INSTALLING APCUPSD WINDOWS USB DRIVER

USB connected UPSes on Windows require a special driver. In most cases, 
this driver is automatically installed when you install Apcupsd. However,
if you unchecked the USB driver package during installation or if you're
running Windows 98, 98SE, or ME, you will need to install the driver by
hand.

Follow the relevant instructions for your OS below to install the driver.


WINDOWS NT, 2000, 2003, XP

    a. Plug in your USB UPS and wait for Windows to recognize it.

    b. Open the Windows Device Manager and locate the "Human Interface
       Devices" section

    c. Locate "American Power Conversion USB UPS" under the HID
       section.

    d. Right-click "American Power Conversion USB UPS" and select
       "Update driver..."

    e. (Abbreviated) Do not allow Windows to search for a driver,
       specify one yourself. Depending on your version of Windows, the exact
       sequence of dialogs and options is different, but essentially you need
       to get to the list of devices with the "Have Disk..." button. When you 
       get there, choose "Have Disk..."

    f. Browse to "C:\apcupsd\driver" and hit Open

    g. Select "American Power Conversion USB UPS (Apcupsd)" and hit
       Next.

    h. The driver should be installed.

    i. If you examine the Device Manager tree again, you should see a
       "LibUSB-Win32 Devices" section, under which is listed "American Power
       Conversion USB UPS (Apcupsd)". You should NOT see "HID UPS Battery" 
       under the "Batteries" section.

    Future plugging/unplugging of the UPS will be handled automatically.
    The driver only needs to be installed once.

    To UNINSTALL the driver and return to the Windows standard driver, go into
    Device Manager and do an "Update Driver..." on "American Power Conversion 
    USB UPS (Apcupsd)". Select the "American Power Conversion USB UPS 
    (Microsoft)" driver from the list. After that you should be back where you
    started. The "Batteries -> HID UPS Battery" entry should be back and the 
    LibUSB section should be gone.


WINDOWS 98, 98SE, ME

    a. Plug in your USB UPS and wait for Windows to recognize it.

    b. Open the Windows Device Manager and locate the "Human Interface
       Devices" section

    c. Locate "USB Human Interface Device" under the HID section.

    d. Right-click "USB Human Interface Device" and select "Properties"

    e. Select the "Driver" tab and click the "Update Driver..." button.

    f. (Abbreviated) Do not allow Windows to search for a driver,
       specify one yourself. Depending on your version of Windows, the exact
       sequence of dialogs and options is different, but essentially you need
       to get to the list of devices with the "Have Disk..." button. When you
       get there, choose "Have Disk..."

    g. Browse to "C:\apcupsd\driver" and hit Open

    h. Select "American Power Conversion USB UPS (Apcupsd)" and hit
       Next.

    i. The driver should be installed.

    j. If you examine the Device Manager tree again, you should see a
       "LibUSB-Win32 Devices" section, under which is listed "American Power
       Conversion USB UPS (Apcupsd)".

    Future plugging/unplugging of the UPS will be handled automatically.
    The driver only needs to be installed once.

    To UNINSTALL the driver and return to the Windows standard driver, go into
    Device Manager and do an "Update Driver..." on "American Power Conversion 
    USB UPS (Apcupsd)". Select the "USB Human Interface Device" driver from the
    list. After that you should be back where you started. The "HID" -> "USB 
    Human Interface Device" entry should be back and the LibUSB section should
    be gone.