POWER SUPPLY FOR TETHERLESS WORKSTATIONS

摘要

A tetherless workstation is provided having a rechargeable battery powersupply installed therein for electrical power to equipment associated with theworkstation. The battery power supply includes a diagnostics interface formonitoring an indication of at least the battery charge level and foroutputting that indication together with a unique identifier stored within thepower supply for transmission over a wireless communications interface. Amonitoring apparatus is also provided to monitor the operational status oftetherless workstations using indications output by their respective powersupplies, for logging usage of workstations and for generating reports ontheir operational status, including predictions relating to their operationalstatus.