Unable to use both of my Jalapenos

[disgruntledminer]

I just (finally) received the two asic miners I ordered many months ago and unfortunately am immediately hit with problems. My first, and definitely most pressing, is that cgminer is only picking up one of my two Jalapenos. Both have the drivers installed via the software suggested by the readme but one continuously forces errors to show. My second problem is more of a question; can I get cgminer to exclusively mine from the asics and not touch my video card? I've already mined all I care to on the card and the options in cgminer scroll too fast for me to be able to see them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

[BuckNaked]

I have not encountered this specific problem (unable to use multiple Jalapenos on the same system), but I decided early on that a 400 watt PC was not the way to go.

I'm running my Jalapenos on a 13 watt Pogoplug E02 reflashed for Debian linux.  So far (about 5 months) it has run 24/7/365 without trouble.

Given the hash rate of my graphics adapter as opposed to the ASICs, this is a good solution for me.  The power pull on my PC did not justify running it just to add use of the graphics adapter (which added only 300 Mhash to the Jalapenos' 14 Ghash.)

If you want to go this route and don't want to go to the trouble of installing Debian, the utilities and building cgminer, PM me and I can send you an image of the USB flash drive for the system.

[koguma]

You need to provide some more info:  OS?  IF Windows, do both show up in the USB devices?  If linux, what's the output of lsusb?  Does it show both devices or just one?  Do you have them connected to a hub or direct?

For example, mine is connected to a laptop running Ubuntu:

# lsb_release  -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release:        12.04
Codename:       precise

# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:d101 Suyin Corp. Acer CrystalEye Webcam
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0403:6014 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232H Single HS USB-UART/FIFO IC
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


Device 004 = BTCBTCBTCBTC  
Well, not really...



Try bfgminer, imho it works better with asics.

[disgruntledminer]

You need to provide some more info:  OS?  IF Windows, do both show up in the USB devices?  If linux, what's the output of lsusb?  Does it show both devices or just one?  Do you have them connected to a hub or direct?

For example, mine is connected to a laptop running Ubuntu:

# lsb_release  -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release:        12.04
Codename:       precise

# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:d101 Suyin Corp. Acer CrystalEye Webcam
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0403:6014 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232H Single HS USB-UART/FIFO IC
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


Device 004 = BTCBTCBTCBTC  
Well, not really...



Try bfgminer, imho it works better with asics.

I'm running x64 Windows 7 on the rig I am using to mine right now. Actually I did try bfgminer when I had both Jalapenos plugged in and when I started it up it immediately recognized the other Jalapeno that cgminer refuses to see but didn't throw up any warning messages about being unable to communicate with the other unit. I plan on getting a raspberry pi and mining off that soon this was just meant to get me until that point. I have also tested the other unit on a Windows 7 x86 laptop and it ran fine so I know I don't have a faulty unit. I am just at a loss of what to try next. Also the one that is currently working with cgminer is connected through a hub while the other unit is directly plugged into the machine. I have tried ports on the hub and on the system to get it to work and nothing.

On a slightly happier note I figured out how to stop cgminer from mining on my gpu. All you have to do is type -G in your startup script.

[koguma]

If bfgminer saw both units, then what's the problem?  Is there a particular reason you're unable to use bfgminer?

If you're set on cgminer, why not try running two at a time?  Open two command windows and start a cgminer in each with different options:

--device|-d <arg>   Select device to use, one value, range and/or comma separated (e.g. 0-2,4) default: all
--disable-gpu|-G    Disable GPU mining even if suitable devices exist

As you're discovered, you'll need to give each one a -G, then do a -d 0 in one cmd window, and a -d 1 in the other.  You'll be able to split it by worker as well if you want.