NEWS.adoc, UPGRADING.adoc, docs/nut.dict: summarize the mitigation fo…

…r spurious LOWBATT/REPLACEBATT events on APC BXnnnnMI devices [#2347] Signed-off-by: Jim Klimov <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/NEWS.adoc b/NEWS.adoc
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/milestone/11
  - usbhid-ups updates:
    * Support of the `onlinedischarge_log_throttle_hovercharge` in the NUT
      v2.8.2 release was found to be incomplete. [#2423, follow-up to #2215]
-   * Added support for `lbrb_log_delay_sec` setting to delay propagation of
+   * Added support for `lbrb_log_delay_sec=N` setting to delay propagation of
      `LB` or `LB+RB` state (buggy with APC BXnnnnMI devices circa 2023-2024).
-     [#2347]
+     This may work better with flags like `onlinedischarge_calibration` and
+     `lbrb_log_delay_without_calibrating` for some devices. [#2347]
    * General suggestion from `possibly_supported()` message method for devices
      with VendorID=`0x06da` (Phoenixtec), seen in some models supported by
      MGE HID or Liebert HID, updated to suggest trying `nutdrv_qx`. [#334]

diff --git a/UPGRADING.adoc b/UPGRADING.adoc
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ Changes from 2.8.2 to 2.8.3
   devices; just in case a flag toggle `powercom_sdcmd_byte_order_fallback`
   was added to set the old behavior (if some devices do need it). [PR #2480]
 
+- Added support for `lbrb_log_delay_sec=N` setting to delay propagation of
+  `LB` or `LB+RB` state (buggy with APC BXnnnnMI devices/firmwares issued
+  circa 2023-2024 which flood the logs with spurious LOWBATT and REPLACEBATT
+  events). This may work better for some devices when combined with flags
+  like `onlinedischarge_calibration` and `lbrb_log_delay_without_calibrating`.
+  [#2347]
+
 - Enabled installation of built PDF and HTML (including man page renditions)
   files under the configured `docdir`. It seems previously they were only
   built (if requested) but not installed via `make`, unlike the common man

diff --git a/docs/nut.dict b/docs/nut.dict
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-personal_ws-1.1 en 3207 utf-8
+personal_ws-1.1 en 3208 utf-8
 AAC
 AAS
 ABI
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ README
 REALPATH
 REDi
 REFREPO
+REPLACEBATT
 REPLBATT
 REQSSL
 RETPCT