Avalon A1041 Review

[PassThePopcorn]

I tested this "ring" system out and...

I think daisy chains are a brilliant idea that would help reduce clutter and cost, it would be even better if it had ring type topology to help with redundancy, can you test this Phil? Meaning the second miner goes back to the router and if any one cable is unplugged the miners still are connected.

It took the entire subnet down. I tried it with all the A10's in DHCP as well as all being set to static and both resulted in an immediate loss of all machines, once I disconnected one end of the ring everything came back up.

I've sent the suggestion to Avalon hopefully they would be able to implement something like this as it would greatly help with large daisy chains, I don't think anyone would want to run a 254 daisy chain if the second miner could loose power and then 252 are not working because of that one.

[philipma1957]

it would be good.  but it seems that it was just like looping an eth cable on a switch it takes down the entire 1-254 set of addresses.

I have done this more than once.  All the switch port like flicker really fast.

So it is an improvement. over old style even if it stays just like it is. as you can see every miner on the chain.

so a router to a 24 port switch old way  you could do  1 eth in 23 out to rasp pi  so 23 x 20 = 460 if you did a subnet.

most of the time rasp pi preffered chains of 3 or 4 not 5

so 23 x 12 = 266 with a sub net.

you needed 23 rasp pi
you needed 23 eth to rasp pi
you needed 23 x 4 dongle
you needed 264 5 pin cable
you needed 23 wall warts

now you need 264 eth cables  that is a nice improvement.

you would have 23 daisy chains with 12 eth cables each.

using 2 sub nets.

if you have a good 48 port switch and chain 12 per 47 ports with subnets added way way easier than before.  and more then 560 units a switch.

finding the optimum daisy chain would be good.  maybe it is 100 which is 4700 per 48 port switch.   you just need a better quality eth cable maybe a cat 6 not a 5 or a 5e.

[yxt]

sure, you guys created a Switching-Loop.
That will only work if your switch can recognize that

@PassThePopcorn
I had misread it.
Thought you're using a solid switch and the whole ring goes down only when a miner in the middle fails

[philipma1957]

Having issues signing into mine.

It is mining to my pool but refuses to let me use root root to sign in.

Which is weird as it let me sign in with root root on multiple occasions.

One really nice thing is this is not very loud.

I can run it in the garage and sleep in my bedroom above the garage.

Can’t do that with

 the m20s from what’s miner
the t17.     From bitmain
The s17.     From bitmain
The t39.      From innosilicon are all much louder then the a1041

With the m20s being the loudest miner I have ever owned.

This noise factor is a plus for a guy that loud miners are not good.

The a1041 is the quietest one especially on normal setting which yields about 31th and 2065 watts.

[NotFuzzyWarm]

Any non-demo A10's seen in the wild yet? It's looking like Canaan/Blokforge have blown the "early July" delivery date promised for those of us who bought in early May...

[philipma1957]

No ready models out that I know of.

I figured out  my sign in issue.

I accidentally changed my password  on the page that says admin.

I thought it was an alternate sign in  to do admin

what it is is the password change page for the gui sign in

so I altered my password  by doing admin admin

my sign-on is now:

root
admin

The gear works well  on normal setting.  temps are good.  the gui needs polishing up
this changes the only login option  from :
root root   to
root admin

[sarcheer]

Any non-demo A10's seen in the wild yet? It's looking like Canaan/Blokforge have blown the "early July" delivery date promised for those of us who bought in early May...

The 1041 listing that I purchased was more specific about shipping being between July 15-20. I always feel more comfortable when they specify a date range beyond "early." I will be sure to update this thread whether I receive shipping or not by the 21st.

[minefarmbuy]

Dates are nice if from the manufacturer but speaking from service side there's nothing like a 1000s emails of "where's my unit" if there is a delay, etc. Half the reason we're not a reseller and typically serve those that know about how these things are released anyway. 

[philipma1957]

I always attempt to not pester sellers / builders  about my gear due.

My list of gear due is always long.

I have 118th in sha 256 due.
I have power cables due.
I have some psu's due.

I have some special double sided high heat foam tape due
I have multiple 48 port switches due.  I went and got then so that should allow ethernet cable ring loops  with a1041 gear.

bold is  on point for this post/thread.

[PassThePopcorn]

I have an 8 port switch due in next week that should be able to handle the ring loops, was only $30 on amazon.

My hope is that canaan will be able to get a firmware version to prevent the loop soon and not need to purchase any additional smart switches for the future.

[philipma1957]

I have an 8 port switch due in next week that should be able to handle the ring loops, was only $30 on amazon.

My hope is that canaan will be able to get a firmware version to prevent the loop soon and not need to purchase any additional smart switches for the future.

please send me a link for it.  better yet post it here.

[PassThePopcorn]

please send me a link for it.  better yet post it here.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K4DS5KU/

[sarcheer]

Given my Blokforge order for an A1041 was supposed to ship July 15-20, if it doesn't ship today (because of the weekend) I'll consider it officially late.

[NotFuzzyWarm]

Given my Blokforge order for an A1041 was supposed to ship July 15-20, if it doesn't ship today (because of the weekend) I'll consider it officially late.

Ditto for the 2nd one I ordered in June.
And actually, my 1st A10 ordered May 13th was supposed to ship "early July" so I already consider that one late.
Really surprised we have not gotten a status update from Canaan/Blokforge...

[philipma1957]

I suspect they are having an issue with the controllers/gui

the beta models have weird behavior at times.

My 2 units run perfectly in my home with optimum internet.

but I can not get them to work in Clifton NJ with Verizon fios internet.

I will be bring up a different router  this week to try to get them to run.

Even when the controllers run here at my house  they are flakey.

[NotFuzzyWarm]

Whatever the reason, given their past communications history I really expected Canaan to let us know the reason for the delay   

[philipma1957]

Whatever the reason, given their past communications history I really expected Canaan to let us know the reason for the delay   

Yeah usually they are very good that way.

[taserz]

I might be picking up the a1047 seems to slightly beat the 1041.

[HagssFIN]

I might be picking up the a1047 seems to slightly beat the 1041.

Where did you find the A1047 model?

[mgoz]

Given my Blokforge order for an A1041 was supposed to ship July 15-20, if it doesn't ship today (because of the weekend) I'll consider it officially late.

When the 921 first came out I ordered a couple from Blokforge. Those shipped late too and Blokforge blamed it on customs holding them. I liked ordering from Blokforge to support a U.S. business, but the markups for customs and doing away with credit card processing killed it for me. I've always gotten early or on time when ordering directly from manufacturer.