RainbowMiner/RainbowMiner v4.2.0.1

RainbowMiner v4.2.0.1

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Update & Networking release

Miners

• update miner TeamRed to v0.4.5 (amd)
• update miner CpuminerRplant to v4.0.5 (cpu)
• update miner MiniZ to v1.3n3 (nvidia)
• update miner Nanominer to v1.2.4 (amd,cpu,nvidia)
• update miner SrbMiner to v1.8.7 (amd)
• update miner Lolminer (amd,nvidia) / disable nvidia solvers due to crashes
• update miner NBminer (nvidia) / disable ethash for MRR
• update miner NBminer (nvidia) / reduce intensity for weak CPUs

Core

• add json health checker
• improve health check for json config syntax
• add client/server networking
• more linux compat
• add clients to API
• fix wrong name
• add check for GpuGroups config
• fix multi nap
• add empty gpugroups on startup
• fix error during non-profit-wait #523
• add Nicehash API credentials to setup #524
• fix js localhost undefined #508

Hints for Networking

Choose on PC to be the Server (it may be a dusty old notebook). No need to let it mine, just let RainbowMiner start in paused mode. Select all other Rigs to act as Clients. All pool API communication will then be managed by the server: no more being blocked by the pools due to excessive use of their API

There is a Network setup build-in the configuration (press [C], then enter [N]) to help with the setup.

If you want it quicker, just run one of the following init scripts for very convenient pre-setup:
InitServer.bat / initserver.sh : make this rig a server
InitClient.bat / initclient.sh : make this rig a client
InitStandalone.bat / initstandalone.sh : make this rig a standalone machine

Of course you may also edit the Config\config.txt directly.

If you change the RunMode of a rig, RainbowMiner needs to be restarted.

Setup as Server

• one PC takes the role as Server
• it will act as gateway to the pool APIs for all Clients
• enable auth: choose an username and a password.
• the server will be running on the API port

These are the server-fields to fill in the config.txt (or use the initscripts or the build-in config)

  "RunMode": "server",
  "APIport": 4000,
  "APIauth": "1",
  "APIuser": "serverusername",
  "APIpassword": "serverpassword",

Setup as Client

• all other Rigs shall be clients
• if you have enable auth at the server: set the username and password.
• the RainbowMiner running on the server will tell you the machinename, ip address and port
• use either the machinename or the ip address of the server as servername

These are the client-fields to fill in the config.txt (or use the initscripts or the build-in config)

  "RunMode": "client",
  "ServerName": "machinenameofserver",
  "ServerPort": 4000,
  "ServerUser": "serverusername",
  "ServerPassword": "serverpassword"

Note

As usual: press [U] to update, or exit RainbowMiner and start "Updater.bat" (or let RainbowMiner do the work, if you have set "EnableAutoUpdate" to 1)

If the automatic update fails for any reason, please do a manual update:

• exit RainbowMiner window
• if exit fails press to close the RainbowMiner window
• now start "Updater.bat" (in RainbowMiner directory)
• now restart RainbowMiner

If the manual update failed, too, please go the hard way:

• exit RainbowMiner
• if exit fails close the RainbowMiner window
• download the actual release's zip file (name is like RainbowMinerVx.x.x.x.zip)
• extract the zip file into your RainbowMiner directory, overwriting all files
• now restart RainbowMiner