WP POSTRATINGS quick question

well i have the wp-postratings plugin, and in the readme file, the usage about getting ratings on page id is written on shortcode as [rating id=”1″] where 1 is id number of the post.

My question is, is it possible to use
<?php if(function_exists(‘the_ratings’)) { the_ratings(); } ?>

and call the id number of other post as well? I mean, what i’m trying to do is similar of what [rating id=”1″] does. But instead, i’m trying to use the php code to put it in the templates and not as shortcode.

Any ideas? Thanks.