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Title: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: thatonegirlt on February 04, 2012, 01:31:08 AM So I've searched the forums and I cannot figure this out. I want to set a flag/parameter that lets me set up a backup pool using GUIminer, and the official forum has this:
Quote "How to use a backup pool aka fallback support: Fallback support is in the OpenCL miner only. In the flags, specify the info of the backup pool or pools. For example if I want to fallback to my account on slush's pool, I would write: Kiv.GPU:mypass@api.bitcoin.cz:8332" Somewhere else someone said they put this, but was unable to test it yet: " --backup http://user:pass@f1.deepbit.net:8332" So I'm trying to figure out what this set up actually is. Like "Kiv.GPU" is supposed to be what? Like a username? It's just confusing. Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: thatonegirlt on February 05, 2012, 10:54:47 PM So does no one know or no one want to help?
Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: heinz on February 05, 2012, 11:58:34 PM username:password
usually something like username.1:password or username_1:password Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: thatonegirlt on February 06, 2012, 01:28:57 AM Do you know if theres a dash in front or anything?
Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: heinz on February 06, 2012, 01:45:59 AM dashes set the flags.
Give cgminer a try. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0 Fallback support is in the OpenCL miner only in guiminer. The thread of it states that. Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: thatonegirlt on February 06, 2012, 11:06:55 AM dashes set the flags. Give cgminer a try. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0 Fallback support is in the OpenCL miner only in guiminer. The thread of it states that. Yes I'm currently using cgminer while guiminer has this weird OpenCL issue but I would like to have Guiminer as my main and the only thing it lacks for me is the failover pool thing, which it has, I just don't know how to set it up. I do use OpenCL so thats not the problem. Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: go4gonzo on April 28, 2013, 03:04:28 PM So has anyone figured this out yet? ??? my current flags in guiminer are: -v -w128 -f1
not even sure what the -f1 does... I but I don't even know what does. I've seen -f60 and I think default is -f30 Can someone Confirm the backup flag in GUIminer? is it: -backup... or kiv.gpu or something completely different. thanks Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: Gator-hex on April 28, 2013, 03:14:50 PM -f number is the number of frames you want to reserve for the operating system and other tasks I believe.
I'm not sure how to use the backup pool setting, but I just open two GUIMiners on the same card one of them will sit there at 0MH/s until the other one fails. Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: Kruncha on April 28, 2013, 10:50:57 PM Quote Q: Can I connect to more than one pool with the same GPU? For example have a main pool, and a backup pool in case the main one goes down? A: Yes, you can use the -f flag for this. A value of -f60 or higher in the backup pool's miner will cause it to yield most of the GPU power to miners with a lower f value (default is 30). Hope that helps :) K. Title: Re: Setting up GUIMiner w/ a backup pool? Post by: go4gonzo on May 05, 2013, 10:05:33 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=189843.msg1979477#msg1979477
not sure if anyone still needed this info. in the Extra Flags: -v -w128 -f 1 -t2 username_workername:password@mint.bitminter.com:8332 So for me, bitminter is my backup pool. the "-t2" means that after 2 attemps to contact my primary pool fails, then it will fallback to Bitminter. So after the -t2, you add your backup pool whatever that may be. Now, you can change the -t2 to -t3 or 4,5 however many attempts you are willing to allow before GUIminer falls back to your backup pool. Hope this clarifies the backup pool in GUIminer |