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??
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12 years ago