Megaminer 6.3 - Multi pool / Multi Algo launcher

[tutulfo]

I did some experimentation , these days and nicehash is the best option , although zpool showing 30-40% more profit the final result is the sam even a little less than nicehash! This is for 3x1080ti 1x1080 and 3x1070 , zpool was showing that 0.04-5 a day , but at the end it was 0.0031 for 24h as i left all the blocks to mature! And using nicehash i got 0.0034btc for the same 24h! Megaminer was set to 1 automatic 24h mode , for zpool , hashref, multipoolhub!

I think for autoexchange pool is best option "Automatic", I don´t know how Zpool,MPH, etc, calculates profit but always is overstimated.

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[tutulfo]

is it possible to start mining on zpool in manual mode?
To mine only coins I want?

No, Zpool dont allow select coin to mine, only algo to mine. You can start zpool on automode with only one algo enabled by parameter, but pool will select coin to mine from available to that algo.

But I found how to do this
By setting $Divisor and @@CURRENCY=coin to mine

No, when you set @@currency on zpool you are ordering pool change your mined coins to that coin to pay you, you are not forcing to mine that coin.

You can see on zpool web than only one port per algo exists, a pool that allow coin selection has a port per coin.


Usually is better to do what you are doing, mining most profitable coin and indicates pool you want to change that coins for your desired destination coin.

[tutulfo]

can I change EUR/day to USD/day without change Europe location ?

No directly on config.txt


You can edit core.ps1 and replace

   switch ($location) {
                    'Europe' {$LabelProfit="EUR/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.eur.rate}
                    'US'     {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'ASIA'   {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'GB'     {$LabelProfit="GBP/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.gbp.rate}

                }


for


   switch ($location) {
                    'Europe'  {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'US'     {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'ASIA'   {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'GB'     {$LabelProfit="GBP/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.gbp.rate}

                }

[tutulfo]

can I change EUR/day to USD/day without change Europe location ?

No directly on config.txt


You can edit core.ps1 and replace

   switch ($location) {
                    'Europe' {$LabelProfit="EUR/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.eur.rate}
                    'US'     {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'ASIA'   {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'GB'     {$LabelProfit="GBP/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.gbp.rate}

                }


To


   switch ($location) {
                    'Europe'  {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'US'     {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'ASIA'   {$LabelProfit="USD/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.usd.rate}
                    'GB'     {$LabelProfit="GBP/Day" ; $localBTCvalue = [double]$CDKResponse.gbp.rate}

                }

[tutulfo]

some times i have this error ( Ccminer has stop working ) . 2 rig working - 1 rig have 6 gtx 1070 and show error on this rig , second rig just 1 gtx 1070 installed . Both rig's installed win 10 Enterprise.v1703

how fix this ?

https://pasteboard.co/GKf4hAa.jpg

I think is a ccminer error not MM error, you can test if get same error runing same command MM launch (you can see it on History screen).

You can try also lowe overclock profiles.

[tutulfo]

some times i have this error ( Ccminer has stop working ) . 2 rig working - 1 rig have 6 gtx 1070 and show error on this rig , second rig just 1 gtx 1070 installed . Both rig's installed win 10 Enterprise.v1703

how fix this ?

https://pasteboard.co/GKf4hAa.jpg

I think is a ccminer error not MM error, you can test if get same error runing same command MM launch (you can see it on History screen).

You can try also lowe overclock profiles.

thanks i try lower overclock and test it

on MPH mining on port 20XXX , for gpu mining beter use port 12XXXX . can change port too 12XXX ?

Simple coin mining (Port 20XXX)
Select any coin and check its port number. Just start mining with appropriate miner and algo right away.
Algo switch mining (Port 17XXX)
We provide auto switching port for each algo. These ports switch coins time to time to mine the most profitable coin. Best for Rental, ASIC, FPGA miners.
Multi-algo switch mining (Port 12XXX)
You can mine different algo coins by using Hub feature, or third party mining helper programs. Good for GPU miners but need some knowledge to set up and optimize

Best port for MM working mode is 20XXX, it let MM what coin to mine. 12XXX are ports for run miners without profit change app like  MM.

[4ward]

it fails to detect secondary algo sometimes

@tutulfo, perhaps when you search for max value, the eth max value was paired with 0 secondary and then it fails to update it as pair?

No, this is the code for update stats, if miner needs bechmarks (it is same var used to show "benchmarkin" msg) and actual readed value is greater than stored value stats are updated

  $Value=[long]($Miner_HashRates[0] * 0.95)

  if ($Value -gt $_.Hashrate -and $_.NeedBenchmark) {
                                                $ValueDual=[long]($Miner_HashRates[1] * 0.95)
                                                $_.Hashrate= $Value
                                                $_.HashrateDual= $ValueDual
                                                Set-Hashrates -algorithm $_.Algorithms -minername $_.Name -value  $Value -valueDual $ValueDual
                                                }

While benchmarking must appear speed on active miners section and must appear a file on stats folder with this value on it.

If you have a situation where dual mining numbers you have detected are "30, 0" because ETH was initialized first and these values are stored in file.

After that, when dual mining actually kicks in, the values are "25, 100", for example

so, 25 is never higher than 30, and never overwrites the values in the benchmark.txt which causes the benchmark to run forever

[twente-mining]

some times i have this error ( Ccminer has stop working ) . 2 rig working - 1 rig have 6 gtx 1070 and show error on this rig , second rig just 1 gtx 1070 installed . Both rig's installed win 10 Enterprise.v1703

how fix this ?

https://pasteboard.co/GKf4hAa.jpg

I think is a ccminer error not MM error, you can test if get same error runing same command MM launch (you can see it on History screen).

You can try also lowe overclock profiles.

It's a memory issue, i had the same...

Set virtuel memory to at least 16 GB and you are good to go ;-)

No more crashes

[twente-mining]

would like to choose Flypool instead of MPH voor zcash, is that possible ?

[cryptolelefla]

I do exactly that with Afterburner - it works just fine - remember to mod all the Miner files though to switch back - With NVIDIA, flipping from ethash and other algos require major canges on memory overclock and a significant performance difference

you means change *.json file on the miners folder and set (CC-MC) clock for all file ?

I call a .cmd file and place the relevant instructions in the command file

i.e. for v4.2
Miners\ccminer-2.2.json

Code:

..
"Path" : ".\\Bin\\NVIDIA-ccminer-2.2\\ccminer.cmd"..

... Bin\NVIDIA-ccminer-2.2\ccminer.cmd

Code:

title %*
"C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" -profile5
"ccminer-x64.exe" %*

Repeat for each entry you are using in Miners
I save the profiles in Afterburner but you can use any utility for the desired effect

this will apply profile 5 to all gpus?

[cUJo76]

Is it possible to implement feature that stops previous miner only after new miner has started and reporting hashrate ?
So that 2 miners run paraller until new one is reporting h/r, that way there wouldn't be pauses between switches.
Maybe then you could lower interval value and always have a miner running without pauses.

Anyhow, Thanks for awesome script

[origin-AL]

Awesome script, easy to set up, thank you!

[stunvn]

Hello.

I'm still using 4.2  Do I have to upgrade to 4.3? 

I'm lazy. 

[known-user]

first of all i would like to start by saying that i think megaminer is a great product, good job on that.

suggestion #1 - bruto to netto profit option
what i really think is missing in here is an option to set your cost per kwh.
in the (C)urrent screen i can see the power that all gpus are using. while i am not able to program powershell myself, i am able to read it (php programmer). i see that the power_draw and the power_limit are addressable, so the data is there in case of nvidia cards.
it could be awesome if we could put our price per kwh in the Config.txt.
during the benchmarking besides from the speed, the total watt usage (sum of power_draw of all cards) could also be read and saved.
desired result: to mine the coin with the highest netto profit (profit - cost for electricity), instead of total profit (including energy costs).

suggestion #2 - include nvidiainspector
ok, this one i have not figured out myself yet, so i thought it might be best to throw it in the community.
basically now i have 2 profiles:
- one profile for ethash , i use a really low power target, i overclock the core a bit but not to the max and i go extreme on the memory: as much as possible per card
- one profile for other algos, i use a little higher power target, i go extreme on the core, and i overclock the memory a bit

for sure this could be finetuned more with diferent algos, but hey, there is also just a certain amount of hours in a day...
let's call these ethash-profile and other-profile for easyness.

at this moment i could go for the route to change the start.bat, and add my ethash-profile in that file.
then i could also change in the Miners directory the json files directly to change the path to my own bat files for the other-profile and do my thing this way.

i do think however that this might also be done through the Config.txt itself, which makes it more easy for the most users.
these could be optional settings. not filled in, won't make use of it.
filled in it could be something per algo to be able to set powerTarget, baseClockOffset, memoryClockOffset

thinking a little further on this, and editing this post, it might be a perfect option to be able to add these as optional fields with your personal values directly in the Miners/*.json files. if filled in, then it could start nvidiainspector first with the filled in settings maybe?

bug - benchmark loop with claymore ethminer dual mode
in case of benchmarking claymore ethminer dual mode it always gets stuck, it keeps on looping the same benchmark over and over.
i found a quick workaround by deleting the hashrate file from the current benchmark that is running, so that it will recreate it and then it will be ok.
can this be fixed in a better way?

[tutulfo]

would like to choose Flypool instead of MPH voor zcash, is that possible ?

I have uploaded Flypool pool file to github

[tutulfo]

Is it possible to implement feature that stops previous miner only after new miner has started and reporting hashrate ?
So that 2 miners run paraller until new one is reporting h/r, that way there wouldn't be pauses between switches.
Maybe then you could lower interval value and always have a miner running without pauses.

Anyhow, Thanks for awesome script

Added to "to-do" list

[tutulfo]

Hello.

I'm still using 4.2  Do I have to upgrade to 4.3? 

I'm lazy. 

Yes, 4.2 has a memory grotwh problem.

[tutulfo]

first of all i would like to start by saying that i think megaminer is a great product, good job on that.

suggestion #1 - bruto to netto profit option
what i really think is missing in here is an option to set your cost per kwh.
in the (C)urrent screen i can see the power that all gpus are using. while i am not able to program powershell myself, i am able to read it (php programmer). i see that the power_draw and the power_limit are addressable, so the data is there in case of nvidia cards.
it could be awesome if we could put our price per kwh in the Config.txt.
during the benchmarking besides from the speed, the total watt usage (sum of power_draw of all cards) could also be read and saved.
desired result: to mine the coin with the highest netto profit (profit - cost for electricity), instead of total profit (including energy costs).

suggestion #2 - include nvidiainspector
ok, this one i have not figured out myself yet, so i thought it might be best to throw it in the community.
basically now i have 2 profiles:
- one profile for ethash , i use a really low power target, i overclock the core a bit but not to the max and i go extreme on the memory: as much as possible per card
- one profile for other algos, i use a little higher power target, i go extreme on the core, and i overclock the memory a bit

for sure this could be finetuned more with diferent algos, but hey, there is also just a certain amount of hours in a day...
let's call these ethash-profile and other-profile for easyness.

at this moment i could go for the route to change the start.bat, and add my ethash-profile in that file.
then i could also change in the Miners directory the json files directly to change the path to my own bat files for the other-profile and do my thing this way.

i do think however that this might also be done through the Config.txt itself, which makes it more easy for the most users.
these could be optional settings. not filled in, won't make use of it.
filled in it could be something per algo to be able to set powerTarget, baseClockOffset, memoryClockOffset

thinking a little further on this, and editing this post, it might be a perfect option to be able to add these as optional fields with your personal values directly in the Miners/*.json files. if filled in, then it could start nvidiainspector first with the filled in settings maybe?

bug - benchmark loop with claymore ethminer dual mode
in case of benchmarking claymore ethminer dual mode it always gets stuck, it keeps on looping the same benchmark over and over.
i found a quick workaround by deleting the hashrate file from the current benchmark that is running, so that it will recreate it and then it will be ok.
can this be fixed in a better way?

suggestion #1 --> To-do list
suggestion #2  --> 4.4 release will have a "prelaunch" command for each miner, future releases will expand this feature to each algo
Bug --> I can not get this error on my rigs. I need to know if while benchmar is running:
   - There is speed on Active Miners section
   - If speed is shown, ¿is a file for that miner/algo generated on stats folders?

[dragonmike]

Dude, your readme and config files are just massive, unformatted walls of text. I'd really like to give your miner a go but it's giving me a massive headache!...

[tutulfo]

Dude, your readme and config files are just massive, unformatted walls of text. I'd really like to give your miner a go but it's giving me a massive headache!...

Its windows notepad problem, open it with notepad++, ultraedit or any other “real” tex editor.