Apcupsd: Battery age 23 Years 9 Months 8 Days?

[DominikHoffmann]

What’s wrong here? The battery in this basically brand-new UPS does not date back to the first day of this millennium.

In case it helps, this is the configuration:

	<apcupsd>
		<config>
			<apcupsdenabled>on</apcupsdenabled>
			<upsname>APC Back-UPS BE1050G3</upsname>
			<upscable>usb</upscable>
			<upstype>usb</upstype>
			<device></device>
			<polltime>60</polltime>
			<killonpowerfail></killonpowerfail>
			<lockfile></lockfile>
			<onbatterydelay>6</onbatterydelay>
			<batterylevel>5</batterylevel>
			<minutes>3</minutes>
			<timeout>0</timeout>
			<annoy>300</annoy>
			<annoydelay>60</annoydelay>
			<killdelay>0</killdelay>
			<shutdownbehavior>halt</shutdownbehavior>
			<netserver>on</netserver>
			<nisip>0.0.0.0</nisip>
			<nisport>3551</nisport>
			<upsclass>standalone</upsclass>
			<upsmode>disable</upsmode>
			<emailnotification><![CDATA[phpmailer]]></emailnotification>
			<smtphost></smtphost>
			<smtpport></smtpport>
			<smtpfrom></smtpfrom>
			<smtpto></smtpto>
			<smtpcc></smtpcc>
		</config>
	</apcupsd>

[dennypage]

@DominikHoffmann This means that either the battery install date has not been set in the UPS (likely, it is a manual process) or the UPS does not accurately report the install date (unlikely).

[jrey]

@DominikHoffmann

ssh into the system - set the battery date

stop the apcupsd daemon by running

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apcupsd.sh stop

run

apctest

select View/Change battery date
system will display current battery date and prompt to enter a new one
system will write the new date and display the current battery date
select q to exit the apctest application
restart the daemon by running

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apcupsd.sh start

[DominikHoffmann]

@jrey: Very helpful! Thank you very much!