I was wondering if it would be possible to achieve the ability to be able to turn off Power Delivery over USB-C via a toggle in the Plugable app?
My use case is that I have two monitors connected via HDMI to my Plugable USB-C docking station (which is an awesome bit of kit by the way), which then connects to my Dell XPS 15 via the USB C cable (no Display Port output on it so can’t daisy-chain the monitors AFAIK)
I like to cycle my battery on my laptop to prolong its life, so that means disconnecting it from the power supply, which means I lose Ethernet and one output monitor (as I have to then plug one of them in directly to my laptop).
If I was able to toggle this in software then I wouldn’t need to rearrange my set-up every time I want to discharge the battery.
Thanks for posting, and glad to hear things are working well!
USB-C Power Delivery charging (as with charging from an AC adapter) is controlled entirely by the host system’s charging controller. One way to put it is that the charger is not “pushing” power; rather it’s only providing what the host system wants to pull.
Some system OEMs include software to give the user a bit of control over exactly the behavior you describe, with setting to temporarily disabling charging and/or allowing the battery to discharge to a certain percentage.
Thankfully since have a Dell, you’re probably in luck – they expose a fair amount of control in their Power Manager software. (Also can be accessed via BIOS if preferred.)
Ah, that makes sense! The price we pay for the joy of a clean install right after purchase I suppose. Glad you got it sorted.
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