I haven't had too much problem with the SD cards. Each time I get a new rig, I first configure it, then I "save" the SD card to my NAS, so I can restore if needed.
It may have just been a bad batch of cards--it's a nominal expense and good troubleshooting practice. |
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I started that way to, but found it was making my miner flop all over the place. Added the 5-min average to make sure the profit was stable before I swapped. May miss a few spikes in price, but I feel it's better in the long run to prevnt all the restarts and lost mining during the restarts. the manager also restarts the miner, tbh i was more concerned with the microsd lifespan when querying the stats all the time, but i figured it will survive just fine I've lost two of the "stock" SD cards in two separate miners. I would suggest investing in a class 10 card from sandisk or the like. I picked them up on amazon for something like 6 bucks per unit. Haven't had a problem with them since. |
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If you are interestd in this, I setup a Raspberry pi 3 with a postgresql database to capture he nicehash current payout and history.
I then run a select for the payrate for current and 5-min rolling average. When they match, I switch my nicehash pool directly on the baikal itself.
You can login to the baikal and create a job/script to do the same easily enough.
Ive noticed that for the past week mine have not been switching, but staying on X11 all the time.
This means that the current and rolling averages are staying on X11 for the past week.
What language did you create this in? I have a similar rig management engine built in py. I suppose it falls under "trade secrets" but I don't have too many people I can talk shop with. Any easier way to accomplish the posted question would be to follow the guide that nicehash themselves posted. edit: fumbled the URL code. I followed the nicehash set up, but i get 100% rejects when it switches to Qbit or Quark on the nicehash servers. That happened when I was using that feature as well, I didn't dig in as I was building a replacement. Someone might contact Baikal and have them look at that. |
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If you are interestd in this, I setup a Raspberry pi 3 with a postgresql database to capture he nicehash current payout and history.
I then run a select for the payrate for current and 5-min rolling average. When they match, I switch my nicehash pool directly on the baikal itself.
You can login to the baikal and create a job/script to do the same easily enough.
Ive noticed that for the past week mine have not been switching, but staying on X11 all the time.
This means that the current and rolling averages are staying on X11 for the past week.
What language did you create this in? I have a similar rig management engine built in py. I suppose it falls under "trade secrets" but I don't have too many people I can talk shop with. Any easier way to accomplish the posted question would be to follow the guide that nicehash themselves posted. edit: fumbled the URL code. |
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its been 8days now ihve mined BTC At 300THS speed and the unconfirm share showing in the dashboard.....but nobtc balance showing till now what to do?
The Bitcoin "pool" is only being used to transfer BTC from the value of the altcoins being traded by MPH on the exchanges. You should not be using it to mine, it's the equivalent of you solo mining--300TH sounds like a lot, but soloing will likely get you nothing at all. Go point your hash at an existing pool. Slush's pool is currently running 149PH, and that hash only makes it the seventh largest pool.
TLDR; point your hash to an existing, larger pool or you won't likely make anything from your time and effort. |
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@miningpoolhub
Has the site been having problems on the Baikal ports? My Baikal has been shutting down randomly and has to be reset, OR it goes to a fail-over pool. It never did this before the recent server move.
I've been running a number of baikals here, no problems that I've noticed. I'll keep a closer eye on it for a bit and let you know if I see anything. This is what mine is doing. In fact it was down when I just checked it and got it going again. https://s29.postimg.org/lbgmaqznb/Baikal.jpgNo problems here... But I am only mining dash atm.. Could you set one of your Baikal's to mine the ASIC Baikal to see if you have problems? I've been watching mine(since I'm bored) and the problem seems to happen SOMETIMES on a coin change. It doesn't do it every time, but when mine goes down it is during a coin change. I only use auto-switch. Let me go look at it, I've not checked since I posted. It looks like it correctly auto-switched about 45 minutes ago. I might power your unit down, unplug the adapter so the caps drain (like, for a minute or two) then fire it back up. If you're comfortable SSHing into the device (the login is the same as the web interface) you could do a "sudo shutdown" before you pull the plug to let it shutdown gracefully. Let me know if that helps. i had the same problem some time back for me my baikal miners were running the first multi-algo image (v2.1 orange pi image) and an upgrade to the v2.2 image fixed it (v2.2 is the image with nicehash, mph and zpool multi-algo switching officially supported) might be worth a try if you are running v2.1 This is likely what you should do. I didn't even consider the firmware--I always replace the stock miniSD card with a cheap Sandisk and drop the latest image on it. I've had two of the provided card go south on me, so I don't even hassle with it anymore. |
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could you guys let me no where you bought your baikal miners from I was looking but heard of a few sites that are a scam Thanks
i bought mine straight from baikalminer.com, contact has been done via skype I've ordered all mine from from baikalminer via email. They arrive within three days to continental US. Just got new machines in today. |
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@miningpoolhub
Has the site been having problems on the Baikal ports? My Baikal has been shutting down randomly and has to be reset, OR it goes to a fail-over pool. It never did this before the recent server move.
I've been running a number of baikals here, no problems that I've noticed. I'll keep a closer eye on it for a bit and let you know if I see anything. This is what mine is doing. In fact it was down when I just checked it and got it going again. https://s29.postimg.org/lbgmaqznb/Baikal.jpgNo problems here... But I am only mining dash atm.. Could you set one of your Baikal's to mine the ASIC Baikal to see if you have problems? I've been watching mine(since I'm bored) and the problem seems to happen SOMETIMES on a coin change. It doesn't do it every time, but when mine goes down it is during a coin change. I only use auto-switch. Let me go look at it, I've not checked since I posted. It looks like it correctly auto-switched about 45 minutes ago. I might power your unit down, unplug the adapter so the caps drain (like, for a minute or two) then fire it back up. If you're comfortable SSHing into the device (the login is the same as the web interface) you could do a "sudo shutdown" before you pull the plug to let it shutdown gracefully. Let me know if that helps. |
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@miningpoolhub
Has the site been having problems on the Baikal ports? My Baikal has been shutting down randomly and has to be reset, OR it goes to a fail-over pool. It never did this before the recent server move.
I've been running a number of baikals here, no problems that I've noticed. I'll keep a closer eye on it for a bit and let you know if I see anything. This is what mine is doing. In fact it was down when I just checked it and got it going again. https://s29.postimg.org/lbgmaqznb/Baikal.jpgNo problems here... But I am only mining dash atm.. Could you set one of your Baikal's to mine the ASIC Baikal to see if you have problems? I've been watching mine(since I'm bored) and the problem seems to happen SOMETIMES on a coin change. It doesn't do it every time, but when mine goes down it is during a coin change. I only use auto-switch. Let me go look at it, I've not checked since I posted. |
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@miningpoolhub
Has the site been having problems on the Baikal ports? My Baikal has been shutting down randomly and has to be reset, OR it goes to a fail-over pool. It never did this before the recent server move.
I've been running a number of baikals here, no problems that I've noticed. I'll keep a closer eye on it for a bit and let you know if I see anything. |
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Yes, LTC now at 3.63 and falling I won't be buying any more A4's at this price. The price needs to come down. Diff increase and lower LTC price is just too much for me to justify this price point and it does not appear to be improving any time soon.
Kinda what I said a few days ago -- However, this is a double edge sword. Part of me is now worried that if LTC doesn't recover and people stop buying the A4 that Inno might be in danger of not having the funding needed to provide us the support and things we need to fix our B1/B2 miners. Inno makes many more products aside from our miners. They should be willing to support these devices even if sales go south. Whether or not they will remains to be seen. |
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I pulled the trigger and wired them some money on Friday for a unit. very excited to get it and get it hashing.
If this one proves to be working well, I may start a group buy to see if we can get 10 or so ordered for a reduced price and shipping.
I would be up for 2 units on a group buy. I would also be interested in two units, assuming I can pay in BTC. |
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hi everyone, i want to share my experience with the miner software version, the V2.0.2 did great job. 5 X a4 running for now 6 day without any trouble, no pool disconnect and very stable thanks you to inno for the support and the very good service, i recommand it to everyone, look like all problem is solve with this new version  Are you using a switching pool, or mining a single coin? Cheers. |
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So on the A4 Batch 3 (v2.01 firmware)....
Back to solo LTC pool.... the A4s B3/v2.01 are running well there.
Stressed out by these miners struggling to survive in a multi coin pool.
Anyone can recommend a reliable LTC pool?
So why did I pay 1800$ for a single coin miner again???
I wonder if building a stratum server to act as a proxy would help. I presume the issue with the coin switch is the changing difficulty? Could a proxy force a consistent difficulty? I've never fooled with one before--perhaps someone with that experience could pitch in. I don't think so, the problem ist not the change of difficulty but rather the work restart the unit gets when the coin (and blocktemplate) changes on a profit switching pool. May I ask what you guys use as fixed diff when mining with the A4 on profit switching pools? Makes sense, thank you for clarifying. Has anyone correlated the drop in boards or hashrate to the timing of the pool switching coins? If it's working well on a straight LTC pool that a solid assumption, but have we actually compared when it happens? Also, can you point the A4 to another, non-switching scrypt pool mining something other than LTC? I know most of the pools have single coin ports. If these guys won't auto switch, they may never ROI. |
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So on the A4 Batch 3 (v2.01 firmware)....
Back to solo LTC pool.... the A4s B3/v2.01 are running well there.
Stressed out by these miners struggling to survive in a multi coin pool.
Anyone can recommend a reliable LTC pool?
So why did I pay 1800$ for a single coin miner again???
Definitely having second thoughts about buying one, especially since they just quoted shipping price of $256 for a single unit! That comes to $2056 for one of these! Is that the BTC price, or the wire price? Wire price, they want me to wire $2056 USD for one unit Thanks. They wanted 100 extra for BTC, per unit. |
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So on the A4 Batch 3 (v2.01 firmware)....
Back to solo LTC pool.... the A4s B3/v2.01 are running well there.
Stressed out by these miners struggling to survive in a multi coin pool.
Anyone can recommend a reliable LTC pool?
So why did I pay 1800$ for a single coin miner again???
I wonder if building a stratum server to act as a proxy would help. I presume the issue with the coin switch is the changing difficulty? Could a proxy force a consistent difficulty? I've never fooled with one before--perhaps someone with that experience could pitch in. |
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So on the A4 Batch 3 (v2.01 firmware)....
Back to solo LTC pool.... the A4s B3/v2.01 are running well there.
Stressed out by these miners struggling to survive in a multi coin pool.
Anyone can recommend a reliable LTC pool?
So why did I pay 1800$ for a single coin miner again???
Definitely having second thoughts about buying one, especially since they just quoted shipping price of $256 for a single unit! That comes to $2056 for one of these! Is that the BTC price, or the wire price? |
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I am just curious what peoples experience has been buying these off of Alibaba? I see them listed there, but it is the wild west, or the wild east as the case may be when buying on Alibaba. Thoughts?
From what I've heard, the website is legit and has controls and refund mechanisms like Amazon that work well for buyer protection. That being said, I have never bought anything there and wouldn't risk 1k. Please keep us in touch if it works out for you mate ! I've purchased a fair amount of things from Ali, it's just a clearinghouse for vendors. Some vendors are legit, some may be less so. I would make sure you work with a vendor that has the highest number of transactions as well as a high rating. I've never had a problem, if you have questions you should use the contact mechanism to make sure you're getting what you think you're getting. |
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I received a reply back for pricing from Innosilicon for pricing from single units up to group buy pricing, but I am wondering if it is worth it at this point. I believe, if the machine works as intended at the advertised speed and whatnot that they will make money, the question is, will it be stable?
Are people finding that these are remaining stable with the most recent version of miner and firmware? I don't want something I will have to check on every couple of hours.
The jury is still out on that, I'm afraid. I'm ready to pull the trigger if/when we see some stability, but it hasn't happened yet. |
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