Makda Mujji

Few changes to above answer: Edit armbianEnv.txt by sudo nano /boot/armbianEnv.txt And append i2c0 instead of i2c overlays=... i2c0 install i2c-tools sudo apt install i2c-tools If your "sudo i2cdetect -y 0" returns 68, run the following commands first: Load rtc-ds1307 by sudo modprobe rtc-ds1307 sudo echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/new_device

Allwinner H3 CPU has an in-built RTC which is mounted at /dev/rtc0. This is the reason the RTC doesn't save current time when CPU powers off. The RTC present on the NAS kit (DS1307) needs to be accessed using i2c interface which itself needs to be enabled before doing anything else, and all time sync done with DS1307. Enable i2c (i2c-tools is present in Armbian bullseye by default) by editing /boot/armbianEnv.txt file: sudo nano /etc/armbianEnv.txt in the line overlays=... where "..." means there are already some overlays mentioned, append " i2c" (notice a space before i2c) so that the line should look like overlays=... i2c Save and close. Next, make sure DS1307 module is present in your kernel (it is present in Armbian bullseye by default) sudo modinfo rtc-ds1307 If you see some description and a signature, it is present. Load the module on system start up by adding line to /etc/modules: sudo echo rtc-ds1307 >> /etc/modules Run the following command: sudo i2cdetect -y 0 If you see something like this: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 68 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- then you can see rtc1 in /dev: sudo ls -al /dev/ | grep rtc You need to initialize rtc1 (one time): sudo hwclock --rtc /dev/rtc1 --systohc Create a new file called rtc_ds1307 and add following text (copied from here) by following command: sudo cat <<EOF > rtc && sudo mv rtc /etc/init.d/rtc_ds1307 && sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/rtc_1307 #! /bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: rtc_ds1307 # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: DS1307 real-time clock usage script # Description: This file should be used to construct scripts to be # placed in /etc/init.d. ### END INIT INFO # PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin DESC="ds1307_rtc maintenance service" do_start() { echo "Selecting correct RTC instance" echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/new_device sudo ln -f -s /dev/rtc1 /dev/rtc echo "Syncing system time to RTC" #You need to sync from rtc1 instead of default (rtc0) sudo hwclock -s -f /dev/rtc1 } do_stop() { echo "Syncing RTC to system time" sudo hwclock -w } case "\$1" in start) do_start ;; stop) do_stop ;; status) echo "RTC time:" hwclock -r echo "System time:" date ;; restart|force-reload) do_stop ;; *) echo "Usage: rtc_ds1307 {start|stop|status|restart}" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac EOF Update rc.d then reboot: sudo update-rc.d rtc_ds1307 defaults sudo reboot now Check your system time by following command: timedatectl

The 1-bay NAS kit v1.2 has an RTC with option to add CR2032 button cell to keep HW time when system is shut down. But running `timedatectl` when device is booted in offline mode shows RTC is set to 1970-01-01 00:00:00 which defeats the purpose of having the option of CR2032. And yes, the button cell have juice; I've bought it a week ago and tested it before putting it in the kit.