Question about buying.

[Anonymous user]

Getting a small server to work with a CS 650 natively:

The server here has a CS 650, with Personal Edition.

Tried the Business Edition: want to configure the software so the computer hibernates instead of shutting-down.

Business Edition says the CS 650 isn't supported.

Tried to get the Windows XP UPS service configured, can't find any docs on it (yes, I tried 'Google Search').
It wants a COM port, COM1, COM2, or COM3, and the CS 650 is connected via a USB cable.

Seems to be more of a network/server oriented question that people more regularly accessing this thread would be able to answer.
'Home' users are likely to be satisfied with the 'APC Personal Edition' software.

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What is an upgrade path?:

The other question is on europe, most (computer) power supplies have a PFC unit. For instance the mini-server here has an LC Green Giant ~450 watt. Without laughing too much - people say this is cheap, however almost all the best local OEM's use the brand with a standard build. Even the non-green LC 550 watt picked up recently for someone else is 82% efficient. I'm concerned about what a poster said about how the CS 650 puts out a modified sine wave instead of a true sine wave. I had a Pro-sine (xantrex now owns it, which I guess is the same ppl as APC) pure sine-wave inverter, was xxx times that of a cheap one 'rated' at the same wattage with a square-wave output, as I found out the electronics-destroying effects of square-wave. A guy with a Trace or Heart modified sine-wave seemed to be okay with it, though he was asking how to run his electronics on it; a response was to try the line conditioner from APC.

So what do you think about using the Smart-UPS (or similar, whatever they are called now) APC unit as a replacement for the CS 650? I've used this CS 650 now for just over three years, and would trade it up or sell it and get the Smart-UPS (later on), if this was strongly indicated by your responses.

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

Getting a small server to work with a CS 650 natively:

The server here has a CS 650, with Personal Edition.

Tried the Business Edition: want to configure the software so the computer hibernates instead of shutting-down.

Business Edition says the CS 650 isn't supported.

Tried to get the Windows XP UPS service configured, can't find any docs on it (yes, I tried 'Google Search').
It wants a COM port, COM1, COM2, or COM3, and the CS 650 is connected via a USB cable.

Seems to be more of a network/server oriented question that people more regularly accessing this thread would be able to answer.
'Home' users are likely to be satisfied with the 'APC Personal Edition' software.

-----------
What is an upgrade path?:

The other question is on europe, most (computer) power supplies have a PFC unit. For instance the mini-server here has an LC Green Giant ~450 watt. Without laughing too much - people say this is cheap, however almost all the best local OEM's use the brand with a standard build. Even the non-green LC 550 watt picked up recently for someone else is 82% efficient. I'm concerned about what a poster said about how the CS 650 puts out a modified sine wave instead of a true sine wave. I had a Pro-sine (xantrex now owns it, which I guess is the same ppl as APC) pure sine-wave inverter, was xxx times that of a cheap one 'rated' at the same wattage with a square-wave output, as I found out the electronics-destroying effects of square-wave. A guy with a Trace or Heart modified sine-wave seemed to be okay with it, though he was asking how to run his electronics on it; a response was to try the line conditioner from APC.

So what do you think about using the Smart-UPS (or similar, whatever they are called now) APC unit as a replacement for the CS 650? I've used this CS 650 now for just over three years, and would trade it up or sell it and get the Smart-UPS (later on), if this was strongly indicated by your responses.