Nut upsuser - Jun 2013 - cannot update battery.date value of APC ups battery

Hi,

I'm running this command:

# upsrw -s "battery.date=2013Jun7" -u ups-mon-IT
"IT-APC-BOTTOMRIGHT at 127.0.0.1"
Password:
OK

but I'm getting this listing:

# upsc IT-APC-BOTTOMRIGHT at 127.0.0.1
battery.alarm.threshold: 0
battery.charge: 100.0
battery.charge.restart: 15
battery.date: 01/10/06
battery.packs: 000
battery.runtime: 1440
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.voltage: 55.05
battery.voltage.nominal: 048
device.mfr: APC
device.model: SMART-UPS 5000 RM DL4
device.serial: CS0603110577
device.type: ups
driver.name: apcsmart
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: /dev/UPS-3
driver.version: 2.6.3
driver.version.internal: 3.0
input.frequency: 50.00
input.quality: FF
input.sensitivity: H
input.transfer.high: 253
input.transfer.low: 196
input.transfer.reason: simulated power failure or UPS test
input.voltage: 224.9
input.voltage.maximum: 226.2
input.voltage.minimum: 224.9
output.voltage: 224.9
output.voltage.nominal: 230
ups.delay.shutdown: 180
ups.delay.start: 000
ups.firmware: 112.1DL4.I
ups.id: UPS_IDEN
ups.load: 047.3
ups.mfr: APC
ups.mfr.date: 01/10/06
ups.model: SMART-UPS 5000 RM DL4
ups.serial: CS0603110577
ups.status: OL
ups.temperature: 024.7
ups.test.interval: 1209600
ups.test.result: NO

Should I be doing something else in order to update battery.date?
Maybe reset the UPS?

Thanks,

Vieri

On Jun 7, 2013, at 4:43 AM, Vieri wrote:
> # upsrw -s "battery.date=2013Jun7" -u ups-mon-IT
"IT-APC-BOTTOMRIGHT at 127.0.0.1"
Have you tried using the DD/MM/YY format? On APC UPS models with USB ports, the
date is stored as a packed integer, so if the firmware does support changing the
date, it might expect it to be in the same format.

On the other hand, there has been discussion in the past that it is not possible
to change this through the NUT interfaces, e.g.:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.monitoring.nut.user/7786

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Charles Lepple
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