To correct myself, the manual finally downloaded. Not sure where I got the
off power tine, so probably wrong on that, but often companies have to ship
with rechargeable batteries low, so I still suspect the battery failure is an
issue
with this Pen and advise crossing your fingers if you buy one.
WayneS
At 5/17/2019 08:21 PM, you wrote:
>Just to repeat offline comment:
>
>I could turn the Pen On and Off just fine, with the LED blinking twice green
>for On ...
>BUT that was only if connected to power via USB. After 3 hours of charging
>on two known good chargers (my cell works fine on both of them) it would not
>power On with battery only.
>
>When powered via USB attached, it worked fine with my Lenovo Yoga.
>It just will not power on without external power. Hence dead battery.
>
>I'm pretty thorough when it comes to debugging hardware. What I suspect
>is that, the document says the pen will hold a charge, when not in use, for
>some? amount of time. I thought it was Weird it had such a short life when
>Off. Often rechargeable batteries when discharged fully will reverse bias the
>cells that discharge first, thereby killing the battery. If you are lucky
>enough
>to get a Pen with balanced cells, it will not damage and be fine.
>
>Given how long it probably was on the shelf, the battery was already toasted
>unless you got one of the lucky ones.
>
>I design circuits that have to function on a battery for 2 years, so for the
>Pen to discharge, when not in use, means a bad designer or firmware
>engineer. If it were my design, it would drain maybe 10-20uA, if I did
>a bad job, which for say a 500mAH battery would be 25000 hours.
>OK 100mAH battery with my bad design of 20uA:
>5000 hours = 208 days. Then Pen should be holding a good charge
>for a long time when powered off.
>
>I don't recall the exact time now, and the manual download from the
>site is not working for that document. I get a download error
>
>https://wcm-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/files/downloads/product%20support/qsgs/onyx_qsg_web_170823.pdf
>
>Maybe I'm wrong?
>
>WayneS
>
>At 5/17/2019 06:45 PM, you wrote:
>>Wayne wrote:
>>> Just an update. I looked at the Bamboo Tip Pen on Amazon and saw a lot of
>>> negative reviews about the pen not working on battery. I purchased one on
>>> B&H and tried charging it from two different sources and two different USB
>>> cables. It would not work on battery. I would work while plugged in to USB.
>>>
>>> Given the high number of bad reviews with the same issue, I would suggest
>>> NOT getting the Bamboo Tip Pen. I am often skeptical when people write
>>> negative reviews as often it is pilot error. But I think Wacom has a
>>> quality issue and charges double for their products because of their name.
>>
>>
>>(I communicated off-list to Wayne, but I'll respond here too).
>>
>>It is possible that the battery/electronics in the Bamboo Tip were
>>defective. However, I thought mine was defective too. The instructions
>>were oblique enough that it wasn't entirely clear how to turn it on
>>CORRECTLY. I had to go visit the "University of Google" to find out
>>how to actually do it where it worked correctly. Once I did, the
>>defective battery suddenly wasn't so defective. But what was also
>>frustrating was that many comments and recommendatons in forums and so
>>forth on the Bamboo Tip were also incorrect. I had to try multiple
>>instructions and "reading between the lines" before realizing how it
>>worked.
>>
>>Another issue (one that Moose probably encountered) is that there are
>>not two versions of touch screens used on Windows laptops, but no less
>>than four. The Bamboo Tip works correctly and naturally with the
>>technologies used in both touch-screen versions of Windows Surface
>>devices and supports some of the legacy touch-screen types. There is
>>an easy to flip switch on the Bamboo Tip that instantly changes the
>>stylus to support either of the newer screen types. This switch will
>>improve functionality with some of the legacy screen types. If it
>>doesn't work with one settings, flip the switch and try again.
>>
>>Through it all, I discovered that it works peachy with one of my
>>Lenovo Yogas, but only on part of the screen of the other.
>>
>>I believe that a Microsoft Surface, with full-featured stylus, is
>>probably the best setup on the market right now.
>>
>>Oh, as to the battery in my Bamboo Tip, I just put it on the charger
>>for the first time in a month. It's just the second time since
>>purchasing it. I'm having absolutely no issue with battery life once I
>>figured out how to operate it.
>>
>>AG Schnozz
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