APC Battery Management System manual

Battery Management System

USER’S GUIDE

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Syslog test (Web interface). This option allows you to send a test message to the Syslog servers configured in the Syslog Server section.

1.Select the priority you want to assign to the test message.

2.Define the test message, using any text that is formatted as described in Syslog message format below. For example, APC: Test message, meets the required message format.

3.Click Apply to have the Battery Management System send a Syslog message that uses the defined Priority and Test Message settings.

Syslog message format. A Syslog message has three parts:

•The priority (PRI) part identifies the Syslog priority assigned to the message’s event and the facility code assigned to messages sent by the Battery Management System.

•The Header includes a time stamp and the IP address of the Battery Management System.

•The message (MSG) part has two fields:

–A TAG field, which is followed by a colon and a space, identifies the event type (APC or System, for example).

–A CONTENT field provides the event text, followed by a space and the event code.

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