Re: [12 TH/s] BitMinter.com [ASIC support: var diff, Stratum, GBT, rollntime]

Cgminer has always confused me. I know very little about coding. Do you know of any very simple and very basic guides to Cgminer. More detailed then "run your Cgminer with these settings" or "add this to your conf file." I know what a conf file is but I have no idea what to do with it. Thanks.

Very basic guide for CGMiner :
- Install the software.
- Create a .bat file using notepad containing the following :

c:
cd \Program Files (x86)\CGMiner\cgminer-3.2.1-windows
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -u YourUsername_YourWorker -p WorkerPassword

Change the directory according to where you installed it.

- Double-click on the .bat file to run CGMiner.
- Profit!

Thank you very much,. With your help and a little more trail and error I am now mining my ASICS USB with Cgminer! Now is there a way to set it to automatically switch pools when Bitminter goes down?

Look at the cgminer screen, press the letter P for pools, then add a backup pool, once added, make sure you get back to main screen and press S for settings, then W for Write settings, then enter for default settings file name.. (cgminer.conf) This saves the backup pool in the settings.

Then your set up with a backup pool, you might also need to ENABLE failover, in the Pools menu I mentioned, make sure the screen says failover enabled