Hello
Just received my unit with USB hashboard that requires to be plugged into PC
Is there a way to upgrade hardware for use with Ethernet?
I see the open port on bottom where i believe that board gets plugged in
I'm ok with having it connected to another device but would like to plan in future to have it on its own
Thank you!
There's no plug-n-play upgrade to get a working Ethernet miner, but you can easily DIY one.
You can setup a small device like a Raspberry Pi which has Ethernet to control the miner via a USB cable. You need to get the binary file from here:
https://github.com/jstefanop/Apollo-Miner-Binaries/releasesDepending if your Raspberry Pi is running 32 or 64 bits you need to download Apollo-Miner_linux-aarch32.tar.xz or Apollo-Miner_linux-aarch64.tar.xz. That will contain the executable that allows you to control the miner from the Raspberry Pi.
From then on you're able to customize the Raspberry Pi as much as you want. You only need to execute the binary with certain parameters to control the miner. The miner then writes a json file with the current status that you could use to display some information. The official web dashboard, which uses that json file to display a nice interface, is open source and available here:
https://github.com/jstefanop/apolloapiIt's basically 2 projects, a data server and a web server. It's made for the official Apollo node hardware so you will have to tinker a bit with it to work with your own device though.