private MinerConfiguration CreateMinerConfiguration(int port, string coinSymbol, DeviceKind includeKinds)
{
CoinConfiguration coinConfiguration = engineConfiguration.CoinConfigurations.Single(c => c.Coin.Symbol.Equals(coinSymbol));
IList <DeviceConfiguration> enabledConfigurations = engineConfiguration.DeviceConfigurations.Where(c => c.Enabled && c.CoinSymbol.Equals(coinSymbol)).ToList();
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = new MinerConfiguration()
{
ExecutablePath = MinerPath.GetPathToInstalledMiner(),
Algorithm = coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm,
ApiPort = port,
ApiListen = true,
AllowedApiIps = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AllowedApiIps,
CoinName = coinConfiguration.Coin.Name,
DisableGpu = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.DisableGpu
};
SetupConfigurationPools(minerConfiguration, coinConfiguration);
int deviceCount = SetupConfigurationDevices(minerConfiguration, includeKinds, enabledConfigurations);
if (deviceCount == 0)
{
return(null);
}
SetupConfigurationArguments(minerConfiguration, coinConfiguration);
return(minerConfiguration);
}
private void StartMining()
{
IEnumerable <string> coinSymbols = engineConfiguration.DeviceConfigurations
.Where(c => c.Enabled && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(c.CoinSymbol))
.Select(c => c.CoinSymbol)
.Distinct();
int port = 4028;
foreach (string coinSymbol in coinSymbols)
{
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = CreateMinerConfiguration(port, coinSymbol);
Process process = LaunchMinerProcess(minerConfiguration, "Starting mining");
if (!process.HasExited)
{
MinerProcess minerProcess = new MinerProcess();
minerProcess.Process = process;
minerProcess.ApiPort = port;
minerProcess.MinerConfiguration = minerConfiguration;
setupProcessStartInfo(minerProcess);
minerProcesses.Add(minerProcess);
}
port++;
}
mining = true;
}
private void SetupConfigurationArguments(MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration, CoinConfiguration coinConfiguration)
{
string arguments = string.Empty;
//apply algorithm-specific parameters
if (engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AlgorithmFlags.ContainsKey(coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm))
{
arguments = String.Format("{0} {1}", arguments,
engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AlgorithmFlags[coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm]);
}
//apply coin-specific parameters
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(coinConfiguration.MinerFlags))
{
arguments = string.Format("{0} {1}", arguments, coinConfiguration.MinerFlags);
}
if (engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.DesktopMode)
{
arguments = arguments + " -I D";
}
if (donationPercent > 0)
{
arguments = arguments + " --load-balance";
}
minerConfiguration.LaunchArguments = arguments;
}
private int SetupConfigurationDevices(MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration, DeviceKind deviceKinds, IList <DeviceConfiguration> deviceConfigurations)
{
int deviceCount = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < deviceConfigurations.Count; i++)
{
DeviceConfiguration enabledConfiguration = deviceConfigurations[i];
Device device = devices.SingleOrDefault(d => d.Equals(enabledConfiguration));
if ((deviceKinds & device.Kind) == 0)
{
continue;
}
deviceCount++;
//don't actually add stratum device as a device index
if (device.Kind != DeviceKind.PXY)
{
minerConfiguration.DeviceDescriptors.Add(device);
}
else
{
//only enable the stratum proxy if these devices contain the PXY device
minerConfiguration.StratumProxy = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.StratumProxy;
minerConfiguration.StratumProxyPort = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.StratumProxyPort;
minerConfiguration.StratumProxyStratumPort = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.StratumProxyStratumPort;
}
}
return(deviceCount);
}
private Process LaunchMinerProcess(MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration, string reason)
{
minerConfiguration.Priority = this.engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.Priority;
Miner miner = new Miner(minerConfiguration);
miner.LogLaunch += this.LogProcessLaunch;
miner.LaunchFailed += this.ProcessLaunchFailed;
Process process = miner.Launch(reason);
return(process);
}
private void StoreMinerProcess(Process process, MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration, int port)
{
MinerProcess minerProcess = new MinerProcess();
minerProcess.Process = process;
minerProcess.ApiPort = port;
minerProcess.MinerConfiguration = minerConfiguration;
setupProcessStartInfo(minerProcess);
minerProcesses.Add(minerProcess);
}
private MinerConfiguration CreateMinerConfiguration(int port, string coinSymbol)
{
CoinConfiguration coinConfiguration = engineConfiguration.CoinConfigurations.Single(c => c.Coin.Symbol.Equals(coinSymbol));
IEnumerable <DeviceConfiguration> coinGpuConfigurations = engineConfiguration.DeviceConfigurations.Where(c => c.Enabled && c.CoinSymbol.Equals(coinSymbol));
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = new MinerConfiguration();
minerConfiguration.MinerBackend = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.MinerBackend;
minerConfiguration.ExecutablePath = MinerPath.GetPathToInstalledMiner(minerConfiguration.MinerBackend);
minerConfiguration.ErupterDriver = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.ErupterDriver;
minerConfiguration.Pools = coinConfiguration.Pools;
minerConfiguration.Algorithm = coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm;
minerConfiguration.ApiPort = port;
minerConfiguration.ApiListen = true;
minerConfiguration.AllowedApiIps = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AllowedApiIps;
minerConfiguration.CoinName = coinConfiguration.Coin.Name;
minerConfiguration.DisableGpu = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.DisableGpu;
foreach (DeviceConfiguration coinGpuConfiguration in coinGpuConfigurations)
{
minerConfiguration.DeviceIndexes.Add(coinGpuConfiguration.DeviceIndex);
}
string arguments = string.Empty;
//apply algorithm-specific parameters
if (engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AlgorithmFlags.ContainsKey(coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm))
{
arguments = String.Format("{0} {1}", arguments,
engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AlgorithmFlags[coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm]);
}
//apply coin-specific parameters
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(coinConfiguration.MinerFlags))
{
arguments = string.Format("{0} {1}", arguments, coinConfiguration.MinerFlags);
}
if (engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.DesktopMode)
{
arguments = arguments + " -I D";
}
minerConfiguration.Arguments = arguments;
return(minerConfiguration);
}
private MinerProcess StoreMinerProcess(Process process, string coinSymbol, MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration, int port)
{
MinerProcess minerProcess = new MinerProcess();
minerProcess.Process = process;
minerProcess.ApiPort = port;
minerProcess.MinerConfiguration = minerConfiguration;
minerProcess.CoinSymbol = coinSymbol;
setupProcessStartInfo(minerProcess);
minerProcesses.Add(minerProcess);
return(minerProcess);
}
public void EnumerateDevices_ReturnsNoDevices()
{
//arrange
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = new MinerConfiguration();
minerConfiguration.ExecutablePath = executablePath;
minerConfiguration.DisableGpu = true;
Miner miner = new Miner(minerConfiguration);
//act
List<Device> devices = miner.EnumerateDevices();
//assert
Assert.IsTrue(devices.Count == 0);
}
//test setup is a single Block Erupter
//GPU is disabled
//should return 0 devices as --ndevs is used w/bfgminer
public void EnumerateDevices_ReturnsNoDevices()
{
//arrange
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = new MinerConfiguration();
minerConfiguration.ExecutablePath = executablePath;
minerConfiguration.DisableGpu = true;
Miner miner = new Miner(minerConfiguration);
//act
List <Device> devices = miner.EnumerateDevices();
//assert
Assert.IsTrue(devices.Count == 0);
}
public void DeviceList_ReturnsDevices()
{
//arrange
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = new MinerConfiguration();
minerConfiguration.ExecutablePath = executablePath;
minerConfiguration.DisableGpu = true;
Miner miner = new Miner(minerConfiguration);
//act
List<Device> devices = miner.ListDevices();
//assert
Assert.IsTrue(devices.Count > 0);
Assert.IsTrue(devices.First().Kind == DeviceKind.USB);
}
//test setup is a single Block Erupter
//GPU is disabled
//should return 1 device as -d? is used
public void DeviceList_ReturnsDevices()
{
//arrange
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = new MinerConfiguration();
minerConfiguration.ExecutablePath = executablePath;
minerConfiguration.DisableGpu = true;
Miner miner = new Miner(minerConfiguration);
//act
List <Device> devices = miner.ListDevices();
//assert
Assert.IsTrue(devices.Count > 0);
Assert.IsTrue(devices.First().Kind == DeviceKind.USB);
}
private readonly Random random = new Random(Guid.NewGuid().GetHashCode()); //seed so we don't keep getting the same indexes
private void AddDonationPool(string coinSymbol, MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration)
{
MiningPool donationPool = null;
CoinConfiguration donationConfiguration = this.donationConfigurations.SingleOrDefault(dc => dc.Coin.Symbol.Equals(coinSymbol, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
if (donationConfiguration != null)
{
//inclusive lower, exclusive upper
int index = random.Next(0, donationConfiguration.Pools.Count);
donationPool = donationConfiguration.Pools[index];
}
if (donationPool != null)
{
donationPool.Quota = 1; //1% donation
minerConfiguration.Pools.Add(donationPool);
}
}
private void SetupConfigurationPools(MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration, CoinConfiguration coinConfiguration)
{
//minerConfiguration.Pools = coinConfiguration.Pools;
foreach (MiningPool pool in coinConfiguration.Pools)
{
pool.Quota = 0;
minerConfiguration.Pools.Add(pool);
}
//using bfgminer quotas for failover, that way we can augment for donations
minerConfiguration.Pools.First().Quota = 100 - donationPercent;
if (donationPercent > 0)
{
AddDonationPool(coinConfiguration.Coin.Symbol, minerConfiguration);
}
foreach (MiningPool pool in minerConfiguration.Pools)
{
pool.QuotaEnabled = donationPercent > 0;
}
}
private void StartMining()
{
IEnumerable <string> coinSymbols = engineConfiguration.DeviceConfigurations
.Where(c => c.Enabled && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(c.CoinSymbol))
.Select(c => c.CoinSymbol)
.Distinct();
int port = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.StartingApiPort;
foreach (string coinSymbol in coinSymbols)
{
//launch separate processes for CPU & GPU vs USB & PXY (for stability)
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = CreateMinerConfiguration(port, coinSymbol, DeviceKind.CPU | DeviceKind.GPU);
if (minerConfiguration != null)
{
Process process = LaunchMinerProcess(minerConfiguration, "Starting mining");
if (!process.HasExited)
{
MinerProcess minerProcess = StoreMinerProcess(process, coinSymbol, minerConfiguration, port);
minerProcess.TerminateProcess = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.TerminateGpuMiners;
}
port++;
}
minerConfiguration = CreateMinerConfiguration(port, coinSymbol, DeviceKind.PXY | DeviceKind.USB);
if (minerConfiguration != null)
{
Process process = LaunchMinerProcess(minerConfiguration, "Starting mining");
if (!process.HasExited)
{
StoreMinerProcess(process, coinSymbol, minerConfiguration, port);
}
port++;
}
}
mining = true;
}
private readonly Random random = new Random(Guid.NewGuid().GetHashCode()); //seed so we don't keep getting the same indexes
private void AddDonationPool(string coinSymbol, MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration)
{
MiningPool donationPool = null;
CoinConfiguration donationConfiguration = this.donationConfigurations.SingleOrDefault(dc => dc.Coin.Symbol.Equals(coinSymbol, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
if (donationConfiguration != null)
{
//inclusive lower, exclusive upper
//int index = random.Next(0, donationConfiguration.Pools.Count);
//for now just use the first pool, too many donors is *not* an issue
//if it becomes an issue we can revert to the above
int index = 0;
donationPool = donationConfiguration.Pools[index];
}
if (donationPool != null)
{
donationPool.Quota = donationPercent;
minerConfiguration.Pools.Add(donationPool);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//examples of using MultiMiner.Xgminer.dll and MultiMiner.Xgminer.Api.dll
//download and install the latest version of bfgminer
const string executablePath = @"D:\bfgminer\";
const string executableName = "bfgminer.exe";
MinerBackend minerBackend = MinerBackend.Bfgminer;
Console.WriteLine("Downloading and installing {0} from {1} to the directory {2}",
executableName, Xgminer.Installer.GetMinerDownloadRoot(minerBackend), executablePath);
//download and install bfgminer from the official website
Xgminer.Installer.InstallMiner(minerBackend, executablePath);
try
{
//create an instance of Miner with the downloaded executable
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = new MinerConfiguration()
{
MinerBackend = minerBackend,
ExecutablePath = Path.Combine(executablePath, executableName)
};
Miner miner = new Miner(minerConfiguration);
//use it to iterate through devices
List <Device> deviceList = miner.DeviceList();
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.Identifier);
}
//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 = CoinAlgorithm.SHA256;
//disable GPU mining
minerConfiguration.DisableGpu = true;
//specify device indexes to use
for (int i = 0; i < deviceList.Count; i++)
{
minerConfiguration.DeviceIndexes.Add(i);
}
//enable RPC API
minerConfiguration.ApiListen = true;
minerConfiguration.ApiPort = 4028;
Console.WriteLine("Launching {0}", executableName);
//start mining
miner = new Miner(minerConfiguration);
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.DeviceInformation> deviceInformation = apiContext.GetDeviceInformation();
//output device information
foreach (Xgminer.Api.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 ex)
{
//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();
}
private MinerConfiguration CreateMinerConfiguration(int port, string coinSymbol, DeviceKind includeKinds)
{
CoinConfiguration coinConfiguration = engineConfiguration.CoinConfigurations.Single(c => c.Coin.Symbol.Equals(coinSymbol));
IList <DeviceConfiguration> enabledConfigurations = engineConfiguration.DeviceConfigurations.Where(c => c.Enabled && c.CoinSymbol.Equals(coinSymbol)).ToList();
MinerConfiguration minerConfiguration = new MinerConfiguration();
minerConfiguration.ExecutablePath = MinerPath.GetPathToInstalledMiner();
//minerConfiguration.Pools = coinConfiguration.Pools;
foreach (MiningPool pool in coinConfiguration.Pools)
{
pool.Quota = 0;
minerConfiguration.Pools.Add(pool);
}
//using bfgminer quotas for failover, that way we can augment for donations
minerConfiguration.Pools.First().Quota = 100;
if (donating)
{
minerConfiguration.Pools.First().Quota--; //99%
AddDonationPool(coinSymbol, minerConfiguration);
}
minerConfiguration.Algorithm = coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm;
minerConfiguration.ApiPort = port;
minerConfiguration.ApiListen = true;
minerConfiguration.AllowedApiIps = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AllowedApiIps;
minerConfiguration.CoinName = coinConfiguration.Coin.Name;
minerConfiguration.DisableGpu = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.DisableGpu;
int deviceCount = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < enabledConfigurations.Count; i++)
{
DeviceConfiguration enabledConfiguration = enabledConfigurations[i];
Device device = devices.SingleOrDefault(d => d.Equals(enabledConfiguration));
if ((includeKinds & device.Kind) == 0)
{
continue;
}
deviceCount++;
//don't actually add stratum device as a device index
if (device.Kind != DeviceKind.PXY)
{
minerConfiguration.DeviceDescriptors.Add(device);
}
else
{
//only enable the stratum proxy if these devices contain the PXY device
minerConfiguration.StratumProxy = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.StratumProxy;
minerConfiguration.StratumProxyPort = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.StratumProxyPort;
minerConfiguration.StratumProxyStratumPort = engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.StratumProxyStratumPort;
}
}
if (deviceCount == 0)
{
return(null);
}
string arguments = string.Empty;
//apply algorithm-specific parameters
if (engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AlgorithmFlags.ContainsKey(coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm))
{
arguments = String.Format("{0} {1}", arguments,
engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.AlgorithmFlags[coinConfiguration.Coin.Algorithm]);
}
//apply coin-specific parameters
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(coinConfiguration.MinerFlags))
{
arguments = string.Format("{0} {1}", arguments, coinConfiguration.MinerFlags);
}
if (engineConfiguration.XgminerConfiguration.DesktopMode)
{
arguments = arguments + " -I D";
}
if (donating)
{
arguments = arguments + " --load-balance";
}
minerConfiguration.Arguments = arguments;
return(minerConfiguration);
}
