Hey guys,
I've had my Lupin the 3rd EPD for about two years now, and recently I noticed my watch wasn't coming out of sleep mode so easily when exposed to light.
I have a light meter I use, and found that the watch now seems to require about 3,000 lux in order to wake up. I also found that if this light level isn't seen by the watch for 3 to 4 hours it will fall back into sleep mode.
All other functions work perfectly, the battery charge while the watch is worn shows a full charge, but when the watch is cold, or not being worn it's in the middle on the charge graph. I had to reboot the watch one time after seeing a little more ghosting of the digits and it not waking up as easily about a year after I recieved it. This reboot last year fixed all the problems I had experienced.
However, doing the rebooting of the IC's now doesn't change the behavior of the watch, it still requires about 3,000 lux or more to keep out of sleep mode.
Just wondering if any of you guys had experienced any problems with the amount of light needed to keep your EPD awake or charged, or if you knew what kind of light level kept your watch going.
I thought that the watch would wake up and stay that way with an illumination level of only 500 lux or more. This seems reasonable, since it's considered average office illumination and is the minimum light level that that watch solar panels can use to maintain a charge.
Edit: I think I posted in the wrong section, maybe this should be under Technical discussion? Sorry about that.
I've had my Lupin the 3rd EPD for about two years now, and recently I noticed my watch wasn't coming out of sleep mode so easily when exposed to light.
I have a light meter I use, and found that the watch now seems to require about 3,000 lux in order to wake up. I also found that if this light level isn't seen by the watch for 3 to 4 hours it will fall back into sleep mode.
All other functions work perfectly, the battery charge while the watch is worn shows a full charge, but when the watch is cold, or not being worn it's in the middle on the charge graph. I had to reboot the watch one time after seeing a little more ghosting of the digits and it not waking up as easily about a year after I recieved it. This reboot last year fixed all the problems I had experienced.
However, doing the rebooting of the IC's now doesn't change the behavior of the watch, it still requires about 3,000 lux or more to keep out of sleep mode.
Just wondering if any of you guys had experienced any problems with the amount of light needed to keep your EPD awake or charged, or if you knew what kind of light level kept your watch going.
I thought that the watch would wake up and stay that way with an illumination level of only 500 lux or more. This seems reasonable, since it's considered average office illumination and is the minimum light level that that watch solar panels can use to maintain a charge.
Edit: I think I posted in the wrong section, maybe this should be under Technical discussion? Sorry about that.