The official MacMiner thread [BTC/LTC-CPU/GPU/FPGA/ASIC]

[ehwwong]

Thanks guys! The bfgminer update wasn't for the 5 chip devices unfortunately, but looking into things I think the cpuminer and cgminer I compiled for gridseed devices actually requires the same ftdi driver bfgminer does, unusually, so those may work with the bfgminer driver setup as opposed to the standard cgminer setup.

OK, as i said earlier, i am totally new to this... so as expected, i encounter my first issue...

For the record, i am running OSX 10.9.1

VCP driver installed successfully from here - http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

After installing the driver and running ls -l /dev/cu.*

I noticed a new device was detected - crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   18,  11 Mar  6 23:48 /dev/cu.usbmodemfd1421

I am not sure whether this is the grid seed 5 miner.. but anyway, i did a test when i plug out the USB cable, it disappear.. so it must be it.   

Then I downloaded the macminer here - http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed2.zip

I went out and sign up a new pool from https://www.wemineltc.com and enter the following pool setting:  stratum+tcp://hk2.wemineltc.com:3336

Not sure what is the username/password, so i left it empty. 

And right after i saved, the FPGA window pop-up along with some error messages which i failed to copy down.. and then i panic.. basically i went on and start EVERY miner... and this went bad...

I can't quit the program and i have to force quite the macminer... then when i tried to start it... i got the "MacMiner Quit Unexpectedly" window

Process:         MacMiner [4575]
Path:            /Users/USER/Documents/*/MacMiner.app/Contents/MacOS/MacMiner
Identifier:      com.fabulouspanda.macminer
Version:         1.5.19gridseed2 (1519gridseed2)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [203]
Responsible:     MacMiner [4575]




What do i need to do now?

[Anonymailer]

Thanks guys! The bfgminer update wasn't for the 5 chip devices unfortunately, but looking into things I think the cpuminer and cgminer I compiled for gridseed devices actually requires the same ftdi driver bfgminer does, unusually, so those may work with the bfgminer driver setup as opposed to the standard cgminer setup.

OK, as i said earlier, i am totally new to this... so as expected, i encounter my first issue...

For the record, i am running OSX 10.9.1

VCP driver installed successfully from here - http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

After installing the driver and running ls -l /dev/cu.*

I noticed a new device was detected - crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   18,  11 Mar  6 23:48 /dev/cu.usbmodemfd1421

I am not sure whether this is the grid seed 5 miner.. but anyway, i did a test when i plug out the USB cable, it disappear.. so it must be it.   

Then I downloaded the macminer here - http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed2.zip

I went out and sign up a new pool from https://www.wemineltc.com and enter the following pool setting:  stratum+tcp://hk2.wemineltc.com:3336

Not sure what is the username/password, so i left it empty. 

And right after i saved, the FPGA window pop-up along with some error messages which i failed to copy down.. and then i panic.. basically i went on and start EVERY miner... and this went bad...

I can't quit the program and i have to force quite the macminer... then when i tried to start it... i got the "MacMiner Quit Unexpectedly" window

Process:         MacMiner [4575]
Path:            /Users/USER/Documents/*/MacMiner.app/Contents/MacOS/MacMiner
Identifier:      com.fabulouspanda.macminer
Version:         1.5.19gridseed2 (1519gridseed2)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [203]
Responsible:     MacMiner [4575]




What do i need to do now?

Sorry about the crash, I'm working on that atm, for now please delete

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/MacMiner

then it should open again

You need to have a username and password for that pool! You need to register then create a worker
https://www.wemineltc.com/register

[ehwwong]

Hi Anonymailer,

Deleting the folder did the trick, i am able to start macminer again.

After entering my pool information and password, i started CG Miner and encounter the following:

2014-03-07 01:03:12] /Users/*/Documents/Temproray/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/gridcgminer3.5/bin/cgminer: -c: JSON decode of file '/Users/*/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf' failed
 unable to open /Users/*/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf: No such file or directory
 [2014-03-07 01:03:12] /Users/*/Documents/Temproray/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/gridcgminer3.5/bin/cgminer: -c: JSON decode of file '/Users/*/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf' failed
 unable to open /Users/*/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf: No such file or directory                   


Did i miss any steps?

[ehwwong]

Ok, i was meddling around a bit and i came across the fabulous panda pool option and i went ahead to give it a go.

and it somehow sprung to life!

Still not getting any work done though.. LOL

here's the log:

 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Started cgminer 3.5.0
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Loaded configuration file /Users/ericwong/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Detected Btc devices total: 0
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] No devices detected!
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Probing for an alive pool
 [2014-03-07 01:13:50] Switching pool 0 http://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332 to stratum+tcp://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332
 [2014-03-07 01:13:52] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 165.918801
 [2014-03-07 01:13:52] Network diff set to 3.81G
 [2014-03-07 01:13:52] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2014-03-07 01:13:53] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2014-03-07 01:13:57] API running in IP access mode on port 4048 (26)
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Started cgminer 3.5.0                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Loaded configuration file /Users/ericwong/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Detected Btc devices total: 0                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] No devices detected!                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:47] Probing for an alive pool                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:50] Switching pool 0 http://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332 to stratum+tcp://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:52] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 165.918801                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:52] Network diff set to 3.81G                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:52] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:53] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart                   
 [2014-03-07 01:13:57] API running in IP access mode on port 4048 (26)                   
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
 [2014-03-07 01:14:09] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 139.219060
 [2014-03-07 01:14:09] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2014-03-07 01:14:09] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 139.219060                   
 [2014-03-07 01:14:09] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart                   
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
 [2014-03-07 01:14:18] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 123.948074
 [2014-03-07 01:14:19] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2014-03-07 01:14:18] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 123.948074                   
 [2014-03-07 01:14:19] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart                   
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
 [2014-03-07 01:15:27] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 193.639545
 [2014-03-07 01:15:27] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2014-03-07 01:15:27] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 193.639545                   
 [2014-03-07 01:15:27] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart                   
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
 [2014-03-07 01:15:32] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 169.857820
 [2014-03-07 01:15:32] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2014-03-07 01:15:32] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 169.857820                   
 [2014-03-07 01:15:32] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart                   
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m       

[Anonymailer]

Could you try the CPU miner set to litecoin and see whether that works please? I need to recompile the cgminer and cpuminer for this as gridseed have updated their versions, hopefully we'll have better luck with that!

[Anonymailer]

I've updated to the gridseed-cgminer-3.8.5
http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed3.zip

Which has significant changes to the driver so worth a shot!

[smscotten]

I have two feature requests:

First, it would be nice to be able to save pool information using the fancy interface you've put together. I can enter pool information, but if I enter new information, the old info gets deleted. Except of course for the built-in pools. The only way to store multiple pool data is by editing the config file.

Second, the provided config file editor leaves much to be desired. It doesn't need much, but an edit field that doesn't automatically change inch marks to smart quotes would be appreciated.

Other than that, I'm happily mining away. Thanks!

[BrandonMcPherson]

I've updated to the gridseed-cgminer-3.8.5
http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed3.zip

Which has significant changes to the driver so worth a shot!

Is this an Infiniity Mini-related update?

[ehwwong]

I've updated to the gridseed-cgminer-3.8.5
http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed3.zip

Which has significant changes to the driver so worth a shot!

Hey,

downloaded and running the legacy pool with CG Miner.

run into this

 [2014-03-07 08:44:29] Started cgminer 3.8.5
 [2014-03-07 08:44:29] Loaded configuration file /Users/*/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf
 [2014-03-07 08:44:31] gridseed detect (253:6) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)
 [2014-03-07 08:44:31] No devices detected!
 [2014-03-07 08:44:31] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit
 [2014-03-07 08:44:31] Probing for an alive pool
 [2014-03-07 08:44:34] Switching pool 0 http://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332 to stratum+tcp://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332
 [2014-03-07 08:44:35] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 172.547491
 [2014-03-07 08:44:36] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 152.957332
 [2014-03-07 08:44:36] Network diff set to 3.81G
 [2014-03-07 08:44:37] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2014-03-07 08:44:42] API running in IP access mode on port 4048 (24)
 [2014-03-07 08:44:29] Started cgminer 3.8.5                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:29] Loaded configuration file /Users/*/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:31] gridseed detect (253:6) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:31] No devices detected!                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:31] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:31] Probing for an alive pool                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:34] Switching pool 0 http://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332 to stratum+tcp://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:35] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 172.547491                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:36] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 152.957332                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:36] Network diff set to 3.81G                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:37] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart                    
 [2014-03-07 08:44:42] API running in IP access mode on port 4048 (24)                    
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m          
 [2014-03-07 08:44:43] gridseed detect (253:6) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)
 [2014-03-07 08:44:43] gridseed detect (253:6) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)                    
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m          
 [2014-03-07 08:44:50] gridseed detect (253:6) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)

i did setup the manual flag - --freq=600 --gc3355=/dev/cu.usbmodemfdxxxx

[ehwwong]

Could you try the CPU miner set to litecoin and see whether that works please? I need to recompile the cgminer and cpuminer for this as gridseed have updated their versions, hopefully we'll have better luck with that!

Hi,

Try CPU Miner and set to litecoin and it did not work. Encounter this.

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libidn.11.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/*/Documents/Temproray/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/gridseedcpu/bin/minerd
  Reason: image not found

[Anonymailer]

Could you try the CPU miner set to litecoin and see whether that works please? I need to recompile the cgminer and cpuminer for this as gridseed have updated their versions, hopefully we'll have better luck with that!

Hi,

Try CPU Miner and set to litecoin and it did not work. Encounter this.

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libidn.11.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/*/Documents/Temproray/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/gridseedcpu/bin/minerd
  Reason: image not found

please update to this version:
http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed4.zip
Which fixes that issue, sorry about that! I think the problem with cgminer is that this version wants you to unload any serial usb drivers from the system so try running

sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext && sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver64.kext && sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 && kextunload -b com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 && kextunload -b com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver64.kext && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext

in Terminal first then start cgminer again!

[Anonymailer]

I've updated to the gridseed-cgminer-3.8.5
http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed3.zip

Which has significant changes to the driver so worth a shot!

Is this an Infiniity Mini-related update?

I believe so! But it's replaced already
http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed4.zip

[Anonymailer]

I have two feature requests:

First, it would be nice to be able to save pool information using the fancy interface you've put together. I can enter pool information, but if I enter new information, the old info gets deleted. Except of course for the built-in pools. The only way to store multiple pool data is by editing the config file.

Second, the provided config file editor leaves much to be desired. It doesn't need much, but an edit field that doesn't automatically change inch marks to smart quotes would be appreciated.

Other than that, I'm happily mining away. Thanks!

Thanks for the requests! Pool interface will be much improved in the next few updates

The config file editor definitely needs an update, I'll see about turning off auto-replace too!

[Anonymailer]

downloaded and running the legacy pool with CG Miner.

i did setup the manual flag - --freq=600 --gc3355=/dev/cu.usbmodemfdxxxx

Those are the flags you'd set for CPU Miner, for cgminer you want something more like this:

--gridseed-options=baud=115200,freq=800,chips=5,modules=1,usefifo=0,btc=16 --hotplug=0

[BrandonMcPherson]

Note that the frequency settings will be subject to variance. The default is 600 (i.e. freq=600), but you can bump it up in increments of 50, up to 850 (I saw someone suggest 900, but 850 seems to be the cap most people have reached).

So if you use BitBacco's code and it works but you're getting errors, back it down. Alternately, start at 600 and work your way up once it seems to be stable.

That said, I haven't tried it yet in MacMiner, but I noticed the frequency setting and thought I should throw it out there.

In my Linux installation, I got stable performance at 850, but in SHA-256 mode only. In Dual mode, I got stable performance at 750, but every 3-4 hours hashing stopped with a message requiring a hardware reset. I'm currently testing 700 in Dual mode, and that's where I'll start with this MacMiner release.

Edit: I just got a hardware reset message. Now testing at 650...

[Anonymailer]

Edit: I just got a hardware reset message. Now testing at 650...

Did it start mining for a while before that?

[ehwwong]

@anonymailer

FYI - macminer 4 cpu miner works now.

[2014-03-07 10:29:31] 2 miner threads started, using 'scrypt' algorithm.
[2014-03-07 10:29:31] Binding thread 0 to cpu 0
[2014-03-07 10:29:31] Binding thread 1 to cpu 1
[2014-03-07 10:29:32] Starting Stratum on stratum+tcp://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9327
[2014-03-07 10:29:34] Stratum detected new block
[2014-03-07 10:29:35] Stratum detected new block
[2014-03-07 10:29:35] thread 1: 1656 hashes, 5.79 khash/s
[2014-03-07 10:29:35] thread 0: 1572 hashes, 5.40 khash/s
[2014-03-07 10:29:56] Stratum detected new block
[2014-03-07 10:29:56] thread 0: 114804 hashes, 5.66 khash/s
[2014-03-07 10:29:56] thread 1: 114852 hashes, 5.66 khash/s
[2014-03-07 10:30:38] stratum_recv_line failed
[2014-03-07 10:30:38] Stratum connection interrupted
[2014-03-07 10:30:38] thread 0: 219912 hashes, 5.16 khash/s
[2014-03-07 10:30:38] thread 1: 221844 hashes, 5.20 khash/s
[2014-03-07 10:30:40] Stratum detected new block
[2014-03-07 10:30:41] Stratum detected new block
[2014-03-07 10:30:46] Stratum detected new block
[2014-03-07 10:30:46] thread 1: 21648 hashes, 4.94 khash/s
[2014-03-07 10:30:46] thread 0: 21180 hashes, 4.82 khash/s


I will try the gridseed miner soon.

[ehwwong]

please update to this version:
http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed4.zip
Which fixes that issue, sorry about that! I think the problem with cgminer is that this version wants you to unload any serial usb drivers from the system so try running

sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext && sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver64.kext && sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 && kextunload -b com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 && kextunload -b com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver64.kext && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext

in Terminal first then start cgminer again!

after entering the above in terminal, i get this: (kernel) Kext Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext not found for unload request.
Failed to unload Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext - (libkern/kext) not found.

[Anonymailer]

please update to this version:
http://downloads.fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner-gridseed4.zip
Which fixes that issue, sorry about that! I think the problem with cgminer is that this version wants you to unload any serial usb drivers from the system so try running

sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext && sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver64.kext && sudo kextunload -b Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 && kextunload -b com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver && kextunload -b com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 && kextunload -b com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver64.kext && kextunload -b Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext

in Terminal first then start cgminer again!

after entering the above in terminal, i get this: (kernel) Kext Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext not found for unload request.
Failed to unload Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext - (libkern/kext) not found.

It's a catch all - that's a driver you may have installed for another device but isn't installed by default

[ehwwong]

OK, i removed a previously installed bluetooth device with serial port...

right now, ls -l /dev/cs.*  only shows the below.

crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   18,   7 Mar  7 02:24 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   18,   3 Mar  7 02:24 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   18,  11 Mar  7 10:39 /dev/cu.usbmodemfd1421


started CG Miner but still getting this:

 [2014-03-07 10:38:17] gridseed detect (253:6) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)
 [2014-03-07 10:38:17] gridseed detect (253:6) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)                   
(5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:0.0/m         
 [2014-03-07 10:38:23] gridseed detect (253:6) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)