Smartcoin Linux mining administration. [MULTI-MACHINE SUPPORT NOW IN!]

[tvar]

'DeepDit'
'Ditcoin.cz (slush)'

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[jondecker76]

tvar: thanks - fixed the typos (I was really rushing - promised the wife I would be off of the computer at 7:30, so the last 10 minutes were scrambling to get everything done that I could)


While I'm on here....  I'm building auto-detection for installations of poclbm and phoenix.
What other linux miners are still relatively popular that I should add auto detection for?

[gigabytecoin]

Got a fair amount of work done last night.
I have SVN and hosting all set up, finalized the database schema, wrote an automated installer script and fixed a handful of things. Still a couple of features and a couple of bugs to iron out, but its getting closer to release

Jesus christ.

You're a machine.

Regarding other linux miners... poclbm and phoenix are the only two I have ever used. They are the two that are built into linuxcoin by default (diablo is there too, but it's kindof hidden).

[Sitarow]

I am impressed. I will also pledge 1BTC for your project..

[sjohn]

Not sure if you know but BTC Guild has 5 different servers here are the addresses and locations and current load %:

BTC Guild runs on multiple servers spanning across the United States and Europe. The distance between you and a server has a minimal effect on your mining performance. Picking the server with the least load is recommended. You can view the load on the sidebar to the left. The following server addresses can be used:

Address
Location
Load
nl.btcguild.com   Netherlands   62%
uk.btcguild.com   UK   63%
uswest.btcguild.com   California   73%
useast.btcguild.com   Florida   76%
uscentral.btcguild.com   Texas   84%

[jondecker76]

sjohn: thanks for the info

I was aware that they had servers for various locations, but stuck with the generic one for default (since the load could change so it would be hard to pick a sane default).  Of course, its dead simple to edit the default information and use which ever server you want!

[jondecker76]

Just a quick status update:
I finished the device (GPU and CPU - though CPU will be disabled by default) auto detection code, and I also finished the miner autodetection code (currently poclbm and phoenix installs will be auto-detected).
I sent an email out to the testers so they can test the install script. If all goes well with that, then I will finish the workers UI section and hopefully be at a beta release in a few days!

[jondecker76]

Last night I got a ton of things implemented and fixed.  I got a ton of help from one of the testers (tvar - thanks!)  and we now have smartcoin running on his miner as well - and found some good bugs in the process.  GPUs are auto-detecting, many pools are pre-set up now, miners are autodetecting... So far so good
The key component missing now is being able to define your own profile maps. This is where I'm going to focus my energy for the next day or so

[kripz]

Not sure if i've posted already, CANNOT WAIT. Subscribing.

[PulsedMedia]

looks very interesting!

Is there going to be simple command line commands i can use to fetch data collected by smartcoin so i can hook it up for central monitoring?

I would really like to test it, and if we choose to use this for our mining rigs i'll happily send your way 1BTC for each rig we put online (Currently planning to build 5 during next 2 weeks, and atleast 5 per month there on)

Well, checking PulsedMedia.com will tell you what kind of feedback you will be getting

[gll]

bump !

[jondecker76]

Things went well today.
Profiles can now be created manually, and switched on the fly.  Things are going very well with the tester that has been helping test out the changes as well!
At this point, here is my to do list.  I am shooting for a public beta release friday night, June 24th.
[ ] I have a couple of things to fix in the installer.  The installer is simply a script that installs the dependencies, and pre-populates the database with known pools, install devices and miners that it finds.  Currently there are a few goofy things that can crash the installer (having multiple installs of phoenix, for example). 

[ ] I need to add the ability to add, edit and delete devices (GPUs).  They are currently automatically put into the database, but I still want this functionality for those that want to change the display names, etc.

[ ] While adding profiles is done, deleting them and editing them aren't finished yet

[ ] I also have some edit/delete features to add to pools and workers (been mostly working on adding, now time to do edit and delete)

[ ] some internal structure changes to make updating easier in the future


All and all, I think everyone is going to love what is going on here.  Maybe tvar (the one who has been helping test changes) will chime in and put his .02 cents in - but it really makes administering a system simple as pie!

[jondecker76]

Just finished the last part of the status overview... The totalizers that count up total accepted/rejected shares etc..

Code:

smartcoin Management System  Mon Jun 20 00:04:11 EDT 2011
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GPU 0: Temp: 81.50 load: 99%
GPU 1: Temp: 76.50 load: 99%
GPU 2: Temp: 65.00 load: 99%
CPU Load : 8.30%
Local Bitcoin balance :

Profile: Automatic
--------DeepBit--------
GPU[0]: [113.21 Mhash/sec] [65 Accepted] [1 Rejected] [RPC (+LP)]
GPU[1]: [119.14 Mhash/sec] [76 Accepted] [1 Rejected] [RPC (+LP)]
GPU[2]: [124.74 Mhash/sec] [58 Accepted] [1 Rejected] [RPC (+LP)]
Total : [357.09 MHash/sec] [199 Accepted] [3 Rejected]
--------Bitcoin.cz (slush)--------
GPU[0]: [113.21 Mhash/sec] [76 Accepted] [2 Rejected] [RPC]
GPU[1]: [110.62 Mhash/sec] [69 Accepted] [2 Rejected] [RPC]
GPU[2]: [110.90 Mhash/sec] [86 Accepted] [1 Rejected] [RPC]
Total : [334.73 MHash/sec] [231 Accepted] [5 Rejected]
--------BTCGuild--------
GPU[0]: [113.23 Mhash/sec] [84 Accepted] [2 Rejected] [RPC (+LP)]
GPU[1]: [113.46 Mhash/sec] [77 Accepted] [1 Rejected] [RPC (+LP)]
GPU[2]: [110.55 Mhash/sec] [72 Accepted] [1 Rejected] [RPC (+LP)]
Total : [337.24 MHash/sec] [233 Accepted] [4 Rejected]

Grand Total: [1029.06 Mhash/sec] [663 Accepted] [12 Rejected] [.01% Rejection]

[tvar]

Once jondecker76 has finished all the features I think a lot of linux miners are going to switch their setup to this framework.  It makes changing configurations a breeze.  When I started helping it wasn't quite ready for primetime, it took several hours of hand holding to get my system up and running.  But everything seems to be coming along quite rapidly!

[Syke]

This appears to be a nice way to tie one computer to multiple pools. Can this also aggregate multiple computers together so I can see the status on all my GPUs across all my computers?

[sebdude420]

it would be great to see this fused with linuxcoin+smartcoin

i will pledge bitcoins for you when i start using it. id also like to help test it.

Thanks for your efforts.

[SchizophrenicX]

been wanting to reply here since the day it start, this is a great project and I believe the community will greatly benefit from what you are doing. I will donate once I get to test it out. I believe it's going in a great direction and I hope this project will continue to come to a respectable milestone I don't have any expertise that may help the progress but I hope my donation will serve as an encouragement. Keep up the good work

[dishwara]

Its very much needed for me as i want to monitor temperature of my cards.

[tvar]

Its very much needed for me as i want to monitor temperature of my cards.

If just just want a quick script for temperature monitoring, you can use something very simple like this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

while true
do
aticonfig --odgt --adapter=all
sleep 10
done

Just put it in an executable file and run it, should spit out the temperature every 10 seconds.

[jondecker76]

Update for today

The UI is now 95% done.  You can now add/edit/delete pretty much everything from the cli interface (except profile editing isn't finished, its the very last thing to do UI wise). I plan on finishing the interface tomorrow, then the rest of the week will be spend doing some internal restructures and small database restructure.  This will pave the way to provide the ability for smartcoin to control more than one machine.  I did some small-scale tests today with excellent results - communication will happen over ssh (secure).  The neat thing is, smartcoin doesn't even have to run on a miner, it can be any linux box, and orchestrate everything over the network as needed.

Don't get too excited though, this multi-machine functionality won't be in the beta, though I plan to have the internal restructuring to allow for this by beta release (so that future releases won't require database changes, etc).