[Nut-upsdev] Re: [PATCH] upsstatus += HB, TEST

[Peter Selinger]

Arjen de Korte wrote:
> 
> Kirill Smelkov wrote:
> 
> > Here I propose 2 new status flags for inclusion into NUT:
> > 
> >   HB    - HighBattery
> 
> What is this? Is this a notification that the battery is full, or that
> the battery voltage is too high? At the very least, this should be a
> little more descriptive. Yet I'm not quite sure if this is not similar
> to RB (Replace Battery).

Perhaps this is just the negation of LB - Low Battery? In this case it
is not needed as a separate flag.
 
> >   TEST  - Battery test is running
> 
> We already have CAL, which is essentially the same thing. Unless this is
> totally different, I don't support adding this to the ups.status. For
> the operation of upsmon, a battery test and runtime calibration are the
> same thing - you'd risk a shorter than normal runtime when the mains is
> out (if the battery is not fully charged).

Perhaps this belongs in ups.test.result? Several drivers put "in
progress" here while a test is in progress. 
 
> For now, I don't support either of these two flags.

Neither I. -- Peter