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This is the Guide I wish I'd gotten from Innosilicon, rather than the pitiful excuse for one written in a broken, hard to understand, and not even close to detailed version they sent me. I am also making a more extensive version complete with pictures and screenshots. Hopefully, ill finish it up tomorrow sometime and will freely share it, although i think it will have to be a google drive link.


STEP 1: Go to your favorite browser on your computer, laptop or phone. Type into the address bar at the top the IP address for the miner, the default address is “192.168.1.254” then press enter. NOTE: Your computer must be connected to your home network via WiFi or Ethernet cable. 

STEP 2: The page initially loads in Chinese. So, in the top right corner change the language to English. Unless you are cultured and can read Chinese.....sadly I am not such a man.
 

STEP 3: (Optional) you can change the IP address by typing in the new one in IP address box and then clicking the set button to the right. Allow 15-20 seconds for it to complete this operation and reconnect to the network. After that, type in the new address and hit enter. NOTE: This can be useful if you intend to set up multiple mining units. Otherwise, they won’t know which one is which and the network will reject them. So, if you purchase multiple units, you will need to connect them one at a time, change the IP address, verify it has accepted the new IP assignment, and then connect the second one. Repeat as necessary for all units.
EXAMPLE: I have all of mine assigned 201-205 (see below) for each of my 5 mining rigs I have setup currently.
Number 1 = 192.168.1.201
Number 2 = 192.168.1.202
Number 3 = 192.168.1.203
Number 4 = 192.168.1.204
Number 5 = 192.168.1.205
This allows me to easily manage them and keep track of their IP addresses. I also found it helpful to attach a sticky note with their respective IP address on it. This way, I can easily track their performance and diagnose any problems quickly. 
 
STEP 5: You will need to choose a mining pool. If you want to know more about mining pools, checkout this link here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_pool. If you don’t want to use a pool you can also setup your own, but it’s very complicated. This is called solo-mining and is not covered here but see additional resources below.
NOTE: I use a couple of them for redundancy purposes so that if the server for the pool I am using goes down then it will automatically switch over to the 2nd or 3rd. This way I can continue to make money and my miners aren’t sitting there idle waiting for someone who may never come back online.
I don’t recommend any mining pool above another, however one that I currently use is litecoinpool.org and I will be using theirs for example purposes.
A.   Once you have selected a mining pool you will need to create an account.
B.   Next you will need to create a worker. This is what will allow you to connect to the pool’s server to assign work for your specific miner to work on.
C.   Pro-Tip: name the worker the same as the last segment of your IP address “worker.201” or give them whimsical names “worker.lukeskywalker”. Then write this information on the sticky note under the IP address so you can keep track of their names.
D.   You can usually create as many workers as you want or use one worker for all your miners. I suggest, however creating one worker for each miner. This way you can track each of their metrics separately. I give each one of mine gold stars on their sticky note when they find a block. (I do fun things because I work from home and it keeps me sane…. or maybe I’m insane. Who knows?)
E.   You will also have to create a password for the worker. Make it simple, like “1234” something. It doesn’t really matter as, at the very worst, a person will use your worker to mine Litecoins for you, which would actually be a great thing, since you are the one that gets paid.
 

STEP 6: Now you will need to set your miners to begin working. Locate your mining pool’s Stratum server address. As I said earlier each mining pool is different but they should have this information readily available on their website and paste it into your miner’s configuration page that is reached when you type in the IP address in your browser. Stratum server address should look like this stratum+tcp://us.litecoinpool.org:3333. Your address may look slightly different. Then type in your worker name in the login box "worker.201" and then type in the password. Next click on the "CONFIRM" button and the miner goes to work.

PRO-TIP: Sometimes you will see the worker slow down for a little bit, I've figured out that this is because the control unit will sometimes shut down one of the blades if the temps have gotten too hot. However, as soon as it cools back down within limits it will turn it back on. So cooling is key. Best Practice, good ventilation.

Additional Resources Section

1.   Solo-mining and setting up your own stratum server https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83371.0

2.   SSH remote access and control for your Raspberry Pi Control unit. There are many ways to do it, and many programs but this allows you to remote access and control a Raspberry Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh The default login information. 

Username: pi
Password: raspberry

3.   Remote monitor your workers from your mobile device or desktop. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apaluk.android.poolwatch&hl=en or http://www.awesomeminer.com/ are great places to get started.

4.   For more information always check the forums. There are a lot of really helpful people out there, and a community of people that love to tinker and share their knowledge freely with the world. https://bitcointalk.org/ is an awesome resource.

5.   What is an ASIC processor and how is it different? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit

How about the links to Dominator's firmware?

This is the link they sent me to be able to download the .iso file. They suggested using Win32 Disk Imager to reflash the SD card, it does split it up into 3 partitions. As far I can tell, a boot partition in Fat32, an EXT4 for main filesystem, and then a swap partition.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lhl4tx1sqi3xw4u/G5-1102.rar?dl=0

Help ! I have messed up my ip settings on the brandnew A4 innosilicon...:
Its not taking me to the mainpage, then router log says cant assign ip because of localhost, after reflashing sd as instructed its not opening me webgui of miner. :(
All my pi's suddenly only run on localhost 127.0.0.1
How to fix the issue? Why cant i see the pi? It actually happens to all my pi? help

I got my miner UI back on the screen... now the miner blades are not working. Have received V 1.0.3 image from Innosilicon = default IP 192.168.1.254
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fuyz1r7cy4pkeir/G5-20-V1.0.3.rar?dl0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/fuyz1r7cy4pkeir/G5-20-V1.0.3.rar?dl0)

Now after flashing the image the screen and ssh worked again, I was able to change IP and and start miner. It looked good until i learned that the miner is not connecting to servers but pulling work and dropping some whilst not transmitting solved shares.

Anyone who can help?
Already a big thanks to @Longsnowsm

See screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/V0Izwz9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/U0Gr1bg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/c1D4ie5.jpg

Update:

flashed another image and no success. Still need more help. Who knows how to solve this.
https://i.imgur.com/Y80qmE9.jpg getting scammed by GAWminers back then was hurtful, losing funds just by drowning down the drain isn't better whilst getting delivered a product that has been working :D

Update, got miner back online. v2.0.2beta. But not happy yet. need to have either on balance by quota or autos witch every hours...

Do you have a link to the beta firmware?  I'm having a similar issue.  My miner appears to be hashing but still reports 0 accepted shares.  Running V2.0.1 FW right now.

What this version?
0.0.3
1.0.3
or  2.0.2
i need 0.0.3  and 2.0.2
Have 2 different miners need this.
Can say plz when i can get this?

Hi Guys!

Who are measure A4 noise level?
How many DB the one unit + PSU provide?

Thanks

Thanx for guide, really helpful.

Hey guys. I'm having trouble connecting to my a4. I log into my modem and it does not show the miner on the device table. I try to log into the default ip of the dominator but I get the time expired error.

I checked out a couple setup guides that mentioned the modem should have the ip of 192.168.1.1 (mine is 192.168.0.1) but I'm not able to change mine. I was wondering if anyone else has either had the same problem or was able to get around this.

Please help!!!

Can anyone possibly assist me.. i have an a4 dominator that suddenly 3 cards stopped hashing. If i connect the one card by itself it stays on operating status running and starts to hash. If i connect any or all of the other 3 it goes from operating status running to stop before it starts hashing

Sounds like one or more boards is bad.

If you test one board at a time, do the work individually?

If yes, you may have something wrong with your Pi

I see posts in your history that indicate you have more than one of these, have you tried swapping the controllers? different SD card with fresh image?

if it's not the image send them a email here

luojm@innosilicon.com.cn


they will get back with you in about day or have with me so far i was like wow when they did ...

Hello, any help appreciated.
I am trying to set up a pair of a4s. Everything is hooked up. I changed the ip on my laptop, but when I go to the default miner ip, it times out and cant find the setup page..I did see a flash of it before changing my pc ip, but it went away before I could even click English...now nothing..

I have 2 kind of controller for A4
1. Use SD card
-> i find that the ​software: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sis8eoeo6wxoqdv/G5-20-V2.0.3.zip?dl=0
2. Use micro sd card
I cannot find its software. Please help me

can somebody help me !
I tried to cchanged IP adress but no luck.

I tried to delete old one and press setup, but it never conects again.
I also tried to write new one and press setup but it never conects again.

Somebody !

Please..

For TF/microSD version

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5053doax0ewjvj2/G5-20-1.1.0TF.rar?dl=0

Guys, help me to flash my A4.
The problem is that I download firmware, any version, using the program Win32DiskImager to create the image on the SD card. Get a control Board, and the miner does not load the system.
what file system must be created on the SD card? NTFS FAT32 exFAT?
Does it matter?
Even after I write the image to the card, when trying to load a map I find that the map is empty and no files.
Please tell me how to understand what's going on?
Now on my miner address 192.168.1.150
after flashing to change this address??

Hi everyone,

My A4 meet this issues 1 ASC is not working, detail in picture:
https://ibb.co/cNLKT6 (https://ibb.co/cNLKT6)

How can i fix it?
Thanks you

Did anyone tinker with the settings yet ?!

I'm looking for a way to under/over clock these A4's (280mh version) to get a better w/mh
at the moment i'm stuck at 3,2 w/mh at the lowest..  (700v - 800mhz)

also, innosilicon used a custom cgminer version for there dominators but did not released the sourcecode.
(But hey, cgminer is released under gpl-v3 !!, gimme the source!)

what i'm looking for are the most optimal settings (A1pll and A1vol)

Cheers.

You mean the API of cgminer ?!
try cgminer /? 

if i'm correct: --api-listen --api-network

Does someone know how to use the --CS switch of cgminer ?!

i can only use --CS 8 (for all blades) or only 1 blade (--CS 1, or --CS 2, ect ect)

i'de like to use 2 blade, and the other 2 blades on a different cgminer instance.
so u think --CS 1,2 would work... but i doesn't.

any help appreciated !

Does anybody have new firmware for dominators ?
or some setting to save electricity ?

ThX

Just drop your voltages until they stop working for each speed.
I run 3 units connected to a single controller at 900Mhz/730Mv and get 310Mh/s at 920 Watts.