power check

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power check

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hi everyone,
i have a simple question, how can i check that system is powered by battery (or ac), and if so, how can i measure its power state?thanks for any answer.
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Re: power check

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A quick google shows that both APM (=old) and ACPI (=nasty) have support for batteries, I suggest you start looking there.
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Re: power check

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i know about that.in my system i have only used apm for some power down routines, nothing else so far - so i dont know much about it and i have not found any texts covering the things i want to do (except official datasheet ofcourse :) ).but i'll check again.
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Re: power check

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ok, got it :) you can lock this topic.
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