Remote Restart / Reset frozen computer over LAN

[symzzi]

Is there a neat way of doing this? I am currently abroad and will be for the next 3 months so I have no access to my 3 mining rigs that are back at home. While they are mostly stable, I'll still get an odd crash a couple of times a week, taking out my remote access, and I'm getting bored of calling my friends back home to go round and reset them. I have one machine on the LAN which does not mine, just a remote VPN / file server, so this is always accessible, although I don't know if I can work this in to the equation.

I've looked at IP controlled power strips, but they are generally not rated at the current one 4 card mining rig will pull through one socket, let alone three rigs combined.. Anybody care to share their solutions? Ta

[biz]

On Windows: CGWatcher + TeamViewer

[Kinetic915]

is it a crash and reboot or a crash and freeze? crash and reboot you can automate pretty easily

[Kinetic915]

On Windows: CGWatcher + TeamViewer

+1

[symzzi]

is it a crash and reboot or a crash and freeze? crash and reboot you can automate pretty easily

Crash and freeze. OS (Win 7) locks up and TeamViewer fails to connect, then the machine goes 'offline' in the TeamViewer list. Only solution appears to be a hard reset.

[GenTarkin]

you would need some sort of remote / ip based power control unit .. those are pretty expensive 100-200$ or more last time I checked.

[dudeofthestick]

you would need some sort of remote / ip based power control unit .. those are pretty expensive 100-200$ or more last time I checked.

I'm looking for one of this. Anybody can recommend?

[3ham3]

Grab one of these -

Watchdog USB card.

http://www.berkprod.com/Product_Web_Pages/usb_v1_pc_watchdog.aspx

In short it runs a heart beat ticker on the rig in question and if the card stops receiving a response from the ticker program on the rig, it applies a reset to the motherboard reset pins.

Plus the program can be told to monitor an .exe program, if the program hangs or crashes, a reset is applied.

[nitrogenetics]

Crash and freeze. OS (Win 7) locks up and TeamViewer fails to connect, then the machine goes 'offline' in the TeamViewer list. Only solution appears to be a hard reset.

You can try a

Code:

net rpc shutdown -r -f -I 192.168.x.x -U username

from a linux host on your lan, but I doubt it will work if it is badly freezed

LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy must be set to 1 in windows 7 for net rpc shutdown to work

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy"=dword:00000000

Otherwise you could attach an usb relay controller to another machine and wire relay contacts to the reset switch
see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3246077/controlling-simple-relay-switch-via-usb

[Ivanech]

One way is using independent power switch controlled over IP/GSM, like iBoot Remote Reboot Power Switch. With this tools you can easily cold reboot your rig switching power off/on.

This is software and hardware independent solution to remotely control and reboot your mining rig.

[xjack]

you would need some sort of remote / ip based power control unit .. those are pretty expensive 100-200$ or more last time I checked.

I'm looking for one of this. Anybody can recommend?

I have version 2 of this in my data rack, its rock solid.  Unattended power cycle if the machine stops responding to pings.  Per plug delay to keep from tripping breakers.  Redundant power supplies.

http://www.digital-loggers.com/epcr3.html

[LukePFS]

I'm using at the moment two 4 socket ip based remote socket. I'm using however only 2 of the 4 sockets, as the described max of one power strip is around 2500 watt, so im using 2 of them to control 4*1000 watt psu's.

Works like a charm, the rigs almost instant up again as im using ssd disks. Can recommend it !

[escrow.ms]

Is there a neat way of doing this? I am currently abroad and will be for the next 3 months so I have no access to my 3 mining rigs that are back at home. While they are mostly stable, I'll still get an odd crash a couple of times a week, taking out my remote access, and I'm getting bored of calling my friends back home to go round and reset them. I have one machine on the LAN which does not mine, just a remote VPN / file server, so this is always accessible, although I don't know if I can work this in to the equation.

I've looked at IP controlled power strips, but they are generally not rated at the current one 4 card mining rig will pull through one socket, let alone three rigs combined.. Anybody care to share their solutions? Ta

Use Rat (Remote administration tool) if you want to control your pc,they are better than teamviewer.

[darkcrayon]

You could also get an APC PDU 7900 or 7901 from ebay, they're really expensive new but I've gotten used ones as low as $50-$60 shipped.  Sometimes the 7901's are cheaper because they have the 20 amp plugs which most people can't use at home, but you can always replace the plug for $10 (and refrain from plugging over 12 amps into them if on a 15 amp circuit .

Then, you can remotely switch any of the outlets on and off, you also get nice monitoring of your total amp load so you can calculate wattage at any time, and you'll be able to control any additional accessories as well (say you have an auxiliary fan plugged in but it isn't always needed, you'd be able to switch it on and off remotely).  Another nice bonus is that you can set email alerts for when the amperage goes above or below a certain level.  So if something happens, say your mining pool is down or your miner crashes for whatever reason, your GPUs would stop mining and the amps would drop way down, the PDU could let you know there's an issue...

[Moebius327]

 I am using a Nokia 6510, hooked up to a light sensor, hooked up to the power supply. Bought a full kit for 15 € over at conrad.de and soldered it myself.

You just call the phone so the display lightens and hang up. Hope this helps

[Moebius327]

Here you go: http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/190951/Velleman-MK160-Schaltstufe-mit-Helligkeitssensor-Bausatz-12-VDC?queryFromSuggest=true

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGakpnYE8M

[LTCMINER2013]

i must take a photo for you but i have had an arduino board with a servo from an RC car in a little robot arm design connected to one pc ,and mounted on the other pc case which will hold in the power button using a simple button on a website using wampserver so i can always hard reset when im not around.

of course its only useful if the other pc stays on. but i think it could be managed directly from router  using an ethernet/wifi arduino board


( you could probably set up all 3 from the one board but you would need 3 servos)

[kibblesnbits]

I have a rasp Pi and a power-sensing Mobo set on Belkin WeMos (two separate machines).  They've worked great for the last four months and they're under $50 each.  Just set up your machines to auto mine after a hard reboot.

[18RATTT]

i would like to know more about this too, need something that are economically cheap, i have 15 mining rigs.

[LTCMINER2013]

The question really is , is it a hardware lock up from all the mining that's causing the issue or an OS lockup?

if its the OS and  your looking for a free way. your probably best to install vmware onto each machine and run your mining rig inside that.  If it freezes you can connect to the system OS and reboot the VM using teamviewer or similar.