Windows PC & APC Smart signalling

[Ajit Ahluwalia]

Hi,
Is there a way to Make windows 2000/XP machine think it is connected
to a APC UPS supporting smart protocol over serial line, through
"usb.exe service".

On turning on the UPS service, i can see on serial port "Y" being
sent by the PC periodically , i tried responding with "SM" but still
get message "UPS service has lost communication with UPS"
I eventually want to be able to switch off the PC through the serial port

Thanks for any help

Ajit


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[Adam Kropelin]

Ajit Ahluwalia wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there a way to Make windows 2000/XP machine think it is connected
> to a APC UPS supporting smart protocol over serial line, through
> "usb.exe service".
>
> On turning on the UPS service, i can see on serial port "Y" being
> sent by the PC periodically , i tried responding with "SM" but still
> get message "UPS service has lost communication with UPS"
> I eventually want to be able to switch off the PC through the serial
> port

I have no idea what the "usb.exe service" is. If you are running the
apcupsd software package, please provide more details. If you are not
running apcupsd I recommend you ask your question on the mailing list for
whatever software you are using.

--Adam


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[Ajit Ahluwalia]

I am referring to native "Microsoft Windows" service which has the
capability to talk to APC UPS including "smart protocol"
Anyways I was able to resolve the problem: a) under power options ,
selecting the UPS as "smart UPS" b) setting the terminal
program's(teraterm)  "newline character" as CR+LF

-Ajit

At 05:51 PM 10/9/2008, Adam Kropelin wrote:

>Ajit Ahluwalia wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Is there a way to Make windows 2000/XP machine think it is connected
> > to a APC UPS supporting smart protocol over serial line, through
> > "usb.exe service".
> >
> > On turning on the UPS service, i can see on serial port "Y" being
> > sent by the PC periodically , i tried responding with "SM" but still
> > get message "UPS service has lost communication with UPS"
> > I eventually want to be able to switch off the PC through the serial
> > port
>
>I have no idea what the "usb.exe service" is. If you are running the
>apcupsd software package, please provide more details. If you are not
>running apcupsd I recommend you ask your question on the mailing list for
>whatever software you are using.
>
>--Adam
>
>
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