Wink_Connect : Startup FAILED: No local Wink Hub(s) found ???

You failed to read the documentation…

Specifically the part that states:

and

and, in the release note for v0.21rc6, where it states:

“LOCAL” and “COMBINED” api modes have not been removed, to maintain backward compatibility for people who are still running rooted hubs and using the local_api implementation.

You need to use “REMOTE” api mode.