• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Polling battery data, missing cycle count
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Polling battery data, missing cycle count


  • Subject: Polling battery data, missing cycle count
  • From: Claudio Procida <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:51:03 +0200

I'm trying to retrieve informations from the battery using the following code (adapted from an example by A.Hillegass on this list):

- (id)init
{
self = [super init];

SCDynamicStoreContext context = {0, self, NULL, NULL, NULL};

// Create a dynamic store ref
dynamicStore = SCDynamicStoreCreate(NULL, (CFStringRef) @"ThisIsATest", storeCallBack, &context);

// What am I interested in receiving notifications
// about?
NSArray *array = [NSArray arrayWithObject:@"State:/IOKit/ PowerSources/InternalBattery-0"];

// Register for the notification
if (!SCDynamicStoreSetNotificationKeys(dynamicStore,
(CFArrayRef)array, NULL)) {
NSLog(@"failed to set notification keys");
}

// Create a run loop source
CFRunLoopSourceRef runLoopSource =
SCDynamicStoreCreateRunLoopSource(NULL,dynamicStore,0);

// Get hold of the current run loop
CFRunLoopRef runLoop = CFRunLoopGetCurrent();

// Add the source to the run loop
CFRunLoopAddSource(runLoop, runLoopSource, kCFRunLoopDefaultMode);

// The source will be retained by the run loop
CFRelease(runLoopSource);

return self;
}



void storeCallBack( SCDynamicStoreRef store, CFArrayRef changedKeys, void *info) { // Do something else }

Since this code just registers my app as a passive listener of the power changes, I also added the following method to directly poll the battery data when needed:

- (void)loadBatteryData
{
	CFTypeRef psInfo = IOPSCopyPowerSourcesInfo();
	CFArrayRef psList = IOPSCopyPowerSourcesList(psInfo);
	CFDictionaryRef psDict = IOPSGetPowerSourceDescription(
														   psInfo,
														   CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(psList,batteryIndex));
	// 0 <= batteryIndex < [(NSArray *)psList count]

	NSArray *keys = [(NSDictionary *)psDict allKeys];
	NSEnumerator *enumerator = [keys objectEnumerator];
	id obj;
	while (obj = [enumerator nextObject])
	{
		// Do something with obj
	}

	CFRelease(psInfo);
	CFRelease(psList);
}

Anyway I still can't figure how I can get some advanced information like the cycles count or the voltage. In IOPSKeys.h I see all the relevant keys but the psDict dictionary holds no values for those keys.

Any hints? Thanks in advance, as usual

Claudio
--
http://www.emeraldion.it
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Cocoa-dev mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden


  • Follow-Ups:
    • Re: Polling battery data, missing cycle count
      • From: Claudio Procida <email@hidden>
  • Prev by Date: Re: core data approach to multi-column data?
  • Next by Date: Borderless NSBrowser
  • Previous by thread: Re: core data approach to multi-column data?
  • Next by thread: Re: Polling battery data, missing cycle count
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread