Battery Statistics Calculator script (NickelMenu) not working in Libra Colour

[shyhermit]

I can't get the wonderful script Battery Statistics Calculator 1.0 (2023-05-18) that Aleron wrote to work on the Libra Colour:

Here is the script description:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1004

I used NickelMenu to trigger the script.

When triggered, the script that reporting a bit of files called in the /sys/class/power_supply?battery/capacity do not exist.

Am I correct that this Kobo has changed the locations of these files in the newer firmware for the Libra Colour?

[hatuluang]

Originally Posted by shyhermit

I can't get the wonderful script Battery Statistics Calculator 1.0 (2023-05-18) that Aleron wrote to work on the Libra Colour:

Here is the script description:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1004

I used NickelMenu to trigger the script.

When triggered, the script that reporting a bit of files called in the /sys/class/power_supply?battery/capacity do not exist.

Am I correct that this Kobo has changed the locations of these files in the newer firmware for the Libra Colour?

Please find more info at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=999 and https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1000

[shyhermit]

I did. I put the script in the :/mnt/onboard/.adds/ which is the default (instead of :/mnt/onboard/.adds/battcalc/ as you suggested). The script is called correctly, but the various calls the script makes do not work.

It should not make a difference as long as the location referenced in NickelMenu's config file is correct, right? Can you confirm?

[hatuluang]

Originally Posted by shyhermit

I did. I put the script in the :/mnt/onboard/.adds/ which is the default (instead of :/mnt/onboard/.adds/battcalc/ as you suggested). The script is called correctly, but the various calls the script makes do not work.

It should not make a difference as long as the location referenced in NickelMenu's config file is correct, right? Can you confirm?

You are right, I changed my previous comment.
Please look at
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=999
and
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1000

[DNSB]

You might want to take a look in the NickelMenu thread from message #999 and message #1000.

You can telnet to your Kobo and take a look at what you get from looking at the contents of /sys/class/power_supply/battery/.

Edit: for the Libra Colour, you will need to look at the contents of /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat instead.

Message to self: READ TO THE END OF THE THREAD BEFORE REPLYING!

[DNSB]

Played on my Libra Colour and changed battery to bd71827_bat in the shell script. I've attached the script (renamed to battcalc.sh.txt so rename back) and an image of the popup.

My first pass at the changes screwed up when I copy/pasted the script and the line endings were changed to CRLF. Used Notepad++ to change them to LF and all was happy.

Spoiler:

# Battery Statistics Calculator 1.0 (2023-05-18) by Aleron Ives
#
# This script calculates battery statistics for the Kobo Libra 2.
# Check the contents of /sys/class/power_supply/ if you use a different
# model to ensure that the statistics you want to track are available.
# 
# For the Libra Colour, you need to use bd71827_bat instead of battery.
# 
# You can use NickelMenu to invoke this script like so:
# menu_item :main :Battery :cmd_output :500 :/mnt/onboard/.adds/battcalc.sh
# 
# Gather the necessary statistics
# 
meter=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat/capacity)
v_now=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat/voltage_now)
v_min=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat/voltage_min)
v_max=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat/voltage_max)
c_now=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat/charge_now)
c_full=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat/charge_full)
c_dfull=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat/charge_full_design)

let v_now/=1000; let v_min/=1000; let v_max/=1000 # Convert to V
let c_now/=1000; let c_full/=1000; let c_dfull/=1000 # Convert to mAh
let v_nowr=$v_now%1000; let v_now/=1000 # Simulate floating-point arithmetic
let v_minr=$v_min%1000; let v_min/=1000 # "
let v_maxr=$v_max%1000; let v_max/=1000 # "
let charge=$c_now*100/$c_full # Calculate charge percentage from mAh
let c_health=$c_full*100/$c_dfull # Calculate health percentage from mAh

# Format and display the results

echo Capacity: $c_now mAh / $meter% / $charge%
echo Voltage: $v_min.$v_minr V / $v_now.$v_nowr V / $v_max.$v_maxr V
echo Health: $c_full mAh / $c_dfull mAh / $c_health%

[shyhermit]

Once again, DNSB comes to the rescue!

Thank you!!! Just tried your mod. It works on the Libra Colour. Still not very accurate, as it shows a brand new Libra Colour not at 100% battery capacity (perhaps rounding error?). But better than nothing!

Originally Posted by DNSB

Played on my Libra Colour and changed battery to bd71827_bat in the shell script. I've attached the script (renamed to battcalc.sh.txt so rename back) and an image of the popup.

My first pass at the changes screwed up when I copy/pasted the script and the line endings were changed to CRLF. Used Notepad++ to change them to LF and all was happy.

[DNSB]

Good to hear that it works for you. Yeah, 1889 of 1890 is a bit better than 99% but the most Linux shells only do integer operations so 99% is displayed rather than 99.95%.

Perhaps someone will create a version of the script using if/then/else to allow operation on a wider variety of devices without needing editing.

[Aleron Ives]

It's interesting that the Libra Colour still has all the statistics. IIRC other models like the Clara and Sage don't report as much information.

If you think 1% is "not very accurate", wait until you check the stats while charging and it says your battery is at 4.8 V. (If that were true, your Libra would be exploding and on fire lol.)

I've noticed that shyhermit isn't the first person to dig my battery statistics script out of the NickelMenu thread; maybe we should have a dedicated thread for people to post NickelMenu scripts and sample configurations?

[DNSB]

There was a Best of NickelMenu? thread which might be hijacked for that purpose or a new thread could be created.

[shyhermit]

I absolutely adore your script, Aleron. It is still fantastic stats notwithstanding the inherent issue.

I am an Apple fan. Recalling the very early days of iPhone hacking, the internal battery stats was one of the biggest achievements that the jailbreak community succeeded in cracking early on.

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

It's interesting that the Libra Colour still has all the statistics. IIRC other models like the Clara and Sage don't report as much information.

If you think 1% is "not very accurate", wait until you check the stats while charging and it says your battery is at 4.8 V. (If that were true, your Libra would be exploding and on fire lol.)

I've noticed that shyhermit isn't the first person to dig my battery statistics script out of the NickelMenu thread; maybe we should have a dedicated thread for people to post NickelMenu scripts and sample configurations?

[Aleron Ives]

I'm experimenting with calculating the remaining capacity from the voltage, and while it does work, it messes up the lovely 3-items-per-line paradigm.