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The power check

The Power box in the Device section, which turns this warning off9:41192.168.1.107

What it shows

A card with a title, a large voltage figure, a thumb beside it and one row of context:

Power a bit low, thumb down, try a different USB power source Power very low!, the danger band, red thumb down

Power a bit high, thumb down, switch to a different USB power source Power very high!, the danger band, telling you to unplug

Power is good, thumb up, with the range the last five seconds moved in Measuring power…, before the first verdict is in

The ticker reads its supply many times a second, and every minute turns that window into one verdict: the lowest reading against the low lines, the average against the high lines. A verdict gets worse the moment a line is crossed and only improves once the reading clears it by a margin, so the card does not flicker between two faces on a borderline supply.

During setup the same measurement drives a Power card (My USB power is / very low right now., with Use different USB cable / and/or power source.) and a USB Power: check now notice on the setup page.

My USB power is very low right now, shown during setup

Options

Where to set it

Device → Notify me of weak → Power. The setting’s reference page is Setting: notify me of weak power.