M's Miner (Ant/SP) Monitor v5.2: alerts,auto/mass/scheduled reboot/mobile miner

[bitsolutions]

I had a look through the source code and I would seriously suggest nobody use this application, there doesn't seem to be anything malicious but it is very poorly designed. It is parsing the Antminer web interface rather than hooking into the cgminer API. Loading the HTML interface on the Antminer takes up excess processing power and should be avoided at all costs especially on S1 which runs a MIPS based control board. Using this application could very well cause instability and reduce your hash rate.

[mdude77]

I had a look through the source code and I would seriously suggest nobody use this application, there doesn't seem to be anything malicious but it is very poorly designed. It is parsing the Antminer web interface rather than hooking into the cgminer API. Loading the HTML interface on the Antminer takes up excess processing power and should be avoided at all costs especially on S1 which runs a MIPS based control board. Using this application could very well cause instability and reduce your hash rate.

Feel free to design a better one!  Last I checked the cgminer API isn't open to any IP except "localhost", which means the Ant's IP.  That means you have to know how to get in there to change it.

This is designed to be pnp, just like the Ants.

I ran this against my S1s for weeks before I initially released it, with no problems, and no decrease in hash rate.

I did warn against running the refresh rate too low.

I think that "poorly designed" is a bit harsh, honestly.

M

[mdude77]

Im having an issue where the monitor does not show all the devises it has pinged. In the log they are responding just not displaying stats.

can you post a screenshot of what the browser status page looks like through your browser?

M

Yea I will sorry I been busy the last few days. Ill try to get that up tonight.

1.5 is looking awesome! I did however get this error again after attempting to use the browsers in the Ant Monitor.

/usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:448: Failed to execute function dispatcher target for entry '/'.
The called action terminated with an exception:
/usr/lib/lua/luci/sauth.lua:87: Session data invalid!
stack traceback:
   [C]: in function 'assert'
   /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:448: in function 'dispatch'
   /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:195: in function </usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:194>


Only 1 of my 3 Antminer S1 units is reporting this error after I attempt a login through FireFox. Also, 1 of my Antminers is not showing on the monitor. It was showing before the the issue above. I am sure a reboot of my S1 will resolve my issue (again)
Should I have a certain version of IE installed? Thanks

It should not be IE version dependent.  Some Ants are flaky, I've seen that error on one of my S1s before I started using my app. 

M

[thomashrev89]

I had a look through the source code and I would seriously suggest nobody use this application, there doesn't seem to be anything malicious but it is very poorly designed. It is parsing the Antminer web interface rather than hooking into the cgminer API. Loading the HTML interface on the Antminer takes up excess processing power and should be avoided at all costs especially on S1 which runs a MIPS based control board. Using this application could very well cause instability and reduce your hash rate.

 

I have been using it for some days not, I can not see any drop in hashrate.

[rhj12345]

I got 1.5 running great today. Can you put in a check box to turn off the new browsers tabs, I would rather not see them at all.

Thanks for doing a great job on this software, runs great for me.

Rob

[mdude77]

I got 1.5 running great today. Can you put in a check box to turn off the new browsers tabs, I would rather not see them at all.

Thanks for doing a great job on this software, runs great for me.

Rob

Great!  I'll add to the next update.

M

[myk3916]

anyway you can port this over to Android so you can do it remotely?

[kendog77]

I had a look through the source code and I would seriously suggest nobody use this application, there doesn't seem to be anything malicious but it is very poorly designed. It is parsing the Antminer web interface rather than hooking into the cgminer API. Loading the HTML interface on the Antminer takes up excess processing power and should be avoided at all costs especially on S1 which runs a MIPS based control board. Using this application could very well cause instability and reduce your hash rate.

Feel free to design a better one!  Last I checked the cgminer API isn't open to any IP except "localhost", which means the Ant's IP.  That means you have to know how to get in there to change it.

This is designed to be pnp, just like the Ants.

I ran this against my S1s for weeks before I initially released it, with no problems, and no decrease in hash rate.

I did warn against running the refresh rate too low.

I think that "poorly designed" is a bit harsh, honestly.

M

I agree with mdude77. I realize the tool just logs into the Ant via the web interface and parses HTML output, which is why it is so slow, but this tool is very useful for folks who are trying to manage large Ant farms. It doesn't need to be fast, and I have not seen any degradation in miner performance because of it.

If the AntMonitor causes poor miner performance, simply logging into the miner web interface would also do the same thing.

Thanks mdude77!

[mdude77]

anyway you can port this over to Android so you can do it remotely?

Not easily.  However, I'm toying with the idea of it being able to generate an HTML file that can be stored somewhere that can then be made available on a web server.

M

[mdude77]

I agree with mdude77. I realize the tool just logs into the Ant via the web interface and parses HTML output, which is why it is so slow, but this tool is very useful for folks who are trying to manage large Ant farms. It doesn't need to be fast, and I have not seen any degradation in miner performance because of it.

If the AntMonitor causes poor miner performance, simply logging into the miner web interface would also do the same thing.

Thanks mdude77!

FYI, the slowness is because the UI to S1s is slow.  It's much much faster with S2s.

M

[infernoman]

hey i have been having some troubles getting my antminers to show up in the ants page. i can manually add them. and i have browser 1 2 and 3 but it doesnt recognize all 3 in "ants"

[bitsolutions]

I had a look through the source code and I would seriously suggest nobody use this application, there doesn't seem to be anything malicious but it is very poorly designed. It is parsing the Antminer web interface rather than hooking into the cgminer API. Loading the HTML interface on the Antminer takes up excess processing power and should be avoided at all costs especially on S1 which runs a MIPS based control board. Using this application could very well cause instability and reduce your hash rate.

Feel free to design a better one!  Last I checked the cgminer API isn't open to any IP except "localhost", which means the Ant's IP.  That means you have to know how to get in there to change it.

This is designed to be pnp, just like the Ants.

I ran this against my S1s for weeks before I initially released it, with no problems, and no decrease in hash rate.

I did warn against running the refresh rate too low.

I think that "poorly designed" is a bit harsh, honestly.

M

Maybe that was a bit harsh but the cgminer api is readable by default although it is restricted to read only(it initializes using "--api-network"). Using this for management is fine but I would be very careful about the refresh rate especially with S1. I would suggest using the cgminer API for monitoring instead of the html pages it will be much faster.

[mdude77]

hey i have been having some troubles getting my antminers to show up in the ants page. i can manually add them. and i have browser 1 2 and 3 but it doesnt recognize all 3 in "ants"

can you post a screenshot please?

M

[mdude77]

Maybe that was a bit harsh but the cgminer api is readable by default although it is restricted to read only(it initializes using "--api-network"). Using this for management is fine but I would be very careful about the refresh rate especially with S1. I would suggest using the cgminer API for monitoring instead of the html pages it will be much faster.

Speed isn't an issue.  As noted above, the UI to the S1s is slow as well. 

I'm also doubtful the cgminer shows everything the UI shows, such as the status of the Ant chains.

M

[bitsolutions]

Maybe that was a bit harsh but the cgminer api is readable by default although it is restricted to read only(it initializes using "--api-network"). Using this for management is fine but I would be very careful about the refresh rate especially with S1. I would suggest using the cgminer API for monitoring instead of the html pages it will be much faster.

Speed isn't an issue.  As noted above, the UI to the S1s is slow as well. 

I'm also doubtful the cgminer shows everything the UI shows, such as the status of the Ant chains.

M

It does show that information. The UI simply reads the cgminer API actually so everything you see there can be pulled directly off the cgminer API.

[mdude77]

Maybe that was a bit harsh but the cgminer api is readable by default although it is restricted to read only(it initializes using "--api-network"). Using this for management is fine but I would be very careful about the refresh rate especially with S1. I would suggest using the cgminer API for monitoring instead of the html pages it will be much faster.

Speed isn't an issue.  As noted above, the UI to the S1s is slow as well. 

I'm also doubtful the cgminer shows everything the UI shows, such as the status of the Ant chains.

M

It does show that information. The UI simply reads the cgminer API actually so everything you see there can be pulled directly off the cgminer API.

Okay.  I might try to look at querying the API for everything.

Thanks.

M

[rileyminer]

I just upgraded from 1.4 to 1.5 and my Ants page is blank too - even though I see info on the browser1, browser2 pages

I also deleted this reg key - My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MAntMonitor  and re-entered my S1 info but it did not help

(now downgrading back to 1.4)

[mdude77]

I just upgraded from 1.4 to 1.5 and my Ants page is blank too - even though I see info on the browser1, browser2 pages

I also deleted this reg key - My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MAntMonitor  and re-entered my S1 info but it did not help

(now downgrading back to 1.4)

Can you paste some screenshots?

M

[infernoman]

[rileyminer]

Can you paste some screenshots?

1.4 - vs 1.5 images

https://i.imgur.com/GJ6JQCS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/AVM8VGB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/d8ibh5v.jpg