[GUIDE] GridSeed GC3355 5 Chip Setup/power/windows/linux/rpi by UnicornHasher

[jwoodyu]

Have a question...would it be possible to inline a small power switch to the black fan wire?

I was thinking of inlining this switch on the black fan wire so that I can turn the fan on/off as needed.  

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9609

Thoughts?

That same mod is on my mind. I think I am going to call Tanner's in Dallas and see what they suggest for a switch. That little wire won't take much tugging even with a nice solder job. Maybe little push button or tiny toggle switch.

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[worldlybedouin]

Have a question...would it be possible to inline a small power switch to the black fan wire?

I was thinking of inlining this switch on the black fan wire so that I can turn the fan on/off as needed. 

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9609

Thoughts?

That same mod is on my mind. I think I am going to call Tanner's in Dallas and see what they suggest for a switch. That little wire won't take much tugging even with a nice solder job. Maybe little push button or tiny toggle switch.

After soldering this into the black wire, I was thinking I would use a generous lump of hot-glue from my hot-glue gun to keep it from having exposed leads and to possibly deal with "tugging" you suggested.

[jwoodyu]

Have a question...would it be possible to inline a small power switch to the black fan wire?

I was thinking of inlining this switch on the black fan wire so that I can turn the fan on/off as needed. 

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9609

Thoughts?

That same mod is on my mind. I think I am going to call Tanner's in Dallas and see what they suggest for a switch. That little wire won't take much tugging even with a nice solder job. Maybe little push button or tiny toggle switch.

After soldering this into the black wire, I was thinking I would use a generous lump of hot-glue from my hot-glue gun to keep it from having exposed leads and to possibly deal with "tugging" you suggested.

yep or something like this mini rocker http://dx.com/p/diy-mini-round-rocker-button-switch-black-red-ac-120v-ac-250v-149020#.Uy3EuNzoch4

[Axion_Zen]

Using raspberry pi, after connecting to pool, im getting these errors, anyone can help me out ? ;0
[2014-03-22 18:59:42] See README file included for help
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] gridseed detect (1:12) failed to initialise (incorrect de
vice?)
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] USB init, open device failed, err -3, you don't have priv
ilege to access - GSD device 1:11
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] See README file included for help
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] gridseed detect (1:11) failed to initialise (incorrect de
vice?)
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] USB init, open device failed, err -3, you don't have priv
ilege to access - GSD device 1:10
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] See README file included for help
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] gridseed detect (1:10) failed to initialise (incorrect de
vice?)

[suchmoon]

Using raspberry pi, after connecting to pool, im getting these errors, anyone can help me out ? ;0
[2014-03-22 18:59:42] See README file included for help
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] gridseed detect (1:12) failed to initialise (incorrect de
vice?)
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] USB init, open device failed, err -3, you don't have priv
ilege to access - GSD device 1:11
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] See README file included for help
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] gridseed detect (1:11) failed to initialise (incorrect de
vice?)
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] USB init, open device failed, err -3, you don't have priv
ilege to access - GSD device 1:10
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] See README file included for help
 [2014-03-22 18:59:42] gridseed detect (1:10) failed to initialise (incorrect de
vice?)

what does lsusb tell you?

And if you are using cgminer try

cgminer -n --usb-list

This will tell you which device numbers are available.

[Axion_Zen]

lsusb shows

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 029: ID 0483:5740 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
Bus 001 Device 030: ID 0483:5740 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
Bus 001 Device 031: ID 0483:5740 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
Bus 001 Device 032: ID 0483:5740 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 023: ID 1a40:0201 Terminus Technology Inc. FE 2.1 7-port Hub
Bus 001 Device 024: ID 0483:5740 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
Bus 001 Device 025: ID 0483:5740 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
Bus 001 Device 026: ID 0483:5740 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
Bus 001 Device 027: ID 1a40:0201 Terminus Technology Inc. FE 2.1 7-port Hub
Bus 001 Device 028: ID 0483:5740 SGS Thomson Microelectronics

[Axion_Zen]

[2014-03-22 19:10:37] USB all: found 13 devices - listing known devices
.USB dev 0: Bus 1 Device 28 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 0: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 1: Bus 1 Device 32 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 1: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 2: Bus 1 Device 31 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 2: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 3: Bus 1 Device 30 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 3: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 4: Bus 1 Device 29 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 4: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 5: Bus 1 Device 26 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 5: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 6: Bus 1 Device 25 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 6: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 7: Bus 1 Device 24 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 7: Failed to open, err -3
 [2014-03-22 19:10:37] 8 known USB devices

[BitMinerN8]

[2014-03-22 19:10:37] USB all: found 13 devices - listing known devices
.USB dev 0: Bus 1 Device 28 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 0: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 1: Bus 1 Device 32 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 1: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 2: Bus 1 Device 31 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 2: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 3: Bus 1 Device 30 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 3: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 4: Bus 1 Device 29 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 4: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 5: Bus 1 Device 26 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 5: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 6: Bus 1 Device 25 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 6: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 7: Bus 1 Device 24 ID: 0483:5740
  ** dev 7: Failed to open, err -3
 [2014-03-22 19:10:37] 8 known USB devices

Try sudo, then command.

[Axion_Zen]

I got them all running now but im not getting any accepted shares?

[bobby35ny]

Hey guys!
 I'm running 30 on a Pi.
I have 3 sabrent 13 port hubs daisy chained. CG and scripta are only seeing 12 miners.
Thoughts??
-Bobby

[pjcltd]

Hey guys!
 I'm running 30 on a Pi.
I have 3 sabrent 13 port hubs daisy chained. CG and scripta are only seeing 12 miners.
Thoughts??
-Bobby

At a guess I would say the the pi can not see past the first hub
Have you tried plugging in 1 hub into each port on the pi
Ie 20 gridseeds and see if that works

Also
Try this
When cgminer is running unplug the usb hubs till they are all unplugged then plug them in 1 hub at a time

[pjcltd]

Hey guys!
 I'm running 30 on a Pi.
I have 3 sabrent 13 port hubs daisy chained. CG and scripta are only seeing 12 miners.
Thoughts??
-Bobby

At a guess I would say the the pi can not see past the first hub
Have you tried plugging in 1 hub into each port on the pi
Ie 20 gridseeds and see if that works

Also
Try this
When cgminer is running unplug the usb hubs till they are all unplugged then plug them in 1 hub at a time

I'm running 20 gridseeds on a 49 port usb 2 hub with the same image as you

[suchmoon]

Hey guys!
 I'm running 30 on a Pi.
I have 3 sabrent 13 port hubs daisy chained. CG and scripta are only seeing 12 miners.
Thoughts??
-Bobby

Pi can only see 2 levels of USB hubs. A 13-port hub has another hub inside, so that's two levels. It means you can run 26 miners by connecting a 13-port hub to each of the two USB ports on the Pi.

Then you can try connecting another hub to one of the first two hubs and gain five more ports, however you need to make sure that you connect it to the first level on the first hub (trial an error method works, or see below) and you'll only be able to see 6 of the 13 ports. Yeah, it is that confusing. Use "lsusb -t" to see how this all looks like. If you have a Windows PC you can use this: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html to test out how to daisy-chain the hubs and the connect them the same way to the Pi.

(edit: added link to USB Tree View).

[anden]

With great thanks to this guide and many hours of research and experimenting I have created an image to run on the raspberry PI that automatically dual mines btc/script at the same time with the Gridseed5 chip. Once written to the sd card and booted up, it will auto log-in and start BTC mining in about 15 seconds and then 15 seconds later script mining kicks in.  I have been running for over 36 hours now with no issues whatsover.  Average hour hashrate with 4 units has been 40GHS BTC and 1250KHS script. The image is createdfrom Raspian with all updates as of 3/21/14, cgminer 3.8.5, and cpuminer.  This was created on my 8GB Sd card with expanded file system in Raspian, so I assume you will need at least that big of a card to write to.  If I had known this was going to work so well I would have written to a smaller SD card as it only takes up 2.5Gb.  I will try to figure out how to shrink it down to fit on a 4 GB card in the future.

User "miner", password "raspberry", ssh port 22

You will need to edit the following files for your own pools:
/home/miner/minebitcoin.sh ( nano ./minebitcoin.sh )
/home/miner/minescript.sh ( nano ./minescript.sh )

For script mining, you have the choice to use all devices under one worker, in which case you only need to edit /home/miner/worker_All.sh to enter your pool info. ( nano ./worker_All.sh)

It also has the option to use each device under separate workers, I have included 4 scripts that correspond to my 4 gridseeds named /home/miner/worker1.sh, worker2.sh, etc  You will need to edit those scripts ( sudo nano ./worker1.sh ) and add a new worker for any gridseed beyond 4 devices.  

CPUMiner should automatically assign tty into the startup script and launch for each device as long as you have filled in the number of devices in ./minescript.sh

To mine only scrypt, nano ./automine.sh and comment out the bottom 2 lines, and nano ./minescript and remove " --dual " from the config

Log in info is as follows (please change with passwd and sudo passwd commands):
username:  miner
password: raspberry
sudo password: raspberry

Let me know how this works for you, this was built and tested on my particular gridseeds from my purchase from zoomhash last week (shows STM.....)

https://mega.co.nz/#!7hZwSA4T!Z_mzGqhH0rmNNzbWdxE__iMD2s9T0Ly1xahKVOaZv4A

Clicking link doesnt seem to work, but highlight and open in new tab does.

[jwoodyu]

Stability fix for PI users.

I was having a terrible time getting my rig to run long stretches in Scrypt mode with any real stability regardless if i was using cpuminer or dtbartle (cgminer 3.7.2). I picked up this tip from another thread were they were using Scripta. I applied only the stability fix portion from this thread to my PI which is otherwise configured per this guide. My rig is now stable using either cpuminer or dtbartle.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5604625#msg5604625

if your having stability issues in long runs on a PI I would give it a shot.

[favelle75]

Stability fix for PI users.

I was having a terrible time getting my rig to run long stretches in Scrypt mode with any real stability regardless if i was using cpuminer or dtbartle (cgminer 3.7.2). I picked up this tip from another thread were they were using Scripta. I applied only the stability fix portion from this thread to my PI witch is otherwise configured per this guide. My rig is now stable using either cpuminer or dtbartle.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5604625#msg5604625

if your having stability issues in long runs on a PI I would give it a shot.

Any hints for Windows using CGminer 3.7.2? Mine will run for about 6-8 hours, then they need to be unplugged (USB) and plugged back in. Very weird.

[jamieb81]

Stability fix for PI users.

I was having a terrible time getting my rig to run long stretches in Scrypt mode with any real stability regardless if i was using cpuminer or dtbartle (cgminer 3.7.2). I picked up this tip from another thread were they were using Scripta. I applied only the stability fix portion from this thread to my PI witch is otherwise configured per this guide. My rig is now stable using either cpuminer or dtbartle.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5604625#msg5604625

if your having stability issues in long runs on a PI I would give it a shot.

Any hints for Windows using CGminer 3.7.2? Mine will run for about 6-8 hours, then they need to be unplugged (USB) and plugged back in. Very weird.

the problem is known, someone made some kind of file that will reboot them every x hours

[favelle75]

Stability fix for PI users.

I was having a terrible time getting my rig to run long stretches in Scrypt mode with any real stability regardless if i was using cpuminer or dtbartle (cgminer 3.7.2). I picked up this tip from another thread were they were using Scripta. I applied only the stability fix portion from this thread to my PI witch is otherwise configured per this guide. My rig is now stable using either cpuminer or dtbartle.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5604625#msg5604625

if your having stability issues in long runs on a PI I would give it a shot.

Any hints for Windows using CGminer 3.7.2? Mine will run for about 6-8 hours, then they need to be unplugged (USB) and plugged back in. Very weird.

the problem is known, someone made some kind of file that will reboot them every x hours

Thanks Jaimie.

Is it better to run CPUMiner instead, or does that come with its own reboot issues as well?

[forzendiablo]

can anybody help me running 10 unit on windows? :x

[mig91]

what is --hotplug in cgminer ?