Topic: Mini Guide to Run Multiple Instance of ProtoShares for Windows (Read 1836 times)

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Is it getting slower as you have more instance active at the same time ?

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This is just a slightly more detailed mini guide to run multiple instances of ProtoShare Client in windows. Credits to FreeTrade who posted the how-to in https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitshares-pts-formerly-protoshares-mandatory-upgrade-snapshot-announcement-325261.

Example of ProtoShare client location
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C:\Program Files (x86)\ProtoShares

Default data directory location
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C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\ProtoShares

Steps
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1) First create a protoshares.conf file. Create a new .txt file in C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\ProtoShares and rename to protoshares.conf
Edit protoshares.conf with notepad and insert the following without the (description):

port=3888         (Default protoshare port)
gen=1            (Gen=1 will cause the client to start mining upon launch)
genproclimit=x      (x is the max number of threads with win32 client; Also ram dependent)

2) Next I duplicated C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\ProtoShares directory and created C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\ProtoShares2, so now I have two data directories:

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\ProtoShares
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\ProtoShares2

I deleted the wallet from ProtoShares2 directory because I wanted a separate wallet. Inside ProtoShares2 directory, edit protoshares.conf with notepad:

port=xxxx         <= Must change this to another port address e.g. 3889
gen=1            
genproclimit=x

3) To launch ProtoShares Client:

1st Instance - Execute "C:\Program Files (x86)\ProtoShares\protoshares-qt.exe"   (As normal just double-click)
2nd Instance - Execute "C:\Program Files (x86)\ProtoShares\protoshares-qt.exe -port=xxxx -datadir=C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\ProtoShares2"

You can use a shortcut or .bat file to launch the 2nd Instance.

Hope you find this useful. Good luck.