Grid Junction is an easy to use Windows Home Server Add-in for managing an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) via the Windows Home Server Console. Grid Junction integrates seamlessly to issue power alerts and help protect Windows Home Server from power problems such as brownouts, or blackouts by safely powering down the Windows Home Server when battery levels reach a set threshold.

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Protect your Windows Home Server!

Whenever your Windows Home Server suddenly looses power or otherwise halts or restarts without warning there’s a possibility that the Windows Home Server file system may have been in an inconsistent state at that time due to data writing or disk balancing activities. If you are unlucky, this can not only corrupt your file system requiring a reinstallation of the Windows Home Server Operating System but possibly destroy important data.

Which Battery Backup (UPS) Devices are Supported?

Generally speaking, the most commonly used industry leading uninterruptable power supply manufacturers such as APC, Belkin and Tripp Lite (among others) are known to be supported. But given the vast number of models and variations please check the supported UPS devices list.

Do I need Special Drivers or Software?

In most cases the vendor supplied battery driver or the generic windows battery driver should be sufficient. Unless the manufacturer included specialized software for explicit use on Windows Home Server(s) we do NOT recommend any manufacturer supplied software to be installed besides the driver (if required). In addition we recommend that any users who already installed any of such software to uninstall it before installing the GridJunction Windows Home Server Add-in.

ChangeLog

Grid Junction 1.4

• New real-time Hardware Monitor feature
• New Improve Grid Junction feature
• USB unplugged GUI refresh fixed
• Revised update checking workflow and mechanics
• Potential memory leak in .NET garbage collector fixed
• Various UPS device support improvement and fixes

Grid Junction 1.2

• Improved Graphical User Interface
• Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 PP1 RTM Ready
• NEW brownout / dropout / self-test filter
• NEW Grid Junction Update Notification feature
• NEW event overview and event logging revisions
• Code optimization / performance improvements
• Improved battery-name detection algorithm with manufacturer name override (applicable models i.e. Belkin UPS)
• Previously configured Grid Junction settings and event entries will be cleared/reset to default

Grid Junction 1.1

• Revised: Windows Home Server Shutdown graceful methodology
• Revised: event notifications and logging system
• Windows Events auditing improvement
• Fixed: battery name issue
• Fixed: Event hyperlinks in client environments
• Fixed: Battery Critical event raised when battery levels reach within 10% relative to shutdown margin
• Fixed: Critical Error! Please try to uninstall and re-install GridJunction message at shutdown
• Fixed: Battery Name Exception or Generic Failure
• Added: Windows UPS Battery Alerts deactivation
• Serial RS232 connections are no longer supported; USB connection is required