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[PeterKnaggs <peter.knaggs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I meant to explain about the power status getting displayed in various misleading ways:
What happens is, if the Bluetooth-connected Apple trackpad happens to become disconnected
for whatever reason (happens occasionally, I still haven't figured out how to prevent it), the
power meter shows in the panel red and at 0% but that's misleading because it really has no
information on the battery state in the Bluetooth Apple Trackpad, since that device is no
longer connected. 

Then sometimes, even when the Bluetooth Apple Trackpad _is_ connected, the charge icon
in the panel changes to the shape of a mouse and shows me instead the charge state of the
Logitech MX USB mouse. I'd prefer to have some way to configure the panel so as to either
be able to display the charge state of all three batteries simultaneously (preferably) or if
that's not possible, to at least be able to choose which device's charge state to _always_ display. 

Having the panel pick one (apparently on a whim) seems confusing and
sometimes startling.

Clicking on the icon does indeed show a menu where the status of the trackpad and UPS batteries
gets displayed as horizontal bars, and the mouse gets displayed as a partially-red-filled mouse
icon, so the information is indeed available. But some consistent representation of the charge 
state would be nicer, and without having to click to see it in this power menu.

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Title:
  Power settings shows state of the wrong batteries.

Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On this machine, I have three separate batteries whose power status gets displayed in various misleading ways.
    - A CyberPower 1350AVR UPS (this is the battery whose status I'd prefer to see in the menubar)
    - A Bluetooth-connect Apple MagicTrackpad (synaptic driver) 
    - A Logitech wireless MX Laser USB-connected mouse.

  When I launch

  unity-control-center power

  I see the "Using battery power" at about 50%, but I think it's referring to the battery in the Apple Trackpad,
  and on the right hand side it shows Unterruptible power supply Charging - fully charged (at 100% on the meter).

  The trouble is, it's not clear from the "On battery power" column, where I have selected "Power off" for the
  action to take when the power is critically low, which battery's charge state it will be acting upon.
  At the moment, the "Using battery power" just below shows at 50%, but I'd prefer to see the
  charge state of my CyberPower UPS being reported there, or at least some indication in the
  power configuration settings that it's going to perform the system shutdown / power off action
  based on the charge state of the UPS, and not on the charge state of my Apple Trackpad (!)

  I guess it sounds like a strange bug report, but I can imagine other Ubuntu users seeing this
  with other possible configurations, and it'd be nicer to make it clear which battery charge
  state is the one related to the shutdown action.

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