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Title: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: Cstasy on June 27, 2013, 09:06:06 PM Hello guys,
So I'm kinda new here. I received my Lancelot card (http://www.cardreaderfactory.com/shop/lancelot.html?sl=EN) and I don't seem to be able to install it... Can someone help me ? I tried what's written on the page : (maybe I didn't install it correctly..) 1. Download the FTDI driver: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm (use the "Virtual COM Port Drivers") 2. Open your device manager, and record the COM port number. 3. Download the latest version of cgminer: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/ But cgminer shows the following error : Icarus detect: failed to open com3 (cgminer 3.1.1) Another error that comes up with cgminer 3.3.0 : (happens with a driver that isn't WinUSB, since it just says nothing with that one..) USB init, open device failed, err -12, you need to install a WinUSB driver for - BLT device 8:4 Icarus detect (8:4) failed to initialise (incorrect device?) I tried installing every drivers from Zadig also, as adviced by the FPGA-README in the cgminer folder. I'm on Windows 7 by the way. I also have a Raspberry Pi, but it just won't work on it, also. Thinking of returning it if I can't get it to work. Thanks for the help guys. EDIT: One thing I didn't understand from cgminer is that line : "You must also make sure you are using the latest libusb-1.0.dll supplied with cgminer (not the libusbx version)" So I see libusb-1.0.dll alright, but how do I use it ? Title: Re: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: Cstasy on June 28, 2013, 09:27:21 AM Situation did not change, any idea ?
Is there any chance that it will work on Ubuntu ? Title: Re: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: Cstasy on June 28, 2013, 06:40:53 PM One thing is sure, it doesn't work on Debian.
Title: Re: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: Trillium on June 28, 2013, 07:06:01 PM Just to be clear, have you followed their guide?
https://www.cardreaderfactory.com/download/documentation/lancelot%20user%20manual.pdf Title: Re: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: Zanatos666 on June 28, 2013, 07:08:42 PM Just to be clear, have you followed their guide? https://www.cardreaderfactory.com/download/documentation/lancelot%20user%20manual.pdf Exactly what I was about to say, in there it shows where you have to declare a com port for CGMiner to use. Go back to using 3.1.1 and declare a com port as well as flip the drivers back to FTDI. If not, try using BFGminer which does a bit better with USB devices. Title: Re: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: Cstasy on June 28, 2013, 07:41:50 PM Yep, that's what I initially did. I didn't declare a com port since it registered itself on COM3. But how do I flip the drivers back to FTDI ? I don't understand that, so I probably didn't do it. How do I do it ?
When I first plugged it in, Windows automatically found the driver. Even when I tried to install it, nothings happened so I believed it installed it right. Title: Re: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: mazedk on June 28, 2013, 07:52:46 PM Check your installed devices in the device manager. You should be able to find it in there..
I just installed the drivers from the page, loaded cgminer/bitminter and fired it up.. Did u try bitminter client? Title: Re: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: Zanatos666 on June 28, 2013, 08:06:12 PM Yep, that's what I initially did. I didn't declare a com port since it registered itself on COM3. But how do I flip the drivers back to FTDI ? I don't understand that, so I probably didn't do it. How do I do it ? When I first plugged it in, Windows automatically found the driver. Even when I tried to install it, nothings happened so I believed it installed it right. Windows would have automatically used FTDI because thats what is already pre-installed in windows. So if you didnt use zadig to change over from FTDI to a winusb driver, then you should be okay. Right on the cardreaderfactory.com website you linked to, there are instructions on how to set it up and how to declare a com port. Almost exactly what you listed before, except there is a step 4 that you didnt list. Do that step, change the com from com6 to com3 and see if that yields different results. Title: Re: Lancelot FPGA Received - How do I install it ? Post by: Cstasy on June 29, 2013, 11:29:31 AM Right on the cardreaderfactory.com website you linked to, there are instructions on how to set it up and how to declare a com port. Almost exactly what you listed before, except there is a step 4 that you didnt list. Do that step, change the com from com6 to com3 and see if that yields different results. In fact, since versions >3.1.1 of cgminer don't need this -S argument, even if I put it it won't work. So I use another line, here it is : cgminer --icarus-timing 2.5 -G -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -u *** -p *** And this triggers the error I showed in first post. FYI, here's the output when I use the -S com3 argument in 3.3.1 : cgminer: -S: unrecognized option And in 3.1.1 : Icarus Detect: test failed at com3: get 00000000, should 000187a2 ** bunch of errors about Avalon being not found ** Looks like it doesn't find it, so I check again in device manager : Device Manager/PCNAME/Ports (COM & LPT) in it, there are "USB Serial Port (COM3)" that looks like I want. I also have "Communications Port (COM1)" and "ECP Printer Port (LPT1)". As manufacturer, there's written FTDI so I guess it's the right one. I'll try reinstalling the driver from the official site and not from Zadig. Thanks for the help guys! EDIT: I did try BitMinter, here it is : Probe of port COM3 failed: timeout Probe of port COM1 failed: timeout |