Avalon ASIC users thread

[fhh]

this is only for US (not EU)
for EU I think (hope) this is one:
http://www.tomshardware.de/smart-home-homeautomation-dect-avm,testberichte-241191.html
(german test)

jeh! works great! since yesterday my avalon is pluged in one of those

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[ewibit]

jeh! works great! since yesterday my avalon is pluged in one of those

is there a build in (or to make it in software) watchdog if the current is under a certain level to resetting the power outlet?

[fhh]

no not implemented
could be possible - there is an actual wattage field in the webif of the fritz!box if you get this out it could be possible...
I dont have much time in the moment to play around so I'm happy with the remote reset option

[Sitarow]

What was the link to that surge suppressor that was web enabled where you can power cycle it remotely?

http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html

Ordered One Today.

I presently use http://dataprobe.com/iboot-remote-reboot.php

[xiangfu]

Hi

You mean you have to cold reboot Avalon and your home router. can you try mining with eithernet + 20130419 firmware?

Xiangfu

as you correctly said, I have had to cold reboot the router too (connected with wifi)...

[allinvain]

Hi

You mean you have to cold reboot Avalon and your home router. can you try mining with eithernet + 20130419 firmware?

Xiangfu

as you correctly said, I have had to cold reboot the router too (connected with wifi)...

btw Xiangfu and the rest of the team (I believe Aseras deserves some thanks as well!) I must congratulate you on a job well done with the latest firmware. It is rock solid! I've had 6 days of uptime so far - something I was not able to achieve with previous firmware revisions.

Any plans to upgrade to cgminer 3.0.1? Is it worthwhile?

[-ck]

btw Xiangfu and the rest of the team (I believe Aseras deserves some thanks as well!) I must congratulate you on a job well done with the latest firmware. It is rock solid! I've had 6 days of uptime so far - something I was not able to achieve with previous firmware revisions.

Any plans to upgrade to cgminer 3.0.1? Is it worthwhile?

The cgminer 3.0.x versions were the first official release I made that had avalon support in it, but the code is identical to the 2.11.4 version of cgminer I coded specifically for the avalon that xiangfu included in the latest firmware. So no, there is no point upgrading as there is no new code affecting the avalon in cgminer yet.

[luffy]

cgminer 3.1 is the best so far for GPU/FPGA (lower stales, better efficiency).
i went to avalon wiki to download the latest formware but i see too many files.
http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/xiangfu/avalon/20130419/
which one to download?

[irritant]

cgminer 3.1 is the best so far for GPU/FPGA (lower stales, better efficiency).
i went to avalon wiki to download the latest formware but i see too many files.
http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/xiangfu/avalon/20130419/
which one to download?

http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/xiangfu/avalon/latest/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr703n-v1-squashfs-factory.bin

[johnyj]

http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html

this is only for US (not EU)
for EU I think (hope) this is one:
http://www.tomshardware.de/smart-home-homeautomation-dect-avm,testberichte-241191.html
(german test)

Does this one also require Fritz box to be funtional?

[yxt]

http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html

this is only for US (not EU)
for EU I think (hope) this is one:
http://www.tomshardware.de/smart-home-homeautomation-dect-avm,testberichte-241191.html
(german test)

Does this one also require Fritz box to be funtional?

yes

[irritant]

on the wiki it says:

The PSU Spec
155mm recommend, MAX: 170mm
 For 3 module units: 650W, 48A 12V, at least. recommend for a 20% margin.
 For 4 module units: 750W, 60A 12V, at least. recommend for a 20% margin.

but on the confirmed working list there is a OCX ZX

Comfirmed working PSU list
ANTEC EA-650 GREEN
Enermax GX650
Enermax GX750
CORSAIR GS700
CORSAIR GS800
Super-Flower(振华) SF-650P14XE(GX)
Enermax 金魔冰核1000W(suit for 4 modules, a little bit long)
OCZ ZX Series 1250W

and I find on internet the dimensions of the OCZ are bigger than 170mm:

Dimensions (W x L x H) 150 x 175 x 86mm

Wouldn't that make the OCZ too big?
(the Enermax is 16 cm)

[Vicus]

Do you see difference in sentence "Confirmed working PSU list" and for example "Confirmed suitable PSU list"?

[ewibit]

Does this one also require Fritz box to be funtional?

yes

for sure?
(then I have to cancel my order...)

[yxt]

we are talking about the AVM FRITZ!DECT 200?

--> yes,you need a fritz box for this one

   
FRITZ!Box 7390
   FRITZ!Box 7360
   FRITZ!Box 7330
   FRITZ!Box 7320
   FRITZ!Box 7270 (>=v2)
   FRITZ!Box 7240

   FRITZ!Box 6842 LTE
   FRITZ!Box 6840 LTE
   FRITZ!Box 6810 LTE

[Sakdrissi]

While trying to solve some networking problems on my avalon I made it even worse

Connected via LAN disabled WLAN, later I set the LAN subnet to 0.0.0.0. IP address is still 192.168.0.100. Now I can't reach it anymore. Is there a way to reach it again?

[rudrigorc2]

While trying to solve some networking problems on my avalon I made it even worse

Connected via LAN disabled WLAN, later I set the LAN subnet to 0.0.0.0. IP address is still 192.168.0.100. Now I can't reach it anymore. Is there a way to reach it again?

you cant reach the router.
the avalon is still there, conect it to your PC with cgminer installed via USB, asap, then you think about repairing/reseting the router.

[Sakdrissi]

you cant reach the router.
the avalon is still there, conect it to your PC with cgminer installed via USB, asap, then you think about repairing/reseting the router.

Thanks for that quick answer! I have to install cgminer first on my Laptop...
Can the router be reset by the small button? How? What IP does it have afterwards? Will I be able to flash it again with the latest custom firmware?

Really appreciate your help.

[rudrigorc2]

you cant reach the router.
the avalon is still there, conect it to your PC with cgminer installed via USB, asap, then you think about repairing/reseting the router.

Thanks for that quick answer! I have to install cgminer first on my Laptop...
Can the router be reset by the small button? How? What IP does it have afterwards? Will I be able to flash it again with the latest custom firmware?

Really appreciate your help.

I dont have avalon, but have 703n, dont try anything without being certain of what you are doing.
Once I tried to reset one 703n with xiangfu custom openwrt(pre-asic) I think I bricked it, hopefully, I had  backup 703 and I still havent tried to repair. Now might be a good time for that, but, Im sure someone else will answer the question before me.

When you reset, somehow, it should go back to default, which is, accordinly to the avalon user guide: 192.168.0.101

[irritant]

FYI, this morning my Avalon stopped hashing. It was hashing fine before I went to sleep, but after restarting cgminer and issuing the "reboot" command at the openwrt prompt, it still didn't work. I had to manually power cycle the machine by turning off the power to get the machine hashing again. I was using the latest 20130410 firmware. Gave me a good scare.

Here's the error that cgminer was giving:
AVA0: FPGA controller mess up, 24 wrong results                   
Avalon: Reset failed! not an Avalon? (0: c1 4f 87 64)

Yeah...umm...there is an issue with the FPGA controller board. I heard on the grapevine that they are working on a firmware workaround for it. Stay tuned to this thread.

Btw, what was your uptime before the lockup?

I noticed I didn't have any zombie mode since I changed my TV to another group, I also noticed in retrospect, that the zombie mode happened after I turned on an electrical device that was attached to the same group,  have been running smooth now for 16 days (10 days of cgminer uptime, 16 days of device uptime) .. but i'm not sure if that is because I changed the TV, but who knows..