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

[dbcmaster]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HL7Z46K/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=pe_385040_30332190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1

That's the USB hub I'm using.

Figure that I'm a noon and you need to help me remove or add stuff to my config.

[Mudbankkeith]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HL7Z46K/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=pe_385040_30332190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1

That's the USB hub I'm using.

Figure that I'm a noon and you need to help me remove or add stuff to my config.

try starting with a batch file instead of a config file.
BFGminer will create a config file for you when you have the setup working correctly.

here are some sample .bat lines:-

1) for antminers               bfgminer.exe  --set-device antminer:clock=x0981 --icarus-options 115200:2:2 --no-submit-stale -o http://stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -O worker:password -S antminer:all

2) for erupters                 bfgminer.exe  --no-submit-stale -o http://stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -O worker:pasword -S erupter:all

EDIT:- what is the rating of the PSU for the hub?

[FaSan]

I've read on the bitcoin sources code (already from 0.8.5 version) that the getwork "midstate" and getwork "hash1" are to consider "deprecated".

I've test if miner will work without this, but not. Have you plan, already, to update the miner for work fine with getwork "data" and getwork "target" only ?




FaSan

[jedimstr]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HL7Z46K/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=pe_385040_30332190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1

That's the USB hub I'm using.

Figure that I'm a noon and you need to help me remove or add stuff to my config.

try starting with a batch file instead of a config file.
BFGminer will create a config file for you when you have the setup working correctly.

here are some sample .bat lines:-

1) for antminers               bfgminer.exe  --set-device antminer:clock=x0981 --icarus-options 115200:2:2 --no-submit-stale -o http://stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -O worker:password -S antminer:all

2) for erupters                 bfgminer.exe  --no-submit-stale -o http://stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -O worker:pasword -S erupter:all

EDIT:- what is the rating of the PSU for the hub?

I'd suggest people be careful with setting no-submit-stale.  
Some pools like BTCGuild pay for stale/orphan shares and not submitting stales in this case would be like refusing free money.  
Also in the case of P2Pool, a stale share on the p2pool chain may actually be a valid solution on the Bitcoin Blockchain, so you never want to set no-submit-stale when connected to P2Pool.
In the case of some scrypt based multi-coin pools (Middlecoin, Hashcows, Wafflepool, etc), you also want to submit stales because BFGMiner may think a share is stale during a coin switch when the pool may accept it.

[Cassey]

I'd suggest people be careful with setting no-submit-stale.  
Some pools like BTCGuild pay for stale/orphan shares and not submitting stales in this case would be like refusing free money.  
Also in the case of P2Pool, a stale share on the p2pool chain may actually be a valid solution on the Bitcoin Blockchain, so you never want to set no-submit-stale when connected to P2Pool.
In the case of some scrypt based multi-coin pools (Middlecoin, Hashcows, Wafflepool, etc), you also want to submit stales because BFGMiner may think a share is stale during a coin switch when the pool may accept it.

Can't forget one of the newer multi-coin pools (the one I'm having fun with):  multicoin.zapto.org:8080.  Its scrypt only at the moment, but still under active development.  Would love to get your comments on it.  I'll ask about stale/orphan shares.

[Illutian]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HL7Z46K/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=pe_385040_30332190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1

That's the USB hub I'm using.

Figure that I'm a noon and you need to help me remove or add stuff to my config.

I believe The AntMiners use the same Watts as Erupters (~2.5 watts). Does the AC Adapter say it'll do more than ~18 Watts?

[Mudbankkeith]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HL7Z46K/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=pe_385040_30332190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1

That's the USB hub I'm using.

Figure that I'm a noon and you need to help me remove or add stuff to my config.

I believe The AntMiners use the same Watts as Erupters (~2.5 watts). Does the AC Adapter say it'll do more than ~18 Watts?

for 5 ants and 2 erupters I would be looking for at least 26 watts at the Wall (even better with 30 watts)
the losses in the hub (as heat) could exceed 1/3 of the total available.

usb3 hubs with 9 or 10 erupters and 12v 4a (48watt) PSU soon fail. Many have been replaced with 60 watt units.

[Illutian]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HL7Z46K/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=pe_385040_30332190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1

That's the USB hub I'm using.

Figure that I'm a noon and you need to help me remove or add stuff to my config.

I believe The AntMiners use the same Watts as Erupters (~2.5 watts). Does the AC Adapter say it'll do more than ~18 Watts?

for 5 ants and 2 erupters I would be looking for at least 26 watts at the Wall (even better with 30 watts)
the losses in the hub (as heat) could exceed 1/3 of the total available.

usb3 hubs with 9 or 10 erupters and 12v 4a (48watt) PSU soon fail. Many have been replaced with 60 watt units.

Yep, went with http://www.amazon.com/Charging-Adapter-VL812-B2-Chipset-Firmware/dp/B005NGQWL2

Specifically to avoid premature failure.

As for DBC's issue. I would pull the Ants that are hashing at the expected rate and see if the other two 'pick up speed'. If so, then it's a power issue. If not, then they may be defective.

[dbcmaster]

I just removed the two block erupter usb sticks and now the antminers are working as expected.

This is the power supply: Input 100-240v. 50-60Hz. Output 5V -- 2500MA. Model: SAW-0502500

[Illutian]

I just removed the two block erupter usb sticks and now the antminers are working as expected.

This is the power supply: Input 100-240v. 50-60Hz. Output 5V -- 2500MA. Model: SAW-0502500

Looks like not enough power. That's only 12.5 Watt output.

[freddyfarnsworth]

I just removed the two block erupter usb sticks and now the antminers are working as expected.

This is the power supply: Input 100-240v. 50-60Hz. Output 5V -- 2500MA. Model: SAW-0502500

Looks like not enough power. That's only 12.5 Watt output.

Or 2.5 amps @12v (2500ma).
barely run 5 ants with that. ants are .06a and higher if clocked.
Do not be tempted by USB 3.0 hubs, some work most do not.
All present USB miners like/use USB 1.1/2.0 spec.
Watts spec is misleading use AMPS.

[dbcmaster]

Any recommendations on a power supply?

[Illutian]

Any recommendations on a power supply?

You'll want a second opinion on this.

But it'll definitely have to be a supply that outputs at 5 volt; anymore and you'll be investing in a fire extinguisher
--So you'll want one with more Amps.

You'll also need to match the polarity of the plug end going into the USB Hub; see above's additional investment if you don't


As for which to look for...I'm not sure if a 3rd party PSU can be used with 'commercial' USB Hub.

[trojanguys]

Hi, using a mac and i hit m to add antminers but I'm not sure what the path is or how to fnd the path to my antminers.
here is the example i get,erupter:/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART
thanks in advance.

[Cassey]

Hi, using a mac and i hit m to add antminers but I'm not sure what the path is or how to fnd the path to my antminers.
here is the example i get,erupter:/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART
thanks in advance.

Presuming you are talking about Antminer U1s you need to use "-S antminer:all" and optionally "--set-device antminer:clock=x0981" or whatever clock you want.

Oh, you MUST be running 3.10.0, not an older version, too.

[Cassey]

Being masochistic, I like to start my mining week out from a common spot, so I tend to pull the latest bfgminer git, install, and reboot my (3) miner machines.

Tonight being the night for such things, I found I'm having a new quirk:

Miner machine #1, with (2) GPUs, is working as expected:

 bfgminer version 3.10.0 - Started: [2014-02-09 23:32:26] - [  0 days 00:04:08]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [ S]ettings [D]isplay options       [H]elp [Q]uit
 Connected to multicoin.zapto.org diff 0 with stratum as user Cassey.miner1
 Block: ...2317815661a13055  Diff:1 (11.32Mh/s)  Started: [23:36:33]:37]
 ST:4  F:0  NB:6  AS:0  BW:[ 48/ 29 B/s]  E:0.00  I:15.74 BTC/hr  BS:0
 2      77.0C | 889.0/658.3/593.9kh/s | A:50 R:2+0(none) HW:0/none
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OCL 0: 73.0C | 407.7/306.4/259.9kh/s | A:22 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 OCL 1: 77.0C | 463.7/346.5/329.2kh/s | A:28 R:2+0(none) HW:0/none
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2014-02-09 23:35:38] Accepted 027cc63e OCL 1  pool 0 Diff 0/0
 [2014-02-09 23:35:54] Accepted 03aa2c12 OCL 1  pool 0 Diff 0/0

Note that both GPUS are reporting their temps.

Miner machine  #2, with (2) identical GPUs to machine #1, is only reporting temps on the first GPU:

 bfgminer version 3.10.0 - Started: [2014-02-09 23:22:51] - [  0 days 00:14:22]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [ S]ettings [D]isplay options      [H]elp [Q]uit
 Connected to multicoin.zapto.org diff 0 with stratum as user Cassey.miner2
 Block: ...2317815661a13055  Diff:1 (11.32Mh/s)  Started: [23:36:33]
 ST:4  F:0  NB:29  AS:1  BW:[ 39/ 22 B/s]  E:0.01  I: 5.39 BTC/hr  BS:0
 2      80.0C | 834.9/853.0/791.9kh/s | A:134 R:8+0(none) HW:0/none
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OCL 0: 80.0C | 410.5/405.6/383.1kh/s | A: 65 R:4+0(none) HW:0/none
 OCL 1:       | 452.0/447.7/441.8kh/s | A: 71 R:4+0(none) HW:0/none
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2014-02-09 23:37:06] Accepted 008ca2e8 OCL 0  pool 0 Diff 0/0
 [2014-02-09 23:37:10] Accepted 00fa9edb OCL 1  pool 0 Diff 0/0

Miner machine #3 is acting like Miner machine #2.

I rather like seeing the temps as it allows me to tweak intensities to keep at or below 80C (wouldn't want to burn any out too quickly!).

Start-up scripts have not changed in weeks.  Typical command line:

./bfgminer -S opencl:auto --intensity 17,18 --temp-overheat 90 --temp-cutoff 100 --temp-target 80 --scrypt --gpu-fan 100 --auto-gpu -o ...

Any ideas on what I broke?  

[Luke-Jr]

More likely I broke that... Can you perhaps pinpoint which commit caused the problem?

Thanks

[Cassey]

The one I pulled less than 2 hours ago?  Is there a way for me to ID what I pulled?

All the files are timestamped 2/9/2014 around 23:07 - but I'm GMT -6 (US Central).

I apologize for not really understanding git beyond how to fetch things.

Oh... I have no idea if this is significant, but miner #1, which is working as expected, has an Intel CPU.  Miners #2 and #3 that are being quirky are AMD.  Beyond that, they are pretty similar setups.

[KriZa]

Hi,
first of all: good job! very nice program! I'm using v3.9

first question:
as it is said in the README.ASIC.txt, just start proxy with: bfgminer --http-port 8330. Then configure your blade to connect [...] with a unique username per blade.

but if I do, it first asks for an url - ok.
then it asks for a username - why? Want to configure it at the blades configpanel. I cant start bfgminer without setting logindata. "No login credentials supplied forl pool 0..." Where is the trick?

and the second question:
if I try to mine eg UNO and the diff is falling under a special value (cant say it exactly, but think its not so important), the miner cant handle the work. I got alot of stale and a very low Hashrate. Its a 10GHs miner it will be under 2 at the lowest. Can anybody tell me why? I tried to fix the diff by setting "--request-diff 32" but I think its the pools choice to overwrite that.

thanks and greets!
KriZa

[Mudbankkeith]

I just removed the two block erupter usb sticks and now the antminers are working as expected.

This is the power supply: Input 100-240v. 50-60Hz. Output 5V -- 2500MA. Model: SAW-0502500

Looks like not enough power. That's only 12.5 Watt output.

Or 2.5 amps @12v (2500ma).
barely run 5 ants with that. ants are .06a and higher if clocked.
Do not be tempted by USB 3.0 hubs, some work most do not.
All present USB miners like/use USB 1.1/2.0 spec.
Watts spec is misleading use AMPS.

See here for hubs:-    https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=253749.msg2700634#msg2700634

USB1.1 is low on data transfer speeds for higher performing Asics.

The USB3 hubs that are ok for mining, work better if connected to your USB2 sockets.

rPi do not like USB3.