Factory Reset#

A factory reset returns your miner's configuration to its defaults while keeping Braiins OS installed. Use it when you want to start from a clean configuration, or when a misconfiguration has left the miner unreachable or unstable.

#What a factory reset clears

A factory reset removes the configuration you have applied to the miner, including:

• Pool and worker settings
• Tuning profiles and performance settings
• The interface password and other user settings

Your installed Braiins OS firmware is not removed — the miner stays on the same firmware version and simply returns to a fresh configuration, as if it had just been installed.

#How to perform a factory reset

You can trigger a factory reset from the web interface, the Public API, or the physical reset button. They differ in what happens to your network settings — from the web interface or Public API you can choose, while the reset button always resets the network too.

#From the web interface or Public API

A factory reset from the Braiins OS web interface or the Public API keeps your network settings by default — the miner stays reachable at the same IP address after it restarts. Use this when the miner is working normally and you only want to reset its mining configuration.

If you also want to clear the network configuration, enable Also reset network settings before confirming (the Public API factory-reset call offers the same option). The miner then returns the network to its defaults — DHCP and the default hostname — exactly like a physical reset-button reset, and may come back with a new IP address.

#With the physical reset button

Holding the physical reset button also resets the network settings back to their defaults: the miner requests an address over DHCP and returns to its default hostname. Use this method when you have lost access to the miner — for example, after setting a static IP you can no longer reach.

The miner decides what to do when you release the button, so hold for at least 5 seconds and release once the LED starts blinking.

#LED feedback while holding the button

The front-panel LED tells you when to release:

• Solid as soon as you press and hold the button.
• Blinking once you have held it long enough (about 5 seconds) for a factory reset. Release while it blinks to confirm.

This mirrors the LED behaviour of stock Antminer firmware, so the timing feels familiar.

#Reconnecting after a network reset

When the network is reset to DHCP — by a physical reset-button reset, or by enabling Also reset network settings in the web interface or Public API — the miner will usually receive a new IP address from your router after it restarts. To find it again:

• Use the IP report button to broadcast the miner's new address,
• Check your router's DHCP client list, or
• Scan your network with Braiins Toolbox.

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