Topic: [Awesome Miner] - Powerful Windows GUI to manage and monitor up to 200000 miners - page 582. (Read 703485 times)

Storx,

Are you passing any custom command line parameters?  When you go to the nvidia Profit Switching profile, and you select the miner software, click on the configure button... there is a section where you specify the custom miner, as it seems you uploaded Alexis78's version of CCMiner... then the section at the bottom you can pass custom parameters to the mining software.  It looks like you are passing the -a Scrypt parameter based on the diagnostics window output.

Hello Patrike,

As the others have commented, there is something really weird going on with the Profit Switching.
I have several pools added to the pool list, they are all enabled.

For some reason, the program is constantly switching to a coin which has much lesser value than the top open.
And I'm not talking about a few cents less, sometimes the coin it chooses is half the profit of the top one.

Other times it just gets stuck with a coin, like if it has a mind of its own and it decided that is going to be that coin and only that one.
Doesn't matter how many times you restart the miner and update the coin interface, it will keep going at it.
Even if you completely close the program and open it again, it will go back to that coin.

When that happens, I open the log file and look at the "Profitability information". Even in the log file it clearly says that the other coin is more profitable, yet the program continues choosing its "preferred" coin.

I know that you are busy and all but giving that this is one of the most prominent features of your program, I think it should receive priority.

Thanks i changed it from private..

Is this video private?


I'm willing to merge changes back in if I can get access to the UI for it.

Hey guys i just tried to followed the step settings that puwaha mentioned earlier yesterday and left it mining overnight while i slept, it stayed on 1 algo mining, equihash the entire night with no switching, i had 8 algo's turned on to switch with...

I decided to post a video showing some of the issues im having.. i really want to get this figured out so i can use Awesome Miner in the future...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?edit=vd&v=yfpAV-9kimI

Also is there a way to adjust intensity per algo in this software?

Is it possible to modify the web interface that comes with AwesomeMiner? Would be nice to customize it myself.

What have people's experience been with MiningPoolHub (as the profit switching pool)?

Nicehash miner is running on a single computer and only looks at the profitability of the Nicehash pools.

Awesome Miner can control your entire farm from a single computer, and is not only looking at profitability of the Nicehash pools, but also for Zpool and Mining Pool Hub. In addition to that it also uses WhatToMine to know the profitability of all popular coins. This makes it possible to add your custom pools to the profit switcher, and as long as the coin profit is known, Awesome Miner can do profit switching using it.

All API information used is more or less real time information. Except Nicehash, Zpool and Mining Pool Hub, Awesome Miner isn't using any pool specific API's.

This sounds a bit strange, because Awesome Miner monitors the mining process ID all the time and restart it right away if it's crashed or even if you close it manually (you could try that once just to verify). Could you send me the log file (toolbar: Tools -> Log File)?

7/5/2017 11:46:58 PM.324 [005] [S]Saving configuration to: C:\ProgramData\AwesomeMinerService\ServiceDataIntegrated.xml.tmp
7/5/2017 11:46:58 PM.336 [005] [S]--> C:\ProgramData\AwesomeMinerService\ServiceDataIntegrated.xml
7/5/2017 11:46:58 PM.337 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Mining Engine Process started, PID: 7684
7/5/2017 11:47:01 PM.713 [001] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Interface connected
7/5/2017 11:47:12 PM.343 [005] [W][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] process not running. Restarting...
7/5/2017 11:47:12 PM.343 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Stopping...
7/5/2017 11:47:13 PM.093 [011] [E]Failed to process API request (time: 1019 ms): summary
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:4028
7/5/2017 11:47:13 PM.344 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Performing stop
7/5/2017 11:47:13 PM.344 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Stopping Mining Software
7/5/2017 11:47:13 PM.344 [005] [S]  Process already closed
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.345 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Starting...
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.345 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Starting Mining Software
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.345 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Setting up Miner Engine. Instance: 1
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.345 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Engine Type: CcMiner, Auto Download: True, EnginePath: , Subtype: Disabled
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.345 [005] [S]EngineSetup: CcMiner
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.346 [005] [S]ChannelFactoryProvider: Create Channel Factory: IntelliBreeze.Maintenance.Service.Contracts.ServiceContracts.ISecurityService
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.356 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Added rule for: C:\Users\Rafael\AppData\Local\AwesomeMiner\ccminer-1.5.81_1\ccminer.exe
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.356 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] C:\Users\Rafael\AppData\Local\AwesomeMiner\ccminer-1.5.81_1\ccminer.exe  -a nist5 -o stratum+tcp://nist5.mine.zpool.ca:3833 -u 177m7dtVsowjBCKe7wv3PusQkSV8LnJfES -p x -b 0.0.0.0:4028   (WindowMode: ConsoleFormat, EngineType: CcMiner)
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.356 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Configuration: 

7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.659 [005] [S]Saving configuration to: C:\ProgramData\AwesomeMinerService\ServiceDataIntegrated.xml.tmp
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.671 [005] [S]--> C:\ProgramData\AwesomeMinerService\ServiceDataIntegrated.xml
7/5/2017 11:47:15 PM.671 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Mining Engine Process started, PID: 2156
7/5/2017 11:47:18 PM.122 [001] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Interface connected
7/5/2017 11:47:33 PM.134 [007] [E]Failed to process API request (time: 10002 ms): summary
Unable to read data from the transport connection: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
7/5/2017 11:47:37 PM.681 [005] [W][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] process not running. Too many restarts...
7/5/2017 11:47:37 PM.681 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Stopping...
7/5/2017 11:47:38 PM.682 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Performing stop
7/5/2017 11:47:38 PM.682 [005] [S][ManagedMiner#2 - Miner Hoth] Stopping Mining Software
7/5/2017 11:47:38 PM.682 [005] [S]  Process already closed

There are several factors that will determine what a Profit Miner will mine.

• 1. Profit Switching interval
• 2. Algorithms selected in the Algorithms tab
• 3. Mining software set to mine those algorithms
• 4. Profit switching profile set to use those algorithms and mining software
• 5. Profit switching profile set with correct hashrates and power for the cards
• 6. Profit Miner set to the correct profit switching profile
• 7. Finally... what the Online service would say is the current most profitable at that check time/interval

All these factors have to line up for AM to switch, and many times is just the luck of the draw when it comes to the interval and what the pool says is most profitable.  I've watched AM and MPH for a while to see what happens, and many times, you just miss the most profitable coin because it changes so quickly before the next interval.


Now... on the Profit Switching interval:  This is how often AM will check the most profitable coin.  If you look at the Online Services tab, and then uncheck the pools you are not using in the Display Services dropdown... then you will see just the coins being presented as minable.  You also need to change the profit switching profile dropdown to show the profile you will be using.  Now, here's where it gets interesting.  If you set the interval too low (like your 5 minutes), you could potentially have lots of switching.  But, it's only if the pool switches.  If you leave it at 30 or 60 minutes, then you will most likely get less switching.  This interval is important to think about.  If you use something low like 5 minutes, then you could potentially be wasting time during the switch.  It could take 30 seconds to a minute to switch to a different miner and ramp up to your normal hashrate.  Then just 4 minutes later you could be switching again... loosing another 30 seconds to a minute.  You could be wasting 20% of your hashrate during these switches because you are changing too often.

A second issue with a fast profit switching interval is the instability of the top coin.  If you've ever watched a pool's profit switching algo, or Whattomine then you will see that these coin switches also happen a lot.  A coin will hit the top spot, then thousands of profit switching algos will kick in and drive the difficulty up, knocking that coin down the list again.  The problem is, you will be stuck mining that coin until the next interval or check that AM does.  An even greater problem is that your profit pool still has to go out and exchange that coin to BTC, and it will do that at the spot price at the time of conversion.  It will not happen when that coin was profitable for a few minutes or even an hour or two.

Let's say a coin shoots up the list and is now worth $1 per coin.  Your profit switcher changes to it, and you mine a whole coin (possible if you have a lot of hashrate to throw at it)... then after a couple of minutes, the coin drops down the list because of difficulty from all the other miners switching to it... say to $0.50 a coin.  When the pool sends it to the exchanges, you will get at best $0.50 minus all the fees the pool charges for the upkeep of the pool, the exchange fee, and then maybe even a transaction fee.  You will get a lot less than that $0.50.  So really... was it profitable to switch to this coin?

Now imagine you are doing this every 5 minutes... you won't make much profit.  You can combat this by increasing the profit switching interval to a much higher number.  30 minutes is probably the minimum you should look at.

In my opinion, it's actually better to look at the trends of the coin, rather that what is most popular at that instant.  I would prefer to see AM use a weighted measurement average to determine the most profitable coin.  For instance, if you set the interval to 30 minutes, it should check to see what "place" it's in.  If the coin is in the top spot, it should get a "1".  If it's in second place a "2".  Then average that number with all the other interval checks over say the past week... and the lowest average number is what you should be mining.  That will reduce switching to coins that will not perform well, and will bring more profit.  It takes into effect the time it takes for the pool to accumulate coins, send them to the exchange, and then pay you the spot price in BTC.  I think a weighted average will give you a lot more consistent profit.  I'd love to see this feature Patrike!

Hello,

I have a problem information for GPU tab.
For example, I have a 1080 on GPU2 but the speed of this card is writed on GPU0.

Thanks.

I've had a similar experience. I don't know if the hashrate was the actual problem but the income was much lower (lower than half) of what it should have been with my hashrate (the estimates seemed OK but they didn't work out, I assume a zpool issue but not sure what the actual problem was)

Now imagine you are doing this every 5 minutes... you won't make much profit.  You can combat this by increasing the profit switching interval to a much higher number.  30 minutes is probably the minimum you should look at.

In my opinion, it's actually better to look at the trends of the coin, rather that what is most popular at that instant.  I would prefer to see AM use a weighted measurement average to determine the most profitable coin.  For instance, if you set the interval to 30 minutes, it should check to see what "place" it's in.  If the coin is in the top spot, it should get a "1".  If it's in second place a "2".  Then average that number with all the other interval checks over say the past week... and the lowest average number is what you should be mining.  That will reduce switching to coins that will not perform well, and will bring more profit.  It takes into effect the time it takes for the pool to accumulate coins, send them to the exchange, and then pay you the spot price in BTC.  I think a weighted average will give you a lot more consistent profit.  I'd love to see this feature Patrike!

I have an issue using Miningrigrentals.com and awesome miner.

I connect to the same address for all algos and use different usernames. So whatever coin I specify for any rig using miningrigrentals.com turns all of them to that coin. I find this odd because you have them listed as an online service.