[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive ASICMiner Tube Setup [HD]

[hedgy73]

Thx hedgy I'm going to check that out.  I'm looking to get a rpi just for the fun of it. There was a post in the fish pool that said the tubes would work using bfgminer but I haven't been able to get it to work or confirm that anyone else has. 

No problem . Same here with the rpi, been looking around not sure which one to get to be honest as I haven't had one before...

I'm not sure about bfgminer I'm afraid but like cgminer so that'll do me .

[novak@gekkoscience]

Thx hedgy I'm going to check that out.  I'm looking to get a rpi just for the fun of it. There was a post in the fish pool that said the tubes would work using bfgminer but I haven't been able to get it to work or confirm that anyone else has. 

If by "work with bfgminer" you mean that they can run off of bfgminer using a usb adapter, I cannot confirm that, haven't even checked. 

If you mean that you can use bfgminer as a proxy, than I can confirm first that it works, and secondly that you will probably not get bfgminer to run more than an hour or so at a time as a tube proxy without crashing.  I haven't heard of anyone getting bfgminer to work reliably as a proxy.

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novak

[bolehvpn]

I have managed to get bfgminer working as a proxy reliably for weeks at a time.

Usually if it has issues, it's not bfgminer but the pool problems.

It's on a ubuntu VM though and not a raspberry pi.

[daehbew]

Hi,

If anyone can help me with this that would be great!


Is it even possible to use the Asictube as the primary (host)
on a Block Erupter controller

With a Prisma (2nd on daisy chain from the Asictube)

Followed by another Prisma (3rd on daisy chain)

This is what I'm trying to accomplish.



As of typing this..

If the Asictube is standalone (last white cable is not connected to anything)
Then the Asictube will fire up and mine just fine.


I have two used Prisma's now that I bought on eBay..

Been trying to daisy chain them.
I also have the Rasberry Pi controller with Minerva... but I'm not even sure how to configure that (prefer not to if it can be avoided)
It came with the two Prisma's I ordered.

I have tested all the leads for 12 volts (using mulitmeter) so we can rule that option out in troubleshooting.



I've been using this guide at beginning of thread (and the one for Prisma)


Board Configuration:

Here's another part I'm not certain about. Perhaps someone knows answer to this..
When linking those white cable's (A to B > A to B > A to B... or however it's written on boards as long as they alternate)

I'm pretty sure I start from the one closest to fan power connection.
I know the Asictube is lined up correctly because it operates when not on daisy chain.

The Prisma I believe starts from the fan and alternates (those are labeled x51 and x52; but I checked and at least made sure they all alternate)


Another gray area.. (not sure here either)
For the switches (1 through 5 toggles on each switch)
Does it matter which BOARD I start with?
Does it matter which BOARD goes second in the series (do they even have to be in a series)?

I think the guide says BOARD1, BOARD2, etc... but how do I know which is BOARD1, BOARD2, etc...?

When setting it up; I just started from the bottom board.. (not sure if that's 1,2,3, or 4...)
then I set that up as board1 (IAW the layout on Dogie's guide)
then moving clockwise I assigned the next board as board2 (IAW toggle guide)
and so forth...

I did the same thing on the Prisma...

So result is..

when I run Asictube alone; the 4 boards show up on the network and start mining
when I run Asictube + Prisma1 on daisy chain...... nothing shows up at all.....


any advice or support ... any help at all... much appreciated!!

Please ask me anything to help come to a solution (pictures, configuration, etc)

[dogie]

Is it even possible to use the Asictube as the primary (host)
on a Block Erupter controller

Lots of questions here, let me know if I miss any.

1) If you run a Tube and Prisma on the same controller then you'll have to run them both at the same speed, ie either the Tube at Prisma speeds or the Prisma at Tube speeds (not advisable).
2) I am unsure if there is any other conflicts that would occur so can't advise if its possible, just that its not advisable.
3) I do not believe that which A-B arrangement matters, I've not had problems either way.
4) The only requirement in the numbering is that every board has a unique order. Its advisable to keep each miner sequential so you know which physical miner is providing reported results.
5) Please note that the switches have a different arrangement (see Prisma thread) even though they look the same. This may be the reason the two types aren't playing together.

Use a second controller to control the Prismas.

[WBF1]

Does anyone have a tube just sitting around gathering dust? I'm interested in getting one more hash board from a tube. Currently have 2 tubes but only 7 hash boards (sent one for rma, but that process is completely stalled). I'm not willing to pay much, but maybe we can work something out and I can help de-clutter your house. Please pm me if interested.

[dogie]

Does anyone have a tube just sitting around gathering dust? I'm interested in getting one more hash board from a tube. Currently have 2 tubes but only 7 hash boards (sent one for rma, but that process is completely stalled). I'm not willing to pay much, but maybe we can work something out and I can help de-clutter your house. Please pm me if interested.

I've got a fully operating Tube if that helps, would be sold though.

[adaseb]

Anyone tried overclocking these? What were your results?

[dogie]

Anyone tried overclocking these? What were your results?

Anything past 300 clock speed is strongly not recommended, and 300 requires a proper PSU.

[hedgy73]

Anyone tried overclocking these? What were your results?

Anything past 300 clock speed is strongly not recommended, and 300 requires a proper PSU.

I agree, I was running mine on a Corsair RM1000 @ 290 and getting about 850GH/s. At 300 it would reach 900GH/s but the psu would cut out after a short while because its pulling over 1000w.

You'd probably want a good quality 1200w+ to run @ 300 but I'm not sure if the extra GH is worth the extra power consumption and more expensive psu.

[baykan]

Dear members,

I have started mining with Butterfly Labs 2x50GH/s miners last summer. Then I have switched to 3 S3+ miners.
Now I bought a Asicminer Tube 800 from ebay. I would like to share some experience with you guys.

Power adapter for the block erupter is 12V , 1A. It had a UK plug type power adapter which was broken during shipping.
Her in Turkey we use Franch type plugs. Luckly I had an extra 12V 1A one.

Asicminer 800 has 4 boards, 8 power sockets, 2 sockets on each board to fill. I have used one socket from each board.
Because I'm not planning to overclock. I used two 600Watt power supplies. One is 80+, one is not (a regular one).
But accidentally I have used one cable which had two connectors daisy chained at the end. Cable has burned.
Luckly again, no damage to boards. I replaced the power supply. This time I used different cables from the power supply. I took the PCI-E conector from the burned one and added to the new PSU.

After managing how to setup the pool from 192.168.0.254:8000, I had a weird problem.
I was trying to use eclipsemc.com pool. This miner did not work with it. I read everthing on the internet.
As I learned Slush, Ghash.io and some other pools work with this miner. Others not.

So I setup ghash.io and slush with no success. "with no success" means, the miner was starting to mine for some period of random time, let's say 2 hours, or 3 hours 15 minutes or more or less,
then the worker of the pool was droping to something around 50GH/s. I would nearly quit. Bu after reading this forum I decided to use a proxy (although it's not needed), I was feeling suspicious about the Block Erupter thing. Whenever I started to use Slush pools proxy everthing started to run perfect.
This requires a dedicated computer.

I was thinking how to kill the ebay seller, but now I can just thank him. May be apologise in mind.
Sorry for my shaky English.
Doggie, thank you for your efforts here.

[hedgy73]

I was thinking how to kill the ebay seller, but now I can just thank him. May be apologise in mind.
Sorry for my shaky English.
Doggie, thank you for your efforts here.

Glad you got it sorted in the end baykan

Best thing I did with mine was change the big noisy fan for 2 x Corsair high performance fans. The noise reduced by probably 80% - 90%.

Best pools I found for my tubes were bitcoin.cz, bitcoinaffiliatenetwork and solomining.com. They would run for days perfectly unless there was a problem with the pool.

This was using the standard block erupter controller.

I too would like to publically thank dogie for his guides and constantly trying to help people on here, he helped me out a lot with mine and for that I'm very grateful .

[WBF1]

Does anyone have a tube just sitting around gathering dust? I'm interested in getting one more hash board from a tube. Currently have 2 tubes but only 7 hash boards (sent one for rma, but that process is completely stalled). I'm not willing to pay much, but maybe we can work something out and I can help de-clutter your house. Please pm me if interested.

I've got a fully operating Tube if that helps, would be sold though.

If you'll sell me the tube for .3 BTC shipped its a deal.

[talbengal]

I had ASICMiner Tube 800+ GHs for the last 3 month, now the controller's rebooting every 2Min.
the controller's is working OK when not connecting to the miner, but the moment I connecting it to the miner its start rebooting every 2 Min.
Any idea?
Please HELP!

[hedgy73]

I had ASICMiner Tube 800+ GHs for the last 3 month, now the controller's rebooting every 2Min.
the controller's is working OK when not connecting to the miner, but the moment I connecting it to the miner its start rebooting every 2 Min.
Any idea?
Please HELP!

Have you tried a different pool? I know they only work on a few. I used mine on bitcoinaffiliatenetwork, bitcoin.cz or solomining.com (currently down for maintenance).

[talbengal]

Yes trid with:
stratum-lb-usa48.btcguild.com - this one was working
also try stratum.bitcoin.cz just to see if this is the problem.
But no now its rebooting every 2Min!!!
No I dont think its anything to do with the pools.

[talbengal]

Well
stratum-lb-usa48.btcguild.com - this one was working now not working
I try stratum.bitcoin.czagain and everything is working OK again.
Thank you hedgy73!

How come this is the only one that work?
Are there any more pools that work?

[hedgy73]

Well
stratum-lb-usa48.btcguild.com - this one was working now not working
I try stratum.bitcoin.czagain and everything is working OK again.
Thank you hedgy73!

How come this is the only one that work?
Are there any more pools that work?

No problem .

I was using this one: https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/

[talbengal]

Ca you use Raspery + with MinePeon with it?

[hedgy73]

Ca you use Raspery + with MinePeon with it?

Not sure buddy but I should think so. I was using mine there with the standard block erupter controller.