TECHNOBIT's HEX16A in hand - first impressions / mining software

[sbogovac]

Problem solved!

I edited cgminer.conf file - to include my miner-worker details - in the GUI and copied it (also in the GUI) from the directory cgminer-hex16a-3.6.1 to the directory cgminer-3.6.1

In the directory cgminer-3.6.1 i ran cgminer with: sudo ./cgminer -c ./cgminer.conf

Works like a charm, even with another Butterfly labs miner connected next to the Technobit one.

Thanks Souspeed! (I sent you a "virtual drink" through "the block chain", cheers!)

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[loshia]

Problem solved!

I edited cgminer.conf file - to include my miner-worker details - in the GUI and copied it (also in the GUI) from the directory cgminer-hex16a-3.6.1 to the directory cgminer-3.6.1

In the directory cgminer-3.6.1 i ran cgminer with: sudo ./cgminer -c ./cgminer.conf

Works like a charm, even with another Butterfly labs miner connected next to the Technobit one.

Thanks Souspeed! (I sent you a "virtual drink" through "the block chain", cheers!)

You just made me smile!

Glad to see it's working.
My first beer this Friday will be on you, Cheers!

Super,

Just an advise use latest cgminer 3.10.0 the patch is available on technobit site. You will do it like piece of cake. Apart of jokes 3.6.1 is buggy it is highly recommended to switch to latest

[sbogovac]

In the mean time, this is what worked for me, both with the Technobit as well as the Butterflylabs ASIC (apart and together):

Code:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install autoconf yasm pkg-config make libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0-0 libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev

wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8082585/cg/cgminer-hex16a-3.6.1.tar.gz  

tar -xvf cgminer-hex16a-3.6.1.tar.gz

sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config yasm make

wget https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/archive/v3.6.1.tar.gz

tar -xvf v3.6.1.tar.gz

cd cgminer-3.6.1

wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8082585/cg/cgminer_3_6_1_rev_fe5da9672767e18116444dad18db54638936490a.patch

patch < cgminer_3_6_1_rev_fe5da9672767e18116444dad18db54638936490a.patch

./autogen.sh --disable-opencl --disable-adl --enable-avalon --enable-hexminer --enable-bflsc --enable-icarus

CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -march=native" ./configure --disable-opencl --disable-adl --enable-avalon --enable-hexminer --enable-bflsc --enable-icarus

make

sudo ./cgminer -n

wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42933939/cgminer.conf

nano cgminer.conf

sudo ./cgminer -c ./cgminer.conf

Happy hashing!

[aXurde]

The HEX16A2 can mine any virtual coin or can mine only bitcoin?

[2GOOD]

The HEX16A2 can mine any virtual coin or can mine only bitcoin?

ALL Bitcoin ASIC devices can mine any double SHA256 coin, they can NOT mine scrypt based coins.

[Gontxi]

I have some problem... i cant mine zetacoin...

If i go to bitcoin there is no problem


But in p2pool.org - zetacoin... dont work


Does anyone know why?

[southerngentuk]

Super,

Just an advise use latest cgminer 3.10.0 the patch is available on technobit site. You will do it like piece of cake. Apart of jokes 3.6.1 is buggy it is highly recommended to switch to latest

I could not see a download patch for 3.10.0, does the 3.6.1 patch work on 3.10 ?

not that it matters as am still waiting on boards, but nice to know should they ever turn up..

[Zich]

Super,

Just an advise use latest cgminer 3.10.0 the patch is available on technobit site. You will do it like piece of cake. Apart of jokes 3.6.1 is buggy it is highly recommended to switch to latest

I could not see a download patch for 3.10.0, does the 3.6.1 patch work on 3.10 ?

not that it matters as am still waiting on boards, but nice to know should they ever turn up..

Patch for 3.6.1 wil not work on other version or vice versa.
Patch for cgminer 3.10.0 that uploaded by technobit 0.1.5

or

Uploaded by me that work with wget command https://www.dropbox.com/s/5fgzi8sux0qltlm/87f0213112a3c69e2c55160b9c674b9de2cde996_u.patch

[southerngentuk]

Patch for 3.6.1 wil not work on other version or vice versa.
Patch for cgminer 3.10.0 that uploaded by technobit 0.1.5

or

Uploaded by me that work with wget command https://www.dropbox.com/s/5fgzi8sux0qltlm/87f0213112a3c69e2c55160b9c674b9de2cde996_u.patch

Thanks Zich, its good to have for next time I compile CG.

[Zich]

Patch for 3.6.1 wil not work on other version or vice versa.
Patch for cgminer 3.10.0 that uploaded by technobit 0.1.5

or

Uploaded by me that work with wget command https://www.dropbox.com/s/5fgzi8sux0qltlm/87f0213112a3c69e2c55160b9c674b9de2cde996_u.patch

Thanks Zich, its good to have for next time I compile CG.

[patyjm]

hello please I need help setting up my maquinas.pueden explain?

[mwax321]

The link to the download of hexminer doesn't seem to be correct anymore.


My hexminers seem to keep disconnecting from USB constantly... Not sure what's going on here...

Anyone get an issue like this?

[Zich]

The link to the download of hexminer doesn't seem to be correct anymore.


My hexminers seem to keep disconnecting from USB constantly... Not sure what's going on here...

Anyone get an issue like this?

Link HEXMiner 1.0.0.3


Yes, i had similar experience too. If you insist to run the miner on windows, you can install linux on virtual pc then use cgminer  

[WiWi]

Had same experience under windows, solved it by using ubuntu.
Works great now and stable.
oh, and using version 3.6.1 of cgminer, rest of versions i could not get it to work with.

[mill0601]

I have some of these running and they need constant monitoring as they randomly stop mining throughout the day. I have the latest cgminer with patch but same issue and the only way to get them back is reboot the pc. Any ideas? It is a huge pain in the ass.

[sbogovac]

Mine is connected through an older version of cgminer and a Raspberry Pi, not a PC (see above).

Has been hashing away ever since. Didn't hang once....

RasPi is more power efficient too (just at the same PSU - but then 5V - as the HEX16 is connected on 12V), just a few Watts (instead of the 100's a PC uses).

I'd recommend to get you a RasPi for a few bucks...

Good luck with it anyway!

[Zich]

Mine is connected through an older version of cgminer and a Raspberry Pi, not a PC (see above).

Has been hashing away ever since. Didn't hang once....

RasPi is more power efficient too (just at the same PSU - but then 5V - as the HEX16 is connected on 12V), just a few Watts (instead of the 100's a PC uses).

I'd recommend to get you a RasPi for a few bucks...

Good luck with it anyway!

TPLINK TL-MR3020 more cheap then 

[sbogovac]

TPLINK TL-MR3020 more cheap then 

Thanks for the tip! But how does that work then?

[marto74]

1. Default IP address of mr-3020 is: 192.168.0.99/24 LAN only. Wireless support is completely removed. The reason is LACK of RAM + some usb issues reported in the forum
2. There is no root password configured – that is the first thing to be done
3. Make sure that your computer has L2 connection to router with IP address from same subnet – 192.168.0.0/24
4. Configure your network under Network Interfaces. There are two options (Static IP /Mask GW and DNS or DHCP client). PPPoE is not included in the build. We suggest to use static IP address. Change your timezone settings. Do not enable NTP client. Reboot the mr-3020. Wait one minute. Make sure that mr-3020 shows current time. Do not proceed forward if the time is not correct. Otherwise cgminer will never start!!!   
5. Configure your pools, workers and stuff under Cgminer Configuration page
6. Press Save & Apply . Wait at least 5-10 seconds for cgminer to start/restart
7. All done – Take a look Cgminer API log. You might find some good stuff inside
Some notes for advanced users:
1. cgminer is executed in detached screen session. You can always ssh to mr-3020 and attach the screen with screen –r. Detach it with CTL+a+d. There is nicely formatted cgminer  ncurses output flowing. Be careful with screen detaching – if you mess it up it will kill your screen + cgminer and you will have to restart it manually. Every time when you detach a session something similar shall happen

root@HEX16A:~# screen -r
[detached]

2. All unnecessary services are disabled by default. This applies to firewall and all corresponding kernel modules also. If you know what you wana do you will have to uncomment desired kernel modules located in /etc/modules.d/. They are commented out to save RAM.
3. There is ovpn support package installed by default. If you wanna use it please uncomment tun module located in /etc/modules.d/30-tun
4. API stats notes:
a. No Matching Work is not a hw error. It occurs when cgminer detects new block or during startup mostly. It has been contented as a reference only.
b.  Reset Count – should be low. Let me say 3-4 resets per day. When reset occurs only 2-3 work results are lost if they are lost at all. When higher values are observed check your cooling + overvoltage+overclocking
c. USB Hardware Errors – they are added to HW errors stats. In general these are usb readings with bad checksums
d. [Chip1-16 Nonces] how many nonces a chip has found. Useful in case of dead chip and so on. Note variation (+-)between chips nonces is absolutely normal. Watch for obvious differences and zeros.

The cgminer + current build + HEX16A mining board is super stable. There is no need of cron restarts and such stuff. Cgminer hotplug is working fine on i386. Unfortunately it does not work with mr-3020 + openwrt. The hotplug support is disabled by default: --hotplug 0.

Enjoy!

[sbogovac]

Cool, thanks Marto74 (as so often)!!!