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

[vegasguy]

Zues miner thunder X3 (1st revision) run factory clock @ 328mhz. Speed is 30 Mhs. Zues a few months later created the zeusminer thunder X6 that runs at a clock speed of 248mhz and 20MHs and 1/2 the power draw. Luke what would you charge to include support for zeus miners thunder both X6 and X3 for latest version and all future versions? I will pay as I really want this working. The last mining software that ANYONE developed for zeus was in July 2014, yet there are millions of owners.  I can also beta test as I own both the X3 and X6, but I am unable to compile (dont know how), so youll have to compile a binary for each test for windows if you choose to take this on. Also I want to run www.awesomeminer.com and I cant run that as its a front end for bfgminer. Awesome miner, automatically downloads the latest bfgminer automatically, and that does not have zues support built in. HELP US LUKE !  

Vegas

[vegasguy]

The speed on zeusminers needs to be alot lower ,the ones i own at between 220 and 248, at 328 they not even start
They instant crash at 300+

Then you would own zuesminers Thunder X6. I have 9 of them.  Ive been trying like hell to get these working on latest bfgminer. Olatest bfgminer will not detect mine. Can you please post you .bat file? Is there anything special you needed to do so bfgminer can see them? Did you recomiple the source and add zeus support?

Thanks in advance

Vegas

Would love it if someone could verify this is the case. Is the initial clock speed too high for newer devices?

I was only able to test up to the 256-chip devices some months ago.

I have both Zeus miner X6 and Zeus miner X3. Multiminer DOES work with Zeusminer X3 as its native speed is 328mhz, however even the latest Multiminer binary (released 4 days ago) does not work with thunder X6. Both the zeusminer thunder X3 and X6 are pretty much identical. They both have 128 chips, they even use the same FTDI driver, the only difference is clock speed. Thunder X3: 328mhz, Thunder X6: 248mhz. I quoted factory clock speeds. Yes, my thunder X6 do crash running latest multiminer, zeus thunder X3 works fine. CONFIRMED!

[nwoolls]

The speed on zeusminers needs to be alot lower ,the ones i own at between 220 and 248, at 328 they not even start
They instant crash at 300+

Then you would own zuesminers Thunder X6. I have 9 of them.  Ive been trying like hell to get these working on latest bfgminer. Olatest bfgminer will not detect mine. Can you please post you .bat file? Is there anything special you needed to do so bfgminer can see them? Did you recomiple the source and add zeus support?

Thanks in advance

Vegas

Would love it if someone could verify this is the case. Is the initial clock speed too high for newer devices?

I was only able to test up to the 256-chip devices some months ago.

I have both Zeus miner X6 and Zeus miner X3. Multiminer DOES work with Zeusminer X3 as its native speed is 328mhz, however even the latest Multiminer binary (released 4 days ago) does not work with thunder X6. Both the zeusminer thunder X3 and X6 are pretty much identical. They both have 128 chips, they even use the same FTDI driver, the only difference is clock speed. Thunder X3: 328mhz, Thunder X6: 248mhz. I quoted factory clock speeds. Yes, my thunder X6 do crash running latest multiminer, zeus thunder X3 works fine. CONFIRMED!

Have you tried specifying the clock speed with the BFGMiner arguments?

Code:

--set zus:clock=248

You can specify that in MultiMiner in the settings here.

Edit: more info from README.ASIC (thanks to a recent contribution):

Zeusminers do not support autodetection, so you will need to use --scan to probe
for them:

-S zeusminer:\\.\COM3

You should also configure the driver for your specific device:

    --set zeusminer:clock=N        Clock frequency (default: 328)
    --set zeusminer:chips=N        Number of chips per device
        Blizzard    :  6          Cyclone     :  96
        Hurricane X2: 48 (2*24)   Hurricane X3:  64 (2*32)
        Thunder   X2: 96 (4*24)   Thunder   X3: 128 (4*32)
Note: if you set this option incorrectly, the device may underperform and/or
      misreport hashrate.

For example:

bfgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool:port -u user -p pass -S zeusminer:\\.\COM3 --set zeusminer:clock=328 --set zeusminer:chips=128

[GrrOucH]

Is there a way to get the new Antminer U3 to work with BFGminer?

[Luke-Jr]

Is there a way to get the new Antminer U3 to work with BFGminer?

Unfortunately, Bitmain has not been providing samples to work with since the S1 (which they also didn't follow up on).
The best route is for more customers to contact them asking for BFGMiner support, so they are aware of the need for quality software support.

In the meantime, perhaps the U3 is cheap enough that someone might be interested in donating one?

[Luke-Jr]

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