"Richard Urban" wrote in message
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What about "Smart UPS" do you not understand?

Yours is a later model! It works! Great!

Mine works also. It just can not be integrated with any APC software and
Vista does not recognize it when it is plugged into the serial port. But
during a brown out or a power failure the onboard electronics keeps my
computer chugging along.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"John" wrote in message
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"Richard Urban" wrote in message
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APC must supply drivers for the serial port UPS to be recognized by
Vista. They are not going to do so.

I have a Smart UPS and am in the same sinking boat.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


My APC UPS 1400 works just fine on Vista Ultimate 64 bit
connected to a serial port.

The console software complains about Win32 major version 6
when it starts but otherwise works fine. I'm using
APC PowerChute Business Edition Version 7.0.4.



One more try. I messed up the description of my UPS.

It is an APC Smart-UPS 1400 manufactured May 21, 1997.
It is connected to a real serial port (not a USB to serial convertor)
on my Vista Ultimate 64 bit computer via an APC supplied
serial cable. It works fine using APC PowerChute Business
Edition Version 7.0.4 software.