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Quick question: Do you need sensor8 to be active in your program for the Low Bat LED function to work, or do you only need sensor8 if you are using the analog voltage somewhere in your program?
Only reason I wonder is that our low bat LED comes on after about 5 mins and we are not sure if this is because of the much higher drain on the batter this year vs last year.
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The Low Bat LED comes on without regard to whether or not your program uses the battery voltage.
It is my understanding that your program can set the voltage that the LED flashes
Below is from the Default Code from Innovation First:
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'---------- Initialization Constant VOLTAGE - USER DEFINED -------------------
' This is the 'Low Battery' detect voltage. The 'Low Battery' LED will
' blink when the voltage drops below this value.
' Basically set VOLTAGE = INT ((DESIRED FLASH VOLTAGE + 0.4) * 16.3)
' Example, for a 10 Volt trigger, set Voltage eq 170.
dataInitVolt CON 153 '9.0 Volts
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However, at a low enough voltage (I think it is 8 volts or perhaps 8.5 volts), the Low Battery LED comes on and stays on until the RC is reset (as I recall -- it may require the OI to be reset also but I don't think so). The voltage that the LED latches on is fixed and cannot be changed by us mere mortals.
I hope this helps.
Joe J.