Midtronics, Inc.

Roger Knopf

Kevin I Bertness

Clark E Smith

An apparatus for testing a storage battery includes an input configured to select a printer protocol from a plurality of printer protocols. A memory contains a plurality of printer protocol selection commands. Each of the printer protocol selection commands corresponds with each of the printer protocols. A processor is coupled to the input and the memory such that the processor can retrieve one of the plurality of printer protocol selection commands that corresponds to the selected printer protocol. A communication interface is configured to send the printer protocol selection command to a printer, the printer protocol selection command is configured to cause the printer to communicate in accordance with the selected printer protocol.

Electronic battery tester having a user interface to configure a printer

An electronic battery tester connectable to a battery through any one of multiple cables. The tester includes an input that can couple to any one of the multiple cables. Also included is a memory that contains multiple calibration values, each calibration value corresponds to a different one of the multiple cables. Test circuitry, which is coupled to the input and to the memory, detects which one of the multiple cables is coupled to the input, and tests the battery as a function of one of the multiple calibration values that corresponds to the detected one of the multiple cables.

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Elmhurst, IL, United States of America

Roger Knopf