Well, this should have gone into this board:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=42.0But being qualified as a newbie, here goes:
I've written a small application that would launch miners from it's configuration xml at specified CPU affinity and priority, redirect their stdout and stderr output to its own text console and then hide itself in the system tray. Double-clicking on the systray icon, will bring forth the gui, where one can start/stop individual selected miners or reload the config file.
The reason why I wrote this, was because:
- I wanted to specify priority level for the processes, which GUIMiner didn't allow me to do
- I wanted to specify back-up servers
- I didn't want all the fancy GUI stuff - the miners are configured in a single simple XML file
- I still want to be able to run rpcminer-4way.exe
- I wanted to apply overclocking at start-up (this didn't get implemented yet, as overclocktweak does not support my card setup [nVidia + HD6570 + HD6670], so I am stuck with Saphire triXX GUI for overclocking)
I will expand on the program during the next month or so, so any suggestions are welcome. Bear in mind, though, that I am going to try to keep it as simple as possible on the GUI side, main design direction being: read everything from a config, pop into tray and stay quietly there. Next release will also include source code.
If you find this program useful and would, for some obscure reason, like to donate, here is a convenient address:
1Nemo1KPB8UjQjrURqn6V7Mscungx44XS2
BtMinersInTray ver. 1.01 (example config file is included).
The icon used for the program comes from the collection here:
http://www.kinolulu.com/misc/bitcoin_icons.shtml
