Installation guide

Monitoring
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discharge/charge cycles. Select "Recondition Battery" under Actions,
then click Apply.
• Reconditioning Active. Process of discharging/recharging the battery
is underway. Allow the process to complete or it will have to be
repeated. If you do need to interrupt reconditioning, select "Stop
Recondition" under Actions, then click Apply.
• Fast Charging Active. Battery is being charged. A fast charge also
occurs when the controller is powered on.
• Discharging Active. Battery is currently discharging, which is the first
stage of a Recondition Battery action.
Actions
The Actions area of the Intelligent Battery Backup Unit dialog box contains
the following:
• Set Low Power Threshold. First edit the Low Power Threshold field
under Power Levels. To change the threshold to this new setting, select
Set Low Power Threshold, then click Apply.
• Recondition Battery. To initiate a battery recondition sequence, select
Recondition Battery, then click Apply. The controller cache is placed
in conservative cache mode (Write Through) while the battery’s
capacity remains below the determined threshold.
• Discharge Battery. Currently inactive. Reserved for future use.
• Fast Charge. To initiate a fast charge on the battery, select Fast
Charge, then click Apply. A fast charge also occurs when the
controller is powered on.
• Stop Recondition. Only enabled when a recondition process is
underway. To stop the recondition process, select Stop Recondition,
then click Apply.
• Apply. Applies and saves the changes made in the BBU dialog box.
• Cancel. Exits the dialog box but does not stop the current action.
Conditioning the Battery
A full battery condition cycle consists of discharging and recharging the
battery. The condition cycle must start with a fully charged battery. Normally
the battery is automatically recharged, but in a new system or a system that