Tripp Lite UPS USB Adapter - Manual

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Owner’s Manual

UPS USB Adapter

for Tripp Lite UPS Systems

Spanish: p.2

French: p.3

German: p.4

Connection

1)

Connect the USB end of your Adapter directly to
your computer’s USB port.

2)

To use your Adapter with a SmartOnline UPS,
or with a UPS DB9 port labelled “LAN 4.2” or
above:

Connect the DB9 end of your Adapter di-

rectly to your UPS’s DB9 port.

-OR-

To use your Adapter with any other UPS DB9
port:

Connect the DB9 end of your Adapter to the

cable* that came with your UPS. Connect the other
end of the cable to your UPS’s DB9 port.

*If the DB9 port is labelled “LAN 4.1”, you must use the cable
labelled “#73-0743”.

Copyright © 2000 Tripp Lite. All rights reserved. SmartOnline

™

is a trademark of Tripp Lite.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

If you are

not

connecting your USB

Adapter to a SmartOnline UPS or a LAN
port 4.2 or above, you

must

connect it to

the UPS with a DB9 cable as shown above.

SmartOnline 4.2 Port or Higher

4.1 Port

2.x Ports

Windows

Direct

Direct

Cable #73-0743

Cable #73-0844

Mac OS

Direct

Direct

Cable #73-0743

Not supported

Windows 98 Installation and Removal

Insert the PowerAlert CD or download PowerAlert software from the Internet at www.tripplite.com/
software. The installation program will ask you for the driver location. For software on CD, give the
drive path (usually “D:/Win32usb”); for downloaded software, give the software’s directory on your
hard drive. Windows will assign the first available COM port number to your UPS USB connection.

To uninstall the driver, open the Control Panel “Add/Remove Programs” and have your computer re-
move the program “Tripp Lite USB-Serial Adapter”.

Macintosh OS 8.6/9 Installation and Removal

Insert the PowerAlert CD or download PowerAlert software from the Internet at www.tripplite.com/
software. Use a file decompression utility to open the file called “Trippusb.hqx” (located in the CD
folder “Macusb”). Run the decompressed installation program, then reboot your computer.

To uninstall the driver, drag the extensions “Tripp Lite UPS Driver”, “Tripp Lite UPS HAL” and “Tripp
Lite UPS Shim” from your computer’s extensions folder to the Trash.

Compatibility

Your UPS USB Adapter is designed to enable any USB computer running Tripp Lite’s PowerAlert
Software and either Windows 98

®

(second edition) or Mac OS

®

8.6/9 to communicate with Tripp Lite

UPS systems featuring a DB9 port. The Adapter may not be compatible with other UPS systems, other
power protection software or other USB/DB9 applications. Note that computers running the Mac OS
may only be connected to SmartOnline

™

UPS systems and DB9 ports labelled “LAN 4.1” or “LAN

4.2” with this Adapter.