powerinternal

Usage

>> powerinternal  [ batterytype | capacity | used ]

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Description

Allows various parameters to be reported or set for the current deployment.

• batterytype [= <batterytype>], has a value corresponding to a chemical description of the various battery types supported; see the list below. The special name none indicates that no battery considered to be internal to the logger is present, and it will run exclusively from an external power source.

  The batterytype may be set prior to a deployment; it can not be changed while a deployment is in progress. If proper estimates are required for battery capacity used and deployment life available, it is very important that the selected batterytype value matches the batteries actually in use.

  Currently supported battery types are:

  1. lisocl2 (Li-SOCl₂)
  2. lifes2 (Li-FeS₂)
  3. znmno2 (Zn-MnO₂)
  4. linimnco (Li-NiMnCo)
  5. nimh (NiMH)
  6. none
     
     

• capacity is a read-only parameter which reports the total nominal energy capacity (in Joules) of the internal battery set. It can not be changed directly, but changes according to the selected batterytype.
  
  

• used [= 0], reports the accumulated energy used from the internal battery since the value was last reset. The value continues to be updated even if it exceeds the nominal capacity. When fresh batteries are installed the value can be reset to zero; this is the only accepted value for updating the parameter.

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