Patent ID: 9595742
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H01M,H02J,Y02E

Claim:
1. A system for guiding a user through a procedure corresponding to installing a battery in an uninterruptible power supply that is associated with the system, the system comprising: at least one programmed processor embedded within the uninterruptible power supply, the programmed processor being configured to determine whether the battery is disconnected from the uninterruptible power supply, and in response to determining the battery is disconnected, retrieve at least one stored procedure corresponding to a battery installment routine for installing the battery in the uninterruptible power supply, the stored procedure including a plurality of steps arranged in a predetermined order to be performed by the user; at least one device embedded within the uninterruptible power supply, the device providing information regarding a status indicator of the battery of the uninterruptible power supply, the programmed processor and the device being operatively coupled such that the programmed processor receives at least a portion of the information of the battery from the device; and a display screen including an alphanumeric display forming part of the uninterruptible power supply, and including at least one function button, the display screen being coupled to the programmed processor for displaying the plurality of steps of the stored procedure, wherein in response to receiving user acceptance of the battery installment routine the display screen forming part of the uninterruptible power supply is configured to depict individual steps of the plurality of steps in the predetermined order and the programmed processor is configured to guide the user via the display screen through the individual steps of the plurality of steps of the stored procedure in the predetermined order to install a battery and to receive confirmation from the user that an individual step has been completed based on activation of the function button by the user, and determine whether the user followed the stored procedure to install the battery, and wherein the stored procedure is further configured to prompt for input from the user subsequent to installation of the battery, and the programmed processor is configured to wait for the input prior to resetting at least one battery performance indicator.