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

[worldlybedouin]

Anyone here has their gridseed 5 chip device running on a Pi?

I compiled and ran but I never get an accepted share. Here is what I get

Any help?

Ps. I'm not using a hub. I got the device connected directly to the Pi.

How long did you let it run for? 

Have you tried a different pool or coin?

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[jane2]

please tell meee
screen split automatically

http://imgur.com/pXRC5ae

I think that was done by hand not by script...

http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html

or an easier guide: http://tomlee.co/2011/10/gnu-screen-splitting/

thank youuu
i can study

[simon66]

Anyone here has their gridseed 5 chip device running on a Pi?

I compiled and ran but I never get an accepted share. Here is what I get

Any help?

Ps. I'm not using a hub. I got the device connected directly to the Pi.

How long did you let it run for? 

Have you tried a different pool or coin?

I ran it for about 20 mins now, still nothing. I got 7 other devices mining on my Windows PC to the same pool and they work just fine.

[miaviator]

Anyone here has their gridseed 5 chip device running on a Pi?

I compiled and ran but I never get an accepted share. Here is what I get

Any help?

Ps. I'm not using a hub. I got the device connected directly to the Pi.

How long did you let it run for? 

Have you tried a different pool or coin?

I ran it for about 20 mins now, still nothing. I got 7 other devices mining on my Windows PC to the same pool and they work just fine.

USE a powered HUB and see if it works.

Or unplug the power cord and leave the device plugged into the Pi.  See if the green and red lights blink.   Then go back to #1....

[miaviator]

please tell meee
screen split automatically

http://imgur.com/pXRC5ae

I think that was done by hand not by script...

http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html

or an easier guide: http://tomlee.co/2011/10/gnu-screen-splitting/

thank youuu
i can study

EDIT: if you are using the root account and have files stored in /root/ you will have to change all of the /home/miner/ paths to /root/

Oddly enough I can make that setup happen via script:

pool0.sh - pool9.sh

Code:

POOL="-o stratum+tcp://us.clevermining.com:3333 -u 13zKJjzxGpjbqJDAWAhFNHVqALqcsCWiat -p x"
FREQ="800"

cd /home/miner/cpuminer/
./minerd -F $FREQ -G /dev/ttyACM9 $POOL

aio_screen

Code:

screen -t miner0  /home/miner/pool0.sh
split
split -v
focus down
screen -t miner1 /home/miner/pool1.sh
focus down
screen -t miner2 /home/miner/pool2.sh
split
split -v
focus down
screen -t miner3 /home/miner/pool3.sh
focus down
screen -t miner4 /home/miner/pool4.sh
split
split -v
focus down
screen -t miner5 /home/miner/pool5.sh
focus down
screen -t miner6 /home/miner/pool6.sh
split
split -v
focus down
screen -t miner7 /home/miner/pool7.sh
focus down
screen -t miner8 /home/miner/pool8.sh
split -v
focus down
screen -t miner9 /home/miner/pool9.sh

Then as root run

Code:

 screen -c /home/miner/aio_screen

Should output 10 consoles like this: I only ran one actual unit in the window as a test.


The only issue I had was that upon detaching and reattaching to the screen session or starting detached all of the windows reset to windows with no positioning

[CartmanSPC]

Anyone here has their gridseed 5 chip device running on a Pi?

I compiled and ran but I never get an accepted share. Here is what I get

Any help?

Ps. I'm not using a hub. I got the device connected directly to the Pi.

How long did you let it run for?  

Have you tried a different pool or coin?

I ran it for about 20 mins now, still nothing. I got 7 other devices mining on my Windows PC to the same pool and they work just fine.

USE a powered HUB and see if it works.

Or unplug the power cord and leave the device plugged into the Pi.  See if the green and red lights blink.   Then go back to #1....

I suspect that it will not work being plugged directly into the Pi. I can confirm that connecting a single unit directly into the wiibox controller does not work even though it lights up the LEDs with the power unplugged from the 5 chip Gridseed.

[daemonfox]

Code:

C:\Users\DAEMONFOX\Desktop\cgminer-4.0.0-windows>C:\Users\DAEMONFOX\Desktop\cgmi
ner-4.0.0-windows\cgminer.exe -n
 [2014-03-05 15:28:17] USB all: found 8 devices - listing known devices

 [2014-03-05 15:28:17] No known USB devices

C:\Users\DAEMONFOX\Desktop\cgminer-4.0.0-windows>

I assume since cpuminer found COM4 for my miner and had zero issues hashing that the above means the windows binaries of cgminer just don't have the gridseed code compiled into them?

If so... anyone care to take a stab at making those pulls into a win binary?

[copyfile]

Can someone help me with the correct way to start two gridseed miners on my raspberry pi, and that i can check both of them with the screen function? I used the code below first i start the first miner, than i exit putty, login again and run the second miner. But i had them running for 6 hours now and they didn't work. My pool says that there was no activity! What do i have to do different ?

Start first miner:
minerd --freq=850 -G /dev/ttyACM0 --url=stratum+tcp://eu.wafflepool.com:3333 --userpass=16WGeQ1c4atRnQ3EfdeTMyVWrkt16hzcwg:x

Second miner:

minerd --freq=850 -G /dev/ttyACM1 --url=stratum+tcp://eu.wafflepool.com:3333 --userpass=16WGeQ1c4atRnQ3EfdeTMyVWrkt16hzcwg:x

When i try to use the screen command after is started everything it says that there are not screens active!

[SummersideGuy]

How long before someone can get these things to dual mine under windows.
how are the single chip usb drives dual mining under windows?

[miaviator]

Can someone help me with the correct way to start two gridseed miners on my raspberry pi, and that i can check both of them with the screen function? I used the code below first i start the first miner, than i exit putty, login again and run the second miner. But i had them running for 6 hours now and they didn't work. My pool says that there was no activity! What do i have to do different ?

Start first miner:
minerd --freq=850 -G /dev/ttyACM0 --url=stratum+tcp://eu.wafflepool.com:3333 --userpass=16WGeQ1c4atRnQ3EfdeTMyVWrkt16hzcwg:x

Second miner:

minerd --freq=850 -G /dev/ttyACM1 --url=stratum+tcp://eu.wafflepool.com:3333 --userpass=16WGeQ1c4atRnQ3EfdeTMyVWrkt16hzcwg:x

When i try to use the screen command after is started everything it says that there are not screens active!

You have to run these in a screen session

if you just run minerd and then exit the ssh session minerd will close.

you can use screen -S miner1 minerd --freq=850 -G /dev/ttyACM0 --url=stratum+tcp://eu.wafflepool.com:3333 --userpass=16WGeQ1c4atRnQ3EfdeTMyVWrkt16hzcwg:x

then press Ctl+a Ctl+d to get to a terminal window and repeat for the second miner.

[scryptographer]

How long before someone can get these things to dual mine under windows.
how are the single chip usb drives dual mining under windows?

http://cryptomining-blog.com/1245-download-cgminer-3-8-5-for-windows-btc-mining-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asics/

[squall1066]

Thank you miaviator, nice guide and easy for someone like me to follow, I have however two questions.

1) my miner works for about 5 min submitting shares then just continues to "dispatching new work to gc3355 ltc core"? Exactly 1 min apart

2) the default core speed of 600 seams a little low according to your guide, Should I try and get around 750 with it?

[SummersideGuy]

How long before someone can get these things to dual mine under windows.
how are the single chip usb drives dual mining under windows?

http://cryptomining-blog.com/1245-download-cgminer-3-8-5-for-windows-btc-mining-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asics/

I downloaded it but no how to for install a WinUSB driver over the virtual COM to USB driver. I tried doing a web search, I installed CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers but i still dont know how to do what this is asking

[CartmanSPC]

Are the dimensions the same from the fan side? At work right now so I can't measure myself but designing a case and need to know the dimensions for the hole they will drop into (fan side down).

mm would be great.
Thanks

[miaviator]

Thank you miaviator, nice guide and easy for someone like me to follow, I have however two questions.

1) my miner works for about 5 min submitting shares then just continues to "dispatching new work to gc3355 ltc core"? Exactly 1 min apart

2) the default core speed of 600 seams a little low according to your guide, Should I try and get around 750 with it?

1 as long as it shows yay once in a while and shows a hashrate at the pool don't worry about it.  BTW did you buy from zoomhash?  How'd it go?

2: You should use 800 or 850!

[miaviator]

How long before someone can get these things to dual mine under windows.
how are the single chip usb drives dual mining under windows?

http://cryptomining-blog.com/1245-download-cgminer-3-8-5-for-windows-btc-mining-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asics/

I downloaded it but no how to for install a WinUSB driver over the virtual COM to USB driver. I tried doing a web search, I installed CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers but i still dont know how to do what this is asking

http://zadig.akeo.ie/

[miaviator]

Are the dimensions the same from the fan side? At work right now so I can't measure myself but designing a case and need to know the dimensions for the hole they will drop into (fan side down).

mm would be great.
Thanks

You mean that?  74ish mm

[daemonfox]

Dual mining on win 7 64!

Seems to be working well but I will watch it for a few hours to see if it locks up like mentioned previously.

[miaviator]

Dual mining on win 7 64!

Seems to be working well but I will watch it for a few hours to see if it locks up like mentioned previously.

Keep it cold and give it lots of power!

[daemonfox]

Dual mining on win 7 64!

Seems to be working well but I will watch it for a few hours to see if it locks up like mentioned previously.

Keep it cold and give it lots of power!

Honestly, for the first time ever it really does appear an ASIC was pieced together with decent cooling material and one hell of a fan... my god i feel the air flow from this tiny thing from about 3 feet away as it hums along next to my main workstation right now... fins are still cool to the touch with both cores at 800... 6.5 GH/s SHA256 (TAK mining) and ~300+ on scrypt (multipool for now until I decide what I am going to do long term) but I have no clue what the temp is since I do not see an output for it on either miner and I have not changed it over to my KILL-A-WATT yet to see the draw.

Will report back with more later.