I recently came across a link in thread that was for a site when a they were selling miners that they had repaired. I didnt save the link and am trying to locate it. Seemed to deal mostly with smallernminers like Qaxe and such. Sound familiar? Sorry can't be of more help.

I have a single s21xp and will need curtailment scheduling next summer when my TOU electric kicks in. Lux Commander and Braiins manager are paid services for curtailment scheduling. Vnish is pretty expensive since there is no pool discount.

With my bitdeer a2, if I remove the network connection the miner does go to sleep. Does the s21xp behave the same way or does it continue to blast out 3600w with no network connection? Does Lux or Braiins firmware change that behavior?

Looking for some options thanks. Using AI to generate a python script run off a scheduled task might work, but I'd prefer a simpler solution.

Hey all, ever since I got my Apollo II, I wanted a way to schedule the miner to run and switch modes at certain times of the week without clicking through the dashboard. So Claude and I built Houston, an all-in-one application to manage your Apollo miner.

What it does

• Schedule: switch modes or only mine during certain hours.
• Control: start/stop, Eco/Balanced/Turbo (Apollo III: Super Eco and a custom TH/s target), and start/stop the Bitcoin node.
• Stats: 24-hour and 7-day charts of hashrate, power and temperature, energy use and electricity cost (including what Turbo adds), solo-mining best share and odds, node and system health.
• Bitcoin network & market: Fear & Greed Index, block height, time since the last block, average block time, next difficulty change, market cap, BTC dominance, 24h volume, sats per dollar, and the latest Bitcoin Magazine headlines.
• Alerts on your phone: when the miner stops, runs hot, loses hashrate, the node stops or the drive fills up, and when your solo pool finds a block. They come as regular notifications from the Houston app (no extra app or account needed) or through the free ntfy app.
• BTC price ticker and chart, in 7 currencies.
• Siri and shortcuts ("Hey Siri, Apollo status"), and Google Home through Home Assistant.
• Several Apollos in one place, light and dark mode, and optional desktop shortcuts for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Privacy and security

Houston runs on the Apollo as a small sandboxed service and uses the same local API the dashboard does. Away from home it works over Tailscale. The repo includes a full security review covering what it stores, every connection it makes, and how to check it yourself.

Install is two commands from a computer on your home network.

Status

Tested on my Apollo II. Apollo III support is built from FutureBit's own source code and tested against it, but not on a real III yet, so III owners would be especially helpful. Houston is unofficial and not affiliated with FutureBit.

GitHub: https://github.com/eisenreichGIT/houston-apollo

This is my first attempt at creating an application, so bug reports, Apollo III results and feature ideas are all greatly appreciated!