APC UPS control system manual Utility Functions

and stopping apcupsd do not work. Use the services control panel instead.

On Win95 systems, there are reports that the PIF files do not work. If you find that to be the case, the simplest solution is to use the batch files that we have supplied in the c:/apcupsd/bin directory. Also, on Win95 systems, we have an unconfirmed report that indicates that apcupsd does not start automatically as a service even though the Registry has been properly updated. If you experience this problem, a work around is to put a shortcut to apcupsd in the StartUp folder.

As noted above, after an upgrade, you may need to start apcupsd several times before it will actually run.

On WinNT, WinXP, and Win2K systems, you can examine the System Applications log to which apcupsd writes Windows error messages during startup.

Regardless of which Windows system you are running, apcupsd logs most error messages to c:\apcupsd\etc\apcupsd\apcupsd.events. This type error messages such as configuration file not found, etc are written to this file.

Utility Functions

The directory c:\apcupsd\bin contains six utility routines (actually .pif files) that you may find useful. They are:

Start

Stop Install Uninstall ups-events ups-status

Any of these utilities may be used on any system, with the exception of the Start utility, which cannot be used on WinNT and Win2000 systems. On those systems, the apcupsd service must always be started through the Services sub-dialogue of the Control Panel.

The Install and Uninstall utilities install and uninstall apcupsd from the system registry only. All other pieces (files) of apcupsd remain intact. It is not absolutely necessary for apcupsd to be installed in the registry as it can run as a regular program. However, if it is not installed in the registry, it cannot be run as a service.

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