[Nut-upsdev] APC USB UPS vs FreeBSD 6.x

[George Ross]

> Currently I really doubt that having a static 'battery.date' and  
> static 'battery.mfr.date' field is what was intended by APC. I don't  
> think they are using intelligent batteries (the ones I've seen so far  
> at least weren't), so I suspect that it should be possible to update  
> these fields when the battery is replaced. But how?

The protocol page at http://www.networkupstools.org/protocols/apcsmart.html
just says under 'x' that it's a "Writable variable" and "This holds whatever
the user sets in it, much like the UPS local id variable".  The SmartSlot 
management card also has a menu entry to set the battery date.

Having said that, we have never bothered setting the date when we have 
changed batteries.


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