OLD: BFGMiner 3.10.0: modular ASIC+FPGA, GBT+Strtm, RPC, Mac/Lnx/W64, AntU1, DRB

[wolfey2014]

My 6 GS5's ran for 30+ hours this time before they stopped mining.

After chasing up this problem and trying to solve it over the last few weeks, I've tried virtually everything short of re-programing the firmware on my miners, which I cannot do - obviously.

Darn it!!!! Right after I went to sleep, it takes a piss! AAarrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!

I wonder if GridSeed engineers left this but in their miners' firmware?

Has anyone been running their GridSeed Farm 24/7 stably WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION WHATSOEVER?

IF so, please tell me what your configuration is so WE can all set these things and not have to worry about this elusive little bug!!!?

Has anyone come up with a macro to take care of detecting the hault then restarting each miner in cpuminer?
All I need is for it to monitor the window of each miner and when it stops producing yay's for say, 3 or so minutes, it stops the program without closing the window, resets the port, then restarts each miner 5 seconds apart.

Thanks
Wolfey2014

[nwoolls]

Has anyone been running their GridSeed Farm 24/7 stably WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION WHATSOEVER?

IF so, please tell me what your configuration is so WE can all set these things and not have to worry about this elusive little bug!!!?

Has anyone come up with a macro to take care of detecting the hault then restarting each miner in cpuminer?

Are you using CPUMiner or BFGMiner? I use the current BFGMiner pre-release with GridSeed support running for days without issue (on Windows).

[darkfriend77]

Has anyone been running their GridSeed Farm 24/7 stably WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION WHATSOEVER?

IF so, please tell me what your configuration is so WE can all set these things and not have to worry about this elusive little bug!!!?

Has anyone come up with a macro to take care of detecting the hault then restarting each miner in cpuminer?

Are you using CPUMiner or BFGMiner? I use the current BFGMiner pre-release with GridSeed support running for days without issue (on Windows).

Does Multiminer already uses the gridseed compatible ... bfgminer?

EDIT: just saa it is implemented only in v2.8.1... Official support for 1-chip and 5-chip GridSeed ASICs (requires BFGMiner 4.0)

[jedimstr]

Has anyone been running their GridSeed Farm 24/7 stably WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION WHATSOEVER?

IF so, please tell me what your configuration is so WE can all set these things and not have to worry about this elusive little bug!!!?

Has anyone come up with a macro to take care of detecting the hault then restarting each miner in cpuminer?

Are you using CPUMiner or BFGMiner? I use the current BFGMiner pre-release with GridSeed support running for days without issue (on Windows).

 """""cpuminer""""" it's in my post..

so what? What hardware are you using? Are you using direct USB to PC or USB via controller?
anyway....

jeez man calm down... a few points here...

1. Your'e posting in the BFGMiner thread about CPUMiner... shouldn't expect help, but people here are trying to help you anyway.
2. You're being pretty rude to nwoolls who's the guy who coded Gridseed support in BFGMiner.  If anyone can help you, he can... show some respect and maybe he can help.
3. Why don't you try the BFGMiner version with Gridseed support that nwoolls made... it could help you with your stability issues and get rid of some of your obvious stress.
4. How about get a beer, calm down, and then try writing a post that doesn't bite every hand that tries to help you.

[wolfey2014]

Has anyone been running their GridSeed Farm 24/7 stably WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION WHATSOEVER?

IF so, please tell me what your configuration is so WE can all set these things and not have to worry about this elusive little bug!!!?

Has anyone come up with a macro to take care of detecting the hault then restarting each miner in cpuminer?

Are you using CPUMiner or BFGMiner? I use the current BFGMiner pre-release with GridSeed support running for days without issue (on Windows).

 """""cpuminer""""" it's in my post..

so what? What hardware are you using? Are you using direct USB to PC or USB via controller?
anyway....

jeez man calm down... a few points here...

1. Your'e posting in the BFGMiner thread about CPUMiner... shouldn't expect help, but people here are trying to help you anyway.
2. You're being pretty rude to nwoolls who's the guy who coded Gridseed support in BFGMiner.  If anyone can help you, he can... show some respect and maybe he can help.
3. Why don't you try the BFGMiner version with Gridseed support that nwoolls made... it could help you with your stability issues and get rid of some of your obvious stress.
4. How about get a beer, calm down, and then try writing a post that doesn't bite every hand that tries to help you.

This is NO HELP!
DELETE!

[poopypants]

Has anyone been running their GridSeed Farm 24/7 stably WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION WHATSOEVER?

IF so, please tell me what your configuration is so WE can all set these things and not have to worry about this elusive little bug!!!?

Has anyone come up with a macro to take care of detecting the hault then restarting each miner in cpuminer?

Are you using CPUMiner or BFGMiner? I use the current BFGMiner pre-release with GridSeed support running for days without issue (on Windows).

 """""cpuminer""""" it's in my post..

so what? What hardware are you using? Are you using direct USB to PC or USB via controller?
anyway....

jeez man calm down... a few points here...

1. Your'e posting in the BFGMiner thread about CPUMiner... shouldn't expect help, but people here are trying to help you anyway.
2. You're being pretty rude to nwoolls who's the guy who coded Gridseed support in BFGMiner.  If anyone can help you, he can... show some respect and maybe he can help.
3. Why don't you try the BFGMiner version with Gridseed support that nwoolls made... it could help you with your stability issues and get rid of some of your obvious stress.
4. How about get a beer, calm down, and then try writing a post that doesn't bite every hand that tries to help you.

+1

[wolfey2014]

Has anyone been running their GridSeed Farm 24/7 stably WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION WHATSOEVER?

IF so, please tell me what your configuration is so WE can all set these things and not have to worry about this elusive little bug!!!?

Has anyone come up with a macro to take care of detecting the hault then restarting each miner in cpuminer?

Are you using CPUMiner or BFGMiner? I use the current BFGMiner pre-release with GridSeed support running for days without issue (on Windows).

 """""cpuminer""""" it's in my post..

so what? What hardware are you using? Are you using direct USB to PC or USB via controller?
anyway....

jeez man calm down... a few points here...

1. Your'e posting in the BFGMiner thread about CPUMiner... shouldn't expect help, but people here are trying to help you anyway.
2. You're being pretty rude to nwoolls who's the guy who coded Gridseed support in BFGMiner.  If anyone can help you, he can... show some respect and maybe he can help.
3. Why don't you try the BFGMiner version with Gridseed support that nwoolls made... it could help you with your stability issues and get rid of some of your obvious stress.
4. How about get a beer, calm down, and then try writing a post that doesn't bite every hand that tries to help you.

+1

- 1000
non-sequitur gibberish!

[sandor111]

Has anyone been running their GridSeed Farm 24/7 stably WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION WHATSOEVER?

IF so, please tell me what your configuration is so WE can all set these things and not have to worry about this elusive little bug!!!?

Has anyone come up with a macro to take care of detecting the hault then restarting each miner in cpuminer?

Are you using CPUMiner or BFGMiner? I use the current BFGMiner pre-release with GridSeed support running for days without issue (on Windows).

 """""cpuminer""""" it's in my post..

so what? What hardware are you using? Are you using direct USB to PC or USB via controller?
anyway....

jeez man calm down... a few points here...

1. Your'e posting in the BFGMiner thread about CPUMiner... shouldn't expect help, but people here are trying to help you anyway.
2. You're being pretty rude to nwoolls who's the guy who coded Gridseed support in BFGMiner.  If anyone can help you, he can... show some respect and maybe he can help.
3. Why don't you try the BFGMiner version with Gridseed support that nwoolls made... it could help you with your stability issues and get rid of some of your obvious stress.
4. How about get a beer, calm down, and then try writing a post that doesn't bite every hand that tries to help you.

+1

- 1000
non-sequitur gibberish!

BFGMiner with Gridseed support is pretty stable for me, why not use it instead of CPUMiner, and stop making a fool of yourself... ?

[worldlybedouin]

is there an authoritative source somewhere to show exactly how to install this on ubuntu/pi for gridseed/lts mining?

^^^^^ That i am wondering as well..

for ubuntu, you can follow this guide (building from source) :

http://minecoin.net/how-to-use-the-miner/

Ok, so first things first, disclaimer, I'm not a Linux guy, so please forgive me if I'm making a dumb mistake here.  I've also never used bgfminer so I've got that working against me as well. 

Here's what I did to try and build bfgminer on my RasPi to try and run my 5-chip Gridseed miners.  Only problem is that when I start it, bfgminer says no devices found.  Clearly I've screwed the pooch somewhere.  Any help is appreciated.

------------------------------------------------
Steps I took to build BFGMiner from source:
------------------------------------------------

//update my RasPi first

Code:

sudo apt-get update

//saw this on the linux build instructions, so I presume I need these as pre-requisites to compiling bfgminer

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev 
sudo apt-get install libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev

//cloned nwoolls version of bfgminer which has beta support for the miners in question

Code:

git clone https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer.git

//build it

Code:

cd bfgminer
./autogen.sh
//Found the flags option in a different set of build instructions but presumed we needed it here as well
./configure CFLAGS="-O3" --enable-scrypt --enable-gridseed
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

//trying to run it

Code:

sudo ./bfgminer -S gridseed:all --set-device gridseed:clock=850 --failover-only --scrypt -c bfgminer.conf

Here's what my bfgminer.conf looks like for reference:

Code:

{
"pools" : [
        {
                "name" : "GHashIO-1",
                "url" : "stratum+tcp://ltc.ghash.io:3333",
                "user" : "worldly.2",
                "pass" : "x",
                "pool-priority" : "0"
        }
],
"api-allow" : "W:127.0.0.1,192.168.1/24",
"api-listen" : true
}

[BitMinerN8]

is there an authoritative source somewhere to show exactly how to install this on ubuntu/pi for gridseed/lts mining?

^^^^^ That i am wondering as well..

for ubuntu, you can follow this guide (building from source) :

http://minecoin.net/how-to-use-the-miner/

Ok, so first things first, disclaimer, I'm not a Linux guy, so please forgive me if I'm making a dumb mistake here.  I've also never used bgfminer so I've got that working against me as well. 

Here's what I did to try and build bfgminer on my RasPi to try and run my 5-chip Gridseed miners.  Only problem is that when I start it, bfgminer says no devices found.  Clearly I've screwed the pooch somewhere.  Any help is appreciated.

------------------------------------------------
Steps I took to build BFGMiner from source:
------------------------------------------------

//update my RasPi first

Code:

sudo apt-get update

//saw this on the linux build instructions, so I presume I need these as pre-requisites to compiling bfgminer

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev 
sudo apt-get install libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev

//cloned nwoolls version of bfgminer which has beta support for the miners in question

Code:

git clone https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer.git

//build it

Code:

cd bfgminer
./autogen.sh
//Found the flags option in a different set of build instructions but presumed we needed it here as well
./configure CFLAGS="-O3" --enable-scrypt --enable-gridseed
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

After it finished this step:

Code:

./configure CFLAGS="-O3" --enable-scrypt --enable-gridseed

In the output, did you see "gridseed" listed in the options enabled or in the list of drivers?

[sandor111]

Use this

Code:

git clone -b feature/gridseed-support https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer

Instead of

Code:

git clone https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer.git

to include Gridseed support

[worldlybedouin]

Use this

Code:

git clone -b feature/gridseed-support https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer

Instead of

Code:

git clone https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer.git

to include Gridseed support

Ok, tried it again with the revised git clone command you provided.

I then used the following command to configure it, and it now does list gridseed in there!   It's currently compiling now...I'll post again after its done and I've retried running bfgminer.

Code:

./configure CFLAGS="-O3" --enable-scrypt --enable-gridseed

Output from the configure command:

Code:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
bfgminer 3.10.0 configuration options summary
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  CFLAGS...............: -pthread -O3 -I/usr/include/libusb-1.0 -pthread -Ilibblkmaker
  LDFLAGS..............: -pthread -Llibblkmaker/.libs -Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN/libblkmaker/.libs,-zorigin -lpthread -lcurl -ljansson -lncurses -ltinfo -lm -ludev -lusb-1.0 -lrt -lblkmaker_jansson-0.1 -lblkmaker-0.1
  Installation.prefix..: /usr/local

  Enabled..Lowlevel....: pci pci:uio usb vcom
  Disabled.Lowlevel....: hid pci:vfio
  Enabled..Drivers.....: antminer avalon bifury bigpic bitforce bitforce:uio bitfury_gpio cairnsmore drillbit erupter gridseed hashbusteravalon hashbusterusb hashfast icarus klondike littlefury modminer proxy proxy:stratum twinfury x6500 ztex
  Disabled.Drivers.....: bfsb cpu hashbuster knc metabank nanofury opencl proxy:getwork
    To enable proxy:getwork, install libmicrohttpd 0.9.5+
    To enable nanofury, install hidapi
    To enable hashbuster, install hidapi
  Enabled..Algorithms..: SHA256d scrypt
  Disabled.Algorithms..:
  Enabled..Options.....: libusb ncurses5
  Disabled.Options.....:

Many thanks for the help guys!!!

[worldlybedouin]

Ok, so first things first, disclaimer, I'm not a Linux guy, so please forgive me if I'm making a dumb mistake here.  I've also never used bgfminer so I've got that working against me as well. 

Thanks to everyone who helped me figure this out...here's a revised version of how to compile bfgminer for a RasPi...

------------------------------------------------
Steps I took to build BFGMiner from source:
------------------------------------------------

//update my RasPi first

Code:

sudo apt-get update

//saw this on the linux build instructions, so I presume I need these as pre-requisites to compiling bfgminer

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev 

sudo apt-get install libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev

//cloned nwoolls version of bfgminer which has beta support for the miners in question

Code:

git clone -b feature/gridseed-support https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer

//build it

Code:

cd bfgminer

./autogen.sh

./configure CFLAGS="-O3" --enable-scrypt --enable-gridseed

make

sudo make install

sudo ldconfig

//trying to run it

Code:

sudo ./bfgminer -S gridseed:all --set-device gridseed:clock=850 --failover-only --scrypt -c bfgminer.conf

Here's what my bfgminer.conf looks like for reference:

Code:

{
"pools" : [
        {
                "name" : "GHashIO-1",
                "url" : "stratum+tcp://ltc.ghash.io:3333",
                "user" : "worldly.2",
                "pass" : "x",
                "pool-priority" : "0"
        }
],
"api-allow" : "W:127.0.0.1,192.168.1/24",
"api-listen" : true
}

[yeahright]

Thanks sandor111 and worldly I got bfgminer working with both dualminer and gridseed but seems like it is more stable for gridseed than dualminer.

[jmordica]

One issue I found in the gridseed-support branch of bfgminer is that when bfgminer starts, it never finds all of the devices. If I have 20 of the gridseed 5-chip devices plugged in, it will only show 8-10 randomly. I then have to go into Manage Devices of bfgminer, add devices, and then enter "all". This will eventually find the remaining devices and begin hashing.

This is obviously an issue because if the computer restarts, and bfgminer starts back up on boot, i'm afraid all of the devices will not be hashing.

Has anyone experienced this issue?

Thanks.

[hurricandave]

  Guess that's what everyone talking all at once can get ya. Pick out the loadest voices and ignore the rest.

[ManeBjorn]

Have you tried using MultiMiner with BFG?  It is much quicker on finding the devices if they did not initially show up. 

One issue I found in the gridseed-support branch of bfgminer is that when bfgminer starts, it never finds all of the devices. If I have 20 of the gridseed 5-chip devices plugged in, it will only show 8-10 randomly. I then have to go into Manage Devices of bfgminer, add devices, and then enter "all". This will eventually find the remaining devices and begin hashing.

This is obviously an issue because if the computer restarts, and bfgminer starts back up on boot, i'm afraid all of the devices will not be hashing.

Has anyone experienced this issue?

Thanks.

[lensgrabber]

I have been using 5 Antminers without problem for the past couple of months with bfgminer.  I've now got a Gridseed 5 chip and have a couple of questions.

Does the current github bfgminer with Gridseed support dual mode?    I would like to run bfgminer with the 5 Antminers plus the sha side of the Gridseed and another instance of bfgminer with scrypt if this is possible. 


Cheers

[jmordica]

Have you tried using MultiMiner with BFG?  It is much quicker on finding the devices if they did not initially show up. 

One issue I found in the gridseed-support branch of bfgminer is that when bfgminer starts, it never finds all of the devices. If I have 20 of the gridseed 5-chip devices plugged in, it will only show 8-10 randomly. I then have to go into Manage Devices of bfgminer, add devices, and then enter "all". This will eventually find the remaining devices and begin hashing.

This is obviously an issue because if the computer restarts, and bfgminer starts back up on boot, i'm afraid all of the devices will not be hashing.

Has anyone experienced this issue?

Thanks.

I just tried using MultiMiner and after hitting scan hardware quite a few times, I gave up. Didn't find a thing. BFGMiner by itself will find the hardware eventually but still an issue. I'm running on Ubuntu 12.04 and using mono to run MultiMiner.

[BitMinerN8]

One issue I found in the gridseed-support branch of bfgminer is that when bfgminer starts, it never finds all of the devices. If I have 20 of the gridseed 5-chip devices plugged in, it will only show 8-10 randomly. I then have to go into Manage Devices of bfgminer, add devices, and then enter "all". This will eventually find the remaining devices and begin hashing.

This is obviously an issue because if the computer restarts, and bfgminer starts back up on boot, i'm afraid all of the devices will not be hashing.

Has anyone experienced this issue?

Thanks.

Yes, I have noticed this exact same issue. Initially when I started testing on a pre-compiled for windows found here:
http://cryptomining-blog.com/1396-download-bfgminer-3-10-0-for-windows-scrypt-mining-on-gridseed-5-chip-asics/

I am reading there are different versions of the gridseeds, some with STM32 Virtual COM port driver as well as the older CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller. So maybe that is where some issues are popping up.

So built it from source on a Pi and Ubuntu laptop, with similar results. I did make progress compiling a fork from dtbartle on different miner. (https://github.com/dtbartle) Found hints for it over in the [GUIDE] GridSeed Miner Support/Tuning thread. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5706819#msg5706819 and it's been working solid for 20+ hours on Ubuntu 13.10.

I think we will have to wait for BFGMiner 4.0 for true, native gridseed support. It would be great to spawn one instance for BTC and another instance for LTC/scrypt.