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

[Cranky4u]

Great guide! Had my new r-box up and hashing in under 20 minutes....kudos to you good Sir

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[CanaryInTheMine]

Bfgminer release now supports rbox:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632947.msg7245884#msg7245884

[dogie]

Bfgminer release now supports rbox:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632947.msg7245884#msg7245884

I'll update when cg and bfg have finished their release versions, make it nice and fair.

[CanaryInTheMine]

Bfgminer release now supports rbox:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632947.msg7245884#msg7245884

I'll update when cg and bfg have finished their release versions, make it nice and fair.

Sure, in the mean time, those wishing to use bfgminer can use:

Code:

bfgminer -S rockminer:all --set rockminer:clock=270

or

Code:

bfgminer -S rockminer:all --set rockminer:clock=290

no need for ziagdag step anymore, just the proper manufacturer's driver.  and if you ever had those ASICMiner USB sticks running using bfgminer on your system (now or before), then you already have the driver anyway

[Lon]

Question:

Is the setup the same for one or two Rockminers?

I can get 1 unit to work fine, however I cannot get 2 units to works together.  I've tried Powered Hubs and Direct on PC (Win 8.1 and XP).  Both have 12V 5A power, new usb cables.   I have to think it is in my config.  I'm using 'rbox_cgminer.rar' V4.3.3 downloaded from www.eyeboot.com.

{  cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --anu-freq 290 -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u name.work1 -p 12345 }

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I prefer bfgminer, however I cannot even get that to see my units.

-=Lon=-

[CrazyGuy]

Question:

Is the setup the same for one or two Rockminers?

I can get 1 unit to work fine, however I cannot get 2 units to works together.  I've tried Powered Hubs and Direct on PC (Win 8.1 and XP).  Both have 12V 5A power, new usb cables.   I have to think it is in my config.  I'm using 'rbox_cgminer.rar' V4.3.3 downloaded from www.eyeboot.com.

{  cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --anu-freq 290 -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u name.work1 -p 12345 }

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I prefer bfgminer, however I cannot even get that to see my units.

-=Lon=-

If you are using cgminer, make sure both devices have the winusb driver installed.(You can double check in Zadig) If using bfgminer, make sure you completely uninstall winusb drivers for those devices in device manager. Then install the silicon labs drivers

[dogie]

Question:

Is the setup the same for one or two Rockminers?

I can get 1 unit to work fine, however I cannot get 2 units to works together.  I've tried Powered Hubs and Direct on PC (Win 8.1 and XP).  Both have 12V 5A power, new usb cables.   I have to think it is in my config.  I'm using 'rbox_cgminer.rar' V4.3.3 downloaded from www.eyeboot.com.

{  cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --anu-freq 290 -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u name.work1 -p 12345 }

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I prefer bfgminer, however I cannot even get that to see my units.

-=Lon=-

If you are using cgminer, make sure both devices have the winusb driver installed.(You can double check in Zadig) If using bfgminer, make sure you completely uninstall winusb drivers for those devices in device manager. Then install the silicon labs drivers

I installed it on one of my units and it saw it on all 3 - surely its a system specific driver rather than a unit specific driver?

[minerbobbert]

The link you gave the required  2.5mm 12V mains power adapter is actually a duplicate link the USB cable, FYI...

[CrazyGuy]

Question:

Is the setup the same for one or two Rockminers?

I can get 1 unit to work fine, however I cannot get 2 units to works together.  I've tried Powered Hubs and Direct on PC (Win 8.1 and XP).  Both have 12V 5A power, new usb cables.   I have to think it is in my config.  I'm using 'rbox_cgminer.rar' V4.3.3 downloaded from www.eyeboot.com.

{  cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --anu-freq 290 -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u name.work1 -p 12345 }

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I prefer bfgminer, however I cannot even get that to see my units.

-=Lon=-

If you are using cgminer, make sure both devices have the winusb driver installed.(You can double check in Zadig) If using bfgminer, make sure you completely uninstall winusb drivers for those devices in device manager. Then install the silicon labs drivers

I installed it on one of my units and it saw it on all 3 - surely its a system specific driver rather than a unit specific driver?

I should clarify, you'll only have to install the driver once if you have no other drivers associated with the device. Windows will automatically install the first device driver associated with a device when plugged in. For instance, if you installed silicon labs drivers for a cp210x device in the past, then install winusb with zadig for a single device, you are going to have to do the same with each new device you plug in, since the silabs driver is the default. The best bet is to completely uninstall silabs or Winusb drivers when switching between cgminer and bfgminer. Do this by going into device manager and right click on the device --> uninstall. Make sure to check the box labeled "Delete the driver software for this device" to remove the device association with that driver.

[dogie]

The link you gave the required  2.5mm 12V mains power adapter is actually a duplicate link the USB cable, FYI...

Fixed

[minerbobbert]

Kewl.

Just wanted to make sure I was buying the right supplies.

[Lon]

Question:

Is the setup the same for one or two Rockminers?

I can get 1 unit to work fine, however I cannot get 2 units to works together.  I've tried Powered Hubs and Direct on PC (Win 8.1 and XP).  Both have 12V 5A power, new usb cables.   I have to think it is in my config.  I'm using 'rbox_cgminer.rar' V4.3.3 downloaded from www.eyeboot.com.

{  cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --anu-freq 290 -o stratum+tcp://us1.ghash.io:3333 -u name.work1 -p 12345 }

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I prefer bfgminer, however I cannot even get that to see my units.

-=Lon=-

If you are using cgminer, make sure both devices have the winusb driver installed.(You can double check in Zadig) If using bfgminer, make sure you completely uninstall winusb drivers for those devices in device manager. Then install the silicon labs drivers

I installed it on one of my units and it saw it on all 3 - surely its a system specific driver rather than a unit specific driver?

I should clarify, you'll only have to install the driver once if you have no other drivers associated with the device. Windows will automatically install the first device driver associated with a device when plugged in. For instance, if you installed silicon labs drivers for a cp210x device in the past, then install winusb with zadig for a single device, you are going to have to do the same with each new device you plug in, since the silabs driver is the default. The best bet is to completely uninstall silabs or Winusb drivers when switching between cgminer and bfgminer. Do this by going into device manager and right click on the device --> uninstall. Make sure to check the box labeled "Delete the driver software for this device" to remove the device association with that driver.

Ok, I finally got them to both work on a Win 8.1 PC using cgminer and zadig drivers.  I really wanted to use bfgminer so I spent most of my time removing silabs drivers, rebooting, adding silabs drivers, rebooting, power cycling everything.... Rinse-and-Repeat (many many times)...  With no luck, so I completely removed silabs and re-installed zadig, power cycle, and they both are working together now. 

Maybe I'll play some more this weekend and see if I can get bfgminer working, I like that a little better.  bfgminer does work and recognize antminers with silabs drivers.
Maybe even tackle adding them to my Raspberry Pi.

Thanks for your help, maybe this will help others that have a similar issue.

-=Lon=-

[jwiz1911]

Totally stumped with my R-Box's

It shows up in Windows Devices after I run the zadig app in the cgminer folder, but cgminer can't find the device.

Tried multiple cables, power bricks, reboots, driver installs and R-box units (I bought five...just trying to get ONE to function)

my cg.cmd looks like this:

cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --anu-freq 270 -o stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u (my payment address) -p123

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[dogie]

Totally stumped with my R-Box's

It shows up in Windows Devices after I run the zadig app in the cgminer folder, but cgminer can't find the device.

Tried multiple cables, power bricks, reboots, driver installs and R-box units (I bought five...just trying to get ONE to function)

my cg.cmd looks like this:

cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --anu-freq 270 -o stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u (my payment address) -p123

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Are you using the specific version of cgminer as in the OP?

[Lon]

Totally stumped with my R-Box's

It shows up in Windows Devices after I run the zadig app in the cgminer folder, but cgminer can't find the device.

Tried multiple cables, power bricks, reboots, driver installs and R-box units (I bought five...just trying to get ONE to function)

my cg.cmd looks like this:

cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --anu-freq 270 -o stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u (my payment address) -p123

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I'm new at this but I did get mine to work.  Here are a few ideas to try.

First, Where did you get your cgminer software?  It has to be one compiled for rockminers.  I downloaded mine from eyeboot.com (very good people there).

Second, I have also switched to eligius (payout is just as good/better as ghash) and I use      -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334

Third, I pulled power from my units and plugged them back in after cgminer was running.

-=Lon=-

[Jayjay04]

Can somebody tell me if I can use a power adapter 20v/6A with my R-Box
or a 19V/3.42A without damaging it ?

THX !!!

[dogie]

Can somebody tell me if I can use a power adapter 20v/6A with my R-Box
or a 19V/3.42A without damaging it ?

THX !!!

No. No. No.

[Jayjay04]

Damn so I absolutly need 12V/5A ?

[Jayjay04]

If i go less 12V/2A ? It won't hash at it max rate right ?

[dogie]

If i go less 12V/2A ? It won't hash at it max rate right ?

You need 12V, min 3A.