Hello Pimp's,
Ok, so I've been asked to create some working profile examples on how to configure a profile, and get the profile working to the mining pool, using miner.farm and the pool to confirm connection successful and hashrate.
So, I'm going to go through the steps for the Snowgem (XSG) coin, using mining pool "pool.sexy" for my example, but you can use other mining pools just the same, e.g. "miningspeed".
I will go through the steps using RDP, and then for SSH - Hear goes:-
RDP Steps:
Step 1 - Login via RDP, and open "/root" folder
Using your RDP app (I'm using Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac), login to your rig,
and once you have successfully login via RDP, at the bottom left hand side of the screen, you'll see the start icon, and to the right of it a filing cabinet icon called "File Manager" if you put your mouse over it.
Double click the filing cabinet icon called "File Manager", and it will load the following "/root" folder.
Step 2 - Open "bminer.equihash.pcfg" file
With the "root" folder open (see above image), highlight "/root",
delete "/root", and in it's place enter "/opt/confs",
and press "enter" on keyboard, to show "/confs" folder as per image below.
From the list of files in the "/confs" folder, double click "bminer.equihash.pcfg" file.
to open the config file up.
Step 3 - Edit "bminer.equihash.pcfg" config file
To recap hear, for this guide I will show you the setup for "pool.sexy" pool for Snowgem (XSG) coin.
For pool.sexy, please use the SSL conection url, as the tcp connection url I couldn't get to work with Bminer:
For SSL, the config file should look like this, changing the wallet address to your own wallet address:
Note - Close up screenshot of the "USER1=" line you need to modify:
Also, after the wallet address ".GTW", this is the worker name or rig name of my rig, which you can change to whatever you want, making sure to keep the ":x" which comes after the ".GTW" (see above screenshot), just in case pool.sexy needs it for the miner to connect properly.
Note - Make sure "ALGO1=Equihash" is set to "Equihash", as per image below.
Ok, that's the hard work done, now all you need to do is go to "File", and click "save",
then close the "bminer.equihash.pcfg config file, by going to "File", and click "quit".
If any other window(s) are left open close them now, so that you end up back on the PiMP desktop.
Step 4 - Add "Bminer" to the "Minerfarm Agent Console" and test the connection
Ok, so all that's left to do is add "Bminer" to the "Minerfarm Agent Console" and then test the miner out :)
So let's go ahead and launch the "Minerfarm Agent Console", by double clicking it's icon on the desktop.
and it should open the "Minerfarm Agent Console" :)
To add Bminer, using "Minerfarm Agent Console", on your keyboard press the "a" key, which should bring up a list of available miners.
Use the "tab" key on your keyboard to move to the "profile" section,
and use your keyboards "down arrow" to highlight " (nvid) bminer v8.0.0: zcash/equihash", and press the "enter" key on you keyboard to select this miner.
Once highlighted, use the "tab" key on your keyboard, and highlight the "[Save] button,
and then press "enter" button on your keyboard, you should then receive the following message.
Press the "enter" button on your keyboard to say "< OK>" to the message.
Then again use the "tab" button on your keyboard to highlight the "[Exit]" button,
and then press the "enter" button on your keyboard, so you go back to the main "Minerfarm Agent Console" window.
Note - A new miner has been added "ID 1 localhost: 4028 bminer.equihash.pcfg".
To test the miner, press the "s" key on your keyboard, and the following message will appear.
Press "enter" key on your keyboard to say "< Yes>" to the message and start the miner. You will then get the following message.
Again, press "enter" key on your keyboard to say "< OK>" to the message and, it will go back to the following screen.
If all goes to plan after a couple of minutes you should see the screen update to the following - though please note this is my rig, so your states maybe different.
To start the miner using the "PiMP Terminal", first stop the miner on the "Minerfarm Agent Console", by pressing the "s" key on your keyboard", and the following message should appear.
Press the "enter" button on your keyboard to say "< Yes>" and confirm you wish to stop the miner.
When the following message appears "Miner stopped", press the "enter" button on your keyboard to say "< OK>".
You will then go back to the main "Minerfarm Agent Console" screen.
Once on the "Minerfarm Agent Console" screen, press "q" key to close the "Minerfarm Agent Console" screen. When the below message "Do you want to quit?" appears press the "enter" key on your keyboard to say "< Yes >" to quit "Minerfarm Agent Console" screen.
Now that's over, lets open the "PiMP Terminal" by "double clicking" it's icon on the PiMP desktop.
The following "PiMP" Terminal screen should load.
Once loaded, enter the following command to start Bminer "pimp --test 1", and press the "enter" key on your keyboard".
It will then start the miner.
If all goes well after a few minutes or less you should see a similar output to mine on the below screenshot.
Step 5 - Confirm with miner.farm & pool.sexy
To confirm that the miner is working as intended, login to your miner.farm account: https://miner.farm/ - and hopefully you'll see something similar to my GTW rig output on miner.farm below :)
Also, copy and paste your "Snowgem" wallet address to view your rigs statistics on the mining pool.
Now for the SSH guide.
SSH Steps:
Step 1 - Login via SSH
Using your SSH app (I'm using Terminal for Mac), login to your rig.
Step 2 - Open "bminer.equihash.pcfg" file
Enter the following command "pimp --edit bminer.equihash.pcfg" then press the "enter" button on your keyboard to run the command, and then you should receive the following message "Edit this file? Y/n".
Press the "y" key on your keyboard.
Press the "enter" key on your keyboard", and "bminer.equihash.pcfg" will display.
Step 3 - Edit "bminer.equihash.pcfg" config file
Using "pool.sexy" for Snowgem (XSG) coin, and the SSL connection url, as the tcp connection url, didn't work,
edit the "bminer.equihash.pcfg" file as per screenshot below, changing the Snowgem wallet address, to your own Snowgem wallet address, and workername, from ".GTW" to your own workername.
That's it, to save the changes on a Mac press and hold down "ctrl" key and at the same time press the "x" key on your keyboard, to bring up the following message:
Press the "y" key on your keyboard to bring up the following message:
Then press the "enter" key on your keyboard, which should bring you back to the following screen.
Step 4 - Add "Bminer" to the "Minerfarm Agent Console" and test the connection
Two ways to add "Bminer", either through using,
a) "Minerfarm Agent Console", which I've already detailed the steps, please see "RDP Steps:" - "Step 4 - Add "Bminer" to the "Minerfarm Agent Console" and test the connection", or
b) using Command "pimp --add", which I will describe below.
Enter the following command "pimp --add 2511", and press the "enter button on your keyboard, this will add the "Bminer" miner,
as confirmed in the below image.
Now comes the best part, testing to make sure the miner works, again two ways to do this,
a) "Minerfarm Agent Console", which I've already detailed the steps, please see "RDP Steps:" - "Step 4 - Add "Bminer" to the "Minerfarm Agent Console" and test the connection", or
b) using Command "pimp --test 1", which I will describe below.
Enter the following command "pimp --test 1", and press the "enter button on your keyboard, this will start the miner.
If all goes to plan after a couple of minutes you should see the "screen output" - though please note this is my rig, so your output / states maybe different.
Step 5 - Confirm with miner.farm & pool.sexy
To confirm that the miner is working as intended, login to your miner.farm account: https://miner.farm/ - and hopefully you'll see something similar to my GTW rig output on miner.farm below :)
Also, copy and paste your "Snowgem" wallet address to view your rigs statistics on the mining pool.
Thanks for taking the time to read the above Nvidia Snowgem (XSG) mining user guide using Bminer, any problems / suggestions / or improvements, please post a reply to this forum post, or chat to us on the Discord PiMP channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/grCbFsA
Best Louis
