[Freeipmi-users] power readings

[Ken O'Brien]

Dear freeipmi devs,

I would like to programmatically read power consumption using freeipmi.
I am wondering, how frequently can I poll using ipmi to read this value.
More so, how often is this value updated in hardware. Is it a blocking
call? 

The value returned is in units of watts. Is this an instantaneous value,
or the average value over a set interval? If an interval, how do I read
this interval.

Best Regards,

Ken