'Initialize the data oject.'

def __init__(self, host, port, alias, username, password):

    from pynut2.nut2 import PyNUTClient, PyNUTError
    self._host = host
    self._port = port
    self._alias = alias
    self._username = username
    self._password = password
    self.pynuterror = PyNUTError
    self._client = PyNUTClient(self._host, self._port, self._username, self._password, 5, False)
    self._status = None
