AppleACPIBatteryManager for Tiger and Leopard

~Eureka · July 5, 2008

Hi guys,

Here is the beta AppleACPIBatteryManager I have been working on. It will work with original PowerManagement and you don't need AppleACPIPowerSource. Although some values may have "0" value, it should display "Time" and "Percentage" but I am not sue if it is accurate or not. Also, "Power source" should detect correctly and icon should change correctly. If you are using the notebook, you can give it a try.

It is based on original AppleSmartBatteryManager and linux driver. It should work both on Tiger and Leopard. (I used Tiger to compile the source code and it work on my 10.4.11 and 10.5.4)

Again, it is just the beta version and you need the original PowerManagement with it. Make sure that you don't have AppleACPIPowerSource Installed or it will cause error.

Chun-Nan

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Battery Information:

Model Information:

Serial Number: TOSHIBA-PA3399U -Li-Ion-3658Q

Manufacturer: TOSHIBA

Device name: PA3399U

Pack Lot Code: 0000

PCB Lot Code: 0000

Firmware Version: 0000

Hardware Revision: 0000

Cell Revision: 0000

Charge Information:

Charge remaining (mAh): 4400

Fully charged: Yes

Charging: No

Full charge capacity (mAh): 4400

Health Information:

Cycle count: 1

Condition: Good

Battery Installed: Yes

Amperage (mA): 0

Voltage (mV): 11100

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PowerManagement.original.zip (only English)

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Update: 7/6/2008

1. Using "fCurrentVoltage" to FAKE "fCurrentRate" if "fCurrentRate" is read as 0.

AppleACPIBatteryManager.zip

UPDATE: 7/7/2008

1. Using "fMaxCapacity" to FAKE "fCurrentRate" if "fCurrentRate" is read as 0.

2. Change battery dectection funcion. (battery inserted and removed)

2. Change poll time from 10 seconds to 30 seconds

AppleACPIBatteryManagerb2.zip

UPDATE: 7/9/2008

1. Make sure "fMaxCapacity" is always equal to or larger than "fCurrentCapacity".

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b3.zip

UPDATE: 7/10/2008

1. Added "Battery Information" and "Battery Status" so that it will show on ioreg.

2. Using "fMaxCapacity" to caculate remaning time while battery is charging.

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b4.zip

UPDATE: 7/11/2008

1. Cleaned up some unused codes.

2. Tried to fix the percentage issue.

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b5.zip

UPDATE: 7/13/2008

1. Serial Number will show type and serial number instead of 0 if it reads any data.

2. Tried to fix more than one battery bay issue by using "_UID" flag. (need feedbacks)

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b6.zip

UPDATE: 7/21/2008

1. Tried to fix OSString/OSData issue on battery info. (need feedbacks)

2. Tried to fix more than one battery bay issue. (need feedbacks)

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b7.zip

UPDATE: 7/21/2008

1. Tried to fix more than one battery bay issue by using "_STA" flag. (need feedbacks)

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b8.zip

UPDATE: 7/26/2008

1. Added CycleCount caculation and CellVoltages information. (need feedbacks)

2. Added "SMBIOS Informaiton" table for MaxErr, SerialNumber, and ManufactureDate. (need feedbacks)

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b9.zip

UPDATE: 7/29/2008

1. Using "fCurrentVoltage" to caculate temperature.

( [fCurrentVoltage * fCurrentRate] should be used to caculate temperature. However, when the battery is FULL, fCurrentRate will be 0 and will make temperature become 0. To make it simpe, just use fCurrentVoltage untill I find a better solution.)

2. Fixed wrong "Power Unit" issue.

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b10.zip

UPDATE: 7/29/2008

1. Changed [class AppleACPIBattery] to [class AppleACPIBatteryDevice]. Hopefully, it will fix the random KP due to the duplicated class AppleACPIBattery while ApplePowerSource is also installed at the same time.

2. Tried to fix more than one battery bay issue by using "numBatteriesSupported()" first. When the returned value is more than 1, it will check "_STA" flag. Otherwise, it will skip the "_STA" flag check. Also, rewrote the "_STA" flag check function. (need feedbacks from those who has more than one battery bay in the notebook.)

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b11.zip

UPDATE: 8/11/2008

1. Removed "_UID" flag and related function.

2. Improved battery inserted/removed detection function.

3. Set "fUnitFactor" to 1 if it is read/caculated as 0. (Make sure denominator is not 0)

4. Moved "setExternalChargeCapable" function from "setBatteryBIF" to "setBatteryBST" rountine.

5. Reset "fAverageRate" to 0 when the state of battery changes.

(Now it will show "Calculating" first, then "Time" later, while plugging in or pulling out the AC power, like my MacBook does. )

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b12.zip

UPDATE: 8/15/2008

1. Fixed long "Calculating" problem.

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b13.zip

UPDATE: 8/22/2008

1. Tried to fix more than one battery bay issue while ApplePowerSource is also installed at the same time. (need feedbacks)

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b14.zip

UPDATE: 10/25/2008

1. Fixed the problem that battery meter doesn't show 100% after finished charging.

2. Changed to only read last three bit for "fCurrentRate" in case that the value read from ACPI table is too big.

AppleACPIBatteryManager_b15.zip

Slice · July 5, 2008

Good work, Chun-Nan!

It's a pity I already resolve a problem with battery indicator. I have other related question. Have you sources of IOSMBusFamily?

I see you got battery information from registry if present. Full solution will be rewriting hardware access to battery through SMBus.

ivik · July 6, 2008

Wow. Thanks. It works perfect on Acer Travelmate. Everything looks correcty.

Battery Information:

Model Information:

Serial Number: SANYO -GC86508SAT0 -0-0

Manufacturer: SANYO

Device name: GC86508SAT0

Pack Lot Code: 0000

PCB Lot Code: 0000

Firmware Version: 0000

Hardware Revision: 0000

Cell Revision: 0000

Charge Information:

Charge remaining (mAh): 3597

Fully charged: Yes

Charging: No

Full charge capacity (mAh): 3597

Health Information:

Cycle count: 0

Condition: Good

Battery Installed: Yes

Amperage (mA): 0

Voltage (mV): 12484

System Power Settings:

AC Power:

System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No

Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes

Battery Power:

System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 5

Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1

Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes

Reduce Brightness: Yes

Hardware Configuration:

UPS Installed: No

AC Charger Information:

Connected: Yes

Charging: No

macgirl · July 6, 2008

Chun-nan Battery indicator is showing fine, calculation on time is working, percentage is also working but on Energy Saver Pane is showing as 123% I have a Super Baterry

Also I can't select Custom Scheme on Battery Icon Menu and pmset command on Terminal shows an error:

pmset -g

pmset: internal error!

Thanks :wacko:

~Eureka · July 6, 2008

Chun-nan Battery indicator is showing fine, calculation on time is working, percentage is also working but on Energy Saver Pane is showing as 123% I have a Super Baterry

Also I can't select Custom Scheme on Battery Icon Menu and pmset command on Terminal shows an error:

pmset -g

pmset: internal error!

Thanks

Hi macgirl,

That is interesting that you got 123% on battery. If possible, can you post the "Power" information here like I did on the 1st post.

I can select "custom" on Battery icon on my machine. I am not sure if it is related or not but are you using the original powermanagement? About pmset, I didn't get the error when I use "pmset -g". However, I will check it.

Chun-Nan

truongsg · July 7, 2008

Hi Chunnan,

Can u up origin Powermanagement.bundle? Now indicator on my laptop is quite good, but I want to try this one.

Thanks,

sonotone · July 7, 2008

Works well on Inspiron 9400;

Energy Saver Pane is also showing battery as 123%, but hacked powermanagement.bunble showing as 113%

Can u up origin Powermanagement.bundle? Now indicator on my laptop is quite good, but I want to try this one.

Extract it from 10.5.3 update with pacifist.

~Eureka · July 7, 2008

Works well on Inspiron 9400;
Energy Saver Pane is also showing battery as 123%, but hacked powermanagement.bunble showing as 113%

Extract it form 10.5.3 update with pacifist.

Hi sonotone,

I have updated b2 version. You can give it a try.

I think "123%" and "113%" probably have something to do with the values of "fMaxCapacity" or "fDesignCapacity" but I am not sure yet.

Chun-Nan

outZider · July 8, 2008

Lenovo ThinkPad T61, 14" WXGA+, 4 cell battery.

I, too, had a working battery indicator, but this looked pretty cool. Extracted vanilla AppleACPIPlatform.kext and PowerManagement.bundle, and installed the kext. I do have a battery/power meter again, but my Power panel is still odd:

Battery Information:

 Model Information:
 Serial Number:	XXXX-YYYY-0-0
 Pack Lot Code:	0000
 PCB Lot Code:	0000
 Firmware Version:	0000
 Hardware Revision:	0000
 Cell Revision:	0000
 Charge Information:
 Charge remaining (mAh):	0
 Fully charged:	No
 Charging:	No
 Full charge capacity (mAh):	0
 Health Information:
 Cycle count:	0
 Battery Installed:	No
 Amperage (mA):	0
 Voltage (mV):	0

System Power Settings:

 AC Power:
 System Sleep Timer (Minutes):	0
 Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):	10
 Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):	10
 Automatic Restart On Power Loss:	No
 Wake On Clamshell Open:	Yes
 Display Sleep Uses Dim:	Yes
 Battery Power:
 System Sleep Timer (Minutes):	7
 Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):	10
 Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):	2
 Wake On Clamshell Open:	Yes
 Display Sleep Uses Dim:	Yes
 Reduce Brightness:	No

Hardware Configuration:

 UPS Installed:	No

AC Charger Information:

 Connected:	Yes
 Charging:	No

sonotone · July 8, 2008

Hi sonotone,

I have updated b2 version. You can give it a try.

I think "123%" and "113%" probably have something to do with the values of "fMaxCapacity" or "fDesignCapacity" but I am not sure yet.

Chun-Nan

Still at 123%, but i guess you're right, look:

Model Information:

Serial Number: XXXX-YYYY-0-0

Pack Lot Code: 0000

PCB Lot Code: 0000

Firmware Version: 0000

Hardware Revision: 0000

Cell Revision: 0000

Charge Information:

Charge remaining (mAh): 7200

Fully charged: Yes

Charging: No

Full charge capacity (mAh): 5852

Health Information:

Cycle count: 1

Condition: Good

Battery Installed: Yes

Amperage (mA): 0

Voltage (mV): 12542

7200 of 5852 is 123%. Full Charge capacity is not correctly displayed.

Wiwi · July 8, 2008

Beta 2 don't change percentage problem for me too :

Informations de la batterie :

Informations sur le modèle :

Nº de série : ASUSTEK-YYYY-0-0

Fabricant : ASUSTEK

Pack Lot Code : 0000

PCB Lot Code : 0000

Version du programme interne : 0000

Révision du matériel : 0000

Révision de pile : 0000

Informations sur la charge :

Charge restante (mAh) : 3769 ------> Charge remaining

Charge complète : Oui

En cours de chargement : Non

Capacité de charge complète (mAh) : 4112 --------> Full charge capacity

Informations sur la santé :

Comptage de cycles : 1

Conditions : Bonne

Batterie installée : Oui

Intensité de courant (mA) : 0

Tension (mV) : 12499

Thanks Chun-Nan !!!

robi62 · July 8, 2008

Hi how do I Install it?????

Wiwi · July 8, 2008

Unzip

:excl: :excl: be sure to delete ACPIPOwersource kext (in ACPIPlatform if you have it) before (KP in perspective)

Search into the build->release folder and copy the AppleACPIBatteryManager kext into your extensions folder (use Kexthelper can be good ).

Copy vanilla PowerManagement bundle into SystemConfiguration folder (The "/System/Library/" one), repair permissions in doubt, delete caches and reboot.

Test, and post your information (in system profiler) !

Then kiss Chun-Nan ! :huh:

robi62 · July 8, 2008

Ill do that as soon as I get new battery

thanks for info

mrbonkers · July 8, 2008

sweet :thumbsup_anim: i'm gonna test it out now

what i have found:

battery source is detected even though power adapter is plugged in,

displays "Calculation..." when power is plugged in

when battery is fully charged, it shows 83% full

the calculation is not very accurate

hope this will allow you know what bugs to fix for the new release

Wiwi · July 9, 2008

POst your system power information to see why your indicators are wrong !

mrbonkers · July 9, 2008

does not show anything helpful :s

Battery Information:

 Model Information:
 Serial Number:	XXXX-YYYY-0-0
 Pack Lot Code:	0000
 PCB Lot Code:	0000
 Firmware Version:	0000
 Hardware Revision:	0000
 Cell Revision:	0000
 Charge Information:
 Charge remaining (mAh):	0
 Fully charged:	No
 Charging:	No
 Full charge capacity (mAh):	0
 Health Information:
 Cycle count:	0
 Battery Installed:	No
 Amperage (mA):	0
 Voltage (mV):	0

System Power Settings:

 AC Power:
 System Sleep Timer (Minutes):	0
 Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):	10
 Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):	20
 Wake On Clamshell Open:	Yes
 Wake On LAN:	Yes
 Display Sleep Uses Dim:	Yes
 Battery Power:
 System Sleep Timer (Minutes):	15
 Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):	10
 Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):	5
 Wake On Clamshell Open:	Yes
 Display Sleep Uses Dim:	Yes
 Reduce Brightness:	Yes

Hardware Configuration:

 UPS Installed:	No

AC Charger Information:

 Connected:	Yes
 Charging:	No

~Eureka · July 9, 2008

Hi guys,

I have updated b3 edition. It will make sure "fMaxCapacity" is always equal to or larger than "fCurrentCapacity". It should fix the "percentage" issue on Energy Saver Panel.

BTW, the following inforamtion will always show 0 snice there is no data to be read.

Pack Lot Code: 0000

PCB Lot Code: 0000

Firmware Version: 0000

Hardware Revision: 0000

Cell Revision: 0000

Others will depend on your BIOS or ACPI table.

Chun-Nan

does not show anything helpful :s
Battery Information:
Model Information:

Serial Number: XXXX-YYYY-0-0

Pack Lot Code: 0000

PCB Lot Code: 0000

Firmware Version: 0000

Hardware Revision: 0000

Cell Revision: 0000

Charge Information:

Charge remaining (mAh): 0

Fully charged: No

Charging: No

Full charge capacity (mAh): 0

Health Information:

Cycle count: 0

Battery Installed: No

Amperage (mA): 0

Voltage (mV): 0

.....

Hi xfidelity,

It showed that you don't have battery installed. Which version of AppleACPIBatteryManager did you use? If possible, try b3 edition and post your information here again. (Make sure you are using the original PowerManagement) Thanks.

Chun-Nan

mrbonkers · July 9, 2008

tried b3 and still the same result. i'm sure every thing is original as i did a clean installation of leopard.

battery indicator works fine only when i use the powersource kext and the modified power management bundle

Wiwi · July 9, 2008

Still same pb with b3:

Informations sur le modèle :

Nº de série : ASUSTEK-YYYY-0-0

Fabricant : ASUSTEK

Pack Lot Code : 0000

PCB Lot Code : 0000

Version du programme interne : 0000

Révision du matériel : 0000

Révision de pile : 0000

Informations sur la charge :

Charge restante (mAh) : 3828

Charge complète : Oui

En cours de chargement : Non

Capacité de charge complète (mAh) : 4212

Informations sur la santé :

Comptage de cycles : 1

Conditions : Bonne

Batterie installée : Oui

Intensité de courant (mA) : 0 ----> negative value when unplug... normal ?

Tension (mV) : 12431

That's strange, coconutBatterry recognize good my battery it can say its original capacity !

But it it do the same error

BuXb · July 9, 2008

Hi Master Chun-Nan

here's my report: b3 working perfectly with org bundle, Leo .3. With hacked bundle I got a hang @ shutdown/ restart with the Desktop still visible. So I stay with org bundle now.

Thanks a lot about this new masterpiece for the community :thumbsup_anim:

~Eureka · July 10, 2008

tried b3 and still the same result. i'm sure every thing is original as i did a clean installation of leopard.

battery indicator works fine only when i use the powersource kext and the modified power management bundle

Hi xfidelity,

I have enabled the debug function to show the information (it is the same as b3). Try this one and go to terminal. Look for any information such as:

AppleACPIBattery: Battery found

AppleACPIBattery: Battery State 0x82.

AppleACPIBattery: Battery is charging.

Then post yours here so that I can try to find out the reason. Thanks.

AppleACPIBatteryManager.debug.zip

Still same pb with b3:

Informations sur le modèle :

Nº de série : ASUSTEK-YYYY-0-0

Fabricant : ASUSTEK

Pack Lot Code : 0000

PCB Lot Code : 0000

Version du programme interne : 0000

Révision du matériel : 0000

Révision de pile : 0000

Informations sur la charge :

Charge restante (mAh) : 3828

Charge complète : Oui

En cours de chargement : Non

Capacité de charge complète (mAh) : 4212

Informations sur la santé :

Comptage de cycles : 1

Conditions : Bonne

Batterie installée : Oui

Intensité de courant (mA) : 0 ----> negative value when unplug... normal ?

Tension (mV) : 12431

That's strange, coconutBatterry recognize good my battery it can say its original capacity !

But it it do the same error

Hi Wiwi,

Yes, according to my Apple Macbook, it will show negative value while power cord is not plugged.

The values of 3828 and 4212 are read from your BIOS/ACPI table.

Chun-Nan

Hi Master Chun-Nan

here's my report: b3 working perfectly with org bundle, Leo .3. With hacked bundle I got a hang @ shutdown/ restart with the Desktop still visible. So I stay with org bundle now.

Thanks a lot about this new masterpiece for the community

Hi BugsBunny,

Great, it works. However, it is still beta version. Any feedbacks/bugs are welcome.

Chun-Nan

inku · July 10, 2008

Hi i tryied on Tiger but the kext won't load at boot.

extremeae · July 10, 2008

Great work! I got it to work and the battery meter to show up, but then if I select to view in Time or Charging or something, I can't remember correctly, I got a kernal panic and the system just freezes.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Update: I reread post #13 by Wiwi and I saw this: delete ACPIPOwersource kext (in ACPIPlatform if you have it) before (KP in perspective). So I missed that step that's why I was getting KP. I couldn't locate ACPIPOwersource kext, but after googling, I saw that ACPIPOwersource kext was still in AppleACPIPlatform.

mrbonkers · July 10, 2008

i got this

AppleACPIBattery: Battery found

AppleACPIBattery: Battery State 0x02.

AppleACPIBattery: Battery is charging.

AppleACPIBatteryManager for Tiger and Leopard

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