No you can start and stop miners via api. I have 1 rig with zilliqa miner. If zil pow starts, the miner starts a cmd file with api´s to stop all primary miners in awesomeminer.

Can you add the option to start cmd files at start and the end of the pow? I don´t need killing the miner process.

I only need this:

1. CMD
curl -i -d POST http://192.168.2.113:17790/api/miners/[MinerID]?action=stop

2. CMD
curl -i -d POST http://192.168.2.113:17790/api/miners/[MinerID]?action=start