Topic: [ANN] Miner Control 1.6.1 - Auto profit switching miner controller - page 35. (Read 164300 times)
March 01, 2015, 01:17:54 AM
February 28, 2015, 04:20:39 PM
jch9678: I downloaded it last night and installed and added the algo put it wasn't working.
Zels: That worked, thank you very much!
Zels: That worked, thank you very much!
February 28, 2015, 01:19:40 PM
Ok, got it running and price working 
Replace { "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "11", "folder":.....
To: { "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "10", "folder":
priceid is the algo number returned by nicehash there: https://www.nicehash.com/api?method=stats.global.current
Replace { "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "11", "folder":.....
To: { "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "10", "folder":
priceid is the algo number returned by nicehash there: https://www.nicehash.com/api?method=stats.global.current
Thanks for the info, I think another fix would be to use the new nicehash sgminer that has support for whirlpoolx. Its on the download page. Maybe you prefer the coin-specific miners though.
February 28, 2015, 12:33:20 PM
Ok, got it running and price working
Replace { "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "11", "folder":.....
To: { "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "10", "folder":
priceid is the algo number returned by nicehash there: https://www.nicehash.com/api?method=stats.global.current
Replace { "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "11", "folder":.....
To: { "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "10", "folder":
priceid is the algo number returned by nicehash there: https://www.nicehash.com/api?method=stats.global.current
February 28, 2015, 12:16:21 PM
I am trying to add whirlpoolx to MinerControl but I get this error: Error processing service configuration "The given key was not present in the dictionary". How can I add this?
My MC load with WhirpoolX, but price set to 0, dunno what i miss to get price from nicehash there
Code:
{
"general": {
"power": 0.10,
"exchange": 500,
"currencycode": "USD",
"mintime": 4,
"maxtime": 60,
"switchtime": 3,
"deadtime": 10,
"logerrors": true,
"logactivity": true,
"gridsortmode": 1,
"minerkillmode": 1,
"traymode": 1,
"donationpercentage": 5,
"donationfrequency": 240,
"remotesend": false,
"remotereceive": false
},
"algorithms": [
{ "name": "x11", display: "X11", "hashrate": 4000, "power": 50, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "-a x11" },
{ "name": "x13", display: "X13", "hashrate": 3000, "power": 50, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "-a x13" },
{ "name": "x14", display: "X14", "hashrate": 2050, "power": 50, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "-a x14" },
{ "name": "x15", display: "X15", "hashrate": 1800, "power": 55, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "-a x15" },
{ "name": "nist5", display: "Nist5", "hashrate": 8370, "power": 50, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "-a nist5" },
{ "name": "scryptn", display: "Scrypt-N", "hashrate": 231, "power": 50, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "" },
{ "name": "lyra2", display: "Lyra2RE", "hashrate": 650, "power": 55, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "-a lyra2re" },
{ "name": "neoscrypt", "hashrate": 120, "power": 45, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "-a neoscrypt" },
{ "name": "quark", "hashrate": 1700, "power": 50, "aparam3": "-a quark" },
{ "name": "fresh", "hashrate": 2700, "power": 50, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "" },
{ "name": "qubit", "hashrate": 3450, "power": 50, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "" },
{ "name": "WhirlpoolX", display: "WhirlpoolX", "hashrate": 78000, "power": 50, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "", "aparam3": "" }
],
"nicehash": {
"account": "1KSTYGj25RRQ5i1GNVUGTjUsSyZr4uSPiz",
"worker": "R9",
"sparam1": "-c",
"sparam2": "stratum+tcp://stratum.nicehash.com",
"algos": [
{ "algo": "x11", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x11NH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "x13", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x13NH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "x15", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x15NH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "nist5", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ nist5NH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "scryptn", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ nscryptNH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "lyra2", "priceid": "9", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-master-lyra2RE", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ lyraNH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "neoscrypt", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ neoNH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "11", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgwhirpool", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ whirNH.conf", "usewindow": true }
]
},
"westhash": {
"account": "1KSTYGj25RRQ5i1GNVUGTjUsSyZr4uSPiz",
"worker": "R9",
"weight": 0.99,
"sparam1": "-c",
"sparam2": "stratum+tcp://stratum.nicehash.com",
"algos": [
{ "algo": "x11", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x11NH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "x13", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x13NH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "x15", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x15NH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "nist5", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ nist5NH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "scryptn", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ nscryptNH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "lyra2", "priceid": "9", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-master-lyra2RE", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ lyraNH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "neoscrypt", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ neoNH.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "WhirlpoolX", "priceid": "11", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgwhirpool", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ whirWH.conf", "usewindow": true }
]
},
"yaamp": {
"account": "1KSTYGj25RRQ5i1GNVUGTjUsSyZr4uSPiz",
"worker": "R9",
"sparam1": "-c",
"sparam2": "stratum+tcp://yaamp.com",
"algos": [
{ "algo": "x11", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x11yaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "x13", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x13yaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "x14", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x14yaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "x15", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x15yaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "quark", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ quarkyaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "nist5", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ nist5yaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "lyra2", "priceid": "lyra2", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-master-lyra2RE", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ lyrayaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "neoscrypt", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ neoyaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "fresh", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ freshyaamp.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "qubit", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ qubityaamp.conf", "usewindow": true }
]
},
"wafflepool": {
"account": "1KSTYGj25RRQ5i1GNVUGTjUsSyZr4uSPiz",
"worker": "R9",
"sparam1": "-c",
"sparam2": "stratum+tcp://eu.wafflepool.com",
"worker": "R9",
"algos": [
{ "algo": "x11", price: 0.19, fee: 1.8, "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ manual.conf", "usewindow": true },
{ "algo": "scryptn", price: 2.3, fee: 2.0, "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ manual2.conf", "usewindow": true }
]
},
"ltcrabbit": {
"apikey": "x",
"account": "xx",
"worker": "xx",
"sparam1": "-c",
"sparam2": "-p x",
"algos": [
{ "algo": "x11", "folder": "C:\\Users\\zel\\Desktop\\MinerControl\\sgminer-5.1-2014-12-20-win32", "command": "sgminer.exe", "arguments": "_SPARAM1_ x11ltc.conf", "usewindow": true }
]
}
} February 27, 2015, 11:12:49 PM
I am trying to add whirlpoolx to MinerControl but I get this error: Error processing service configuration "The given key was not present in the dictionary". How can I add this?
February 20, 2015, 05:24:53 PM
By the way, is there any IRC room regarding MinerControl at Freenode or any other IRC server?
Thanks again !
Thanks again !
Good idea
I'll placehold #minercontrol on freenode, StuffOfInterest can always come to claim it I'll idle there too fyi 
Hah! I barely have time to check in on this thread from time to time!
Good idea to have an IRC channel if a few people are interested in staying in touch real-time. I'll try to pop in if/when time permits. I'll also try to get it listed on the first post so people can have a quick link to get there.
February 16, 2015, 08:49:20 AM
These are awesome new additions to the MC! Thank you very much!
small bug: I've found that something weird is going one with pulling the exchange value. Sometimes it's gets reset to default value written in config.
Another feature request: if you one click on the grid, you can change the net column to %.
net profit % value is calculated between power column and net column, this way it's much easier to read how much you earn at the moment. +15% is easier to read than 0,000462
small bug: I've found that something weird is going one with pulling the exchange value. Sometimes it's gets reset to default value written in config.
Another feature request: if you one click on the grid, you can change the net column to %.
net profit % value is calculated between power column and net column, this way it's much easier to read how much you earn at the moment. +15% is easier to read than 0,000462
It's my pleasure
No problem, I like doing this.Do you also have that bug with the BTC exchange rate with StuffOfInterests original MC?
Could be something wrong on Blockchain.info's end, I'll take a look into it when I'm home
(At work ATM)What do you mean by %? % profit gain of the current running pool? % profit gain over the last time it updated? % the power makes out of your total earnings? I don't really get it
February 16, 2015, 07:20:57 AM
February 14, 2015, 05:02:40 PM
MinerControl 1.6.3 - KBombaMod
I've added some new stuff to my mod, of which I most like "minprofit" myself TBH.
"minprofit" can be added under "general" settings and each service/pool. Value from 1 to infinity, I have mine set at 1.05 under "general", 1.2 for the multipools, 1 for Nicehash.
MinProfit is the minimum profit you want from the best pool at that moment in comparison to the one you're currently on.
Example in my situation: If a multipool has less than 120% profit over the currently running on, Nicehash, it will keep it pending, even if it happens to be "better paying". If Nicehash only pays 105% profit, it will keep it pending too because of the 1.05 under "general".
However, this won't switch back if the new current running pool gets again under that treshold. If you want that, just use "weight". "minprofit" will make you profit more from PPLNS systems and the likes
This goes hand in hand with weight and switchtime to "prioritize" one pool over the others and minimizes the amount of switches you actually do.
I've also added a Reload button which will reload the settings without a need for a restart of MinerControl. Pretty handy when just setting up your .conf.
This version will also load MinerControl2.conf if it's the 2nd MinerControl instance (if it exists at all), MinerControl3.conf for 3th instance, etc... Useful for those with mixed rigs that have different ratios for each GPU/CPU/ASIC/whatever, without the need for different folders with an exact copy of MinerControl.exe in it. Just make new .conf for each different miner you have on your rig.
Releases: https://github.com/KBomba/MinerControl-KBomba/releases
Source: https://github.com/KBomba/MinerControl-KBomba
IRC: #MinerControl on freenode. KiwiIRC
I've added some new stuff to my mod, of which I most like "minprofit" myself TBH.
"minprofit" can be added under "general" settings and each service/pool. Value from 1 to infinity, I have mine set at 1.05 under "general", 1.2 for the multipools, 1 for Nicehash.
MinProfit is the minimum profit you want from the best pool at that moment in comparison to the one you're currently on.
Example in my situation: If a multipool has less than 120% profit over the currently running on, Nicehash, it will keep it pending, even if it happens to be "better paying". If Nicehash only pays 105% profit, it will keep it pending too because of the 1.05 under "general".
However, this won't switch back if the new current running pool gets again under that treshold. If you want that, just use "weight". "minprofit" will make you profit more from PPLNS systems and the likes
This goes hand in hand with weight and switchtime to "prioritize" one pool over the others and minimizes the amount of switches you actually do.
I've also added a Reload button which will reload the settings without a need for a restart of MinerControl. Pretty handy when just setting up your .conf.
This version will also load MinerControl2.conf if it's the 2nd MinerControl instance (if it exists at all), MinerControl3.conf for 3th instance, etc... Useful for those with mixed rigs that have different ratios for each GPU/CPU/ASIC/whatever, without the need for different folders with an exact copy of MinerControl.exe in it. Just make new .conf for each different miner you have on your rig.
Releases: https://github.com/KBomba/MinerControl-KBomba/releases
Source: https://github.com/KBomba/MinerControl-KBomba
IRC: #MinerControl on freenode. KiwiIRC
February 12, 2015, 12:13:53 AM
FYI: Yaamp has added qubit and sha256
February 11, 2015, 10:34:30 PM
By the way, is there any IRC room regarding MinerControl at Freenode or any other IRC server?
Thanks again !
Thanks again !
Good idea
I'll placehold #minercontrol on freenode, StuffOfInterest can always come to claim it I'll idle there too fyi Hehe cool
I'll pop in for a hello February 11, 2015, 06:18:52 PM
By the way, is there any IRC room regarding MinerControl at Freenode or any other IRC server?
Thanks again !
Thanks again !
Good idea
I'll placehold #minercontrol on freenode, StuffOfInterest can always come to claim it I'll idle there too fyi February 11, 2015, 06:08:39 PM
Interesting to see someone trying to get Miner Control running under Linux.
It looks like there is a bug in the mono framework implementation of JavaScriptSerializer.
https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4148
https://github.com/aspnet/Universe/issues/141
Try finding any "true" values in the config file and make sure there is no white space behind them. A comma or curly bracket immediately behind the "true" may get around this bug.
An alternate method appears to be wrapping the value in double quotes.
Thanks for the reply StuffOfInterest.
I did erase the white space before the "true" values, used quotes but still got the same results with Mono.
Funny thing is Wine runs the prebuilt executable (after I installed .Net 4.0) but fails to run (it crashes) the aforementioned compiled from source exe file.
If you're interested, here's what I get after I run
Code:
wine MinerControl.exe
Code:
2/12/2015 12:04:50 AM
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Type: TargetInvocationException
Message: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
Stack trace: at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._SerializationInvoke(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, SignatureStruct& declaringTypeSig, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteISerializableObject(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.FixupSpecialObject(ObjectHolder holder)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups()
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, __BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.DeserializeObject(Int32 typeIndex)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader._LoadObjectV2(Int32 pos, ResourceTypeCode& typeCode)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.LoadObjectV2(Int32 pos, ResourceTypeCode& typeCode)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.LoadObject(Int32 pos, ResourceTypeCode& typeCode)
at System.Resources.RuntimeResourceSet.GetObject(String key, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean isString)
at System.Resources.RuntimeResourceSet.GetObject(String key, Boolean ignoreCase)
at System.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(String name, CultureInfo culture, Boolean wrapUnmanagedMemStream)
at System.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(String name)
at MinerControl.MainWindow.InitializeComponent()
at MinerControl.MainWindow..ctor()
at MinerControl.Program.Main(String[] args)
2/12/2015 12:04:50 AM
----------------------------------------------
Type: Win32Exception
Message: Invalid window handle
Stack trace: at System.Drawing.Icon.Initialize(Int32 width, Int32 height)
at System.Drawing.Icon..ctor(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
By the way, is there any IRC room regarding MinerControl at Freenode or any other IRC server?
Thanks again !
February 09, 2015, 10:17:31 AM
Funny, the coding assistance tool I use at work, ReSharper, prefers "var" over manually typed when possible. Between that and Microsoft Code Analysis tools I've had certain styles pretty well beat into me. After a few years it just becomes second nature.
If/when time permits I definitely want to start bringing your additions down to the main line. If it wasn't for the "var" killing I'd probably just do it wholesale. My time to put into side projects like this has been pretty low lately, as evidenced by my lack of commits the last few weeks, but I had felt Miner Control was finally to a point it didn't need a lot of work. Looks like you found a bunch of places where things could be enhanced.
If/when time permits I definitely want to start bringing your additions down to the main line. If it wasn't for the "var" killing I'd probably just do it wholesale.
My time to put into side projects like this has been pretty low lately, as evidenced by my lack of commits the last few weeks, but I had felt Miner Control was finally to a point it didn't need a lot of work. Looks like you found a bunch of places where things could be enhanced.Haha, yeah, Resharper prefers var over anything else, but I do not
I always want to scratch my eyes out when I see "var" 
So I changed it in my fork just to make it nicer for me to work with. It's all up to style and taste I also use Resharper, but it's set-up to prefer explicit over var. Resharper has a shitload of options.
Also, added cpu priority and affinity control, in response to the problems with ccminer
If you have CPU miners set-up, use "priority":"BelowNormal" in their algo config to prevent lockups. ccminer, for Nvidia, likes "RealTime", but beware of these notes:
Note 1: Realtime by minercontrol is only possible when giving administrator privileges to minercontrol (also accounts for everyone using different miners)
Note 2: --cpu-priority by ccminer overrides minercontrols priority
Note 3: When giving administrator privileges to minercontrol and setting the priority by minercontrol to something DIFFERENT than what's used by --cpu-priority by ccminer, then your whole system locks up
Note 4: In general, it's best to avoid making the miner set its own priority and affinity and let minercontrol do it.
If you have CPU miners set-up, use "priority":"BelowNormal" in their algo config to prevent lockups. ccminer, for Nvidia, likes "RealTime", but beware of these notes:
Note 1: Realtime by minercontrol is only possible when giving administrator privileges to minercontrol (also accounts for everyone using different miners)
Note 2: --cpu-priority by ccminer overrides minercontrols priority
Note 3: When giving administrator privileges to minercontrol and setting the priority by minercontrol to something DIFFERENT than what's used by --cpu-priority by ccminer, then your whole system locks up
Note 4: In general, it's best to avoid making the miner set its own priority and affinity and let minercontrol do it.
Thank you very much!
I put both "priority": "RealTime" and --cpu-priority 5 to config and it works!
If it works, all the better
But I'm able to recreate that bug on my system, so I prefer to warn people before they encounter the same February 09, 2015, 07:13:54 AM
That's cool to see someone else adding features in! By the way, what is it you have against "var"?
<3
Var is just ugly ^^" I like to read code and see directly what I'm dealing with, even if the answer is only a few pixels away I knew you would say something about it, people either love or hate it. I come from the VB days where you actually added the type to the variable name too, aka, "sName" for a string "name", or "dNumber" for a double "number". I liked that a lot, but can become a mess with loads of other classes than the primitive/default ones. But var is another step downhill for me 
Anyways, feel free to merge/copy any of my changes
I mainly do this to solve my own little problems, and share the solutions at the same time.Funny, the coding assistance tool I use at work, ReSharper, prefers "var" over manually typed when possible. Between that and Microsoft Code Analysis tools I've had certain styles pretty well beat into me. After a few years it just becomes second nature.
If/when time permits I definitely want to start bringing your additions down to the main line. If it wasn't for the "var" killing I'd probably just do it wholesale.
My time to put into side projects like this has been pretty low lately, as evidenced by my lack of commits the last few weeks, but I had felt Miner Control was finally to a point it didn't need a lot of work. Looks like you found a bunch of places where things could be enhanced. 
February 09, 2015, 07:05:33 AM
Also, added cpu priority and affinity control, in response to the problems with ccminer
If you have CPU miners set-up, use "priority":"BelowNormal" in their algo config to prevent lockups. ccminer, for Nvidia, likes "RealTime", but beware of these notes:
Note 1: Realtime by minercontrol is only possible when giving administrator privileges to minercontrol (also accounts for everyone using different miners)
Note 2: --cpu-priority by ccminer overrides minercontrols priority
Note 3: When giving administrator privileges to minercontrol and setting the priority by minercontrol to something DIFFERENT than what's used by --cpu-priority by ccminer, then your whole system locks up
Note 4: In general, it's best to avoid making the miner set its own priority and affinity and let minercontrol do it.
If you have CPU miners set-up, use "priority":"BelowNormal" in their algo config to prevent lockups. ccminer, for Nvidia, likes "RealTime", but beware of these notes:
Note 1: Realtime by minercontrol is only possible when giving administrator privileges to minercontrol (also accounts for everyone using different miners)
Note 2: --cpu-priority by ccminer overrides minercontrols priority
Note 3: When giving administrator privileges to minercontrol and setting the priority by minercontrol to something DIFFERENT than what's used by --cpu-priority by ccminer, then your whole system locks up
Note 4: In general, it's best to avoid making the miner set its own priority and affinity and let minercontrol do it.
Thank you very much!
I put both "priority": "RealTime" and --cpu-priority 5 to config and it works!
February 08, 2015, 05:50:54 PM
That's cool to see someone else adding features in! By the way, what is it you have against "var"?
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Var is just ugly ^^" I like to read code and see directly what I'm dealing with, even if the answer is only a few pixels away I knew you would say something about it, people either love or hate it. I come from the VB days where you actually added the type to the variable name too, aka, "sName" for a string "name", or "dNumber" for a double "number". I liked that a lot, but can become a mess with loads of other classes than the primitive/default ones. But var is another step downhill for me Anyways, feel free to merge/copy any of my changes
I mainly do this to solve my own little problems, and share the solutions at the same time.Also, added cpu priority and affinity control, in response to the problems with ccminer
If you have CPU miners set-up, use "priority":"BelowNormal" in their algo config to prevent lockups. ccminer, for Nvidia, likes "RealTime", but beware of these notes:
Note 1: Realtime by minercontrol is only possible when giving administrator privileges to minercontrol (also accounts for everyone using different miners)
Note 2: --cpu-priority by ccminer overrides minercontrols priority
Note 3: When giving administrator privileges to minercontrol and setting the priority by minercontrol to something DIFFERENT than what's used by --cpu-priority by ccminer, then your whole system locks up
Note 4: In general, it's best to avoid making the miner set its own priority and affinity and let minercontrol do it.
Priority and affinity have to be set per algo, e.g. never run cudaminer (Scrypt and lookalikes) in Realtime as a driver crash will lockup your system, but ccminer(X11 and lookalikes) prefers it and will never run into a driver crash.
Example:
Code:
{ "name": "x11", "display": "X11", "hashrate": 5860, "power": 49, "priority":"High", "affinity":2, "aparam1": "", "aparam2": "TestMiner.exe", "aparam3": "-a x11" },Valid options for "priority" are: "Idle", "BelowNormal", "AboveNormal", "High" & "RealTime". Setting "Normal" or nothing at all will change nothing to default process priority.
"affinity" is set like with "start /affinity X", where X is the integer number of the cores you want to use. E.g., in a 4-core system, you want to use cores 1 & 3, take binary number 0101 (right-to-left, 1 for active core, 0 for cores you don't want to use), convert it to integer 5 and use that for affinity. Affinity 3 will use cores 1 & 2, since it's binary 0011. Setting anything <= 0 or nothing at all will change nothing to default process affinity.
Edit: I just made dynamic switching a bit more flexible. It will also extend the switch time now if profit margins are too low. It's "pivot" point defaults to 115% margin, but you can set it with "dynamicswitchingpivot", using decimal presentation (e.g. 1.5 for 150% margin as pivotpoint). From this, it will create an offset for my original formula, which you can also specify with "dynamicswitchingoffset", but has priority over the pivot value, so only use it if necessary.
Revised formula: Dynamic switchtime = ("switchtime" / ((best entry price / currently running price) ^ "dynamicswitchpower")) + "dynamicswitchingoffset"
Where "dynamicswitchingoffset" defaults to: "switchtime" - ("switchtime" * (1/"dynamicswitchingpivot") ^ "dynamicswitchpower)).
(Thanks a lot, Wolfram Alpha
)So it may best to just turn "dynamicswitching": true , and don't care about the others. But if you think you know better values, feel free to set & test them.
Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!Yd1xxAqC!VdL-KBNTdFNOpmqHQ03umhFfNAS_dgXhvpO0D7liR1A
Example conf: https://github.com/KBomba/MinerControl-KBomba/blob/master/MinerControl/MinerControl.conf
Source: https://github.com/KBomba/MinerControl-KBomba
February 08, 2015, 04:30:29 PM
Hello there. Thanks for your software.
I'm trying to build it from source on Ubuntu 12.04.5 and 14.04.
But when I run in the end (in the directory /MinerControl/MinerControl/bin/Debug/)
after having built the MinerControl.sln with the command
I keep getting an error window which reads
Any hints or suggestions are welcome. Thank you.
I'm trying to build it from source on Ubuntu 12.04.5 and 14.04.
But when I run in the end (in the directory /MinerControl/MinerControl/bin/Debug/)
Code:
mono MinerControl.exe
after having built the MinerControl.sln with the command
Code:
xbuild MinerControl.sln
I keep getting an error window which reads
Quote
Error reading config file: "Invalid JSON primitive: true
Any hints or suggestions are welcome. Thank you.
Interesting to see someone trying to get Miner Control running under Linux.
It looks like there is a bug in the mono framework implementation of JavaScriptSerializer.
https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4148
https://github.com/aspnet/Universe/issues/141
Try finding any "true" values in the config file and make sure there is no white space behind them. A comma or curly bracket immediately behind the "true" may get around this bug.
An alternate method appears to be wrapping the value in double quotes.
February 08, 2015, 04:22:12 PM
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