The program is a frontend for sgminer, and ccminer and is intended to simplify things for new miners and remove yet another barrier to entry for x11/darkcoin mining.
Please read from this project https://sourceforge.net/projects/guiminerscrypt/
How to Start Mining cryptocoins on computer.rtf
and Manual to Start Mining litecoins on computer - WeMineLTC.rtf
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Started new project for Script-N https://sourceforge.net/projects/guiminerscryptn/
Note! Default miner is SGMiner(AMD Miner) is for AMD Cards Only, if you use NVidia - add CCminer (File->New Miner->New NVidia Miner) and fill your setting
Visit https://bitcointalk.org/Index.php?topic=167229.0 to find more info about settings for CC Miner
08-26-14: It is the first release of GUI Miner x11. Contain special sgminer version - 4.1 for AMD - has 1.5 more hash speed with AMD driver 14.7(beta) or higher and CCminer 1.2 x86 need the latest Nvidia CUDA driver
12-25-13: updated GPU settings, cgminer version, and cudaminer version. merry christmas!
5-7-13: alpha version 0.04 is released.
FEATURE: cudaminer added, although the program will not show valid hash rates.
FEATURE: Latest version of cgminer added.
FEATURE: Batch files for both cudaminer and cgminer are now created in their respective subdirectories, in case you still want to be able to see the exact console output.
BUGFIX: Users with spaces in the Windows usernames are now able to use the program.
BUGFIX: Correct settings for low usage in 7xxx series added.
3-19-13: alpha version 0.03 is released.
FEATURE: Tooltips added to explain parameters for scrypt kernel.
FEATURE: cgminer 2.11.3 added with env. var. settings to allow for high (>8192) thread concurrencies.
BUGFIX: cgminer now displays hash rates more quickly.
BUGFIX: cgminer now sets the GPU platform correctly.
3-10-13: alpha version 0.02 is released.
BUGFIX: Number of total hashes per second now displays correctly.
BUGFIX: Bug that caused only one reaper miner tab to function when multiple were present fixed.
3-9-13: alpha version 0.01 is released.
FAQ
Q: How do I use the stratum proxy?
A: Enter the host and the stratum port and click start. It should announce that the proxy is connected. Then, point your miners at host: localhost, port: 8332. Run your miners as normal; you should see shares/hash rates reported.
Also note that cgminer has its own stratum support built in. To use that instead, select "Yes" for Use stratum in the miner tab and point the miner directly at the stratum port of your pool. If you still want to use the stratum proxy with cgminer, you must select "No" for this option.
Q: How do I update cgminer to the latest version?
A: Download cgminer and dump the contents into the /cgminer/ folder, replacing the old version of cgminer.
Q: Why are my speeds not close to those reported in the original FAQ?
A: In addition to tuning the parameters of the program, you will need to tune the GPU core speed and memory. For 5xxx/6xxx cards a good ratio is 0.70 - 0.80 core / memory clock speeds. For 7xxx cards, ratios are best under 0.68, with the 7970 preferring ratios at or under even 0.57 in reaper.
To find your memory speed from the core speed, simply divide by the ratio, e.g. 900 MHz core / 0.68 = 1325 MHz RAM.
Q: Shares reported by the stratum proxy are not the same as shares reported by the card. Why is this?
A: It is a bug to be fixed in a later update.
Q: I hit the start button with cgminer for the first time and nothing happened!
A: Wait for 2-3 minutes and see if mining begins. The reason is that cgminer needs to build the kernel to run. If nothing still happens, post in this thread as it may be a bug.
Q: I'm getting lots of stales with cgminer and high thread concurrencies; why is this?
A: The current cgminer kernel seems to have trouble with high thread concurrencies. If it throws lots of reject shares that come up at the pool as invalid, try switching to reaper.
Q: I'm using an nVidia card and it doesn't work, why is this?
A: You need to install the CUDA toolkit for the kernel to compile.
Q: My miner windows doesn't appear onscreen!
A: Delete C:\Users\You\AppData\Roaming\poclbm\poclbm-scrypt.ini.
Q: Why does my cudaminer miner tab hang on "Connecting"?
A: Because python's subprocess can not see cudaminer's output no matter what I tweak on it. If the author of cudaminer releases a new version in the future that has stdout streams compatible with python 2.7, I will fix this. In the meantime, if you navigate to the "/cudaminer/" directory, you'll see that a batch file is added after you press start that you can check your performance from.
Q: Something is wrong and cgminer isn't giving me helpful output to GUIminer-scrypt. What do I do?
A: For more verbose output, run the batch file ("your-miner-name.bat") in the /cgminer/ directory. This is generated whenever you hit the "Start" button and will show the cgminer console so you can better troubleshoot your problem.
based on GUIMiner - a graphical interface for mining Bitcoins
====================================================
by Chris 'Kiv' MacLeod
based on:
- "poclbm" by m0mchil
- 'rpcminer' by puddinpop
- bitcoin-miner by ufasoft
What is it?
-----------
GUIMiner is a graphical front end for mining Bitcoins. It provides a more
convenient way to operate Bitcoin miners without having to use the command
line. It supports both NVIDIA and ATI GPUs, as well as CPU mining. It
supports both pooled mining and solo mining, with a wide list of pool
servers pre-set with the program.
What is it not?
---------------
GUIMiner does not replace the standard Bitcoin client from bitcoin.org - you
still need that program to view your account balance and send transactions.
It is not a server, so it has to connect either to a mining pool, or to your
computer's 'bitcoin.exe' if mining solo.
The Latest Version
------------------
You can get the latest version on the project page at GitHub:
https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm
Features
--------
- Supports multiple miners in a tabbed interface.
- Remembers your login info between sessions.
- Supports both solo and pooled mining.
- Supports OpenCL, CUDA, and CPU mining.
- Minimizes to tray. Hover on tray icon to see status.
- Displays your accepted and stale/invalid shares over time.
- View your account balance with a pool and/or withdraw funds from
the GUI, at participating pools.
Requirements
------------
- To mine using an ATI GPU, you need an OpenCL compatible card with a
working version of OpenCL installed. If you are unsure whether your GPU
supports OpenCL, try the GPU Caps Viewer:
http://www.ozone3d.net/gpu_caps_viewer/
For AMD/ATI cards, to get a version of OpenCL you need the Stream SDK which is
available here:
http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/
For NVIDIA cards, you can also install OpenCL and mine that way, or you can
install CUDA and use rpcminer-CUDA which may provide slightly higher performance
since it is optimized specifically for NVIDIA cards.
For CPU mining, you don't need anything special; you can mine using rpcminer-cpu
or rpcminer-4way; try both to see which has better performance on your CPU.
Instructions for Pooled Mining
------------------------------
Pooled mining is recommended for most users, since it gives steadier payouts
than solo mining. Several pool servers are supported out of the box; you can
select one from the "Server" dropdown menu. Different servers have different
fees and features; you can visit the website for each one to learn more. Also,
the official Bitcoin forums are a good source for information:
http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/
Most servers require (free) registration; to register go to the server website
and follow their instructions.
Once you've registered, you can enter your login information in the fields of
the GUI. The "Extra flags" field is optional and can be used to fine-tune GPU
performance.
Click "Start mining!" to connect to the server. The miner should connect and start
showing your hash rate. This is the number of attempts per second to solve the
current block. After a while the miner will also show "shares" accepted
by the pool. The more shares you have, the larger your share will be of
the 50 Bitcoins when the block is solved.
To see if your hashing rate is comparable to others, you can look up your GPU on
this chart:
http://pastebin.com/AvymGnMJ
You can save your login info for next time by using File -> Save. Next time
you open the GUI your login will be remembered.
You can run multiple CPUs/GPUs in separate tabs by using File -> New and entering
the new miner's login info. Remember to save your login info after it's entered.
Solo Mining
-----------
Solo mining is recommended for users with a lot of computing power available,
or if you can't find or connect to any pools. It doesn't give any award at
all unless you find a block (which takes weeks to months), at which point you
get 50 BTC all at once.
For solo mining, instead of connecting to a pool server you connect to your own
local machine's copy of 'bitcoin.exe'. Instead of registering with the pool
server, you put your login info in a special file called 'bitcoin.conf'.
GUIMiner has utilities to help with these tasks. To create the bitcoin.conf,
choose "Solo utilities -> Create solo password..." and create a user and
password. It should show a message saying that it was successful.
To launch bitcoin.exe in server mode, you might need to point GUIMiner to
the location of bitcoin.exe. If you installed Bitcoin in the regular location
of Program Files/Bitcoin, you can skip this step. Otherwise choose "Solo
utilities -> Set Bitcoin client path".
Then make sure bitcoin.exe is not running already and choose "Solo
utilities -> Launch Bitcoin client". This should bring up the official
Bitcoin client. You will need to leave this open while you are solo mining.
You will need to be connected to the Bitcoin network before you can mine;
in the official client this is shown in the status bar as "6 connections"
or similar.
If this is the first time you've launched the official Bitcoin client, you
will also need to wait while the block chain is downloaded. This can take
a long time on slower computers.
Now you can enter your information in the text boxes. Make sure the "Host"
option reads "localhost" since the server is on your own machine. Put your
username and password that you chose earlier. Then press "Start mining!" to
connect and start mining.
Useful OpenCL flags
-------------------
These flags can be entered in the Extra Flags field when using the OpenCL
miner to tweak the miner settings:
-v Enable vectors, which is faster on some cards.
-f30 Set priority to the specified number (default 30).
A higher number is lower priority. Increase this to reduce desktop
lag or to make a miner yield GPU control to other miners or games.
-s0.01 Sleep for the specified number of seconds between iterations (default 0).
Increase this to reduce hashing performance if your temperatures are
too high.
These are the most useful flags; for a complete list, see here:
http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=4122.0
Running From Source
-------------------
Running GUIMiner from source requires:
- Python 2.6 or higher (Python 3 not supported)
- wxPython
Mining using OpenCL with poclbm also requires:
- PyOpenCL
- numpy
Once these are installed run "guiminer.py" to start.
Bug Reporting
-------------
This is very early software, so any bug reports are appreciated. Issues and
forks can be created at:
https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm
Download Latest Version
GUIMiner-x11-win_x64-v0.05-20140826.zip (28.4 MB)
