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Part 1 : Automatically Restart Mining if Stopped

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Hi everyone. I have been in to crypto mining now for 5 months and since then I have kept searching for a way to monitor my mining rig. So that I get email notification every time mining gets stopped or I could restart mining automatically in case of a crash. All my searches for this went in vain as I didn’t find any mining monitoring software which could solve my problem. Every mining monitor which I found had limitations like some are paid only, can monitor some particular algo and pool.I could not find a universal monitor that can work with any algo/pool.

Finally, I decided to make one for myself and you all can use it. I have been working on this from the last 2 weeks as I am not a professional programmer however for pros it might be a couple of hours work. At last, the script is working as I wanted.

I have made Windows Powershell script which can

  • monitor the temperature of GPU’s continuously and act accordingly if GPU temperatures go above or below from specified threshold. In case of miner crash, GPUs will stop working and cool down to trigger the script to re-run the miner.
  • monitor for active internet connection, if somehow your internet connection goes down script will automatically connect mining rig to other defined internet connection.
    I live in a remote area so network stability is an issue at my region. I have two different internet connections if one goes down miner will automatically get connected to the other one.
  • in case of a stoppage of mining (restarting mining software, restarting mining rig) you will be notified via email. So that you can act accordingly. If you don’t know your mining rig is not working you will be losing money during that time. This instant email notification will rescue you in that case.
  • if somehow your whole system freeze up then nothing will work not even my script. I have a different solution for that, check part 4 of this tutorial series to know more.

This Mining Monitoring Tutorial consists of 4 articles.

Currently, you are in the first one. In part 1 of the tutorial, you will learn how to automatically restart the mining software in case of a crash.

Check Other Parts Here ( Script is ready for all parts and successfully tested, all I need is time to write the articles. Will be done within a week )

Complete Mining Monitoring Series

Check Here to Know Best altcoin to mine with GTX 1080 Ti

Automatically Restart Mining Software: Steps

1. Create a shortcut of your mining batch file and rename it to jkcrypto

2. Place shortcut in ” C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup “

3. Download script package from here – Part1 and extract it in ” C:\ ” drive.  So all script files will be @ “C:\MinerMonitor\”

automatically restart mining
<#
This Script is Provided By https://jkcrypto.com/
 #>

$Log = "LogFile.log"
$Date = Get-Date
$script:startTime = Get-Date
$failtestcount = 0
$minerrestartno = 0


#set gpu temperature if goes below and above miner software will restart
$temptrig = 35
$tempmaxallow = 80 

#enter total number of gpus currently connected to rig
$totoalgpuno = 7

#Miner Software name in task manager
$minername = "ccminer*"


#Enter miner path if not in startup, otherwise leave as it is
$Minerpath = "C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\jkcrypto.lnk"


#set time after which script will start
Start-Sleep 180



function GetElapsedTime([datetime]$starttime) 
{
    $runtime = $(get-date) - $starttime
    $retStr = [string]::format("{0} sec(s)", $runtime.TotalSeconds)
    $retStr
}


#to check wheather openhardwaremonitor is running  or not
$ProcessName = "openhardwaremonitor"

    if((get-process $ProcessName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $Null)
    { Start-Process -FilePath ".\OpenHardwareMonitor\OHM.exe" -WindowStyle Minimized}
else
    { echo " openhardwaremonitor is already running " }



#Check GPU load
while($true)
{

$gputemp = Get-WmiObject -namespace root\openhardwaremonitor -class sensor | Where-Object {$_.SensorType -Match "temp" -and $_.Identifier -like "*gpu*"} 


ForEach($GPU In $gputemp) 
     {if($GPU.value -lt $temptrig )
        {$mytest = $GPU.value
        Write-Host $mytest"°C gpu not mininig...temperature seems low"
        #"$Date - Low result obtained $mytest" >> $Log
        $failtestcount = $failtestcount + 1                                      
        }
      else 
        {$mytest = $GPU.value
        Write-Host $mytest"°C gpu is mininig"   
        }
     }


$elapsed = GetElapsedTime $script:startTime
write-host "Mining Since: " $elapsed;




#all nine tests have to get a low result restart
if($failtestcount -gt $totoalgpuno * 3 )
{
    "$Date Miner Restart" >> $Log
    Write-Output " Restarting Miner"
    Stop-Process -name $minername -force
    Start-Process -FilePath $Minerpath
    $minerrestartno = $minerrestartno + 1
    $failtestcount = 0
    $script:startTime = Get-Date


     if($minerrestartno -gt 3)
     {
     Stop-Process -name $minername -force
     Start-Sleep 30
     "$Date Computer Restart" >> $Log
              Restart-Computer -force
     }

}
else
 {
  Write-Host "Everthing Working Fine"
 }





if($GPU.value -gt $tempmaxallow)
    {
    Stop-Process -name $minername -force
    Start-Sleep 300
     Start-Process -FilePath $Minerpath
     $minerrestartno = $minerrestartno + 1
     $failtestcount = 0
     $script:startTime = Get-Date
    "$Date GPU Running Too Hot" >> $Log
    }

Write-Host " "
Write-Host "Starting New Test"
Write-Host " "
Start-Sleep 30
   }

4. Change following in powershell script provided. ( all in beginning )

$temptrig = 35 ( set this threshold if GPU temperature goes below this miner will restart. This depends on region you live, for me 35 is perfect as ambient room temperature is between 10 – 25-degree celsius at my area. I think 35 will work for most of you, or you may tweak it as per need.

  • $tempmaxallow = 80 ( maximum temperature on which gpu can miner. After crossing this threshold mining will be stopped for gpu cool down then restarts.
  • $totoalgpuno = 7 ( total number of gpu connected)
  • $minername = “ccminer*” ( name of miner. Open task manager and look for mining process, check image below to know how to find it, place * after name, * is wild card.)
  • $Minerpath=”C:\Users\All Users\… \Startup\jkcrypto.lnk”

( if you are following steps 1 and 2 then no changes required )

5. If you want this monitoring script get loaded every time after powering on the mining rig then do the following. Move the file “script auto restart” to “C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\”

6. Done, Part 1 ” restart miner automatically after failure “of this monitoring guide is complete. Will be posting other parts very soon.

I have made this mining monitoring tutorial guide as easy as possible. If you are still facing any issues don’t hesitate to ask via comments below. To appreciate my work you can give this article a share.

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Comments

  1. bleedingedgeITguru says

    Very cool. Keep them coming. Looking forward to the email alerts. If you can do SMS alerts it would be even better.

    Reply

    • ANUJ SAINI says

      Follow the steps,
      “Download script package from here – Part1 and extract it in ” C: ” drive. So all script files will be @ “C:MinerMonitor”
      I will be making video guide for this very soon

      Reply

  4. Steve Hyde says

    Thanks matey, thats a great tool, I’ve been playing around with it a little bit as I wanted it to also stop and restart MSI Afterburner as well… Obviously that wasn’t straight forward as I’ve never written powershell before, but I’ve got it running now. Just the one batch file directly calling the powershell script, as long as the batch file has the same name as the script it works fine.

    @ECHO OFF
    PowerShell.exe -NoProfile -Command “& {Start-Process PowerShell.exe -ArgumentList ‘-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File “”%~dpn0.ps1″”‘ -Verb RunAs}”
    PAUSE

    Then added these lines to the powershell script

    Stop-Process -name MSI*
    Start-Sleep 5
    Start-Process -FilePath “C:Program Files (x86)MSI AfterburnerMSIAfterburner.exe”

    I’m sure it could be more eloquent… :p

    Reply

    • ANUJ SAINI says

      No need to edit code.
      Just add new miner shortcut to startup and name it “jkcrypto”.
      I might create GUI based software for these script in future, but right now very busy in other works

      Reply

      • Peter Horsky says

        What I meant is that the script is checking process ccminer*, but for example for GOA coin we use hsrminer_neoscrypt… So the process name is different.

        Reply

        • ANUJ SAINI says

          What can we do to automate here is to use “OR ” and mention all available miners in the script.
          If script find any in running processes than will act accordingly.

          Reply

          • TheDesiKukkadShow says

            Hey anuj bro i tried same but couldnt suceed i also have hsr miner problem can u please help me out though team viewer i messaged u fb also please help me out in much problem

          • ANUJ SAINI says

            Sorry my bad.Will update post within few minutes.Maximum Nvidia miner are ccminer but not all. you have to change $minername = “ccminer*” with $minername = “hsr*”.

    • ANUJ SAINI says

      Can’t see error in the image.
      Copy paste error message here.
      Many users are facing problem while setting up this script.
      I will create youtube video for this, possibly within a week

      Reply

      • Julien Moody says

        I have this :

        openhardwaremonitor is already running
        Get-WmiObject : Le fournisseur ne prend pas en charge l’opération tentée
        Au caractère C:MinerMonitorjkcrypto-minermon.ps1:58 : 12
        + $gputemp = Get-WmiObject -namespace rootopenhardwaremonitor -class s …
        + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation : (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand

        Mining Since: 180,5203705 sec(s)
        Everthing Working Fine

        Starting New Test

        Get-WmiObject : Le fournisseur ne prend pas en charge l’opération tentée
        Au caractère C:MinerMonitorjkcrypto-minermon.ps1:58 : 12
        + $gputemp = Get-WmiObject -namespace rootopenhardwaremonitor -class s …
        + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation : (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand

        Mining Since: 210,6252952 sec(s)
        Everthing Working Fine

        Starting New Test

        Reply

  7. Tom says

    Hi,
    Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge about mining. I really appreciate this.
    Perhaps this is not the right place to ask you this:
    I’m doing research and at starting point of getting a miner rig myself. Currently using my 1070 for mining while doing research. I would like to ask you if you could make a post about your rig. What motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU’s and(!) what raisers you used. I thought 6 GPU / ‘normal’ motherboard was the max.
    Thanks!!

    Reply

  10. Glenn S Tadeo says

    Hi Anuj! What application should i run after doing all the stuff in your guide. Basically it doesnt detect when my GPU is not running or set at Temp Low setting. I tried setting it from 45 and 60deg C.

    Reply

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