Pre-Release v2.3.8754

First pre-release of the 2.3 cycle.

What's Changed

• Correct FormatException when parsing Invariant-locale numbers in user's locale by @gbakeman in #125
  • This will fix immediate disconnects people were experiencing with non-en* locales.

Full Changelog: v2.2.8719...v2.3.8754

Release v2.2.8719

Introduction

After thirty-three months since the last release v2.0.7722.30975, with work by @gawindx, myself and several other contributors to the WinNUT project, I'm proud to offer the latest stable release of WinNUT. This marks the first stable release since @gawindx kicked off the effort to modularize WinNUT and improve maintainability and stability. Unfortunately we've lost contact with them, but I decided to take over and relocate the project in an effort to leave WinNUT in a stable and efficient state. I hope you find this release meeting your expectations and needs for UPS monitoring.

Functional/event handling improvements

Many functional changes under the hood have been made to WinNUT, starting with the code modularization kicked off by @gawindx. Further work was done to improve & fix handling power event changes, connection changes and other events from the UPS. Windows 10+ notifications should now be working, as well as the stop action system and Full Shut Down commands from the UPS. The Error Reporting system is more stable, and the automatic reconnection system is fully working. UPS Load calculation has also been reworked.

• Windows 10 Hibernate & Clear Shutdown Timer (redo) in #7
• Improve Connection handling & Logging, Power State handling in #11
• Better disconnection handling in main form in #20
• Large changes to Socket/UPS, DATA-STALE error handling in #25
• Battery-related changes in #33
• Re-activate stop actions system and status updates overhaul in #36
• Correct Interval/Delay value in #37
• Fix incorrect windows version detection in #51
• Fix List_Var_Gui error in #52
• Upgrade unhandled exception handling, cryptography in #49
• Respect Follow FSD setting in #57
• Improve connection loss handling in #64
• Define UPS_States values as pow of 2 to fix state change detection by @supersmile2009 in #71
• Improvements to Login subroutine in #88
• Error Reporting & Exception Catching Refactor in #86
• Fix FormatException in Update_Gui in #98
• Fix unable to exit with tray closing functionality in #108
• Re-enable retry connection on first start in #107
• Correct UPS Load display in #112

Setup and deployment

Work was done to change how WinNUT was deployed, from simple changes to the Setup project builder to the deployment of a debug Continuous Integration system for making debug builds automatically for pull requests. WinNUT was also upgraded to use the .NET Framework version 4.8. This is the latest version that still has Windows 7 SP1 as the minimum system requirement.

• Creating Continuous Integration workflow in #28
• Installer dependency cleanup in #48
• Upgrade to .Net Framework 4.8 in #53
• Fix release build by @supersmile2009 in #72
• Update README.md by @pvanderp in #87

Logging improvements

How and where WinNUT stores log files has been standardized against the .NET Framework so they can be predictably found in (user folder)\AppData\Roaming\NUTDotNet\WinNUT Client\(version)\Logs.

• Logging Improvements in #10
• Additional logging improvements and cleanup in #19
• Logging fixes in #50
• Attempting to finally solve data directory oddities in #62
• Fix logs going to App directory again in #111

Translation improvements

Our international audience has been busy improving translations for WinNUT. A bug causing errors when strings were too long was fixed. If you see translations that need additional work, please consider contributing.

• Improve de-DE (German) Translation in #8
• Add Translation/zh-TW/zh-TW.csv for Chinese (Traditional) by @yrctw in #23
• Small updates to german Translation by @MartinKurtz in #30
• Applying translations in #39
• Update translation for Traditional Chinese by @yrctw in #119

New Contributors

• @yrctw made their first contribution in #23
• @MartinKurtz made their first contribution in #30
• @andriibratanin made their first contribution in #54
• @supersmile2009 made their first contribution in #71
• @pvanderp made their first contribution in #87

Full Changelog: v2.0.7722.30975...v2.2.8719

Addendum/Closing words

From the onset, I thought my efforts would be simply to fix bugs in WinNUT and leave it otherwise unchanged. Afterwards, I would begin work on WinNUT's replacement. As time goes on, I'm realizing that there's more work I'd like to do on WinNUT to leave it in the best possible state, as well as attempt to integrate the NUT.Net library I've been working on in preparation for the next version of WinNUT. Thus, I'm now planning on several more stable releases of WinNUT before I officially consider the project complete and deprecated. Please continue providing your feedback and bug reports so we can make this iteration of WinNUT the most complete and bug-free iteration yet.

#127

Pre-Release v2.2.8693

What's Changed

• Fix logs going to App directory again in #111
  • I'm moving WinNUT towards following .NET Framework standards. This change will put the logs in yet a new folder structure: (user folder)\AppData\Roaming\NUTDotNet\WinNUT Client\(version)\Logs.
• Correct UPS Load display in #112
  • Introduces a new system of retrieving or calculating the load on the UPS, and removes any reference to the Load calibration values and Load dial adjustments. My hope is to account for as many UPSs as possible, but if this breaks something for you, please comment in #41 with a full Debug log, UPS Variable output, and current real power usage attached and I'll try to help.

Full Changelog: v2.2.8690...v2.2.8693

Pre-Release v2.2.8690 (minor fix)

What's Changed

• Quick release that fixes log files being directed to the application directory. Log files now follow standard .NET Framework directory conventions and can be found in AppData/Roaming/NUTDotNet/WinNUT Client/(current version)/. #110
• Some additional small code changes have been made that should not affect functionality.

Full Changelog: v2.2.8688...v2.2.8690

Pre-Release v2.2.8688

What's Changed

• Fixed being unable to exit when close and minimize to tray were enabled. WinNUT now exits normally in all circumstances.
  • in #108
• Re-enabled the auto-retry functionality when starting WinNUT for the first time. I had disabled it because WinNUT hangs while making a connection. Hoping to address that in the future.
  • in #107

Note: There was an issue where the installer I uploaded here contained outdated code. I'm not sure why, but it's been fixed now. If you managed to download the broken installer, please uninstall WinNUT, redownload the installer here and reinstall WinNUT.

Full Changelog: v2.2.8617...v2.2.8688

Pre-Release v2.2.8617

Quick fix regarding #78; a crash when the system date is set in an unexpected manner.

What's Changed

• Fix FormatException in Update_Gui by @gbakeman in #98

Full Changelog: v2.2.8614...v2.2.8617

Pre-Release v2.2.8614

This release fixes an issue where WinNUT was crashing when connecting to a Synology UPS server. At the same time, a crash when generating a crash report has also been fixed. Additional work has gone into core connection and logging code to make the program more robust. Finally, the README has been simplified, and QNAP instructions were added (thanks @pvanderp.)

Edit: I've also just realized that the automatic updating has been broken for about as long as I've been creating releases, because I didn't upload the installer correctly. That should be working now.

New Contributors

• @pvanderp made their first contribution in #87

Full Changelog: v2.2.8436...v2.2.8614

Pre-Release v2.2.8436

After a longer than expected wait, the next pre-release is out with another set of bugfixes.

What's Changed

• Data directory location is more consistent depending on how WinNUT is being run (build type and location) by @gbakeman in #62
  • Also includes some improvements to the Logger
• WinNUT is more stable when the connection is lost, and the UI will no longer show strange data by @gbakeman in #64
• Define UPS_States values as pow of 2 to fix state change detection by @supersmile2009 in #71
• Fix release build by @supersmile2009 in #72

New Contributors

• @supersmile2009 made their first contribution in #71

Full Changelog: v2.2.8356...v2.2.8436

Pre-Release v2.2.8356

What's Changed

• Installer dependency cleanup by @gbakeman in #48
• Logging fixes by @gbakeman in #50
• Fix incorrect windows version detection by @gbakeman in #51
• Fix List_Var_Gui error by @gbakeman in #52
• Upgrade to .Net Framework 4.8 by @gbakeman in #53
• Upgrade unhandled exception handling, cryptography by @gbakeman in #49
  • This fixes an error on startup that was affecting many people. Please upgrade to this version if WinNUT was crashing on startup for you.
• Respect Follow FSD setting by @gbakeman in #57

Also fixing the installer per #60

Full Changelog: v2.2.8331...v2.2.8356

Pre-Release v2.2.8331 (Installer quick fix)

Quick fix to remove many dependencies that were added to the installer distribution of WinNUT. Only the installer has changed; please see the last release for the non-installer version.