[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive RockMiner R-Box Setup [HD]

[baloy]

^ thanks a lot...

 

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[baloy]

the 5amp works if it is well made.
the 6amp should be better as it has more over head.

5 x 12 = 60 watts

6 x 12 = 72 watts

this unit pull 40 to 50 watts.

50/60 = 83%  just over the 80% rule for running gear 24.7.365

50/72 = 69%  well under the 80% rule for running gear 24.7.365

so, based on this feedback, if we'll use a 12V 8A power brick, would it be much more safe? please enlighten me... i saw a power brick on my way home that has this rating. i might consider that as an option.

thanks...

[bobsag3]

the 5amp works if it is well made.
the 6amp should be better as it has more over head.

5 x 12 = 60 watts

6 x 12 = 72 watts

this unit pull 40 to 50 watts.

50/60 = 83%  just over the 80% rule for running gear 24.7.365

50/72 = 69%  well under the 80% rule for running gear 24.7.365

so, based on this feedback, if we'll use a 12V 8A power brick, would it be much more safe? please enlighten me... i saw a power brick on my way home that has this rating. i might consider that as an option.

thanks...

I have had 0 problems with the 5A 12v we use in the shop, dont even get hot to the touch.

[baloy]

^ thanks...

[cronuss]

I came back to find my R-BOX "DEAD" twice overnight. It looks like it just gave up in the middle of the night, twice.

I am now running it on a different computer, and it keeps falling down to mid-20s in GH instead of 32GH.

Last night I was using bfgminer, now I am using CGMINER with the following:

cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --rmu-freq 270 -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u xyz -p 123
pause

What's the deal?

It also took forever to get it to work with the right drivers/etc. On this laptop I'm running it on I simply could not get bfgminer to recognize it no matter what I tried.

CGminer recognizes, but it takes a moment.

EDIT: I'm down to 24 GH/s now. I restarded it once and got 32GH/s briefly, but it is back to 24 now. Getting a lot of duplicate shares as well. This is on slush pool.


 [2014-06-19 12:38:03]
Summary of runtime statistics:

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Started at [2014-06-19 12:23:21]
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Pool: stratum+tcp://stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Runtime: 0 hrs : 14 mins : 41 secs
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Average hashrate: 24013.2 Mhash/s
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Solved blocks: 0
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Best share difficulty: 7.26K
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Share submissions: 418
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Accepted shares: 351
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Rejected shares: 67
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Accepted difficulty shares: 5223
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Rejected difficulty shares: 1161
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Reject ratio: 16.0%
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Hardware errors: 8732
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Utility (accepted shares / min): 23.97/min

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Work Utility (diff1 shares solved / min): 460.91/min

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Stale submissions discarded due to new blocks: 0

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Unable to get work from server occasions: 0

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Work items generated locally: 9053
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Submitting work remotely delay occasions: 0

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] New blocks detected on network: 4

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Summary of per device statistics:

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] RMU0 (5s):18.22G (avg):24.01Gh/s | A:5223 R:1161 HW:8732
WU:460.9/m


UPDATE: I just removed the icarus line, and also changed the clock to 290... I'm not getting a solid 35GH/s!

[ShosMeister]

How did you get it working with BFGMiner? What version? I keep getting no devices found using the --scan rockminer:all.

For S&Gs I tried using CGMiner and it seemed to work so I'm sure the R-Box isn't dead.

I followed a few threads online to completely remove the zadig drivers and associated OEM files so that now when I plug it in Win7 says it can't find a driver.

Any ideas? Thoughts? Hints? Suggestions?

Thanks!

BTW, I do have BFG working with my cube so I am fairly familiar with the configs and setup.

[dogie]

I've found no problems using the latest cgminer, don't need any additional information strings and its never dropped.

[BiggerDook]

They are USB1.1 devices (why do people still make USB1.1 devices?)
So if it's in a USB3 port, that may cause all sorts of problems also.
If it is a USB3 port, try using a USB2 port.

However, that isn't **official** cgminer 4.4.0
So that may also be your problem.
--rmu-freq 270 isn't a cgminer option
And you don't need any options to run it on cgminer.
And the cgminer option for the frequency is --rock-freq as per in the cgminer README that no one reads.
If you run **official** cgminer 4.4.0 with --rmu-freq 270 it will abort at startup since it's not valid.

Hey Kano, thanks for your reply.

Am definately in a USB 2.0 port, and have no plugged it into a USB2.0 hub(powered) but same thing.

I've tried the standard CGMiner from Eyeboot website, and changed my options for what i thought was the latest CGMiner, to just run without any options (apart from pool info) and also with --rock-freq 270.  Still no joy.

Have also uninstalled and re-installed ZAdig driver multiple times.


I don't think it can be a faulty unit, as Windows detects it OK.   Anyone any further thoughts?

[baloy]

@ dogie & others,

Just got my PCIe 6 pin to DC barrel plug power line converter. I'm not sure if the seller shipped me the 2.1 or 2.5 mm ID. I could not test it into the unit since i'm here in the office. I double checked w/ the seller, he said that the power line converter was for Gridseed. He can't confirm if he has shipped the correct size for my need. I didn't gave him the instruction... my bad. Now, can you or others here confirm what the Gridseed's barrel plug's ID? Is it 2.1 or 2.5 mm?

If mine here is 2.1, ah, I have no choice but buy some power bricks and DIY the DC plugs myself for the R-Box' use... I still opted to use these power line converters for my extra ATX PSU.

Thanks...

[dogie]

@ dogie & others,

Just got my PCIe 6 pin to DC barrel plug power line converter. I'm not sure if the seller shipped me the 2.1 or 2.5 mm ID. I could not test it into the unit since i'm here in the office. I double checked w/ the seller, he said that the power line converter was for Gridseed. He can't confirm if he has shipped the correct size for my need. I didn't gave him the instruction... my bad. Now, can you or others here confirm what the Gridseed's barrel plug's ID? Is it 2.1 or 2.5 mm?

If mine here is 2.1, ah, I have no choice but buy some power bricks and DIY the DC plugs myself for the R-Box' use... I still opted to use these power line converters for my extra ATX PSU.

Thanks...

I was under the impression they were 2.5mm, I could be wrong through as I never actually purchased any off the shelf.

[-ck]

I've tried the standard CGMiner from Eyeboot website, and changed my options for what i thought was the latest CGMiner, to just run without any options (apart from pool info) and also with --rock-freq 270.  Still no joy.

I'm curious as to what makes people think that Eyeboot is a place to download the official cgminer?

This is the official cgminer thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0

Only the download links listed in that thread are official. Most other downloads sites are either forks or trojans.

[BiggerDook]

I've tried the standard CGMiner from Eyeboot website, and changed my options for what i thought was the latest CGMiner, to just run without any options (apart from pool info) and also with --rock-freq 270.  Still no joy.

I'm curious as to what makes people think that Eyeboot is a place to download the official cgminer?

This is the official cgminer thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0

Only the download links listed in that thread are official. Most other downloads sites are either forks or trojans.

I just quoted EyeBoot, as thats the one the supplier of my RockMiner advised to use.

The CGMiner 4.4.0 i have also tried is from that forum thread/site (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/)

[baloy]

I was under the impression they were 2.5mm, I could be wrong through as I never actually purchased any off the shelf.

thanks a lot dogie...

[BiggerDook]

Just tried it on new "clean" computer following Dogies guide step-by-step.

And i noticed it started hasing!!!   (Detected as a "LIN" device in the list?)

Anyways, it was reaching upto 28-30GHs, so i stopped it, and added --rock-freq 290 into my bat file.

Restarted...nothing, just fails.


Once thing i noticed when it WAS working, was it's blue light was on.

Now, the blue light isn't on, but flashes on for a split second and in my console view it pops up "Icarus detect (3:21) failed to initialize (incorrect device?)  Then will keep doing that every....30secs maybe?


Screenshot attached.   Any ideas?


Thanks for your help so far guys, appreciate it.

http://imgur.com/oHuwVrd.jpg

[BiggerDook]

Sorry for another reply.

FYI i've managed to get it working.  No idea how.  Turn round, spit 3 times etc....

But i've got it running at 290freq, but hash rate is only 20GHS average.



I'm suspecting more and more this is a faulty unit, so i'm gonna follow up with the seller.


Thanks folks.

[klintay]

I've tried the standard CGMiner from Eyeboot website, and changed my options for what i thought was the latest CGMiner, to just run without any options (apart from pool info) and also with --rock-freq 270.  Still no joy.

I'm curious as to what makes people think that Eyeboot is a place to download the official cgminer?

This is the official cgminer thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0

Only the download links listed in that thread are official. Most other downloads sites are either forks or trojans.

I just quoted EyeBoot, as thats the one the supplier of my RockMiner advised to use.

The CGMiner 4.4.0 i have also tried is from that forum thread/site (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/)

I will update the page, at the time r-box support had not been incorporated into the official cgminer so i am hosting the old fork that was being used at the start.

Sorry for another reply.

FYI i've managed to get it working.  No idea how.  Turn round, spit 3 times etc....

But i've got it running at 290freq, but hash rate is only 20GHS average.



I'm suspecting more and more this is a faulty unit, so i'm gonna follow up with the seller.


Thanks folks.

Try it with 270freq and see if you get better results. If it still doesn't work, then send it back to eyeboot for a complete refund or replacement
sent you a PM

[baloy]

an update... the ID of the DC plug that I had purchased were all 2.1 mm (the R-Box has a 2.5 mm ID DC barrel plug)... what i did was to apply a little pressure during the plug's installation so that it will fit in... it just worked right...  ...

allow me to share the hash rate of the pair...




i will purchase a handful of these hashers in the coming days...

[dogie]

Sorry for another reply.

FYI i've managed to get it working.  No idea how.  Turn round, spit 3 times etc....

But i've got it running at 290freq, but hash rate is only 20GHS average.



I'm suspecting more and more this is a faulty unit, so i'm gonna follow up with the seller.


Thanks folks.

I've said it several times, do NOT use that string, it does not work correctly in the vast majority of cases. Don't even use 270, just exclude it entirely.

[ShosMeister]

I came back to find my R-BOX "DEAD" twice overnight. It looks like it just gave up in the middle of the night, twice.

Last night I was using bfgminer, now I am using CGMINER with the following:

I've been trying to get mine working with BFGMiner but can't seem to get it to recognize it. Any advice? I'd prefer to use that since it's already running my Cube through there rather than having two different miners running.

[DIEMcoin]

I came back to find my R-BOX "DEAD" twice overnight. It looks like it just gave up in the middle of the night, twice.

Last night I was using bfgminer, now I am using CGMINER with the following:

I've been trying to get mine working with BFGMiner but can't seem to get it to recognize it. Any advice? I'd prefer to use that since it's already running my Cube through there rather than having two different miners running.

Having the same problem with bfgminer running on a RPi.  My U1s work fine but it wont find the r-box.  Tried plugging in just the r-box and same thing.  Anyone know whats going on?

Got it working!  Hashing away nicly at a little over 30Ghs.

./bfgminer -o *poolurl* -u *worker* -p *password* -S rockminer:all --set-device rockminer:clock=290