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where is the p5 jumper trying to find this on the wiki right now....
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Back to the Linux machine option, did you try running cgminer instead of bfgminer? Also, from the wiki: About P5 jumper: close this jumper will supply 5V to the USB-B port. in this system, the controller board power the HUB and the HUB power the 703N. but if you connect the controller itself to a PC, you must remove the jumper. Emphasis mine. When you connected the controller (not the hub) directly to your PC, did you remove jumper P5? If cgminer barfs, remember to run it in debug mode to get more details: If your avalon does not mine properly, please run Cgminer in debug mode with -D --verbose option. For example: I will try this - thank you! btw I just upped the bounty to $500 USD. |
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well I have determined the FPGA controllers were broken as well during shipping on both these machines.
*sigh*
so I am withdrawing the bounty but I will give the two gentleman and luke-jr who also helped me determine this 1 bitcoin each sometime tomorrow when my funds come into Gox.
Man they really need to do a better job of shipping these, If I had a working chasis with working fpga controllers and routers, I could build 2 whole 4 module machines, this... really... sucks...
thanks anyways guys please send me your BTC address and Ill make sure you each get a satoshi in the morn
it really sucks to have 2 machines come completely smashed and broken, capacitors broken off, all the modules rippped from the back plane, the aluminum is just too soft. They should really put some sort of foam bricks between the modules prior to sealing up the machines that way they dont get stripped and ripped off the back plate in this case completely smashing and ruining the tplink routers as well as the fpga controllers of two machines. I repeat... this sucks. :/
peace -JJ
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So basically...
Count on getting 3 out of 5 units that are not destroyed by the time it comes to the US, thats what I am averaging right now.
There must be a way to run it directly from a linux machine I will await until someone comes up with it.
-JJ
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well i gave up on trying to run it on a straight linux machine, I purchased a few of these http://www.cutedigi.com/wireless/wifi/tl-wr703n-clone-with-openwrt-usb-camera-support-ttl-uart.htmlthey are clones of the TPLINK I was able to load the latest firmware and set everything up - but somethings still wrong, I can log into the avalon web gui, set everything up properly but the damn things just dont mine. connection refused in the cgminer api log, I get the blue light with the green led in the middle, damn it feels like im so close.... I repeat - ALUMINUM WAS THE ABSOLUTE WORST METAL TO USE TO SECURE THESE MODULES TO THE BACKPLANE TO BE SHIPPED ALL OVER THE WORLD its basically the softest metal in existence. We will certainly see a lot more of these problems.... as more avalons come into the wild. No one interested in collecting the $200 bounty?  -JJ |
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yes im using ubuntu and im running it as root which should give it access to dialout group
where im confused is how to update the firmware - isnt the firmware loaded on the tplink?
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ok ok So I have received 2/3 of my total avalon order. the last batch of 5 units, two of them were basically mutilated. all the modules were broken off the backplane, the screw holes stripped, the wifi wire disconnected and the TPLINK completetly dead. Of course this sucks in many many ways especially since I am still owed a number of units At any rate I can set the units on their sides and use them if I have good TPLINKS and I would like everyone's advise for using this as a replacement: http://www.cutedigi.com/robotics/tl-wr703n-clone-with-openwrt-usb-camera-support-ttl-uart.htmlI also ordered some regular TPLINK routers so I can rip the boards out and try to load openwrt onto them if I need to: http://dx.com/p/tp-link-tl-wr703n-mini-3g-2-4ghz-802-11b-g-n-150mbps-wireless-router-blue-158552it sucks to have 120gh/s sitting around doing nothing, but im doing the best I can, oh yeah and one of the modules was smashed so bad during shipping that two of the capacitors snapped off, so my plan is if I can get these tplink boards to work is to make a 4 module miner and a 1 module miner. also noticed they are putting 750watt 80 plus gold PSU's in the units some japanese off brand instead of the 650watts antec as before I will update my progress to this thread if I have any luck and any and all advice is appreciated. Aluminum is basically the softness metal they could of conceivably used for the module heat sinks and thats why they are snapping off and stripping the screw holes during shipping - you could of saved a lot of trouble and made a much better product by using copper. Just curious anyone experienced the same problems? Or have some advice? -JJ Dude, If a were you, amusing that All is good except tplink-routers i would setup a linux pc immediately and plug all that is working in there without hesitation. The key point your Controller to be fine not smashed (even if it is smashed) i see you have a lot of units and you can find healthy ones and use all four ASIC boards on a single controller with appropriate PSU i will pay $200 bounty to the first person that gives me detailed instructions that work. I plugged the avalon into a linux box - configured it to --enable-avalon and then compiled and installed bfgminer bfgminer does not detect the avalon "all devices disabled" Please help! you will get $200 from me and do a great service to the community!  thank you -JJ |
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ok ok So I have received 2/3 of my total avalon order. the last batch of 5 units, two of them were basically mutilated. all the modules were broken off the backplane, the screw holes stripped, the wifi wire disconnected and the TPLINK completetly dead. Of course this sucks in many many ways especially since I am still owed a number of units At any rate I can set the units on their sides and use them if I have good TPLINKS and I would like everyone's advise for using this as a replacement: http://www.cutedigi.com/robotics/tl-wr703n-clone-with-openwrt-usb-camera-support-ttl-uart.htmlI also ordered some regular TPLINK routers so I can rip the boards out and try to load openwrt onto them if I need to: http://dx.com/p/tp-link-tl-wr703n-mini-3g-2-4ghz-802-11b-g-n-150mbps-wireless-router-blue-158552it sucks to have 120gh/s sitting around doing nothing, but im doing the best I can, oh yeah and one of the modules was smashed so bad during shipping that two of the capacitors snapped off, so my plan is if I can get these tplink boards to work is to make a 4 module miner and a 1 module miner. also noticed they are putting 750watt 80 plus gold PSU's in the units some japanese off brand instead of the 650watts antec as before I will update my progress to this thread if I have any luck and any and all advice is appreciated. Aluminum is basically the softness metal they could of conceivably used for the module heat sinks and thats why they are snapping off and stripping the screw holes during shipping - you could of saved a lot of trouble and made a much better product by using copper. Just curious anyone experienced the same problems? Or have some advice? -JJ |
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I received another 5 units today. Which puts me at exactly 1/2 of my total order. Avalon is not a scam or any such thing, I just think Chinese customs is very slow and it takes time to get all of the boxes out of the country. Avalon we love you |
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received some more packages today from my good friends at Avalon. I am officially at the half way mark. Many thanks to my Chinese Friends. can't wait to get the second half of my order! |
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weird stuff
my miners appear to be mining but it shows nothing on the dashboard , anyone else experiencing this?
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early batch 1 #393 only received 1/3 of large order weeks ago - have submitted multiple tickets, emails, pm's no responses at all It was claimed the entirety of batch 1 was shipped, has this been confirmed? is there a way we can get in touch with the forwarding company that was used. Anyone have their contact info or #? ?? I am trying to be very patient and I know you guys are busy and understaffed but I put a huge amount of money down on this and I really would like the rest of my units. please Yifu can you please get ahold of me, or if someone has info on how I can contact the forwarding company I really need to get this resolved. thank you for your time -JJ |
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@Bitsyncom / Yifu can you please confirm that all Batch1 orders have been shipped? and if so what is the hold up are they all sitting in customs? Please give us Batch 1 customers some news! order # 393 received 1/3 of order still waiting on the rest I will certainly shut up if I can get some sort of news on my order  thank you -JJ |
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@Bitsyncom / Yifu can you please confirm that all Batch1 orders have been shipped? and if so what is the hold up are they all sitting in customs? Please give us Batch 1 customers some news! order # 393 received 1/3 of order still waiting on the rest I will certainly shut up if I can get some sort of news on my order thank you -JJ |
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Batch 1 Order # 200000393 Still missing 2/3 of my order no tracking numbers and no communication from Yifu or Bitsyncom I would even be willing to take all of my units with no PSU's if it will move things along C'mon guys we have a lot of people who invested a lot of money to fund this project (Batch #1) We should be rewarded for taking the initial plunge by getting all of our units. Batch 2 and Batch 3 already sold out or is about to sell out Batch 1 customers like me we need our tracking numbers we need some kind of feedback from these guys as to where are units are and how long we will wait for them. I know you guys are understaffed and overworked but communication is key right now. im trying to be very understanding and patient but we want our avalons! thanks for your time -JJ |
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@Bitsyncom
Can you please check on my batch#1 order # 200000393
I have already received 1/3 of the order (so I know there is no problem with the address) but since I am a Batch 1 early order I would really like to know if you know anything about the other 2/3 of my order. Tracking numbers for at least another 1/3 of that order would make me very happy. I know you guys are understaffed and very busy but since you are already selling Batch #3, I would really like to know the status of the remainder of my Batch #1 order.
thanks for your time.
-JJ
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LOL Nice april fools joke luke! Those are BFL singles with the cases off. You think Luke couldn't change cgminer or bfgminer to display the incorrect speed? c'mon I can't believe how many people fell for this one. hahahaha seriously that was a really good one. -JJ |
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I have tested this both ways and measured temps and proved that an external PSU that is fully modular provides much better ventilation and cooling. This is because with a fully modular PSU you only use the cables you need.
Reasons:
1) NO need for a big rats nest of molex and sata cables, which not only prevent airflow they also could potentially damage the incredibly fragile connector board and the usb controller / fpga board
2) Also Having the PSU outside of the case eliminates any sort of interference with the USB controller which I have heard reported from several credible sources.
It also does not hurt to have a PSU rated 80 plus platinum in efficiency, which has an hybrid fan mode - you will thank it when you receive your electrical bill.
-jj
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As to the people that post in every thread asking "where is my unit?" and talk about all the e-mails and pms sent. It is hard to know if the reason they are not getting their units is because of all the complaining, or if all the complaining is caused by not getting their units.
All batch #1 units have been shipped according to other posts from avalon team.
If we don't trust them, we won't throw the pre-order money to them . I believe they are tring hard to solve every problem. Avalon is no scam, they are legit as they come I think they are just a bit understaffed and its not an easy task to send this huge amount of heavy hardware from china to all over the world. I personally ordered a decent amount of units and have received 1/3 of them. and they are amazing. I cant wait to receive the remaining units! |
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I am missing some screws I only re-installed four on the side I removed but temps are very good - I am running them in a very well ventilated room with cold air coming in from the outside. This may become an issue when summer comes and will need air conditioning.
Using a PSU that is fully modular and keeping it on the outside really helps drop the temps a great deal. Stuffing all those un-needed molex and sata cables like it comes stock on those antec PSU's just clogs the thing up and makes it run hotter than it needs to.
When stuffing four modules into that case - your going to want a fully modular PSU at least 1000watts - at least bronze but preferably gold or platinum rated, theres just no need to have all those un-used cables clogging up your air ways.
Also with four modules cool air ventilation is a must.
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