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 <[email protected]> a écrit : > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2019, [email protected] 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > [email protected] > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
