[Awesome Miner] - Powerful Windows GUI to manage and monitor up to 200000 miners

[Recoyle]

Small issue I noticed today.

Upgraded to Nvidia drivers 512.15 today to test out the new T-rex miner 0.25.13.  Everything is running fine, but the GUI under "information" no longer shows the fan %. It just shows a static 0%. I am assuming this is a driver issue, as an older card I have on Gminer is also no longer reporting fan %.

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[patrike]

Good morning patrike,

First time I am trying to use MiniZ and I am having an issue with it running.
No issues with gminer or trex miner that I've been using for over 1 year.

Setup:
AM v9.3.5 console and agent on miner
Windows 10 21H2 with latest updates
Nvidia driver 496.76
(12) EVGA RTX 3070

Findings:
MiniZ 1.8y2 loads the GPUs very slowly (the green list of RTX 3070's) but will not actually start mining.
MiniZ 1.8y3 loads the first 2 GPUs but then the miner exits. Subsequent reboots of the miner also fail.
Diagnostics with 1.8y3 shows it mining perfectly fine, even when running a 2 minute diag.
I'm also able to successfully run MiniZ 1.8y3 locally via command line, from the AM AppData path, using the same cmd line parameters as shown in the AM console.
Creating a custom miner in AM and specifying path to 1.8y3 also works without issue.
I have tried with no overclock but miner still exits.

I see AM lists MiniZ as "1.8y3 (CUDA: 10.0)" while I see bitcointalk main notes of MiniZ saying CUDA 11 is supported. Otherwise I am lost.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

There is a bug in MiniZ where it sometimes crashes on startup if the monitoring API is being called. So it's basically a timing issue where Awesome Miner sends a request for monitoring details - and depending on where Miniz is in the initialization phase, it may crash.

This is the reason why it always runs fine via the Awesome Miner diagnostics, as no API calls are being made. Same when launching it manually via the command line, as no API calls are being made it works fine.

I've reported this to the MiniZ developer a while ago.

Update: I just added the latest MiniZ 1.8z and on my system it runs perfectly stable now. Please give the new version a try as well.

[patrike]

Version 9.3.6 (Development release of 9.4)

 ASIC mining
  - Added support for Ebang Ebit E12
  - Added support for Goldshell KD6
  - Added support for iPollo V1
 Features
  - Miner activity log and user activity log for logging of all operations performed on each miner. Can be enabled via the Options dialog, Dashboard and History section.
  - Trigger for checking hashrate can look at secondary hashrate when dual mining
 Integration
  - Use new auto region concept for Nicehash pools
 Mining software
  - Nanominer 3.6.2
  - T-Rex 0.25.12

Hey Patrik,

the dual mining feature for lolminer did not work right at the moment. ETC+ALPH for example did not work. I set first ETC for first algo and Blake3 for secondary, than i set the pools - but Awesomeminer not adding the second algo. Only the combination ETC+TON/ALPH not working. ETH+TON/ALPH work well.

And dual mining for Teamredminer would be nice. I know it is harder to realize, because they use a second API port for the secondary algo, but i hope you can improve this. At the moment i monitor the second algo via an extra external miner.

Question about Teamredminer API - did you change something or did they change something  ? I mine ETH+Zil - in the past Awesomeminer recognized the pool change and show me in the Zil PoW time the zil mining speed and the zil pool, but at the moment i see at the zil pow only 0 as hashrate and no pool change. It is nothing big, but in the "old version", i could see in the history how much % i lose per day at zil mining. Example 96% on ethermine and 4% on rustpool.xyz and now i only see 100% on ethermine. I hope you understand my question 

Awesome Miner may not detect the dual mining correctly when using ETC as the primary algorithm. I have a note about this and the plan is to improve it.

The TeamRedMiner API is very unique in terms of dual mining with the secondary port. This is the reason why it isn't supported yet.

Awesome Miner doesn't do anything specific related to ZIL - just displaying the current hashrate and pool details as reported by the mining software.

[patrike]

Small issue I noticed today.

Upgraded to Nvidia drivers 512.15 today to test out the new T-rex miner 0.25.13.  Everything is running fine, but the GUI under "information" no longer shows the fan %. It just shows a static 0%. I am assuming this is a driver issue, as an older card I have on Gminer is also no longer reporting fan %.

Are T-Rex and Gminer also showing the fan speed as 0% in the mining console window?

In Awesome Miner, please select the miner and go to the System tab. Do you see all the GPU details listed here?

Please also let me know which nVidia GPU you are running and I can try to reproduce the issue.

[MrClean636]

Good morning patrike,

First time I am trying to use MiniZ and I am having an issue with it running.
No issues with gminer or trex miner that I've been using for over 1 year.

Setup:
AM v9.3.5 console and agent on miner
Windows 10 21H2 with latest updates
Nvidia driver 496.76
(12) EVGA RTX 3070

Findings:
MiniZ 1.8y2 loads the GPUs very slowly (the green list of RTX 3070's) but will not actually start mining.
MiniZ 1.8y3 loads the first 2 GPUs but then the miner exits. Subsequent reboots of the miner also fail.
Diagnostics with 1.8y3 shows it mining perfectly fine, even when running a 2 minute diag.
I'm also able to successfully run MiniZ 1.8y3 locally via command line, from the AM AppData path, using the same cmd line parameters as shown in the AM console.
Creating a custom miner in AM and specifying path to 1.8y3 also works without issue.
I have tried with no overclock but miner still exits.

I see AM lists MiniZ as "1.8y3 (CUDA: 10.0)" while I see bitcointalk main notes of MiniZ saying CUDA 11 is supported. Otherwise I am lost.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

There is a bug in MiniZ where it sometimes crashes on startup if the monitoring API is being called. So it's basically a timing issue where Awesome Miner sends a request for monitoring details - and depending on where Miniz is in the initialization phase, it may crash.

This is the reason why it always runs fine via the Awesome Miner diagnostics, as no API calls are being made. Same when launching it manually via the command line, as no API calls are being made it works fine.

I've reported this to the MiniZ developer a while ago.

Update: I just added the latest MiniZ 1.8z and on my system it runs perfectly stable now. Please give the new version a try as well.

Hi patrike,

The new 1.8z version is in fact working! Also an increase in hashrate compared to 1.8y3! Thank you for your prompt reply!

[Recoyle]

Small issue I noticed today.

Upgraded to Nvidia drivers 512.15 today to test out the new T-rex miner 0.25.13.  Everything is running fine, but the GUI under "information" no longer shows the fan %. It just shows a static 0%. I am assuming this is a driver issue, as an older card I have on Gminer is also no longer reporting fan %.

Are T-Rex and Gminer also showing the fan speed as 0% in the mining console window?

In Awesome Miner, please select the miner and go to the System tab. Do you see all the GPU details listed here?

Please also let me know which nVidia GPU you are running and I can try to reproduce the issue.

It did not show the % under the system tab, but it did show up in the miner console windows.  This happened on two separate 3080ti's and one 980ti.

*Problem solved.  Computer crashed from overclocking and after the restart, the fan % are working again.  I am going to assume this only happened because I didn't restart after installing the drivers.

[patrike]

Awesome Miner version 9.3.7 (Development preview of 9.4)

 ASIC mining
  - Added support for Jasminer X4
  - Improved support for iPollo V1
 Improvements
  - Improved performance of the Options dialog
 Mining software
  - Miniz 1.8z
  - PhoenixMiner 6.1b

[patrike]

Awesome Miner version 9.4

 ASIC mining
  - Added support for Ebang Ebit E12
  - Added support for Goldshell KD6
  - Added support for iPollo V1
  - Added support for Jasminer X4
 Features
  - Miner activity log and user activity log for logging of all operations performed on each miner. Can be enabled via the Options dialog, Dashboard and History section.
  - Trigger for checking hashrate can look at secondary hashrate when dual mining
 Integration
  - Use new auto region concept for Nicehash pools
 Improvements
  - Improved performance of the Options dialog
 Mining software
  - Miniz 1.8z
  - Nanominer 3.6.2
  - PhoenixMiner 6.1b
  - T-Rex 0.25.15

[Rhino666]

Hello,

There is an issue with version 9.4.0:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v47/rhino666/awesome-miner-3.9.0-missing-claymore-api-password.png

Code:

Send password for Claymore API requests

field is missing in this version and can no longer connect to External Miners with PhoenixMiner installed.

Please fix this or provide download url for version 9.3.5 installer.

Thanks,
Rhino666

[patrike]

Hello,

There is an issue with version 9.4.0:

Code:

Send password for Claymore API requests

field is missing in this version and can no longer connect to External Miners with PhoenixMiner installed.

Please fix this or provide download url for version 9.3.5 installer.

Thanks,
Rhino666

Thanks for the feedback. I will add back this setting in 9.4.1 that will be made available quite soon.

[patrike]

Awesome Miner version 9.4.1

 ASIC mining
  - Improved compatibility with more recent Jasminer X4 firmware versions
 GPU mining
  - Improved dual mining support, where for example Gminer can dual mine with ETC as primary coin
  - A number of Ethereum mining software (Gminer, NbMiner, T-Rex, ...) includes a new LHR unlock feature. Make sure nVidia driver 512.15 or later is installed and run the mining process with Administrator privileges. Open the Properties for a Managed Miner, go to the Environment section and check the box for Administrator privileges.
 Features
  - Display of all Antminer temperatures in the Information column, including PCB, Chip and PIC
  - Display of Antminer PIC temperature (when available) in the ASIC tab for a selected miner
  - Bulk edit of more properties for Managed Hosts
  - Use of variables in the Bulk edit for Managed Miners
 Changes
  - Improved filter for miners not hashing to also include running Managed Miners where no monitoring data is reported
  - Added back Claymore/Phoenix Miner API password configuration
 Mining software
  - Gminer 2.92
  - Lolminer 1.49
  - NbMiner 41.3
  - TeamBlackMiner 1.63
  - T-Rex 0.26.1

[nordmann666]

after this update i cant run miners in admin mode anymore?!

without admin = miners run but no LHR unlock possible
with admin =

Initialize diagnostics (100)
Starting Diagnostics (30s). Awesome Miner version: 9.4.1
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
GPU Details:
  nVidia driver version: 512.59
  nVidia OpenCL Platform ID: 0
  GPUs: RTX 3080
Prerequisites:
  Microsoft .NET Framework: 4.8
  Microsoft VC++ 2013 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2015 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2017 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2019 runtime installed: Yes
Starting Mining Software
Setting up Miner Engine. Instance: 1
Engine Type: TrexMiner, Auto Download: True, EnginePath: , CustomExecutable: , DualAlgorithm: Unspecified
Properties: (WindowMode: ConsoleFormat, EngineType: TrexMiner, IsProfitMiner: False, RunAsAdmin: True)
====================================================================================================
C:\Users\Norman\AppData\Local\AwesomeMiner\t-rex-0.26.1-win_1\t-rex.exe  --no-watchdog --pci-indexing -a ethash -o stratum+tcp://eu-de01.miningrigrentals.com:3344 -p x -u norman666.164836 -w 164836 --api-bind-http 0.0.0.0:4028
====================================================================================================
Failed to start mining process. Is the Windows Service 'IntelliBreeze Software Maintenance Service' not running?
Mining Engine Process failed to start
Failed to start miner in Diagnostics mode
Diagnostics completed

Awesome Miner version 9.4.1

 ASIC mining
  - Improved compatibility with more recent Jasminer X4 firmware versions
 GPU mining
  - Improved dual mining support, where for example Gminer can dual mine with ETC as primary coin
  - A number of Ethereum mining software (Gminer, NbMiner, T-Rex, ...) includes a new LHR unlock feature. Make sure nVidia driver 512.15 or later is installed and run the mining process with Administrator privileges. Open the Properties for a Managed Miner, go to the Environment section and check the box for Administrator privileges.
 Features
  - Display of all Antminer temperatures in the Information column, including PCB, Chip and PIC
  - Display of Antminer PIC temperature (when available) in the ASIC tab for a selected miner
  - Bulk edit of more properties for Managed Hosts
  - Use of variables in the Bulk edit for Managed Miners
 Changes
  - Improved filter for miners not hashing to also include running Managed Miners where no monitoring data is reported
  - Added back Claymore/Phoenix Miner API password configuration
 Mining software
  - Gminer 1.62
  - Lolminer 1.49
  - NbMiner 41.3
  - TeamBlackMiner 1.63
  - T-Rex 0.26.1

[patrike]

after this update i cant run miners in admin mode anymore?!

without admin = miners run but no LHR unlock possible
with admin =

Initialize diagnostics (100)
Starting Diagnostics (30s). Awesome Miner version: 9.4.1
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
GPU Details:
  nVidia driver version: 512.59
  nVidia OpenCL Platform ID: 0
  GPUs: RTX 3080
Prerequisites:
  Microsoft .NET Framework: 4.8
  Microsoft VC++ 2013 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2015 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2017 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2019 runtime installed: Yes
Starting Mining Software
Setting up Miner Engine. Instance: 1
Engine Type: TrexMiner, Auto Download: True, EnginePath: , CustomExecutable: , DualAlgorithm: Unspecified
Properties: (WindowMode: ConsoleFormat, EngineType: TrexMiner, IsProfitMiner: False, RunAsAdmin: True)
====================================================================================================
C:\Users\Norman\AppData\Local\AwesomeMiner\t-rex-0.26.1-win_1\t-rex.exe  --no-watchdog --pci-indexing -a ethash -o stratum+tcp://eu-de01.miningrigrentals.com:3344 -p x -u norman666.164836 -w 164836 --api-bind-http 0.0.0.0:4028
====================================================================================================
Failed to start mining process. Is the Windows Service 'IntelliBreeze Software Maintenance Service' not running?
Mining Engine Process failed to start
Failed to start miner in Diagnostics mode
Diagnostics completed

Can you please run "services.msc" and check if IntelliBreeze Software Maintenance Service is running? When starting a process with Admin permissions, this service is being used.  This is also the part of Awesome Miner that security software is most sensitive and may block.

If possible, please send me the Remote Agent log file and also "C:\ProgramData\IntelliBreeze\IntelliBreezeMaintenance.log". Thanks!

I'm not able to reproduce this issue but if anyone else also run into this, please let me know.

[Rhino666]

Awesome Miner version 9.4.1

 ASIC mining
  - Improved compatibility with more recent Jasminer X4 firmware versions
 GPU mining
  - Improved dual mining support, where for example Gminer can dual mine with ETC as primary coin
  - A number of Ethereum mining software (Gminer, NbMiner, T-Rex, ...) includes a new LHR unlock feature. Make sure nVidia driver 512.15 or later is installed and run the mining process with Administrator privileges. Open the Properties for a Managed Miner, go to the Environment section and check the box for Administrator privileges.
 Features
  - Display of all Antminer temperatures in the Information column, including PCB, Chip and PIC
  - Display of Antminer PIC temperature (when available) in the ASIC tab for a selected miner
  - Bulk edit of more properties for Managed Hosts
  - Use of variables in the Bulk edit for Managed Miners
 Changes
  - Improved filter for miners not hashing to also include running Managed Miners where no monitoring data is reported
  - Added back Claymore/Phoenix Miner API password configuration
 Mining software
  - Gminer 1.62
  - Lolminer 1.49
  - NbMiner 41.3
  - TeamBlackMiner 1.63
  - T-Rex 0.26.1

Thanks, I can confirm that v9.4.1 can connect to external PhoenixMiners.

[nordmann666]

after this update i cant run miners in admin mode anymore?!

without admin = miners run but no LHR unlock possible
with admin =

Initialize diagnostics (100)
Starting Diagnostics (30s). Awesome Miner version: 9.4.1
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
GPU Details:
  nVidia driver version: 512.59
  nVidia OpenCL Platform ID: 0
  GPUs: RTX 3080
Prerequisites:
  Microsoft .NET Framework: 4.8
  Microsoft VC++ 2013 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2015 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2017 runtime installed: Yes
  Microsoft VC++ 2019 runtime installed: Yes
Starting Mining Software
Setting up Miner Engine. Instance: 1
Engine Type: TrexMiner, Auto Download: True, EnginePath: , CustomExecutable: , DualAlgorithm: Unspecified
Properties: (WindowMode: ConsoleFormat, EngineType: TrexMiner, IsProfitMiner: False, RunAsAdmin: True)
====================================================================================================
C:\Users\Norman\AppData\Local\AwesomeMiner\t-rex-0.26.1-win_1\t-rex.exe  --no-watchdog --pci-indexing -a ethash -o stratum+tcp://eu-de01.miningrigrentals.com:3344 -p x -u norman666.164836 -w 164836 --api-bind-http 0.0.0.0:4028
====================================================================================================
Failed to start mining process. Is the Windows Service 'IntelliBreeze Software Maintenance Service' not running?
Mining Engine Process failed to start
Failed to start miner in Diagnostics mode
Diagnostics completed

Can you please run "services.msc" and check if IntelliBreeze Software Maintenance Service is running? When starting a process with Admin permissions, this service is being used.  This is also the part of Awesome Miner that security software is most sensitive and may block.

If possible, please send me the Remote Agent log file and also "C:\ProgramData\IntelliBreeze\IntelliBreezeMaintenance.log". Thanks!

I'm not able to reproduce this issue but if anyone else also run into this, please let me know.

service was running
need to reinstall awesome miner - it works now again. but other problem i struggle - the downloaded installer tells me that awesomeminer.exe cant be located in the cabinet file - than i just used old installer and update afterwards

[patrike]

the downloaded installer tells me that awesomeminer.exe cant be located in the cabinet file - than i just used old installer and update afterwards

This also sounds like the installer is being blocked or the download was blocked. Please try to remove the downloaded MSI file, ensure the download can finalize without any security software interruptions and it should install fine next time.

[patrike]

Hello. I have 2 of 9 rigs that wont respond to a "stop" command. I will hit stop on all rigs, they seem to stop in the main A.M. program, but if i remote over to the rig, it is still mining. If i don't catch this, it will continue to mine, then open a new mining window and try to mine with the 2 instances. i have to go in remotely and force it closed through task manager. Any thoughts? i have deleted all files (program data, and appdata) for the remote agent and reinstalled.

Hi.

1) Please go to the Awesome Miner Options dialog, Managed Hosts section. Please verify that you don't have two entries pointing to the same IP address.
2) Please also make sure you only have one single Awesome Miner instance controlling these Remote Agents, so you don't have a second Awesome Miner on the network trying to control the same Remote Agents.
3) Is it always the case that the Stop command isn't working for these two specific computers? So a reboot doesn't resolve the problem?
4) Does this happen only when running the mining instance as Administrator or is it the same no matter if running as Administrator or not?

[patrike]

Awesome Miner version 9.4.2

 GPU mining
  - The global fan control can be configured to consider the GPU memory temperature
 Features
  - Record current outside temperature and make available in the Miner Graph. Configure your current location in the Options dialog, Dashboard and History section.
  - Rule trigger for outside temperature
  - Additional temperature methods made available via C# scripting feature
 Mining software
  - Gminer 2.95
  - Lolminer 1.50
  - NbMiner 41.5
 Corrections
  - Correction to Antminer L7 board hashrate display

[rafalb88]

Hi, i have  problem with 3080 cards . All rigs i use have a problem with memory clock. Everytime i change in AW oc settings , all parametres change ( power, fans) exept memory clock, it stay same all the time (9251) not  what i set in AW . Rigs work on hiveos
Miner i try is nbminer 41,5 also Lolminer 1.50 .
Why i think it is problem from AW as when i set same oc in hive os and start mining there it work normally, memory push up and hashrate also.
Please let me know if there is any idea to solve it.
Thanks

[patrike]

Hi, i have  problem with 3080 cards . All rigs i use have a problem with memory clock. Everytime i change in AW oc settings , all parametres change ( power, fans) exept memory clock, it stay same all the time (9251) not  what i set in AW . Rigs work on hiveos
Miner i try is nbminer 41,5 also Lolminer 1.50 .
Why i think it is problem from AW as when i set same oc in hive os and start mining there it work normally, memory push up and hashrate also.
Please let me know if there is any idea to solve it.
Thanks

Hi and thanks for your report. I've sent you a private message on this topic.