# Uconsole charging LED **URL:** \ **Category:** uConsole\ **Created:** [March 11, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-charging-led/21811 "2026-03-11T10:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DigitalDreams](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/digitaldreams/32/16007_2.png) [@DigitalDreams](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DigitalDreams)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-charging-led/21811/1 "2026-03-11T10:31:27Z")
Anyone managed to get this thing working while the Uconsole is also off, as the PicoCalc does ?. Ridiculous having to switch on to see where it’s at… ---
**Author:** ![trinity](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/trinity/32/16167_2.png) [@trinity](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/trinity)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-charging-led/21811/2 "2026-03-11T17:11:44Z")
As others have said: > [@I got the uconsole today and I have some question](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/17540/4): > > that indicator is pretty finicky. it doesn’t work when uconsole is powered off (probably because it works programmatically), and seems like OS updates can break it also: [Bookworm 6.12.y for the uConsole and DevTerm - #474 by Rex](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/bookworm-6-12-y-for-the-uconsole-and-devterm/15847/474) I suppose it works this way because ‘charging board’ is a separate module, but it should charge batteries even if indicator doesn’t show it. The charge LED is driven by the kernel and is used as a live system charging indicator. [Two inline USB-C PD power meters on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D8PJ46WV) are $10. I have them on most of my power supplies for ease of troubleshooting because they’re so useful, and particularly if you’re recharging your uConsole while powered off, as they’ll show 0A current pull when the charge controller believes the battery is full.