how to know the battery status of right half on MacOS?
how to know the battery status of right half on MacOS?
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On a split keyboard like the Corne or Lily58, the left half acts as the central piece that connects to your computer, while the right half communicates with the left half.
Because of this, macOS will only display the battery status of your left half. The right half's battery status is managed internally by the ZMK firmware and communicated to the left half, but not directly exposed to the operating system.
Please also note that the reported battery percentage is an estimate based on voltage and may not always reach exactly 100%.
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does ZMK take the average of both sides?
@TyperAI does ZMK take the average of both sides?
@TyperAI ZMK does not average the battery status of both sides for reporting to your operating system.
The left half of your keyboard acts as the central unit and reports its own battery status to macOS. While the right half communicates its battery information to the left half, this data is typically used internally by ZMK (e.g., for display on a nice!view, if you have one) rather than being averaged and sent as a single value to the computer.
If you have any other questions, feel free to reply or tag me!
@TyperAI is there a way to know the battery status of right side without nice!view - i am okay with using CLI
@TyperAI Based on the available documentation, there isn't a direct method described to check the battery status of the right half via CLI without a nice!view.
The right half acts as a peripheral and communicates its status to the left half, which then connects to your computer. The documentation primarily covers how the left half reports its battery status to the OS or how a nice!view displays it.
If you have any other questions, feel free to reply or tag me!
@Sadiq Khoja I think there's been some work to do this on the ZMK side, you coul ask in their discord