Accessing MSI Afterburner remote server manually

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Where $ip and $port are your MSI Afterburner Remote Server's IP address and port:

• Go to $ip:$port/mahm, you will be presented with a HTTP Basic Auth dialog.
• Enter MSIAfterburner as the username.
• Enter your security key as the password.

Profit! You'll get an XML file that looks something like the attached xml-example.xml.

xml-example.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<HardwareMonitor>
    <HardwareMonitorHeader>
        <signature>1296123981</signature>
        <version>131072</version>
        <headerSize>32</headerSize>
        <entryCount>38</entryCount>
        <entrySize>1324</entrySize>
        <time>1431295640</time>
        <gpuEntryCount>2</gpuEntryCount>
        <gpuEntrySize>1304</gpuEntrySize>
    </HardwareMonitorHeader>
    <HardwareMonitorEntries>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>Framerate</srcName>
            <srcUnits>FPS</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>Framerate</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>FPS</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>200</maxLimit>
            <flags>SHOW_IN_OSD</flags>
            <gpu>4294967295</gpu>s
            <srcId>80</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 power</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 power</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>11</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>150</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>96</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>31</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>0</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>7</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>48</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 FB usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 FB usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>11</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>50</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 VID usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 VID usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>51</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 BUS usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 BUS usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>52</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU2 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU2 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>1</gpu>
            <srcId>48</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU2 VID usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU2 VID usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>1</gpu>
            <srcId>51</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 fan speed</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 fan speed</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>41</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>16</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 fan tachometer</srcName>
            <srcUnits>RPM</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 fan tachometer</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>RPM</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>1685</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>10000</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>17</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 core clock</srcName>
            <srcUnits>MHz</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 core clock</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>MHz</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>135</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>1500</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>32</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 memory clock</srcName>
            <srcUnits>MHz</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 memory clock</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>MHz</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>324</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>5000</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>34</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 memory usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>MB</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 memory usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>MB</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>735.0469</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>3072</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>49</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 temp limit</srcName>
            <srcUnits />
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 temp limit</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits />
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>1</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>112</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 power limit</srcName>
            <srcUnits />
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 power limit</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits />
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>1</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>113</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 voltage limit</srcName>
            <srcUnits />
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 voltage limit</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits />
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>1</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>114</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 OV max limit</srcName>
            <srcUnits />
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 OV max limit</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits />
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>1</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>115</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 utilization limit</srcName>
            <srcUnits />
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 utilization limit</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits />
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>1</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>1</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>116</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>GPU1 SLI sync limit</srcName>
            <srcUnits />
            <localizedSrcName>GPU1 SLI sync limit</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits />
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>0</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>1</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>117</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU1 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU1 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>37</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>128</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU2 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU2 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>37</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>1</gpu>
            <srcId>128</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU3 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU3 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>31</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>2</gpu>
            <srcId>128</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU4 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU4 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>31</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>3</gpu>
            <srcId>128</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU5 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU5 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>36</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>4</gpu>
            <srcId>128</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU6 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU6 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>36</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>5</gpu>
            <srcId>128</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU7 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU7 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>25</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>6</gpu>
            <srcId>128</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU8 temperature</srcName>
            <srcUnits>C</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU8 temperature</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>C</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>25</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>7</gpu>
            <srcId>128</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU1 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU1 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>4.285103</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>144</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU2 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU2 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>5.713684</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>1</gpu>
            <srcId>144</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU3 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU3 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>9.999425</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>2</gpu>
            <srcId>144</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU4 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU4 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>9.999425</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>3</gpu>
            <srcId>144</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU5 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU5 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>14.28517</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>4</gpu>
            <srcId>144</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU6 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU6 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>7.142264</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>5</gpu>
            <srcId>144</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU7 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU7 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>5.667267</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>6</gpu>
            <srcId>144</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>CPU8 usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>%</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>CPU8 usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>%</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>22.56268</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>100</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>7</gpu>
            <srcId>144</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>RAM usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>MB</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>RAM usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>MB</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>10820</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>8192</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>145</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorEntry>
            <srcName>Pagefile usage</srcName>
            <srcUnits>MB</srcUnits>
            <localizedSrcName>Pagefile usage</localizedSrcName>
            <localizedSrcUnits>MB</localizedSrcUnits>
            <recommendedFormat>%.0f</recommendedFormat>
            <data>14516</data>
            <minLimit>0</minLimit>
            <maxLimit>8192</maxLimit>
            <flags>None</flags>
            <gpu>0</gpu>
            <srcId>146</srcId>
        </HardwareMonitorEntry>
    </HardwareMonitorEntries>
    <HardwareMonitorGpuEntries>
        <HardwareMonitorGpuEntry>
            <gpuId>VEN_10DE&amp;DEV_13C0&amp;SUBSYS_85041043&amp;REV_A1&amp;BUS_1&amp;DEV_0&amp;FN_0</gpuId>
            <family>GM204-A</family>
            <device>GeForce GTX 980</device>
            <driver>350.12</driver>
            <BIOS>84.04.1f.00.02</BIOS>
            <memAmount>0</memAmount>
        </HardwareMonitorGpuEntry>
        <HardwareMonitorGpuEntry>
            <gpuId>VEN_8086&amp;DEV_0162&amp;SUBSYS_01621849&amp;REV_09&amp;BUS_0&amp;DEV_2&amp;FN_0</gpuId>
            <family />
            <device />
            <driver />
            <BIOS />
            <memAmount>0</memAmount>
        </HardwareMonitorGpuEntry>
    </HardwareMonitorGpuEntries>
</HardwareMonitor>

Does this still work? I am willing to make an app better the current one available...

It does still work! I'm using this to make a nice multi-gpu monitoring dashboard. Thanks for the heads up, @joar!

Here's how to do this in PowerShell.

• Install MSIAfterBurner and Remote Server
• Right click the tray icon, then choose 'Security' and copy the Security Key from there

Use the following PowerShell to hit the endpoint, log in, and then display temperatures

$user = 'MSIAfterburner'
$key = '17cc95b4017d496f82'

#Build a credential object for basic auth
$tempPW = ConvertTo-SecureString $key -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($user, $tempPW)

$RemoteMSIRequest = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'http://192.168.0.27:82/mahm' -Credential $credential 

$RemoteMSIRequest.HardwareMonitor.HardwareMonitorEntries.HardwareMonitorEntry | Where srcUnits -eq 'C'

This returns the following output:

srcName           : GPU1 temperature
srcUnits          : C
localizedSrcName  : GPU1 temperature
localizedSrcUnits : C
recommendedFormat : %.0f
data              : 72
minLimit          : 0
maxLimit          : 100
flags             : None
gpu               : 0
srcId             : 0

srcName           : GPU2 temperature
srcUnits          : C
localizedSrcName  : GPU2 temperature
localizedSrcUnits : C
recommendedFormat : %.0f
data              : 60
minLimit          : 0
maxLimit          : 100
flags             : None
gpu               : 1
srcId             : 0

I allways get this error
Default settings

Do you have some documentation on the service endpoints? What request should I make to let's say increase the memory clock by 10MHz?

Has the URL changed since 2015 when this was created? I cannot access anything with that /mham.

Just using the : results in:

<error>
<message>Unknown Command</message>
</error>

And using the :/mahm results in:

<error>
<message>Access is denied</message>
</error>

Any ideas what query gives useful data? I also tried switching Monitor and Real time data on and off. That did not change anything.

To answer my own question:

The dll has been updated. Old one caused the access denied error when there was too much data to be read.
https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/msi-afterburner-net-class-library.339656/#1