Hiveon. №1 OS for mining

[StanchoBS]

Hive OS have amazing OC options !
I too dont like fan control and prefer MSI AB scale to control fans.
You cant compare AM vs HiveOS - they are diferent but Hive OS is much much better for rigs. AM is used for antminer.

[yhbae]

Hive OS have amazing OC options !
I too dont like fan control and prefer MSI AB scale to control fans.
You cant compare AM vs HiveOS - they are diferent but Hive OS is much much better for rigs. AM is used for antminer.

Just out of curiosity, in what aspects Hive OS much better for the rigs? I also have to manage quite a few rigs, so I am interested...

[ggbtctalk000]

can you control arbitrary number of miner hosts? 100-s and 1000s with this with one click?

[rafaeldelrey]

This is a matter of opinion, but I think HiveOS OC is more stable than AM.  AM relies on MS Afterburner Remote Server, and a hack for remote execution.  It works sometimes, others dont. Anyway, this might not be AM fault, but windows.  I am not a linux fanboy in no way. I just think for mining rigs, to be left unatended for weeks or months, a stripped Linux distribution is a more reliable option. 

[WaveRiderx]

can you set core clock exact or is it an offset?  if it's an offset can you do individual gpus or is it global?

also for power, do you set mv or is it a percentage?

thanks

[clems]

Now there is an api, I'm testing HiveOS

Why not separate miner from wallet ?
If I need differents values for the same miner ( for exemple intensity 11 on RIG1 and intensity 13 on RIG2, but on same ccminer ), I need to create 2 wallets. Right ?

For that use Tuning in rig you can set option for only 1 rig. This is the best way for me.

[clems]

can you set core clock exact or is it an offset?  if it's an offset can you do individual gpus or is it global?

also for power, do you set mv or is it a percentage?

thanks

You can set core clock with space like: 1250 1200 1167 ....
For PWR is the mv value not percentage.

On linux is not possible or not very simple to undervolt Memory so in HiveOS you have DPM / Core Voltage / Mem State to undervolt. "Mem Voltage" VDDCI is not working (support?) on Linux....
You can try to play with powlimit on Claymore and that it...

[WaveRiderx]

can you set core clock exact or is it an offset?  if it's an offset can you do individual gpus or is it global?

also for power, do you set mv or is it a percentage?

thanks

You can set core clock with space like: 1250 1200 1167 ....
For PWR is the mv value not percentage.

On linux is not possible or not very simple to undervolt Memory so in HiveOS you have DPM / Core Voltage / Mem State to undervolt. "Mem Voltage" VDDCI is not working (support?) on Linux....
You can try to play with powlimit on Claymore and that it...

That is fantastic, exactly what I've been looking for. I'm going to try this, thanks!  Much better for mixed card rigs to use exact values instead of offsets or percentages.

[crazydane]

Does anyone have experience with using hardware watchdogs with Hive OS?  If so, what are your experiences with them?

I was looking at these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Watchdog-Computer-Automatic-Restart-Blue-Screen-Mining-Game-Server-BTC-Miner/282777988573?epid=14011629036&hash=item41d6e1addd:g:vVkAAOSwY7taZBI2

It looks like they are supported: (well sort of)

http://forum.hiveos.farm/discussion/175/generic-watchdogs

Based on my limited time with Hive OS, my understanding is that the series of event goes like this:

1. Hashrate watchdog it triggered due to hashrate dropping below set-point
2. Miner restart initiated
3. If miner restart doesn't correct issue, reboot takes place
4. If reboot fails, then hardware watchdog attempts reset
5. If hardware reset fails, then hardware power cycle takes place

But if you have a frozen rig and #2 and #3 don't work, how is Hive OS going to "reach" the USB watchdog to perform either 4 or 5?

Maybe the above is not how it works, and instead the OS on the mining rig sends a keepalive signal to the USB watchdog, and when that fails, a hardware reset is attempted.  And failing that, a power reset is attempted.

Over the years, I have had computers lock up so hard that the only thing that would get them back, was to physically remove power and restore.  I guess a USB watchdog can't do that unless the output from the on-board power relay was driving a much larger external relay that can kill power to the rig.

I know with SMOS, SRR (SimpleRigResetter) is the way to go for hardware watchdog, which gets around the issue of using a USB dongle that might not be reachable if the rig is frozen.  But as far as I know, SSR does not work with Hive OS.   So I was curious what everyone is using with Hive OS.

Thanks!

[WaveRiderx]

can you set core clock exact or is it an offset?  if it's an offset can you do individual gpus or is it global?

also for power, do you set mv or is it a percentage?

thanks

You can set core clock with space like: 1250 1200 1167 ....
For PWR is the mv value not percentage.

That would have been awesome, but I noticed it's only for AMD cards.  Would love to have it this way for Nvidia cards.

[ikicha]

Halo i want to use Hive OS for my next RIG, but i have some stupid question.
1. How many card maximal to use on hive os? have limitation?
2. Can we Modding GPU Bios at Hive OS?

[yhbae]

Does anyone have experience with using hardware watchdogs with Hive OS?  If so, what are your experiences with them?

I was looking at these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Watchdog-Computer-Automatic-Restart-Blue-Screen-Mining-Game-Server-BTC-Miner/282777988573?epid=14011629036&hash=item41d6e1addd:g:vVkAAOSwY7taZBI2

It looks like they are supported: (well sort of)

http://forum.hiveos.farm/discussion/175/generic-watchdogs

Based on my limited time with Hive OS, my understanding is that the series of event goes like this:

1. Hashrate watchdog it triggered due to hashrate dropping below set-point
2. Miner restart initiated
3. If miner restart doesn't correct issue, reboot takes place
4. If reboot fails, then hardware watchdog attempts reset
5. If hardware reset fails, then hardware power cycle takes place

But if you have a frozen rig and #2 and #3 don't work, how is Hive OS going to "reach" the USB watchdog to perform either 4 or 5?

Maybe the above is not how it works, and instead the OS on the mining rig sends a keepalive signal to the USB watchdog, and when that fails, a hardware reset is attempted.  And failing that, a power reset is attempted.

Over the years, I have had computers lock up so hard that the only thing that would get them back, was to physically remove power and restore.  I guess a USB watchdog can't do that unless the output from the on-board power relay was driving a much larger external relay that can kill power to the rig.

I know with SMOS, SRR (SimpleRigResetter) is the way to go for hardware watchdog, which gets around the issue of using a USB dongle that might not be reachable if the rig is frozen.  But as far as I know, SSR does not work with Hive OS.   So I was curious what everyone is using with Hive OS.

Thanks!

I heard from multiple posts that those cheapo watchdogs have high failure rates. I did see some from Russia that costs much more (around $25-30) that works but at that price point, it gets expensive if you have many rigs.

Are you sure that SRR doesn't work with Hive OS? I thought SRR is rig OS independent?

[crazydane]

I think you're right and SSR will indeed work with Hive OS.

Looking at the Linux script, this is all there is to it:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

## REQUIRED packages: socat (apt-get install socat)


## Other Linux Systems than SimpleMining OS - unhash 3 lines below and hash SimpleMiningOS ones
srrEnabled="1"
srrSerial="000055"
srrSlot="1"

## SimpleMining OS ## hash this section if you are using above variables
#CONFIG_FILE="/root/config.txt"
#source $CONFIG_FILE
#srrEnabled=`echo $JSON | jq -r .srrEnabled`
#srrSerial=`echo $JSON | jq -r .srrSerial | xargs`
#srrSlot=`echo $JSON | jq -r .srrSlot | xargs`
#####################

if [ "$srrEnabled" -eq 1  ]; then
    echo "SRR is Enabled"
else
    echo "SRR Not configured. SRR Agent will exit in 120 seconds"
    sleep 120
    exit
fi

################################
## Dont touch anything below :)
srrSlot=`printf %02X $(( ${srrSlot} - 1 ))`
firstByte="FF"
byteCount="0008"
action="55"
mac="485053$srrSerial"

checksum=`printf %02X $(( (0x${byteCount:0:2} + 0x${byteCount:2:2} + 0x$action + 0x${mac:0:2} + 0x${mac:2:2} + 0x${mac:4:2} + 0x${mac:6:2} + 0x${mac:8:2} + 0x${mac:10:2} + 0x$srrSlot)%0x100  ))`
packet="$firstByte$byteCount$action$mac$srrSlot$checksum"

while true
do
    echo "SRR, please dont kill me, i will ask again in 2 seconds $packet"
    echo -n "$packet" | xxd -r -p |socat - UDP-DATAGRAM:255.255.255.255:1051,broadcast > /dev/null
    sleep 2
done

So the script sends keepalive packets to SRR over the LAN, and if the stop coming, it will close the power pins on the mobo.  I guess the only thing that Hive OS won't do, is to be able to show a message that a given rig was reset via SRR.  I guess it will just show the usual "rig rebooted" and the rig will actually end up rebooting, even if frozen.

[Serion]

I have a 1950x system and when I boot HiveOS it gets as far as starting Hive X server and doesn't go any further.  (The high resolution X window never opens).  Anyone else having this issue?

[sean808080]

I just gotta say how much I love HiveOS.  Updated regularly and so many useful features.  Dimaferm rocks!

 

[SirNeo]

Hello,

How long is the "free period"?

On the website it says:
- Up to 3 RIGS (TEST FOR FREE)
- Free rigs are for testing and "home mining"

I have 1 RIG now, if the things will look good another one will be added next year so I'm curious how log it will be free? After i reach 4 rigs in order to pay 12$/month or after 2-3 month of tests i will pay 3$/month with this rig and 6$ when the 2nd one will be added next year.


Thank you!

[clems]

Halo i want to use Hive OS for my next RIG, but i have some stupid question.
1. How many card maximal to use on hive os? have limitation?
2. Can we Modding GPU Bios at Hive OS?

1 = 19 GPU
2 = You can backup bios and flash bios. Modding bios have to be done using windows Machine.

[clems]

Hello,

How long is the "free period"?

On the website it says:
- Up to 3 RIGS (TEST FOR FREE)
- Free rigs are for testing and "home mining"

I have 1 RIG now, if the things will look good another one will be added next year so I'm curious how log it will be free? After i reach 4 rigs in order to pay 12$/month or after 2-3 month of tests i will pay 3$/month with this rig and 6$ when the 2nd one will be added next year.


Thank you!

3 RIG free.
And when you have 4 you pay for all so 4*3 = 12$

[bumbu100]

Any chance to use VRM cpu miner as a second miner?

nobody have an idea?

[BPina]

I'm trying to move out from Windows to HiveOS. My first try was very harsh. Here is why, and also need some help.

1) JUST A SUGGESTION HERE: I started yesterday at 9pm and ended up on 2am without being able to get to a good OC config without the rig crashing. That haven't happened to me much on Windows, not even close to how much happened yesterday, as I used HWInfo to monitor for memory errors. I know that building something like this on this OS is difficult, but it is a must. If HiveOS had this, there would be no other linux distibution to even think about.

2) HELP NEEDED HERE: Now, something VERY weird... When the rig crashes, it reboots. Ok. But when this happens, the system boots without recognizing the USB stick. I have to wait a few seconds and reboot again. Anyone seen anything like this? I'm using Asrock H110 BTC PRO+ mb.

3) HELP NEEDED HERE: I have a hybrid rig (8amd+3nvidia) (https://imgur.com/a/e3Jvx), and I'm kinda confused on how to set up OC for individual cards. On AMD OC, do I pretend there is no nvidia and set up 8 values, same on NVIDIA OC, setting up 3 values? Maybe this is the cause that the rig is crashing so much... Maybe I don't know the correct positions to apply oc to these cards...!?

Still on topic 3, in this image (https://imgur.com/a/bHNAN), am i applying 2050 to position 4 on the left (GFORCE GTX 1070) or to position 5 (Radeon RX 580)?

Thanks a lot.