BFGMiner 5.5.0: CPU/GPU/FPGA/ASIC mining software, GBT+Stratum, RPC, Linux/Win64

[FunkiMonki]

Update across all my miners to 5.5.0 worked as smooth as always.

I have many various old ASIC miners on a Openwrt TP-link running BFGMiner  - which I decide to boot up today, funny watching it run after a coupe of years in a box..This had me thinking..

Has anyone ever seen a Luci web interface running for BFGminer?
(Like the CGMiner interface on my Antminers?)

I currently use a 'Screen -dMS' option for access, and while I tried to copy some of the luci lua files over today - as I expected the lua script isn't that simple.
So I'll take some time to RTFM and start with a simpler set of lua scripts

I can see cgminer has it's own dedicated cgminer-api executable. But does BFGMiner?

Or will i just start with an API config file?

Any practical pointers would get me off to a good start...

Many thanks.


Why bother?

1) It's time to learn some Lua anyway as I'm increasingly coming across it.
2) Eventually when the shed is complete some of this kit can/will be moved onto solar panels from the garage - and also heat my shed/greenhouse.
FYI before I sold them on some old Avalon machines were great clothes dryers! Such heat.

[Luke-Jr]

I can see cgminer has it's own dedicated cgminer-api executable. But does BFGMiner?

It's called bfgminer-rpc

[miccb]

remote interface is a great feature, product edge.
any security or safety feature  oncerning it

[FunkiMonki]

Many thanks the BFGMINER-RPC was a great starter explanation and I have a basic start visible, but.. now to knuckle down to some Lua guides too, test & repeat.

[counterpointengine]

I am using bfgminer with Windows 10 for some gpu cards.  When I begin with opening the .bat file bfgminer says "Failed to resolve to host" and it will not begin running the miner.  What is wrong?

This is what bfgminer displays when I run the .bat file:


C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Desktop\bfgminer>bfgminer-rpc.exe  -o http://654.3.2.1:5555  -u username -p password  --generate-to wallet address  -S opencl:auto
Failed to resolve host -u

C:\Users\xxxxxxxxxx\Desktop\bfgminer>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

[DrakonX]

Try to run bfgminer.exe (without -rpc). I'm not sure if the port needs to be 8332.

[Jorgeminator]

How do I get Keccak to work on OpenCL? I've tried setting --set-device OCL0:kernel=keccak, --set OCL:kernel=keccak and so on, but it still keeps loading the poclbm kernel.  

[Luke-Jr]

How do I get Keccak to work on OpenCL? I've tried setting --set-device OCL0:kernel=keccak, --set OCL:kernel=keccak and so on, but it still keeps loading the poclbm kernel.  

--pool-goal name:malgo=keccak

[Jorgeminator]

--pool-goal name:malgo=keccak

That did the trick. Kernel is now keccak. But it's not generating any shares... ccminer does, on the same pool. OpenCL problem? ccminer uses CUDA, could that be the problem? At the same time it looks like the stratum diff won't come down from 1.02k on BFGMiner. ccminer adjusts the stratum diff down to a much smaller number after just a minute or two.

Code:

bfgminer.exe -S opencl:auto -o stratum+tcp://pool.smartcash.cc:3333 --pool-goal name:malgo=keccak -u xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx -p xxx -L logfile.txt

 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] CL Platform 0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] CL Platform 0 name: NVIDIA CUDA
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] CL Platform 0 version: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.84
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Platform 0 devices: 1
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] 0 GeForce GTX 780
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Unable to load ati adl library
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Probing for an alive pool
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Testing pool stratum+tcp://pool.smartcash.cc:3333
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Stratum authorisation success for pool 0
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Pool 0 stratum+tcp://pool.smartcash.cc:3333 alive
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] JSON-RPC non method decode failed: (null)
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Unknown stratum msg: {"id":null,"result":[],"error":true}
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Network difficulty changed to 206k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] New block: ...38128f177a046316 diff 206k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:18:04] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] Init GPU thread 0 GPU 0 virtual GPU 0
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] CL Platform vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] CL Platform name: NVIDIA CUDA
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] CL Platform version: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.84
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] List of devices:
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] 0 GeForce GTX 780
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] Selected 0: GeForce GTX 780
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] initCl() finished. Found GeForce GTX 780
 [2018-02-02 18:18:05] Initialising kernel keccak.cl without bitalign, 1 vectors and worksize 256
 [2018-02-02 18:18:08] New best share: 284m
 [2018-02-02 18:18:17] New best share: 314m
 [2018-02-02 18:18:24] New best share: 840m
 [2018-02-02 18:18:25] 20s:65.04 avg:167.9 u:187.8 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:18:45] 20s:105.4 avg:168.6 u:147.6 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:18:50] Network difficulty changed to 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:18:50] New block: ...c298bb86e4000550 diff 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:18:50] Pool 0 is hiding block contents from us
 [2018-02-02 18:18:50] JSON-RPC non method decode failed: (null)
 [2018-02-02 18:18:50] Unknown stratum msg: {"id":null,"result":[],"error":true}
 [2018-02-02 18:18:50] New best share: 10
 [2018-02-02 18:19:05] 20s:130.2 avg:168.9 u:156.5 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:19:25] 20s:146.0 avg:169.4 u:150.9 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:19:38] New block: ...6c8bc0d995e4a444 diff 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:19:38] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2018-02-02 18:19:45] 20s:155.0 avg:169.4 u:150.3 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:19:51] New block: ...22d7d2a32fc24abe diff 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:19:51] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2018-02-02 18:20:05] 20s:160.5 avg:169.3 u:138.6 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:20:25] 20s:163.9 avg:169.3 u:145.7 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:20:29] New best share: 66
 [2018-02-02 18:20:45] 20s:166.0 avg:169.3 u:152.6 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:21:05] 20s:167.9 avg:169.5 u:158.0 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:21:06] New block: ...68d08bf1963e551c diff 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:21:06] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2018-02-02 18:21:25] 20s:168.4 avg:169.5 u:157.0 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:21:35] New block: ...6981117a22b14d9d diff 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:21:35] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2018-02-02 18:21:45] 20s:168.8 avg:169.5 u:163.4 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:22:05] 20s:169.1 avg:169.5 u:163.2 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:22:25] 20s:169.2 avg:169.5 u:163.1 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:22:30] JSON-RPC non method decode failed: (null)
 [2018-02-02 18:22:30] Unknown stratum msg: {"id":null,"result":[],"error":true}
 [2018-02-02 18:22:45] 20s:169.3 avg:169.5 u:162.9 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:23:05] 20s:170.0 avg:169.6 u:157.4 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:23:13] New block: ...3f3a48d00aadd1c5 diff 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:23:13] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2018-02-02 18:23:24] New block: ...d518dc2db4e0a8e4 diff 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:23:24] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2018-02-02 18:23:25] 20s:169.6 avg:169.5 u:158.5 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:23:42] New block: ...969c44bbaad7dc9a diff 205k ( 1.47T)
 [2018-02-02 18:23:42] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2018-02-02 18:23:45] 20s:169.4 avg:169.5 u:161.0 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:24:05] 20s:168.0 avg:169.3 u:160.3 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 [2018-02-02 18:24:25] 20s:168.1 avg:169.3 u:157.5 Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none

(Moderator's note: This post was edited by frodocooper to use code tags for the log.)

[MrJaekin]

I see that the Bitmain AntMiner S1 - S4 and S5 Bitmain AntMiner U1 - U3 are supported, but are the AntMiner S9s supported?  I can't seem to get mine to work.  I open the bfgminer and it just immediately closes.  Using Windows 7.  Thanks!

[Duey]

I see that the Bitmain AntMiner S1 - S4 and S5 Bitmain AntMiner U1 - U3 are supported, but are the AntMiner S9s supported?  I can't seem to get mine to work.  I open the bfgminer and it just immediately closes.  Using Windows 7.  Thanks!

Yeah we on the same boat but I think we need a section for solo mine/s9 this thread is way too much to read for a lot of S9 user.

[overcon]

I have two Block USB miners I wanted to toss up on a windows box I am mining Eth with. I downloaded the Win64 version from the site, but I only see a bfgminer-rpc.exe and when I run it nothing, just hangs. Anyone got info on how to get this configured and running with these block BTC miners?

Thanks!

[Luke-Jr]

Use the Win32 version for now. I'll try to get Win64 fixed for the next release.

[user0000001]

#xnsub
#skipcbcheck 
I did not find this in the manual
where to see the full list of parameters?

[Luke-Jr]

#xnsub
#skipcbcheck 
I did not find this in the manual
where to see the full list of parameters?

Please help update one of the documentation files so that you would find this information next time:

retrodiff: Make difficulty changes retroactive (enabled by default for stratum)
redirect: Follow redirect requests to different domains (disabled by default)
skipcbcheck: Ignore errors in generation transaction format (disabled by default)
getcbaddr: Update --generate-to address using the getaccountaddress RPC (disabled by default)
allblocks: If you find a block, upload it to this server even if you found it on another pool (only for GBT; disabled by default)
goalreset: Allow the pool to change blockchains (only for Stratum; disabled by default)
change_goal_malgo: Allow the pool to change mining algorithms (only for Stratum; disabled by default)
cksuggest: Support ckpool's mining.suggest_difficulty Stratum extension (disabled by default)
tlsca: Require TLS certificates to be validated by a known CA (only for Stratum; disabled by default)
tls: Use TLS for secure mining (only for Stratum; enabled by default if supported; required by default if tlsca enabled)
xnsub: Support mining.extranonce.subscribe Stratum extension (disabled by default)

[scoobysportD]

I've been reading many topics, posts, different forums etc but have not yet been able to find what i need. Hopefully someone here can help me:

I'm using 2 gridseed orb's and now just added 3 futurebit moonlander 2's. I'm planning on getting a zeus lightning x6.

How can i make the config (on win 10 - 64) to use all these machines at once, OR to set the moonlanders on 1 coin, the gridseeds on another and later the zeus on a 3rd coin? Is that possible?

[lok8nusa]

I've been reading many topics, posts, different forums etc but have not yet been able to find what i need. Hopefully someone here can help me:

I'm using 2 gridseed orb's and now just added 3 futurebit moonlander 2's. I'm planning on getting a zeus lightning x6.

How can i make the config (on win 10 - 64) to use all these machines at once, OR to set the moonlanders on 1 coin, the gridseeds on another and later the zeus on a 3rd coin? Is that possible?

I think you should be able to get three instances running, one for each kind of miner. I've been doing something similar on a Windows 10 laptop to run orbs and sticks, distributed between two pools

Edit: you may have to run different versions of BFGMiner to support the older hardware, particularly if you use pre-compiled .exe's.

[scoobysportD]

I've been reading many topics, posts, different forums etc but have not yet been able to find what i need. Hopefully someone here can help me:

I'm using 2 gridseed orb's and now just added 3 futurebit moonlander 2's. I'm planning on getting a zeus lightning x6.

How can i make the config (on win 10 - 64) to use all these machines at once, OR to set the moonlanders on 1 coin, the gridseeds on another and later the zeus on a 3rd coin? Is that possible?

I think you should be able to get three instances running, one for each kind of miner. I've been doing something similar on a Windows 10 laptop to run orbs and sticks, distributed between two pools

Edit: you may have to run different versions of BFGMiner to support the older hardware, particularly if you use pre-compiled .exe's.

I've been trying to use 1 instance of bfgminer and then a 2nd of cgminer, but the cgminer is going crazy on the added moonlanders :s

Withg BFGminer i get: Failed to sanity check in lowl-vcom.c windows_usb_get_string():508 and no devices found when searching for gridseeds.

[lok8nusa]

I've been trying to use 1 instance of bfgminer and then a 2nd of cgminer, but the cgminer is going crazy on the added moonlanders :s

I haven't ever been able to get BFGMiner and cgminer to work together; they use different USB drivers, and I'm a little weak in the USB knowledge dept.

[ViperGuyMike]

Forgive me for the novice mistakes, but I have been trying to compile a fork of BFGminer for GPU mining on Windows, and am stuck. I am attempting to cross-compile on my VPS running Ubuntu 16.04. I cloned the repo in question, ran './autogen', then ran './configure --prefix=$TOOLCHAIN_DIR --host=mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc --enable-opencl', and then ran 'make' all without any errors. I see bfgminer was compiled for linux (and it works), but I don't see any windows executable anywhere? Thanks in advance for any pointers or links!