public void GetAvailableMiners_ReturnsBfgminerUrl()
{
//act
List <AvailableMiner> availableMiners = AvailableMiners.GetAvailableMiners(UserAgent);
AvailableMiner bfgminer = availableMiners.Single(am => am.Name.Equals(MinerNames.BFGMiner, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
//assert
Assert.IsTrue(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(bfgminer.Url));
}
public void GetAvailableMiners_Succeeds()
{
//act
Version version = null;
List <AvailableMiner> availableMiners = AvailableMiners.GetAvailableMiners(UserAgent);
AvailableMiner bfgminer = availableMiners.Single(am => am.Name.Equals(MinerNames.BFGMiner, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
bool success = Version.TryParse(bfgminer.Version, out version);
//assert
Assert.IsTrue(success);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//examples of using MultiMiner.Xgminer.dll and MultiMiner.Xgminer.Api.dll
//download and install the latest version of Gateless Gate
const string executablePath = @"D:\gatelessgate\";
const string executableName = "gatlessgate.exe";
const string userAgent = "MultiMiner/V3-Example";
//download and install bfgminer from MultiMinerApp.com
List <AvailableMiner> availableMiners = AvailableMiners.GetAvailableMiners(userAgent);
AvailableMiner gatelessgate = availableMiners.Single(am => am.Name.Equals(MinerNames.GatelessGate, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
Console.WriteLine("Downloading and installing {0} from {1} to the directory {2}",
executableName, new Uri(gatelessgate.Url).Authority, executablePath);
MinerInstaller.InstallMiner(userAgent, gatelessgate, executablePath);
try
{
//create an instance of Miner with the downloaded executable
Xgminer.Data.Configuration.Miner minerConfiguration = new Xgminer.Data.Configuration.Miner()
{
ExecutablePath = Path.Combine(executablePath, executableName)
};
Xgminer.Miner miner = new Xgminer.Miner(minerConfiguration, false);
//use it to iterate through devices
List <Device> deviceList = miner.ListDevices();
Console.WriteLine("Using {0} to list available mining devices", executableName);
//output devices
foreach (Device device in deviceList)
{
Console.WriteLine("Device detected: {0}\t{1}\t{2}", device.Kind, device.Driver, device.Name);
}
//start mining if there are devices
if (deviceList.Count > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} device(s) detected, mining Bitcoin on Bitminter using all devices", deviceList.Count);
//setup a pool
MiningPool pool = new MiningPool()
{
Host = "mint.bitminter.com",
Port = 3333,
Username = "******",
Password = "******"
};
minerConfiguration.Pools.Add(pool);
//specify algorithm
minerConfiguration.Algorithm = MinerFactory.Instance.GetAlgorithm(AlgorithmNames.SHA256);
//disable GPU mining
minerConfiguration.DisableGpu = true;
//specify device indexes to use
for (int i = 0; i < deviceList.Count; i++)
{
minerConfiguration.DeviceDescriptors.Add(deviceList[i]);
}
//enable RPC API
minerConfiguration.ApiListen = true;
minerConfiguration.ApiPort = 4028;
Console.WriteLine("Launching {0}", executableName);
//start mining
miner = new Xgminer.Miner(minerConfiguration, false);
System.Diagnostics.Process minerProcess = miner.Launch();
try
{
//get an API context
Xgminer.Api.ApiContext apiContext = new Xgminer.Api.ApiContext(minerConfiguration.ApiPort);
try
{
//mine for one minute, monitoring hashrate via the API
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000 * 10); //sleep 10s
//query the miner process via its RPC API for device information
List <Xgminer.Api.Data.DeviceInformation> deviceInformation = apiContext.GetDeviceInformation();
//output device information
foreach (Xgminer.Api.Data.DeviceInformation item in deviceInformation)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hasrate for device {0}: {1} current, {2} average", item.Index,
item.CurrentHashrate, item.AverageHashrate);
}
}
}
finally
{
Console.WriteLine("Quitting mining via the RPC API");
//stop mining, try the API first
apiContext.QuitMining();
}
}
finally
{
Console.WriteLine("Killing any remaining process");
//then kill the process
try
{
minerProcess.Kill();
minerProcess.WaitForExit();
minerProcess.Close();
}
catch (InvalidOperationException)
{
//already closed
}
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("No devices capable of mining detected");
}
}
finally
{
Console.WriteLine("Cleaning up, deleting directory {0}", executablePath);
Directory.Delete(executablePath, true);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit");
Console.ReadKey();
}
