USB Block Erupter on a Mac? Anybody got it working?

[oaxaca]

Anybody get these mining on a Mac yet?  How is it done?

[nubbins]

Anybody get these mining on a Mac yet?  How is it done?

i'm still waiting on my miners, but you can install an older version of cgminer via homebrew. instructions here:

http://blog.nwoolls.com/2013/04/24/bitcoin-mining-on-mac-os-x-cgminer-bfgminer/

not sure if upgrading to the latest version is possible, or if someone has to package a special brew release.

[drofdelm]

Anybody get these mining on a Mac yet?  How is it done?

If you're not able to get it done with cgminer via homebrew you might consider installing linux via VMWare Fusion or Parallels until it can be done elsewhere.

[Xian01]

I ended up setting up an Ubuntu VM on my Mac. Was less of a pain than trying to get everything installed to compile the source, and possibly hosing my main production system in the process :|

[rethaw]

I used MPBM on mac, works nicely!

[Anonymailer]

Mac Miner works with those (link in sig)

Did you install the drivers and do you know where it is i.e. /dev/cu.something ?

in bfgminer window advanced options use -S /dev/cu.yourdevice

[cardcomm]

Sadly, I don't have a Block Erupter. However, I did get cgminer working on OS X mountain lion (on my Hackintosh).

Using these instructions:
http://andarazoroflove.org/compiling-cgminer-with-scrypt-on-osx-mountain-lion-for-gpu-mining-ltc/

make sure to run the command line stuff to pull down the dependancies.

[egze]

Do I need any drivers for the mac?

[Anonymailer]

Sadly, I don't have a Block Erupter. However, I did get cgminer working on OS X mountain lion (on my Hackintosh).

Using these instructions:
http://andarazoroflove.org/compiling-cgminer-with-scrypt-on-osx-mountain-lion-for-gpu-mining-ltc/

make sure to run the command line stuff to pull down the dependancies.

Or you can Just download MaMiner from fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/ unzip the app and put in applications folder then run
cd /Applications/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/bin
./bfgminer [your server etc. here]

in Terminal and you're good to go without messing with the system!

Do I need any drivers for the mac?

You'll need to use these drivers before can find the device
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

[notbrain]

I'm trying to get a couple erupters working on OSX but I keep running into issues where only 1 of the 2 erupters can be recognized. It seems like a SILabs driver issue but it also seems like one of the erupters might be a little flaky...anyone have any ideas? Does anyone have multiple erupters running on an Anker 10-port on OSX 10.8.3? My next recourse is to try on my Win7 laptop but was hoping to control these from OSX.

Using SiLabs driver for OSX, and MacMiner's bfgminer from the command line.

The strange thing is there was one point where somehow both erupters were recognized - it was a strange combination of plugging my non-working WD Portable HD in to the Anker hub with the *working* erupter, then plugging in the flaky one. After running for a few hours the flaky erupter appeared "dead" to bfgminer, to my dismay.

The blue light on the anker doesn't even light up with only the flaky erupter plugged in - this is on both my Mac Pro tower and my Mac Mini.

The main error I see in console is

Code:

The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.

also

Code:

6/14/13 9:45:39.780 AM com.apple.kextd[12]: Can't load /System/Library/Extensions/SiLabsUSBDriver.kext - no code for running kernel's architecture.

[Anonymailer]

I don't have the devices to test, but perhaps you'd be able to attach another device after renaming one of the existing ones? Does it matter which order you plug them in in?

[notbrain]

I don't have the devices to test, but perhaps you'd be able to attach another device after renaming one of the existing ones? Does it matter which order you plug them in in?

Can you point me to any directions on how to rename a device? I'm not having much luck with searches. Thanks!

[notbrain]

Same issue on Win7 - the flaky erupter can't be recognized for some reason (Error 43 IIRC). Sigh.

[Anonymailer]

Same issue on Win7 - the flaky erupter can't be recognized for some reason (Error 43 IIRC). Sigh.

I guess that answers the question, that's a shame. At least you can use a Mac though

[TheSwede75]

Just run Bitminter if you don't want to mess with settings. Finds them 'automatically' and just runs.

[HTML5 Gordon]

I'm mining on my iMac just fine using BitMinter.

Make sure you install these drivers first:  Silabs drivers: http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

To get the device ID/port, just open terminal and do the following:

Code:

ls /dev/cu.*

Ignore the hashrate - it is a bug that reports double the actual speed.  It is being worked on.

[knybe]

I've tried all these different setups on my iMac and none of them seem to work... or they automatically pick up my GPU and start mining.

Is there a definitive absolutely bulletproof setup for running block eruptor on a mac?

[knybe]

Sadly, I don't have a Block Erupter. However, I did get cgminer working on OS X mountain lion (on my Hackintosh).

Using these instructions:
http://andarazoroflove.org/compiling-cgminer-with-scrypt-on-osx-mountain-lion-for-gpu-mining-ltc/

make sure to run the command line stuff to pull down the dependancies.

Or you can Just download MaMiner from fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/ unzip the app and put in applications folder then run
cd /Applications/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/bin
./bfgminer [your server etc. here]

in Terminal and you're good to go without messing with the system!

Do I need any drivers for the mac?

You'll need to use these drivers before can find the device
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

How do you get it to go to the right device? (i.e. Block Erupter?)

EDIT: after putting 2 & 2 together I figured it out and now it's running using bfgminer in MacMiner...

[nubbins]

How do you get it to go to the right device? (i.e. Block Erupter?)

open terminal

ls /dev/cu.*

Launch MacMiner, open the bfgminer window. In the advanced settings, enter the flags:

-S /dev/cu.yourdevice

where cu.yourdevice is the likely culprit from the ls /dev/cu.* above

i also used the checkbox to disable gpu mining.

[knybe]

How do you get it to go to the right device? (i.e. Block Erupter?)

open terminal

ls /dev/cu.*

Launch MacMiner, open the bfgminer window. In the advanced settings, enter the flags:

-S /dev/cu.yourdevice

where cu.yourdevice is the likely culprit from the ls /dev/cu.* above

i also used the checkbox to disable gpu mining.

thanks!