G2 charging question - when off but connected to PC by USB

[cyrille de brébisson]

hello,

Unfortunately, it is a little bit more complex on G2 if I remember well and does require some SW control to work...

This means that, unless the calc turns on and boots (which should happen when you connect USB), it should NOT auto charge.

This has to do with the configuration of the power module which needs to be told how to charge the battery and does not "remember" the configuration.
Furthemore, depending on the battery state (% charge), the charging curve will be different with a more agressive pattern on low battery that nearly full ones...
so the calc needs to first spend some time actually detecting a reliable battery level before it can even start the charging process...

However, the calculator can then turn OFF (but not in super low off) and will continue charging as the power module will have been configured by then.

Cyrille