UPS Battery Backup software--PowerChute Serial Shutdown

bikemanI7 · 2025-03-16T01:08:13-0400

Hello All

Well finally decided to update to the Supported APC Battery backup software, thinking oh its gonna work fine this time--wrong!

Keep Getting Invalid Cert when i goto Open Application

Been working on this all day to try to get it to work properly, im out of ideas, besides fully remvoing it and trying my luck with Windows Native Battery Backup or Reinstalling old discontinued PowerChute Personal Edition. Then in a year or so replacing this UPS with a Cyberpower model

So steamed right now lol

**Heading to Bed for tonight, will look at replies in morning if there is any** i'm exhausted, been up since 6am trying to get this to work right

x509 · 2025-03-16T01:37:59-0400

bikemanI7 said:
Hello All

Well finally decided to update to the Supported APC Battery backup software, thinking oh its gonna work fine this time--wrong!

Keep Getting Invalid Cert when i goto Open Application

Been working on this all day to try to get it to work properly, im out of ideas, besides fully remvoing it and trying my luck with Windows Native Battery Backup or Reinstalling old discontinued PowerChute Personal Edition. Then in a year or so replacing this UPS with a Cyberpower model

So steamed right now lol

Do you have an APS UPS? Up to now I have used PowerChute Personal Edition. Last updated in 2019 I didn't realize it was discontinued. Never got a notification about that.

So I did some searching and found and downloaded the Serial Shutdown software. I'll install it in a few days. I have to say that the Schneider webite is a good "negative role model," how not to set up a website for individual users. I had to "register my company, and i ended up registering my name as my company.

bikemanI7 · 2025-03-16T01:40:28-0400

Yes I do have APC Ups, BN1350M2. Hopefully you have better experience with this software, or at least figure out invalid ssl cert issue, as I've been. Trying to since yesterday

x509 · 2025-03-16T01:42:09-0400

bikemanI7 said:
Yes I do have APC Ups, BN1350M2. Hopefully you have better experience with this software, or at least figure out invalid ssl cert issue, as I've been. Trying to since yesterday

I had no issues with the web server cert. And this past week, bad rainstorms, we had 2 blackouts but the UPS just clicked and my desktop never stopped running.

MisterEd · 2025-03-16T02:27:01-0400

I have been using the following since 2019:

APC Back-UPS Pro (BX850M)
PowerChute Personal Edition 3.1.0

I didn't know until somebody just said so here that PowerChute Personal Edition had been discontinued. I have just downloaded PowerChute Serial Shutdown and will install it now.

Strangely I have had no problems with the UPS until tonight. We had a couple thunderstorms move through this earlier this afternoon. Tonight with no warning I heard the UPS alarm go off. I also noticed that the computer was now powered off. I didn't know why the alarm was sounding so I powered off the UPS. After 10 seconds I powered the UPS back on. After the UPS was powered up again I booted the computer again. I was perplexed when I ran PowerChute PowerChute Personal Edition and saw that there were no interruptions today at all. I don't know why the UPS did what it did.

I just installed PowerChute Serial Shutdown. It is different in that it runs in a web browser.

bikemanI7 · 2025-03-16T02:39:40-0400

I have no idea why I have the cert issue at all, guess work on mine more tomorrow when I fully wake up

lafargeotte · 2025-03-16T05:33:05-0400

I, like others, never knew about the new software until October last year when I visited their site.

Anyway, uninstalled the old software, installed PowerChute Serial Shutdown and it has run smoothly ever since.

Scannerman · 2025-03-16T06:42:13-0400

bikemanI7 said:
Then in a year or so replacing this UPS with a Cyberpower model

I think you will be very pleased with Cyberpower. I run four Cyberpower units in my basement and they are all very reliable. I also run a couple of other brands. As I live in a fairly isolated area in north western Canada, okay I confess . . . Since I'm practically living out in the bush, brown outs are not uncommon here and power spikes are a regular deal. Cyberpower has proven itself to be the most reliable of all my UPS and the company stands behind its product.

bikemanI7 · 2025-03-16T10:26:28-0400

My Very First UPS was Cyberpower model, used that one til my PC was overpowered for it. Then bought an APC in 2006, that lasted til 2018 before dieing, then bought in 2018 this current one BN1350M2. Except this software a major pain in my rear end lol. no matter what Invalid cert screen just continues.

Even uninstalled with Revo Uninstaller, Restarted
Reinstalled in Admin account
Still same

about to give up permentantly & just reinstall Powerchute Personal Edition--discontinued or not

and now to eat breakfast before i forget to eat til dinner again

Berton · 2025-03-16T11:03:43-0400

With the UPS's I've used [APC and TrippLite] it was no issue with not using the USB or Ethernet connection to the computer nor the included software, just plug and go. My main need was/is to prevent damage to the hardware from the momentary power bumps we used to get.

Josey Wales · 2025-03-16T12:02:41-0400

I am a user of CyberPower's UPS Model CP1500PFCLCD and it works great, as does it's software.

bikemanI7 · 2025-03-16T12:51:03-0400

Well if no solution soon for this issue, since I'm home 90 percent of the time, might just decide to stick with Windows native battery backup instead.

Been working on this now for like 4 to 5 days for hours

The security handbook for this software confusing to me, so rather not manually obtain a new ssl cert, and somehow get Windows to recognize it. I feel it should've worked proper from start.

bikemanI7 · 2025-03-16T15:14:19-0400

Ok after looking at APC Product Pages--This model doesn't list any compatible software on its product page unlike the newer models, so think will be uninstalling PowerChute Serial Shutdown software soon as i can here.

Model is BN1350M2
APC
Purchased May 2018

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