[Nut-upsuser] How to setup the NUT client on Windows?

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Hi Roger,

Thanks very much for your answer.
I appreciate!

> The silence says that there is currently very little interest in NUT on
> Windows, and to the best of my knowledge no-one is working on it.

I would not argue the fact that there's obviously less interest in NUT
on Windows than on Linux.
But still, some few comments:

1/ There's maybe LESS interest, but there's some interest. Some
persons are interested in using NUT on Windows.

On this mailing list, some people did ask for some help in the past...
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2011-July/006986.html
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2012-January/007331.html
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2012-May/007584.html
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2012-May/007622.html
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2013-May/008393.html
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2015-April/009651.html
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2016-September/010269.html
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2016-December/010470.html
Etc., etc.

WinNUT also generated a lot of interest and many How-to...
https://www.seriouslytrivial.com/2018/09/26/shutdown-windows-computer-and-synology-nas-using-winnut/
https://opengear.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/216374543-UPS-monitoring-and-automated-safe-shutdown-using-WinNUT
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/81y9du/best_nut_network_ups_tools_clients_for_windows/
https://support.asustor.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/34/7/how-to-configure-my-pc-as-network-ups-clientslave
https://resolve.co.uk/blog/article/protect-your-network-from-power-cuts-with-winnut-and-a-ups
http://www.aidewindows.net/synology_onduleurs.php#winnut
https://www.forum-nas.fr/viewtopic.php?t=7158
https://www.nas-forum.com/forum/topic/9983-g%C3%A9rer-lextinction-du-pc-depuis-londuleur-branch%C3%A9-sur-le-synology-avec-winnut-et-londuleur-du-synology/
Etc., etc.

So people are interested and are looking for information.

2/ But on the other hand, to go ahead, they need a minimum of documentation.
Currently, how do you want any potential users not to be discouraged
and give up?
It now looks more and more clear that there's absolutely NO
documentation to help starting. Nothing! Not even a single page.
When it was WinNUT, at least there was a GUI (so it was a bit easier)
and some first How-to had been written for the settings. But for this
"complete port to Windows", I've not found any. Not even a very first
How-to, nothing.

3/ At last, even in this context, we can't ignore the fact that a
developer has released this complete port to Windows...
https://networkupstools.org/download.html#_binary_packages
It exists. So it has a purpose. And this/those developer(s) know(s)
how it works.

It was released after WinNUT was considered abandoned (so after 2011)
as it's written "WinNUT is currently being replaced by a full port to
Windows, part of the official NUT distribution. MSI packages are
available too." and even after mid 2015 as the MSI package is in
version 2.6.5-6 which was released in May 2015; so 4 years ago.

Now the question is who is/are those developers who did the job and
know how it works?
Probably Arnaud Quette as in the Changelog he's the one who released
the 2.6.5-6 version for Windows and is several time mentioning
updates/adjustments for the Windows version.
He's also thanking Frederic Bohe for his "hard work on the Windows
port" in 2014.
And in 2011 he's the one who announced the official Windows port
following the end of WinNUT: "Advertise more the official Windows
port, with regard to WinNUT"

So I guess I should try to get directly in touch with Arnaud and maybe Frederic.
If they can help me, I would be happy to write and release a How-to to
help others looking for information like me.

> I'm wondering if the NAS community could help.  There may well be Windows users there.

There's several How-to for WinNUT. But I found nothing for the current
official Windows port.

> Otherwise, you may have to introduce a Pi or something similar to manage
> the NAS's and use the Windows program that comes with UPS's to manage the PC.

???
I don't understand?
A Pi to manage the NAS ok but why the Windows program that comes with
UPS's to manage the PC? (in my case it's IPP from Eaton, which does
not include a NUT client according to Eaton)
I can connect the UPS to only 1 device in USB. So if it's to a Pi then
it has to manage the PC as well. But even in this case, I still need
to install a NUT client on the PC. It changes nothing. Or I missed the
point.

Again, thank you for your answer.
Best regards,

Emmanuel


Le lun. 11 nov. 2019 à 15:48, Roger Price <roger at rogerprice.org> a écrit :
>
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2019, planet.et at gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi Emmanuel, The silence says that there is currently very little interest in
> NUT on Windows, and to the best of my knowledge no-one is working on it.
>
> > And if I'm not at the right place, where can I find any help? Any one I should
> > get in touch with?
>
> I'm wondering if the NAS community could help.  There may well be Windows users
> there.  Otherwise, you may have to introduce a Pi or something similar to manage
> the NAS's and use the Windows program that comes with UPS's to manage the PC.
>
> Roger
>
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