+=item B<putval> I<E<lt>identifierE<gt>> [B<interval=>I<E<lt>secondsE<gt>>]
+I<E<lt>value-list(s)E<gt>>
+
+Submit one or more values (identified by I<E<lt>identifierE<gt>>, see below)
+to the daemon which will then dispatch them to the write plugins. B<interval>
+specifies the interval (in seconds) used to collect the values following that
+option. It defaults to the default of the running collectd instance receiving
+the data. Multiple I<E<lt>value-list(s)E<gt>> (see below) may be specified.
+Each of them will be submitted to the daemon. The values have to match the
+data-set definition specified by the type as given in the identifier (see
+L<types.db(5)> for details).
+