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

[Luke-Jr]

Um, I installed the USB to UART (WinUSB) drivers, using zadig utility. That's why cgminer is working. Does BFGminer expect a different set of drivers?

Yes, BFGMiner works with the standard drivers.
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

[movellan]

Um, I installed the USB to UART (WinUSB) drivers, using zadig utility. That's why cgminer is working. Does BFGminer expect a different set of drivers?

Yes, BFGMiner works with the standard drivers.
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

Did that change recently? I recall you mentioning in an earlier version that the Zadig drivers would "break" BFGMiner.

[Luke-Jr]

Um, I installed the USB to UART (WinUSB) drivers, using zadig utility. That's why cgminer is working. Does BFGminer expect a different set of drivers?

Yes, BFGMiner works with the standard drivers.
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

Did that change recently? I recall you mentioning in an earlier version that the Zadig drivers would "break" BFGMiner.

The Zadig drivers are non-standard. Since Windows doesn't allow two drivers to be installed, Zadig removes the standard ones, thus breaking BFGMiner (and anything else that works with it normally).

[Nemo1024]

It's working, thanks:

Code:

 bfgminer version 3.1.4 - Started: [2013-08-20 14:42:38] - [  0 days 00:00:16]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options  [H]elp [Q]uit
 Connected to us1.bitminter.com diff 1 with stratum as user XXXXXXXXX
 Block: ...67f2214d #253200  Diff:50.8M (363.7Th/s)  Started: [02:57:38]
 ST:2  F:0  NB:1  AS:0  BW:[  3/  0kB/s]  E:0.10  U:10.1/m  BS:4
 2             │ 539.3/609.0/721.1Mh/s │ A:2 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
───────────────┼───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────
 ICA 0:        │ 276.4/300.3/270.4Mh/s │ A:1 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 ICA 1:        │ 253.0/275.8/270.6Mh/s │ A:1 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 MMQ 0:        │ DEAD /  0.0/  0.0 h/s │ A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
───────────────┴───────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────
 [2013-08-20 14:42:28] Started bfgminer 3.1.4
 [2013-08-20 14:42:35] Probing for an alive pool
 [2013-08-20 14:42:37] Switching pool 0 http://mint.bitminter.com:8332 to stratum+tcp://us1.bitminter.com:3333
 [2013-08-20 14:42:38] Network difficulty changed to 50.8M (363.7Th/s)
 [2013-08-20 14:42:38] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2013-08-20 14:42:38] Pool 0 is hiding block contents from us
 [2013-08-20 14:42:41] MMQ 0a: Error reading (read USER code)
 [2013-08-20 14:42:41] MMQ 0b failure, exiting
 [2013-08-20 14:42:41] MMQ 0a failure, exiting
 [2013-08-20 14:42:42] ICA 0: Seems too slow to be an Icarus; calibrating with short timing
 [2013-08-20 14:42:42] Accepted 94b38c7b ICA 0  Diff 1/1
 [2013-08-20 14:42:45] ICA 1: Seems too slow to be an Icarus; calibrating with short timing
 [2013-08-20 14:42:46] Accepted 35a6af57 ICA 1  Diff 4/1

A question, though. What's that DEAD MMQ? I only have 2 Block Erupters running on this system.

[Luke-Jr]

A question, though. What's that DEAD MMQ? I only have 2 Block Erupters running on this system.

Using -S erupter:all ?

Side note: any idea what other serial device is in your PC?

[Nemo1024]

A question, though. What's that DEAD MMQ? I only have 2 Block Erupters running on this system.

Using -S erupter:all ?

Side note: any idea what other serial device is in your PC?

Ah, no. Just -S opencl:noauto -S all

Using erupter:all fixed this (in addition to showing BES instead of ICA, and Identify appearing in the Manage list). Other devices are: mouse, keyboard, webcam, iPhone, internal cardreader, internal docking hub.

[Luke-Jr]

A question, though. What's that DEAD MMQ? I only have 2 Block Erupters running on this system.

Using -S erupter:all ?

Side note: any idea what other serial device is in your PC?

Ah, no. Just -S opencl:noauto -S all

Using erupter:all fixed this (in addition to showing BES instead of ICA, and Identify appearing in the Manage list). Other devices are: mouse, keyboard, webcam, iPhone, internal cardreader, internal docking hub.

hmm, I wonder if iPhone appears as a MMQ somehow...

[vulgartrendkill]

quick question Luke,

I`ve set up my BFG just how I like it, and saved a config with default name, however when i restart bfg it still comes up with the pools I want to remove.

any ideas?

[Taugeran]

quick question Luke,

I`ve set up my BFG just how I like it, and saved a config with default name, however when i restart bfg it still comes up with the pools I want to remove.

any ideas?

bfgminer 3.1.4 changed the default storage location for the bfgminer.conf file.

windows or linux?

[-Redacted-]

quick question Luke,

I`ve set up my BFG just how I like it, and saved a config with default name, however when i restart bfg it still comes up with the pools I want to remove.

any ideas?

Do [ P ]ool [ R ]emove of the ones you don't want  followed by [ S ]ettings [ W ]rite

[Elmojo]

Ok, I feel stupid, maybe it's just been a really long day...

I'm planning to switch my BFL Jalapeno from Easy Miner to BFG, but I can't seem to find the "how-to" for setting up a Jally on BFG.
I know it's here somewhere, but my sleep-deprived brain cannot find it right now.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I'm running Win7 x64, and will be mining with EMC pool, if that matters.
Thanks in advance!
-Elmojo

[Taugeran]

Ok, I feel stupid, maybe it's just been a really long day...

I'm planning to switch my BFL Jalapeno from Easy Miner to BFG, but I can't seem to find the "how-to" for setting up a Jally on BFG.
I know it's here somewhere, but my sleep-deprived brain cannot find it right now.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I'm running Win7 x64, and will be mining with EMC pool, if that matters.
Thanks in advance!
-Elmojo

bfgminer.exe -o pool -u user -p pass -S bitforce:all

should get you up and running

[Luke-Jr]

bfgminer 3.1.4 changed the default storage location for the bfgminer.conf file.

Err, no it didn't... O.o;;

[Taugeran]

bfgminer 3.1.4 changed the default storage location for the bfgminer.conf file.

Err, no it didn't... O.o;;

my mac stores it in ~/.bfgminer/bfgminer.conf

used to be stored in ~/bfgminer.conf

O.o
{facepalm}

[Elmojo]

bfgminer.exe -o pool -u user -p pass -S bitforce:all
should get you up and running

Wow, very cool, thanks!
I assume it's better to use a conf file to config BFG vs setting from within the GUI, right?
I finally figured out how to disable my GPU from mining, as it was adding it by default. *EDIT: No I didn't, it keeps coming back online every time I restart BFG. :/
Is there a setup guide somewhere that discusses all the various settings and what they do?

[-Redacted-]

Yes - there is a readme file.  In fact there are several.   Add -G to disable the cpu.

[Elmojo]

I read all the applicable readmes. None of them seemed to address my question, or maybe I just missed it.
I tried the 'G flag, but it just caused BFG to crash without starting.
Besides, I want to disable the GPUs, not CPU.

[vulgartrendkill]

quick question Luke,

I`ve set up my BFG just how I like it, and saved a config with default name, however when i restart bfg it still comes up with the pools I want to remove.

any ideas?

bfgminer 3.1.4 changed the default storage location for the bfgminer.conf file.

windows or linux?

I`m in Windows 7

Thanks

[Nemo1024]

I read all the applicable readmes. None of them seemed to address my question, or maybe I just missed it.
I tried the 'G flag, but it just caused BFG to crash without starting.
Besides, I want to disable the GPUs, not CPU.

Use -S opencl:noauto

[vulgartrendkill]

So, I've amended the bfgminer.conf file removing the pools I don't want and saved it using all files and the .conf extension and yet the pool still appears when I restart bfg.

do I just have to amend each time i have to restart bfg?