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April 08, 2013, 06:19:47 PM |
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Hi,
I have my units hashing nicely, but I'd like to test/move them on p2pool, question: is it "safe" to do a firmware update from wifi? I have them connected via wifi, right now, I could connect a laptop to the lan port, if it is safer.
I'd like to ask a second question: does the TP WR703N have a reset button? What happens if I make some mistake through ssh or web interface? Do I end up with an aluminum brick? :O
Thanks
spiccioli
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ewibit
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April 08, 2013, 06:25:42 PM |
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Hi,
I have my units hashing nicely, but I'd like to test/move them on p2pool, question: is it "safe" to do a firmware update from wifi? I have them connected via wifi, right now, I could connect a laptop to the lan port, if it is safer.
yes I have done it always with wifi...
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ProfMac
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April 08, 2013, 08:04:32 PM |
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Hi,
I have my units hashing nicely, but I'd like to test/move them on p2pool, question: is it "safe" to do a firmware update from wifi? I have them connected via wifi, right now, I could connect a laptop to the lan port, if it is safer.
I'd like to ask a second question: does the TP WR703N have a reset button? What happens if I make some mistake through ssh or web interface? Do I end up with an aluminum brick? :O
Thanks
spiccioli
Looking toward the LAN connection and mini-usb, the reset button is on the right hand side of the mini-usb. Google for fail-safe OpenWRT, and it describes using the reset button in case you have made a moderate mistake, such as forgetting your password. There is also a serial interface, two pads named RX and TX on the board more or less between the LAN and mini-usb. These can de-brick a much more severe error, but are for people comfortable with soldering irons, probes, and TFTP. Buy pizza for your local Linux user group. Also, buy a 703n at retail and test everything with it first.
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baad
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April 08, 2013, 08:56:33 PM |
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Avalon is a nice rig.
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spiccioli
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April 08, 2013, 08:58:24 PM |
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Hi,
I have my units hashing nicely, but I'd like to test/move them on p2pool, question: is it "safe" to do a firmware update from wifi? I have them connected via wifi, right now, I could connect a laptop to the lan port, if it is safer.
I'd like to ask a second question: does the TP WR703N have a reset button? What happens if I make some mistake through ssh or web interface? Do I end up with an aluminum brick? :O
Thanks
spiccioli
Looking toward the LAN connection and mini-usb, the reset button is on the right hand side of the mini-usb. Google for fail-safe OpenWRT, and it describes using the reset button in case you have made a moderate mistake, such as forgetting your password. There is also a serial interface, two pads named RX and TX on the board more or less between the LAN and mini-usb. These can de-brick a much more severe error, but are for people comfortable with soldering irons, probes, and TFTP. Buy pizza for your local Linux user group. Also, buy a 703n at retail and test everything with it first. Thanks ProfMac and ewibit, I'm not at ease with soldering... but it is good to know that there is a way to reset it without having to request a spare part from China. Going googling... spiccioli
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libertybuck
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April 09, 2013, 12:11:25 AM |
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it is good to know that there is a way to reset it without having to request a spare part from China.
It will not always work. For worst case you have to unmount flash chip from wr703n and re-program it with falsh programmer.
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ewibit
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April 10, 2013, 10:44:07 AM |
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something strange happened last night: Uploaded with ImageShack.usas you can see it was a peak at ~ 90 GH Avalon is connected to more then one pool; it seems that all pools at this time are not responding and only ozco has got all the shares but only for a moment and too much... if I came to the place of avalon someone had plugged off it from the socket-outlet (maybe because of horrible noisiness and fear)
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April 10, 2013, 11:47:14 AM |
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something strange happened last night: Uploaded with ImageShack.usas you can see it was a peak at ~ 90 GH Avalon is connected to more then one pool; it seems that all pools at this time are not responding and only ozco has got all the shares but only for a moment and too much... if I came to the place of avalon someone had plugged off it from the socket-outlet (maybe because of horrible noisiness and fear) You might see that happen if you have difficulty set quite high. A couple of lucky shares in a row and you have a massive estimate for the hashrate. Increasing your work difficulty increases your variance.
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Sakdrissi
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April 10, 2013, 01:21:18 PM |
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Hi there
I have a HW error rate of about 5% (relativ to accepted) which seems to be rather high.
What can there be done against that apart from setting --avalon-options xxxxxx:xx:xx:42:xxx instead of xxxxxx:xx:xx:45:xx because this seemed to have no effect.
I haven't changed any other parameters, the batch 1 miner runs like it came out of the box.
Thanks S
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Aseras
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April 10, 2013, 01:41:10 PM |
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Hi there
I have a HW error rate of about 5% (relativ to accepted) which seems to be rather high.
What can there be done against that apart from setting --avalon-options xxxxxx:xx:xx:42:xxx instead of xxxxxx:xx:xx:45:xx because this seemed to have no effect.
I haven't changed any other parameters, the batch 1 miner runs like it came out of the box.
Thanks S
new firmware build posted. fixes the delay and HW errors and rejects. http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/xiangfu/avalon/next-testing/
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April 10, 2013, 01:48:52 PM |
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Will it be worth to install the test-firmware? Do those HW-errors have a big negative effect? I'm afraid of getting a worse bug by unstable firmware.
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salihno71
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April 10, 2013, 02:01:10 PM |
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Hi,
i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!
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April 10, 2013, 02:15:12 PM |
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Hi,
i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!
You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable. Can I get two module upgrades please?
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ewibit
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April 10, 2013, 02:18:52 PM |
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I have done it but there is no more fw-version available: cat /etc/avalon_version cat: can't open '/etc/avalon_version': No such file or directory
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salihno71
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April 10, 2013, 02:19:15 PM |
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Hi,
i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!
You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable. Can I get two module upgrades please? Thank you for the answer. I'm just looking out for options.
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Aseras
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April 10, 2013, 03:28:53 PM |
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Hi,
i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!
You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable. Can I get two module upgrades please? it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected.
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salihno71
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April 10, 2013, 03:56:51 PM |
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Hi,
i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!
You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable. Can I get two module upgrades please? it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected. So you can't do it without Control Unit?
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April 10, 2013, 03:59:56 PM |
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Hi,
i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!
You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable. Can I get two module upgrades please? it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected. So you can't do it without Control Unit? Correctomundo. You could theoretically build your own. The control board is a FPGA board essentially with I/O options (unlike dedicated fpga miners).
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zero-asic
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April 10, 2013, 06:50:58 PM |
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Hi,
i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!
You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable. Can I get two module upgrades please? it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected. Really? Is it cross connected on the board or the cable? Are they pair swapped, like 2-1, 4-3, 6-5.....? The cables looked normal to me.
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salihno71
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April 10, 2013, 06:56:14 PM |
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Hi,
i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!
You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable. Can I get two module upgrades please? it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected. So you can't do it without Control Unit? Correctomundo. You could theoretically build your own. The control board is a FPGA board essentially with I/O options (unlike dedicated fpga miners). Thanks. It would probably take someone from BitSyncom to get a definite answer.
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