Topic: [Awesome Miner] - Powerful Windows GUI to manage and monitor up to 200000 miners - page 598. (Read 703396 times)

When using the External Miner concept to connect to an already running Claymore miner on Linux, Awesome Miner is able to show monitoring information. You can see hashrate, both for Ethereum and for secondary coin, GPU fan speed and temperature, number of accepted and rejected shares, uptime and revenue information. The only operation available is to switch pool and restart the mining process. You will not be able to start and stop the mining and Awesome Miner cannot do crash recovery other than providing a notification about that the mining isn't working.

The secondary coin hash information can be found in the GPU tab when you select a miner. It's however not possible to view it in the actual list of miners.

You mentioned you support Linux miners, but not all functionality.  What is missing when using Linux & Claymore for miners?

Any way to get secondary coin hash rate to show up in the speed reporting for the dashboard and miner overview?

I've been thinking of making a Linux version of the Remote Agent, but that will require significant development work and it's not planned for this year.

Awesome Miner can still connect to Linux based miners with the External Miner feature to monitor them, but Awesome Miner will not be in control of everything as when you used Managed Miners on Windows.

The crash bug will be fixed in the release later today. The new release will also have Process Priority and Affinity settings (you will find it in the properties for a Managed Miner, Environment section).

As you noticed the operations available (start or stop) will only be available if all selected miners have that option enabled. I do understand the scenario you descibe, so I will put it on the list to look into.

Hi,
I do like these kind of roadmap discussions. I was almost a year ago since I posted some ideas on what the future could look like for Awesome Miner:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.15882970

From that post I've completed "Feature#2 - Multiple users", which is the Security feature in Awesome Miner today. In addition, I've implemented a large number of other features since that post was made. That post was really above large future features.

I've also made good progress on "Feature #1 - Public cloud service for monitoring". One major benefit of the cloud based monitoring will be that you no longer need to configure your router to access the web interface from the outside. You simply navigate to the cloud service and sign in.

The cloud service will also include a SMS notification services that you will be able to use from your Rules in Awesome Miner, similar to how E-mail notification works. The new cloud service will however not be free of charge, as it for sure will consume significant network bandwidth and have costs related to sending SMS.

Short term I do have a significant list of feature requests from many users, and I'm always trying to implement the most popular requests first. But when I get time, I do spend time on these future plans as well. I don't mind sharing what I'm working on so we all can have an open discussion about what is most important.

To answer your questions about the web interface - yes, there are some limitations on the number of operations you can perform. I will however make the change pool feature available for more types of miners in the next release that is planned for today. The feature is already there, but was not made available for the common GPU mining software.

Yuh, do you know what dynamic means?

Once again you're trying to insinuate that a common use for DHCP is for setting up static IPs, that's definitely not the case. You can setup static IPs through DHCP, but that's not it's general use (going back to static IP tables, what did you think I was talking about?).

I never said I wasn't going to use DHCP, once again, lol, I use it to setup my IPs so I don't need to spend time plugging entries in a table that could change whenever I have a major problem with my rigs. It's more stuff to mess around with.

No, you don't need to reinstall windows... And if you were half as talented as you are trying to lead me to believe, you would be imaging things if it's not salvageable (which takes all of 10 minutes for me). Majority of the time you can swap boards (ESPECIALLY the same make and model), without touching anything in the OS you just let it go through an initial prolonged boot. Windows 8.1 onward has no problems with changing hardware, even going between AMD and Intel unless you use some weird sort of storage driver (which usually just means you have the bios setup for IDE instead of AHCI or vice versa).

When you have more then one rig, '30 seconds' is a huge waste of time, especially if your router doesn't like formatting things properly or glitches out. It takes a lot longer then that. You are over complicating something that you don't even need to touch. Like you literally don't even need to do anything with it. Which is my original argument. Because, you know, hostnames.

You're only allowed 254 addresses per subnet, but I'm sure you knew that already. Good luck configuring more then that on a standard router.

LOL, I never at any point in time said I was going to manually set IPs in windows... Specifically I was arguing exactly against that - once again a waste of time. Let me ask you, how do you dynamically assign IPs without DHCP smart guy? XD

I really have no idea why you're stuck on DHCP... It isn't even what I was talking about or maybe you already realize that and you're trying to deflect to a argument you think you can possibly win.

I'm glad you took time to overly format what you're talking about, it literally changes absolutely nothing you said nor what you're trying to argue and how it's wrong. Hey look, another waste of time. You seem to be good at that.

Free version I can config ccminer and many coin from supernova pool with profit chance using whattomine?
For test.

Go to "Main" tab, then click "Options", there you will find External Miner, Managed Miners and Managed Hosts too, on the left side, then it's intuitive to achieve what you need.

DHCP is for three types of IP allocation (automatic, dynamic, manual/IP reservation/"static") and not only IP allocation. Dynamic Host Control Protocol is a common protocol to control hosts (servers, computers, mining rigs...) dynamically (with less effort, less downtime) used in all networks worldwide - datacenters, offices, houses, mining farms...

Okay:
1. What you will be doing without DHCP - If you replace it with other model/brand motherboard, you 95% need to reinstall Windows/drivers and change computer name and/or set static IP by hand again in OS.
2. What I will be doing with DHCP - I just bind same IP to the new motherboard MAC (30 sec, easy) and after my rig is started I don't have to change anything else anywhere, ever (until the next MOBO failure), no meter what happens to Windows and drivers, how many times I reinstall them (or just clone OS), or install other OS for mining, like Linux and etc.


Since when that was a problem? BTW grow over 255 devices and I see, you will definitely need to hire someone for managing your rigs even I refuse to handle it alone.


But okay, it's your business, keep changing computer names (especially for 255+ rigs=) and/or setting static IPs in Windows by hand, one by one, it can be okay, I never judged, just advised.
Those smart guys who aren't aware of the protocol yet, but are more serious about this industry, after reading this will probably start introducing DHCP to themselves (really not hard to learn/use) and start using it combined with awesome Awesome Miner and make there lives easier.


You insult me and argue about the subject you don't understand at basic level yourself, I'm a kid... Whatever you say next, no more time wasting, I'm done with you.

I believe it deposits them in your appdata folder. AM does need a better file manager for uploads.

Any prediction when there will be a Linux version?

I changed my OS because Windows does not support continuous work for a long period without maintenance, it is causing losses. (I already bought the premium version)

How do you delete a miner?  If I un-install the remote agent, it still shows up in the panel as unavailable but it won't let me add anymore miners since I'm at my max,  and I'm not finding where to remove the old remote miner from the panel.

Thanks

Yeah, templates make that much easier. Since templates seem to be a combination of everything, if I can blanket apply it to all the rigs that would work.

Weird bug I've noticed, when I start AM and go to miners tab and use Ctrl+A to select all the miners it crashes AM. Also you can't globally stop all miners. Say selecting them all and selecting stop IF one of the miners is already stopped. Small thing, but you have to use ctrl to unselect some of them so you can stop the others.

Affinity is another needed option. Although understanding affinity and how it selects CPUs is a bit of a chore. There is a mathematical equation for it.

DHCP is for dynamic IP allocation you dolt.

You were arguing FOR static IPs, which you wouldn't need DHCP in that case.

That aside, which you don't seem to understand the terminology which you use, you argue again for static IPs. Static IPs are for anal retentive admins that need to have absolute control over their network (even then you literally argued my first point), which is static IPs are completely unnecessary and will just waste a bunch of time screwing around with static tables whenever you change something. The only exception to this is networking gear where you always know where it is. When you change your hardware such as a motherboard failure, guess what you'll be doing again? If you change it to a new network or get a new router, guess what you'll be doing again? If you need to move things to different subnets and manage more machines as you grow over the 255 device cap, GUESS what you'll be doing again?

Yeah, you have no idea what you're talking about no is assigning a static IP in at table 'million dollar advice'. You're a kid out of high school that took a networking class and thinks that's the end all be all of everything. No one here thinks basic networking advice is anywhere close to million dollar advice. And you also made my case of hiring someone who is a waste of money unless you're managing corporate networks and of course the company has the money for it.

Hello Patrike,

Do you have a published road map?  I'm curious as to where you want to take this tool in the future.  One feature that I'm sure lots of users would want is the ability to change pools from the remote web interface.  I travel a bit, and while the web interface allows me to do basic tasks like check health, and restart miners... it would be nice to be able to change a miner's pool.  You could even limit it to already defined pools as a phase 1, and then expand on that to allow one to define the pool later on through the web interface.

Good that you found this. This behavior was actually changed in Awesome Miner 3.0.

Awesome Miner has always set the port dynamically for most mining software, except the Claymore miners. If you start multiple miners on the same computers they were always assigned a unique port like 4028, 4029, 4030 and so on.

For Claymore it used to be 3333 all the time, which didn't work when you were running multiple Claymore miners on the same computer. For that reason I changed the Claymore miner port to follow the same pattern as for all other miners controlled by Awesome Miner - to start on port 4028 and than increase the number to make it unique.

If you run version 3.X of both Awesome Miner and the Remote Agent, it should work as long as the mining process also was started with a recent version that set the port to 4028+.

Unfortunately, mining on a laptop is not recommended for two reasons.
1) First of all it's difficult to get profit from the CPU/GPU power you have in a typical laptop. The cost for power usage will often get higher than the actual income from mining.
2) Because mining is consuming power, it also generates a lot of heat. Laptops are in general not designed to run at maximum load for longer period of times.

The easiest way to get started with mining is if you have a desktop PC with a decent AMD or nVidia GPU

bensam1231, Thanks for all feedback above. Everything is noted, and I will comment on some topics below.

It's true that the GPU tab doesn't show any information when not mining, but the System tab always show the information for all GPU's.

The purpose of the GPU tab is to show mining related information, including only those GPU's used by a specific miner. This can be fewer than all the GPU's you have in the system. The GPU tab is also focused on providing hashrate statistics per GPU, which is also very related to the mining operation.

The System tab always shows all GPU's, and also some basic CPU/RAM/HDD information. This information is always available even when not mining. As I pointed out earlier, some informaiton, especially for CPU, is not available unless you run in Administrator mode.

As you know, the feature "Map to system monitoring" is really about bringing in the information from the System tab to the GPU tab, to make it more complete for a specific mining operation point of view.


If you use unsupported mining software (Generic Miner), Awesome Miner can still provide you with GPU information on the System tab. But Awesome Miner can of course not show hashrate or even have an idea of which GPU's that are actually being used.

For a Generic Miner, where an API isn't available, you are correct that Awesome Miner can still start and stop the mining process, and also restarting the mining if the process crashed. If you need to restart it on a regular interval, you can define a rule for that. In Options dialog, Rules section, you can add a new rule with a "Time" trigger and for example a "Miner command" action to perform a restart.

Would it be fine if I simply implement the "Process priority" setting in the properties for a Managed Miner, so you manually need to set it per miner? It will of course be supported in the Managed Templates as well.

Hi,
The EWBF and Excavator miners are the two miners that doesn't report their uptime. So if it's only for those two miners you experience the problem, it's not related to the new Awesome Miner release.

No meter. DHCP is a must in farms or you are doing it wrong, unnecessary effort.
You don't have to pay any K and don't have to manage hostnames or change computer names or anything in Windows at all, you just don't understand what DHCP is, google it. If you have some basic IT skills, you may learn and DIY from Youtube. Dynamic IP allocation is for everyday users, not for industrial cases.

When someone with expert skills is trying to help you and give you a "million dollar advice", please don't argue, just take it. And be sure I manage many times more then just 10 rigs and do least effort in the process.

P.S. I am ready to help anyone else in farm automatization, just PM me (no off topics here).