RainbowMiner/RainbowMiner v4.6.3.3

RainbowMiner v4.6.3.3

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Update release

Miners

• update miner CpuminerRplant to v4.5.17 (cpu)
• update miner Ethminer to v0.19.0 commit 9c6dc310 (amd,nvidia)
• update miner Gminer to v2.28 (amd,nvidia)
• update miner Lolminer to v1.11 (amd,nvidia)
• update miner NBminer to v32.1 (amd,nvidia)
• update miner SrbminerMulti to v0.5.4 (amd,cpu)
• update miner Teamred to v0.7.14 (amd)
• update miner Trex to v18.1 (nvidia)
• update miner WildRig to v0.28.0 (amd,nvidia)
• update miner Ewbf
  • allow pers auto for Equihash 96,5 (issue #1198)
• update miner Gminer
  • allow Zpool and pers auto for Equihash 96,5 (issue #1198)
• update miner Wildrig
  • add parameter --gpu-temp-limit=95 since the default 85 is too low for some rigs.

Pools

• update pool HeroMiners
  • add BEAM, CLO, CTXC, ETH, ETC, EXP, GRIN, MWC, PIRL
  • update QRL, SUMO, UPX, WOW, XCASH
  • remove LOKI
• update pool RPlant
  • add ports for GLEEC and LRA
• update pool MiningRigRentals
  • small fix (get rid of a warning)

Core

• update linux
  • add check for GLIBC version for some miners (Ethminer, KawPOWMiner, Xmrig). These miners will not run on systems with GLIBC version < - avoid bad floating point representations in sysinfo
• update mrrpools.json
  • eventually fix ethash mining cool down for MRR
• add pre and post commands to ocprofiles.config.txt (issue #1205 #976 #1137)
  • "PreCmd"/"PreCmdArguments": define a command to be executed before the miner starts. PreCmd is the path to the binary, PreCmdArguments are optional arguments for that command.
  • "PostCmd"/"PostCmdArguments": define a command to be executed after the miner has finished. PostCmd is the path to the binary, PostCmdArguments are optional arguments for that command.
    b34908f
• add machinename and machineip into new column (issue #1195)
• a little cosmetics on dashboard's new Machine column
• update InitClient.ps1
  • fix error message (issue #1208)
• update coinsdb.json
• update ethdagsizes.json

Hints for Networking

Choose one 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
• optionally provide individual config files for each client

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
• optionally select to download config files from the server

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",
  "EnableServerConfig": "1",
  "ServerConfigName": "config,coins,pools",

If "EnableServerConfig" is set to "1" (like in the above example), the Client will download the config files defined with the list "ServerConfigName" from the Server. In the example: config.txt, coins.config.txt, pools.config.txt would be downloaded automatically.

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