I now have an OEL1530 -- in reality OEL1530_R_T
My question: none of the documentation provides info on SCPI commands for Battery Mode programming.
Anyone have any hints?

The available settings in the device itself are:
* Current (control variable

)
* Vstop (V min)
* Cstop (Ah max)
* Tstop (in seconds)
Battery mode shows five values on screen: V, A, Ah, Wh, and elapsed Time below in smaller digits.