Users Guide
• Adaptive — Charges the battery in Express Charge mode using the express charging algorithm, Dell's fast charging technology.
• PrimACUse — Charges the battery while plugged-in, preferred for the users who operate their system while plugged in to an external
power source.
• Custom — The battery charging starts and stops based on the settings specied in Primary Battery Custom Charge Start and Primary
Battery Custom Charge End.
– CustomChargeStart — Sets the percent value ranging from 50 to 95 at which the custom battery charging should start.
– CustomChargeStop — Sets the percent value ranging from 55 to 100 at which the custom battery charging should stop.
NOTE: CustomChargeStart percent must be less than CustomChargeStop percent, and the minimum dierence between the
two can be no less than 5 percent.
Example: To retrieve the current mode of the PrimaryBattChargeCfg attribute.
Get-ChildItem -Path DellSmbios:\PowerManagement\PrimaryBattChargeCfg
If the status retrieved as Custom, then to know the percent when charging starts and ends, retrieve CustomChargeStart and
CustomChargeStop attributes.
Example: To set the battery charging mode as standard.
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\PowerManagement\PrimaryBattChargeCfg "Standard"
Example: To set the battery charge mode as custom and then to specify the start time and duration when the battery should be charged.
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\PowerManagement\PrimaryBattChargeCfg "Custom"
• Sets the PrimaryBattChargeCfg attribute to charge battery based on user settings specied in CustomChargeStart and
CustomChargeStop attributes. If the value 'Custom' is chosen,
– Charging starts based on the battery percent dened in CustomChargeStart.
– Charging ends based on the battery percent dened in CustomChargeStop.
• Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\PowerManagement\CustomChargeStart “65” command can be used to start battery
charging at 65%.
• Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\PowerManagement\CustomChargeStop “95” command can be used to stop battery
charging at 95%.
• Possible values for the CustomChargeStart attribute ranges from 50 to 95 percent and for the CustomChargeStop percent ranges
from 55 to 100 percent.
Using the PeakShiftDayConguration feature
This feature allows you to congure the PeakShiftDayConguration option in the PowerManagement category. Peak Shift conguration
minimizes AC power consumption during the peak power usage period of the day. During the Peak Shift period, AC power will not be
consumed, and the system runs on battery if the battery charge is more than the set battery threshold value. After the Peak Shift period,
the system runs on AC power, if available, without charging the battery. The system functions normally using AC power, and recharges the
battery after the specied Charge Start Time.
PeakShiftCfg — Enables or disables the peak shift conguration.
• Enabled — Enables the peak shift conguration on specic days for a specic period specied using Peak Shift Start Time, Peak Shift
End Time, and Peak Shift Charge Start Time.
• Disabled — Disables the peak shift conguration feature.
If enabled, congure the following:
NOTE
: The conguration applies to all batteries: Primary, Slice, and Module Bay.
• StartTime — Species the time when system starts consuming battery power. The system continues consuming the battery power
until either the peakshift battery threshold is reached, or peakshift end time is reached.
• EndTime — Species the time when system stops consuming battery power and starts consuming AC power, if available. However,
the system does not charge battery.
• ChargeStartTime — Species the time when the system starts charging the battery while consuming AC power, if available.
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