SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This structure contains information about the power status of the system.

Syntax

typedef struct _SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2 {
  BYTE ACLineStatus;
  BYTE BatteryFlag;
  BYTE BatteryLifePercent;
  BYTE Reserved1;
  DWORD BatteryLifeTime;
  DWORD BatteryFullLifeTime;
  BYTE Reserved2;
  BYTE BackupBatteryFlag;
  BYTE BackupBatteryLifePercent;
  BYTE Reserved3;
  DWORD BackupBatteryLifeTime;
  DWORD BackupBatteryFullLifeTime;
  DWORD BatteryVoltage;
  DWORD BatteryCurrent;
  DWORD BatteryAverageCurrent;
  DWORD BatteryAverageInterval;
  DWORD BatterymAHourConsumed;
  DWORD BatteryTemperature;
  DWORD BackupBatteryVoltage;
  BYTE BatteryChemistry;
  //  Add any extra information after the BatteryChemistry member.
} SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2, *PSYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2, *LPSYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2;

Members

  • ACLineStatus
    AC power status. This member can be one of the values in the following table.

    Value Description

    AC_LINE_OFFLINE

    Offline

    AC_LINE_ONLINE

    Online

    AC_LINE_BACKUP_POWER

    Backup Power

    AC_LINE_UNKNOWN

    Unknown status

    All other values are reserved.

  • BatteryFlag
    Battery charge status. This member can be a combination of the values in the following table. All other values are reserved.

    Value Description

    BATTERY_FLAG_HIGH

    High

    BATTERY_FLAG_LOW

    Low

    BATTERY_FLAG_CRITICAL

    Critical

    BATTERY_FLAG_CHARGING

    Charging

    BATTERY_FLAG_NO_BATTERY

    No system battery

    BATTERY_FLAG_UNKNOWN

    Unknown status

  • BatteryLifePercent
    Percentage of full battery charge remaining. This member can be a value in the range 0 to 100, or BATTERY_PERCENTAGE_UNKNOWN if the status is unknown. All other values are reserved.
  • Reserved1
    Reserved; set to zero.
  • BatteryLifeTime
    Number of seconds of battery life remaining, or BATTERY_LIFE_UNKNOWN if remaining seconds are unknown.
  • BatteryFullLifeTime
    Number of seconds of battery life when at full charge, or BATTERY_LIFE_UNKNOWN if full battery lifetime is unknown.
  • Reserved2
    Reserved; set to zero.
  • BackupBatteryFlag
    Backup battery charge status. This member can be a combination of the following values:

    • BATTERY_FLAG_HIGH
    • BATTERY_FLAG_CRITICAL
    • BATTERY_FLAG_CHARGING
    • BATTERY_FLAG_NO_BATTERY
    • BATTERY_FLAG_UNKNOWN
    • BATTERY_FLAG_LOW
  • BackupBatteryLifePercent
    Percentage of full backup battery charge remaining. This value must be in the range 0 to 100, or BATTERY_PERCENTAGE_UNKNOWN.
  • Reserved3
    Reserved; set to zero.
  • BackupBatteryLifeTime
    Number of seconds of backup battery life remaining, or BATTERY_LIFE_UNKNOWN if remaining seconds are unknown.
  • BackupBatteryFullLifeTime
    Number of seconds of backup battery life when at full charge, or BATTERY_LIFE_UNKNOWN if full battery lifetime is unknown.
  • BatteryVoltage
    Amount of battery voltage in millivolts (mV). This member can have a value in the range of 0 to 65,535.
  • BatteryCurrent
    Amount of instantaneous current drain in milliamperes (mA). This member can have a value in the range of 0 to 32,767 for charge, or 0 to –32,768 for discharge.
  • BatteryAverageCurrent
    Short-term average of device current drain (mA). This member can have a value in the range of 0 to 32,767 for charge, or 0 to –32,768 for discharge.
  • BatteryAverageInterval
    Time constant in milliseconds (ms) of integration used in reporting BatteryAverageCurrent.
  • BatterymAHourConsumed
    Long-term cumulative average discharge in milliamperes per hour (mAH). This member can have a value in the range of 0 to –32,768. This value can be reset by charging or changing the batteries.
  • BatteryTemperature
    Battery temperature in degrees Celsius. This member can have a value in the range of –3,276.8 to 3,276.7; the increments are 0.1 degrees Celsius.
  • BackupBatteryVoltage
    Backup battery voltage in mV.
  • BatteryChemistry
    This can be one of the values in the following table.

    Value Description

    BATTERY_CHEMISTRY_ALKALINE

    Alkaline battery.

    BATTERY_CHEMISTRY_NICD

    Nickel Cadmium battery.

    BATTERY_CHEMISTRY_NIMH

    Nickel Metal Hydride battery.

    BATTERY_CHEMISTRY_LION

    Lithium Ion battery.

    BATTERY_CHEMISTRY_LIPOLY

    Lithium Polymer battery.

    BATTERY_CHEMISTRY_ZINCAIR

    Zinc Air battery.

    BATTERY_CHEMISTRY_UNKNOWN

    Battery chemistry is unknown.

Remarks

To return additional battery information, such as information about an extra battery, provide a data buffer larger than SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2 in the GetSystemPowerStatusEx2 function. Any extra information must be added after the BatteryChemistry member of the SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2 structure. There must be support for this implemented in the battery driver, and the implementation of this support varies depending on the hardware platform.

Requirements

Header winbase.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.12 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

GetSystemPowerStatusEx2
System Information Structures