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Sorry if this is covered in another thread but I couldn't find it.

Is it possible to use my AntMiner S3 directly with MobileMiner like my Minera rig? I have the S3 running on MobileMiner now through MultiMiner but I'd rather not rely on my PC (which isn't always on) to run it.

If there is something I can add to the cgminer config or somewhere else please be specific on what to add and how to do it.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice!

There are several solutions for interfacing with MobileMiner - MultiMiner (http://multiminerapp.com) is just one option:

http://www.mobileminerapp.com/#miners

If you are technically savvy your best bet may be CGMinerMobileAdapter (https://github.com/dreadpiratepj/CGMinerMobileAdapter). It uses Python and is cross-platform so you may be able to, in theory, run it right on your S3 controller. However I know they run a very light OpenWRT OS so it may not meet the requirements.

You could try using a Raspberry Pi and Minera (http://getminera.com/) but I'm honestly not sure the state of running Bitmain hardware with a non-Bitmain controller. The last I heard the AntMiner driver requires a *nix kernel driver. You could try asking in the Minera thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=596620.0

Unless you can get something running on the OpenWRT controller shipped with the S3, or power the S3 with a different controller, you'll need some sort of other PC (Windows or otherwise) on your network to do the monitoring.