PM550 and PM85 provide various types of charging cradles (sold separately).

When charging the device with the cradle, you can confirm the charging status by the charging animation displayed on the screen, in addition to the LED indicator that you can usually see when charging via USB cable.

You can recognize the battery level at a glance by the two types of charging status indications!


APPLIES TO


OS VersionCradle
PM85
  • Android 8: 85.12 (Aug 19 2021) and higher
  • Android 9: 85.24 (Sep 02 2021) and higher
  • 4SC (4 Slot Cradle)
  • SSC / SEC (Single Slot (Ethernet) Cradle)
PM550
  • 55.X3 (Aug 02 2021) and higher
PM30
  • 30.01 (Dec 09 2021) and higher
  • SSC (Single Slot Cradle)
  • 2SC (2 Slot Cradle)


Charging Indication

When the cradle charging is started, you can confirm the charging state with the following.

  • LED indicator
  • Charging Animation displayed

Charging animation is displayed only when using cradle for charging the device.

PM85PM550
ChargingFully chargedChargingFully charged

LED indicator

  • Solid red

LED indicator

  • Solid green

Front LED indicator

  • Solid red

Charging LED indicator

  • Solid red

Front LED indicator

  • Solid blue

Charging LED indicator

  • Solid green




Cradle Charging Animation

Charging animation is displayed only when using cradle for charging the device.

Depending on the battery remaining level, the animation will be changed.

The animation segments the battery level into five sections (six sections including fully charged state) and shows it with colors and filled height for easy recognition.

RedYellowGreen
0~20%21~40%41~60%61~80%81~100%Fully Charged

Old Version of Animation

The older animation (Under the version written in APPLIES TO) had only two indications, Charging and Fully charged.
(The icon was for exiting the animation.)

ChargingFully Charged


Exit Charging Animation Screen

To use the device while it is installed on a cradle, you need to exit the charging animation screen.

The way to exit the animation screen is easy. Just tap the  icon. 

(To avoid accidental closing, tapping other spaces will not respond.)

And if you want to see the charging animation screen again, detach the device from the cradle and re-attach it. 

Disable Charging Animation

You can disable the animation screen if you want. Refer to Enable / Disable Cradle Charging Animation if you want to disable the screen.





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