t0dd,
so you monitored a node and then in edit node checked Poll for UCS, added credentials and submited, right? When you see the edit node page, is the Poll for UCS still checked? Can you try following query in your DB to see if the node has UCS poller assgined?
select * from dbo.pollers where netobjectid=XXX where XXX is NodeID of the UCS node. You should see UCS poller under PollerType column, If not then the node is not recognized as UCS and the UCS data are not polled.
Cheers,
Pavel