OLD: BFGMiner 4.10.0: GBT+Stratum, RPC, Mac/Linux/Win64, Spondoolies SP30

[Ntrain2k]

Hi, all

i have problem with my zeus hurricane X3 which worked for a while without a hitch but now i get a problem as below.

 [2014-09-22 14:34:38] Started bfgminer 4.8.0
 [2014-09-22 14:34:38] Found ZUS 0aa at \\.\COM3
 [2014-09-22 14:34:38] Probing for an alive pool
 [2014-09-22 14:34:38] Testing pool stratum+tcp://us-east.multipool.us:3355
 [2014-09-22 14:34:38] HTTP request failed: Protocol stratum+tcp not supported or disabled in libcurl
 [2014-09-22 14:34:39] Stratum authorisation success for pool 0
 [2014-09-22 14:34:39] Pool 0 stratum+tcp://us-east.multipool.us:3355 alive
 [2014-09-22 14:34:39] Pool 0 is hiding block contents from us
 [2014-09-22 14:34:39] Network difficulty changed to 69 (498.2Mh)
 [2014-09-22 14:34:39] New block: ...bd9baea5 #229261 diff 69 (498.2Mh
)
 [2014-09-22 14:34:39] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2014-09-22 14:34:39] ZUS 0: Opened \\.\COM3
 [2014-09-22 14:34:44] ZUS 0aa: Comms error (werr=1)
 [2014-09-22 14:34:44] ZUS 0aa: Failed to reopen on \\.\COM3
 [2014-09-22 14:34:44] ZUS 0aa failure, attempting to reinitialize
 [2014-09-22 14:34:44] ZUS 0aa: Failed to reopen on \\.\COM3
 [2014-09-22 14:34:44] ZUS 0aa failure, disabling!
 [2014-09-22 14:34:44] ZUS 0aa being disabled

Anyone can kindly comment what it is as i got no clue? Thank you

NOTE: my .bat file as below
bfgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://us-east.multipool.us:3355 -u x -p x --scan noauto -S zeusminer:\\.\COM3 -d zeusminer@\\.\COM3 --set zeusminer:chips=64 --set zeusminer:clock=300 --set zeusminer:ignore_golden_nonce=1

I had one Zeus/GAW miner that would lose the USB connection at random times and it would give those errors. When I unplugged the USB cable from the miner side and replugged it would take back off.

[akk123]

to Ntrain2k

Unfortunately when i unplug it pc gives me unrecognised hardware error and bfgminer declares dead. thanks anyway

[Ntrain2k]

to Ntrain2k

Unfortunately when i unplug it pc gives me unrecognised hardware error and bfgminer declares dead. thanks anyway

Have you tried swapping cables and/or power source?

Does it work ok with older versions?

[akk123]

to Ntrain2k

Unfortunately when i unplug it pc gives me unrecognised hardware error and bfgminer declares dead. thanks anyway

Have you tried swapping cables and/or power source?

Does it work ok with older versions?

i think i will try with different power source as my corsair 600m might be getting older.

[ScriptProdigy]

Has anyone gotten BFGMiner to run the Antminer S3's successfully?

[nwoolls]

Has anyone gotten BFGMiner to run the Antminer S3's successfully?

Have they released the source code yet? Last I heard they were going to, and then they did, and then it turned out to be the source for the USB sticks.

[ScriptProdigy]

Has anyone gotten BFGMiner to run the Antminer S3's successfully?

Have they released the source code yet? Last I heard they were going to, and then they did, and then it turned out to be the source for the USB sticks.

The cgminer with s3 support is now open source, https://github.com/bitmaintech/cgminer, supports up to s4 now

however, bfgminer supports some stratum calls that cgminer doesn't and I require those. So need a bfgminer build that supports these.

[nwoolls]

Has anyone gotten BFGMiner to run the Antminer S3's successfully?

Have they released the source code yet? Last I heard they were going to, and then they did, and then it turned out to be the source for the USB sticks.

The cgminer with s3 support is now open source, https://github.com/bitmaintech/cgminer, supports up to s4 now

however, bfgminer supports some stratum calls that cgminer doesn't and I require those. So need a bfgminer build that supports these.

Thanks - I'll check it out. Trying to get the R-Boxes playing nicely currently.

[hurricandave]

nwools, have you noticed Rockminer uses main.lib instead of cgminer.exe for the application name?

[nwoolls]

nwools, have you noticed Rockminer uses main.lib instead of cgminer.exe for the application name?

At this point I haven't looked much into the CGMiner code - Luke did the work for the R-Box driver and I'm trying to figure out / overcome the (seeming) overclocking limitations so that BFGMiner can push the R-Boxes (e.g. R3-Box) as far as their CGMiner fork.

[hurricandave]

Well, whatever they did to their cgminer fork, they aren't sharing with ckolivas either, and the official release doesn't work as well as rockminers fork. But its stuck using 4.3.3 till they change it.

[ScriptProdigy]

Has anyone gotten BFGMiner to run the Antminer S3's successfully?

Have they released the source code yet? Last I heard they were going to, and then they did, and then it turned out to be the source for the USB sticks.

The cgminer with s3 support is now open source, https://github.com/bitmaintech/cgminer, supports up to s4 now

however, bfgminer supports some stratum calls that cgminer doesn't and I require those. So need a bfgminer build that supports these.

Thanks - I'll check it out. Trying to get the R-Boxes playing nicely currently.

Really appreciate it! Should see a large spike in bfgminer use soon You guys are willing to work with other people and grow your product. Cgminer doesn't do so much of that, we'll be promoting you as our officially supported mining software. Not sure if I'm allowed to say yet what project I'm working on. But will let everyone in on the info once I get the clear

[Ntrain2k]

I have 10 of the original r-boxes and 2 of the new ones. Is there a way to get BFGMiner to run them all together, but set one frequency for the original ones and another for the new ones?

Thanks.

[nwoolls]

I have 10 of the original r-boxes and 2 of the new ones. Is there a way to get BFGMiner to run them all together, but set one frequency for the original ones and another for the new ones?

Thanks.

The --set parameter can be used to target specific devices by path or serial number:

Code:

--set rkm@/some/path:clock=XYZ
--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

[Ntrain2k]

I have 10 of the original r-boxes and 2 of the new ones. Is there a way to get BFGMiner to run them all together, but set one frequency for the original ones and another for the new ones?

Thanks.

The --set parameter can be used to target specific devices by path or serial number:

Code:

--set rkm@/some/path:clock=XYZ
--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

If I understand correctly, the R-boxes renerally have the same serial number, so this line would only have to be used signally?

--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

Hopefully the new R-boxes will have a different serial.

Sorry, kind of new at digging this deep into them.

[nwoolls]

I have 10 of the original r-boxes and 2 of the new ones. Is there a way to get BFGMiner to run them all together, but set one frequency for the original ones and another for the new ones?

Thanks.

The --set parameter can be used to target specific devices by path or serial number:

Code:

--set rkm@/some/path:clock=XYZ
--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

If I understand correctly, the R-boxes renerally have the same serial number, so this line would only have to be used signally?

--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

Hopefully the new R-boxes will have a different serial.

Sorry, kind of new at digging this deep into them.

If the devices have the same serial number (IOW manufacturer did not set proper information), you would either need to use the device path instead or use a tool to program a serial number on the device(s).

For CP210x-based devices the following tool is relatively painless: http://cp210x-program.sourceforge.net

[ScriptProdigy]

PMed luke with no reply, so throwing this in here. My test rig is reporting incorrect mhs in the bfgminer api.

http://puu.sh/bJlV6/5b42cc5027.png

Api reported data ^^


http://puu.sh/bJlX5/8539153d87.png

In bfgminer console ^^


any ideas?

[Ntrain2k]

I have 10 of the original r-boxes and 2 of the new ones. Is there a way to get BFGMiner to run them all together, but set one frequency for the original ones and another for the new ones?

Thanks.

The --set parameter can be used to target specific devices by path or serial number:

Code:

--set rkm@/some/path:clock=XYZ
--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

If I understand correctly, the R-boxes generally have the same serial number, so this line would only have to be used signally?

--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

Hopefully the new R-boxes will have a different serial.

Sorry, kind of new at digging this deep into them.

If the devices have the same serial number (IOW manufacturer did not set proper information), you would either need to use the device path instead or use a tool to program a serial number on the device(s).

For CP210x-based devices the following tool is relatively painless: http://cp210x-program.sourceforge.net

Could I leave my current setup for the frequency on the older r-boxes and then use the serial frequency command on just the 2 new r-boxes?

[nwoolls]

I have 10 of the original r-boxes and 2 of the new ones. Is there a way to get BFGMiner to run them all together, but set one frequency for the original ones and another for the new ones?

Thanks.

The --set parameter can be used to target specific devices by path or serial number:

Code:

--set rkm@/some/path:clock=XYZ
--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

If I understand correctly, the R-boxes generally have the same serial number, so this line would only have to be used signally?

--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

Hopefully the new R-boxes will have a different serial.

Sorry, kind of new at digging this deep into them.

If the devices have the same serial number (IOW manufacturer did not set proper information), you would either need to use the device path instead or use a tool to program a serial number on the device(s).

For CP210x-based devices the following tool is relatively painless: http://cp210x-program.sourceforge.net

Could I leave my current setup for the frequency on the older r-boxes and then use the serial frequency command on just the 2 new r-boxes?

Sure it should work.

[Ntrain2k]

I have 10 of the original r-boxes and 2 of the new ones. Is there a way to get BFGMiner to run them all together, but set one frequency for the original ones and another for the new ones?

Thanks.

The --set parameter can be used to target specific devices by path or serial number:

Code:

--set rkm@/some/path:clock=XYZ
--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

If I understand correctly, the R-boxes generally have the same serial number, so this line would only have to be used signally?

--set rkm@serial123:clock=ABC

Hopefully the new R-boxes will have a different serial.

Sorry, kind of new at digging this deep into them.

If the devices have the same serial number (IOW manufacturer did not set proper information), you would either need to use the device path instead or use a tool to program a serial number on the device(s).

For CP210x-based devices the following tool is relatively painless: http://cp210x-program.sourceforge.net

Could I leave my current setup for the frequency on the older r-boxes and then use the serial frequency command on just the 2 new r-boxes?

Sure it should work.

Sweet. Thank you Sir.