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USER’S GUIDE
Battery Management System
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DNS servers
The Battery Management System cannot send any e-mail messages unless
at least the
IP address of the primary DNS server is defined.
The Battery Management System will wait a maximum of 15 seconds for a
response from the primary DNS server or the secondary DNS server (if a
secondary DNS server is specified). If the Battery Management System
does not receive a response within that time, e-mail cannot be sent.
Therefore, use DNS servers that are on the same segment as the Battery
Management System, or on a nearby segment (but not across a wide-area
network).
After you define the IP addresses of the DNS servers, verify that DNS is
working correctly by entering the DNS name of a computer on your network
to look up the IP address for the computer.
SMTP settings
The Email option in the Network menu accesses the following SMTP
settings:
See DNS .
Setting Description
SMTP Server The DNS name of the SMTP server.
From Address The contents of the From field in the e-mail messages sent by
the Battery Management System.
Note: See the documentation for your SMTP server to determine
whether you must use a valid user account on the server for this
setting.