[DIY] auto-hard-reset mining rigs with Raspberry Pi

[ChrisTaylor]

i know this is not he correct place to ask this but.. is there any chance of a non so much tech savy people to join mining? I undestand the value that i can generate from it, but sadly im not geek out to the max in this matter.

[puwaha]

I set it up, the pi and relay worked fine i think, I saw lights blink in accordance on relay with it had to reset, but it didnt.
I think because I had to put few of those jumper cables together the current didnt make it to the motherboard.
What cables are recommended ?

Just buy a pack or two of these project cables like these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EV70C78/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[kuupea]

I set it up, the pi and relay worked fine i think, I saw lights blink in accordance on relay with it had to reset, but it didnt.
I think because I had to put few of those jumper cables together the current didnt make it to the motherboard.
What cables are recommended ?

Just buy a pack or two of these project cables like these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EV70C78/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cheers.
Turns out the relay is dead, it does not 'click' , so I'm getting a new board. Also grabbed some wire and going to solder together the wires with jumper cables instead of daisy-chaining.

[huntingthesnark]

I set it up, the pi and relay worked fine i think, I saw lights blink in accordance on relay with it had to reset, but it didnt.
I think because I had to put few of those jumper cables together the current didnt make it to the motherboard.
What cables are recommended ?

Just buy a pack or two of these project cables like these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EV70C78/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cheers.
Turns out the relay is dead, it does not 'click' , so I'm getting a new board. Also grabbed some wire and going to solder together the wires with jumper cables instead of daisy-chaining.

I used the project cables into the MB, then soldered on some of this: http://amzn.to/2Ht70zr Cheap as chips, ideal for longer runs.

[Kasmetski]

Looks like most of the problems are with the initial setup and all connections between RPI and the relay.
This week I will move some machines to the farm and I will take pictures of the whole setup to be easier for new people.

[heavyarms1912]

I am planning to use energy monitoring capabilities of smartplug to auto-reboot rigs based. 
Have observed typically on miner/OS crashes the power consumption would drop.  Thankfully haven't faced a hard hang with GPUs running at max clocks/volts.

I have figured out how to do this remotely on tp-link HS110.  (Doesn't even have to be in same network)

[polymer_city2]

Update on Windows IoT version.

2 day in and I have it all plugged in and working with a basic UI.

Windows IoT is surprisingly easy to work with.

I had problems with my 8 channel “5v” board.

Turns out it only ran with 12v! So that is powered off a PSU now.

I ping claymore port, then turn relay on if no response.

I had to check firewall settings for claymore too, that gave me some silly problems.

[Lunga Chung]

Don't want to troll the thread but isn't this solution easier to use for vast majority of miners ?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/LAN-RJ45-interface-Industrial-Network-16-Channels-relay-board-controller-for-home-automation-remote-control-switch/32661796157.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.2.5a427fc3RpXEX1&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10152_10151_10065_10344_10068_10342_10343_10340_10341_10696_10084_10083_10618_10307_5711213_10313_10059_10534_100031_10103_10624_10623_443_10622_10621_10620_5711313_5722413,searchweb201603_1,ppcSwitch_5&algo_expid=9c395e60-8d94-4d6f-a988-8b8f28690f76-0&algo_pvid=9c395e60-8d94-4d6f-a988-8b8f28690f76&priceBeautifyAB=0

There is also a source code available

[slv1221]

is there any way to add a telegram bot?

[puwaha]

I am planning to use energy monitoring capabilities of smartplug to auto-reboot rigs based. 
Have observed typically on miner/OS crashes the power consumption would drop.  Thankfully haven't faced a hard hang with GPUs running at max clocks/volts.

I have figured out how to do this remotely on tp-link HS110.  (Doesn't even have to be in same network)

I have built something like this... It works very well:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2866608

[heavyarms1912]

I am planning to use energy monitoring capabilities of smartplug to auto-reboot rigs based. 
Have observed typically on miner/OS crashes the power consumption would drop.  Thankfully haven't faced a hard hang with GPUs running at max clocks/volts.

I have figured out how to do this remotely on tp-link HS110.  (Doesn't even have to be in same network)

I have built something like this... It works very well:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2866608

Good one.  What happens if the OS crashes?  How does the awesome miner send a signal then?

What I have tested so far is use GET/POST curl command requests so basically needs no signal from the Rig actually.  All I am doing is communicating with the smart plug and monitoring power consumption.  Reboot if the power consumption falls below a threshold level for sometime.  I can see a point of failure still - authentication token expires for my curl command requests (smart plug goes bad and network is down can't be handled anyways)

[puwaha]

I am planning to use energy monitoring capabilities of smartplug to auto-reboot rigs based. 
Have observed typically on miner/OS crashes the power consumption would drop.  Thankfully haven't faced a hard hang with GPUs running at max clocks/volts.

I have figured out how to do this remotely on tp-link HS110.  (Doesn't even have to be in same network)

I have built something like this... It works very well:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2866608

Good one.  What happens if the OS crashes?  How does the awesome miner send a signal then?

You wouldn't run Awesome Miner on your rig, it should be a separate machine or virtual machine.  Otherwise, like you thought... how could it reboot a rig?

[huntingthesnark]

is there any way to add a telegram bot?

Can anybody share the telegram commands they use for multiple rigs?

[heavyarms1912]

I am planning to use energy monitoring capabilities of smartplug to auto-reboot rigs based.  
Have observed typically on miner/OS crashes the power consumption would drop.  Thankfully haven't faced a hard hang with GPUs running at max clocks/volts.

I have figured out how to do this remotely on tp-link HS110.  (Doesn't even have to be in same network)

I have built something like this... It works very well:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2866608

Good one.  What happens if the OS crashes?  How does the awesome miner send a signal then?

You wouldn't run Awesome Miner on your rig, it should be a separate machine or virtual machine.  Otherwise, like you thought... how could it reboot a rig?

I see.  And I am guessing it needs to be running on the same network?
Also,  I have observed instances where the ping requests work even though miner would've crashed.  how does it tackle those situations?

EDIT: I have tested the following components for my script so far.

1.  get power readings for my rigs
2.  reboot rig if power is below a threshold and notify via. an email
3.  script can run remotely.  I was actually trying to figure out to keep this running on a cellphone.

Just need to workout all these with wait time before/after reset.

[puwaha]

You wouldn't run Awesome Miner on your rig, it should be a separate machine or virtual machine.  Otherwise, like you thought... how could it reboot a rig?

I see.  And I am guessing it needs to be running on the same network?

Yes, same network for simplicity, or you have a VPN connection between locations if your miners are at a different location than the Awesome Miner computer.

Also,  I have observed instances where the ping requests work even though miner would've crashed.  how does it tackle those situations?

You have other rules in Awesome Miner that will take care of restarting the miner if it crashes.  You can even have it reboot the rig if you think it's necessary.

We should probably discuss it on the other thread and not junk up this thread about using Raspberry Pis.

EDIT: I have tested the following components for my script so far.

1.  get power readings for my rigs
2.  reboot rig if power is below a threshold and notify via. an email
3.  script can run remotely.  I was actually trying to figure out to keep this running on a cellphone.

Just need to workout all these with wait time before/after reset.

Use my script in the other thread as a guide.  You definitely want a few 60 second waits to allow the rig to boot back up so that Awesome Miner doesn't run the rule again because the rig hasn't fully rebooted to start responding to pings.

[ne0x86]

I've made a remote power rig manager, so i can send commands to my pi, that send command to my relay and the magic happens
I can press the power button for soft On/Off, i can pres the reset so the machine shut off and turn on again, or i can press Hard button, for a hard reset if the machine is stuck( it ill hold power for 6 seconds, wait 10 seconds, and them start the machine again

the design is pretty bad , but it works


https://i.imgur.com/NXb9hx6.png

Hi, can you share this html?

Thanks!

And thanks @Kasmetski for this awesome tool.

[polymer_city2]

I have uploaded my Windows IoT rig rebooter for Rpi

https://github.com/ColossusFX/RigRebooter-UWP


https://prnt.sc/iyd3ci


Just add your IP address and corresponding GPIO pins

[RigMaster]

Hi Guys

Firstly, @Kasmetski for the amazing work on this rig resetter. It's exactly what I was looking for after weeks of headache with my rig hanging and I must drive 40 miles to reboot!.

I have purchased a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and installed Raspbian just now. I have also enabled SSH and changed the password for user Pi for security.

Now, I am on Github but I'm not sure what to do from here...

Should I run:

Code:

sudo curl -O https://github.com/Kasmetski/auto-hard-reset/archive/master.zip

to download the file to the default directory?

After this, github mention to run:

Code:

tar -xvzf auto-hard-reset-arm7.tar.gz
chmod +x auto-hard-reset-arm7

But I checked in Github file list I don't see any auto-hard-reset-arm7.tar.gz filename.

Please help, sorry for the noob question... I'm sure I am overlooking something.

[mercoinz]

I have uploaded my Windows IoT rig rebooter for Rpi

https://github.com/ColossusFX/RigRebooter-UWP


https://prnt.sc/iyd3ci


Just add your IP address and corresponding GPIO pins

this is great! going to give this a shot, thank you so much!

[Godm0de]

Hi,

thx for the github project, works like a charm.

I have a few questions, maybe someone has an answer to it:

- I want to connect 3 relais boards (2x8 channel + 1x4 channel). I have connected the 2 relais with 8 channels to the 5v pins of my raspbery pi and the 4 channel relais to the 3.3v pin. The relais are all 5v, but I've connect the 1x4 channel relais to the 3.3v pin and it also works. Is this dangerous, or is it ok, to connect a 5v relais to the 3.3v pin?

- I have read somewhere, that you should use a resister between PI and relais boards, to limit the current. Is this really necessary?

- Some LEDs on my relais boards are lit very dim at startup and stays at this level. I think this is because of the default GPIO levels, after startup of the PI. If the relais is swichted one time, the LEDs are dark. Maybe you should initialize all the pins, at startup to LOW voltage state.