Version 1.3.6 is now available. Most significant changes:
- Fix CPU priority settings when using a batch file.
- Added vertminer to known miner names
- New 'Startup Batch file' option added for setting CGWatcher to start with Windows. This is recommended for Windows 8/8.1 where the other settings have known issues.
- Monitor setting to set maximum hashrate threshold
- New start mining failure option to restart computer if failed starts exceed threshold.
- New start mining failure option to send email to default email address.
- Remove scrypt settings when miner is sgminer.
- Default gpu-thread value of 2 can now be disabled in Settings -> Miner tab.
- Xintensity,rawintensity, and cl-filename settings support added (no longer under Misc. Options)
- New troubleshoot mode setting will help start miner in such a way that it is easier to see errors and debug info.
- Force close other programs on computer restart setting in Settings -> CGWatcher
- Fixed Windows startup entries not being removed when changed to a different method.
- Startup entries now given identifiers in filename so in cases of multiple instances, one doesn't overwrite the other.
- Experimental increase/decrease text size is now a setting in Settings -> Display and persists through restarts.
- Coin 'never remove' flag and 'adjustment' field can now be imported from CGRemote during coin updates.
- Additional fields available for edit in Coin Manager.
- Additional support for VertMiner
- Email settings tab added, setting for default email address for use in notifications where email is not specified.
We've setup a new support forum at
http://www.coinmyne.com/support. Please post problems and feature requests there so we can centralize this information in one place. There is no newbie jail.
MinerP: Did you copy and paste your config file text here? If so, you have "gpu-thread" instead of "gpu-threads". This means the setting is being ignored, and CGWatcher is using the default of 2 (which was consistent with CGMiner's documentation). In the new version of CGWatcher, you can disable it using 2 as the default value to achieve results similar to running CGMiner alone. I had made the decision to have CGWatcher set 2 as the default because that is what CGMiner's documentation said, even though in reality it used 1. Now it has been this way for so long that if I changed it, it might affect a lot of users... so I made it a setting in Settings->Miner tab.
milbor2: Translations are on the to-do list, for CGWatcher and CGRemote both. Our plan is to do it in such a way that language packs will be external to the program so they can be added as new languages come out without requiring a software update.
isriam: Did you get this working? If you switch it to:
it should work correctly.
coins_coins_: The coin data comes from whichever provider you choose - CoinChoose or CoinWarz. If the coin is listed on the selected data provider, it will be added in CGWatcher automatically. If a coin you want to use is not listed on your selected data provider, you'll need to contact them to try to get it added.
gtraah: To use a batch file, just select it instead of the miner's executable in the Profile Manager window. You do not need to use a config file if you prefer to use arguments. Once you select a batch file in Profile Manager, its arguments will be loaded automatically. Any changes to the arguments in Profile Manager will be saved back into the batch file.
ozzy1926: CGWatcher always uses a file called temp.conf because some users share config files between miners, then use variables to customize them. To ensure that one miner does not affect another miner, a temporary config file is created on each miner. The temporary config file is essentially just a copy of whatever config file you've set CGWatcher to use.