The official MacMiner thread [BTC/LTC-CPU/GPU/FPGA/ASIC]

[Anonymailer]

1.4.8 out now with a couple of fixes.

The cpuminer 2.3.2 version has been switched out with the one distributed on pooler's cpuminer thread and hopefully this update also fixes the issue XFox was experiencing as I've changed the API output mechanism only to run if FPGA/ASIC miner is running.

FPGA/ASIC miner can also be used for GPU mining as it's a BFG backend but the interface is mainly configured for FPGA/ASICs, however if you want raw API output you can give that a shot.

[smscotten]

1.4.8 out now with a couple of fixes.

Arrgh. I hope that "check for updates" is fixed. MacMiner has been telling me that 1.3.17 is the newest version for… since 1.3.17 came out.

Looking forward to seeing what you've done!

[Anonymailer]

1.4.8 out now with a couple of fixes.

Arrgh. I hope that "check for updates" is fixed. MacMiner has been telling me that 1.3.17 is the newest version for… since 1.3.17 came out.

Looking forward to seeing what you've done!

They're on two different branches - 1.4 has a lot changed from 1.3 and I'd recommend it as long as it doesn't cause you any problems - but updates to the 1.4 branch could potentially cause problems. Another possibility is downloading both and showing the package contents on both replacing the cgminer and bfgminer folders and the minerd executable in the Resources folder from the 1.4 branch to the 1.3 branch, if you want the latest backend versions.

As a note, a couple of versions are always available in the first post or at http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/ and the previous minor versions are still downloadable, i.e. if you're now downloading http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/downloads/MacMiner.app-1.4.8.zip you can assume that 1.4.1 through 1.4.7 are in the same downloads folder, just change the version number, so if an update to 1.4 breaks something and you don't have the last version you were using you can get it that way. I should probably make the folder indexable.

There are a few significant additions to come soon so I'm working with a plan towards a version 1.5 which should be the next stable version - once that's out I'll set it up so 1.3.17 users are prompted to upgrade.

[XFox]

1.4.8 out now with a couple of fixes.

The cpuminer 2.3.2 version has been switched out with the one distributed on pooler's cpuminer thread and hopefully this update also fixes the issue XFox was experiencing as I've changed the API output mechanism only to run if FPGA/ASIC miner is running.

Yep, cpuminer works now and I have no more crashes, thank you!

[Anonymailer]

1.4.9 adds a table view to API output - this will be scrubbed up a lot but right now I'm interested in knowing whether people with 2+ GPUs or 2+ USB miners get all their devices listed - I only have 1 GPU and 1 Jalapeno to test with!

[ltcde4]

1.4.9 adds a table view to API output - this will be scrubbed up a lot but right now I'm interested in knowing whether people with 2+ GPUs or 2+ USB miners get all their devices listed - I only have 1 GPU and 1 Jalapeno to test with!

I'm mining with 2 Block Erupters on a Mac Mini... Just installed the newest build. The API window doesn't list any devices for me. Currently using no the no GPU checkbox and -S all in the arguments field.

[Anonymailer]

1.4.9 adds a table view to API output - this will be scrubbed up a lot but right now I'm interested in knowing whether people with 2+ GPUs or 2+ USB miners get all their devices listed - I only have 1 GPU and 1 Jalapeno to test with!

I'm mining with 2 Block Erupters on a Mac Mini... Just installed the newest build. The API window doesn't list any devices for me. Currently using no the no GPU checkbox and -S all in the arguments field.

Thanks for the report - just to make sure, are you using the FPGA/ASIC window? that's the only one the API output is hooked up to

[smscotten]

I too have nothing in the table portion. I'm running the FPGA/ASIC miner as you say, with two BEs and a Lancelot FPGA. There is content in the upper part of the window but it doesn't seem to be changing much, and doesn't seem to correspond to anything reported by the FPGA/ASIC miner window.

Code:

Reply was 'STATUS=S,When=1378717613,Code=9,Msg=0 GPU(s) - 3 PGA(s) - 0 CPU(s),Description=bfgminer 3.2.0|PGA=0,Name=ICA,ID=0,ProcID=0,Enabled=Y,Status=Alive,MHS av=154.449,MHS 5s=26.291,Accepted=1,Rejected=0,Hardware Errors=0,Utility=11.322,Last Share Pool=0,Last Share Time=1378717610,Total MH=818.4849,Diff1 Work=1,Difficulty Accepted=1.00000000,Difficulty Rejected=0.00000000,Last Share Difficulty=1.00000000,Last Valid Work=1378717610,Device Hardware%=0.0000,Device Rejected%=0.0000|PGA=1,Name=ICA,ID=1,ProcID=0,Enabled=Y,Status=Alive,MHS av=362.681,MHS 5s=55.987,Accepted=0,Rejected=0,Hardware Errors=0,Utility=0.000,Last Share Pool=-1,Last Share Time=0,Total MH=1911.1359,Diff1 Work=0,Difficulty Accepted=0.00000000,Difficulty Rejected=0.00000000,Last Share Difficulty=0.00000000,Last Valid Work=1378717598,Device Hardware%=0.0000,Device Rejected%=0.0000|PGA=2,Name=ICA,ID=2,ProcID=0,Enabled=Y,Status=Alive,MHS av=359.704,MHS 5s=56.236,Accepted=0,Rejected=0,Hardware Errors=0,Utility=0.000,Last Share Pool=-1,Last Share Time=0,Total MH=1909.8185,Diff1 Work=0,Difficulty Accepted=0.00000000,Difficulty Rejected=0.00000000,Last Share Difficulty=0.00000000,Last Valid Work=1378717598,Device Hardware%=0.0000,Device Rejected%=0.0000|'
[STATUS] =>
(
   [STATUS] => S
   [When] => 1378717613
   [Code] => 9
   [Msg] => 0 GPU(s) - 3 PGA(s) - 0 CPU(s)
   [Description] => bfgminer 3.2.0
)
[PGA0] =>
(
   [PGA] => 0
   [Name] => ICA
   [ID] => 0
   [ProcID] => 0
   [Enabled] => Y
   [Status] => Alive
   [MHS av] => 154.449
   [MHS 5s] => 26.291
   [Accepted] => 1
   [Rejected] => 0
   [Hardware Errors] => 0
   [Utility] => 11.322
   [Last Share Pool] => 0
   [Last Share Time] => 1378717610
   [Total MH] => 818.4849
   [Diff1 Work] => 1
   [Difficulty Accepted] => 1.00000000
   [Difficulty Rejected] => 0.00000000
   [Last Share Difficulty] => 1.00000000
   [Last Valid Work] => 1378717610
   [Device Hardware%] => 0.0000
   [Device Rejected%] => 0.0000
)
[PGA1] =>
(
   [PGA] => 1
   [Name] => ICA
   [ID] => 1
   [ProcID] => 0
   [Enabled] => Y
   [Status] => Alive
   [MHS av] => 362.681
   [MHS 5s] => 55.987
   [Accepted] => 0
   [Rejected] => 0
   [Hardware Errors] => 0
   [Utility] => 0.000
   [Last Share Pool] => -1
   [Last Share Time] => 0
   [Total MH] => 1911.1359
   [Diff1 Work] => 0
   [Difficulty Accepted] => 0.00000000
   [Difficulty Rejected] => 0.00000000
   [Last Share Difficulty] => 0.00000000
   [Last Valid Work] => 1378717598
   [Device Hardware%] => 0.0000
   [Device Rejected%] => 0.0000
)
[PGA2] =>
(
   [PGA] => 2
   [Name] => ICA
   [ID] => 2
   [ProcID] => 0
   [Enabled] => Y
   [Status] => Alive
   [MHS av] => 359.704
   [MHS 5s] => 56.236
   [Accepted] => 0
   [Rejected] => 0
   [Hardware Errors] => 0
   [Utility] => 0.000
   [Last Share Pool] => -1
   [Last Share Time] => 0
   [Total MH] => 1909.8185
   [Diff1 Work] => 0
   [Difficulty Accepted] => 0.00000000
   [Difficulty Rejected] => 0.00000000
   [Last Share Difficulty] => 0.00000000
   [Last Valid Work] => 1378717598
   [Device Hardware%] => 0.0000
   [Device Rejected%] => 0.0000
)

Yeah, that "when" time is seven hours ago. I've stopped and started the miner (and closed the API window) since then.[/code]

[Random8]

Just updated MacMiner to version 1.4.9 on my iMac, running OS X Version 10.8.4. I'm using bfgminer on a single Block Erupter USB miner.

It works fine with the pool (btcguild), but the miner window shows a very low hash rate (~5 MH/s when it should be 330 MH/s), and shows a very low accepted block number. On the btcguild web site, all is well for hash rate and accepted block numbers.

I had no problem with the previous version.

Thanks,

-R8

[Anonymailer]

Just updated MacMiner to version 1.4.9 on my iMac, running OS X Version 10.8.4. I'm using bfgminer on a single Block Erupter USB miner.

It works fine with the pool (btcguild), but the miner window shows a very low hash rate (~5 MH/s when it should be 330 MH/s), and shows a very low accepted block number. On the btcguild web site, all is well for hash rate and accepted block numbers.

I had no problem with the previous version.

Thanks,

-R8

Thanks, that's interesting - I had an email from someone reporting slower speeds on the latest version but it changed when they set intensity manually - now I'm curious as to whether bfgminer 3.2 is just reporting the wrong speed. I'm quite certain it's an issue with 3.2 though and I intend to report back to luke jr and hopefully get this figured out.

The API issue is mystifying me slightly, I'm not sure whether I'll be able to fix it till I get another USB miner. Something must be wrong with my 'for' loop. I would spring for a block erupter but I'm pretty broke till payday!

[Random8]

Heck, Anonymailer, you do good work. PM me a mailing address and I'll have a Block Erupter sent to you.

In my case, I think everything is working right, but it's being reported wrong to Macminer. The pool web site (btcguild) is showing all the correct numbers for hash rate and blocks accepted. It's just showing the wrong numbers in the Macminer bfgminer window.

Regards,

-R8

[Anonymailer]

Heck, Anonymailer, you do good work. PM me a mailing address and I'll have a Block Erupter sent to you.

In my case, I think everything is working right, but it's being reported wrong to Macminer. The pool web site (btcguild) is showing all the correct numbers for hash rate and blocks accepted. It's just showing the wrong numbers in the Macminer bfgminer window.

Regards,

-R8

Wow, thanks, that's really generous of you! I'll PM you now.

I'll give the github version of bfgminer a shot rather than 3.2 and if that has the same problem I'll post an issue for that on the github page.

[Random8]

By the way, it will cost me 0.2 BTC to send you a Block Erupter, including shipping. If you can get one for a better price, I'll just send you the BTC.

-R8

[Anonymailer]

By the way, it will cost me 0.2 BTC to send you a Block Erupter, including shipping. If you can get one for a better price, I'll just send you the BTC.

-R8

That's pretty good, the best I can find on eBay inc. shipping is .4BTC - I guess I should have looked around the forums!

[Random8]

Actually, that was for a U.S. shipping address, from a U.S. company. Slightly more for shipping to the U.K. I got your PM, and I replied with a question.

-R8

[jedimstr]

BTCGuild has them for 0.24 BTC now.

[Random8]

Yep, and if you bought some from them previously at a higher price, BTCGuild will give you coupons to buy that many at 0.15 BTC each (plus 0.05 BTC shipping for each order). That includes shipping in the U.S. I paid 0.10 BTC for shipping to the U.K. for Anonymailer's Erupter, for a total of 0.25 BTC.

-R8

P.S. The current full price of 0.24 BTC includes shipping within the U.S.

[davethenerd]

Has there been some problem with the "official" MacMiner pools? I haven't seen a deposit to my wallet since 8/18/2013, and I used to get one every day or every other day.

I do notice this when MM is starting up, though it then finds something and starts to work.

Code:

[2013-09-11 08:49:05] Testing pool http://212.227.137.53:9332
 [2013-09-11 08:49:05] OCL 0 (thread 1) being disabled
 [2013-09-11 08:49:05] HTTP request failed: Failed connect to 212.227.137.53:9332; Connection refused
 [2013-09-11 08:49:05] HTTP request failed: Failed connect to 212.227.137.53:9332; Connection refused
 [2013-09-11 08:49:05] Stratum connect failed to pool 1: Failed connect to 212.227.137.53:9332; Connection refused
 [2013-09-11 08:49:05] Testing pool http://176.31.208.222:9332
 [2013-09-11 08:49:05] HTTP request failed: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused
 [2013-09-11 08:49:05] HTTP request failed: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused
 [2013-09-11 08:49:05] Stratum connect failed to pool 2: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused

Anything I need to tweak on my end?

[zpply]

I'm a little new to Mac Miner and for the life of me I can't get this to work.

This is what I have going on. I have a mac mini with 3 Anker USB hubs connected to 3 USB ports on the back of the mini. (mini has 4 ports in total)

1 Anker has 9 Eruptors
1 Anker has 9 Eruptors
1 Anker has 7 Eruptors

I'm using bitminter for the pool but I'm not even sure if it's connecting correct. What would the pool settings be for bitminter? ( http://mint.bitminter.com:8332 / username / password ) does the group need to be included?

It's only showing the hash at 2/3 Mh.

I would love some help.

[Anonymailer]

I'm a little new to Mac Miner and for the life of me I can't get this to work.

This is what I have going on. I have a mac mini with 3 Anker USB hubs connected to 3 USB ports on the back of the mini. (mini has 4 ports in total)

1 Anker has 9 Eruptors
1 Anker has 9 Eruptors
1 Anker has 7 Eruptors

I'm using bitminter for the pool but I'm not even sure if it's connecting correct. What would the pool settings be for bitminter? ( http://mint.bitminter.com:8332 / username / password ) does the group need to be included?

It's only showing the hash at 2/3 Mh.

I would love some help.

Are you using the FPGA/ASIC window? If so, you'll need to install the usb-serial drivers from here:
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx

Install those, use -s all in the miner settings flags and start and it should work fine.

Alternatively, DON'T install the drivers and use the cgminer window, just press start and it should detect them, but if the drivers and installed that won't work.

In response to the previous post, your backup pools are down so you might want to go to Miner settings - edit config manually and change or remove those that aren't working right now.

And special thanks to Random8, the block erupter turned up today and i'll be releasing and update for the API view very soon!