USB ASIC ERUPTER - Setup & Config. BCG Miner, cgminer & Hubs "Oh Pi"!

[sdz123]

Yes. I will look further into the possibility that its a driver issue. My gut tell's me it isn't but I'm running out of ideas and suspect that perhaps the Erupter may be faulty :/

Thanks anyway

sorry, have to ask - hub is connected to external supply/wall wart?

Otherwise, your built in driver may be icompatible

I'm open to any other suggestions from other users ?

[joae1975]

Using cgminer on windows 7

Drivers installed with zadig as described and can view in device manager

I set up a .bat file and I when I try to run it, it flashes on the screen and automatically closes. Says "-S unrecognized option" Any ideas why?  I unchecked "hide extensions for all file types" as instructed when creating a .bat file.

My text in the bat file reads as follows: (replacing user/pass with xxx/yyy)

C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o http://rr.btcmp.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy d --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

The pathway is correct.  Can anyone see any problems?  Only 1 miner plugged into usb port. Thanks!

[LaserHorse]

Using cgminer on windows 7

What version of cgminer?

[joae1975]

Using cgminer on windows 7

What version of cgminer?

I've tried both 3.1.1 & 3.2.0
Same thing happens.  I wish I could take my *ish to someone's house.  You guys would probably fix it in 2 minutes.  Anyone live in Northern VA?

[LaserHorse]

C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o http://rr.btcmp.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy d --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

hmm - what is that "d" for?

[joae1975]

C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o http://rr.btcmp.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy d --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

hmm - what is that "d" for?

Stands for "dont' know"   jk
No clue, took it out and no change.

[joae1975]

Okay, new problem.  I gave up on cgminer and thought I'd try bfgminer.  When I run it, I get this System Error:

"The program can't start because libcurl-4.dll is missing from your computer.  Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

How do I fix this?

[runam0k]

Using cgminer on windows 7

Drivers installed with zadig as described and can view in device manager

I set up a .bat file and I when I try to run it, it flashes on the screen and automatically closes. Says "-S unrecognized option" Any ideas why?  I unchecked "hide extensions for all file types" as instructed when creating a .bat file.

My text in the bat file reads as follows: (replacing user/pass with xxx/yyy)

C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o http://rr.btcmp.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy d --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

The pathway is correct.  Can anyone see any problems?  Only 1 miner plugged into usb port. Thanks!

Try COM3 instead of //./COM3

Are you sure you are using capital S?

And set the directory.

So you should have this in your bat:

cd \cgminer
cgminer-nogpu.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S COM3 -o http://rr.btcmp.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy
pause

(pause optional)

[sdz123]

Mine just started working Problem is I can't see what i did any different this time. It does mention here that you have to replug it in between trying different versions. I left it plugged in while i was trying different versions etc... Will post if I find out any more info that might be of use to others in the same situation.

[Rounder]

I plan to get cgminer compiled on my Raspberry Pi Model B. Can anyone help a Linux noob compile cgminer 3.1.1 on a Raspberry Pi?
 

Which linux distribution are you running on your raspberry pi?

2013-05-25-wheezy-raspbian
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

Its debian but made for the pi.

This page has a good overview of how to build cgminer:
http://techblog.sethleedy.name/?p=24276

1. Install the dependencies using apt-get
2. Download cgminer v3.1.1 from here: https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/tags
3. Unzip or untar it somewhere in your home directory.
4. cd into the cgminer directory
5. Run "./autogen.sh" since you downloaded the zip/tar from github
6. Run "./configure --enable-icarus" (icarus support is required for the erupter)
7. Run "make" to build cgminer
8. Run cgminer with the icarus options listed earlier in this thread and one -S /dev/ttyUSBX for each of your erupters, where X is the number of the unit starting from zero.

If you get errors in any of the autogen/configure/make steps, it's likely there is a missing dependency that needs to be installed with apt-get.

HTH

[joae1975]

Using cgminer on windows 7

Drivers installed with zadig as described and can view in device manager

I set up a .bat file and I when I try to run it, it flashes on the screen and automatically closes. Says "-S unrecognized option" Any ideas why?  I unchecked "hide extensions for all file types" as instructed when creating a .bat file.

My text in the bat file reads as follows: (replacing user/pass with xxx/yyy)

C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o http://rr.btcmp.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy d --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

The pathway is correct.  Can anyone see any problems?  Only 1 miner plugged into usb port. Thanks!

Try COM3 instead of //./COM3

Are you sure you are using capital S?

And set the directory.

So you should have this in your bat:

cd \cgminer
cgminer-nogpu.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S COM3 -o http://rr.btcmp.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy
pause

(pause optional)

This is what I get.  Without the pause, the window closes.

[CommanderVenus]

Rounder, Thank you so much! Ill have to try this out tonight after work.


joae1975, Try running cgminer.exe instead of the cgminer-nogpu.exe with a .bat that just has this one line.

cgminer.exe --disable-gpu --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S COM3

In my experience with cgminer 3.1.1, it asked me for the pool information the first time i started it up and continues to use it whenever i close and re-open cgminer. If it doesnt ask, you can go into the [p]ool settings and add your pool yourself. You can check out my post on page two of this thread and see if what i did could help you at all. Im using windows 7 32 bit and cgminer as well.


Also, im sure you did this correctly but i gotta ask anyway, COM3 is the correct COM# for your erupter right?

[ashpooler]

Well for what it's worth, here are my results of building and testing cgminer 3.2.0 on a Raspberry Pi running MinePeon-2013-05-25 (all in all pretty straightforward). Please consider, as a test, I did all this as root which might not be the best choice if you want to "update" your Minepeon system with it later on.

Imagine I'm logged in through ssh, I did a system upgrade beforehand.

Code:

pacman -Syu

Then I got the sources from the repo and built cgminer (btw, you need at least "--enable-icarus" for the USB Block Erupter to be supported). It suggests a little different compile flags in the README, you might consider using those.

Code:

cd ~ ; mkdir src ; cd src
git clone https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer.git
cd cgminer
CFLAGS="-g -W -Wall" ./autogen.sh --enable-bflsc --enable-icarus --enable-bitforce --enable-modminer --enable-ztex
make

This should compile cgminer without errors obviously. Don't forget to stop any mining tool that might be running.

Code:

systemctl stop cgminer
systemctl stop bfgminer

Optional but lets start cgminer in a screen window, always nice.

Code:

screen

Then I just ran cgminer without any special options.

Code:

cd ~/src/cgminer
./cgminer -o http://<poolurl>:<port> -u <workername> -p <workerpassword> (or to set difficulty if supported by pool i.e. "d=2")

It threw some "comms error" msgs but after a sec all miners showed up and started hashing.  

Here are my stats with a diff of 1 at start and 2 hours later (2 Lancelots and 5 USB Erupter). I still have to investigate the exceptionally high HW errors on 2 of the USB Erupters (But I got them too using the "build-in" versions of cgminer and bfgminer when I started hashing with these babys).

https://i.imgur.com/1e4HylS.png

https://i.imgur.com/R95uwGC.png

(seems cgminer sometimes reports wrong speeds like on BLT 1 in the 2nd pic, but that is sporadic and it is correct again after a short while, well here at least)

So all in all cgminer performs pretty nicely on my Pi. Thanks to the devs for all the effort they put into it!

Here's my setup: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195037.msg2388932#msg2388932
USB Hub I'm using (5V/3.5A): http://www.amazon.de/DeLock-Externer-USB-A-Buchse-Netzteil/dp/B002YCIPD6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8

[joae1975]

Rounder, Thank you so much! Ill have to try this out tonight after work.


joae1975, Try running cgminer.exe instead of the cgminer-nogpu.exe with a .bat that just has this one line.

cgminer.exe --disable-gpu --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S COM3

In my experience with cgminer 3.1.1, it asked me for the pool information the first time i started it up and continues to use it whenever i close and re-open cgminer. If it doesnt ask, you can go into the [p]ool settings and add your pool yourself. You can check out my post on page two of this thread and see if what i did could help you at all. Im using windows 7 32 bit and cgminer as well.


Also, im sure you did this correctly but i gotta ask anyway, COM3 is the correct COM# for your erupter right?

I can't run plain cgminer.  My computer gives a system error, "The program can't start because OpenCL.dll is missing from your computer.  Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem."

How do I reinstall that?  Reformat?

COM3 is what my devices menu call it.

Thanks!

[LaserHorse]

I can't run plain cgminer.  My computer gives a system error, "The program can't start because OpenCL.dll is missing from your computer.  Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem."

How do I reinstall that?  Reformat?

COM3 is what my devices menu call it.

Thanks!

Install the OpenCL SDK included w AMD's Catalyst drivers.
(It's an open source platform for GPU hardware)

[CommanderVenus]

This page has a good overview of how to build cgminer:
http://techblog.sethleedy.name/?p=24276

1. Install the dependencies using apt-get
2. Download cgminer v3.1.1 from here: https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/tags
3. Unzip or untar it somewhere in your home directory.
4. cd into the cgminer directory
5. Run "./autogen.sh" since you downloaded the zip/tar from github
6. Run "./configure --enable-icarus" (icarus support is required for the erupter)
7. Run "make" to build cgminer
8. Run cgminer with the icarus options listed earlier in this thread and one -S /dev/ttyUSBX for each of your erupters, where X is the number of the unit starting from zero.

If you get errors in any of the autogen/configure/make steps, it's likely there is a missing dependency that needs to be installed with apt-get.

HTH

SUCCESS! Thank you so much!
 

I have been running my Raspberry Pi with cgminer 3.1.1 and just one block erupter. Does the pi give the erupters high hardware failures for everyone?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fpxc6q94gqix9zl/RPi-CGMiner-1Erupter-1Hour.png

I can't run plain cgminer.  My computer gives a system error, "The program can't start because OpenCL.dll is missing from your computer.  Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem."

How do I reinstall that?  Reformat?

COM3 is what my devices menu call it.

Thanks!

Install the OpenCL SDK included w AMD's Catalyst drivers.
(It's an open source platform for GPU hardware)

Yes. This. I got mine from here.

http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/

[DBOD]

This guy has some good intructions.

http://rdmsnippets.com/2013/05/29/setting-up-asicminer-block-erupters-on-windows-7/

I got mine up and running on a Windows 7 and a Windows XP machine.

Download the correct drivers from http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

I had problems letting Windows search for the driver on the XP machine. It found the wrong one. Under Devices in the Ports section it should say Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge (COM3) 

Yours may have a different COM number. Mine was 3. It is important for the command line later on.

I was initially unsuccessful with CGminer 3.2.0 but it may have been my problem.

I backed down to cgminer 3.1.1. Created a short cut to cgminer-nogpu.exe.

The I edited the properties of the short cut so the Target  looks like this on the Windows 7 machine

C:\cgminer\cgminer-3.1.1-windows\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o  stratum.btcguild.com:3333 -u yourusername_2 -p 123 --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

And this on the Windows XP machine

"C:\cgminer\cgminer-3.1.1-windows\cgminer-nogpu.exe" -o  stratum.btcguild.com:3333 -u yourusername_3 -p 123 --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3

Note the parenthesis on the XP command. I do not know if it is critcal but it defaults that way.

The name after -u is really the worker name for btcguild. Which in btcguild is yourusername_suffix. So I have two workers called yourusername_2 and yourusername_3. Some of the examples have periods instead of underscores and I don't think that works with btcguild. I have played with any other options. Both units are hashing around 334M. And btcguild does not care about passwords for the stratum servers so use "123"

[Splirow]

fan:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003WQI6E6/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

hub works with 4 erupters so far, 5 more are on the way:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003ID923C/ref=oh_details_o01_s02_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Is it stable with that hub??

i am thinking of getting one....

Do you think it will handle all 10 connected? I also saw a 12 port version. Would it work?

Thanks

[-ck]

Well hopefully the new version of cgminer (3.2.1) that has a significant bugfix for these devices will allow people to move to it instead of sticking to the old version.

[LaserHorse]

Well hopefully the new version of cgminer (3.2.1) that has a significant bugfix for these devices will allow people to move to it instead of sticking to the old version.

Ah - good to hear, will go check it out.  Thnx, ckolivas!