Running the ECCp software using SMP, or as a service
There is a special version of the ECCp client which both supports SMP, and running as a Windows service. This is a command-based client, without any speed enhancements, and is thus ~30% slower than the GUI enhanced client. This ECCp client also works fine with a single processor, so can be used in any instance where one would like the ECCp client to run as a service.
The client will set up one thread per processor on multi-processor systems and each thread will report its progress separately and use its own set of files. Except for processor 0, files have a numeric digit at the end of their names which indicates the processor involved in their generation.
After downloading the SMP version, you'll need to edit the ECCP109SV.INI file with your user information (there is no userinfo.txt file with this version of the client). The client can run either manually or as a Windows service started as a command line program with the switches:
-h : this help screen
-i : install client as service on Windows NT/2000
-r : run as normal client in foreground
-u : uninstall client from service on Windows NT/2000
-v : display version info and install status
-9 : install as a service on WIn9x
Error reports can be placed in the event log or in a specified eventlog file.
Please be sure to set up the INI file carefully before you install the >client as a service.
For more information, see the readme file, and the well-commented ini file which is supplied with the client software.
