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

[patrike]

@patrike

does AM support the GekkoScience Terminus R606? It uses a modified version of cgminer (version 4.11.1)

I can do it manually but if I can have all my miners in AM it is useful.

This is the first time I get a request for this miner. What happens if you add it to Awesome Miner, is there something specific that doesn't show up correctly? Is this miner it running with Cgminer API enabled, to make it possible to monitor?

Could you please send me the API Report (toolbar: Tools -> API Report) if possible (by PM or mail). Thanks!

I have not found a way to add it to AM - it does not have a controller and operates either via a independent controller like a Pi or via USB to a PC (I have it connected via USB)

it uses a modified version of CgMiner from here

http://23.108.83.14/images/cgminer-4.11.1-windows-gekko-9e51f0b.7z  <---- link comes from this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5053833.0

I assume you launch cgminer from the command line today? Can you try to enable the API for it by also adding something like the following command line arguments:
--api-listen --api-allow W:0/0

At this point it should be possible to point an External Miner in Awesome Miner to the IP address of the computer running cgminer.

[patrike]

Why is awesomeminer leaving a ton of mining windows open all of a sudden?

You have to go to task manager and manually close the conhosts?

Any fix?

I'm not able to reproduce this. Can you please share more details?
If you start and stop a Managed Miner - is it still running? Are you launching the mining software in Admin mode or are there any other non-default settings?

I am running it the same way I have for years, latest updates. Don't think it runs as admin mode, unless there is a setting in awesomeminer for that. Basically when it switches mining software/windows it leaves the old cmd window box and you can't click x to close it, it is NOT mining, but the new box is, and the only way to get rid of the tons of boxes is to end them from task manager. They are listed as conhost.exe and Suspended status.

PS. And it is weird because it is only doing it on my Ryzen machine, the Intel ones are not doing this. I added exceptions to Avast as I have been doing for years and never had this issue. I'm doing nothing different then before the last update, which didn't just do the small normal update, but had me actually re-install it?

Thanks for the update.

The last few minor version of Awesome Miner have been small and not related to how mining software is started.

1) Can you try to disable Avast completely on one of the computers to see if that makes any difference?
2) Can you please check the setting "Run mining process with Administrator privileges" in the Properties of a miner, Environment section. I'm not asking for a change of the setting, but it's good for me to know if it's enabled or not to get a more complete understanding of your setup. Thanks!

[jimlite]

Why is awesomeminer leaving a ton of mining windows open all of a sudden?

You have to go to task manager and manually close the conhosts?

Any fix?

I'm not able to reproduce this. Can you please share more details?
If you start and stop a Managed Miner - is it still running? Are you launching the mining software in Admin mode or are there any other non-default settings?

I am running it the same way I have for years, latest updates. Don't think it runs as admin mode, unless there is a setting in awesomeminer for that. Basically when it switches mining software/windows it leaves the old cmd window box and you can't click x to close it, it is NOT mining, but the new box is, and the only way to get rid of the tons of boxes is to end them from task manager. They are listed as conhost.exe and Suspended status.

PS. And it is weird because it is only doing it on my Ryzen machine, the Intel ones are not doing this. I added exceptions to Avast as I have been doing for years and never had this issue. I'm doing nothing different then before the last update, which didn't just do the small normal update, but had me actually re-install it?

Thanks for the update.

The last few minor version of Awesome Miner have been small and not related to how mining software is started.

1) Can you try to disable Avast completely on one of the computers to see if that makes any difference?
2) Can you please check the setting "Run mining process with Administrator privileges" in the Properties of a miner, Environment section. I'm not asking for a change of the setting, but it's good for me to know if it's enabled or not to get a more complete understanding of your setup. Thanks!

It was not running with Administratror privleges checked, I checked the box and will try after work  late today again. If that doesn't work I would try without AV, but not for long. It seems like it could be a windows thing because it makes the boxes suspended instead of closing them?

[MoparMiningLLC]

@patrike

does AM support the GekkoScience Terminus R606? It uses a modified version of cgminer (version 4.11.1)

I can do it manually but if I can have all my miners in AM it is useful.

This is the first time I get a request for this miner. What happens if you add it to Awesome Miner, is there something specific that doesn't show up correctly? Is this miner it running with Cgminer API enabled, to make it possible to monitor?

Could you please send me the API Report (toolbar: Tools -> API Report) if possible (by PM or mail). Thanks!

I have not found a way to add it to AM - it does not have a controller and operates either via a independent controller like a Pi or via USB to a PC (I have it connected via USB)

it uses a modified version of CgMiner from here

http://23.108.83.14/images/cgminer-4.11.1-windows-gekko-9e51f0b.7z  <---- link comes from this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5053833.0

I assume you launch cgminer from the command line today? Can you try to enable the API for it by also adding something like the following command line arguments:
--api-listen --api-allow W:0/0

At this point it should be possible to point an External Miner in Awesome Miner to the IP address of the computer running cgminer.

Will try tonight and get back to you

[MoparMiningLLC]

I assume you launch cgminer from the command line today? Can you try to enable the API for it by also adding something like the following command line arguments:
--api-listen --api-allow W:0/0

At this point it should be possible to point an External Miner in Awesome Miner to the IP address of the computer running cgminer.

I do not launch it from the command line - I downloaded it from the link I posted, when I open/run it, it automatically starts prompting me for pool information

This does not appear to run like any cgminer version I have used before.

[patrike]

Why is awesomeminer leaving a ton of mining windows open all of a sudden?

You have to go to task manager and manually close the conhosts?

Any fix?

I'm not able to reproduce this. Can you please share more details?
If you start and stop a Managed Miner - is it still running? Are you launching the mining software in Admin mode or are there any other non-default settings?

I am running it the same way I have for years, latest updates. Don't think it runs as admin mode, unless there is a setting in awesomeminer for that. Basically when it switches mining software/windows it leaves the old cmd window box and you can't click x to close it, it is NOT mining, but the new box is, and the only way to get rid of the tons of boxes is to end them from task manager. They are listed as conhost.exe and Suspended status.

PS. And it is weird because it is only doing it on my Ryzen machine, the Intel ones are not doing this. I added exceptions to Avast as I have been doing for years and never had this issue. I'm doing nothing different then before the last update, which didn't just do the small normal update, but had me actually re-install it?

Thanks for the update.

The last few minor version of Awesome Miner have been small and not related to how mining software is started.

1) Can you try to disable Avast completely on one of the computers to see if that makes any difference?
2) Can you please check the setting "Run mining process with Administrator privileges" in the Properties of a miner, Environment section. I'm not asking for a change of the setting, but it's good for me to know if it's enabled or not to get a more complete understanding of your setup. Thanks!

It was not running with Administratror privleges checked, I checked the box and will try after work  late today again. If that doesn't work I would try without AV, but not for long. It seems like it could be a windows thing because it makes the boxes suspended instead of closing them?

I'm not sure what the exact issue is here. Does it happen to all mining software? If you just start and stop the miner - does the problem happen right away?

[patrike]

I assume you launch cgminer from the command line today? Can you try to enable the API for it by also adding something like the following command line arguments:
--api-listen --api-allow W:0/0

At this point it should be possible to point an External Miner in Awesome Miner to the IP address of the computer running cgminer.

I do not launch it from the command line - I downloaded it from the link I posted, when I open/run it, it automatically starts prompting me for pool information

This does not appear to run like any cgminer version I have used before.

As you point out, it does sound like a very custom cgminer version.

Typically you need to start Cgminer with API parameters like I suggested above in order to enable the monitoring interface (API) where Awesome Miner can connect. If you do open cmd.exe and then launch cgminer.exe with the parameters I suggested, are those simply ignored?

[MoparMiningLLC]

I assume you launch cgminer from the command line today? Can you try to enable the API for it by also adding something like the following command line arguments:
--api-listen --api-allow W:0/0

At this point it should be possible to point an External Miner in Awesome Miner to the IP address of the computer running cgminer.

I do not launch it from the command line - I downloaded it from the link I posted, when I open/run it, it automatically starts prompting me for pool information

This does not appear to run like any cgminer version I have used before.

As you point out, it does sound like a very custom cgminer version.

Typically you need to start Cgminer with API parameters like I suggested above in order to enable the monitoring interface (API) where Awesome Miner can connect. If you do open cmd.exe and then launch cgminer.exe with the parameters I suggested, are those simply ignored?

ok I understand i think, I created a .bat with the following command line

cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://bitcoin.viabtc.com:3333 -u MoparMiningLLC.003 -p x

are you stating I should add --api-listen --api-allow W:0/0 to the end so that it is like this?

cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://bitcoin.viabtc.com:3333 -u MoparMiningLLC.003 -p x --api-listen --api-allow W:0/0


update:

I ran it with the command line above and with what you suggested, in cgminer i saw "API running in IP access mode on port 4028 (1884)"

I tried to add it to AM using the pc's IP address and with port 4028 - the "test connection" fails though.

update:

I got it to work - I had to open the port on the pc's firewall - after that it worked just fine. will pm you the API log as you requested.

[patrike]

I assume you launch cgminer from the command line today? Can you try to enable the API for it by also adding something like the following command line arguments:
--api-listen --api-allow W:0/0

At this point it should be possible to point an External Miner in Awesome Miner to the IP address of the computer running cgminer.

I do not launch it from the command line - I downloaded it from the link I posted, when I open/run it, it automatically starts prompting me for pool information

This does not appear to run like any cgminer version I have used before.

As you point out, it does sound like a very custom cgminer version.

Typically you need to start Cgminer with API parameters like I suggested above in order to enable the monitoring interface (API) where Awesome Miner can connect. If you do open cmd.exe and then launch cgminer.exe with the parameters I suggested, are those simply ignored?

ok I understand i think, I created a .bat with the following command line

cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://bitcoin.viabtc.com:3333 -u MoparMiningLLC.003 -p x

are you stating I should add --api-listen --api-allow W:0/0 to the end so that it is like this?

cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://bitcoin.viabtc.com:3333 -u MoparMiningLLC.003 -p x --api-listen --api-allow W:0/0


update:

I ran it with the command line above and with what you suggested, in cgminer i saw "API running in IP access mode on port 4028 (1884)"

I tried to add it to AM using the pc's IP address and with port 4028 - the "test connection" fails though.

update:

I got it to work - I had to open the port on the pc's firewall - after that it worked just fine. will pm you the API log as you requested.

Thanks for the update and great that you got the API running.

I've looked at the API report and it looks like most information should be displayed correctly in Awesome Miner. One limitation is that this miner doesn't support reporting the temperature - the temperature value reported is 0.

[MoparMiningLLC]

Thanks for the update and great that you got the API running.

I've looked at the API report and it looks like most information should be displayed correctly in Awesome Miner. One limitation is that this miner doesn't support reporting the temperature - the temperature value reported is 0.

that is correct - the temp reports as zero but the hash rate is reporting correctly

[patrike]

Awesome Miner version 6.9.5 (Development preview of 7.0)

 ASIC mining
  - Support for GekkoScience Terminus R606 (except for temperature reporting that isn't supported by this ASIC)
 GPU mining
  - Select pools used by a Managed Profit Miner and instruct the profit switcher to ignore the pools for a specified period of time
 Features
  - The miner group concept is improved by allowing sub groups to be added to groups. Use drag and drop or the context menu item 'Move to group' to move a group into another group.
  - A new tab for Groups has been added in both the Windows application and the web interface to display a summary of all miner groups with hashrate, power usage, temperature and profit details
  - Colors are used to visualize temperatures. Configurable in the Options dialog, General section. 
  - Notifications for the selected miner is displayed as a tab in the bottom area
  - Profit switching history for the selected miner is displayed as a tab in the bottom area for more control of how the profit switcher operates
 Configuration
  - The predefined rule for detecting high temperature will now allow configuration of the temperature source (Standard or Chip temperature)
 User interface
  - The layout of the Summary tab for the selected miner has been improved
  - Improved user interface for selection of miners and groups for rules and for user account configuration
  - System tools for Managed Miners miners made available via the toolbar Tools
  - Improved context menu user interface for ASIC tools and System tools
  - The operation to perform a mining software cleanup is added to the System tools menu in the context menu for a miner
 Mining software
  - Gminer 1.62
  - XmRig CPU Miner 3.1.1
  - XmRig AMD Miner 2.14.6
  - XmRig nVidia Miner 2.14.5

To get access to development versions, open the Options dialog in Awesome Miner. In the General section, enable Check for development versions. Then go to the Menu and click Check for updates.

Direct download links if needed:
https://www.awesomeminer.com/download/setupdev/AwesomeMiner.msi
https://www.awesomeminer.com/download/setupdev/AwesomeMinerRemoteService.msi

[trucobit]

Very good work Patrike, big changes. You can't have a better DEV for this program. Thank you for your changes and continuous improvements. The chip temperature sounds great.

[jimlite]

Patrike, it is doing it a lot less now since the last update or pre-release update. I don't wake up with 30 boxes suspeneded anymore, sometimes one or two. Good work.

P.S. You probably know Nicehash (old) is going away the 10th. I am hoping they add some of the missing algos such as MTP from new that old had. In any case on the 10th I will just uncheck old nicehash from the profit switching unless you update it beforehand, might want to look into it and make sure all the apis and stratums for all the new nichehash are current, because I bet they change some on the 10th...

[patrike]

Very good work Patrike, big changes. You can't have a better DEV for this program. Thank you for your changes and continuous improvements. The chip temperature sounds great.

Thanks for the great feedback, both now and in the past as well. The software will of course continue to improve with each new version.

[patrike]

Patrike, it is doing it a lot less now since the last update or pre-release update. I don't wake up with 30 boxes suspeneded anymore, sometimes one or two. Good work.

P.S. You probably know Nicehash (old) is going away the 10th. I am hoping they add some of the missing algos such as MTP from new that old had. In any case on the 10th I will just uncheck old nicehash from the profit switching unless you update it beforehand, might want to look into it and make sure all the apis and stratums for all the new nichehash are current, because I bet they change some on the 10th...

There are actually no changes in the latest version that could resolve your issue - so I wonder if this was something temporary in your setup. Anyway, if it's working better now, it's of course good.

So far MTP is not in the list of algorithm on the new platform, but if it shows up I will make sure it's supported.

I've not seen any information about changes to stratum and API URL's for the new platform, so I assume it will be the same as today with 'new' in the sub domain name.

I'm planning the following for Awesome Miner 7.0, planned to be released Monday 9th:
- Nicehash (old) will be removed
- If you don't have Nicehash New configured already, the wallet from the Nicehash old platform will be used for the Nicehash New platform
- If you already have Nicehash New configured with a wallet, nothing will change except that the Nicehash old platform will no longer be available

I hope the above should make the transition as smooth as possible. Please let me know if I missed anything important here.

For users that still want to use the old platform for one more day before it closes - you will have to wait with upgrading to Awesome Miner 7.0 until Tuesday (10th).

[narousberg]

please add z-enemy 2.1 compiled with CUDA 10.1 (at least for Windows)
otherwise RTX cards always crashing.
needed version availible there: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3378390.0
Regards

[patrike]

please add z-enemy 2.1 compiled with CUDA 10.1 (at least for Windows)
otherwise RTX cards always crashing.
needed version availible there: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3378390.0
Regards

I've updated Z-enemy to also include the CUDA 10.1 version.
Please go to: Menu -> Update mining software definitions

Thanks!

[nicogc]

hello to all!!!!
i am new to mining. i have started mining ETN and ENQ on my phone, but i am going to try to mine using Awesome Miner on my laptop. i have downloaded it from https://www.awesomeminer.com/download/setup/AwesomeMiner.msi but my antivirus warns me it has a malware when i try to install it:
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNQhpKXzteK0HXO86orcLmxYPSg9WaPm4kT5X3c

is this normal or should i worry??? any help would be appreciated!!!

thank you!!!!

[patrike]

hello to all!!!!
i am new to mining. i have started mining ETN and ENQ on my phone, but i am going to try to mine using Awesome Miner on my laptop. i have downloaded it from https://www.awesomeminer.com/download/setup/AwesomeMiner.msi but my antivirus warns me it has a malware when i try to install it:

is this normal or should i worry??? any help would be appreciated!!!

thank you!!!!

Hi and thanks for your question.

In the past AVG/Avast was very cooperative as they analyzed Awesome Miner and white-listed it as one of the few mining related applications that were considered safe. A while ago they changed their policies and have special rules for mining related software - and although their experts agree that Awesome Miner isn't a threat - they do have some new policies around mining related software where they prefer to mark it as a potential threat.

For most of the AVG/Avast user base, mining isn't something wanted - and this is the reason why they prefer to mark anything related to mining as a threat.

I've been in contact with their support team a number of times during the last few months, but it's not possible to change their decision that Awesome Miner is related to mining and by being related to mining other rules apply. So this is an unfortunate policy on their side that I'm not able to do anything about at the moment.
​
​It should be possible to configure Avast with an exception to allow Awesome Miner.

[patrike]

Awesome Miner version 7.0

 Awesome Miner Antminer firmware
  - Added Mining Profile log as a new tab in the bottom area
  - Include the Mining Profile log and Kernel log in in the API Report for a miner to make troubleshooting easier
 ASIC mining
  - Support for GekkoScience Terminus R606 (except for temperature reporting that isn't supported by this ASIC)
  - Bulk edit of the Algorithm property of External Miners
  - Frequency will display the actual chain frequency instead of the global target frequency
 GPU mining
  - Select pools used by a Managed Profit Miner and instruct the profit switcher to ignore the pools for a specified period of time. Available via the new profit switching tab for a selected miner
 Features
  - The miner group concept is improved by allowing sub groups to be added to groups. Use drag and drop or the context menu item 'Move to group' to move a group into another group.
  - A new tab for Groups has been added in both the Windows application and the web interface to display a summary of all miner groups with hashrate, power usage, temperature and profit details
  - Note about groups: The new web interface supports the concepts of sub groups and group view, but the classic web interface doesn't
  - Colors are used to visualize temperatures. Configurable in the Options dialog, General section. 
  - Notifications for the selected miner is displayed as a tab in the bottom area
  - Profit switching history for the selected miner is displayed as a tab in the bottom area for more control of how the profit switcher operates
 Integration
  - The old Nicehash platform has been removed and is fully replaced by the new Nicehash platform. Nicehash will discontinue the old platform on September 10th 2019.
  - Note: Review the wallet settings for Nicehash in the Options dialog, Profit switching section
 Configuration
  - The predefined rule for detecting high temperature will now allow configuration of the temperature source (Standard or Chip temperature)
  - Added a setting to disable drag&drop operations in the list of miners. Configurable in the Options dialog, Advanced section
 User interface
  - The layout of the Summary tab for the selected miner has been improved
  - Improved user interface for selection of miners and groups for rules and for user account configuration
  - System tools for Managed Miners miners made available via the toolbar Tools
  - Improved context menu user interface for ASIC tools and System tools
  - The operation to perform a mining software cleanup is added to the System tools menu in the context menu for a miner
  - The web interface includes chip temperature display for a selected miner
 Mining software
  - BMiner 15.8.6
  - Gminer 1.62
  - XmRig CPU Miner 3.1.1
  - XmRig AMD Miner 2.14.6
  - XmRig nVidia Miner 2.14.5
  - NBMiner 25.1
  - Z-enemy Miner CUDA 10.1 support added
  - CcMiner Zcoin Official 1.2.2

Note: You will no longer be able to use the old Nicehash platform once you upgrade to Awesome Miner 7.0. Please also note that the old Nicehash platform will be closed down tomorrow (September 10th).