStatusLifetime MeasureName "MeasureLifetime"][!UpdateMeasure
"MeterStatusLifetime"][!HideMeter MeterBatteryBar1][!ShowMeter MeterBatteryBar2]
IfFalseAction=[!SetOption MeterStatusLifetime MeasureName "MeasureStatus"][!UpdateMeasure "MeterStatusLifetime"]
[!HideMeter MeterBatteryBar2][!ShowMeter MeterBatteryBar1]
[MeasureLifetime]
Measure=Plugin
PlugIn=PowerPlugin
PowerState=LIFETIME
Format=%#Hh %Mm
[MeterBattery]
MeasureName=MeasureACLine
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=StringStyle
FontColor=#FontColor#
FontSize=#FontHeight2#
FontFace=#Font#
X=51
Y=10
StringAlign=RightCenter
;=============================================
;Graphs
;=============================================
[MeterBatteryBar1]
MeasureName=MeasurePercent
Meter=BAR
X=56
Y=4
W=220
H=10
BarImage=Frames\bar2_[ImageNumberCalc].png
SolidColor=#graph.line2#
BarOrientation=Horizontal
DynamicVariables=1
[ImageNumberCalc]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter % 4
[MeterBatteryBar2]
MeasureName=MeasurePercent
Meter=BAR
X=56
Y=4
W=220
H=10
BarColor=#graph.line1#
SolidColor=#graph.line2#
BarOrientation=Horizontal
[MeterStatusLifetime]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=StringStyle
X=62
Y=18
StringAlign=Left
[MeterPercent]
MeasureName=MeasurePercent
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=StringStyle
X=274
Y=0r
StringAlign=Right
Postfix=%There is an issue with this code: it uses a lot of resources, which I don't have, but would be necessary (the Options.inc file, the images used in the [MeterBatteryBar1] meter and so on). So please pack the whole config and upload it.Bub wrote:Sure and sorry in advance for crappy mess
If you mean you've changed the value of the Update variable (set up in the [Variables] section as Update=100), well, this is a completely useless process, because you used nowhere this variable, so it doesn't influence anything in the skin.Bub wrote:And last problem is control animation speed. Been trying to change Update numbers from 10 to 500 and nothing happens with speed. For sure I do something wrong but what...