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

[pallas]

All the talk about power costs is one of the reasons im switching to GS5s. The other is air-conditioning. I live in the Arizona desert, and it's already getting hot enough that I have to dial-back my GPU rigs to between 8-13 intensity from noon to 9pm because of the heat. The GPU's ran fine all winter in my garage, but now it's getting ridiculous to try and maintain them in that environment. Moving inside isn't going to be acceptable from a noise perspective.
I suppose I could go out and buy rack-space at some co-lo, but that would eat into the revenue stream.
For me, I pretty much have to move to ASIC because I won't be able to run the GPUs effectively during the summer months.

and if you move it inside, you will double your electricity use, because of the added air conditioning needed ;-)

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[usao]

I got my GS from Hash Master, and was trying to figure out what the following part is.
Im assuming it's some sort of controller, but I don't have any idea what the wiring configuration is suppose to be or how to use it.
There was no documentation of any kind with my order, so im trying to piece things together.
It has 2 Ethernet ports, one full-sized USB port and a micro-usb port. No SD card or anything removable.
I would attach a picture to the post, but not sure how to do that.

[vabchgent]

I got my GS from Hash Master, and was trying to figure out what the following part is.
Im assuming it's some sort of controller, but I don't have any idea what the wiring configuration is suppose to be or how to use it.
There was no documentation of any kind with my order, so im trying to piece things together.
It has 2 Ethernet ports, one full-sized USB port and a micro-usb port. No SD card or anything removable.
I would attach a picture to the post, but not sure how to do that.

I believe that is a controller in your hands look at page one of this forum should have information on setting it up.

[miaviator]

I got my GS from Hash Master, and was trying to figure out what the following part is.
Im assuming it's some sort of controller, but I don't have any idea what the wiring configuration is suppose to be or how to use it.
There was no documentation of any kind with my order, so im trying to piece things together.
It has 2 Ethernet ports, one full-sized USB port and a micro-usb port. No SD card or anything removable.
I would attach a picture to the post, but not sure how to do that.

There is a link on page one for the wiibox controller.  That is what you have.

After you set it up, throw it out.  They are still unstable.

[jjj0923]

anyone want to buy the little controllers and 12 port usb hubs that comes with the 20-gridseed kit?

I got mine yesterday and am running them off of a pi rasberry and don't need the controllers and hubs that came with the kit.

Jeff

[Mymine]

Finally got my 12v stepdown to run the Controller/Raspi off the 12v supply.  (Testing on the controller since it's trash, I'll move it to the raspi after 24 hours)

https://i.imgur.com/p5BgpJJl.jpg

is it stable? (i mean for power)
I suppose it's not enough amps to power the USB hub as wel?

[miaviator]

anyone want to buy the little controllers and 12 port usb hubs that comes with the 20-gridseed kit?

I got mine yesterday and am running them off of a pi rasberry and don't need the controllers and hubs that came with the kit.

Jeff

Lightening ASIC or WiiBox controller?

Picture of the HUB?

[miaviator]

Finally got my 12v stepdown to run the Controller/Raspi off the 12v supply.  (Testing on the controller since it's trash, I'll move it to the raspi after 24 hours)

https://i.imgur.com/p5BgpJJl.jpg

is it stable? (i mean for power)
I suppose it's not enough amps to power the USB hub as wel?

Working great for the Pi.

I'm using this one in my next build for the USB hubs since it will run at 5A continuous: http://amzn.com/B00CE75K0W



And this one for the Pi just so I don't have to solder:  http://amzn.com/B00CGQH1RQ

[jjj0923]

anyone want to buy the little controllers and 12 port usb hubs that comes with the 20-gridseed kit?

I got mine yesterday and am running them off of a pi rasberry and don't need the controllers and hubs that came with the kit.

Jeff

Lightening ASIC or WiiBox controller?

Picture of the HUB?

neither I think - some bare metal circuit boards with an LTC and BTC mining app built into the onboard simm.

[vabchgent]

Finally got my 12v stepdown to run the Controller/Raspi off the 12v supply.  (Testing on the controller since it's trash, I'll move it to the raspi after 24 hours)

https://i.imgur.com/p5BgpJJl.jpg

is it stable? (i mean for power)
I suppose it's not enough amps to power the USB hub as wel?

Working great for the Pi.

I'm using this one in my next build for the USB hubs since it will run at 5A continuous: http://amzn.com/B00CE75K0W



And this one for the Pi just so I don't have to solder:  http://amzn.com/B00CGQH1RQ

I have one of the metal top ones for my water pump in my system as a step up 12v to 24v .So they work pretty good.

[jjj0923]

has anyone tried cgminer in the beginning of this thread?

I can't get it to work

root@raspberrypi:/home/miner/usb-miner/software/cgminer# ./cgminer -F 850 -G /dev/ttyACM10  -o stratum+tcp://us.ltcrabbit.com:3334 -u xxxx.10 -p 123
 [2014-03-18 16:09:36] ./cgminer: -F: unrecognized option   

[highjamuk]

I don't know what amps my kettle cable needs to be to power the 12V 30A 360W Universal Regulated Switching Power Supply can anyone help? I am from the UK with 240 volts running from our wall. The instructions never mentioned UK cable requirements only EU and US

[daemonfox]

has anyone tried cgminer in the beginning of this thread?

I can't get it to work

root@raspberrypi:/home/miner/usb-miner/software/cgminer# ./cgminer -F 850 -G /dev/ttyACM10  -o stratum+tcp://us.ltcrabbit.com:3334 -u xxxx.10 -p 123
 [2014-03-18 16:09:36] ./cgminer: -F: unrecognized option   

These are the gridseed flags after your normal pool/user/config flags...

Code:

--gridseed-options=baud=115200,freq=750,chips=5,modules=1,usefifo=0,btc=16 --hotplug=0

[suchmoon]

has anyone tried cgminer in the beginning of this thread?

I can't get it to work

root@raspberrypi:/home/miner/usb-miner/software/cgminer# ./cgminer -F 850 -G /dev/ttyACM10  -o stratum+tcp://us.ltcrabbit.com:3334 -u xxxx.10 -p 123
 [2014-03-18 16:09:36] ./cgminer: -F: unrecognized option   

Try this instead:

./cgminer --gridseed-options=baud=115200,freq=850 --usb 1:1 -o stratum+tcp://us.ltcrabbit.com:3334 -u xxxx.10 -p 123

Instead of 1:1 you would use actual bus:device numbers, you can find those by running cgminer -n --usb-list. If you don't specify --usb, it will use all available gridseed miners.

[usao]

Ok, im trying to follow the steps in 5B (Windows).
I plugged in the USB miner to power and my computer.
I went to the device manager, and I didn't see any changes to the COM ports. However, I did see "STM32 Virtual COM Port" added to the "USB" section in the device manager.
So, im not a windows person and im wondering how to get the com port number. Under the USB section, it doesn't give any numbers. All it shows is "update driver" and other common options.

[vabchgent]

Ok, im trying to follow the steps in 5B (Windows).
I plugged in the USB miner to power and my computer.
I went to the device manager, and I didn't see any changes to the COM ports. However, I did see "STM32 Virtual COM Port" added to the "USB" section in the device manager.
So, im not a windows person and im wondering how to get the com port number. Under the USB section, it doesn't give any numbers. All it shows is "update driver" and other common options.

Have you installed zadig drivers for cgminer. If so you need to remove them. You should be able to click on the st under usb devices and remove the device and drivers then download and install the st drivers again. It will put it back under the comport tab.


this should be a link to them
http://www.st.com/web/en/catalog/tools/PF257938

[jjj0923]

has anyone tried cgminer in the beginning of this thread?

I can't get it to work

root@raspberrypi:/home/miner/usb-miner/software/cgminer# ./cgminer -F 850 -G /dev/ttyACM10  -o stratum+tcp://us.ltcrabbit.com:3334 -u xxxx.10 -p 123
 [2014-03-18 16:09:36] ./cgminer: -F: unrecognized option   

Try this instead:

./cgminer --gridseed-options=baud=115200,freq=850 --usb 1:1 -o stratum+tcp://us.ltcrabbit.com:3334 -u xxxx.10 -p 123

Instead of 1:1 you would use actual bus:device numbers, you can find those by running cgminer -n --usb-list. If you don't specify --usb, it will use all available gridseed miners.

so - given the blelow list - I would have number like:
1:27
1:26
1:25
1:24
etc?

.USB dev 0: Bus 1 Device 27 ID: 0483:5740
  Manufacturer: 'STMicroelectronics'
  Product: 'STM32 Virtual COM Port  '
.USB dev 1: Bus 1 Device 26 ID: 0483:5740
  Manufacturer: 'STMicroelectronics'
  Product: 'STM32 Virtual COM Port  '
.USB dev 2: Bus 1 Device 25 ID: 0483:5740
  Manufacturer: 'STMicroelectronics'
  Product: 'STM32 Virtual COM Port  '
.USB dev 3: Bus 1 Device 24 ID: 0483:5740
  Manufacturer: 'STMicroelectronics'
  Product: 'STM32 Virtual COM Port  '
.USB dev 4: Bus 1 Device 23 ID: 0483:5740
  Manufacturer: 'STMicroelectronics'
  Product: 'STM32 Virtual COM Port  '
.USB dev 5: Bus 1 Device 22 ID: 0483:5740
  Manufacturer: 'STMicroelectronics'
  Product: 'STM32 Virtual COM Port  '
.USB dev 6: Bus 1 Device 21 ID: 0483:5740
  Manufacturer: 'STMicroelectronics'
  Product: 'STM32 Virtual COM Port  '
.USB dev 7: Bus 1 Device 20 ID: 0483:5740
  Manufacturer: 'STMicroelectronics'
  Product: 'STM32 Virtual COM Port  '

[jjj0923]

usb device stays busy.

I've been experimenting with cpuming and cgminer running on rasberry and if I kill a job (I started with nohup) and then try to restart it - I get an error that the usb device is busy.

anyway to 'nuke' this bust state?

thanks

[suchmoon]

1:27

Yes.

[suchmoon]

usb device stays busy.

I've been experimenting with cpuming and cgminer running on rasberry and if I kill a job (I started with nohup) and then try to restart it - I get an error that the usb device is busy.

anyway to 'nuke' this bust state?

thanks

I have not tested this but it might help:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/323146/how-to-close-a-file-descriptor-from-another-process-in-unix-systems

If I kill cgminer I can restart it with same USB port. Not sure what you're doing differently. Have you tried without nohup?