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Title: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on March 21, 2014, 05:32:12 AM Greetings! This thread is for support and information about the BFx2 USB stick miner that will be available shortly. It looks like this:
https://i.imgur.com/t1EKDjGl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/q5OfILFl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZJfX9C5l.jpg Specs: 2x Bitfury gen 1 ~4GH/s depending on how hot you want to run Power draw of ~1000mA FTDI USB-SPI bridge cgminer and bfgminer support in main branches Resellers: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=547303 www.cryptoware.co.uk (defunct, but still available from the forums) Also, check eBay, there are lots for sale there. Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3A6GdWrOSs (I am not affiliated with the video producer) Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on March 21, 2014, 05:43:22 AM Windows cgminer support:
As mentioned above we have full support in the master cgminer branch. If you are a Windows user and you already know how to download and get cgminer running on Windows, then you are good to go. Just get the latest version. These miners are identified as "BXM" devices by cgminer. cgminer binaries: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/ (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/) cgminer source: https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer (https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer) If you want a statically built (no extraneous DLLs) Windows cgminer with *only* the Bitfury USB drivers enabled, then download this build: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pdlfk4z3tisokfm/cgminer.exe.zip (https://www.dropbox.com/s/pdlfk4z3tisokfm/cgminer.exe.zip) Note: you must first follow the Zadig instructions to set the Windows driver to WinUSB. The instructions are summarized here: 1. Download Zadig: http://zadig.akeo.ie/ 2. Insert one BFx2 miner into a USB port on your Windows machine. If you have never installed any FTDI drivers, then Windows will fail to install a driver. This is OK. 3. Run Zadig. Use the drop-down to find the "Single RS232-HS" entry. If it doesn't show, select "Options->List All Devices" 4. Set the new driver to be WinUSB and click Install (or Re-Install) driver. 5. Exit Zadig and install any other BFx2 miners you have. You can now run cgminer with your favorite command line options and/or config file. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on March 21, 2014, 06:03:04 AM Linux cgminer support:
Since support for this miner is in the master cgminer branch, getting a Linux binary is as easy as downloading the latest cgminer-<version>-x86_64-built.tar.bz2 file from: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/ (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/) Please read and follow the instructions in the ASIC-README file provided by cgminer. It will help you get your Linux set up to use USB based miners. If anyone needs a 32-bit Linux binary that will work on a recent Ubuntu (tested on 13.10), reply to this message and I'll post one. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on March 21, 2014, 06:11:34 AM Example cgminer command line:
./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://<Pool URL> -u <Pool user> -p <Pool pass> --bxm-bits=XX Where XX is in the range of 50-55. I recommend some experimentation to find the best setting for your particular miners. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: -ck on March 21, 2014, 10:11:20 AM Since people will ask what hashrates these get, I've been running mine at bxm bits 54, but they are engineering samples and not final units. Nonetheless this is what I have:
Code: 1: BXM 0: | 3.747G/3.743Gh/s | A: 205605 R: 0 HW: 0 WU: 52.3/m Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: bitwhizz on March 25, 2014, 01:24:07 PM A link to reseller
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=524774.msg5887960#msg5887960 or http://cryptoware.co.uk/collections/mining-hardware/products/twin-fury-5gh Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: jamie10511 on March 25, 2014, 03:23:36 PM i am just curious why would somone buy this at 0.17 when you could buy a 2gh antminer for 0.037 and even 2 for a total of 4gh or 4.4 overclocked for 0.74 which is half the price ??? ??? ??? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on March 25, 2014, 03:49:59 PM Can you tweak these to get them up to 5 gh/s?
Is there a guide for over clocking them yet? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: bitwhizz on March 25, 2014, 04:27:38 PM THey can be overclocked to 5 giga hash,
at 0.165 bitcoins they are priced at $95, which is a fair price Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: TheRealSteve on March 25, 2014, 10:44:48 PM Looks like there's a
Edit: U.S., Asian, European, Atlantian.. global village, right? ;) Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on March 26, 2014, 03:02:40 AM Looks like there's a U.S. reseller selling them for exactly that amount ($95): http://www.eyeboot.com/Bitcoin-Miners-btc-mining?product_id=59 That is my site, we are the Asian reseller ;) In stock today and we are shipping immediately. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: kevinm on March 26, 2014, 01:23:30 PM Looks like there's a U.S. reseller selling them for exactly that amount ($95): http://www.eyeboot.com/Bitcoin-Miners-btc-mining?product_id=59 That is my site, we are the Asian reseller ;) In stock today and we are shipping immediately. Hiya mate, you might want to add the Amperage ratings to the USB hubs on your website, I know that the dipo one is 20A which makes it a "monster" for USB mining. Each port delivers 5.26VA which should easily support cheers, kev Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on March 27, 2014, 06:09:39 AM There has been a request to discuss over clocking these boards. I'm the designer of the board, and these are my thoughts on over clocking, but of course your results will vary and you could end up destroying your boards! I don't recommend doing any over clocking, but since Bitcoin is about experimentation, here goes nothing!
These boards were designed to run at 4GH/s with ambient cooling on the heat sink. This allows them to run at <500mA and thus be USB2 compatible. When over clocking a Bitfury based design, heat is your enemy, you will need active cooling from a fan if you over clock these boards. With the way Bitfury chips are designed, heat really is the enemy. As the chips heat up, they slow down and also start producing hardware errors. Software over clocking will increase the heat dissipated by the chip and thus can actually produce worse results. Same with increasing the core voltage. Software over clocking: The current cgminer release supports software over clocking with the --bxm-bits=XX command line parameter. Non-over clocked optimal is 53 or 54. However, you can go to 55 or 56 if you introduce active cooling. Increasing the core voltage: In order to get the Bitfury chips to run stably at higher clock values increasing the core voltage is necessary. Again, the boards were designed to get to 4GH/s so the core voltage was chosen accordingly. Increasing the core voltage will really increase the heat output. Cooling the boards with a fan is absolutely necessary. The core voltage is set by three resistors, but the only one you want to change is R6. It is right in the middle of this picture: https://i.imgur.com/3sviOIOl.jpg (http://imgur.com/3sviOIO) As built R6 = 499 ohm, to increase the core voltage use a larger value, but don't go above about 1.5k. You'll need a 0805 surface mount resistor. To measure the core voltage the chips are seeing, measure across the decoupling capacitors that surround the Bitfury chips. Explaining how to desolder/solder a resistor is way beyond the scope of the forum ;-) Active cooling I thought it might be fun to add a 40mm fan to the heatsink: https://i.imgur.com/lFZRwDol.jpg (http://imgur.com/lFZRwDo) https://i.imgur.com/iAXwBVTl.jpg (http://imgur.com/iAXwBVT) To do so, find a 40mm fan and screw it to the heat sink. Then solder the wires to the USB connector as indicated above. Anyways, have fun hacking up my creation! Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on March 27, 2014, 08:34:23 AM To do so, find a 40mm fan and screw it to the heat sink. Then solder the wires to the USB connector as indicated above. Anyways, have fun hacking up my creation! Oh man that mini fan is so cool! thanks for all the info Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: -ck on March 27, 2014, 09:21:35 AM Linux cgminer support: I think your instructions are overly complex and I highly recommend people just use the cgminer way. There is but one step to setting up on permissions on ubuntu (as per the README):Since support for this miner is in the master cgminer branch, getting a Linux binary is as easy as downloading the latest cgminer-<version>-x86_64-built.tar.bz2 file from: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/ (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/) After unpacking the archive file you will probably need to do two things: #1: Blacklist the ftdi_sio driver: copy the following single line to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ftdi.conf blacklist ftdi_sio #2: Fix the permissions on the devices so you can mine without being root: copy the following single line to /etc/udev/rules.d/01-ftdi.rules SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0403", ATTR{idProduct}=="6014", MODE="0666" or you can follow the instructions in the ASIC-README file provided by cgminer, which will do both of the above. After doing #1 and #2, reboot and you should be good to go! If anyone needs a 32-bit Linux binary that will work on a recent Ubuntu (tested on 13.10), reply to this message and I'll post one. Code: sudo cp 01-cgminer.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/ Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on March 27, 2014, 05:22:40 PM I think your instructions are overly complex and I highly recommend people just use the cgminer way. Con's right. Please follow the install instructions provided by cgminer. I've edited the original post to reflect.Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on March 29, 2014, 04:08:17 AM Any word yet on the bfgminer support?
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on March 29, 2014, 08:51:56 PM Pencil Trick Over clocking
I kept hearing about a "pencil trick" to over clock other miners and after looking into how that works, it will work on these miners too. The resistor you need to color is R8. Coloring just a *little* bit of pencil across the resistor will increase the core voltage a few 10's of mV, which is needed to over clock the miners. Again, if you do this I would recommend a fan! -a[g Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: 2121 on March 29, 2014, 09:13:01 PM sorry for probably stupid question, but would like to be sure:
does it work with stratum+tcp pools? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: -ck on March 29, 2014, 11:07:30 PM sorry for probably stupid question, but would like to be sure: Virtually every single bitcoin pool of any signficance only use stratum+tcp, and most miners using cgminer use stratum to mine, so that's a definite yes.does it work with stratum+tcp pools? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: 2121 on March 30, 2014, 07:38:44 AM Thanks ckolivas,
Will it also work with any other currency? How can I confirm before buying? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: TheRealSteve on March 30, 2014, 08:26:48 AM ( Note that this has seen some massive price drops the past few days, possibly due to the BTC exchange rate falling - one reseller has them for $55 )
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 02, 2014, 10:22:14 PM ( Note that this has seen some massive price drops the past few days, possibly due to the BTC exchange rate falling - one reseller has them for $55 ) anyone selling these in bulk (USA) ?Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: TheRealSteve on April 02, 2014, 10:41:26 PM ( Note that this has seen some massive price drops the past few days, possibly due to the BTC exchange rate falling - one reseller has them for $55 ) anyone selling these in bulk (USA) ?Of course, if you... Fancy being a reseller of Bitfury Twin chip & future dev's for America & Canada? pm [kevinm (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=93754)] for details, Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: bobsag3 on April 02, 2014, 10:48:52 PM I looked into it but the price I was quoted for bulk batches - much to high compared to other products.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on April 04, 2014, 10:25:00 AM ( Note that this has seen some massive price drops the past few days, possibly due to the BTC exchange rate falling - one reseller has them for $55 ) anyone selling these in bulk (USA) ?I am selling bulk to anywhere in the world. We can arrange DHL if you want. Please check out my site: www.eyeboot.com Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 07, 2014, 06:01:39 PM Do these run pretty stable at 4 ghs using 2.5 watt? (If I run these with a fan on AM original 49 port hub)
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 08, 2014, 02:25:06 AM Do these run pretty stable at 4 ghs using 2.5 watt? (If I run these with a fan on AM original 49 port hub) They are very stable at 4GH/s, but to get to 4GH/s they'll draw 5W with --clock-bits=54. With a fan you'll have no stability problems.Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: xingqiaoyin on April 08, 2014, 02:53:22 AM So these wont run to 4ghs plugged straight into a laptop usb port ?
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on April 08, 2014, 03:02:39 AM So these wont run to 4ghs plugged straight into a laptop usb port ? No they do at least i have test some which did :) After i pencil modded them, see video here on how to do it: http://youtu.be/jm0U3p_C9og Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on April 08, 2014, 04:06:38 AM So these wont run to 4ghs plugged straight into a laptop usb port ? There's at least a risk that you damage the laptop.Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on April 08, 2014, 05:08:35 AM So these wont run to 4ghs plugged straight into a laptop usb port ? There's at least a risk that you damage the laptop.definitely...any news on the bfgminer support? :D Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: TheRealSteve on April 08, 2014, 08:23:57 AM So these wont run to 4ghs plugged straight into a laptop usb port ? There's at least a risk that you damage the laptop.above does not apply to any miners that accept external power - that has to be isolated properly from the host device Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on April 08, 2014, 08:27:41 AM So these wont run to 4ghs plugged straight into a laptop usb port ? There's at least a risk that you damage the laptop.So these wont run to 4ghs plugged straight into a laptop usb port ? There's at least a risk that you damage the laptop.above does not apply to any miners that accept external power - that has to be isolated properly from the host device Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: TheRealSteve on April 08, 2014, 09:24:28 AM Quote from: Luke-Jr There's at least a risk that you damage the laptop. Unless that damage is in the form of scratching up the port because of https://i.imgur.com/8cEBpMB.png , that laptop would have to be returned under warranty and not accepted back. Proper USB ports don't care about 'too much' current draw.. either they'll sag in voltage in response to the point where the overcurrent situation dies off, or they just plain shut down (either through a passive 'fuse' or through active management).above does not apply to any miners that accept external power - that has to be isolated properly from the host device Maybe I just got lucky.. share your horror stories! Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: xingqiaoyin on April 08, 2014, 12:33:54 PM So these wont run to 4ghs plugged straight into a laptop usb port ? There's at least a risk that you damage the laptop.I see so practically this wont run from a mobo or laptop yes ? You need powered USB hub ? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 08, 2014, 05:11:55 PM I see so practically this wont run from a mobo or laptop yes ? You need powered USB hub ? Yes, you need a powered USB hub. If you want to run a lot of them, klintay has a 49 port hub sale (which will support 28 of these units physically). His thread is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528371 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528371) I've also had good luck running this hub: http://www.amazon.com/HooToo%C2%AE-HT-UH009-Backward-Compatible-Supporting/dp/B00FVS9U8O/ (http://www.amazon.com/HooToo%C2%AE-HT-UH009-Backward-Compatible-Supporting/dp/B00FVS9U8O/) plugged into a USB 2 port Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 08, 2014, 06:17:17 PM I've also had good luck running this hub: http://www.amazon.com/HooToo%C2%AE-HT-UH009-Backward-Compatible-Supporting/dp/B00FVS9U8O/ (http://www.amazon.com/HooToo%C2%AE-HT-UH009-Backward-Compatible-Supporting/dp/B00FVS9U8O/) plugged into a USB 2 port Did you run full capacity on this hub?Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 08, 2014, 08:26:43 PM Did you run full capacity on this hub? I run with 5 miners in each hub. But I'm switching to the 49 port hub as soon as it arrives. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: fydel on April 10, 2014, 06:19:53 PM Nice units. :-*
But I am curious what are the four LEDs for? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: TheRealSteve on April 10, 2014, 07:28:40 PM But I am curious what are the four LEDs for? From the silkscreen, 3 of them appear to just be power indicators (one for the 3.3V regulator, one for the 1.8V regulator, and a separate one for the core voltage(?)), and the 4th one the usual status LED.Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 10, 2014, 10:05:59 PM But I am curious what are the four LEDs for? From the silkscreen, 3 of them appear to just be power indicators (one for the 3.3V regulator, one for the 1.8V regulator, and a separate one for the core voltage(?)), and the 4th one the usual status LED.Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 13, 2014, 04:13:47 AM ok, so here's what I am doing. using windows 7.
Step-1: Insert USB, I see this auto installation http://s3.postimg.org/8uay19yg3/image.jpg then, it shows it's ready http://s30.postimg.org/xe6yz5hsx/image.jpg Step-2: Installed latest cgminer (cgminer-4.2.2-windows), and use this command Code: cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u <USER> -p <PWD> --bxm-bits=54 Questions: 1. Can I use bfgminer? 2. Where did I go wrong? I see it says "I need to install a WinUSB driver for -BXM device". Do i still need to follow Zadig instructions even if it said the device is ready to use? i did try to run "zadig_2.1.0", but I wasn't to install anything succesfully. Please help. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 13, 2014, 04:51:56 AM So, I did "reinstall driver" and i am able to see this 1 USB I installed. Hope I didn't mess up any settings for my other devices.
http://s15.postimg.org/5e35tu70r/zadig_03.jpg Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: -ck on April 13, 2014, 06:33:47 AM ok, so here's what I am doing. using windows 7. So install a winusb driver for it. Follow the cgminer instructions, not whatever windows thinks it's doing.2. Where did I go wrong? I see it says "I need to install a WinUSB driver for -BXM device". Do i still need to follow Zadig instructions even if it said the device is ready to use? i did try to run "zadig_2.1.0", but I wasn't to install anything succesfully. Please help. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on April 13, 2014, 06:38:30 AM Note: BFx2 uses an uncommon (but not bad) design which means BFGMiner will also use WinUSB/Zadig for the driver on Windows platforms.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 13, 2014, 08:33:22 PM When I run these on my windows machine, I get disconnected from my internet after a few minutes of hashing. I have tried this many times now. It is something with these devices? as my dualminers and ants and BEs always ran for days and days without any issues like this. Any tips to fix this?
(I am using a usb adapter to connect to my wifi network at home) Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on April 14, 2014, 11:27:26 AM BFx2 support merged into BFGMiner git (Windows builds can be obtained here (http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/webisect/webisect.php?dobuild=bfgminer)).
Note that since it's impossible to tell it apart from various other devices (including BFL/Cairnsmore1 miners and even many non-mining devices!), you must run with the -S bfx:all option. I do not know what this will do with other devices; it may start fires, launch nuclear missiles (please don't run BFGMiner on computers with missile controls), etc. (this warning is true of cgminer in general btw; BFGMiner is no less safe than that) Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on April 14, 2014, 01:06:04 PM When I run these on my windows machine, I get disconnected from my internet after a few minutes of hashing. I have tried this many times now. It is something with these devices? as my dualminers and ants and BEs always ran for days and days without any issues like this. Any tips to fix this? (I am using a usb adapter to connect to my wifi network at home) Thats strange ??? ??? ??? any ideas Goodney? Is your usb wifi adapter running on the same hub? Is there a power surge or something? Try plugging the wifi adapter into a different port. Also it may be because your USB wifi adapter is being automatically turned off by windows for an unknown reason. Solution: Go to Device Manager (Control Panel\System\Hardware\Device Manager), and find the hub the wifi adapter is plugged into. On the last tab called "Power Management", disable the tick that says "Allow the computer to turn this device off to save power". This should be the thing that fixes it. If not, whilst in Device Manager, go to Network Adapters, and select Properties on the wifi adapter, and turn off its power saving options there as well... What is the name of your usb wifi adapter? Could also try the new compiled version of bfgminer and see if you still get the same problem. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 14, 2014, 04:54:53 PM When I run these on my windows machine, I get disconnected from my internet after a few minutes of hashing. I have tried this many times now. It is something with these devices? as my dualminers and ants and BEs always ran for days and days without any issues like this. Any tips to fix this? (I am using a usb adapter to connect to my wifi network at home) Thats strange ??? ??? ??? any ideas Goodney? That is indeed strange, I too am running my mining machine with 25 of these with a Wi-Fi adapter for the network. However, I am running linux. My suggestion is to make sure the Wi-Fi adapter is on a different port, or if possible different root hub on the PC. This should separate the mining traffic from your Wi-Fi connection. How many miners are you running? Could also try the new compiled version of bfgminer and see if you still get the same problem. Yes, please try this. Thanks to Luke Jr. for his very quick work. -a[g Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: chill on April 15, 2014, 01:34:39 AM If you are getting dropped from wifi in Linux and you're using a Raspberry Pi it is because of wireless power-saving mode. Put the line "wireless-power off" in your /etc/network/interfaces file to fix this, then either restart wireless or reboot.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on April 15, 2014, 03:28:58 AM Can we reflash the firmware for these units using ubuntu?
I knew how to do it before with the old Red/Blue Fury miners :D Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 15, 2014, 04:41:11 AM Can we reflash the firmware for these units using ubuntu? I knew how to do it before with the old Red/Blue Fury miners :D There is no firmware to be flashed on these devices. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 15, 2014, 06:15:49 AM BFx2 support merged into BFGMiner git (Windows builds can be obtained here (http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/webisect/webisect.php?dobuild=bfgminer)). So, using this?Note that since it's impossible to tell it apart from various other devices (including BFL/Cairnsmore1 miners and even many non-mining devices!), you must run with the -S bfx:all option. I do not know what this will do with other devices; it may start fires, launch nuclear missiles (please don't run BFGMiner on computers with missile controls), etc. (this warning is true of cgminer in general btw; BFGMiner is no less safe than that) Code: bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u <USERNAME> -p <PWD> -S bfx:all --bxm-bits=54 With cgminer, I still have the same issue of my computer getting disconnecting from the wireless network. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on April 15, 2014, 07:10:47 AM BFx2 support merged into BFGMiner git (Windows builds can be obtained here (http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/webisect/webisect.php?dobuild=bfgminer)). So, using this?Note that since it's impossible to tell it apart from various other devices (including BFL/Cairnsmore1 miners and even many non-mining devices!), you must run with the -S bfx:all option. I do not know what this will do with other devices; it may start fires, launch nuclear missiles (please don't run BFGMiner on computers with missile controls), etc. (this warning is true of cgminer in general btw; BFGMiner is no less safe than that) Code: bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u <USERNAME> -p <PWD> -S bfx:all --bxm-bits=54 With cgminer, I still have the same issue of my computer getting disconnecting from the wireless network. Code: bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u <USERNAME> -p <PWD> -S bfx:all --set bfx:osc6_bits=54 Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: fydel on April 15, 2014, 02:30:13 PM But I am curious what are the four LEDs for? From the silkscreen, 3 of them appear to just be power indicators (one for the 3.3V regulator, one for the 1.8V regulator, and a separate one for the core voltage(?)), and the 4th one the usual status LED.Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. I was blind. ::) And if the red led for the core voltage is not lit, it indicates that the device is not getting enough power from usb? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 15, 2014, 05:41:43 PM Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. I was blind. ::) And if the red led for the core voltage is not lit, it indicates that the device is not getting enough power from usb? Hrm... it could indicate several fault conditions. The LED is lit when the VCORE regulator thinks the VCORE voltage is being regulated within tolerances. So: Is the miner still working? How many GH/s? Did the VCORE LED ever light? Or is this a new fault? Can you try it on a powered USB hub or USB3 hub? Does it light when you plug it in and then go out when mining starts? Or does it never light? What is your clock bits set to? Did you do the "pencil mod"? Do have a multimeter? Do you know how to use it? ;) Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 15, 2014, 06:15:48 PM With cgminer, I still have the same issue of my computer getting disconnecting from the wireless network. Code: bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u <USERNAME> -p <PWD> -S bfx:all --set bfx:osc6_bits=54 Avg speed of 4.28 ghs each (--set bfx:osc6_bits=54) running 6 of them together on a powered hub. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: fydel on April 15, 2014, 09:49:18 PM Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. I was blind. ::) And if the red led for the core voltage is not lit, it indicates that the device is not getting enough power from usb? Hrm... it could indicate several fault conditions. The LED is lit when the VCORE regulator thinks the VCORE voltage is being regulated within tolerances. So: Is the miner still working? How many GH/s? Did the VCORE LED ever light? Or is this a new fault? Can you try it on a powered USB hub or USB3 hub? Does it light when you plug it in and then go out when mining starts? Or does it never light? What is your clock bits set to? Did you do the "pencil mod"? Do have a multimeter? Do you know how to use it? ;) Thank you for your detailed answer. I think it was because my Anker 3.0 10 Port Hub can only handle six twin furies. Whenever I plug in a seventh device the core voltage led wont lit while the other six are. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 15, 2014, 10:04:12 PM Thank you for your detailed answer. That's the easy answer. ;DI think it was because my Anker 3.0 10 Port Hub can only handle six twin furies. Whenever I plug in a seventh device the core voltage led wont lit while the other six are. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on April 16, 2014, 12:12:10 AM Example cgminer command line: So, higher this XX number, higher the hashrate? Do we do the pencil when we go higher than a specific number?./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://<Pool URL> -u <Pool user> -p <Pool pass> --bxm-bits=XX Where XX is in the range of 50-55. I recommend some experimentation to find the best setting for your particular miners. @54 I am getting avg of 4.28/stick. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Zeta0S on April 16, 2014, 07:03:28 AM I made a video from the BitFuy hashing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stbhrGpfq1w :)
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 16, 2014, 05:00:57 PM Example cgminer command line: So, higher this XX number, higher the hashrate? Do we do the pencil when we go higher than a specific number?./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://<Pool URL> -u <Pool user> -p <Pool pass> --bxm-bits=XX Where XX is in the range of 50-55. I recommend some experimentation to find the best setting for your particular miners. @54 I am getting avg of 4.28/stick. Also, if you increase the core voltage enough you might actually get better results with a lower bits value. The trade-offs will show up in the error rates. If you do the pencil mod, please, please use a fan on the miners as the will *require* more cooling. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: kevinm on April 22, 2014, 12:08:30 PM Anyone interested in Bulk orders of these miners,
contact me, dipo 5Volt 20Amp 19 Port USB hubs to clear also cheers, kev Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: xingqiaoyin on April 23, 2014, 12:34:02 PM Goodney two of my miners
one has dead chip, hashing at half speed the other one was working fine with bits 53, but now the chip slowly dies. Bfgminer keeps throwing "x of x results were bad, reinitialising" Is there anything I can do to get them working at full speed again ? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 23, 2014, 06:50:17 PM Goodney two of my miners With BitFury chips there is a known percentage that are bad... who did you buy the miners from?one has dead chip, hashing at half speed the other one was working fine with bits 53, but now the chip slowly dies. Bfgminer keeps throwing "x of x results were bad, reinitialising" Is there anything I can do to get them working at full speed again ? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on April 24, 2014, 02:45:27 AM Goodney two of my miners one has dead chip, hashing at half speed the other one was working fine with bits 53, but now the chip slowly dies. Bfgminer keeps throwing "x of x results were bad, reinitialising" Is there anything I can do to get them working at full speed again ? I find it helps if you provide some extra cooling via fans and that keeps them hashing at full speed. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: 9feet on April 29, 2014, 11:57:33 AM Hi, need help
I'm trying to run 3 TwinFuries with 6 RedFuries with bfgminer 3.99.0 provided by luke-jr here. I'm using Orico A3H10 USB hub, the remaining 1 slot I use a USB fan to cool the miners. My problem is I can only get 3 TF and 5 RF working, one of them doesnt work. I try running 3.10.0 bfgminer and I can get all 6 RFs working. I try to run separate instances but if i use for example - d 0 , it only enables 1 chip and disables the rest of the miners. Is there a command line I can use to make them all work ? Thinking of running two separate instances the 3.10.0 bfgminer for the RF and the 3.99.0 for the TF, please help ? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on April 29, 2014, 05:42:20 PM I'm trying to run 3 TwinFuries with 6 RedFuries with bfgminer 3.99.0 provided by luke-jr here. I'm using Orico A3H10 USB hub, the remaining 1 slot I use a USB fan to cool the miners. 6 RedFuries ~ 15W 3 TwinFuries ~ 15W Total is about 30W. The hub comes with a 48W supply. Throw in conversion efficiency and the power for the hub itself and you *could* be bumping up against the power limit of the hub. So the simple test is to try with one RedFury and one TwinFury. If that works, then keep adding miners until it doesn't work. For bfgminer I would go get the latest version and try the following: bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://<POOL URL> -u <USERNAME> -p <PWD> -S bfx:all --set bfx:osc6_bits=54 This should enable all TwinFury miners and the RedFury's should just work too. If you try separate bfgminer instances, then you should do: -S bfx:all -S bpm:none for the TwinFury instance and -S bpm:all -S bfx:none for the RedFury instance. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: 9feet on April 30, 2014, 06:04:21 AM Hi goodney thanks for reply
I tried your suggestions and i can make two instances running tf and rf exclusively. However i run the 6 rf first and then the 3 tf. At first all rf runs fine after i run the tf Bfgminer for rf immediately drops 1 of the miners in this case bpm 4. And for bfgminer running 3 tf throws user privelege error Help again please ? https://i.imgur.com/r4llqg0.jpg If i unplug one of the RF so running 5 Rf (12,5W) and 3 Tf (15W) then bfgminer also like when running 6 rf drops the speed of 1 of the miner. https://i.imgur.com/2GA30yO.jpg Thanks before Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on May 01, 2014, 08:23:11 PM Hi goodney thanks for reply I tried your suggestions and i can make two instances running tf and rf exclusively. However i run the 6 rf first and then the 3 tf. At first all rf runs fine after i run the tf Bfgminer for rf immediately drops 1 of the miners in this case bpm 4. And for bfgminer running 3 tf throws user privelege error Help again please ? If i unplug one of the RF so running 5 Rf (12,5W) and 3 Tf (15W) then bfgminer also like when running 6 rf drops the speed of 1 of the miner. Thanks before We need to determine if it is a Windows, hub or software issue. It seems like either Windows or the hub, and adding the 9th device is the problem. Do you have another hub, or other USB ports on your computer? Since the RedFury miners are USB 2 power compatible, I suggest plugging the RedFury's into another hub or into ports directly on your computer. If this works, then it is a hub issue. If it still doesn't work, then it is likely a Windows issue. Can you confirm that the two combination of 8 miners works (6 RF, 2 TF; 5 RF, 3 TF), but adding the 9th miner causes problems? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Phosphorous on May 07, 2014, 04:37:05 PM Will I be able to use the BFx2 and an Antminer U2 on the same machine using CGMiner?
The reason why I ask is that my CGMiner options are device specific: --icarus-timing=short --anu-freq=300 So I don't see how I can control a BFx2 at the same time. Or can I run multiple instances of CGMiner? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on May 07, 2014, 05:29:11 PM Will I be able to use the BFx2 and an Antminer U2 on the same machine using CGMiner? You can run more than one type of ASIC device on one CGMiner instance. The options are ASIC specific and only affect that type of ASIC. So just add --bxm-bits=XX (where XX is 52, 53 or 54) to your command line and you're good to go.The reason why I ask is that my CGMiner options are device specific: --icarus-timing=short --anu-freq=300 So I don't see how I can control a BFx2 at the same time. Or can I run multiple instances of CGMiner? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on May 11, 2014, 08:33:54 AM There has been a request to discuss over clocking these boards. I'm the designer of the board, and these are my thoughts on over clocking, but of course your results will vary and you could end up destroying your boards! I don't recommend doing any over clocking, but since Bitcoin is about experimentation, here goes nothing! These boards were designed to run at 4GH/s with ambient cooling on the heat sink. This allows them to run at <500mA and thus be USB2 compatible. When over clocking a Bitfury based design, heat is your enemy, you will need active cooling from a fan if you over clock these boards. With the way Bitfury chips are designed, heat really is the enemy. As the chips heat up, they slow down and also start producing hardware errors. Software over clocking will increase the heat dissipated by the chip and thus can actually produce worse results. Same with increasing the core voltage. Software over clocking: The current cgminer release supports software over clocking with the --bxm-bits=XX command line parameter. Non-over clocked optimal is 53 or 54. However, you can go to 55 or 56 if you introduce active cooling. Increasing the core voltage: In order to get the Bitfury chips to run stably at higher clock values increasing the core voltage is necessary. Again, the boards were designed to get to 4GH/s so the core voltage was chosen accordingly. Increasing the core voltage will really increase the heat output. Cooling the boards with a fan is absolutely necessary. The core voltage is set by three resistors, but the only one you want to change is R6. It is right in the middle of this picture: https://i.imgur.com/3sviOIOl.jpg (http://imgur.com/3sviOIO) As built R6 = 499 ohm, to increase the core voltage use a larger value, but don't go above about 1.5k. You'll need a 0805 surface mount resistor. To measure the core voltage the chips are seeing, measure across the decoupling capacitors that surround the Bitfury chips. Explaining how to desolder/solder a resistor is way beyond the scope of the forum ;-) Active cooling I thought it might be fun to add a 40mm fan to the heatsink: https://i.imgur.com/lFZRwDol.jpg (http://imgur.com/lFZRwDo) https://i.imgur.com/iAXwBVTl.jpg (http://imgur.com/iAXwBVT) To do so, find a 40mm fan and screw it to the heat sink. Then solder the wires to the USB connector as indicated above. Anyways, have fun hacking up my creation! Hello, Miner runs really well without the "bxm bits = XX" entry? If so, how fast, or the entry is absolutely necessary? regards Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on May 11, 2014, 03:59:57 PM Hello, Miner runs really well without the "bxm bits = XX" entry? If so, how fast, or the entry is absolutely necessary? regards When i took it away then ran a lot slower, like only 3 gh/s Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on May 11, 2014, 04:09:29 PM Hello, Miner runs really well without the "bxm bits = XX" entry? If so, how fast, or the entry is absolutely necessary? regards When i took it away then ran a lot slower, like only 3 gh/s, so would suggest keeping it in. "bxm bits=54" worked best for me too. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Phosphorous on May 12, 2014, 01:54:20 AM I don't think I'm seeing the performance from my 3 Twin Bitfuries that I'm supposed to be getting. I'm running with 2 Antminer U2's as well. The Antminers are overclocked. The BXMs are unmodified, I'm running the BXMs with (cgminer) --bxm-bits=52.
I'm also getting a lot of work restarts and stale shares that I never got before with just the 2 U2's. The problems get worse if I run any higher, and seem to increase over time. It this typical or is there something I should do differently? This is my screen after about a minute: cgminer version 4.3.0 - Started: [2014-05-11 18:39:09] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (5s):14.47G (1m):14.15G (5m):12.05G (15m):2.758G (avg):13.96Gh/s A:582 R:20 HW:49 WU:175.6/m Connected to stratum-lb-usa48.btcguild.com diff 4 with stratum as user Block: 1df8b649... Diff:8G Started: [18:39:09] Best share: 3.54K ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [USB management [P]ool management [Settings [D]isplay options [Q]uit 0: BXM 0 : | 3.291G / 2.976Gh/s WU:43.6/m 1: BXM 1 : | 3.106G / 2.820Gh/s WU:42.1/m 2: BXM 2 : | 3.879G / 3.979Gh/s WU:56.4/m 3: ANU 0 : | 2.377G / 2.239Gh/s WU:14.1/m 4: ANU 1 : | 2.125G / 2.159Gh/s WU:21.3/m ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-05-11 18:44:51] Accepted 1a1c73e3 Diff 10/4 BXM 2 [2014-05-11 18:44:54] Accepted 28fefc30 Diff 6/4 BXM 0 [2014-05-11 18:44:54] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 8 [2014-05-11 18:44:54] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart [2014-05-11 18:44:54] Pool 0 stale share detected, submitting as user requested [2014-05-11 18:44:54] Rejected 29acb369 Diff 6/4 BXM 1 (olddifficulty) [2014-05-11 18:44:54] Pool 0 stale share detected, submitting as user requested [2014-05-11 18:44:54] Rejected 230739c3 Diff 7/4 BXM 0 (olddifficulty) [2014-05-11 18:44:55] Pool 0 stale share detected, submitting as user requested [2014-05-11 18:44:55] Pool 0 stale share detected, submitting as user requested [2014-05-11 18:44:55] Rejected 228c1ff5 Diff 7/4 BXM 1 (olddifficulty) [2014-05-11 18:44:55] Rejected 0e4fe3e0 Diff 18/4 BXM 2 (olddifficulty) [2014-05-11 18:44:55] Pool 0 stale share detected, submitting as user requested [2014-05-11 18:44:55] Rejected 33b1f1bd Diff 5/4 BXM 2 (olddifficulty) [2014-05-11 18:44:56] Pool 0 stale share detected, submitting as user requested [2014-05-11 18:44:56] Rejected 13dee601 Diff 13/4 BXM 1 (olddifficulty) [2014-05-11 18:44:56] Pool 0 stale share detected, submitting as user requested [2014-05-11 18:44:57] Rejected 30ca6375 Diff 5/4 BXM 1 (olddifficulty) [2014-05-11 18:44:57] Accepted 0c8236da Diff 20/8 BXM 0 [2014-05-11 18:44:58] Accepted 094ce5e4 Diff 28/8 BXM 2 Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Phosphorous on May 13, 2014, 04:11:21 PM I performed the mods shown here... I added a fan and replaced R6 with a 1.2k resistor. I have 3 of them in a cheap powered USB hub. Here are my observations:
1. First of all, the fan makes a huge improvement in heat. Before it was not possible to really touch, now you can handle it easily. Of course they now physically take up 2 USB ports. 2. Running CGMiner, I played with the bits settings and bits=54 yielded the best result. 3. Running a single unit in the hub, I see a fairly solid 4.8-5Gh with spikes higher, but it degrades to 4-4.3 over time. 4. Running more units lowers the speeds into the 3-4.2's. I assume it's due to not enough power from the hub. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but I'm disappointed I don't see the solid 5G performance with these mods. Maybe I should do the pencil mod also? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: stex2009 on May 13, 2014, 06:33:49 PM I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but I'm disappointed I don't see the solid 5G performance with these mods. Maybe I should do the pencil mod also? not sure, but without proper power it may not be that useful ?Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: 9feet on May 13, 2014, 06:46:43 PM I think goodney designed it to reach 4 ghash, 5 is with pencil mod and you have to actively cool it.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on May 13, 2014, 06:50:12 PM I performed the mods shown here... I added a fan and replaced R6 with a 1.2k resistor. I have 3 of them in a cheap powered USB hub. Here are my observations: 1. First of all, the fan makes a huge improvement in heat. Before it was not possible to really touch, now you can handle it easily. Of course they now physically take up 2 USB ports. 2. Running CGMiner, I played with the bits settings and bits=54 yielded the best result. 3. Running a single unit in the hub, I see a fairly solid 4.8-5Gh with spikes higher, but it degrades to 4-4.3 over time. 4. Running more units lowers the speeds into the 3-4.2's. I assume it's due to not enough power from the hub. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but I'm disappointed I don't see the solid 5G performance with these mods. Maybe I should do the pencil mod also? You might see better results with BFGMiner, so try that and report back. Adding the fan is a huge help. Since you seem to be handy with soldering, do you have a DMM? How many volts are you getting across the decoupling capacitors near the BF chips when hashing? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: 9feet on May 13, 2014, 07:17:07 PM I agree for bfgminer seems better hashrate ,it has reconnect issues though you have to restart if you got disconnected.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on May 13, 2014, 08:59:31 PM I agree for bfgminer seems better hashrate ,it has reconnect issues though you have to restart if you got disconnected. Those should be fixed in git as of a few days ago...Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Phosphorous on May 14, 2014, 04:20:31 PM I have a few issues and follow-up information.
1. OK, I am new to BFGMiner but I downloaded the version from the link in the thread (windows 64). There is an error on startup that I don't think is relevant, I don't know what I am doing wrong, but it still seems to run OK: ub_path():506: The parameter is incorrect. startup line is: bfgminer.exe -o http://stratum.btcguild.com:3333 -u (user) -p (pass) -S bfx:all --set bfx:osc6_bits=55 2. I measured voltage across the capacitors surrounding the BF chip. Is 0.82V reasonable? 3. Here are the results after running 7+ hours with bits=54: ST:8 F:0 NB:50 AS:0 BW:[ 6/ 0kB/s] E:0.87 I:29.89uBTC/hr BS:37.4k 3/6 | 13.42/13.31/12.89Gh/s | A:3944 R:42+0(1.4%) HW:118/.14% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BFX 0: | 4.65/ 4.65/ 4.52Gh/s | A:1412 R:14+0(1.2%) HW: 60/.21% BFX 1: | 4.14/ 4.14/ 4.05Gh/s | A:1230 R:14+0(1.5%) HW: 33/.13% BFX 2: | 4.52/ 4.51/ 4.32Gh/s | A:1304 R:14+0(1.4%) HW: 25/.09% Here are the results after running about 20min with bits=55: ST:8 F:0 NB:5 AS:0 BW:[ 4/ 0kB/s] E:1.47 I:33.62uBTC/hr BS:7.15k 3/6 | 14.32/14.18/13.70Gh/s | A:222 R:3+0(.99%) HW:87/1.9% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BFX 0: | 4.98/ 4.95/ 4.62Gh/s | A: 70 R:2+0(2.0%) HW:12/.76% BFX 1: | 4.44/ 4.40/ 4.35Gh/s | A: 69 R:1+0(1.0%) HW: 9/.61% BFX 2: | 4.86/ 4.82/ 4.72Gh/s | A: 83 R:0+0(none) HW:66/4.0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bits=56 results in excessive errors. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: xingqiaoyin on May 14, 2014, 05:14:55 PM I agree for bfgminer seems better hashrate ,it has reconnect issues though you have to restart if you got disconnected. Those should be fixed in git as of a few days ago...Do you have a windows build for that ? Thanks Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on May 14, 2014, 05:21:46 PM I agree for bfgminer seems better hashrate ,it has reconnect issues though you have to restart if you got disconnected. Those should be fixed in git as of a few days ago...Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on May 14, 2014, 06:18:12 PM I have a few issues and follow-up information. 1. OK, I am new to BFGMiner but I downloaded the version from the link in the thread (windows 64). There is an error on startup that I don't think is relevant, I don't know what I am doing wrong, but it still seems to run OK: ub_path():506: The parameter is incorrect. startup line is: bfgminer.exe -o http://stratum.btcguild.com:3333 -u (user) -p (pass) -S bfx:all --set bfx:osc6_bits=55 Try downloading the newest git build from the link that Luke-Jr just posted. 2. I measured voltage across the capacitors surrounding the BF chip. Is 0.82V reasonable? That's pretty good, but to get to 5GH/s it will probably need to go a *little* bit higher. Since you added a fan you have some more headroom. Try the pencil mod, or better yet since you changed R6, you can try a larger value for R6 (or smaller for R8, but it's better to leave R8 alone and increase R6). I'd aim for 0.85v for the next step.Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Phosphorous on May 17, 2014, 06:54:40 PM OK, I updated my BFGMiner and installed the 1.5k resistor, as well as a better USB hub. One unit always seems to be a little low. I'm nto sure if it might be a manufacturing variance for the unit or using multiple units in one hub.
I measured pretty consistently between 0.835 and 0.845V on those capacitors. Running at bits=56 doesn't work. Running at bits=55 seems to be optimal. Any comments on all of the frequency drops? This is after 1h45m. Code: Block: ...b692e82f #301262 Diff:8.85G (63.38Ph?) Started: [11:50:19] Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on May 17, 2014, 10:27:18 PM OK, I updated my BFGMiner and installed the 1.5k resistor, as well as a better USB hub. One unit always seems to be a little low. I'm nto sure if it might be a manufacturing variance for the unit or using multiple units in one hub. Manufacturing variance with the Bitfury chips.Any comments on all of the frequency drops? This is after 1h45m. That's normal for the BF chips. This is BFGMiner babysitting them for you. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Phosphorous on May 17, 2014, 10:34:55 PM Thanks. Now the only problem I have is that I can't get it to work at the same time as my Antminer U2s. I know this isn't a Bitfury problem, seems to be a BFGminer problem.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on May 20, 2014, 05:02:39 PM Good day,
I have a problem with one BFx2 Miner, one miner always lose the "red light" at one USB Port "14" and run very slow, is this a problem fro the USB port or to less power from the port? The miner runs but without the "Vcore" light!??? Code: cgminer version 4.3.3 - Started: [2014-05-20 18:55:35] regards Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on May 20, 2014, 06:12:48 PM Good day, Yes, that means the VCORE went out of regulation as far as the switching regulator is concerned, but it is still possible for the device to work.I have a problem with one BFx2 Miner, one miner always lose the "red light" at one USB Port "14" and run very slow, is this a problem fro the USB port or to less power from the port? The miner runs but without the "Vcore" light!??? Does the same device fail in the same way if you use a different USB port? If you run BFGMiner you can also look at the device to see if both chips are working properly. Please try BFGMiner and then use the device options interface to see if both chips are reporting good hashes. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on May 20, 2014, 07:22:52 PM Hello,
no only on this "one" port, and only when my Raspberry also hang on this HUB!? I use Cgminer 4.3.3 regards Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on May 20, 2014, 07:53:09 PM Hello, Do other miners also fail on that port? Are you powering the RaspberryPi off that port too? It sounds like you are exceeding the power rating for the hub.no only on this "one" port, and only when my Raspberry also hang on this HUB!? I use Cgminer 4.3.3 regards Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Zeta0S on May 20, 2014, 07:59:09 PM I have made a "How To" Video for you guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3A6GdWrOSs Drivers can be found in the video and on my blog: http://www.bitcoinupdate.nl/blog/how-to-install-the-bitfury-asic-bitcoin-miner Maybe this Video can be in The OP? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on May 20, 2014, 08:09:50 PM Hello, Do other miners also fail on that port? Are you powering the RaspberryPi off that port too? It sounds like you are exceeding the power rating for the hub.no only on this "one" port, and only when my Raspberry also hang on this HUB!? I use Cgminer 4.3.3 regards Hello, only the (all) Bix2 Bitury Fail on the port! At time it runs good without the Pi... My HUB is the Dipo Electronic 19 port USB hubs i think it have enought power!? Industrial 19 port Steel casing USB Hub (with power cable & USB cable) 20 Amps @ 5v http://www.bilder-upload.eu/thumb/f35a77-1400616255.jpg (http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?file=f35a77-1400616255.jpg) http://www.bilder-upload.eu/thumb/570a0f-1400616475.jpg (http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?file=570a0f-1400616475.jpg) greets Edit: At time 2 BiFury run a little bit slower, but I don't know("bxm-bits" : "53",)... cgminer version 4.3.3 - Started: [2014-05-20 22:56:14] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5s):47.22G (1m):47.86G (5m):46.16G (15m):33.38G (avg):46.99Gh/s A:11392 R:128 HW:260 WU:635.9/m Connected to mint.bitminter.com diff 64 with stratum as user Block: 3cdcd147... Diff:8.85G Started: [23:12:15] Best share: 21K -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-]SB management [-]ool management [-]ettings [-]isplay options [-]uit 0: ANU 0 : | 2.064G / 2.041Gh/s WU:27.1/m 1: ANU 1 : | 2.062G / 2.044Gh/s WU:25.1/m 2: ANU 2 : | 2.067G / 2.040Gh/s WU:26.1/m 3: ANU 3 : | 2.071G / 2.044Gh/s WU:25.3/m 4: ANU 4 : | 2.061G / 2.047Gh/s WU:24.4/m 5: ANU 5 : | 2.068G / 2.051Gh/s WU:26.0/m 6: ANU 6 : | 2.071G / 2.041Gh/s WU:23.8/m 7: ANU 7 : | 2.068G / 2.041Gh/s WU:25.0/m 8: ANU 8 : | 2.061G / 2.047Gh/s WU:26.6/m 9: BXM 0 : | 3.452G / 3.421Gh/s WU:48.1/m 10: BXM 1 : | 3.782G / 3.655Gh/s WU:52.6/m 11: BXM 2 : | 3.571G / 3.406Gh/s WU:49.6/m 12: BXM 3 : | 2.652G / 2.537Gh/s WU:37.1/m 13: BXM 4 : | 2.889G / 2.745Gh/s WU:40.5/m 14: BXM 5 : | 3.713G / 3.617Gh/s WU:52.2/m 15: BXM 6 : | 3.602G / 3.494Gh/s WU:50.3/m 16: BXM 7 : | 3.765G / 3.686Gh/s WU:52.4/m 17: ANU 9 : | 2.067G / 2.040Gh/s WU:23.6/m -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- greets Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on May 20, 2014, 10:29:17 PM Hello, only the (all) Bix2 Bitury Fail on the port! At time it runs good without the Pi... If they all fail on that port, then the port is probably bad. At time 2 BiFury run a little bit slower, but I don't know("bxm-bits" : "53",)... Try BFGMiner to see if you get better/more stable results.Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: -ck on May 21, 2014, 01:36:18 AM Hello, If you start cgminer with the extra option "--api-listen" then you can query cgminer while it's running to see how it's performing. While cgminer is running you can do:no only on this "one" port, and only when my Raspberry also hang on this HUB!? I use Cgminer 4.3.3 regards Code: java API stats and in there you'll get lots of info, one will be the BXM device and in there will be the separate core submit data: Code: [Core0 submits] => 250 If one core is failing, the submits will be a lot less or even zero compared to the other. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on May 21, 2014, 05:40:45 AM Hello, If you start cgminer with the extra option "--api-listen" then you can query cgminer while it's running to see how it's performing. While cgminer is running you can do:no only on this "one" port, and only when my Raspberry also hang on this HUB!? I use Cgminer 4.3.3 regards Code: java API stats and in there you'll get lots of info, one will be the BXM device and in there will be the separate core submit data: Code: [Core0 submits] => 250 If one core is failing, the submits will be a lot less or even zero compared to the other. Good day, thnks i will test it on evening ;) greets Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on May 21, 2014, 06:46:49 AM Good day, thnks i will test it on evening ;) greets The BFx2 also needs an extra fan to provide cooling. In my experience the speed will drop if you do not provide a fan. After providing cooling you can also use the pencil mod to increase voltage and then speed up the miner. Video link on how to pencil mod: http://youtu.be/jm0U3p_C9og I think --bxm-bits=54 is the best as well. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on May 21, 2014, 03:13:20 PM Hello, If you start cgminer with the extra option "--api-listen" then you can query cgminer while it's running to see how it's performing. While cgminer is running you can do:no only on this "one" port, and only when my Raspberry also hang on this HUB!? I use Cgminer 4.3.3 regards Code: java API stats and in there you'll get lots of info, one will be the BXM device and in there will be the separate core submit data: Code: [Core0 submits] => 250 If one core is failing, the submits will be a lot less or even zero compared to the other. Good day, thnks i will test it on evening ;) greets Hello, thanks but i think i'm to stupid for this ??? Code: CMD=GET / HTTP/1.1 regards Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: janonathon on May 31, 2014, 09:18:40 PM Any idea what "FT_GetComPortNumber(0000000000003D84FF0 (0), 120)" error message in bfgminer is telling me to do? I see the device in device manager (running windows 7x64 btw) on COM120. I get that message when i search for all or specifically probe COM120.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on May 31, 2014, 09:19:32 PM Any idea what "FT_GetComPortNumber(0000000000003D84FF0 (0), 120)" error message in bfgminer is telling me to do? I see the device in device manager (running windows 7x64 btw) on COM120. I get that message when i search for all or specifically probe COM120. You need to use Zadig on BFx2 to get the WinUSB driver.Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: -ck on May 31, 2014, 11:14:32 PM Code: java API stats Hello, thanks but i think i'm to stupid for this ??? Code: CMD=GET / HTTP/1.1 regards Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: janonathon on June 01, 2014, 01:26:42 AM Any idea what "FT_GetComPortNumber(0000000000003D84FF0 (0), 120)" error message in bfgminer is telling me to do? I see the device in device manager (running windows 7x64 btw) on COM120. I get that message when i search for all or specifically probe COM120. You need to use Zadig on BFx2 to get the WinUSB driver.Did that and now it doesn't see any devices at all. Ran it with "bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -u <user> -p <pwd> -S bfx:all --bxm-bits=54" and it tells me that "--bxm-bits=54" is an invalid option. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: -ck on June 01, 2014, 01:39:46 AM You're getting your applications mixed up it seems. bxm-bits is a cgminer option.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on June 01, 2014, 01:40:09 AM Any idea what "FT_GetComPortNumber(0000000000003D84FF0 (0), 120)" error message in bfgminer is telling me to do? I see the device in device manager (running windows 7x64 btw) on COM120. I get that message when i search for all or specifically probe COM120. You need to use Zadig on BFx2 to get the WinUSB driver.Did that and now it doesn't see any devices at all. Ran it with "bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -u <user> -p <pwd> -S bfx:all --bxm-bits=54" and it tells me that "--bxm-bits=54" is an invalid option. Perhaps you meant --set bfx:osc6_bits=54 Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: xingqiaoyin on June 01, 2014, 04:00:13 AM Any idea what "FT_GetComPortNumber(0000000000003D84FF0 (0), 120)" error message in bfgminer is telling me to do? I see the device in device manager (running windows 7x64 btw) on COM120. I get that message when i search for all or specifically probe COM120. You need to use Zadig on BFx2 to get the WinUSB driver.Did that and now it doesn't see any devices at all. Ran it with "bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -u <user> -p <pwd> -S bfx:all --bxm-bits=54" and it tells me that "--bxm-bits=54" is an invalid option. Perhaps you meant --set bfx:osc6_bits=64 --set bfx:osc6_bits=54 Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: janonathon on June 01, 2014, 07:04:05 PM ok so i put in "bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -u < my user> -p <my PWD> -S bfx:all --set bfx:osc6_bits=54"
and got "bfgminer.exe: --set: unrecognized option" Note: I'm a serious noob to most of this. I'm used to bitminter's GUI based mining program and have mostly overclocked antminers through it up til now. I've exhausted their help and just reading through here before posting this. Other than that I've gotten a Red Fury to work at base speeds by finding its driver but that's it. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on June 01, 2014, 07:56:23 PM ok so i put in "bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -u < my user> -p <my PWD> -S bfx:all --set bfx:osc6_bits=54" Are you using 4.0?and got "bfgminer.exe: --set: unrecognized option" Note: I'm a serious noob to most of this. I'm used to bitminter's GUI based mining program and have mostly overclocked antminers through it up til now. I've exhausted their help and just reading through here before posting this. Other than that I've gotten a Red Fury to work at base speeds by finding its driver but that's it. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: janonathon on June 01, 2014, 09:40:25 PM Nope, was on 3.10(thought that was the latest, so does google), now it sees the BFX, mining at 4.2GH/s! which is fine for me, calls my ICA's BES though for whatever reason.
I'm not overclocking it with that command line am I? because I've only got it on passive cooling but in a pretty good flow of the A/C. Thanks for the help. NM, that's hot anyways, puttin a fan on it. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Luke-Jr on June 02, 2014, 12:10:22 AM Nope, was on 3.10(thought that was the latest, so does google), now it sees the BFX, mining at 4.2GH/s! which is fine for me, calls my ICA's BES though for whatever reason. Wow, a real world Icarus is still mining? :DBlock Erupter Sapphires are more common, so BFGMiner 4 assumes them by default. You can tell it that it's an Icarus with -S icarus:all Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: janonathon on June 02, 2014, 05:57:39 PM Well, what i bought were sapphires, seems every other program calls them what they want to. The ones that do 333MH/s. I say it's better than an empty usb port, when i've got the amps to spare anyway.
Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: toto2000 on June 02, 2014, 06:14:47 PM Hello,
I'm using two antminer U2 (working well), and I have just added a bitfury twin. Bfgminer 3.99 or 3.10 doesn't work if both models are connected (I'm compiling 4.00 version). Alone, bitfury works. With cgminer 3.4.3, all worked, U2 at normal speed, but the bitfury is under 100MH/s.... alone, she is 4GH/s easily. Is someone have ideas to try ? The usb hub is powered enought (3A, for just the U2 and bitfury connected). Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on June 02, 2014, 06:19:06 PM Hello, Can you copy-paste your bfgminer command line arguments?I'm using two antminer U2 (working well), and I have just added a bitfury twin. Bfgminer 3.99 or 3.10 doesn't work if both models are connected (I'm compiling 4.00 version). Alone, bitfury works. With cgminer 3.4.3, all worked, U2 at normal speed, but the bitfury is under 100MH/s.... alone, she is 4GH/s easily. Is someone have ideas to try ? The usb hub is powered enought (3A, for just the U2 and bitfury connected). Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: toto2000 on June 02, 2014, 06:39:55 PM yes, I'm using
/opt/minepeon/bin/bfgminer -S all -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf I try a lot of things I saw on forums, for the "-S" option. Doesn't works :s Here, with cgminer, and /opt/minepeon/bin/cgminer -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf I've got : Code: cgminer version 4.3.4 - Started: [2014-06-02 18:34:08] Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: toto2000 on June 02, 2014, 07:30:58 PM I think I have found.
I have compiled bfgminer 4.0.0 (a little long on raspberry :D). I have launch it with /usr/local/bin/bfgminer -S all -S bfx:all -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf Code: bfgminer version 4.0.0 - Started: [2014-06-02 19:25:50] - [ 0 days 00:03:20] The bfgminer use CPU about 2 minutes, before start to mining and show something. I will see if it hold all the day... Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on June 02, 2014, 08:04:45 PM I think I have found. I have compiled bfgminer 4.0.0 (a little long on raspberry :D). I have launch it with /usr/local/bin/bfgminer -S all -S bfx:all -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf Code: bfgminer version 4.0.0 - Started: [2014-06-02 19:25:50] - [ 0 days 00:03:20] The bfgminer use CPU about 2 minutes, before start to mining and show something. I will see if it hold all the day... Once you are satisfied it is working you should add "--set bfx:osc6_bits=54" to your configuration to improve the hashrate for the BFX devices. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: toto2000 on June 03, 2014, 05:46:31 AM Thanks a lot :)
I will test your option, without the BFX doesn't go more than 3,5GH/s. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: clarkey2013 on June 04, 2014, 04:19:30 PM I think I have found. I have compiled bfgminer 4.0.0 (a little long on raspberry :D). I have launch it with /usr/local/bin/bfgminer -S all -S bfx:all -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf Code: bfgminer version 4.0.0 - Started: [2014-06-02 19:25:50] - [ 0 days 00:03:20] The bfgminer use CPU about 2 minutes, before start to mining and show something. I will see if it hold all the day... dont surpose you would write a little tutorial on how you updated BFG on minepeon would you? i am running in the same problems with you but abit of a newb with linux atm Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on July 07, 2014, 01:23:05 PM Good day, thnks i will test it on evening ;) greets The BFx2 also needs an extra fan to provide cooling. In my experience the speed will drop if you do not provide a fan. After providing cooling you can also use the pencil mod to increase voltage and then speed up the miner. Video link on how to pencil mod: http://youtu.be/jm0U3p_C9og I think --bxm-bits=54 is the best as well. So the Miner automatically adjusts down if it gets too hot? And also back up when it cools? At time i use "53" but 2 miners are slower then the other. greets Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Jay_Pal on July 07, 2014, 01:52:11 PM I've got a worst problem:
2 of my 3 BFx2 are aside until I solve my problems with my hubs. The one I'm plugging them, somehow doesen't deliver it's 3,5A to the ports. When I plug one other, the further from the usb cable doesn't light the vcore led. If I unplug the one with vcore's led lit, the other one light's the led and start's mining. On other hub I get "unrecognized device", although Antminers, BE's and pen drives work on it. (although somehow i can't have more than 4 antminers for now, even with 10A... something weird over here...) Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on July 08, 2014, 03:30:21 AM I've got a worst problem: 2 of my 3 BFx2 are aside until I solve my problems with my hubs. The one I'm plugging them, somehow doesen't deliver it's 3,5A to the ports. When I plug one other, the further from the usb cable doesn't light the vcore led. If I unplug the one with vcore's led lit, the other one light's the led and start's mining. On other hub I get "unrecognized device", although Antminers, BE's and pen drives work on it. (although somehow i can't have more than 4 antminers for now, even with 10A... something weird over here...) Are you sure it is really 10Amp? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Jay_Pal on July 08, 2014, 07:32:39 AM I've got a worst problem: 2 of my 3 BFx2 are aside until I solve my problems with my hubs. The one I'm plugging them, somehow doesen't deliver it's 3,5A to the ports. When I plug one other, the further from the usb cable doesn't light the vcore led. If I unplug the one with vcore's led lit, the other one light's the led and start's mining. On other hub I get "unrecognized device", although Antminers, BE's and pen drives work on it. (although somehow i can't have more than 4 antminers for now, even with 10A... something weird over here...) Are you sure it is really 10Amp? You''re right. It's 30A. It's a 350w ATX PSU. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on July 09, 2014, 04:07:55 PM I've got a worst problem: 2 of my 3 BFx2 are aside until I solve my problems with my hubs. The one I'm plugging them, somehow doesen't deliver it's 3,5A to the ports. When I plug one other, the further from the usb cable doesn't light the vcore led. If I unplug the one with vcore's led lit, the other one light's the led and start's mining. On other hub I get "unrecognized device", although Antminers, BE's and pen drives work on it. (although somehow i can't have more than 4 antminers for now, even with 10A... something weird over here...) Are you sure it is really 10Amp? You''re right. It's 30A. It's a 350w ATX PSU. 30A on the 5V rail ? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Zeta0S on July 23, 2014, 12:06:47 AM I've got a worst problem: 2 of my 3 BFx2 are aside until I solve my problems with my hubs. The one I'm plugging them, somehow doesen't deliver it's 3,5A to the ports. When I plug one other, the further from the usb cable doesn't light the vcore led. If I unplug the one with vcore's led lit, the other one light's the led and start's mining. On other hub I get "unrecognized device", although Antminers, BE's and pen drives work on it. (although somehow i can't have more than 4 antminers for now, even with 10A... something weird over here...) Are you sure it is really 10Amp? You''re right. It's 30A. It's a 350w ATX PSU. 30A on the 5V rail ? http://youtu.be/nEmFMT0e1Y0 Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on August 10, 2014, 08:33:11 AM @goodney
Do you have new Stickminers in planning? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on August 16, 2014, 06:09:28 AM @goodney None of the current chips seem to be worth producing a StickMiner. They all use too much power for a useful hash rate. The closest I got was this BE200 based prototype @8GH/s. But it got way too hot, even with a huge heat sink.Do you have new Stickminers in planning? If anyone knows of a chip coming soon that might be good for a stick miner, let me know! -a[g https://i.imgur.com/PFMYv0ul.jpg Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on August 16, 2014, 01:15:46 PM OK THX for your answer ;)
BITMAIN doesn't sell your chips BM1382 only? greets Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on August 16, 2014, 07:42:48 PM OK THX for your answer ;) As far as I know the BM1382 isn't available to 3rd party developers. It would also have to be underclocked/undervoltage to work on a stick. Probably 12 GH/s.BITMAIN doesn't sell your chips BM1382 only? greets If BM1382's are available for 3rd party development, I'd be interested to know that. Even if they are, the real problem is the rest of the BOM cost... -a[g Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on August 17, 2014, 08:27:23 PM Ok,
thanks for your answer. Greets Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on December 10, 2014, 10:33:07 AM @goodney None of the current chips seem to be worth producing a StickMiner. They all use too much power for a useful hash rate. The closest I got was this BE200 based prototype @8GH/s. But it got way too hot, even with a huge heat sink.Do you have new Stickminers in planning? If anyone knows of a chip coming soon that might be good for a stick miner, let me know! -a[g https://i.imgur.com/PFMYv0ul.jpg A new generation of chips where released ;) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=888260.0 Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: B1 on December 10, 2014, 11:17:52 AM @goodney None of the current chips seem to be worth producing a StickMiner. They all use too much power for a useful hash rate. The closest I got was this BE200 based prototype @8GH/s. But it got way too hot, even with a huge heat sink.Do you have new Stickminers in planning? If anyone knows of a chip coming soon that might be good for a stick miner, let me know! -a[g https://i.imgur.com/PFMYv0ul.jpg A new generation of chips where released ;) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=888260.0 Only good on power consumption(if proved :D) Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Taugeran on December 10, 2014, 12:13:17 PM They showed data in the OP photos ~0.5V@1.85A but unknown ghash rate. Also he stated that it will me marginally more efficient in a "string" mode where the power chain starts at say 12V into "first" chip and ground for first chip is fed into Vcore of second, repeat until a chips GND output is ~0V
This how the bitfury strings worked and I'm assuming that they'll work similarly here(based off of pinout) Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: goodney on February 21, 2015, 05:56:27 AM @goodney None of the current chips seem to be worth producing a StickMiner. They all use too much power for a useful hash rate. The closest I got was this BE200 based prototype @8GH/s. But it got way too hot, even with a huge heat sink.Do you have new Stickminers in planning? If anyone knows of a chip coming soon that might be good for a stick miner, let me know! -a[g A new generation of chips where released ;) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=888260.0 Get me samples and I'll knock out a StickMiner. Assuming the protocol is similar to the BE200 it wouldn't even take that long ;-) -a[g Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: TheRealSteve on February 21, 2015, 01:47:29 PM Get me samples and I'll knock out a StickMiner. Assuming the protocol is similar to the BE200 it wouldn't even take that long ;-) Question is whether it would actually work as one - your BE200-based one was nipped in the bud by the fact that the chip just runs way too hot in a typical StickMiner configuration. I do hope the BE300 and others will prove to be more fit for the purpose.. my post is getting stale ;)Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Bicknellski on February 22, 2015, 10:42:24 AM Interesting to see if some of the newer sptech or bitmaintech chips could be converted to Stick miners just so that people looking to learn about bitcoin mining have a cheap way to get involved. Asicminer newer chips possible as well. Can you get them in quantity to make a small run viable for the builder?
Mind you Bitfury is not going to give up their chips or miners to people playing around anymore those days are done given their in house development and move to a B2B model. They don't need the community anymore I guess. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: leowonderful on March 01, 2015, 03:10:12 PM How hot is the BE200 miner with a fan?
If it could cool down with a fan, it might be a possibility.. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Buchi-88 on March 11, 2015, 07:32:38 AM Are there any news about a new Miner?
Or has anyone BFx2 Bitfurys to sell? regards Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: chris133 on November 11, 2017, 10:49:01 AM bitfury detect (38:2) failed to initialise incorrect device????
using macbook any help??? Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: klintay on November 11, 2017, 07:44:18 PM bitfury detect (38:2) failed to initialise incorrect device???? using macbook any help??? that usually happens if: 1. driver is not installed 2. not enough power per port What hub are you using? @goodney None of the current chips seem to be worth producing a StickMiner. They all use too much power for a useful hash rate. The closest I got was this BE200 based prototype @8GH/s. But it got way too hot, even with a huge heat sink.Do you have new Stickminers in planning? If anyone knows of a chip coming soon that might be good for a stick miner, let me know! -a[g https://i.imgur.com/PFMYv0ul.jpg These bad boys are good: https://www.eyeboot.com/gekkoscience-2pac-bitcoin-miner.html They are using the 2 x BM1384 chip for a solid 15+GH Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: xingqiaoyin on November 12, 2017, 05:03:46 PM @goodney None of the current chips seem to be worth producing a StickMiner. They all use too much power for a useful hash rate. The closest I got was this BE200 based prototype @8GH/s. But it got way too hot, even with a huge heat sink.Do you have new Stickminers in planning? If anyone knows of a chip coming soon that might be good for a stick miner, let me know! -a[g A new generation of chips where released ;) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=888260.0 Get me samples and I'll knock out a StickMiner. Assuming the protocol is similar to the BE200 it wouldn't even take that long ;-) -a[g hi goodney mind telling us how many of the bfx2 stick miner you made ? hundreds ? thousands ? not mean to mind in your business simply curious for the history of bitcoin mining. Title: Re: [SUPPORT THREAD] BFx2 Bitfury USB stick miner Post by: Zeta0S on November 16, 2017, 11:26:34 PM bitfury detect (38:2) failed to initialise incorrect device???? using macbook any help??? that usually happens if: 1. driver is not installed 2. not enough power per port What hub are you using? @goodney None of the current chips seem to be worth producing a StickMiner. They all use too much power for a useful hash rate. The closest I got was this BE200 based prototype @8GH/s. But it got way too hot, even with a huge heat sink.Do you have new Stickminers in planning? If anyone knows of a chip coming soon that might be good for a stick miner, let me know! -a[g https://i.imgur.com/PFMYv0ul.jpg These bad boys are good: https://www.eyeboot.com/gekkoscience-2pac-bitcoin-miner.html They are using the 2 x BM1384 chip for a solid 15+GH This one looks good as well https://www.eyeboot.com/futurebit-moonlander2-litecoin-miner.html |
