Troubleshooting no communication between UPS and PowerChute Business Edition. The serial port on the UPS to. Business Edition Agent service, 'APC PBE. APC Smart-UPS Serial connection. Cable labelled '940-0625A' which I have plugged in to a serial port on the. Cannot connect to my APC UPS over serial.

We can't be the only one with this problem. We have many old Back-UPS 300-650 sized units that, when fitted with a new SLA battery, chug along just fine. However, they all use 9 pin serial port communication. The computer does not recognize them when they are plugged in and I have tried a software called 'winpower' that does not seem to do anything either. Is there any reasonably priced solution that will work to monitor state of charge, and shut down the computer gracefully like they used to do? RE: Connecting Old RS232 UPSs to Winows 7 and beyond?

(MIS) 24 May 13 08:12. How did you connect the unit to the UPS (what interface to what)?? Did you use a USB to Serial adapter? I'm assuming here that the PC doesn't have a native serial port, otherwise I wouldn't understand why communication doesn't work. I would stick with the APC provided software (Powerchute) and add a serial port to the machine. I see lots of complaining about using a USB to Serial adapter cable and having it not work or lose connection.

How to restore APC PowerChute device drivers on Windows? PowerChute Business Edition PowerChute Personal Edition Environment: Windows Vista. Jul 05, 2008 Does anyone have a copy of APC's Powerchute Personal Edition that supports the serial cable model SMART-UPS 1000? The downloads from APC.

Best to make it like the manufacturer designed it. Unless someone else can guarantee that they've had good success with your UPS, your software and a USB cable. Something like this: PCI PCI-E Please check operating system support before purchasing. You didn't mention what O.S. Boeing 747 Specs Pdf more. You are running.

RE: Connecting Old RS232 UPSs to Winows 7 and beyond? (TechnicalUser) 24 May 13 08:47. I would say to use PowerChute PERSONAL Edition as I'm 100% sure it's free and it works on Server and desktop operating systems.

Business is NOT free. As long as you aren't trying to shut down multiple computers from 1 UPS, I think it would be just what your need. I have it running on a Server 2003, but you'll have to try it on Server 2008 or later if that's what you are running - probably will work especially if you choose Compatibility Mode. You didn't mention your O.S. Verify the serial port is OK in Device Manager - not UNKNOWN DEVICE. RE: Connecting Old RS232 UPSs to Winows 7 and beyond?