Where to find UPS model and serial number with PCSS

[LarryK]

Using PCPE, you could go to the following registry entry, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\APC\PowerChute Personal Edition\3.1.0, select the TechnicalData node and obtain the model number and serial number of the device being monitored by the software.

Knowing that, I was able to create scripts to help maintain data in Excel about my fleet.

Can anyone tell me where PCSS keeps this same information, because I cannot find it?

Thanks!

[BillP]

@LarryK 

You can query the pcss.log file for the information using PowerShell.

Run the command 

Select-String -Path C:"\Program Files\APC\PowerChute Serial Shutdown\agent\log\pcss.log" -pattern 'Back-UPS' (The command is entered assuming PowerChute has been installed to the default path.)

You will also find the information in the About.

[LarryK]

@BillP - This sample is significant help.  Of course I'm going to have to change all of my existing scripts, but...

I'm going to suggest that the -pattern value should be 'Device detected!!' because not everyone will be using a Back-UPS device.

Also, I changed your sample to the following:

$location = "C:\Program Files\APC\PowerChute Serial Shutdown\agent\log\pcss.log"
$search4 = "Device detected!!"

Get-Content $location |
   Where-Object { $_ -match $search4 } |
   Select-Object -Last 1

This will get the last entry in the log file with the most current serial number.

[LarryK · Accepted solution]

Using the latest ChatGPT 4.o model, I have refined @BillP original code snippet:

# GetAPCDeviceInfo
#
# Obtain device Model and Serial number from the APC PCSS log
#
$computername = $env:computername
Write-Output "Current System '$computername'"

$location = "C:\Program Files\APC\PowerChute Serial Shutdown\agent\log\pcss.log"
$search4 = "Device detected!!"

# Read the log file and find the last line containing "Device detected!!"
$lastDetectedLine = Get-Content $location |
Where-Object { $_ -match $search4 } |
Select-Object -Last 1

# Regex pattern to capture the model number after "model:" and remove any trailing comma or spaces
$modelPattern = 'model:\s*([^,]+)' # This will capture the model number up to the first comma or space

# Regex pattern to capture the serial number after "serial num:" and remove any trailing comma or spaces
$serialPattern = 'serial num:\s*([^,]+)' # This will capture the serial number up to the first comma or space

# Check if the lastDetectedLine matches the model pattern
if ($lastDetectedLine -match $modelPattern) {
$modelNumber = $matches[1] # Extracted model number
Write-Output "The model number is: $modelNumber"
} else {
Write-Output "Model number not found."
}

# Check if the lastDetectedLine matches the serial pattern
if ($lastDetectedLine -match $serialPattern) {
$serialNumber = $matches[1] # Extracted serial number
Write-Output "The serial number is: $serialNumber"
} else {
Write-Output "Serial number not found."
}

Hope that helps someone!