ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[BitcoinsSX]

I just restarted my miners and none of them are showing best share- I even updated all my S3+ to the latest firmware and same thing - its so weird, they show accepted rates and stuff, but no best shares, on multiple machines... any ideas?

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s201/sh/36969941-5b07-430c-bfc5-ef0a186d0ae7/814511c9f20ec3aa/res/df38b016-068f-4539-a8fb-4d96e3a1e04b/skitch.png

It used to always show - now none - so wierd.

That's bitmains cgminer fork driver - it's got quite a few problems ...

Use mine.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg11772768#msg11772768

one miner trying to do through ssh getting that dumb middle of man attack warning about rsa keys, whats the easiest way to get past that? or is there a .bin I can flash directly into luci?

thx

[kano]

I just restarted my miners and none of them are showing best share- I even updated all my S3+ to the latest firmware and same thing - its so weird, they show accepted rates and stuff, but no best shares, on multiple machines... any ideas?

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s201/sh/36969941-5b07-430c-bfc5-ef0a186d0ae7/814511c9f20ec3aa/res/df38b016-068f-4539-a8fb-4d96e3a1e04b/skitch.png

It used to always show - now none - so wierd.

That's bitmains cgminer fork driver - it's got quite a few problems ...

Use mine.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg11772768#msg11772768

one miner trying to do through ssh getting that dumb middle of man attack warning about rsa keys, whats the easiest way to get past that? or is there a .bin I can flash directly into luci?

thx

Yeah each time you flash your S3/S3+ it will get a new rsa key.

You have to remove the entry from in your local computer .ssh/known_hosts that it refers to in the error, so it will save the new one.

[fvineyard]

On a side note, I have a wifi antenna installed on my S3+, but I can't access the web interface unless I plug an ethernet in and access that IP instead. Same can be said for using my SSH and SCP utilites. However, when using the wifi, the unit still hashes fine and all that. What gives?

I had similar results and although it was mining, I was never able to access my S3+ web interface via WiFi. After many hours of research and trying I finally decided to use a router as a wireless switch. It required another piece of hardware but accomplished the desired result while maintaining access via the web interface and ssh.

-fvineyard

[kano]

On a side note, I have a wifi antenna installed on my S3+, but I can't access the web interface unless I plug an ethernet in and access that IP instead. Same can be said for using my SSH and SCP utilites. However, when using the wifi, the unit still hashes fine and all that. What gives?

I had similar results and although it was mining, I was never able to access my S3+ web interface via WiFi. After many hours of research and trying I finally decided to use a router as a wireless switch. It required another piece of hardware but accomplished the desired result while maintaining access via the web interface and ssh.

-fvineyard

That quote needs fixing - as I have done

[kano]

I've put an updated AntS3 update archive in my binaries git hub of latest 4.9.2 cgminer.
For details and installing: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer-binaries/tree/master/AntS3

It's an update to the previous AntS3 release I did:

Code:

2015-Jul-7 Update cgminer-ants3-4.9.2-94e04f6-2.tgz
---------------------------------------------------
Update the cgminer init.d script to run ntpd a few times trying to set the date

Add more frequencies to the Web Advanced Settings tab
Warning, the higher frequencies marked with a warning can risk damage

Tested and running on my pool of course

[rkinnin]

thank you for the easy instructions to upgrade my s3.  Within 15 minutes in my web interface I saw marked improvement with best share and it seems to be speedier too.

I use M's Miner Monitor v5.2 and it shows ERROR still for the s3 that I upgraded. 

Is there something I need to change within the config you posted so that Miner Monitor can observe it?

[Mikestang]

thank you for the easy instructions to upgrade my s3.  Within 15 minutes in my web interface I saw marked improvement with best share and it seems to be speedier too.

I use M's Miner Monitor v5.2 and it shows ERROR still for the s3 that I upgraded.  

Is there something I need to change within the config you posted so that Miner Monitor can observe it?

You need to add the ip address of the machine running the monitor to the API Allow field on the Miner Config tab, that's what I had to do.

Just updated my S3+, couple issues:

1)  Under API allow, if I use W:[my local ip address], then CryptoGlance reports the S3+, but the web page doesn't show any stats under Miner Status.  If I use W:127.0.0.1, then it shows stats under Miner Status, but CryptoGlance shows the S3+ as dead.

Right so you use both, since you want both to have access ...
W:127.0.0.1,W:[my local ip address]
https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/blob/master/API-README#L18

If you had it before as W:0/0 anyone on the planet could change your miner to mine for them if they had network access and found it ... e.g. your neighbours if you have Wifi and they can hack into it
I also have no idea what Bitmain did to the API - but it SHOULD ONLY give access to what you tell it to have access as how I designed and wrote the API and api-allow

[hodedowe]

The frequency settings list is in /usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/cgminer/cgminer.lua

The frequency settings I put in there came from their firmware - I didn't actually delete any of their settings that were in my file.

You can just edit that file if you want or:
If you want me to add more in that's easy enough to do for a next release.
To see what is in your AntS3 before the changes, look in /rom/usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/cgminer/cgminer.lua
If you paste a link to a pastebin copy of that I can add the extras that are in yours (but not in mine) into the next update I do.

The files that I change and are in the archive, you can see the original file just by adding /rom/ on the front of it

Just updated to your version. BIG THANK YOU! My "Best share" works now, along with several new things that my old Jan 2015 firmware didn't show.

Much appreciated


One thing though, the difficulty isn't showing up with your version. Any ideas on that?

[Jake36]

I've put an updated AntS3 update archive in my binaries git hub of latest 4.9.2 cgminer.
For details and installing: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer-binaries/tree/master/AntS3

It's an update to the previous AntS3 release I did:

Code:

2015-Jul-7 Update cgminer-ants3-4.9.2-94e04f6-2.tgz
---------------------------------------------------
Update the cgminer init.d script to run ntpd a few times trying to set the date

Add more frequencies to the Web Advanced Settings tab
Warning, the higher frequencies marked with a warning can risk damage

Tested and running on my pool of course

Thanks for all your work on this and the pool kano.

Just one question, will it work on all of the firmware or is it geared toward just the latest 1 or 2 releases?

Either way, it's on my to do list.

[kano]

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Thanks for all your work on this and the pool kano.

Just one question, will it work on all of the firmware or is it geared toward just the latest 1 or 2 releases?

Either way, it's on my to do list.

Should work on any S3/S3+ firmware
I just checked (again) bitmaintech.com and there's no new firmware there since January, so yeah should be OK.
Just be sure to check and save the settings to make sure it runs with the settings you had before.

[Real-Duke]

I've put an updated AntS3 update archive in my binaries git hub of latest 4.9.2 cgminer.
For details and installing: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer-binaries/tree/master/AntS3

It's an update to the previous AntS3 release I did:

Code:

2015-Jul-7 Update cgminer-ants3-4.9.2-94e04f6-2.tgz
---------------------------------------------------
Update the cgminer init.d script to run ntpd a few times trying to set the date

Add more frequencies to the Web Advanced Settings tab
Warning, the higher frequencies marked with a warning can risk damage

Tested and running on my pool of course

Really thanks for the good work! Have updated all my S3 and S3+ to the latest version and running stable for more than 24h now  
Better infos on status page, hw errors have dropped 0.0047% and the system load is also reduced 0.62 0.61 0.65

[Mikestang]

hw errors have dropped 40% to (0.047%)

Is that a typo?  If you had hw errors ~ 40% then you had something seriously wrong with your machine or settings.

[Real-Duke]

Is that a typo?  If you had hw errors ~ 40% then you had something seriously wrong with your machine or settings.

Just seen that, is corrected in my post above 

[kano]

I've put yet another updated AntS3 update archive in my binaries git hub of latest 4.9.2 cgminer.
For details and installing: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer-binaries/tree/master/AntS3

It's another (minor) update to the previous AntS3 release I did:

Code:

2015-Jul-10 Update cgminer-ants3-4.9.2-94e04f6-3.tgz
----------------------------------------------------
Add a table of miner hardware settings to the bottom of the Miner Status page

Tested and running on my pool of course

If you are already running the 2015-Jul-7 version (the previous update)

Code:

If you update from the 2015-Jul-7 version to the 2015-Jul-10 version,
instead of 'sync' and 'reboot' at the end of the update,
you can instead run this command on your AntS3:
 rm /tmp/luci-modulecache/*
Then the update is complete and nothing else needs to be done.

[hodedowe]

I've put yet another updated AntS3 update archive in my binaries git hub of latest 4.9.2 cgminer.
For details and installing: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer-binaries/tree/master/AntS3

It's another (minor) update to the previous AntS3 release I did:

Code:

2015-Jul-10 Update cgminer-ants3-4.9.2-94e04f6-3.tgz
----------------------------------------------------
Add a table of miner hardware settings to the bottom of the Miner Status page

Tested and running on my pool of course

If you are already running the 2015-Jul-7 version (the previous update)

Code:

If you update from the 2015-Jul-7 version to the 2015-Jul-10 version,
instead of 'sync' and 'reboot' at the end of the update,
you can instead run this command on your AntS3:
 rm /tmp/luci-modulecache/*
Then the update is complete and nothing else needs to be done.

Does this new version showw the Diff column?

[kano]

I've not removed anything from my previous versions, just added another table at the bottom.

My version of the Miner Status is different to Bitmain's coz I removed a lot of useless info, reordered the important stuff earlier and added some new useful items.

[hodedowe]

I've not removed anything from my previous versions, just added another table at the bottom.

My version of the Miner Status is different to Bitmain's coz I removed a lot of useless info, reordered the important stuff earlier and added some new useful items.

Ok, can I request that the Diff column be re-added in the next release

[kano]

I've not removed anything from my previous versions, just added another table at the bottom.

My version of the Miner Status is different to Bitmain's coz I removed a lot of useless info, reordered the important stuff earlier and added some new useful items.

Ok, can I request that the Diff column be re-added in the next release

If you mean the "Diff" column that was on there twice ( "LSDiff" = "Diff" )?
Yeah I removed it coz it was duplicated

[SGTxSTAYxGRIND]

Ok I am having a lot of trouble with a recently purchase s3+ from craigslist( i know ). At first everything was running solid, had power plugged into each 6 pin port albeit 2 of them where using molex to 6 pin adapters and a R-Box 110-120 ghs both hooked into a cooler master 800w 80+ gold psu and a pc running a sempron 2.8 ghz cpu and 4 gb of ram (controller for r-box, i dont have a Pi right yet). I went to bed hashing away at around 550 ghs on multipool.us and i woke up the r-box was zombied but i troubleshot it down to a short in the case as it turned on fine with the board removed, and then i check the s3+ and chain #2 is down and i cant find any burns or indications there was a power surge ( the pc was still on, and cgminer was still running the same instance) ive since then used two 6 pins from the psu (not the adapters) and blade one works with the 2 on one side and then i power down and plug them into the other two 6pins, try to power on and i get a fan sputter for a brief second. Then nothing happens, no light indicators are blinking even when the fan spurts up real quick, i am hoping for some reason the molex adapters arent the cause of this. I stayed up for about 4 hours watching and checking the cables to make sure they werent getting hot and they werent so i went to bed.

-edit-
also forgot to mention that i even hit the reset button while unplugged and now i cant access the login screen, please tell me there is hope..or if im just a noob thats boned out on luck....please be honest

sorry for poor format i need to work on it

SGT

[notlist3d]

Ok I am having a lot of trouble with a recently purchase s3+ from craigslist( i know ). At first everything was running solid, had power plugged into each 6 pin port albeit 2 of them where using molex to 6 pin adapters and a R-Box 110-120 ghs both hooked into a cooler master 800w 80+ gold psu and a pc running a sempron 2.8 ghz cpu and 4 gb of ram (controller for r-box, i dont have a Pi right yet). I went to bed hashing away at around 550 ghs on multipool.us and i woke up the r-box was zombied but i troubleshot it down to a short in the case as it turned on fine with the board removed, and then i check the s3+ and chain #2 is down and i cant find any burns or indications there was a power surge ( the pc was still on, and cgminer was still running the same instance) ive since then used two 6 pins from the psu (not the adapters) and blade one works with the 2 on one side and then i power down and plug them into the other two 6pins, try to power on and i get a fan sputter for a brief second. Then nothing happens, no light indicators are blinking even when the fan spurts up real quick, i am hoping for some reason the molex adapters arent the cause of this. I stayed up for about 4 hours watching and checking the cables to make sure they werent getting hot and they werent so i went to bed.

-edit-
also forgot to mention that i even hit the reset button while unplugged and now i cant access the login screen, please tell me there is hope..or if im just a noob thats boned out on luck....please be honest

sorry for poor format i need to work on it

SGT

Well first if you pressed the reset button when no power it should not do anything.  If the S3 is on yes the reset button good chance it reset.  If you unplugged it during a reset.... bad things can happen.

When you say molex adapters... are you using molex to pci adapter?