excavator by NiceHash - multi-algorithm NVIDIA GPU miner [1.5.6a]

[joaocha]

Nice, why ethash only on nicehash?

It works on all pools that have implemented EthereumStratum protocol. Which is basically a proper stratum protocol not some jaba-daba-shit created before where you could submit duplicates, because all miners were assigned same work to work on.

You can read RFC here: https://github.com/nicehash/Specifications/blob/master/EthereumStratum_NiceHash_v1.0.0.txt

To my knowledge, suprnova also implemented this and got much better results, because miners cannot cheat anymore.

Thanks for clarification, i though that it is only working on nicehash pool.

But would be nice others protocol support, Some of the great pools (and other coins like Musicoin) did not use nicehash stratum protocol

the results of the new version are pretty good, keep good work zawawa

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[ioglnx]

The commandline switch /? or /nvidia doesn't work.
It just starts the miner always. So what and which are the proper commandline switches.

Obviously the old ones from 1.1.3a not working anymore
Also how to set username and password for other pool?

[djeZo]

The commandline switch /? or /nvidia doesn't work.
It just starts the miner always. So what and which are the proper commandline switches.

Obviously the old ones from 1.1.3a not working anymore
Also how to set username and password for other pool?

All the information you need is here: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator

[ioglnx]

As I said the parameter doesn't work. and there is no hint in any of your documentation about username or password.
Maybe you can enlighten the blind then where to find this specific info in your docs if it exists..if ...

X:\Mining\excavator_v1.2.5a_Win64>X:\Mining\excavator_v1.2.5a_Win64\excavator.exe /?

======================= www.nicehash.com =====================
            Excavator v1.2.5a GPU Miner for NiceHash.
       Copyright (C) 2017 NiceHash. All rights reserved.
Developed by djeZo and zawawa with help and contributions from
         pallas, Vorksholk, bitbandi, ocminer, Genoil
======================= www.nicehash.com =====================

Build time: 2017-06-14 00:49:03
Build number: 388
Provided startup commandline:
        X:\Mining\excavator_v1.2.5a_Win64\excavator.exe  /?

[14:36:01][0x0000376c][info] Log started
[14:36:01][0x0000376c][error] opencl | Failed to load phymem.
[14:36:01][0x0000376c][error] opencl | Please disable driver signature enforcement and run miner as administrator.
[14:36:01][0x0000376c][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[14:36:02][0x0000376c][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[14:36:02][0x0000376c][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[14:36:02][0x0000376c][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[14:36:02][0x0000376c][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[14:36:02][0x0000376c][info] api | Listening on 127.0.0.1:3456
[14:36:02][0x0000376c][info] core | Initialized!
[14:36:05][0x0000376c][info] Shutting down
[14:36:05][0x0000376c][info] api | Closing

So how should the command file should look like for other pools using login and password?
Even commandlineswitch /nvidia which is mentioned on the help doesn't work. So you documentation is either crap or not well done.

Line 42 of your documentation says...

To get details about specific algorithms that are available in Excavator, check [AMD information](/amd) or [NVIDIA information](/nvidia).

what i get ..again a started miner but not what the doc saying i should get.
X:\Mining\excavator_v1.2.5a_Win64>X:\Mining\excavator_v1.2.5a_Win64\excavator.exe /nvidia

======================= www.nicehash.com =====================
            Excavator v1.2.5a GPU Miner for NiceHash.
       Copyright (C) 2017 NiceHash. All rights reserved.
Developed by djeZo and zawawa with help and contributions from
         pallas, Vorksholk, bitbandi, ocminer, Genoil
======================= www.nicehash.com =====================

Build time: 2017-06-14 00:49:03
Build number: 388
Provided startup commandline:
        X:\Mining\excavator_v1.2.5a_Win64\excavator.exe  /nvidia

[15:05:59][0x000017fc][info] Log started
[15:05:59][0x000017fc][error] opencl | Failed to load phymem.
[15:05:59][0x000017fc][error] opencl | Please disable driver signature enforcement and run miner as administrator.
[15:05:59][0x000017fc][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[15:06:00][0x000017fc][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[15:06:00][0x000017fc][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[15:06:00][0x000017fc][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[15:06:00][0x000017fc][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
[15:06:01][0x000017fc][info] api | Listening on 127.0.0.1:3456
[15:06:01][0x000017fc][info] core | Initialized!
[15:06:02][0x000017fc][info] Shutting down
[15:06:02][0x000017fc][info] api | Closing

[reb0rn21]

@ionlng
For me it works with json file and I use their restart scrypt just edit the json to mine what you like
excavator.exe -c %COMMAND_FILE%

zcash.json
[
   {"time":0,"commands":[
      {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["equihash","eu1-zcash.flypool.org:3333","t1aayCdxghMsbHTMYZqLrR8jWgFhdiCnDbY.rig6"]}
   ]},
   {"time":3,"commands":[
      {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0"]},
      

[djeZo]

Line 42 of your documentation says...

To get details about specific algorithms that are available in Excavator, check [AMD information](/amd) or [NVIDIA information](/nvidia).

AMD information: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/tree/master/amd

NVIDIA information: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/tree/master/nvidia

API information: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/tree/master/api

And of course, to make sense of all, carefully read first README on excavator's github page.

[ioglnx]

Again there is no hint or information on how to set username and password if you want to mine on other pool.

In old excavator it was -s server -u username -p password

What is it now..that is my question..i asked 3 times by now^^ lol is that so hard to get the point?

[djeZo]

Again there is no hint or information on how to set username and password if you want to mine on other pool.

In old excavator it was -s server -u username -p password

What is it now..that is my question..i asked 3 times by now^^ lol is that so hard to get the point?

It is, here: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/tree/master/api#algorithm-add

And there is also example json file in root folder where you only need to modify data with your own.

[Matt9301]

Hi guys, have you any idea about an AMD R5 M430 settings for mining? I would like to enjoy with my laptop anytime, and what algo can I mine??

[yoyo1]

Any Linux versions out there? 

[wacko]

How do I select which cards are used for mining? By default only the 1st card in the rig is used and the others are idling. Is it the "-cd" parameter in the main .bat file? I can't find anything about this in the documentation.
And I'm also getting lots of rejected shares when mining lbry on suprnova. The reason is always "low difficulty share". I don't have nearly as many (pretty much none at all) on the same rig with the same pool when I'm using alexis ccminer.

[djeZo]

How do I select which cards are used for mining? By default only the 1st card in the rig is used and the others are idling. Is it the "-cd" parameter in the main .bat file? I can't find anything about this in the documentation.
And I'm also getting lots of rejected shares when mining lbry on suprnova. The reason is always "low difficulty share". I don't have nearly as many (pretty much none at all) on the same rig with the same pool when I'm using alexis ccminer.

Using start-up commanding file. See example default_command_file.json.

File contains a JSON array of all actions that would happen during runtime of Excavator. Each array item has two mandatory fields and one optional. Mandatory is 'time' which tells you after how many seconds since start of Excavator commands should execute and 'commands' which is a JSON array of commands you can find in API section.

Optionally you can specify 'loop' which repeat commands every 'loop' seconds. When creating algorithms and workers, note that IDs of returned objects always run from 0 and on, so first algorithm always has ID 0, second 1 etc.

You will want to figure out ID of each card; use telnet to connect to Excavator then send command

{"id":1,"method":"device.list","params":[]}
to retreive all available devices and their IDs.

After you have your commanding file ready, use '-c' command line switch to provide file name when starting Excavator.

As for rejects; we tested on NiceHash only and it worked fine.

[ioglnx]

Again there is no hint or information on how to set username and password if you want to mine on other pool.

In old excavator it was -s server -u username -p password

What is it now..that is my question..i asked 3 times by now^^ lol is that so hard to get the point?

It is, here: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/tree/master/api#algorithm-add

And there is also example json file in root folder where you only need to modify data with your own.

No wonder I couldn't find it..different place it was ..yeah yeah the little nuts and bolts.
Thanks anyway.

[joaocha]

For Dual Mining ETH+SIA WITH GPU 0

[
   {"time":0,"commands":[
      {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["daggerhashimoto","daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353","YOURBTCADRESS"]},
      {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["sia","sia.eu.nicehash.com:3360","YOURBTCADRESS"]}
   ]},
   {"time":3,"commands":[
      {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0"]},
      {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["1","0"]}
   ]},
   {"time":5,"loop":10,"commands":[
      {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["0"]},
      {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["1"]},
      {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.print.speeds","params":["0"]}
   ]}
]

Solo Mining with 5 Gpus

[
   {"time":0,"commands":[
      {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["daggerhashimoto","daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353","YOURBTCADRESS"]},
   ]},
   {"time":3,"commands":[
      {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0"]},
                {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","1"]},
                {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","2"]},
                {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","3"]},
                {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","4"]}
   ]},
   {"time":10,"loop":10,"commands":[
      {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["0"]},
      {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["1"]},
                {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["2"]},
                {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["3"]},
                {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["4"]},
      {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.print.speeds","params":["0"]}
   ]}
]

[zawawa]

Do you have an ETA for the Linux version?

My admittedly optimistic estimate is one week from now. We will see...

[rednoW]

2 zawawa
Can you test your dagger-hashimoto miner on hi epoch like 150 and 200. What will you get on Polaris? Claymore's is falling from 31 to 17 mhs ))

[djeZo]

Can anyone report any kind of issues with lbry on NVIDIA? You should be getting around 400 MHs on 1080 and 300 MHs on 1070.

[joaocha]

Zawawa why hashing speed start something like 3 mhs, and start growing slow until arrives something like 29 mhs on eth?

[fr4nkthetank]

Can anyone report any kind of issues with lbry on NVIDIA? You should be getting around 400 MHs on 1080 and 300 MHs on 1070.

Reporting in with EVGA 1070, I am getting somewhat improved speeds on ccminerx64 for lbry. 280-285 speeds @ 75 power limit and core +125, mem -502.  some problemos, of course with the web page open gpu 0 is less (power % fluctuates) so I had to close it, but its useful. I am getting about 5-10% rejects, sometimes when pool (coinmine.pl) sends new work there is a reject.  all excavator settings are default.  Seems stable.  the rejects have got me worried a bit, ill leave it running and see what kind of efficiency I get.  Also, Power usage seems in line with ccminer x64, maybe 5w more.

edit:  rejects seemed to have calmed down.  still stable.  Great job guys.

[reb0rn21]

Can anyone report any kind of issues with lbry on NVIDIA? You should be getting around 400 MHs on 1080 and 300 MHs on 1070.

same speed as alexis which is logical 
if used 2 threads per GPU on 5 card system 3,4 and 5th card need some time to initialize