battmngr

Battery manager to handle system performance modes and charge modes through acpi_calls (for ideapad 15are05).

Motivation

On Windows native software to support battery and performance operations exist, on GNU/Linux, it's possible to handle system performance modes and battery charge modes making acpi_calls manually. This script makes it easy to manage such operations.

Getting started

Prerequisites

In order to use battmngr the acpi-call module needs to be installed.

Installation

To install battmngr you only need to download the script, put it in a directory of your choice and then add it to your PATH.

Usage

Usage: battmngr [OPTION...] MODE
Options:
        -r, --read             read current battery mode
        -s, --set              set battery mode
        -rc, --read-charge     read current charge mode
        -sc, --set-charge      set charge mode
Battery Modes:
        1        Intelligent Cooling
        2        Extreme Performance
        3        Battery Saving
Charge modes:
        1        Rapid Charge On
        2        Rapid Charge Off
        3        Battery Conservation On
        4        Battery Conservation Off
Examples:
        battmngr -r 
        battmngr -s 1
        battmngr -rc
        battmngr -sc 1
        battmngr -s 1 -r -sc 4 -rc

Contributing

⚠️Looking for testers⚠️ - do you want to use battmngr on your acpi_calls supported laptop? Make sure open an issue detailing:

your laptop model
the output of: sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
calls/values for battery related operations (if known)

I'm actively trying to support more devices and I'm in need of someone willing to point out new models battmngr could support and test experimental verions of the script.

Looking to test on:

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14are05/14alc05 (experiemental_support, reported working on 82LM* devices)

Note

When in configuration:

Rapid Charge Off
Battery Conservation On

issuing the command battmngr -sc 1 will turn on Rapid Charge mode but disable Battery Conservation mode. It's possible to activate both Rapid Charge and Battery Conservation modes starting from configuration:

Rapid Charge On
Battery Conservation Off

and issuing the command battmngr -sc 3
This configuration is not obtainable using official lenovo software and should be avoided.
Check here for more: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_IdeaPad_5_15are05#Note

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.

InstinctEx / battmngr