I'm trying to figure out if there are any *simple* ups management tools for Windows, that can speak to a NUT daemon? From what I can see, there *is* a NUT daemon for Windows, but it is kinda complicated to install and configure.
What I am ideally looking for is something as simple as a WMI32_Battery instance, that can be configured with the address and creds of a NUT daemon, and makes that data available as a Battery. From there, built in Windows functionality can be used to determine what to do when power fails, battery gets low, etc.
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A while back in asked about how to connect multiple computers to one UPS device (post). I received excellent advice to use a Raspberry Pi to run a NUT server to do this. I'm now the proud owner of a RPi4b 2GB ram and have installed NUT and it's working well locally thanks to this tutorial.
I'm not trying to connect it to my Windows 10 machine and I'm just having a frustrating time doing so. I've first attempted to install WinNut, even though it seems like an ancient relic. Although I'm certain my credentials are correct, I receive this error when I attempt to start it:
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:28 In winNUTServiceMain- Received service command ID: 1
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:28 WinNUT received STOP command
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Detected OS as Windows NT
Level NOTICE 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.0.0.4
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 UPS: ups@192.168.1.3 (slave) (power value 1)
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: MINSUPPLIES set to 1
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: NOTIFYCMD set to "c:\Program Files (x86)\WinNUT\AlertPopup.exe"
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: POLLFREQ set to 5
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: POLLFREQALERT set to 5
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: HOSTSYNC set to 15
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: DEADTIME set to 15
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: RBWARNTIME set to 43200
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: NOCOMMWARNTIME set to 300
Level INFO 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Config Load: FINALDELAY set to 5
Level ALERT 03/27/2020 17:59:29 WinNUTUpsMon Service is starting to monitor UPS
Level ERROR 03/27/2020 17:59:29 Can't login to UPS [ups@192.168.1.3]: Access denied
So instead, I installed the Binary packages for Windows and I see it's been installed but it's not running, even when I try to under some command in command prompt. I've entered my MONITOR entry and the netclient in the confg files.
At this point I'm just over my head and could use some help. I've Googled as much as I can and I just don't see any helpful guides on using NUT on Windows.
If I can get this working, I think it would be helpful to others too.
P.S. I bought a separate NETGEAR POE Switch to power the RPi with a POE hat so I had less cables going to it. The primary goal is to go from two UPS units to one for a more minimal setup. RPi has been super fun and I think these are just the darndest little machines.