[Nut-upsuser] clearing the 'Replace Battery' on Eaton 5PX

[Dan Langille]

On Sun, Dec 22, 2024, at 2:53 PM, Dan Langille via Nut-upsuser wrote:
> I thought I could clear the Eaton 5PX battery message. I've failed.
>
> The following is based on 
> https://haefelfinger.ch/posts/2020/2020-09-23-reset-battery-alert-eaton-5p-ups/
>
> I shutdown the UPS. I disconnected it from power. I disconnected both 
> the main battery and the external battery pack. I pressed the power on 
> button several times, until the clicking stopped....
>
> I waited 10 minutes. Connect it all back up. The warning persists.
>
> The webpage for the UPS the battery status is OK. That must be charge 
> level (90%).
>
> If I check from the command line:
>
> [19:41 r730-01 dvl ~] % upsc ups02 | grep -i alarm
> ups.alarm: Replace battery!
> ups.status: ALARM OL CHRG RB
>
> I've gone though the front panel options and didn't see anything for 
> resetting this warning.
>
> I have found one suggestion: update firmware.

Update firmware does not seem to be an option, based on reading.

I did a restore-factory-settings through the front panel:

https://community.spiceworks.com/t/eaton-5px-2200rt-replacement-battery-alarm-firmware-update/766015/4

I repeated the "drain the capacitors" procedure at the top of my first email.

Interesting: the network setting persisted - I could get the UPS via the web UI - it still used the same IP address.

However, connecting to the serial console, I get:

Local database initialisation
- state_bind_error -
* END state_bind_error *
Local database initialisation
- state_bind_error -
* END state_bind_error *
Local database initialisation
... repeat

>From the host connected to the UPS via the USB cable:

$ upsc ups02
Error: Driver not connected

I suppose they might all be related. It's dinner time. I can come back to this on Monday.

-- 
  Dan Langille
  dan at langille.org