how do i setup ups monitoring?

[darkbibble]

i hav a powercool 600W ups attached to my system, but i have no software in linux to manage it.
in windows it has a small tray program that monitors it and shuts down the pc if the power been out for a set time.

how do i do this on SteamOS?

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by darkbibble:

but i have no software in linux to manage it.

What software are you using?

[darkbibble]

steam OS,

i have nothing installed on steam OS to mange it, on my windows install it uses a program called "smart ups2000R"

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by darkbibble:

on my windows install it uses a program called "smart ups2000R"

Try contacting the people from smart ups2000R and tell them to make a Linux version?

Do these help
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-centos-rhel-install-apcups/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/control-power-usage-gnome-power-statistics-linux/

[darkbibble]

i will give the apcups software a go and see if it works with my ups

[ProfessorKaos64]

Darkbibble of that software is not available in the Debian Jessie repos, let me know and I'll package it if it works for you.

[gredizgod]

Originally posted by darkbibble:

i hav a powercool 600W ups attached to my system, but i have no software in linux to manage it.
in windows it has a small tray program that monitors it and shuts down the pc if the power been out for a set time.

how do i do this on SteamOS?

[directhex]

apcupsd should work fine, in my experience

[darkbibble]

its in the debian jessie stable repository

[darkbibble]

i have installed it following the steps on the debian site, but cant tell if it running,
i installed to optional web interface but have no clue on how to access it

[darkbibble]

from futher testing, apcupsd isnt compatible with my ups.

tho there is another package that may work called "nut" which is also in the stable repository,

[darkbibble]

ive maneged to find that nut should work for me, but i dont know how to start the drivers.

it says do; /lib/nut/nutdrv_atcl_usb start , but it says unknown command, what do i do??