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deathcode

copper member

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Well, I tried the sched-start/stop and although very useful, it does not change the fan speeds since it reads the *.conf file at the moment that CG miner is executed therefore the fan speeds remain unchanged.
If i have two instances of cgminer running, one instance will trumph over the other when it comes to fan speeds, the intensity settings/Engine/Memory etc will work for each instance, but the FAN settings will remain based on the settings of the last instance so if I ran the "work hours" conf file, then the fans will be at a certain speed, but when the high perf instance is initiated, the fans will go at the higher settings even though the instance will disable the threads as per the schedule..
A problem arises when the fan settings are at low speed and the high perf instance starts working since the fans will remain at the lower settings and the GPUs will start boiling eggs reaching 90+ C.
I will try that AutoHot key solution to see if it helps.
If anyone knows of any other solutions, please let me know.

Ohh and BTW, the README file sucks!

but I guess it was good enough to understand the sched-start/stop..

poohbah

newbie

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You could probably also accomplish this with something like autohotkey. It can select the proper window (cgminer) and send "q" for quit.

Akbash also seems to support mining during certain periods, using cgminer. I haven't used this particular feature myself. You would setup akbash to run 24/7, and it would control the cgminer instance during the times you specify.

Or, you could use what was suggested above.

Graet

vip

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you could run 2 instances of cgminer with
--sched-start Set a time of day in HH:MM to start mining (a once off without a stop time)
--sched-stop Set a time of day in HH:MM to stop mining (will quit without a start time)
each its own preferred settings

btw - the readme is awesome

deathcode

copper member

Activity: 1428

Merit: 253

I have a small mining rig at home (two 7970s and one 5750) @ 1450Mhash/s
My goal is to find a way to tweak cgminer in such a way that I can schedule it's mining capabilities around my work hours since the server is too loud while mining at those hash rates.
I wanted to continue mining but at lower hashing rates so I can decrease the fan RPM and keep it within reasonable noise levels during work.
Anyone doing something like that?
I tried using the Windows Task Scheduler and create batch files for the different configurations, the problem is that first, I don't know how to kill the cgminer process since there's no way to actually having the task scheduler to hit the Q letter while the promp window is active and then trigger the "work hours" batch file to mine at quietter speeds...
Any ideas are appreciated and I apologize if this has bene discussed. I couldn't find anything like it.

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