Phil Reid <preid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >We don't actually have a target battery chosen yet. We're looking for > >one that can carry a 300W load for 15 minutes, has an inboard > >charger, supports SBS-1.1 and is *not* lithium-ion, because explosion > >hazards suck. > > > >We've had our eye on LiFePO but haven't found a COTS battery pack with > >all these features together. Suggestions welcomed. > > > Not looked at the device to closely. But I think you'll need a i2c controller running > as a slave to listen to those broadcast alarm messages. > Switch modes is possible on some i2c host controllers / some not. > > Unless it uses something like SMBus Host notify protocol which some controllers support. > Which I couldn't see a mention of. > > Otherwise your back to polling. Which would be more compliant with a wider range of > SBS compliant batteries. Sounds to me like polling the nodes under /sys/class/power_supply is the way to go. Thanks, you were very helpful. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> My work is funded by the Internet Civil Engineering Institute: https://icei.org Please visit their site and donate: the civilization you save might be your own.
