[Work in progess] Burnins Avalon Chip to mining board service

[CumpsD]

Lucky you Got an order number before yours, but no chips /cry

[eraziel]

All chips from batch1, correct?

[SebastianJu]

Yes, i had chips in zefir's batch 1... its the only chips burnin can work with at the moment.

[ewibit]

#399 and it says completed now in account.

that means you are (one of) the first to get one (or xx)
 congrats

[SebastianJu]

#399 and it says completed now in account.

that means you are (one of) the first to get one (or xx)
 congrats

Thanks... i hope im lucky and get it tomorrow. Maybe it can run over the weekend then already... hm... i need y-cables for power from atx... and have to make a rpi run... i wonder how well it goes... i can see enough space for problems...

[eraziel]

What is the "scheduled delivery" in your tracking info?

[SebastianJu]

What is the "scheduled delivery" in your tracking info?

There is no such info. At least i dont see it. Normally it should take 1 day when you bring it before 18o clock. This happened probably. When the other packets already were gone from the post office  it would take one more day.

[eraziel]

No such info?
Perhaps a different shipping company?

[g83]

Please poste some Pics of your workin units when you got them :-)

[SebastianJu]

Please poste some Pics of your workin units when you got them :-)

Sure, i hope i remember then...

No such info?
Perhaps a different shipping company?

No such info. Its shipped with DHL...

[-Redacted-]

Is it just me, or am I imagining that I see a Scheduled delivery by Tuesday, end of day 08/13/2013 on there

[SebastianJu]

Is it just me, or am I imagining that I see a Scheduled delivery by Tuesday, end of day 08/13/2013 on there

I see this in the green image. But thats no DHL-Tracking. DHL would be yellow.

[alexuk]

order 737, no tracking or email yet, status still showing up as processing on the account page

Was with Zefir's batch 1... hopefully get the update tomorrow :-)

[SebastianJu]

I think burnin packaged so much he could and brought it to post office, now he has a long night to ship the rest. Or can it be that he mentioned that he pays someone to package and ship the miner?

[ewibit]

I think burnin packaged so much he could and brought it to post office, now he has a long night to ship the rest.

*joke*
long night to sleep and rest

[madmax_ger]

I think burnin packaged so much he could and brought it to post office, now he has a long night to ship the rest. Or can it be that he mentioned that he pays someone to package and ship the miner?

I'm not sure but I think he mentioned that everything is outsourced so far.

[burnin]

I think burnin packaged so much he could and brought it to post office, now he has a long night to ship the rest. Or can it be that he mentioned that he pays someone to package and ship the miner?

I'm not sure but I think he mentioned that everything is outsourced so far.

Correct but these first few packages were handled by me.
The rest of batch one and the beginning of batch 2 will be shipped Tomorrow.

BIG FAT HEADS UP:
The Firmware needs to be updated after receiving the units.

Flash Tool: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y6p0twf3rzt03id/PIC32UBL.exe
Current Firmware: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q22eb8f85ybtxzm/BitBurner_08.05b.hex

Steps:
1. get firmware .hex file and PIC32UBL.exe on windows (or pic32prog under Linux).
2. Preparations: Switch off PSU and remove all cables from BitBurner XX
3. connect Micro-USB cable to PC and start PIC32UBL.exe
4. in the communications section select USB, VID:0x4D8 PID: 0x0C3
5. switch on Power suppy and connect power and usb (hot-plug is possible, but not required)
6. While the red LED is blinking click "Connect"
7. click "load hex file" and select the firmware .hex
8. click "Erase-Program-Verify"
9. click "run application"
10. disconnect USB Cable
11. head on to the next board, or power cycle the whole cluster when done.

Picture instructions for steps 4 to 8 can be found here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=152517.msg1639690#msg1639690

I work to have detailed instructions on how to assemble the thing, asap.

@Kano:
The maximum allowed temperature for the boards is 75°C.
The Temperature difference between board and chip core is about 10°C.

[kano]

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@Kano:
The maximum allowed temperature for the boards is 75°C.
The Temperature difference between board and chip core is about 10°C.

Thanks - much better knowing than guessing - yeah I think I'll keep the default to be 60°C though to be safe - an extra 5°C buffer.
Anyone can increase it if they want with --avalon-cutoff ... and destroy their hardware as they choose
... also I've noticed that even around 50°C reading, the errors start to rise more quickly and 60°C errors are very high.

[m5]

Steps:
1. get firmware .hex file and PIC32UBL.exe on windows (or pic32prog under Linux).
2. Preparations: Switch off PSU and remove all cables from BitBurner XX

So also the CAN cables should be removed? As I understand it, each Bitburner board has its own PIC. Should we update each board separately one by one? Or the update is needed only for the "main" board that will be actually connected to computer via USB?

[g83]

As i understand each board must be updated separatly before running via CAN