Topic: [ANN] RigHound - remotely manage all your mining rigs - page 2. (Read 5853 times)

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Not sure why this was moved to the Mining section, but moderators do what they do . . .

15 accounts remaining for alpha test

10 accounts signed up so far, 20 remaining

oooo. I need this.

Remotely manage all your mining rigs!



- View all your rigs with current hashrate, which pool and coin they are mining
- Easily switch rigs from pool to pool, coin to coin with a few clicks
- RigHound remote management and monitoring will always be FREE


We are currently ALPHA testing and are looking for around 60 test users to begin using the system.  As stated earlier, using RigHound to remotely manage & monitor your mining rigs will ALWAYS be FREE.  We will be adding a marketplace to rent/lease your mining rigs in the future.

We realize we are not the first to come up with this idea - but we plan to be the BEST.

Support available on IRC Chat:  #RigHound

List of planned features for public BETA (ETA to be announced) :
 - Monitoring & alerts: Receive SMS and/or email alerts when miners are disconnected, failover pool is initiated, or hashrate falls below threshold
 - Ability to restart CGMiner automatically if certain thresholds are met (for example, hashrate less than 1.5 Mh)
 - MPOS API integration: for miners connected to pools running MPOS, view individual worker status, balances, etc.
 - Backup/failover pools configuration
 - Data aggregation/reporting: Look at your hashrate over time, across pools, compare your hashrate at one pool vs. another, find out which pool makes the best payouts!
 - Possible Windows agent/Linux daemon to run on mining rig, so RigHound can communicate with/start/stop CGMiner without NAT firewall configuration
 - Your ideas and suggestions are appreciated!

Yes, I realize the graphics & design are horrible.  I will be offering a bounty for a new design/logo in the future.  Sorry, I'm a programmer, not an artist.

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To add your miner to RigHound remote management:

- Sign up and login
- From the "My rigs" page click "Add new mining rig"
    Rig name:  This can be anything you want.  "Miner1" or "Hercules"
    Crypto type: Scrypt or SHA-256
    Descr: (optional) You can enter details about your rig here, such as "4x 7950 @ 640khash each"
    IP Address: The EXTERNAL ip address that RigHound can use to connect to this mining rig.  For most of you, this is your router's external IP.  You can visit http://www.whatismyip.com/ if you don't know what it is.
    Port: This is the API port CGMiner is configured to listen on. The default port is 7077.  See the "Help" tab for additional details on configuring CGMiner

Once your mining rig details are entered, switch to the "Test" tab to test your configuration.  RigHound will attempt to connect to your miner and test out each of the commands - addpool, removepool, disablepool, enablepool, etc.  If you are having issues, make sure you are using the following command-line options on CGMiner (or their config file equivalents):

** VERY IMPORTANT Port-forwarding/NAT on router**
If your mining rig is behind a router/firewall, you'll need to use NAT or port-forwarding to expose the API port to RigHound.  

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Pools management:
You manage all your pool information from the "Pools" tab

To add a new pool:
- Click "Add new pool"
    Pool URL: Stratum URL for the pool.  Enter the URL *ONLY* here, port# should be entered in the Port box
    Pool Name: This can be anything you like, will be displayed next to your miner(s) when mining this pool
    Coin: Enter the coin this pool is mining for
    Crypto Type: POW algorithm for coin, Scrypt of SHA-256
    Username: Username for your workers on this pool.  For P2Pools or Multipools, just use your BTC address.
    API Key: For future use - your API key for pools running MPOS so RigHound can retrieve your full pool stats

To configure your pool workers
    From the "Workers" tab, enter each of your pool workers.  These should match what you have setup in the pool.  In the future, these can be retrieved automatically from MPOS pools if you have entered your API key.  For P2Pools or multipools like Middlecoin, you don't need to setup workers, since you connect using your wallet address which you should have entered for the pool username.  

    For each worker, you must select which mining rig the worker is associated with.  When you command your mining rig to switch pools, this is the worker your rig will connect with.

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Keep in mind this is an ALPHA release, I expect there to be some bugs and issues, but I will resolve them as quickly as possible.  We are concentrating right now on insuring we have a SOLID and RELIABLE method of remotely managing your mining rigs, and an easy way to add new rigs, before adding additional features such as alerts and rig rentals.

Your constructive criticism is appreciated!