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Bit Moose - v1.0.0 - Run Bit/Lite-Coin Miners as Windows Service
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awesomey
on 01/11/2012, 10:36:24 UTC
⭐ Merited by ETFbitcoin (2)
ABOUT BIT MOOSE
Bit Moose is a free, open source, Bitcoin mining assistant program. It allows miners to run under a background windows service. The package includes a GUI and console host. You can configure your miners from the GUI or modify the Settings.xml file yourself to fine tune adjustments.

Current Version: 1.0.0
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REQUIREMENTS

- Windows Vista/7 (XP Untested) or Windows Server 2003/8
- .NET Framework 3.5


SCREENSHOTS

http://i.imgur.com/8w6qA.png

http://i.imgur.com/yD8Wo.png

LITECOIN
Bit Moose acts as a process controller, so it's just a matter of configuring each miner to run appropriately within the service context. The full Bit Moose release includes cgminer which can be configured to miner for litecoins using the --scrypt argument. Please read the SCRYPT-README.txt file in the cgminer folder for more information about which arguments should be passed to cgminer in order to mine for litecoins. You may also want to see this thread. In the full release, this can be found under {Bit Moose Folder}\miners\cgminer\.

INSTALLATION

    1. Run bitmoose-gui.exe
    2. Click the menu item Service->Install
    3. Wait about 5 seconds for the status bar to show "Service Stopped".
    4. Configure your miner.
    5. On your miner, click the 'Validation' tab, and click the button to make sure it runs ok from a console.
    6. Click the menu item Service->Start
      - After the service is started, you should see your miner's output trickling into the miner's status box.
    7. Done.
      - You can now log out of windows and let your miner work behind the scenes!

KNOWN ISSUES

    On some NVIDIA cards, OpenCL doesn't detect properly in the miners when they are run from a service. I haven't found a resolution to this yet, but you may want to try changing the account the service runs under, or try adjusting some input arguments.

SUPPORT
To report an issue, please PM me or create an issue ticket on codeplex. Feel free to send suggestions/comments.

If you like the project, please consider donating to address: 17psYruA7Z1m2S5zwmD8JEQyqGk8nes95V

Enjoy!