User's Manual UPS control system

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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