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

[gigica viteazu`]

Maybe a fairer test would be between CG 4.0.1 and BFG 4.0

You are missing the point of my post.

I`m trying to compile bfgminer-gridseed-dualminer-support for raspberry pi but it behave poorly compared it with cgminer-gc3355 (official cgminer removed scrypt support after 3.7.2).

[ShosMeister]

Any suggestions? I hope I don't need to manually compile some version just for this as I thought it was built in as the ReadMe.txt file has it as an available option.

Run the 32-bit version. You don't have to run the 64-bit version on a 64-bit OS.

Tried that one and it returns no devices found and "failed to start HTTP server on port xxxx"

[nwoolls]

Here are 10 min runs, the only dif in setup is the miner used:
- watch the total accepted shares
- watch the HW errors on bfgminer
- watch the spamming message from stratum

Not sure on the other two but you cannot compare the A number in BFGMiner and CGMiner. CGMiner weighs their stats with the difficulty of the server. Try running both for the same amount of time (I'd say at least 30 minutes) and then hit Q. Both will report the number of shares submitted to the server. That should be closer, as long as they are both running against the same server with the same difficulty.

[Aurum]

I would assume it has to be... SHA2 is part of scrypt, after all..

Any chance we might get AntMiner S1 control via bfgminer and MuM

[nwoolls]

Any chance we might get AntMiner S1 control via bfgminer and MuM

You can already control it (and any other RPC API miner on the network) with MultiMiner. You just need to configure it to allow API access from your IP. From looking through the MultiMiner thread it seems like you already have that working. AFAIK there is also an update for the firmware that makes it work properly with stratum proxies. What features are you looking for that are missing?

I do plan to work on native BFGMiner support for the S1 but I'm not sure that will change much for MultiMiner.

[Aurum]

Any chance we might get AntMiner S1 control via bfgminer and MuM

You can already control it (and any other RPC API miner on the network) with MultiMiner. You just need to configure it to allow API access from your IP. From looking through the MultiMiner thread it seems like you already have that working. AFAIK there is also an update for the firmware that makes it work properly with stratum proxies. What features are you looking for that are missing?

I do plan to work on native BFGMiner support for the S1 but I'm not sure that will change much for MultiMiner.

I'm so stupid I searched Bitcoin Forum to find how to get this AFAIK installed 

I just clicked through all the menu pages in AntMiner S1 LuCi and I can't see how to "configure it to allow API access from your IP."

But, I just realized that I can right-click on a Network device and Switch between its 3 internal pools. It list them as the text following the first dot. Be nice if the whole URL was listed. That's a great time saver, thanks 

[nwoolls]

I'm so stupid I searched Bitcoin Forum to find how to get this AFAIK installed 

I just clicked through all the menu pages in AntMiner S1 LuCi and I can't see how to "configure it to allow API access from your IP."

But, I just realized that I can right-click on a Network device and Switch between its 3 internal pools. It list them as the text following the first dot. Be nice if the whole URL was listed. That's a great time saver, thanks 

My pleasure! I do plan on adding more integration there. There's a lot of stuff you can do via the RPC API so pool switching is just the start.

[Cassey]

I previously reported an issue with --load-balance apparently impacting the performance of my GPU miner.  Today I replicated with my Antminer ASIC rig.  Please note the only significant difference between the two outputs below are the use of "--load-balance" with quotas vs. the use of "--balance".  Run times are similar and done back to back on the same hardware on the same system.

The --load-balance rig averaged 2.39Gh/s over 26 minutes with 36 hardware errors.
The --balance rig averaged 11.96Gh/s over 27 minutes with 0 hardware errors.

I'm happy to volunteer the rig for testing if that would help resolve this - I really, really like the control --load-balance would provide me if I didn't take the performance hit.

Cassey

/* Performance using --load-balance */
./bfgminer -S antminer:all --set-device antminer:clock=x0981 --load-balance --quota 40;stratum+tcp://us-east.multipool.us:8888 -O Cassey.miner2am:x --quota 20;stratum+tcp://multicoin.zapto.org:3320 -O Cassey.miner2am:x --quota 20;stratum+tcp://us2.eclipsemc.com:3333 -O Cassey.miner2am:x --quota 20;stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -O 1MnCt5rSiv8Zu1gidpRsyyJ4gof8dAH93W

bfgminer version 3.10.0 - Started: [2014-03-13 13:59:20] - [  0 days 00:25:58]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [ S]ettings [D]isplay options                 [H]elp [Q]uit
 Connected to multiple pools with block change notify
 Block: ...4ff924aa # 54739  Diff:1.05M ( 7.53Th/s)  Started: [14:21:43]
 ST:0  F:0  NB:17  AS:0  BW:[478/  5 B/s]  E:1.73  I:35.01mBTC/hr  BS:46.1k
 6            |  0.14/ 2.15/ 2.39Gh/s | A:48 R:2+0(.63%) HW:36/4.0%
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AMU 0:       |  1.63/ 0.34/ 0.43Gh/s | A: 7 R:0+0(none) HW: 6/3.7%
 AMU 1:       |  1.63/ 0.35/ 0.37Gh/s | A: 7 R:0+0(none) HW: 6/4.3%
 AMU 2:       |  1.30/ 0.37/ 0.44Gh/s | A: 5 R:1+0(3.4%) HW: 4/2.4%
 AMU 3:       |  1.47/ 0.35/ 0.37Gh/s | A: 6 R:1+0(1.1%) HW: 6/4.3%
 AMU 4:       |  1.62/ 0.36/ 0.41Gh/s | A:16 R:0+0(none) HW: 6/3.9%
 AMU 5:       |  1.57/ 0.35/ 0.36Gh/s | A: 7 R:0+0(none) HW: 8/5.8%
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2014-03-13 14:20:59] Accepted 01fe9c43 AMU 5  pool 2 Diff 128/10
 [2014-03-13 14:21:00] Accepted 0aac093c AMU 3  pool 2 Diff 23/10
 [2014-03-13 14:21:00] Accepted 0889dc50 AMU 2  pool 3 Diff 29/16
 [2014-03-13 14:21:04] Accepted 0a4b019b AMU 3  pool 3 Diff 24/16
 [2014-03-13 14:21:07] Accepted 16ad9d2d AMU 4  pool 2 Diff 10/10

/*  Normal performance */

./bfgminer -S antminer:all --set-device antminer:clock=x0981 --balance -o stratum+tcp://us-east.multipool.us:8888 -O Cassey.miner2am:x -o stratum+tcp://multicoin.zapto.org:3320 -O Cassey.miner2am:x -o stratum+tcp://us2.eclipsemc.com:3333 -O Cassey.miner2am:x -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -O 1MnCt5rSiv8Zu1gidpRsyyJ4gof8dAH93W

bfgminer version 3.10.0 - Started: [2014-03-13 14:27:25] - [  0 days 00:26:50]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [ S]ettings [D]isplay options                 [H]elp [Q]uit
 Connected to multiple pools with block change notify
 Block: ...e8e6b08b # 54754  Diff:997k ( 7.13Th/s)  Started: [14:53:45]]
 ST:2  F:0  NB:23  AS:0  BW:[473/ 19 B/s]  E:10.99  I:  239mBTC/hr  BS:3.54k
 6            | 12.54/12.36/11.96Gh/s | A:230 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AMU 0:       |  2.07/ 2.06/ 2.00Gh/s | A: 40 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 AMU 1:       |  2.07/ 2.06/ 1.93Gh/s | A: 38 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 AMU 2:       |  2.06/ 2.06/ 2.00Gh/s | A: 36 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 AMU 3:       |  2.06/ 2.06/ 2.05Gh/s | A: 44 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 AMU 4:       |  2.06/ 2.06/ 2.02Gh/s | A: 38 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 AMU 5:       |  2.06/ 2.06/ 1.96Gh/s | A: 35 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2014-03-13 14:52:50] Accepted 0ce39a74 AMU 0  pool 3 Diff 19/16
 [2014-03-13 14:52:51] Accepted 14bba97c AMU 4  pool 2 Diff 12/10
 [2014-03-13 14:52:56] Accepted 08132b07 AMU 3  pool 2 Diff 31/10
 [2014-03-13 14:53:08] Accepted 00cb1d0a AMU 1  pool 3 Diff 322/16
 [2014-03-13 14:53:08] Accepted 0b6431b1 AMU 5  pool 2 Diff 21/10

[DarkKnight]

For some reason there seems to be a huge difference in performance between bfgminer and cgminer-gc3355.


Here are 10 min runs, the only dif in setup is the miner used:
- watch the total accepted shares
- watch the HW errors on bfgminer
- watch the spamming message from stratum

I had the occasion today to try out BFGMiner with my GS. The controller I was using didn't work well with the USB hubs, GSs, and winUSB driver. I was forced to use a different driver that assigned COM ports to each GS.

My question is, which driver version where you using for each one? My experience was that CGMiner refused to see the GS under any circumstances, and BFG would only see them with two specific GS drivers that assigned COM ports.

The fact that there are so many hardware errors across all units, sounds to me like either a port misconfiguration or a bad driver.

I did ultimately move the GSs over a different controller that I could get CGMiner to work on. BFGMiner would always have 1-2 GSs showing hashes but never submitting shares, even over an hour of mining. Better luck with next release. 

[wolfey2014]

Hello everyone!
This data will definitely help you with your GridSeed 5 chip USB miner/s.

I just received this data from GRIDSEED via HASHRA.com today. 3-13-14
I'm paraphrasing for general clarity.
I've also added some of my own observations based on direct experience with my own GS5's.

GRIDSEED GS3355 5 Chip USB Miner - Flashing RED and GREEN LED's - What They Actually Mean.

All timings are either approximate or exact, if not darn close!
Your clock speed may vary slightly.

GREEN flashing LED means - 5V is ON / drive electronics are powered up.
GREEN LED is ON for 1 second, OFF for 1 second.

RED flashing LED - ON 3 seconds / OFF 3 seconds:
Miner Is Hashing / Processing Data.

RED flashing LED - ON 60 to 70 seconds - OFF 60 to 70 seconds:
Miner is Not Hashing / Processing Data.

If Fan is OFF and RED LED IS STUCK ON or OFF i.e. not flashing:
12V is OFF - 5V is ON.

FAN is ON but no GREEN OR RED LED's are flashing ON or OFF:
12V ON - 5V OFF.

When first powering the miner on, the best sequence I have found is:
First, turn 12V Power ON
Second, turn 5V USB Power ON
This will enable self test to occur in correct sequence. (I'm guessing)
If you do not use correct power up sequence, various hash / no hash / no shares reported type problems may occur. (I'm guessing here too)

A few seconds after 5V USB Power is turned on, the GREEN LED's will start
to flash ON/OFF as written above.
After 12V power is turned ON, in about 60 to 70 seconds,
the RED LED's will start to sequence ON/OFF as written above.

Hope this helps!
Peace
Wolfey2014

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[gigica viteazu`]

Ok, I`ve managed to compile it for raspberry pi, seems to be working correctly now. There are still more errors that I would like to see but it`s ok for now.


In the archive you can find the source and the binary for arch linux

https://db.tt/BxQ6Jxvk


I may have found a bug... but no matter what pool i point this too the reported diff is 0. Is that the way it was suppose to be ?

[nwoolls]

I may have found a bug... but no matter what pool i point this too the reported diff is 0. Is that the way it was suppose to be ?

It's like that for all Scrypt mining in BFGMiner AFAIK - something I need to talk to Luke about.

[jjj0923]

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

[Swimmer63]

Is there a key that explains the stats shown on the display.  I was actually trying to figure out how to read the temperature of my USB miner, but would like to know what some of the other stats are.
I looked through the readme files, but may have missed it.
Thanks.

[Cassey]

Is there a key that explains the stats shown on the display.  I was actually trying to figure out how to read the temperature of my USB miner, but would like to know what some of the other stats are.
I looked through the readme files, but may have missed it.
Thanks.

Try the [H]elp key... just punch "h".

[Swimmer63]

Is there a key that explains the stats shown on the display.  I was actually trying to figure out how to read the temperature of my USB miner, but would like to know what some of the other stats are.
I looked through the readme files, but may have missed it.
Thanks.

Try the [H]elp key... just punch "h".

Thanks!  That's what I was looking for.

[Cassey]

Hi guys...

Are you going to be supporting nscrypt anytime soon?  Saw a coin launch today that requires it:  "tenfive" (aka 10-5).

Cassey

[demonmaestro]

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..

[niceguy65]

hi there!  I'm studying Python and R and trying to pay for food and tuition.  Is there a thread to get started with mining, I have an AMD X2 5000 with an older NVIDIA Gforce.  I downloaded the cgminer, there seem to be programs that are more efficient.  I think the Radeon 7970 may be the fastest hasher out there

[JBT]

hi there!  I'm studying Python and R and trying to pay for food and tuition.  Is there a thread to get started with mining, I have an AMD X2 5000 with an older NVIDIA Gforce.  I downloaded the cgminer, there seem to be programs that are more efficient.  I think the Radeon 7970 may be the fastest hasher out there

cpu mining doesn't really generate much these days BTC , try scrypt mining