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

[zarton]

Why I'm getting "no devicies found" warning in bfgminer 4.3.0?

Code:

bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://poolname:3333 -u user.worker-p x --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S \\.\com6

I have the CP210x_VCP drivers installed.

You don't need any of those additional strings in there, not sure where you're getting them from. You also don't need any drivers for BFG.

You're right, those strings aren't needed. Anyway, until I didn't map the usb port properly, bfgminer doesn't start.

Solution: adding string -S rockminer:\\.\com6

[somatic]

No offense but this is a really useless "guide". All it says is to plug it in and run cgminer, with a bunch of unnecessary pictures.

[dogie]

No offense but this is a really useless "guide". All it says is to plug it in and run cgminer, with a bunch of unnecessary pictures.

What exactly do you want? "Lift your hand up, put your fingers together and grasp the cable, move arm holding the cable towards the miner"....

[drmadison]

No offense but this is a really useless "guide". All it says is to plug it in and run cgminer, with a bunch of unnecessary pictures.

Funny...if you had banged your head about the Zadig driver, or frankly were so new to mining that you didn't even know what software to run with this thing, you wouldn't think it was very useless...

Certainly some miners require more steps than others (like say the old ASICMiner Cubes, needing stratum proxies and what-not) but it's valuable knowing there's a place you can go to get instructions for pretty much any miner out there.

[snicks_snicks]

You're running these way past spec, and again the OCing does NOT work, do not attempt it. Its not as simple as a number.

@ dogie, so, i should use 270? this still produced HW errors... can you give me the specific speed or correct number for these R-Box?

thanks a lot



EDIT: i read your comment on the previous page to exclude even the 270 frequency in the batch file... at this point, the twins are running @ stock. i'll observe the HW error performance then i'll feedback later...

thanks...

Start at 200 and go up by 10 until you start getting hardware errors then go down by 5 until you receive no more hardware errors. Not all R-Box's are the same or in the same environment. I have 4 of them running at 32GH/s for a total around a 128. I also modded the back heat sink with one similar to the front with a fan on both ends. I have not tryed to over clock it much But mine run find at the 290 clock speed. Oh also power is a factor in getting hardware errors also. If your using a power pack to run it i recommend a min of 6amp for the speed your trying. As power packs tend to lose some amps as they warm up. If you need any further help let me no.....

[jmsr1978]

Dogie thanks for ur guide... i receive my R-Box today and in 10 minutes was working (still is) without problems following ur guide. I will be checking around from time to time... Thanks again! 

[dogie]

Dogie thanks for ur guide... i receive my R-Box today and in 10 minutes was working (still is) without problems following ur guide. I will be checking around from time to time... Thanks again! 

That's the point of it, from box to hashing Not being prepared or getting stuck can cost people days of mining.

[kcal63]

Well plugged in my second R-box today and works just fine the only thing I have found is that when using two on a single controller (tried Rpi, Win PC and Mac) they run at 34 Ghs rather than the 35 Ghs they will run at if run on a dedicated controller for each miner.

Have spent the last 2 days trying to get the first of my new RK-box miners setup , the hardware was only a pain in so far as the design makes it impossible not to twist/crush wires when running this thing. Got it running in a few minutes using a Corsair Tx850 PSU (had to jumper/plug the green + black wires in motherboard 24-pin cable to get it to show load and therefore run).
However, no matter what settings I have tried thus far this thing runs WAY below spec, tops out at 398 Ghs (and that is with a 30% over clock and pushing voltage by 0.2) at stock it runs at 280 Ghs and using just a bit of a frequency bump it runs pretty stable at 370 Ghs. But so far this thing is a MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT was hoping to get 460 GHs or maybe even 480 Ghs out of it. The Rockminer web interface is a nice feature (at 192.168.1.254 local IP when you setup using the approved pi image with cgminer). And before you ask, yes I checked and all four blades are running (each at around 92 Ghs currently).

Another note, the fan on this thing sounds like a small jet engine running and is slightly louder than the average vacuum cleaner (as in LOUD) the company shows a db meter at 59 in their testing vid but mine reads 69 - 71 with this thing running (I think it is most annoying due to the small diameter but large depth of the fan used, it gives it a very high-pitched tone).

Still working on trying to find a setting / setup that will get this thing to run even close to promised specs. Have tried two dif Rpi's with 3 diff software miners so far, next up is moving it to a windows PC and attempting a manual config of main cgminer (instead of the company distributed fork).

[jjdub7]

No offense but this is a really useless "guide". All it says is to plug it in and run cgminer, with a bunch of unnecessary pictures.

Setting up a device with pre-programmed boards isn't exactly rocket science.  These guides (not the use of guide here, not manual) have all the relevant info you need...physical setup, links to software binaries, PSU suggestions.  It had mine up and running in 10 minutes.  Considering this was my first non-USB piece of hardware, I'd say it was pretty useful.

[jmsr1978]

Doggie or someone who maybe have the experience... i got today one Zeus Blizzard to try it. It is possible to make it work in the same computer with the R-Box without problem? i dont want to make the test without getting some advice first 

[zarton]

Doggie or someone who maybe have the experience... i got today one Zeus Blizzard to try it. It is possible to make it work in the same computer with the R-Box without problem? i dont want to make the test without getting some advice first  

I have the experience  

You can run the rbox with bfgminer and the blizzard under cgminer, the only thing you need to do is mapping the ports properly with these strings , for rbox (bfgminer) -> -S rockminer:\\.\com* and for blizzard (cgminer) -> -S //./COM* , where * it's the number of port.

[jmsr1978]

Doggie or someone who maybe have the experience... i got today one Zeus Blizzard to try it. It is possible to make it work in the same computer with the R-Box without problem? i dont want to make the test without getting some advice first  

I have the experience  

You can run the rbox with bfgminer and the blizzard under cgminer, the only thing you need to do is mapping the ports properly with these strings , for rbox (bfgminer) -> -S rockminer:\\.\com* and for blizzard (cgminer) -> -S //./COM* , where * it's the number of port.

Thanks!!!! will try it right now... lets see how it goes, im kind of a newbie in all this about port and funny drivers 

[jmsr1978]

Doggie or someone who maybe have the experience... i got today one Zeus Blizzard to try it. It is possible to make it work in the same computer with the R-Box without problem? i dont want to make the test without getting some advice first  

I have the experience  

You can run the rbox with bfgminer and the blizzard under cgminer, the only thing you need to do is mapping the ports properly with these strings , for rbox (bfgminer) -> -S rockminer:\\.\com* and for blizzard (cgminer) -> -S //./COM* , where * it's the number of port.

Got one small question...

I install for the CGMiner and Zeus the CP210xVCP. What should i install for the BFGMiner and RockMiner? It is not in the OP only this

**If you have previously installed drivers using Zadig as above, you will need to reverse this to use BFGMiner**.

I will do all this it in a new machine so i dont have it installed there... the CP210xVCP works also with the RockMiner?

[zarton]

If you install the drivers for zeus, the drivers also gonna run in rbox. Then you only need to map the ports. In my case I installed the blizzard first and few days later the rbox.

Just don't install the zadigs drivers and anything will be fine.

[jmsr1978]

If you install the drivers for zeus, the drivers also gonna run in rbox. Then you only need to map the ports. In my case I installed the blizzard first and few days later the rbox.

Just don't install the zadigs drivers and anything will be fine.

perfect..will do it now
thanks a lot mate!

[jmsr1978]

If you install the drivers for zeus, the drivers also gonna run in rbox. Then you only need to map the ports. In my case I installed the blizzard first and few days later the rbox.

Just don't install the zadigs drivers and anything will be fine.

All running smoothly!!! Yeah!  Thanks again!!!

[klintay]

No offense but this is a really useless "guide". All it says is to plug it in and run cgminer, with a bunch of unnecessary pictures.

What exactly do you want? "Lift your hand up, put your fingers together and grasp the cable, move arm holding the cable towards the miner"....

I think he wants a "troll" sticker 

[jmsr1978]

I need some advice. What means "No task request? Probably lost, resending task 0"? I suppose is about the connection with the pool but im not so sure. Im a newbie with bfgminer

Also, im using ghash.io but if some of u know a better pool would be good to know. Im using this one mostly because i have some GH there but...

Thanks in advance

[dogie]

I need some advice. What means "No task request? Probably lost, resending task 0"? I suppose is about the connection with the pool but im not so sure. Im a newbie with bfgminer

Also, im using ghash.io but if some of u know a better pool would be good to know. Im using this one mostly because i have some GH there but...

Thanks in advance

I'm also a BFGminer, I personally have always used cgminer.

I use BTCGuild because its small enough that its not a problem, but big enough that its not a problem.

[guppysb]

Hey guys,

I am currently using BFGMiner & the R-box with this command line:
bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.btcguild.com:3333 -u username -p 123 -S all --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S rockminer:\\.\com5

I am currently getting roughly 32 GH/s. Is there any way to optimize the command line to increase the output? I don't know how to set the rmu frequency in BFGminer. I have a 48 watt power supply as well.