Miner API Command Reference — cgminer/BOSminer on Port 4028

Quick answer

Almost every ASIC miner exposes a local management API on TCP port 4028 — the cgminer/BMMiner/BOSminer "API socket". You send a one-line JSON object like {"command":"summary"} and get back JSON; it is how fleet tools, pyasic and monitoring dashboards read your miners and (where permitted) switch pools, toggle boards and set tuning. But the SAME command behaves differently across firmware: stock Antminer is largely read-only on 4028 (writes go through its HTTP CGI), BraiinsOS keeps 4028 read-only and moves control to gRPC, and the LuxOS-family implements full read+control on 4028 behind a session token. This reference is that matrix — 50 commands (25 control-class), each mapped across Stock, BraiinsOS-family, LuxOS-family and DCENT_OS, with parameters and a one-line description, every row cited.

How to read it: the "Access" column is what the command DOES (read vs control); the four firmware columns are HOW each family exposes it — Read / Control on the 4028 socket, gRPC (capability lives on BraiinsOS gRPC port 50051, not 4028), HTTP CGI (stock does the write via /cgi-bin), or — (not on that socket). LuxOS-family control commands take a session token as the first parameter (logon to get one). DCENT_OS columns are closed-beta TARGETS (public beta summer 2026) aimed at cgminer-compatible detection so existing tools just work — built on the shoulders of cgminer, BOSminer and LuxOS, not a claim to beat them. Free CSV/JSON under CC BY 4.0.