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Re: [ANN] CryptoSwitcher - Automatically mine the best coin.
by
heartofalion
on 02/07/2013, 02:39:56 UTC
Hey guys I have been trying to get this running for a few hours now and I can't for the life of me figure out what I am missing here.  I keep getting this error message:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd c:\cryptoswitcher

c:\CryptoSwitcher>python cryptoswitcher.py
ERROR: Cannot read source from config file.

c:\CryptoSwitcher>cryptoswitcher.py
ERROR: Cannot read source from config file.

c:\CryptoSwitcher>

I followed the steps in this thread and have everything installed correctly to my knowledge.  Here is my cryptoswitcher.config file:

Code:
# -------------------------------------------------#
# Cryptocurrency mining switcher config file       #
# TipJar (BTC): 1NhathL6LpcgofDnHELSS6Hej6kU9xrVgp #
# Author: area                                     #
# -------------------------------------------------#


################################################################################
[MineCoins]

# Enable the coins you want to mine here.
mineAMC = False
mineARG = False
mineBQC = False
mineBTB = False
mineBTC = False
mineCNC = False
mineDGC = True
mineELC = False
mineEZC = False
mineFRC = False
mineFRK = False
mineFST = False
mineFTC = True
mineHYC = False
mineLKY = True
mineLTC = True
mineMEM = True
mineMNC = False
mineNBL = False
mineNVC = False
minePPC = False
minePXC = True
mineTRC = False
mineWDC = True

# Listed against LTC only (currently unusable by CS)
mineDBL = False
mineGLD = False
mineJKC = False
mineRYC = False

# No data available from sources
mineBTE = False
minePWC = False
mineMEC = False
mineYAC = False

# BTC Merged mining coins. Will be added to Bitcoin profitibilty when enabled.
mineDVC = False
mineIXC = False
mineNMC = False

# Enable to mine vanity addresses.
mineVANITY = False


################################################################################
[Scripts]

# You should have scripts that stop all other forms of mining, set all necesary
#  environment variables, and start mining the appropriate coin.

# Examples included are 'litecoin.sh.sample' and 'bitcoin.sh.sample'.
# Any coins you aren't mining you can just leave blank.
# For Windows you can use bat-files, eg "BTCscript = bitcoin.bat".
AMCscript =
ARGscript =
BQCscript =
BTBscript =
BTCscript = bitcoin.bat
BTEscript =
CNCscript =
DBLscript =
DGCscript = dgc-ftc-skyhighmining.bat
ELCscript =
EZCscript =
FRCscript =
FRKscript =
FSTscript =
FTCscript = ftc-skyhighmining.bat
GLDscript =
HYCscript =
JKCscript =
LKYscript = lcky-ltc-skyhighmining.bat
LTCscript = ltc-skyhighmining.bat
MECscript = mec-ltc-skyhighmining.bat
MEMscript = meme-ftc-skyhighmining.bat
MNCscript =
NBLscript =
NVCscript =
PPCscript =
PWCscript =
PXCscript = phnx-ltc-skyhighmining.bat
RYCscript =
TRCscript =
WDCscript = wdc-ftc-skyhighmining.bat
YACscript =

VANITYscript =


################################################################################
[Fees]

# Set specific fees for every coin (in percent).
# The fee simply adds to the profitability before calculating the most profitable coin.
# Negative values are also allowed, they increase the profitability.
feeAMC = 0
feeARG = 0
feeBQC = 0
feeBTB = 0
feeBTC = 1.5
feeBTE = 0
feeCNC = 0
feeDBL = 0
feeDGC = 15
feeELC = 0
feeEZC = 0
feeFRC = 0
feeFRK = 0
feeFST = 0
feeFTC = 5
feeGLD = 0
feeHYC = 0
feeJKC = 0
feeLKY = 5
feeLTC = 5
feeMEC = 5
feeMEM = 5
feeMNC = 0
feeNBL = 0
feeNVC = 0
feePPC = 0
feePWC = 0
feePXC = 5
feeRYC = 0
feeTRC = 0
feeWDC = 15
feeYAC = 0


################################################################################
[Data-Source]

# Source list for determining mining profitability.
# The first entry in the source list has the highest priority and is used first.
# If the site is down or a certain coin is not found the next source is used.
# Available sources: cryptoswitcher, coinotron, coinchoose, dustcoin
source=coinchoose, coinotron, dustcoin, cryptoswitcher

# If using CryptoSwitcher as a source, list markets to source prices from.
# Difficulty is acquired from coinchoose and cryptocoinexplorer.
# Available sources: btce, bter, vircurex, cryptsy
source_cryptoswitcher=cryptsy, btce, bter, vircurex

# Hashrates used in calculations when using CryptoSwitcher as a source.
# Measured in hashes per second. Can be acquired by testmining with cgminer.
# sha256 is used by Bitcoin etc. while scrypt is used by Litecoin etc.
hashrate_sha256=5800000
hashrate_scrypt=5800000


################################################################################
[Misc]

# Idle Time (in minutes) between two checks of coin profitability.
idletime = 5

# Gigahash per second you can output doing normal BTC mining.
ghashpersec = 0.7

# Gigakeys per second you can output doing vanity address mining.
gkeypersec = 0.05

# Trade multiplier - if not 1, sells not at the highest bid, but at this
#  multiple of it.  
tradeMultiplier = 1.01


################################################################################
[Sell]

# If you want to sell your coins ASAP after mining, enable an exchange here.
# This will automatically sell flagged coins for BTC ONLY.

# BTC-e
enableBTCE = False
# You'll need to configure your API key, secret, and a nonce in "key.sample".
# Rename this file to "key".

# VirCurEx
enableVircurex = False
vircurexUsername = VCEUSERNAME
vircurexSecret = APISECRET

# Cryptsy
enableCryptsy = True
cryptsyPublicKey =
cryptsyPrivateKey =

# Enable the coins you want to sell here.
sellAMC = False
sellARG = False
sellBQC = False
sellBTB = False
sellBTE = False
sellCNC = False
sellDBL = False
sellDGC = True
sellELC = False
sellEZC = False
sellFRC = False
sellFRK = False
sellFST = False
sellFTC = False
sellGLD = False
sellHYC = False
sellJKC = False
sellLKY = True
sellLTC = False
sellMEC = True
sellMEM = True
sellMNC = False
sellNBL = False
sellNVC = False
sellPPC = False
sellPWC = False
sellPXC = True
sellRYC = False
sellTRC = False
sellWDC = True
sellYAC = False
mineDVC = False
mineIXC = False
mineNMC = False

I have all of those .bat files in my cgminer folder along with all of the cryptoswitcher items.  I am sure I am missing something simple I just can't figure it out.

If anybody has any ideas It would be greatly welcomed.

I hate to bump my own post but this has my head spinning.  I have tried to google and research this issue with no answer anywhere that I can find.  I would  really love to get this working to try out the program.  Again any and all advice is welcome.  Thanks again in advance.

stupid question but you have the .conf file in the same directory as the .py file right? Also make sure the extension is .conf and not .config
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Re: How to tell if powered risers are working
by
heartofalion
on 27/06/2013, 20:10:16 UTC
what board do you have? also are your powered risers sharing the same molex lines (as in separate lines to PSU)? i had one rig that ran fine for days then i messed with it and it wouldnt boot. all cards boot fine but when combined no boot. put the risers on separate molex leads and it worked fine since. seasonic 1050w power supply. whats crazy is i have some system using ocz 850w psu's and have them doubled up on molexes with no problem at all.

also if your psu is not single rail it could be pulling too much power from one rail. i would suggest a psu issue if its not posting. also i bought some risers cheaply made and the yellow would push partially or fully out when you plugged it in so i just plugged that lead directly into the psu molex for a tight fit

Turns out one of my big issues was shitty drivers. This has improved my stability. I have two cards per rail with my 1600w LEPA and 1 card on the same rail as my HDD. Seems to be working pretty good now. I had the same issue with the cheaply made ones and the yellow cable popping out, if it happens again I'll do what you did and plug it directly into the psu molex.

Thanks!
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Re: [ANN] CryptoSwitcher - Automatically mine the best coin.
by
heartofalion
on 25/06/2013, 19:49:24 UTC
Is there a way to implement that in windows? Sorry I'm not good with creating batch files.

Also coinChoose has gotten rid of alot of coins? Can we use a different source for the data?
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Re: Difficulty and shares
by
heartofalion
on 24/06/2013, 04:48:43 UTC
What is the benefit for the miner, of increasing the dificulty in a pool? I am part of a pool that allows me to set my own difficulty.
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setting pool difficulty
by
heartofalion
on 23/06/2013, 19:13:30 UTC
Posted this in the newbies section and they directed me here.

I am currently mining in a pool that lets me set the difficulty for my workers (16-512) i am mining a scrypt based coin at 3MH/s a second.

My question is how to i determine what to set the difficulty at and what exactly does it do?

Thanks!
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How to tell if powered risers are working
by
heartofalion
on 23/06/2013, 10:44:53 UTC
Hello,

I have 5 Sapphire 3L 7950s on one motherboard with powered rises on all of them. 3 of them are 16x to 16x and two are 1x to 16x...i started having really bad stability issues out of the blue tonight on settings i had been using for the last week without issues. Drivers started crashing constantly (im on windows), so i re-installed the proper drivers and was still having issues. So i went to disconnect one of the cards and realized the 12 volt cable in my molex power adapter on the riser had come loose. I re-attached it and my rig is now somewhat stable, but still not what it was. (i was running vddc 1075, gpu code 1025 gpu mem 1575 all week)

Anyway I notice when i go into Trixx (overclocking software) the voltage on the 3 pcie 16x to 16x cards have a default vddc of 1.250v  (i am currently undervolting to 1.075v with gpu core at 1000 and mem 1400) but the weird thing is the two 1x to 16x default to a vddc between 1.116v or 1.160v. Is this because the powered risers aren't working properly? Here is the link to the risers I bought, and insight would be much appreciated.

http://www.amazon.com/PCIe-1x-Extender-Bitcoin-Mining/dp/B00D35G02G/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1371981236&sr=8-23&keywords=pcie+1x+to+16x
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Re: [ANN] CryptoSwitcher - Automatically mine the best coin.
by
heartofalion
on 23/06/2013, 05:12:51 UTC
Salfter, mine is up and running on windows but the auto sell function doesnt seem to be working. I have PyCrptsy.py in the appropriate folder and have put my api keys in the config file and set the ones i want to sell to true, although it doesnt seem to be selling? Is there a certain amount of coins you need before it will sell? Or am i missing something.

Thanks!
I was able to get the auto switching working with LittleDigger's guide. But I never got the auto selling features to work on Windows.

Has anyone else gotten that to work on Windows?

I've not had it on altcoins long enough for it to kick in, though it just switched over to Terracoin a bit ago.  We'll see what happens over the next several hours or so.

Just wanted to say that it successfully auto sold for me. I have turned off the feature though because I discovered i prefer to set my own price. The auto sell features does work on windows, but as someone else said if there is an issue with cryptsy the software crashes. I had that happen to.

Salfter if I had coins to spare I'd donate, your software gives me piece of mind while I'm at work. One thing I'd like is to be able to specify different cgminer.confs to use for each coin. I only say this because I added back up pools to the .conf file incase the pool the .bat tried connecting too was unavailable but this forces me to choose one coin. I'd like to be able to create multiple conf files for use with each coin so if a primary pool isnt up it still uses a backup pool that is still for the most profitable coin at the time.

You can use backup pools with a cgminer config bat like this "C:\cgminer\cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://stratum.give-me-ltc.com:3334 -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://stratum.give-me-ltc.com:3333 -u x -p x -o http://us-pool.give-me-ltc.com:8080 -u x -p x -o http://eu-pool.give-me-ltc.com:8080 -u x -p x -o http://pool.give-me-ltc.com:8080 -u x -p x --failover-only" for each coin

Thank you so much!
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Topic OP
setting pool difficulty
by
heartofalion
on 23/06/2013, 04:55:30 UTC
I am currently mining in a pool that lets me set the difficulty for my workers (16-512) i am mining a scrypt based coin at 3MH/s a second.

My question is how to i determine what to set the difficulty at and what exactly does it do?

Thanks!
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Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: [ANN] CryptoSwitcher - Automatically mine the best coin.
by
heartofalion
on 23/06/2013, 02:27:39 UTC
Salfter, mine is up and running on windows but the auto sell function doesnt seem to be working. I have PyCrptsy.py in the appropriate folder and have put my api keys in the config file and set the ones i want to sell to true, although it doesnt seem to be selling? Is there a certain amount of coins you need before it will sell? Or am i missing something.

Thanks!
I was able to get the auto switching working with LittleDigger's guide. But I never got the auto selling features to work on Windows.

Has anyone else gotten that to work on Windows?

I've not had it on altcoins long enough for it to kick in, though it just switched over to Terracoin a bit ago.  We'll see what happens over the next several hours or so.

Just wanted to say that it successfully auto sold for me. I have turned off the feature though because I discovered i prefer to set my own price. The auto sell features does work on windows, but as someone else said if there is an issue with cryptsy the software crashes. I had that happen to.

Salfter if I had coins to spare I'd donate, your software gives me piece of mind while I'm at work. One thing I'd like is to be able to specify different cgminer.confs to use for each coin. I only say this because I added back up pools to the .conf file incase the pool the .bat tried connecting too was unavailable but this forces me to choose one coin. I'd like to be able to create multiple conf files for use with each coin so if a primary pool isnt up it still uses a backup pool that is still for the most profitable coin at the time.
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Re: [ANN] CryptoSwitcher - Automatically mine the best coin.
by
heartofalion
on 20/06/2013, 20:37:42 UTC
Salfter, mine is up and running on windows but the auto sell function doesnt seem to be working. I have PyCrptsy.py in the appropriate folder and have put my api keys in the config file and set the ones i want to sell to true, although it doesnt seem to be selling? Is there a certain amount of coins you need before it will sell? Or am i missing something.

Thanks!
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Re: [ANN] CryptoSwitcher - Automatically mine the best coin.
by
heartofalion
on 20/06/2013, 06:28:21 UTC
Looking through all of this, the only issue I am having ATM is finding where to set the ammount sell triggers for Cryptsy

I also am not seeing memecoin, megacoin, fastcoin...etc Is there a way i can add them myself?

EDIT::::: Nevermind i figured out how to add other coins Smiley
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Re: A solution to the crapcoin announcements
by
heartofalion
on 20/06/2013, 03:45:13 UTC
I seriously laughed pretty hard at vaginacoin
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Re: I've been lurking for a while, so...
by
heartofalion
on 20/06/2013, 03:37:17 UTC
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BITCOINING!!!!

thats what you crazy kids are calling it now adays right?
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Re: pcie riser question
by
heartofalion
on 20/06/2013, 03:35:50 UTC
I am by no means an expert, but I would err on the side of caution and get powered risers. This way it is less stress on your motherboard and its guaranteed to work.
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Re: Best non-ASIC way to mine bitcoins
by
heartofalion
on 20/06/2013, 02:35:48 UTC
i built a 5 7950 setup up last week for 2100$ alt coins can still be profitable. Mine them and trade em for bitcoins.
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Re: New guy here. Cant wait.
by
heartofalion
on 19/06/2013, 23:56:35 UTC
Welcome! I myself just go into GPU mining on scrypt based currencies which seems like there is still the opportunity to break even. I find this all very interesting and had some investment money i can afford to lose so I thought this would be an interesting venture. I learned alot so far and its been alot of fun tinkering around getting everything to work.

As to your question, as others have said its hard to say where difficulty will be at. My suggestion would be to check out some profitability calculators and input extremely high difficulties and see if its still possible to make a profit. (grant you this is working on the premise that BTC stays at the same price).

I think its also a little hard to gauge where the difficulty might be since it depends how quickly and it what quantity ASICs are shipped out.

Lastly dont spend any money you cant afford to lose!
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Re: Deposit from pool to cryptsy
by
heartofalion
on 19/06/2013, 21:56:47 UTC
Awesome! Thanks so much for the quick reply.

One other quick question. Do you know why p2pool.org says to not use an exchange address?

Thanks!
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Deposit from pool to cryptsy
by
heartofalion
on 19/06/2013, 21:31:07 UTC
Looking at setting up cryptoSwitcher for alt currencies. I'd like to use to auto sell on cryptsy functionality but I am unclear how to get the coins i mine via a pool  automatically into my cryptsy account. Can you use the cryptsy deposit address as your deposit address for pools, or does the coins have to go into your wallet first?

Any assistance would be much appreciated.