OpenWRT - Configure & Monitor UPS with NUT

In this video, we will configure NUT server on OpenWRT to manage & monitor UPS devices. We will also setup a dashboard to view the status of the UPS and configure NUT client to perform action when the AC power is down or the battery of the UPS is running low. NUT stands for Network UPS Tools, an application that provides many control and monitoring features, with a uniform control and management interface. More than 140 different manufacturers, and several thousands of models are compatible with it (Eaton, APC, MGE, Tripple Lite, Dell, HP, etc). Basically, you will need nut-server to communicate & collection the information regarding the UPS device, and then install NUT client on any of the client devices, whether it is running OpenWRT, ubuntu, Raspberry Pi OS or even VMware ESXi to react when some information is sent from the nut-server regarding the power status. In this video, I will walk you through the UPS devices compatibility list and how to find the driver for your UPS. After that, we will set up nut-server on OpenWRT to communicate with the UPS device. Finally, we will install nut-web-cgi to have little nice dashboard showing the UPS status. Video timeframe: 00:00 - Intro & Demo 02:07 - NUT (Network UPS Tools) Project 03:02 - NUT Hardware Compatibility List 05:18 - OpenWRT NUT Documentation 06:23 - Install NUT package on OpenWRT LuCI 07:41 - Install NUT UPS driver on OpenWRT LuCI 08:53 - Check if UPS is connected with lsusb (SSH) 09:48 - 1st attempt - Failed...