Connect the provided serial configuration cable (APC part number 940-0299) to the selected 2.5mm Tip-Ring-Sleeve Console port on the Management Card itself. Run a terminal program such as HyperTerminal, and configure the selected port for 57600 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control. I am using a 940-0024D serial cable and PowerChute v9 (didn't work with v8 either). Any feedback would be much appreciated. I generally use no flow control and have have luck as well. May not hurt to try both settings. APC by Schneider Electric shall have no responsibility for the accuracy, correctness.
Hi all,Hope there are some die-hard APC fanatics on this forum :-)
Baught a second hand APC SMT1500I with AP9619 NMC1 network card in it for a very nice price.
Hooked it up and found out quickly that it has an assigned IP adress (green solid network led).
Tried to set up a connection with hyperterminal and TeraTerm as well in order to reset the IP-settings and password of the previous owner.
Built a RJ45 to DB9 serial cable (http://pinoutguide.com/UPS/apc_0625_cable_pinout.shtml) and bought an USB to RS232 converter.
Hyperterminal tells me there is a connection between my pc (even without being connected to the AP9619) but I get no login prompt, even after many enters and the reset button on the network card (green/orange flashing). So I setup and old XP pc with Tera Term with the same results.
I tried many settings (2400baud 8n1 no flow in each setting, changed pin number 2 and 3 for nullmodem configuration and all the possible varieties. I also connected the PC directly to the network card, changed the network card into static in the same 10.100.0.xxx range (thanks to wireshark network sniffing software that pointed out the adress 10.100.0.55) browsed to this adress and got a message, there had to be logged in via a ssl connection. (of course this didn't worled out well.....). Half a day later I am really stuck...
Does APC needs qualified rocket scientists in order to achieve a simple network card?
Hope that there is a whizkid between all the specialists on this forum that can tel me what I did wrong....
Kind regards!! I am trying to access the management interface for a APC UPS using the serial port.
I used both the serial and USB cables which came with the UPS.
I ordered two of these UPS, I connected one to Server 2008 R2 machine and the other to a Windows 7 PC.
In both cases, they are visible from the Device Manager.
Under Batteries, it is listed as 'APC UPS'
Under Human Interface Devices, it is listed as 'American Power Conversion USB UPS'
Apc Pdu Serial Settings
I then try to connect using Putty with the following settings:
Baud: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Apc Serial Number
Parity: NoneStop bits: 1
Flow Control: None
I reach a black terminal windows with a blinking green cursor but I cannot do anything.
Pressing Enter or any other keys does nothing.
I've also tried changing the Baud to 2400 and the other available Flow Control settings with no luck.
Downloaded another emulation program called SecureCRT but still have the same screen.
What else could I check? Any other configuration options or software which may fix the problem?