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Battery Low Issues After Changing Batteries

Hi, I am using a  new IoTiny for a project which has four servos attached to the it.  After having the system on for a hour or so I received the my battery is low message.  I thought the batteries need replacing (I am using a battery pack with standard DURACELL batteries, which I have used many times in the past with no problems.  I replaced the batteries and within 1 minute I received the "my batteries is low message verbal message".  I replaced the batteries again and the same message came again.  I then configured the system to stop the alert and was able to continue to program my IoTiny.

My question is,  do I have a hardware issue with the IoTiny, because I don't see why it continued to send the message after the batteries were replaced?

Regards,

Peter


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Synthiam
#1  

Adjust the battery monitor or disable it. The battery monitor is for lipo batteries, which you’re not using.

just disable the battery monitor and that’ll be easiest.

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Synthiam
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This page of the getting started guide is useful: https://synthiam.com/Docs/Get-Started/power

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#3  

I did disable it and I no longer get the message, but I was curious as to why it can on in the first place after just replacing the batteries,  this hadn't happened to me before.

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Synthiam
#4  

The battery monitor is default configured for safety of lipo batteries. You’re not using lipo batteries. The voltage of the battery monitor is setup for the safety of lipo batteries.