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great glad it worked for you! if you have any further issues feel free to PM me or update this thread

enjoy!
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Yes the necessary code was -G I believe to take out the GPU

Thanks
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sorry it was really late last night Smiley

did you get anything sorted?
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bfgminer.exe -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u Altoidnerd.worker3 -p xyzxyzy --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

that is my .bat file and it is still call both com3 AND my NVIDIA 4200 in a laptop...I would love to stop using the video card and mine ONLY with my block erupter @ com3...anyone know the correct input in .bat?
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Smiley i never really knew... averages?

as long as it is mining away good and your HW errors stay under 1-2% of your accepted shares you are all good

Yes thats it.  The third is a running average over your shares.  I realized this because when the last number is still 0 you have no shares yet.

bad news, its still using my GPU.  :-( 
legendary
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Smiley i never really knew... averages?

as long as it is mining away good and your HW errors stay under 1-2% of your accepted shares you are all good
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yes it looks like it is now disabled.

just edit your .bat with the commands you want and then double click the .bat when ever you want to open bfgminer.

yes, as long as your GPU is not present in bfgminer then you can use it else where like guiminer. or you can just create another startmine2.bat file with a command line for your gpu worker..... depending what your mining i think.... i ahve never mined anything else though

what is the meaning of three hash rates separated by slashes like

ICA 0:   334.5/333.2/349.6 Mh/s  : A:128 ....

I understand accepted, rejected, stale
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yes it looks like it is now disabled.

just edit your .bat with the commands you want and then double click the .bat when ever you want to open bfgminer.

yes, as long as your GPU is not present in bfgminer then you can use it else where like guiminer. or you can just create another startmine2.bat file with a command line for your gpu worker..... depending what your mining i think.... i ahve never mined anything else though
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you are still using both the GPU and erupter, i actually only learned all this a month ago when the erupters were first released, so i am quite new also..... just passsing on the knowledge, it's what this place is all about Smiley

edit: are you going to be using your gpu to mine altcoins using a cgminer config?

you are still using both the GPU and erupter, i actually only learned all this a month ago when the erupters were first released, so i am quite new also..... just passsing on the knowledge, it's what this place is all about Smiley

edit: are you going to be using your gpu to mine altcoins using a cgminer config?

sorry these replies are timed weirdly as we are both working...

https://i.imgur.com/9M9dCVg.jpg

here is the output now with the original commands here is the string...I feel like this is correct, it is using only my erupter

bfgminer.exe -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u Altoidnerd.worker3 -p RSRKwCU7 --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

...

yes, if I wish to operate my GPU as I had before with GUIminer can I?  I may migrate complete to BFG I like it so far, but just theoretically, can I run two miners like that?
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Also:  Can I use this simulateneously with other miners for my existing workers on the same machine, like cgminer or what I originally used as a total n00b was GUIminer which I liked actually for GPU


uou can run as many instances as you want i think, i had 8 anker 10 port hubs set up, i would turn one on.... open bfgimer and then do this all over again for each hub..... as each then had there own worker and bfgminer window.

so to answer your questions, i think, yes you can run bfgiminer and then cgminer for your gpu alt coin mining
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you are still using both the GPU and erupter, i actually only learned all this a month ago when the erupters were first released, so i am quite new also..... just passsing on the knowledge, it's what this place is all about Smiley

edit: are you going to be using your gpu to mine altcoins using a cgminer config?
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yes it is also mining with your CPU, if you want to change the config to just work with the one erupter we need to change the s all to something else

s all tells it to use all devices..... although on my computer it doesn't use my gpu..... or my friends actually

edit: did you get the latest version of bfg?

maybe try your original commands --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

edit: or maybe just try -S com3

https://i.imgur.com/vkMdEuL.jpg here were are with just -S com3 at the end of the string, what is happening here?

Thanks BTW youre a good teacher.  I'm no idiot but everyone needs a push in the right direction and the ASIC had me stumped.
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or if you have a cgminer config for your GPU just run that then start the bfgminer, cause the GPU is already in use else where it won't be found on bfg
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yes it is also mining with your CPU, if you want to change the config to just work with the one erupter we need to change the s all to something else

s all tells it to use all devices..... although on my computer it doesn't use my gpu..... or my friends actually

edit: did you get the latest version of bfg?

maybe try your original commands --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

edit: or maybe just try -S com3
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It's very easy to annoy the women folk with all this......

glad it's up and running for you! do you have any kind of fan on your erupters?

There is just 1 so I do not have a fan on it right now

Ok https://i.imgur.com/AFpg2NU.jpg there is the screen shot

I have a feeling this is indicating I am running my GPU at the same time through the same worker1?  Is that possible?

I was using worker1 prior to this for a video card getting only 9.4 MH/s...i intended to set up the ASIC miner on worker 3 but things got confusing as I grew frustrated not getting my usb to work.  Do you ever get the feeling you wanna start over all your configs as you learn more tricks?
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ask as many questions as you want Smiley i had around 80 of these set up at one point

edit: upload an image to imgur and attach here

Give me a sec, either imgur is being weird or my system is, which wouldn't surprise me I may need a restart
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It's very easy to annoy the women folk with all this......

glad it's up and running for you! do you have any kind of fan on your erupters?
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i can help you set it up on bfgminer Smiley i found it much easier to use..... i could never get the whole zadig thing to work for cgimner

just first download bfgminer and do you have the drivers for the usb on windows?

driver called CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe is installed, at least I hope.  Perhaps will reinstall.  I'll try bfgminer and will get back to you thank you

On Windows 7, when you check Control Panel > Devices and Printers > what does your Erupter show up as?

Maybe this doesn't apply anymore, but have you tried cgminer-nogpu.exe instead of cgminer.exe? I don't know what version of cgminer you are using. I'm still on 3.1.1.

Also, are you trying to mine with a mish-mash of devices in the same instance of cgminer? I ran into a problem when I tried to run an Erupter and a Lancelot FPGA with the same instance of 3.1.1, but they ran fine when I called them up in two separate instances.



I did get it running but I am a new, still am overcome with fascination and joy for mining and the bitcoin itself, so nevertheless appreciate all tips, will try various configs and any suggestions, will probably lose my girlfriend, etc.
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i can help you set it up on bfgminer Smiley i found it much easier to use..... i could never get the whole zadig thing to work for cgimner

just first download bfgminer and do you have the drivers for the usb on windows?

driver called CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe is installed, at least I hope.  Perhaps will reinstall.  I'll try bfgminer and will get back to you thank you

On Windows 7, when you check Control Panel > Devices and Printers > what does your Erupter show up as?

Maybe this doesn't apply anymore, but have you tried cgminer-nogpu.exe instead of cgminer.exe? I don't know what version of cgminer you are using. I'm still on 3.1.1.

Also, are you trying to mine with a mish-mash of devices in the same instance of cgminer? I ran into a problem when I tried to run an Erupter and a Lancelot FPGA with the same instance of 3.1.1, but they ran fine when I called them up in two separate instances.

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ask as many questions as you want Smiley i had around 80 of these set up at one point

edit: upload an image to imgur and attach here
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did you get it to work?

bfgminer.exe -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u Altoidnerd.worker1 -p RSRKwCU9 -S all

open a txt file and save it in the directory with bfg and call it startmine.bat

then click it

YES IT WORKED!!! Thank you...donations?  Can I kiss you?  Thanks thanks...-n00b

I will have a few follow up questions aout these outputs if you do not mind?

Also:  Can I use this simulateneously with other miners for my existing workers on the same machine, like cgminer or what I originally used as a total n00b was GUIminer which I liked actually for GPU
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did you get it to work?
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i'm not sure why but people tend not to post there actual worker name and passowrd...... if people want to use it and mine for you i guess that does not hurt you, but you should maybe change or edit them

I can say that for someone who learned about how to configure these miners <24 hrs ago, I found tutorials with sytax like -p [Password] more confounding than tutorials who used their own credentials, which to me registered "oh I should put my own stuff in there, ok"  - just saying for pedagogical value
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i'm not sure why but people tend not to post there actual worker name and passowrd...... if people want to use it and mine for you i guess that does not hurt you, but you should maybe change or edit them
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bfgminer.exe -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u Altoidnerd.worker1 -p RSRKwCU9 -S all

open a txt file and save it in the directory with bfg and call it startmine.bat

then click it
legendary
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it's prety easy, you jsut need to configure your .bat file like you would cgimer.... hold on i'll do it for you
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i can help you set it up on bfgminer Smiley i found it much easier to use..... i could never get the whole zadig thing to work for cgimner

just first download bfgminer and do you have the drivers for the usb on windows?

I have extrated bfgminer-3.1.1-win64.zip and I am looking at it in winRAR.  I'm assuming this is where it gets weird?
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i can help you set it up on bfgminer Smiley i found it much easier to use..... i could never get the whole zadig thing to work for cgimner

just first download bfgminer and do you have the drivers for the usb on windows?

driver called CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe is installed, at least I hope.  Perhaps will reinstall.  I'll try bfgminer and will get back to you thank you
legendary
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i can help you set it up on bfgminer Smiley i found it much easier to use..... i could never get the whole zadig thing to work for cgimner

just first download bfgminer and do you have the drivers for the usb on windows?
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cgminer.exe -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u Altoidnerd.worker3 -p RSRKwCU7 --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

is my "3.bat" file that is supposed to run my sexy new (perhaps waste of money) ACISMiner block erupter usb stick.

This is compared to "1.bat" which DOES WORK to configure my nvidia card @ sliush's pool...

cgminer.exe -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u Altoidnerd.worker1 -p RSRKwCU9 -I 8       

god help me...every second I am not using the block erupter hurts my heart and soul deeply
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