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legendary
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be constructive or S.T.F.U
January 04, 2023, 06:18:29 PM
#11
I am a bit paranoid when it comes to my gears, I don't think using online websites that have direct access to your miners is a good idea, broadcasting the IP address of your router, the IP addresses, and login username/password for every single miner is something I am not willing to do.

My setup is rather simple, I use Anydesk and Remote desktop (Anydesk is recommended for beginners, don't use TeamViewer because after continuous access they will think you are using it for a "Business" and will block your access for a few hours unless you buy their expensive Business plan) to access a PC on site which is on the same network as the miners, the PC has AwesomeMiner installed which I find to be the most reliable management software, AwesomeMiner is FULL of features, I probably only use 20% of its functions.

I set a few rules to automate the farm like

If the temp is > x > pause/reboot the miner and send me an email.
if the hardware errors are above and the miner uptime is send me an email.
if the hashrate is below average for more than 5 mins, reboot and send me an email

and the list goes on, basically it would do anything you would do manually if you were sitting there watching the miners, in some cases physical intervention is needed like when PSU dies or something, which is where CCTVs come in handy, you will always know what likely is the problem before having to send someone or go there yourself.

You can always pay a little extra and get cloud notifications like SMS and telegram, but I find emails to be more than enough, just make a new email address, sign into the email on your Phone and enable notifications, change the alert sound, every time you hear that sound you know AwesomeMiner has found something wrong in your farm, then from reading the title alone you would figure, example miner (x low hashrate - reboot), I don't even bother unless I get another email with the same error, because usually, that reboot would fix the issue.

if you want to reduce the number of times you would need to drive to the farm, you are going to need some smart PDUs because for some miners, you are going to have to power them off and then on, they would just freeze, nothing can be done on the software level, it would be a pain in the *** having to drive for hours just to unplug one bloody cable only to replug it after 5 seconds. Cheesy

hero member
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Bitcoin Casino Est. 2013
January 04, 2023, 08:56:45 AM
#10
If you mean the operating system(OS), let's say you have multiple mining rigs, you might need a linux based OS to make it easier for you to

manage them. But if you only have a couple of rigs and then run them, windows might be fine for you so the list I'm going to go over is first we

have windows and after windows we have linux based mining OS so that would include Hive OS or Rave OS and all the different linux based mining OS.
Maybe Linux is more recommended for Os mining, Hive Os is also one of the leading OS for Mining, Linux is more ideal for computers with low or old resources, and for users who don't have or have limited Internet potential.
But Awesomeminer is also superior in use for mining, you can try it.
full member
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January 03, 2023, 10:56:45 PM
#9
I got turned on to https://foreman.mn/ some time ago.

It's improved over time overall and they are continuing the rolling out of improvements and continuing development.
legendary
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Merit: 7701
'The right to privacy matters'
January 03, 2023, 07:57:38 PM
#8
anydesk works pretty good.

I run two mines about 200 units of gear.

not sure if kano knows they stole code .

at kano did anydesk rob code?
legendary
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Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
January 03, 2023, 07:44:46 PM
#7
If you need a simple solution to access a windows computer that manages you asics you can simply use teamviewer. Sounds unprofessional/stupid but it works and is probably what most people used before all those fancy OS were invented. If everything is set up correctly you should not need to access the miners to often.
Teamviewer idea was stolen from an idea long before it, vnc on those fancy OS.
Possibly even uses the opensource code against the license Smiley
hero member
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Magic
January 03, 2023, 02:10:26 PM
#6
If you need a simple solution to access a windows computer that manages you asics you can simply use teamviewer. Sounds unprofessional/stupid but it works and is probably what most people used before all those fancy OS were invented. If everything is set up correctly you should not need to access the miners to often.
sr. member
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January 03, 2023, 12:42:22 AM
#5
Hey guys,

I'm about to finalize a small data center a bit distant from my place (900km).

I will have a local guy to reboot and halt gears when it's needed.

What OS do you guys recommend for managing Asics by distance?

Many thanks,

L

If you mean the operating system(OS), let's say you have multiple mining rigs, you might need a linux based OS to make it easier for you to

manage them. But if you only have a couple of rigs and then run them, windows might be fine for you so the list I'm going to go over is first we

have windows and after windows we have linux based mining OS so that would include Hive OS or Rave OS and all the different linux based mining OS.
legendary
Activity: 4088
Merit: 7701
'The right to privacy matters'
October 13, 2022, 08:52:00 PM
#4
Or you can do anydesk and run a few hundred that way.


https://anydesk.com/en

A lot depends on how many pieces you have.

doing 200 setting each miner to a static address is fairly cheap and easy.

But I would not do more than 200 pieces like that.

I will use a decent modem and set my miners on address 21 and up

Ie

192.168.1.1 - .20 = the other gear.

192.168.1.21-220 = the miners

I FELT MARK THE MINER TO ITS STATIC ADDRESS

so 192.168.1.21 is marked miner 21


up to and including 192.168.1.220 which would be miner 220.

If the setup is new it is easy to do this.

if your router is 10.10.1.1
same idea.

it is very organized for trouble shooting since you can see you dead miner on the pc at the mine.

You need a pc at the mine I use this style
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225195759660?

and I have one at my house instant access to the mine and I can tell the guy go to unit 123 or 125 he will find it easy peasy

I do 2 mines with 2 different services and about 216 units of gear.

cost is zero.  other than the 3 pcs used. 1 at home and one in each mine.
legendary
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Merit: 2904
Block halving is coming.
October 13, 2022, 07:24:53 PM
#3
Awesomeminer is the best tool to remote miner but if you are looking for a mobile app that can remotely access your miner there is another option you can use HiveOS app the only problem is you will need to flash your unit with hiveos.

If you want it you can follow the guide here https://hiveon.com/knowledge-base/guides/add-asic-to-hiveos/
legendary
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Evil beware: We have waffles!
October 13, 2022, 08:15:39 AM
#2
Monitoring software is not an Operating System. It is software that runs on whatever OS you run your PC with ('doze, Mac, Linux, etc.)
That said the best is Awesomeminer. Their Forum thread is here.
jr. member
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Merit: 2
October 13, 2022, 05:33:14 AM
#1
Hey guys,

I'm about to finalize a small data center a bit distant from my place (900km).

I will have a local guy to reboot and halt gears when it's needed.

What OS do you guys recommend for managing Asics by distance?

Many thanks,

L
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