Quote from: mdude77 on May 21, 2014, 09:48:17 AM

Quote from: bitsolutions on May 21, 2014, 06:44:38 AM

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!