BITMAIN AntRouter R1: 1st wireless networking device with bitcoin mining chip

[coolmanme101]

Ok ill admit i might have been a bit unfair since i don't have one, and after stepping back and taking a wider look i was a bit harsh. so let me regret my rash comment and try to rephrase.  I think the mining controller isn't useful because There are a lot of miners out there.  Now i cant blame them for encouraging their own products, but it seems unwise to not include wider range of support, even if it's just the U1 and 2.  I also find advertising it locked in solo mode (from what i have seen) a bad move because for a product that is (i'm assuming) marketed towards people just starting, and many of them might not be willing to configure it.  It seems some people seem to want a device that can be plunged in and left, which doesn't exist yet.  Although, most of these issues can be fixed with research and tinkering, and pose no problem to a more experienced miner.  As for the unfinished features, i have to give them props for trying to fit as much as they can, like more companies should.  But it seems that some of these things ,like the mining controller could have been improved from a bit more work.  This miner might work for other people, but for me it wouldn't be worth it.  I enjoy tinkering with my miners, and ill keep trying to find a reason to water cool them, even if it's just for the coolness factor.  I find this worth the pocket change i lose a year.  But i have no idea what i'm talking about, i'm just some guy messing around trying to put water blocks on things that already run cold.  

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[notlist3d]

Ok ill admit i might have been a bit unfair since i don't have one, and after stepping back and taking a wider look i was a bit harsh. so let me regret my rash comment and try to rephrase.  I think the mining controller isn't useful because There are a lot of miners out there.  Now i cant blame them for encouraging their own products, but it seems unwise to not include wider range of support, even if it's just the U1 and 2.  I also find advertising it locked in solo mode (from what i have seen) a bad move because for a product that is (i'm assuming) marketed towards people just starting, and many of them might not be willing to configure it.  It seems some people seem to want a device that can be plunged in and left, which doesn't exist yet.  Although, most of these issues can be fixed with research and tinkering, and pose no problem to a more experienced miner.  As for the unfinished features, i have to give them props for trying to fit as much as they can, like more companies should.  But it seems that some of these things ,like the mining controller could have been improved from a bit more work.  This miner might work for other people, but for me it wouldn't be worth it.  I enjoy tinkering with my miners, and ill keep trying to find a reason to water cool them, even if it's just for the coolness factor.  I find this worth the pocket change i lose a year.  But i have no idea what i'm talking about, i'm just some guy messing around trying to put water blocks on things that already run cold.  

The thing is if you do pool.. not solo its so small you will never recoop cost.  Solo is meant to be fun even though getting ROI still is almost 0.  But pool mining is just a waste on these machines.

Also if you use firmare like crazyguy's it's not locked.  You can change it to anything you want.   I think this is a case of if you had one and used it... you might have a better grasp.  I don't mean that in a mean way just that it's hard to judge a product only on words.

[citronick]

Hi Guys.... my R1 seems to stuck at this every time i connected to it. Resetted it but still no cigar.... anyone knows what the following error message means?

/usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:582: bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
   [C]: in function 'pairs'
   /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:582: in function 'createtree'
   /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:230: in function 'dispatch'
   /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:195: in function </usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:194>

[aarons6]

Hi Guys.... my R1 seems to stuck at this every time i connected to it. Resetted it but still no cigar.... anyone knows what the following error message means?

/usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:582: bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
   [C]: in function 'pairs'
   /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:582: in function 'createtree'
   /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:230: in function 'dispatch'
   /usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:195: in function </usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:194>

no idea, you try to hard reset it? hold the reset down for about 5 seconds.

[RichBC]

Had an interesting but accidental experiment with my overvolted overclocked R1.



The connection to the fan Controller was loose and the fan stopped. I had noticed that cgminer had been restarting every few minutes but did not know why. So it would appear that when the chip overheats it stops hashing, chip cools down and then restarts on it's own. Good news was that it seems to have suffered no ill effects.  


Rich

[notabeliever]

My first R1 with crazyguy mod had to be reset. Now I lost his wonderful mod. You are right that setting R1 to the default solo pool is not fun. I would rather take the 6 gh and add it to the attached compac. Oh the other thing is the compac doesn't work now without crazyguy mod. How to get it back since I paid for it.

My second R1 has a broken plug that when plugged in shortsout. No word from crazyguy yet however has anyone taken their R1 apart and can you show me the plug connection. This one has a working mod still intact can I copy what to port over to the good one?

[RichBC]

My first R1 with crazyguy mod had to be reset. Now I lost his wonderful mod. You are right that setting R1 to the default solo pool is not fun. I would rather take the 6 gh and add it to the attached compac. Oh the other thing is the compac doesn't work now without crazyguy mod. How to get it back since I paid for it.

My second R1 has a broken plug that when plugged in shortsout. No word from crazyguy yet however has anyone taken their R1 apart and can you show me the plug connection. This one has a working mod still intact can I copy what to port over to the good one?

Send a PM to CG he will give you a link to the Archive file that will enable you to put the code back.

Disassembly is not that easy, here is the post where I took mine apart.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1196852.msg12735402#msg12735402


Rich

[notlist3d]

My first R1 with crazyguy mod had to be reset. Now I lost his wonderful mod. You are right that setting R1 to the default solo pool is not fun. I would rather take the 6 gh and add it to the attached compac. Oh the other thing is the compac doesn't work now without crazyguy mod. How to get it back since I paid for it.

My second R1 has a broken plug that when plugged in shortsout. No word from crazyguy yet however has anyone taken their R1 apart and can you show me the plug connection. This one has a working mod still intact can I copy what to port over to the good one?

Send a PM to CG he will give you a link to the Archive file that will enable you to put the code back.

Disassembly is not that easy, here is the post where I took mine apart.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1196852.msg12735402#msg12735402


Rich

I'm not sure on his policy on giving that file out.  But you are right he is one to contact.    In perfect world you select it during shipment and it's shipped to you with it on it.

He has always been a great guy on selling so I have a feeling he will take care of you. He really does seem to care about his customers.

[ldp]

Patch submitted to OpenWrt

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/560780/

Basic WiFi functions only at this point  .... No Hashing Yet.

Updated Bootloader available :

https://github.com/pinney/AR93xx-u-boot_mod

Compile it yourself if you want to overclock the device

Or use the binary file located at https://github.com/pinney/AR93xx-u-boot_mod/blob/master/bin/uboot_for_antminer.bin

[aarons6]

Patch submitted to OpenWrt

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/560780/

Basic WiFi functions only at this point  .... No Hashing Yet.

Updated Bootloader available :

https://github.com/pinney/AR93xx-u-boot_mod

Compile it yourself if you want to overclock the device

Or use the binary file located at https://github.com/pinney/AR93xx-u-boot_mod/blob/master/bin/uboot_for_antminer.bin

If I compile the new 15.04 openwrt can I flash the bin without any problems? I assume I would have to backup the luci folders for the ui

[ldp]

The Patch is for trunk or 'DD' DESIGNATED DRIVER Bleeding Edge

Once it is accepted in OpenWrt trunk I'll backport it to 'stable' or CC 15.05

It depends on how you do the flash....
you can do it from the bootloader or use sysupgrade -c -F


In any case...you should have a working serial console !!!

[aarons6]

the cgminer bundled with the R1 has a memory leak..

Wed Dec 23 16:45:26 2015 kern.err kernel: [239052.260000] Out of memory: Kill process 1158 (cgminer) score 693 or sacrifice child
Wed Dec 23 16:45:26 2015 kern.err kernel: [239052.260000] Killed process 1158 (cgminer) total-vm:72348kB, anon-rss:44264kB, file-rss:0kB


it will eventually cause a crash with the r1.

unfortunately without the source code for the antrouter driver it cant be updated.

[Mitak]

Send them e-mail
They might share the source of cgminer as it is by GPL

[CrazyGuy]

I've sold out of R1's, and as promised, I am releasing my customized firmware to the community. Please note that although I refer to this package as custom firmware, it is really just a patch file. If you reset your R1 to factory defaults, you will lose the customizations. In which case, you would just need to re-apply the patch.

Changelog for release 0.95:
- Opened up port 4029 for API access to cgminer-u3 instance
- Max frequency for U3 increased to 250M
- Max fequency for R1 increased to 250M (I have not personally tested freq past 125. Use at your own risk!)


Firmware Enhancements
- U3 zombie handling(Scripted auto-cgminer restarts and R1 reboot if necessary)
- Supports modifying R1 pools from UI, without losing the ability to use Bitmain's solo pool for R1.
- Detailed R1 stats page, including pool statistics
- Supports modifying R1 freq and voltage from UI
- U3 freq selection increased to 250M
- Cgminer-U3 API open for monitoring with 3rd party tools

WARNING: These customizations provide the ability to push your R1 beyond its intended limits. Because of this, it will likely void your warranty with Bitmain. Additionally, I provide this patch with no official support, and take no responsibility for any damage done to your R1 device or its surroundings. Use at your own risk! By downloading and applying this patch, the user is accepting these conditions.

Download Below
R1CGCustomFW_0.95_2015-12-28.tar.gz

Upgrade instructions
To upgrade your firmware, go to "Backup / Flash Firmware" under the "System" tab
- Click on the "Chose File" button to the right of "Restore Backup:" (NOTE: Do not mistake this with the "Chose File" button under Flash new firmware. - This is not a full binary firmware file)
- Choose "R1CGCustomFW_0.95_2015-12-28.tar.gz" from your PC and then click on the "Upload archive" button.

Your antrouter system will reboot and come back up with updated firmware!

[notlist3d]

I've sold out of R1's, and as promised, I am releasing my customized firmware to the community. Please note that although I refer to this package as custom firmware, it is really just a patch file. If you reset your R1 to factory defaults, you will lose the customizations. In which case, you would just need to re-apply the patch.

Truly a service to the community!  Thanks for making the custom firmware it truly is great.   Glad to hear you were able to sell out.

I highly suggest anyone controlling a U3 from a R1 to use this custom firmware.  It being able to reset on zombie is amazing.

[ldp]

This device has OpenWrt support in trunk @ r48058  'Designated Driver'

Code for cgminer still seems to be unavailable at this time.
 

[HerbPean]

I've sold out of R1's, and as promised, I am releasing my customized firmware to the community. Please note that although I refer to this package as custom firmware, it is really just a patch file. If you reset your R1 to factory defaults, you will lose the customizations. In which case, you would just need to re-apply the patch.

Truly a service to the community!  Thanks for making the custom firmware it truly is great.   Glad to hear you were able to sell out.

I highly suggest anyone controlling a U3 from a R1 to use this custom firmware.  It being able to reset on zombie is amazing.

Thanks !

[citronick]

Crazyguy's firmware is excellent! Thanks Crazyguy

how many U3's can the R1 support, on a 4port non-powered hub? 10-port powered hub?

[aarons6]

@bitmain

any plans to release the cgminer source for the R1?

this is happening more frequently and its getting annoying.

Code:

Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] cg@Watchdog invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x2d2, order=0, oom_score_adj=0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] CPU: 0 PID: 26265 Comm: cg@Watchdog Not tainted 3.10.12 #36
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Stack : 00000006 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 803a2a8e 0000003b
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] 	  839073e8 802d8370 80382a04 8032cf7b 00006699 000002d2 00000000 00000000
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] 	  8032d050 80078f68 80330000 80076a7c 00000000 00000000 802d9c38 82f57864
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] 	  00f57864 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] 	  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 82f577f0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] 	  ...
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Call Trace:
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<8006e27c>] show_stack+0x48/0x70
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800b8bbc>] dump_header.isra.16+0x4c/0x138
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800b8f08>] oom_kill_process+0xd4/0x3b0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800b9648>] out_of_memory+0x290/0x2ec
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800bc6c4>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x558/0x63c
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800dad2c>] __vmalloc_node_range+0x120/0x214
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800dae50>] __vmalloc_node+0x30/0x3c
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800dae88>] vmalloc+0x2c/0x38
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<80187c90>] LzmaDecode+0x124/0x4ec
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<8014a870>] jffs2_lzma_decompress+0x60/0x94
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<80138230>] jffs2_decompress+0xbc/0x134
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<8013b644>] jffs2_read_dnode+0x2a4/0x384
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<8013b848>] jffs2_read_inode_range+0x124/0x1b0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<80139c28>] jffs2_do_readpage_nolock+0x64/0xe8
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<8013a010>] jffs2_do_readpage_unlock+0x18/0x3c
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<8013a06c>] jffs2_readpage+0x38/0x5c
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800bf42c>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x1b8/0x234
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800bf7b0>] ra_submit+0x28/0x34
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800b80dc>] filemap_fault+0x198/0x3e8
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800ce1d0>] __do_fault+0xcc/0x444
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800d1128>] handle_pte_fault+0x32c/0x6dc
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<800d1588>] handle_mm_fault+0xb0/0xdc
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<80071904>] do_page_fault+0x110/0x354
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] [<80060820>] ret_from_exception+0x0/0xc
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] 
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Mem-Info:
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Normal per-cpu:
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] CPU    0: hi:   18, btch:   3 usd:  13
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] active_anon:12108 inactive_anon:27 isolated_anon:0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000]  active_file:21 inactive_file:45 isolated_file:0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000]  unevictable:0 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000]  free:245 slab_reclaimable:294 slab_unreclaimable:1247
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000]  mapped:1 shmem:142 pagetables:96 bounce:0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000]  free_cma:0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Normal free:980kB min:988kB low:1232kB high:1480kB active_anon:48432kB inactive_anon:108kB active_file:84kB inactive_file:180kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:65536kB managed:61148kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:4kB shmem:568kB slab_reclaimable:1176kB slab_unreclaimable:4988kB kernel_stack:544kB pagetables:384kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:307 all_unreclaimable? yes
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Normal: 123*4kB (E) 61*8kB (UE) 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 980kB
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] 208 total pagecache pages
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] 0 pages in swap cache
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Swap cache stats: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Free swap  = 0kB
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.140000] Total swap = 0kB
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.150000] 16384 pages RAM
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.150000] 1037 pages reserved
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.150000] 72 pages shared
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.warn kernel: [224275.150000] 14941 pages non-shared
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [ pid ]   uid  tgid total_vm      rss nr_ptes swapents oom_score_adj name
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [  652]     0   652      227       22       4        0             0 ubusd
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [  798]     0   798      369       45       6        0             0 netifd
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [  842]     0   842      379       22       4        0             0 crond
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [  853]     0   853      289       18       3        0             0 dropbear
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [  946]     0   946      294       31       5        0             0 uhttpd
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [ 1060] 65534  1060      240       23       4        0             0 dnsmasq
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [ 1093]     0  1093      376       20       4        0             0 ntpd
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [ 1161]     0  1161    19031    10991      22        0             0 cgminer
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [26221]     0 26221      242       35       4        0         -1000 udevd
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [26232]     0 26232     9937      266      13        0             0 cgminer-gekko
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [28750]     0 28750      242       37       4        0         -1000 udevd
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [28782]     0 28782      242       38       4        0         -1000 udevd
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [28951]     0 28951      705      220       5        0             0 luci
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [28952]     0 28952      612      165       5        0             0 luci
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.info kernel: [224275.150000] [28956]     0 28956      150        5       3        0             0 sh
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.err kernel: [224275.150000] Out of memory: Kill process 1161 (cgminer) score 688 or sacrifice child
Sat Jan  2 03:43:31 2016 kern.err kernel: [224275.150000] Killed process 1161 (cgminer) total-vm:76124kB, anon-rss:43964kB, file-rss:0kB

if you released the source code for the ANT driver i can build it in ONE cgminer and have it run both the ANT and the Compac/U3

ive made a script to restart cgminer when this happens so its not sitting idle.. but still.

[Mikestang]

I've sold out of R1's, and as promised, I am releasing my customized firmware to the community. Please note that although I refer to this package as custom firmware, it is really just a patch file. If you reset your R1 to factory defaults, you will lose the customizations. In which case, you would just need to re-apply the patch.

Changelog for release 0.95:
- Opened up port 4029 for API access to cgminer-u3 instance
- Max frequency for U3 increased to 250M
- Max fequency for R1 increased to 250M (I have not personally tested freq past 125. Use at your own risk!)


Firmware Enhancements
- U3 zombie handling(Scripted auto-cgminer restarts and R1 reboot if necessary)
- Supports modifying R1 pools from UI, without losing the ability to use Bitmain's solo pool for R1.
- Detailed R1 stats page, including pool statistics
- Supports modifying R1 freq and voltage from UI
- U3 freq selection increased to 250M
- Cgminer-U3 API open for monitoring with 3rd party tools

WARNING: These customizations provide the ability to push your R1 beyond its intended limits. Because of this, it will likely void your warranty with Bitmain. Additionally, I provide this patch with no official support, and take no responsibility for any damage done to your R1 device or its surroundings. Use at your own risk! By downloading and applying this patch, the user is accepting these conditions.

Download Below
R1CGCustomFW_0.95_2015-12-28.tar.gz

Upgrade instructions
To upgrade your firmware, go to "Backup / Flash Firmware" under the "System" tab
- Click on the "Chose File" button to the right of "Restore Backup:" (NOTE: Do not mistake this with the "Chose File" button under Flash new firmware. - This is not a full binary firmware file)
- Choose "R1CGCustomFW_0.95_2015-12-28.tar.gz" from your PC and then click on the "Upload archive" button.

Your antrouter system will reboot and come back up with updated firmware!

Update to 0.95 complete, thank you!  Too bad my U3 died, as much as I've hated them I may have to find another just to keep using the R1 as a U3 controller...