How to upgrade TPLINK TL-MR3020 firmware to technobit openwrt

[Zich]

mm, i'll see what wil happen.
hope it wil not die

Yeah, maybe you will be more lucky  
Anyway my HEX16C going to retired in next difficulty change.
I will strip the heatsink & FAN then attach to HEX8A  

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[WiWi]

just upgraded the router to 0.3.2 as you showed it is newest version.
But after upgrade i see this

[Firmware Version] => 20140329
cgminer: 4_1_0_5ed45a0
Socket connect failed: Connection refused

What happend? Should i upgrade again? not with upgrade file but with factory file?


mm, they are not absolete for me, managing to buy used ones for 30 euros or less, so i am starting to stack them now

[Zich]

just upgraded the router to 0.3.2 as you showed it is newest version.
But after upgrade i see this

[Firmware Version] => 20140329
cgminer: 4_1_0_5ed45a0
Socket connect failed: Connection refused

What happend? Should i upgrade again? not with upgrade file but with factory file?


mm, they are not absolete for me, managing to buy used ones for 30 euros or less, so i am starting to stack them now

You need to fill in Hex3A3 Chip Count (Default: 16), Hex3A3 Chip Frequency (Default: 7000), Hex3A3 Chip Core Voltage mV (Default: 750), Hex3A3 Enable or Disable Chips (Default: 255) with their default value which is blank right now 

[loshia]

just upgraded the router to 0.3.2 as you showed it is newest version.
But after upgrade i see this

[Firmware Version] => 20140329
cgminer: 4_1_0_5ed45a0
Socket connect failed: Connection refused

What happend? Should i upgrade again? not with upgrade file but with factory file?


mm, they are not absolete for me, managing to buy used ones for 30 euros or less, so i am starting to stack them now

You need to fill in Hex3A3 Chip Count (Default: 16), Hex3A3 Chip Frequency (Default: 7000), Hex3A3 Chip Core Voltage mV (Default: 750), Hex3A3 Enable or Disable Chips (Default: 255) with their default value which is blank right now 

Or upgrade without keeping settings 
defaults are inside image. However if you do upgrade wile keeping settings do as zich suggested.

In general after each upgrade while keeping stings check the cgminer web and make sure there are no blanks there for all HEX* stuff

[WiWi]

ok, clear answer.
But i see now i was not very clear with my question.
The dump of log came from router not being connected with a miner, so my question was about the cgminer version only
Sorry about me being not very clear.

Ok, i did an upgrade: same version of cgminer
did an full upgrade (factory version of .bin file), same result.
Both without keeping the settings.

Hex3A3 Chip Count

Cant find these settings, only HEX8A1 i can find and of course A,B and C  version

Wondering why i dont get cgminer version 4.2.3

[loshia]

ok, clear answer.
But i see now i was not very clear with my question.
The dump of log came from router not being connected with a miner, so my question was about the cgminer version only
Sorry about me being not very clear.

Do not worry
it is just a stupid txt file located in file system
/etc/hexminer_version or something
techno bit guy's probably forgot to update it also during build
just look what screen tells you dude. That is always correct
if there were HEX3 options inside the web you are golden...

[WiWi]

ok, then something did go wrong. Cause what ever i try. The HexA3 option is not there.

[Zich]

ok, then something did go wrong. Cause what ever i try. The HexA3 option is not there.

Then you must be flash using wrong image. Here is the link: http://technobit.eu/0_3_2.rar

[WiWi]

well i used your link. Download looks like previous one and same result    
Did an factory upgrade without keeping settings.
Same with the upgrade file. Even extra reboot does not solve it

Really dont know why i dont get the a3 option

Hostname   HEX16A
Model   TP-Link TL-MR3020 v1
Firmware Version    OpenWrt Barrier Breaker r40296 / LuCI Trunk (svn-r9963)
Kernel Version   3.10.34


Finally solved it.

Went back to old image v 0.1.3 and then back again to this one. now i got the a3 option

First time i did the update was with upgrade bin file. now i did use only the factory bin files.

[loshia]

well i used your link. Download looks like previous one and same result    
Did an factory upgrade without keeping settings.
Same with the upgrade file. Even extra reboot does not solve it

Really dont know why i dont get the a3 option

Hostname   HEX16A
Model   TP-Link TL-MR3020 v1
Firmware Version    OpenWrt Barrier Breaker r40296 / LuCI Trunk (svn-r9963)
Kernel Version   3.10.34


Finally solved it.

Went back to old image v 0.1.3 and then back again to this one. now i got the a3 option

First time i did the update was with upgrade bin file. now i did use only the factory bin files.

Is your ie cashing too much
Usually the upgrade happens from the first try or shit happens and router became a brick
But in your case it was the browser

[WiWi]

using chrome

Thx for the help

Was already expecting problems like this, so i've got two routers.
one for actual using and a spare 1 for upgrade.
This buys me time to upgrade

[loshia]

using chrome

Thx for the help

Was already expecting problems like this, so i've got two routers.
one for actual using and a spare 1 for upgrade.
This buys me time to upgrade

Cool

 

[ZBC3]

I may have missed this, but how do you update the tplink after switching to the technobit OpenWRT?

[Zich]

I may have missed this, but how do you update the tplink after switching to the technobit OpenWRT?

Go to SYSTEM - BACKUP / FLASH FIRMWARE
Choose keep setting so your various setting like IP & cgminer will be keep.



Then hit Flash image.., then Proceed


Do not closed your browser until router restart !!!
 
When all process done, ssh to the router & run command:

Code:

/usr/bin/fix_rc

PS: OP updated 

[ZBC3]

Thank you!

[ZBC3]

Router restarted, command typed, but I'm not getting any hashing.

[Zich]

Router restarted, command typed, but I'm not getting any hashing.

Go to cgminer configuration page & fill in HEX3 setting value to their default. All HEX setting can not be leave blank 

[ZBC3]

Duh, you only said it a few times in this forum.

I should look before asking .

[Zich]

Duh, you only said it a few times in this forum.

I should look before asking .

No problem  
Asking is more quickly than reading the thread one by one 

[WiWi]

Is this the place where new version is being announced?