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Quote from: HellDiverUK on September 04, 2013, 02:15:57 AM

Install VCP drivers, run bfgminer with the -S eruper:all -G parameters, that'll mine with the Erupters and not the GPU. Remove the -G to mine with GPU as well. Simple.

Or you could use cgminer to do the GPU mining, and bfg for the Erupters.

Personally I find bfg to be far better for the Erupters - I still use cg for GPU mining (basically because it's working and I couldn't be bothered changing it).

can i specify which erupter to use instead of all?

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Install VCP drivers, run bfgminer with the -S eruper:all -G parameters, that'll mine with the Erupters and not the GPU. Remove the -G to mine with GPU as well. Simple.

Or you could use cgminer to do the GPU mining, and bfg for the Erupters.

Personally I find bfg to be far better for the Erupters - I still use cg for GPU mining (basically because it's working and I couldn't be bothered changing it).

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Quote from: Trongersoll on September 03, 2013, 09:42:49 PM

i suppose that i could run one regular instance and one no gpu instance.

Yep, or use -G to disable your GPU with regular cgminer.exe.

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i suppose that i could run one regular instance and one no gpu instance.

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Quote from: Trongersoll on September 03, 2013, 08:51:23 PM

Quote from: os2sam on September 03, 2013, 08:19:38 PM

Using the later CGMiner's with direct USB makes it really easy to run multiple instances with however many AMU's you want in each instance.

I use the command line --usb ICA:5 in each instance and have 5 devices pointed at multiple pools. Makes it really easy to assess pool performance.
Sam

really? it works like that? what if there is one gpu, will they fight over it? i was wondering what i was going to do when there were too many AMUs to fit in the bigest window i can make.

Yep, just like that.

I retired my GPU's so I use the cgminer-nogpu.exe.

So if you want to run one instance of cgmner.exe for your GPU's only use --usb ICA:0 and it won't use any AMU's. Then run a separate instance with cgminer-nogpu.exe for all your AMU's, or any number of them you wish.

It's covered in the readme under "Advanced USB options:".
Sam

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Quote from: os2sam on September 03, 2013, 08:19:38 PM

Using the later CGMiner's with direct USB makes it really easy to run multiple instances with however many AMU's you want in each instance.

I use the command line --usb ICA:5 in each instance and have 5 devices pointed at multiple pools. Makes it really easy to assess pool performance.
Sam

really? it works like that? what if there is one gpu, will they fight over it? i was wondering what i was going to do when there were too many AMUs to fit in the bigest window i can make.

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Using the later CGMiner's with direct USB makes it really easy to run multiple instances with however many AMU's you want in each instance.

I use the command line --usb ICA:5 in each instance and have 5 devices pointed at multiple pools. Makes it really easy to assess pool performance.
Sam

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Also, be aware that for many setups, cgminer 3.1.1 works best with Erupters.

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Sometimes man, just sometimes.....

I have seen where someone use -S erupter:all instead of -S all, dont know if that worked in bfgminer. Also, you have to make sure you have the icarus options configured right, --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100"

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Quote from: grue on September 03, 2013, 01:24:00 PM

guiminer doesn't seem to support USB block erupters. See topic: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gui-mining-updated-dec-3-with-7970-bugfix-also-supports-stratum-3878

cgminer seems to be supported though (see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2321308), so you can mine on multiple pools with that.

thanks going to lookl. i use bfgminer with a few shortcuts bit instead of using -S all i used -S com8 and the other shortcut -S com9. althou com10 and com 11 doesnt seem work..... with -S all only uses one worker....messy

ed..... \\.\com10 works now got all miners in seperate windows.....not nice but hell it works

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guiminer doesn't seem to support USB block erupters. See topic: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gui-mining-updated-dec-3-with-7970-bugfix-also-supports-stratum-3878

cgminer seems to be supported though (see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2321308), so you can mine on multiple pools with that.

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my friend gave me his usb block erupters, i install the drivers and they show up as comm devices. how do i use guiminer with them as bfgminer just uses one pool for them all.

can someone at least point me in the right direction

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