**US** BitFury Setup Guide

[BenTuras]

I have tried with one card in A1, also with all four in A1/B1/C1/D1. All the time the same

Are you sure your power supply is working ?
I once saw the same effect, the Raspberry was powered up and working but the 12V line was less than 5V. Measure the power at the end of the M-board with a multimeter.

[john_es]

I've got a bitfury unit with 2 cards.  However, together they are only spitting out 25GHs rather than 50.  I've got logs, etc. if they are helpful to post, and not sure how to troubleshoot this.  When I restart the miner, it spins up to 60, but within 20 - 30 secs it's back down.

Thoughts?

[Slander]

Here is my pool setup and output of sudo screens





I also see this when I boot pi, but not every time

That 'bad: 32' does that mean both boards arrived doa?

[john_es]

Code:

[11/18/2013 11:07:44 PM] 1: 1       aIfDSo  52      0.827   0.611   21      0       0       2       0       21      [0:0]   735     2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2       aIfDSo  52      0.394   0.640   10      0       0       0       1       22      [0:1]   746     0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3       aIfDSo  52      0.355   0.640   9       0       0       0       1       22      [0:2]   747     0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4       aIfDSo  52      0.670   0.640   17      0       0       0       0       22      [0:3]   739     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5       aIfDSo  52      0.433   0.640   11      0       0       0       1       22      [0:4]   745     0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6       aIfDSo  52      0.788   0.640   20      0       0       0       2       22      [0:5]   736     1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7       aIfDSo  52      0.670   0.640   17      0       0       0       2       22      [0:6]   739     1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8       aIfDSo  52      0.670   0.582   17      0       0       0       0       20      [0:7]   739     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9       aIfDSo  52      0.433   0.669   11      1       0       0       2       23      [0:8]   745     0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0         0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10      aIfDSo  52      0.630   0.611   16      1       0       1       0       21      [0:9]   740     0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1         1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11      aIfDSo  52      0.276   0.611   7       0       0       0       2       21      [0:A]   749     0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12      aIfDSo  52      0.512   0.640   13      0       0       0       2       22      [0:B]   743     1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13      aIfDSo  52      0.591   0.611   15      0       0       0       1       21      [0:C]   741     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14      aIfDSo  52      0.749   0.611   19      0       0       0       3       21      [0:D]   737     1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15      aIfDSo  52      0.591   0.611   15      0       0       0       0       21      [0:E]   741     1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16      aIfDSo  52      0.394   0.640   10      0       0       0       0       22      [0:F]   746     0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17      aIfDSo  52      0.709   0.582   18      0       0       2       2       20      [1:0]   739     1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18      aIfDSo  52      0.433   0.582   11      0       0       0       0       20      [1:1]   745     1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19      aIfDSo  52      0.946   0.582   24      0       0       0       2       20      [1:2]   732     2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20      aIfDSo  52      0.355   0.553   9       0       0       0       1       19      [1:3]   747     0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21      aIfDSo  52      0.433   0.582   11      0       0       0       0       20      [1:4]   745     0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22      aIfDSo  52      0.552   0.582   14      0       0       0       0       20      [1:5]   743     1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23      aIfDSo  52      0.552   0.582   14      0       0       0       1       20      [1:6]   742     1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24      aIfDSo  52      0.552   0.582   14      0       0       0       0       20      [1:7]   742     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25      aIfDSo  52      0.473   0.611   12      0       0       0       0       21      [1:8]   744     0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26      aIfDSo  52      0.473   0.553   12      0       0       0       1       19      [1:9]   744     1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27      aIfDSo  52      0.670   0.582   17      0       0       0       2       20      [1:A]   739     1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28      aIfDSo  52      0.709   0.611   18      0       0       0       4       21      [1:B]   738     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29      aIfDSo  52      0.552   0.582   14      0       0       0       2       20      [1:C]   742     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30      aIfDSo  52      0.394   0.611   10      0       0       0       1       21      [1:D]   746     1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31      aIfDSo  52      0.355   0.553   9       0       0       0       0       19      [1:E]   747     0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32      aIfDSo  52      0.552   0.611   14      0       0       0       0       21      [1:F]   742     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
speed:1664 noncerate[GH/s]:17.692 (0.553/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:19.374 good:449 errors:2 spi-err:0 miso-err:5 duplicates:33 jobs:180 cores:2% good:32 bad:0 off:0 (best[GH/s]:0.000) Mon Nov 18 18:34:58 2013
board-2 speed   nrate   hrate   good    errors  spi-err miso-er duplic  good    bad     off     per chip        good cores
0:      832     8.984   10.036  228     2       0       3       17      16      0       0       (0.561/chip)    2%
1:      832     8.708   9.338   221     0       0       2       16      16      0       0       (0.544/chip)    2%

My good cores are at 2%, and I am down to less than 9 GH/s.   I'm wondering the same thing...

[sveetsnelda]

I've got a bitfury unit with 2 cards.  However, together they are only spitting out 25GHs rather than 50.  I've got logs, etc. if they are helpful to post, and not sure how to troubleshoot this.  When I restart the miner, it spins up to 60, but within 20 - 30 secs it's back down.

Thoughts?

You've got miso errors (which indicates bad communication to the chips).  Either a card isn't seated properly, or you've got a bad card/board.  Try 1 card at a time and see what results you get.

[sveetsnelda]

I also see this when I boot pi, but not every time

That 'bad: 32' does that mean both boards arrived doa?

What results do you get with just one h-board?   (try one, and then try the other)

[Logimator]

Hi Ben,

i have measured now. The Result, exactly 12.0 V

In the meantime i have tried a compeltely another 1200W Power Supply with it, but still the same.

Is it possible the image/linux has a problem ?

[john_es]

Code:

speed:1696 noncerate[GH/s]:15.748 (0.492/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:23.570 good:110 errors:856 spi-err:0 miso-err:5 duplicates:59 jobs:60 cores:0% good:32 bad:0 off:0 (best[GH/s]:0.000) Thu Nov 21 17:07:11 2013
board-2 speed   nrate   hrate   good    errors  spi-err miso-er duplic  good    bad     off     per chip        good cores
0:      848     5.727   9.618   40      380     0       3       36      16      0       0       (0.358/chip)    0%
1:      848     10.022  13.952  70      476     0       2       23      16      0       0       (0.626/chip)    1%
pi@10-10-10-249:/run/shm$

Same results with one board... here's my latest from swapping the boards.

[john_es]

And bitfury's accounts/RMA team has gone radio silent.  RMA was supposed to be processed days ago and now I can't even get a response.  Is this normal for them?

[Keefe]

Code:

speed:1696 noncerate[GH/s]:15.748 (0.492/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:23.570 good:110 errors:856 spi-err:0 miso-err:5 duplicates:59 jobs:60 cores:0% good:32 bad:0 off:0 (best[GH/s]:0.000) Thu Nov 21 17:07:11 2013
board-2 speed   nrate   hrate   good    errors  spi-err miso-er duplic  good    bad     off     per chip        good cores
0:      848     5.727   9.618   40      380     0       3       36      16      0       0       (0.358/chip)    0%
1:      848     10.022  13.952  70      476     0       2       23      16      0       0       (0.626/chip)    1%
pi@10-10-10-249:/run/shm$

Same results with one board... here's my latest from swapping the boards.

Try running them at a lower speed than 53. Maybe start at 49 and work up from there.

[Slander]

And bitfury's accounts/RMA team has gone radio silent.  RMA was supposed to be processed days ago and now I can't even get a response.  Is this normal for them?

Dave has sent me several emails over the last 2 days in an effort to get my cards working. Quite happy with the level of customer service from them so far.

[Slander]

think Im getting close. Looks like its my network settings. When I look at the output of one of the screens I see this

'no route to host'

[john_es]

OK - that no route to host means your gateway is probably set incorrectly in the interfaces file.  That, or the subnet mask.  I fixed it and that solved an early problem.

[Slander]

How do I find out what the settings in the interfaces file should be?

[john_es]

How do I find out what the settings in the interfaces file should be?

edit /etc/networking/interfaces

You should see something like this:

Code:

address 192.168.254.17
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.254.0
boadcast 192.168.254.255
gateway 192.168.254.1

Now, to figure out what you should have for netmask, broadcast, and gateway, you can open a command prompt in Windows and type:

Code:

ipconfig /all

Look for those values (probably have to scroll up).

[john_es]

Code:

speed:1696 noncerate[GH/s]:15.748 (0.492/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:23.570 good:110 errors:856 spi-err:0 miso-err:5 duplicates:59 jobs:60 cores:0% good:32 bad:0 off:0 (best[GH/s]:0.000) Thu Nov 21 17:07:11 2013
board-2 speed   nrate   hrate   good    errors  spi-err miso-er duplic  good    bad     off     per chip        good cores
0:      848     5.727   9.618   40      380     0       3       36      16      0       0       (0.358/chip)    0%
1:      848     10.022  13.952  70      476     0       2       23      16      0       0       (0.626/chip)    1%
pi@10-10-10-249:/run/shm$

Same results with one board... here's my latest from swapping the boards.

Try running them at a lower speed than 53. Maybe start at 49 and work up from there.

I changed it to 49.  It ramped up to 60.  Stayed there for longer than normal, hovered around 45 then back down to 18 or 20.  I am really at a loss here.

[Micky25]

which pool are you on? what setting?

[Keefe]

Code:

speed:1696 noncerate[GH/s]:15.748 (0.492/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:23.570 good:110 errors:856 spi-err:0 miso-err:5 duplicates:59 jobs:60 cores:0% good:32 bad:0 off:0 (best[GH/s]:0.000) Thu Nov 21 17:07:11 2013
board-2 speed   nrate   hrate   good    errors  spi-err miso-er duplic  good    bad     off     per chip        good cores
0:      848     5.727   9.618   40      380     0       3       36      16      0       0       (0.358/chip)    0%
1:      848     10.022  13.952  70      476     0       2       23      16      0       0       (0.626/chip)    1%
pi@10-10-10-249:/run/shm$

Same results with one board... here's my latest from swapping the boards.

Try running them at a lower speed than 53. Maybe start at 49 and work up from there.

I changed it to 49.  It ramped up to 60.  Stayed there for longer than normal, hovered around 45 then back down to 18 or 20.  I am really at a loss here.

I forgot to say to turn off autotune as well. Depending on your chainminer version, it may have ramped up the speed setting until the VRM overloaded.

And if miso errors are always coming from specific chips, turn those chips off.

Also, check the console output of chainminer and see if it's having any problems with the proxy (lots of queue messages).

[Slander]

Finally decided to grab the image file from the OP. All looked fine until I booted up, seems it doesnt like my network although all my rigs using usb miners run error free

also noticed that the new image removes the 'configure ip' and 'shutdown' from the web gui interface for bitfury, is this to be expected?

thoughts?

[Doff]

First try a different ethernet cable its possible it may be bad. Its not able to bring your Ethernet interface up which could mean a lot of things possibly even a bad Network jack on the PI. However I would try a different cable first.

Also try to see if you can bring it up manually.

Code:

 sudo ifup eth0  

You can also use Nano to edit the interface file yourself with

Code:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

And then add these lines below to the file, however change it to your Network IPs and DNS of your ISP.

This will statically assign your IP to eth0

Code:

 
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static

address 192.168.1.10
gateway 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
dns-nameserver 208.67.220.220 208.67.222.222
       

Hope this helps.