Avalon 851 on its way.

[philipma1957]

@ yankees

I don't know how to answer your question

But the avalon  company and I exchange emails pms and have  a relationship.

I also have a relationship with Halong and Yoshi  with the T1's.

Bitmain and I do not have an email or pm relationship.

Innosilicon  and I do not have an email or pm relationship.

So I am naturally  going to favor companies that will work with me and treat me like a valued customer.

If you are a newcomer and don't know any of the companies  a lot depends on your pocket's depth.

also the warranty service has meaning if you have a small setup.  So avalon's 2 year warranty is good if you have under 20 pieces.

If you want to open  a 200 unit farm  bitmain's gear is cheap  and you can buy 220 s9's   for under 120,000  so the 20 are your spares

But a lot of this is a moot point  since new gear will arrive  from  more then 3 companies.

All by Dec 2018

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[philipma1957]

It just got in to nyc airport .

Due Monday .

New gear is always fun.

[HagssFIN]

Was that the Chinese market only model they released?

Yes.

They sold it in Chinese and South Korean market only.

I have a picture of it in my thread about my trip in Beijing and visiting Canaan.

[minefarmbuy]

Yea, I was hoping to see a fully assembled one get the general idea though. Can't wait for pictures from philip.

We've requested a 851 to blog about, still though little response all around from manufacturers. Since we're not doing technical reviews it will be more of a marketing role and fall on my plate. I do appreciate Lily being responsive she's been great to communicate with.

[philipma1957]

It arrived it looks exactly like the 841

specs on label are different

14500 gh

1450 watts.

I am still running around hard  but right now I will bring 1 of the 2 to the solar array and simply daisy chain it to the 3 841's

[minefarmbuy]

So no attached psu?

[philipma1957]

So no attached psu?

No just the miner.

So I ordered a rasp pi as it does not seem to work with  the rasp pi for the 841.

I have a dongle/auc3  and wires on hand.  I will post on this in a bit.

[philipma1957]

Waiting for a new rasp pi to arrive.

and looking for a link to load it with the software.

found link

https://github.com/Canaan-Creative/avalon8-docs/wiki/AvalonMiner-851-firmware-downloads

[Steamtyme]

Looking forward to the test runs.

Not sure how far out we are from an A9, these are just an optimized version of the 841, and from what you have on the label it looks like just that. I wonder if the voltage settings will work the same as they did for the 841 for this model.

I don't think Canaan will be going the integrated PSU route again, sounds like the 761's were a disaster to deal with. Personally I'd rather source my own PSU anyways.

[philipma1957]

Looking forward to the test runs.

Not sure how far out we are from an A9, these are just an optimized version of the 841, and from what you have on the label it looks like just that. I wonder if the voltage settings will work the same as they did for the 841 for this model.

I don't think Canaan will be going the integrated PSU route again, sounds like the 761's were a disaster to deal with. Personally I'd rather source my own PSU anyways.

I don't mind not having the built in psu  which would have been a 861  I found info on it.

The 851 simply appears  to hash  at 14.5 th and 1450 watts

It did not work chained to the   841 chain

but the new rasp pi arrives today should have this running soon

[frodocooper]

It did not work chained to the   841 chain

That's most likely because the Controller in your existing chain of 841s is running pre-851 software.

The 841s and the 851s should work on a Controller that is running post-851 software, as the Controller software for the 851 seems to have retained the code needed to support the 841s.

[minefarmbuy]

That's most likely because the Controller in your existing chain of 841s is running pre-851 software.

The 841s and the 851s should work on a Controller that is running post-851 software, as the Controller software for the 851 seems to have retained the code needed to support the 841s.

Simple solutions to simple problems.

[minefarmbuy]

I love how a thread not even completed has two pages of comments. Exciting to know people are watching. No pressure philipma.

[ogombii]

Hope you are fine, take your time we are just waiting here by the sidewalk waiting till you are ready... No pressure philipma. Wink

[rifleman74]

Thoughts and prayers for you...take your time.  Don't rush through it.

[philipma1957]

hey relax i have been busy with real world stuff.

just flashed the new card and rasp pi does not boot  will flash again.

[Thetaj]

So is the 851 a bit faster than the 841? or is it like the same but with a psu

[philipma1957]

So is the 851 a bit faster than the 841? or is it like the same but with a psu

Don’t know cause I purchased a rasp pi 3b+

So no software for that one just the rasp pi 3.

I will order a 3 tonight

[rifleman74]

hey relax i have been busy with real world stuff.

just flashed the new card and rasp pi does not boot  will flash again.

We're just needling you Phillip, keep on doing what you're doing. 

[mgoz]

Don’t know cause I purchased a rasp pi 3b+

So no software for that one just the rasp pi 3.

I will order a 3 tonight

All of the firmware for previous models has same naming convention and works on B+ for me. This is next test version:
https://canaan.io/downloads/software/avalon851/openwrt/nexttesting/20180731/rpi3-modelb/