Couldn't find info in that thread but I did find something that may work elsewhere. I'll try to rip my v2 firmware tonight and upload it for the masses. I tried but I couldn't get the controller into failsafe mode. I tried every which way for both versions of the tplink. not sure if it's possible to remove failsafe mode from the firmware or not. |
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Couldn't find info in that thread but I did find something that may work elsewhere. I'll try to rip my v2 firmware tonight and upload it for the masses. |
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Just got my la3m setup, I have the controller with the v2 firmware. Will post results.
Patiently waiting for some news or a .bin.  +1 Again, why isnt jack communicating to the community? - Its beyond me How did you get the new firmware for your LA3M? i will give u new controller with new firmware How about the rest of us who already contributed to your companys bank account?? payment did by bank transfer has been shipped out. only few btc payment is not shipped. That doesnt answer my question. Let me rephrase: How about the guys who already have bought your hardware. When will we get the updated firmware file for the controller? If someone can tell me how/if it's possible, I'll rip the firmware off my v2 and upload it. Unless it's a bad translation, it sounds like jack wants to send (or sell) you a new controller with the v2 firmware on it. |
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So I'm not sure how it was on the v1 firmware, maybe someone can confirm, but the v2 firmware controller is programmed to restart every hour. In the log it says "Hourly Refresh" and then everything goes back to zero. I have the "reset Dead Miner" option set to "Never". I hope the solution to the stability problems wasn't just to have the controller auto reset every hour...  |
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So far with the v2 firmware I am experiencing reboots even though I set it to never reboot on dead miners. I only have 7 miners running at 750. I am wondering if it's the usb hub that was supplied, some of the ports don't make the miners light up green when plugged into the usb, while other ports do. I am going to try a different hub and I'll report back.
Maybe better HUB & good USB cables might help? I'm using the USB hub that was supplied with my miners and running minerd on RasPi works rock solid! 3 days now and no problems...~3400-3500kh, 100watts, and no worries.  Why don't you post your sdcard Image from your Pi, that would be great! yea, post your sdcard image Yea! Or at least tell us a little detail. I've got my RasPi coming in the mail! |
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So far with the v2 firmware I am experiencing reboots even though I set it to never reboot on dead miners. I only have 7 miners running at 750. I am wondering if it's the usb hub that was supplied, some of the ports don't make the miners light up green when plugged into the usb, while other ports do. I am going to try a different hub and I'll report back.
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Just got my la3m setup, I have the controller with the v2 firmware. Will post results.
Pls confirm if V2 firmware allows changing the frequency for each worker individually? Negative, no individual adjustment. However there is new "Reset Dead Miner" option that you can set the time limit to restart if it hasn't submitted any shares. Or you can set it to "Never". Hashing so far with 7 miners @ 800 frequency for an hour with no restarts. 3 of my dc power leads were faulty, one just didn't work and the other 2 had detectable resistance between the positive and ground so I didn't use them, the others didn't see any resistance, so I deemed them working. Not sure why some cables had resistance between the + and - they still worked but I didn't trust. Could be another reason why someone has one or two lazy miners? |
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Just got my la3m setup, I have the controller with the v2 firmware. Will post results.
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Are you sure 3 leads isnt too many? I thought 8 pin PCIe was 150 watts max. 3 X 60 is 180. Seems like 2 per pcie lead, is optimal if you want to run dual mode.
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He told me on skype that firmware is monday fingers crossed Agreed...besides stability...I'd love to see some kind of fan control...seems like a lot of wasted power just for fans which aren't really needed if only LTC mining. You can't just remove the fan and run it that way? |
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I'll be the first to say that I am a linux noob, the one step that held me up was installing the libraries. These might not be entirely right but its from memory, and remember I am very new to linux but I'll try to help. I am using Raspbian. To install cpuminer: Terminal root: sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev autoconf automake
git clone https://github.com/gridseed/usb-miner
cd /home/pi/usb-miner/software/cpuminer
sh ./autogen.sh
sh ./configure
make && make install [wait till done installing, then plug in you usb miners] dmesg [find and copy down the names of your USB miners, they should look like (ttyUSB0) and so on. sudo nano /home/pi/usb-miner/software/cpuminer[this is a text editor] minerd --freq=850 -G /dev/ttyUSB[Number for usb device] [if more then one miner write -G before each] --url= [poolurl:port] --userpass=[user].[worker]:[password] [CTRL+X] [Y] [name the file [whatevername .sh] Now run the file that you just saved. sh ./[name of file .sh]
Should be off to the races unless I missed some step above, I am a noob but with the help from others I figured it out, this if for CPUminer which you can run scrypt pools. Need cgminer installed to run SHA-256 coins, which is also in the software folder you downloaded. If when trying to compile you get an error like missing lib something, type ldconfig while in the directory. EDIT: There is also a installation how to in the https://github.com/gridseed/usb-miner/tree/master/software/doc , folder. Thanks! So you are running all 10 miners off one instance of cpuminer on the pi? what is the syntax for multiple miners, you mention putting -G before each. minerd --freq=850 -G /dev/ttyUSB0 -G /dev/ttyUSB1 -G /dev/ttyUSB2 --url= [poolurl:port] --userpass=[user].[worker]:[password] like that? |
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Great post! I appreciate the effort. I will definitely be running mine off a modular psu, not the crap power supplies they send you. |
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My review so far is that I am not happy with my order. I have a LA6M and received one working controller and one broken controller. The broken controller wont even show an IP. Apparently no one is doing quality control checks over there. This means I can only run 10 units while the other 10 are sitting around collecting dust  . I am requesting a replacement controller from jack. In theory, if you chain together both 10-port USB hubs to the single controller it should work...the controller's are supposed to be able to handle upto 20 miners. Now how that works in practice remains to be seen. I'd also suggest you jump over to the litecointalk forums and look for the Scripta thread...DrFranz & Chirale have a Rasberry Pi version of minerd working for these...it's not perfect but it can help you get going. I've tested this version of Scripta + minerd and it does work -- the only catch is that it doesn't turn off the BTC chip so it still draws extra power....but this approach can act as a stop-gap until Jack makes this right for you. I tried 20 on one controller and it doesnt work. It lags and they all crash after a couple of minutes. 10 works fine though. I really dont want to run the sha-256 cores because of the greatly increased energy draw. Use a windows or linux machine and just compile cpuminer, and cgminer from the github source: https://github.com/gridseed/usb-miner . They fixed the power draw issues with this cpuminer source, so if you only intend to scrypt mine this uses the correct amount of power now. Screw the hole controller all together until a future stable release. I am running this from my Pi with no problems so far. Did you follow any guide or post to get cpuminer compiled and installed on the pi? Are you using NOOBS os or something else? Thanks! |
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Man seeing all this firmware problem, I wouldn't mind contributing if someone started a bounty to get a working/stable firmware for these little guys. Sort of what the community did with the Cairnsmore CM1's boards, when enterpoints firmware wasn't good.. Maybe get a little fund going, paid to an escrow address, so no indian givers
I would throw some BTC in on that |
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Well I finally received my tracking from LA. Had to call DHL to find it.
I will be receiving an order from a different supplier as well next week, with an original wiibox controller. I will post results from testing the LA controller vs the original wiibox.
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speed does not matter as much as latency. running off wifi can add some extra latency to your connection, as well as the pool server you are connected to.
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Any update? Eagerly awaiting shipment!
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I'm interested in one to fit 30 miners. Let me know pricing!
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I will be receiving a lightning asics LA3M as well as 10 gridseed units and original wiibox controller from another supplier. I will post results from both controllers for comparison.
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