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

[usao]

I've got 3 working off a USB 3.0 hub along with a Gridseed on Windows 8.1 with the Zadigs - no setup work, just plug n' mine.  If they're not working, it might be a USB issue (as mentioned).

Post what you hear from the vendor, should be helpful for everyone.

Ive been keeping my scrypt rigs seperate from my sha rigs, never tried running both on the same host.
Anyhow, I seem to have the best luck with the Raspberry PI and the Rockminer. However, im still waiting to hear back on the RMA for the bad unit.
It's very flakey, no matter which host I attach it to, it either fails to show-up at the OS layer or runs for a few minutes then disappears.

[MiningDavid]

superking123,

Tried that and it didn't work either.
Took it over to a friends house, and it didn't work still.

System see the blade, but not the miner details if that makes any sense.

[dogie]

superking123,

Tried that and it didn't work either.
Took it over to a friends house, and it didn't work still.

System see the blade, but not the miner details if that makes any sense.

Sounds like a dead R-Box.

[superking123]

superking123,

Tried that and it didn't work either.
Took it over to a friends house, and it didn't work still.

System see the blade, but not the miner details if that makes any sense.

I had an issue with one of mine where it would power on, the fans would spin and the red ligth would come on.
If you did an lsusb - if would show as attached device
but no matter what software you used it wouldn't mine
I just RMA'd it and got a replacement
Maybe you need to too?

[usao]

superking123,

Tried that and it didn't work either.
Took it over to a friends house, and it didn't work still.

System see the blade, but not the miner details if that makes any sense.

I had an issue with one of mine where it would power on, the fans would spin and the red ligth would come on.
If you did an lsusb - if would show as attached device
but no matter what software you used it wouldn't mine
I just RMA'd it and got a replacement
Maybe you need to too?

Ive got a flakey one also, somthing wrong with the USB port.
Ive requested a RMA, but it's been a week and a half, with no reply.

[superking123]

Using a 600W 12v 50A power supply to run 7 R-box. Will the machine get burnt ?

The power consumption is fine, only ~230W.

Dogie, do you know how many AMPS the R-Boxes use?

I want to get a cheap(ish) ATX PSU for compactness to run 5 currently with scalability up to 7 or 8 (max)
In terms of power I only need a 550W but I'm concerned about the amperage
I'll obviously be running on the 12V rail using the 6pin PCIE connectors.
Cheapo PSU's are only rated to 16A. Is this enough or will I need at least a 30A

Cheers

[dogie]

Using a 600W 12v 50A power supply to run 7 R-box. Will the machine get burnt ?

The power consumption is fine, only ~230W.

Dogie, do you know how many AMPS the R-Boxes use?

I want to get a cheap(ish) ATX PSU for compactness to run 5 currently with scalability up to 7 or 8 (max)
In terms of power I only need a 550W but I'm concerned about the amperage
I'll obviously be running on the 12V rail using the 6pin PCIE connectors.
Cheapo PSU's are only rated to 16A. Is this enough or will I need at least a 30A

Cheers

In mining, power rating means nothing if the amperage doesn't match up. And tbh if the amperage doesn't match up, don't buy it because it WILL prematurely die. It takes a very strong PSU to run 24/7 like we want for mining.

An R-Box is strictly only 3.5-4A or so each, give them some headroom though.

[MiningDavid]

superking123,

Tried that and it didn't work either.
Took it over to a friends house, and it didn't work still.

System see the blade, but not the miner details if that makes any sense.

I had an issue with one of mine where it would power on, the fans would spin and the red ligth would come on.
If you did an lsusb - if would show as attached device
but no matter what software you used it wouldn't mine
I just RMA'd it and got a replacement
Maybe you need to too?

Ive got a flakey one also, somthing wrong with the USB port.
Ive requested a RMA, but it's been a week and a half, with no reply.

Thanks for everyone's help.
Yup. It was a DOA miner.
Contacted Jones Gear, and they sent a replacement along with a pre-paid return label.

Have the new one working great with MinePeon & BFGminer 4.3.0 on a RPi B
Using a 12v 6A power supply.

[superking123]

Using a 600W 12v 50A power supply to run 7 R-box. Will the machine get burnt ?

The power consumption is fine, only ~230W.

Dogie, do you know how many AMPS the R-Boxes use?

I want to get a cheap(ish) ATX PSU for compactness to run 5 currently with scalability up to 7 or 8 (max)
In terms of power I only need a 550W but I'm concerned about the amperage
I'll obviously be running on the 12V rail using the 6pin PCIE connectors.
Cheapo PSU's are only rated to 16A. Is this enough or will I need at least a 30A

Cheers

In mining, power rating means nothing if the amperage doesn't match up. And tbh if the amperage doesn't match up, don't buy it because it WILL prematurely die. It takes a very strong PSU to run 24/7 like we want for mining.

An R-Box is strictly only 3.5-4A or so each, give them some headroom though.

Yeah I allowed 5A for each and bought an Antec PSU 550w rated at 40A on the 12V Rail. Cool and quiet all around now.

[Jayjay04]

Hi All,

Just wanna share my experience with my R-Box
Maybe some of you are gonna find usefull info.

First, the power adapter from Eyeboot.com is overheating after a while and the R-Box kept being zombie from the lack of power effiency, so don't buy it.
Instead I plugged the 2.5mm barrel that comes with it directly in a 6 pin PCI-E.

It's super easy, just plug the red wire directly into a yellow one and the white one into the black one from the 6 Pin PCI-E.
This probably work with any kind, 2, 4, 6 or 8 PCI-E, just use the black and yellow next to each other.

Then I'm using Cgminer 4.4.2, putting the frequency at 300, and I'm getting very close to 37gh/s. And at 290 I was getting more around 35gh/s

cgminer.conf exported from Cgminer directly:

{
"pools" : [
   {
      "url" : "URL",
      "user" : "X",
      "pass" : "x"
   }
]
,
"anu-freq" : "200.0",
"api-description" : "cgminer 4.4.2",
"api-mcast-addr" : "224.0.0.75",
"api-mcast-code" : "FTW",
"api-mcast-des" : "",
"api-mcast-port" : "4028",
"api-port" : "4028",
"avalon-cutoff" : "60",
"avalon-temp" : "50",
"bflsc-overheat" : "85",
"bitburner-voltage" : "1200",
"bitburner-fury-voltage" : "900",
"bxf-bits" : "54",
"bxf-debug" : "0",
"bxf-temp-target" : "82",
"bxm-bits" : "54",
"cta-load" : "0",
"ps-load" : "0",
"expiry" : "120",
"hfa-hash-clock" : "550",
"hfa-fail-drop" : "10",
"hfa-temp-overheat" : "95",
"hfa-temp-target" : "88",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"nfu-bits" : "50",
"osm-led-mode" : "4",
"queue" : "9999",
"rock-freq" : "300.0",
"scan-time" : "60",
"shares" : "0"
}

[klintay]

Hi All,

Just wanna share my experience with my R-Box
Maybe some of you are gonna find usefull info.

First, the power adapter from Eyeboot.com is overheating after a while and the R-Box kept being zombie from the lack of power effiency, so don't buy it.
Instead I plugged the 2.5mm barrel that comes with it directly in a 6 pin PCI-E.

It's super easy, just plug the red wire directly into a yellow one and the white one into the black one from the 6 Pin PCI-E.
This probably work with any kind, 2, 4, 6 or 8 PCI-E, just use the black and yellow next to each other.

Then I'm using Cgminer 4.4.2, putting the frequency at 300, and I'm getting very close to 37gh/s. And at 290 I was getting more around 35gh/s

cgminer.conf exported from Cgminer directly:

{
"pools" : [
   {
      "url" : "URL",
      "user" : "X",
      "pass" : "x"
   }
]
,
"anu-freq" : "200.0",
"api-description" : "cgminer 4.4.2",
"api-mcast-addr" : "224.0.0.75",
"api-mcast-code" : "FTW",
"api-mcast-des" : "",
"api-mcast-port" : "4028",
"api-port" : "4028",
"avalon-cutoff" : "60",
"avalon-temp" : "50",
"bflsc-overheat" : "85",
"bitburner-voltage" : "1200",
"bitburner-fury-voltage" : "900",
"bxf-bits" : "54",
"bxf-debug" : "0",
"bxf-temp-target" : "82",
"bxm-bits" : "54",
"cta-load" : "0",
"ps-load" : "0",
"expiry" : "120",
"hfa-hash-clock" : "550",
"hfa-fail-drop" : "10",
"hfa-temp-overheat" : "95",
"hfa-temp-target" : "88",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"nfu-bits" : "50",
"osm-led-mode" : "4",
"queue" : "9999",
"rock-freq" : "300.0",
"scan-time" : "60",
"shares" : "0"
}

Thanks for the useful info. Eyeboot now have better power supplies in stock that do not overheat and have been suggested by Rockminer themselves. Unfortunately I think all the R-box are sold out. Looking forward to the new R-box (100 GH/s) miner though.

[kingscrown]

here is how i setup rbox - http://fuk.io/rbox-miner-review-how-to-setup-rockminer-r-box-bitcoin-asic-guide/

[subseaguru]

can anyone explain why i have a coinbase address showing up on BFgminer for a pool that is not in the conf file or bat file?

[Ntrain2k]

can anyone explain why i have a coinbase address showing up on BFgminer for a pool that is not in the conf file or bat file?

Possibly a hacked version of BFgminer?

Try downloading it from the source.

[usao]

can anyone explain why i have a coinbase address showing up on BFgminer for a pool that is not in the conf file or bat file?

Possibly a hacked version of BFgminer?

Try downloading it from the source.

Could it be the pool is using a wallet on coinbase?
Most pools collectivly mine to their wallet then pay you from their wallet...

[Ntrain2k]

can anyone explain why i have a coinbase address showing up on BFgminer for a pool that is not in the conf file or bat file?

Possibly a hacked version of BFgminer?

Try downloading it from the source.

Could it be the pool is using a wallet on coinbase?
Most pools collectivly mine to their wallet then pay you from their wallet...

It's a different pool being mined as well.

[subseaguru]

can anyone explain why i have a coinbase address showing up on BFgminer for a pool that is not in the conf file or bat file?

Possibly a hacked version of BFgminer?

Try downloading it from the source.

Could it be the pool is using a wallet on coinbase?
Most pools collectivly mine to their wallet then pay you from their wallet...

It's a different pool being mined as well.

this is the mining program i got from page one of this thread.

[usao]

can anyone explain why i have a coinbase address showing up on BFgminer for a pool that is not in the conf file or bat file?

Possibly a hacked version of BFgminer?

Try downloading it from the source.

Could it be the pool is using a wallet on coinbase?
Most pools collectivly mine to their wallet then pay you from their wallet...

It's a different pool being mined as well.

this is the mining program i got from page one of this thread.

Speculation...
Could be they are taking your hashrate to mine their preferred thread, but paying you out in the coin of your choice???
Perhaps they are renting your hashrate to someone else???

[subseaguru]

can anyone explain why i have a coinbase address showing up on BFgminer for a pool that is not in the conf file or bat file?

Possibly a hacked version of BFgminer?

Try downloading it from the source.

Could it be the pool is using a wallet on coinbase?
Most pools collectivly mine to their wallet then pay you from their wallet...

It's a different pool being mined as well.

this is the mining program i got from page one of this thread.

Speculation...
Could be they are taking your hashrate to mine their preferred thread, but paying you out in the coin of your choice???
Perhaps they are renting your hashrate to someone else???

i did ask the pool owner about that very thing. i wanted to be paid in doge but the pool couldnt get it to work right. im going to mess around with cgminer and some other versions of bfgminer also. i just wondered if anyone else had noticed it.
thanks

[MoonTime]

Thanks for this compilation. Bookmarked it for future reference. Good job.