[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive BTCGarden AM V1 Setup [HD]

[kettenschutz]

no, unfortunately the contact form of BTC Garden isnt working, and the given email adress is invalid (admin@btcgarden.com)

so i have no further options to lookout for help ... what a pitty

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[dogie]

no, unfortunately the contact form of BTC Garden isnt working, and the given email adress is invalid (admin@btcgarden.com)

so i have no further options to lookout for help ... what a pitty

Last one to try is support@btcgarden.com, which is what I got a reply from.

[kettenschutz]

thank you again

im trying this adress to get an answer out of them

do you generally have some experiences with the AMV1 ?

[dogie]

thank you again

im trying this adress to get an answer out of them

do you generally have some experiences with the AMV1 ?

Not past what is described i this thread.

[kettenschutz]

well ... after 300 times of trying and downloading, and aborting and ranting ... i was finally able to download the firmware from the baidu website

i immediately reuploaded it to MEGA, and voila, heres the link for everyone who wants to give it a try

https://mega.co.nz/#!I9A12JbS!TGrtEirD2i9_XHeDEnuiHnaKH73gFgYKe3y0p2WZzV0

maybe the TO can add this to the topic ?

[RME88]

Does anyone know how to get these so they can be monitored from other apps through the API, I can't find any info. I am trying to get cryptoGlance to monitor them but it won't connect. Trying port 4028

[bbeesley]

Does anyone know how to get these so they can be monitored from other apps through the API,

check /var/www/run.sh to make sure the cgminer startup script includes --api-listen

[RME88]

Does anyone know how to get these so they can be monitored from other apps through the API,

check /var/www/run.sh to make sure the cgminer startup script includes --api-listen

Here is my run.sh file
nohup  /home/pi/Garden/cgminer -o http://10.30.2.188:8332 -u User.worker -p x  --btcg-clks 310:3000 --btcg-num-chips 64  --btcg-chip-sel-delay  80  --btcg-hard-rst-all-chips-period 5 --btcg-spi-cs-delay 0  --api-listen --api-allow W:0/0 --api-network > /dev/null 2>&1 &

[Zich]

Does anyone know how to get these so they can be monitored from other apps through the API,

check /var/www/run.sh to make sure the cgminer startup script includes --api-listen

Here is my run.sh file
nohup  /home/pi/Garden/cgminer -o http://10.30.2.188:8332 -u User.worker -p x  --btcg-clks 310:3000 --btcg-num-chips 64  --btcg-chip-sel-delay  80  --btcg-hard-rst-all-chips-period 5 --btcg-spi-cs-delay 0  --api-listen --api-allow W:0/0 --api-network > /dev/null 2>&1 &

You can add the api setting to cgminer.conf
Usually on /root/.cgminer/cgminer.conf

Code:

"api-listen" : true,
"api-allow" : "R:127.0.0.1",
"api-mcast-port" : "4028",
"api-port" : "4028"

[RME88]

Does anyone know how to get these so they can be monitored from other apps through the API,

check /var/www/run.sh to make sure the cgminer startup script includes --api-listen

Here is my run.sh file
nohup  /home/pi/Garden/cgminer -o http://10.30.2.188:8332 -u User.worker -p x  --btcg-clks 310:3000 --btcg-num-chips 64  --btcg-chip-sel-delay  80  --btcg-hard-rst-all-chips-period 5 --btcg-spi-cs-delay 0  --api-listen --api-allow W:0/0 --api-network > /dev/null 2>&1 &

You can add the api setting to cgminer.conf
Usually on /root/.cgminer/cgminer.conf

Code:

"api-listen" : true,
"api-allow" : "R:127.0.0.1",
"api-mcast-port" : "4028",
"api-port" : "4028"

I am not finding a cgminer.conf I think I searched every directory.

[Zich]

I am not finding a cgminer.conf I think I searched every directory.

Maybe it's not exist yet. Try to save setting from cgminer user interface. See where cgminer save the conf file.

[RME88]

I am not finding a cgminer.conf I think I searched every directory.

Maybe it's not exist yet. Try to save setting from cgminer user interface. See where cgminer save the conf file.

I've had these for 3-4 months now the configuration has been saved many times already, is it possible the file is in another directory that I may have overlooked last night.
thanks

[bbeesley]

is it possible the file is in another directory that I may have overlooked last night.

no, btcgarden didn't use a cgminer.conf file to configure cgminer...that is why all the configs are on the script when it starts cgminer

so, you have api-listen running, it should be going

you might try downloading miner.php from https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer/blob/master/miner.php and putting it in the /var/www directory on the miner.  If that runs and works, you know that the cgminer api is pushing data

[MCHouston]

Does anyone have the 0828 firmware (latest) hosted anywhere?  I can not get a clean download from http://pan.baidu.com/s/1c0eUjWs its always corrupt or never completes.

[dogie]

Does anyone have the 0828 firmware (latest) hosted anywhere?  I can not get a clean download from http://pan.baidu.com/s/1c0eUjWs its always corrupt or never completes.

Here

[MCHouston]

Does anyone have the 0828 firmware (latest) hosted anywhere?  I can not get a clean download from http://pan.baidu.com/s/1c0eUjWs its always corrupt or never completes.

Here

Got it Thanks.

[dogie]

Does anyone have the 0828 firmware (latest) hosted anywhere?  I can not get a clean download from http://pan.baidu.com/s/1c0eUjWs its always corrupt or never completes.

Here

Got it Thanks.

No problem.

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[smesterj]

let me try a shoot in the dark on this topic.
Anyone still using a BTCgarden AMV1 X2 ?
I am having an issue, cgminer shows 343 accepted, but the antpool shows hashing at 1.54TH/s and 0
accepted.
I had a lot of Antminers in the past but all broke beyond repair, the only one that last is this BTCGarden.
I guess if no response back will have to open new topic.

[electrobits]

let me try a shoot in the dark on this topic.
Anyone still using a BTCgarden AMV1 X2 ?
I am having an issue, cgminer shows 343 accepted, but the antpool shows hashing at 1.54TH/s and 0
accepted.
I had a lot of Antminers in the past but all broke beyond repair, the only one that last is this BTCGarden.
I guess if no response back will have to open new topic.

I`d like to but they`re out of business. Can`t help with experience. What was the main problem with your Antminers, what broke them if you don`t mind the ask. Where to get ASIC chips to suit BTCGarden, got the build files & easy enough for a pcb house, but the main bits?

Cheers

[smesterj]

Need to check the settings on my account, did not get any email when electrobits reply back.
It is not true all my Antminers broke, only the S7 and S9 broke, the 3 S7 last 6 months after that stopped hashing one board at a time until all the ship shows X in all boards, the 3 S9 last 2 month to 3 month, after that the miners only hash for 20 minutes and gradually decrease the hashing until stop.
I had S2, S3 and S5 all working since 2013 but when I get the S7 and S9 I trow all the old ones to the garbage because of the noise and the power consumption.

At the end the only one working is this BTCGarden, by the way I found the problem on board 2 after testing board by board, I moved it to the last position and disconnect it, it is hashing steady since. When checking the board I found the aluminum oxide from the chassis dropped over the board, the chassis has a plastic protection outside but not inside, before I put it together I paint the inside of the chassis with rust oleum so it does not happen to the other boards.

For what I see, whoever design the BTCGarden care more about quality and endurance than profit and did the boards design with more space between components and more heat sink cooling area making the miner to run cool, with less fan speed and noise making the fans to last longer.

What you mean by main bits?