On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:18:50 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

I have a APC Model BE350 battery back-up. It is 10 years old, and has
a new battery. It has a serial channel - 9 pin connector for
connection to a computer (Windows 95/98/NT/2000). It works fine as an
independent battery-powered back-up. I want to connect it to my
desktop computer which is running Windows XP. All the APC software
assumes a USB cable will be used. Talking to their tech support,
there is nothing available that is serial channel. I don't want to
kluge up something to convert the serial cable to a USB, not even sure
if it can be done. Has anyone done what I need??

In XP:
Control Panel - Power Options - UPS - Select Model -
APC - COM1/2/3/4
For the Back-UPS BE350, I suggest using "Back-UPS" as the model.

Contrary to my previous proclamation, it will work with a USB to
serial adapter cable.

Digging a bit deeper, the chart at:
http://nam-en.apc.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2396/
shows that the BE250 is compatible with the Business Edition of
PowerChute and not the Personal Edition.
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