bakuka
January 17, 2025, 4:02am
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I opened up my Turris MOX after a long time, and I noticed that I don’t have an RTC battery in it!
But it should have a battery in it, as shown at
https://www.turris.com/en/products/mox/modules/
This explains why my Turris MOX never kept the time after poweroff, as previously discussed in
The Turris MOX does not keep time when mains power is removed despite having an RTC battery. The time is always reset to 2001-01-01. What is the purpose of the battery then?
and
Due to the Turris MOX reboot bug, I have to reboot the device by removing the power supply and putting it back in.
This means that the router starts with very wrong time (because the Turris MOX does not have a RTC battery which would keep the correct time apparently I am wrong about this, why does my Turris MOX not keep correct time then?).
This means that DNSSEC cannot validate the DNS record for the NTP server, therefore the router cannot get correct time, and therefore will not have working…
But how come my Turris MOX (module A, 1G RAM) does not have the battery?
jada4p
January 17, 2025, 4:57am
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Funny, I went through MOX hw documentation (and cited threads) - there is no exact specification of type of RTC battery
You have to ask support for it
PS I don’t like to disassembly my MOX (you better don’t do it too often, as plastic case lock could broke) and take out RTC battery only to check its type. Sorry.
bakuka
January 17, 2025, 5:04am
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It’s not about the type of battery, compare the picture on
to my photo:
bakuka
January 17, 2025, 5:08am
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It finally explained the mysterious behavior I’ve been observing for 5 years, since December 2019.
But now it is a new mystery - why does my MOX not have the battery at all? I bought it like this.
And it makes me wonder if the lack of the battery is the reason why my MOX has been having the famous reboot issue, maybe it’s related?
jada4p
January 17, 2025, 7:51am
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It seems even more funny - whole RTC battery compartment is missing! You had very bad luck with your MOX
You really had to contact support.
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Hi, we apologize for the inconvenience with our product. Please get in touch with our support desk via e-mail info@turris.cz. We will try to help you. Best regards Marcela Turris Support Team
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