Install UPS (uninterruptable power supply) in Vista

Hi All,

I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com port
to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
..
In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.

I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.

Any suggestions welcome.

Regards

I don't believe Vista support serial port UPSes, only USB port UPSes.

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"AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03944F4F-6B65-4236-B935-6B868D50A8C3@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com
> port
> to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
> .
> In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.
>
> I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Regards

Vista will not use a com port for a UPS. (XP would)
You will need to get a UPS that uses USB.
(been there done that grrrr.)

Michael

"AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03944F4F-6B65-4236-B935-6B868D50A8C3@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com
> port
> to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
> .
> In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.
>
> I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Regards

The UPS will still work till the battery runs down. You just can't control
the options. In fact, you don't even need to connect the parallel cable at
all.

I have the same problem. I will live with it till it goes bad and needs to
be replaced.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

"AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03944F4F-6B65-4236-B935-6B868D50A8C3@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com
> port
> to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
> .
> In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.
>
> I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Regards

Has anyone tried one of those cables that coverts serial to usb. If this is
plugged into a USB port, would Vista recognise the UPS as being connected to
USB?


"Richard Urban" wrote:

> The UPS will still work till the battery runs down. You just can't control
> the options. In fact, you don't even need to connect the parallel cable at
> all.
>
> I have the same problem. I will live with it till it goes bad and needs to
> be replaced.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> "AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:03944F4F-6B65-4236-B935-6B868D50A8C3@microsoft.com...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com
> > port
> > to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
> > .
> > In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.
> >
> > I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.
> >
> > Any suggestions welcome.
> >
> > Regards
>
>

Tried that with a geek squad UPS from Best buy, did not work for me.
Appeared to make the USB port on the computer look like a serial port rather
that make the serial port on the UPS look like a USB port.

Michael

"AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsC894747-69DE-48B5-A724-B5C4255D9778@microsoft.com...
> Has anyone tried one of those cables that coverts serial to usb. If this
> is
> plugged into a USB port, would Vista recognise the UPS as being connected
> to
> USB?
>
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> The UPS will still work till the battery runs down. You just can't
>> control
>> the options. In fact, you don't even need to connect the parallel cable
>> at
>> all.
>>
>> I have the same problem. I will live with it till it goes bad and needs
>> to
>> be replaced.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> "AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:03944F4F-6B65-4236-B935-6B868D50A8C3@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com
>> > port
>> > to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
>> > .
>> > In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.
>> >
>> > I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions welcome.
>> >
>> > Regards
>>
>>

No you have to install the drivers for those (convertor) cables and then you
do have a serial port which can be addressed.
Ko

"AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
newsC894747-69DE-48B5-A724-B5C4255D9778@microsoft.com...
> Has anyone tried one of those cables that coverts serial to usb. If this
> is
> plugged into a USB port, would Vista recognise the UPS as being connected
> to
> USB?
>
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> The UPS will still work till the battery runs down. You just can't
>> control
>> the options. In fact, you don't even need to connect the parallel cable
>> at
>> all.
>>
>> I have the same problem. I will live with it till it goes bad and needs
>> to
>> be replaced.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> "AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:03944F4F-6B65-4236-B935-6B868D50A8C3@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com
>> > port
>> > to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
>> > .
>> > In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.
>> >
>> > I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions welcome.
>> >
>> > Regards
>>
>>

All the USB to Serial converter does is create a new serial port - which
Vista still will not support for plugging the UPS into. So no, it won't
work.

--
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"AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsC894747-69DE-48B5-A724-B5C4255D9778@microsoft.com...
> Has anyone tried one of those cables that coverts serial to usb. If this
> is
> plugged into a USB port, would Vista recognise the UPS as being connected
> to
> USB?
>
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> The UPS will still work till the battery runs down. You just can't
>> control
>> the options. In fact, you don't even need to connect the parallel cable
>> at
>> all.
>>
>> I have the same problem. I will live with it till it goes bad and needs
>> to
>> be replaced.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> "AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:03944F4F-6B65-4236-B935-6B868D50A8C3@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com
>> > port
>> > to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
>> > .
>> > In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.
>> >
>> > I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions welcome.
>> >
>> > Regards
>>
>>

Oops. I meant the serial cable. <grin>

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The UPS will still work till the battery runs down. You just can't control
> the options. In fact, you don't even need to connect the parallel cable at
> all.
>
> I have the same problem. I will live with it till it goes bad and needs to
> be replaced.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> "AlecR" <AlecR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:03944F4F-6B65-4236-B935-6B868D50A8C3@microsoft.com...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com
>> port
>> to monitor the power and configure shut down options.
>> .
>> In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options.
>>
>> I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it.
>>
>> Any suggestions welcome.
>>
>> Regards
>

"Michael" <mexxwalraven@verson.net> wrote in message
news6498746-8317-4077-ABC5-8B9D1CEE541F@microsoft.com...
> Vista will not use a com port for a UPS. (XP would)
> You will need to get a UPS that uses USB.
> (been there done that grrrr.)
>
> Michael

Not necessarily true.
My Vista 64 installation recognizes my APC Smart-UPS 1400,
which uses a serial port, via the APC software just fine.