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Bitcoin => Mining support => Topic started by: sunjar2013 on March 11, 2014, 03:50:56 PM



Title: WinUSB problem
Post by: sunjar2013 on March 11, 2014, 03:50:56 PM
Dear group:
    I bought a ASICMiner Block Erupter, I use BFGMiner program with Silicon Labs CP210x driver, it works very well, I used follow command to start my BFGMiner:

bfgminer.exe -o pool -u username -p 1 --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100

   But someone told me this rig should use WinUSB driver, so I download a Zadig tools, I uninstalled my CP210x at first and I installed WinUSB (v6.1.7600.16385). It worked. I can saw a Universal Serial Bus device in my computer's device manager (Windows XP).

   But I can't saw any com port in my PC. I understand WinUSB won't need a port. But my BFGMiner or CGMiner can't running anymore. Did I missed something? Anyone can help me? Thanks a lot!


Title: Re: WinUSB problem
Post by: sunjar2013 on March 11, 2014, 11:33:33 PM
OK, problem resolved, I use CGMiner 3.2.2 to replaced 3.1.1, now it can support WINUSB. I think 3.1.1 should use UART port driver.


Title: Re: WinUSB problem
Post by: -ck on March 12, 2014, 12:32:47 AM
Please update cgminer, those versions are all absolutely ancient. The current version is 4.1.0