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September 22, 2014, 05:21:46 PM |
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Good Afternoon all! Here is my conundrum....
I have inherited 10 gridseed asic miners from a friend. I am running CGMiner 3.7.x and only want to mine Scrypt/Litecoin. I'm using Wafflepool but have tried ghash as well. I can get one going just fine, I can sometimes add a second miner and both will show 370.0 hashrate or higher fluctuating. But only 1 of them will show WU: (worker upload?). This is running off one PC, I've tried through mutiple individual power supplies, and using a splitter. I've tried with a USB hub a,d directly connecting to the PC USB ports. Doesn't matter how many I hook up, it will show a hashrate, but only one gets the "WU:" numbers and only that one shows accepted shares. Now if I go to another pc/laptop on the same network in my house and hook one up, the same behavior happens. Perhaps its because I'm using cgminer? or perhaps it is a network traffic thing? any ideas guys?
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September 22, 2014, 05:31:23 PM |
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Are you sure cgminer 3.7.x supports Gridseeds? Given ckolivas' position on altcoins that would surprise me. I had good success running cgminer-gc3355 as outlined in this script: https://github.com/davidmaitland/Gridseed-PiMiner |
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September 22, 2014, 06:04:20 PM |
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Judging from that post, did you do the bit with each devices' serial number? I was referring to this one: https://github.com/dtbartle/cgminer-gc3355 Not sure about Windows though. |
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September 22, 2014, 06:33:15 PM |
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Affirmative sir, individual serials. And yes I'm using windows. Since these devices were given to me, I am trying to make them work without purchasing a raspberry pi. They did come with some foreign asic controler card of some sort that I've yet to make work with any commands I've tried. "GridController" thing? it's red and everything for the most part is in Chinese.
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September 23, 2014, 04:38:05 AM |
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I don't know about the controller.
How did your friend run them? Ask him for the command line he used and if he had any configuration file.
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September 23, 2014, 04:12:37 PM |
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He went the proper route and had a Rasp Pi  which he got rid of. Looks as though I'll just have to shell out some money to get a Pi. Do you have any recommended companies with pre-installed mining software? and Wireless if possible? I want to get these things setup and done so I can walk away and just monitor them from time to time. Also I was thinking, I just moved, and though the problem was there at my old place, it seems much more pronounced here at the new place. Went from Verizon FIOS to Comcast Cable. Does anyone know if any of the ISPs are doing any blocking or shaping on traffic of this kind? |
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September 23, 2014, 04:35:09 PM |
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I don't think there are pre-installed mining softwares? I don't also think running them off a RPi or PC would make a difference, so hold off on that investment. Take a pic of that controller card and what connects where and somebody might be able to help better than me.
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September 23, 2014, 05:03:17 PM |
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First off, I really want to thank you for helping me out! I can't say how much I appreciate it. Here is a picture of the exact same thing I have.... https://i.imgur.com/WY2xWdZ.jpgI am not in front of it myself so I can't take screenshots of the GUI through a web browser. It is pretty cut and dry. It has 1 single USB out to go to a miner or a hub, has a 5volt power supply input, and a micro SD Card with the software installed, and it is mostly in Chinese but enough english to figure out most of the inputs. But I haven't gotten it to work properly, I don't think my buddy ever used it so it has no configs entered. One section is for Scrypt and the other is for SHA. Which seems simple enough right? but I can't leave the SHA section blank as it will not accept the "Changes" "Accept" button, so I said to hell with it and put in my btc pool info and it still didn't seem to work. pretty much at a loss on this contraption. ebay has a few Pi's for sale with some level of pre-installed software.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspberry-Pi-With-Free-Mini-Gridseed-5-Chip-Mining-Miner-Software-New-/281307225543?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417f379dc7 |
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September 23, 2014, 05:24:56 PM |
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I see. That board is similar to an RPi: http://hash-master.com/blog/how-to-us-the-gridseed-dual-miner/ I wouldn't trust any pre-installed software. It is not very difficult to build yourself, esp. with David's script I linked to earlier. Still, I don't understand why it would make a difference whether PC or RPi, or that controller. Did you install the zadig drivers and set them for every device? |
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September 23, 2014, 06:58:30 PM |
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Affirmative on the Zadig. It doesn't make any sense to me either, be it Pi or PC. it is a conundrum beyond rationale. When I get home tonight I'll post a picture of the interface that board uses and see if anyone here has seen it and has any ideas on how to use it properly. I have mined BTC with little Antminer U2s using CGminer just fine, so I am not completely void of knowledge of using CGminer. However I am almost certain it has to be something I am doing wrong....
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September 24, 2014, 03:05:52 PM |
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Just wanted to let you know I'm not avoiding this, I didn't have a chance last night to get that controller card and hook it up to get screenshots. Will try again tonight, thanks again for your assistance
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September 24, 2014, 05:08:01 PM |
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Thanks for the link, I'm checking it out now! in a real quick explanation, is BFGminer as simple as CGminer as far as the drivers and getting windows to recognize the devices for what they are? ZADIG is really simple, dummies version even.
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September 24, 2014, 11:23:48 PM |
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Thanks for the link, I'm checking it out now! in a real quick explanation, is BFGminer as simple as CGminer as far as the drivers and getting windows to recognize the devices for what they are? ZADIG is really simple, dummies version even.
Well, I just got a Gridseed G-Black today off EBay... The blade is 2 x 40 chip = 5 MH... the black is 10 x 40 chip = 25 Mh https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=664797.0And I just pluged it's little usb cable into the hub... 10 COM ports pop up instantly in the Device Manager... BFGMiner recognizes all 10 boards... and I'm off hashing at 25 Hh... This also means I can mix and match blades and blacks on the same USB hub... The boards appear to be identical. If you're still experimenting... Uninstall ZADIG and install a Virtual Com Port driver. Open the Device Manager and delete all stray COM ports. As you plug USB lines from the blade into the USB hub (2/blade)... You should see a COM port pop up on the Device Manager (1/board). Once all of the USB lines are plugged in with COM ports created... Then run BFGMiner... that's it... it should recognize all of the boards... Assuming you got a good batch file maybe from the links. |
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September 25, 2014, 03:41:37 AM |
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Roger that! trying that setup now, will let you know tomorrow AM as I'm trying to make some semblance of order out of the cabling going on here :p
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September 25, 2014, 08:56:05 PM |
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It seemed that worked! CGminer or something about it just wasn't happy, thanks guys for all the help!!!!
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September 30, 2014, 03:03:21 AM |
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another question, is it better to have fewer gridseeds with higher WU (worker upload) or more gridseeds hsashing with a lower WU?
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December 01, 2014, 12:24:38 PM |
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Thanks for the link, I'm checking it out now! in a real quick explanation, is BFGminer as simple as CGminer as far as the drivers and getting windows to recognize the devices for what they are? ZADIG is really simple, dummies version even.
Well, I just got a Gridseed G-Black today off EBay... The blade is 2 x 40 chip = 5 MH... the black is 10 x 40 chip = 25 Mh https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=664797.0And I just pluged it's little usb cable into the hub... 10 COM ports pop up instantly in the Device Manager... BFGMiner recognizes all 10 boards... and I'm off hashing at 25 Hh... This also means I can mix and match blades and blacks on the same USB hub... The boards appear to be identical. If you're still experimenting... Uninstall ZADIG and install a Virtual Com Port driver. Open the Device Manager and delete all stray COM ports. As you plug USB lines from the blade into the USB hub (2/blade)... You should see a COM port pop up on the Device Manager (1/board). Once all of the USB lines are plugged in with COM ports created... Then run BFGMiner... that's it... it should recognize all of the boards... Assuming you got a good batch file maybe from the links. Could i know what are the daily earnings with the G-black ? and what mining pool are you mining on? |
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December 09, 2014, 11:01:43 PM |
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Thanks for the link, I'm checking it out now! in a real quick explanation, is BFGminer as simple as CGminer as far as the drivers and getting windows to recognize the devices for what they are? ZADIG is really simple, dummies version even.
Well, I just got a Gridseed G-Black today off EBay... The blade is 2 x 40 chip = 5 MH... the black is 10 x 40 chip = 25 Mh https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=664797.0And I just pluged it's little usb cable into the hub... 10 COM ports pop up instantly in the Device Manager... BFGMiner recognizes all 10 boards... and I'm off hashing at 25 Hh... This also means I can mix and match blades and blacks on the same USB hub... The boards appear to be identical. If you're still experimenting... Uninstall ZADIG and install a Virtual Com Port driver. Open the Device Manager and delete all stray COM ports. As you plug USB lines from the blade into the USB hub (2/blade)... You should see a COM port pop up on the Device Manager (1/board). Once all of the USB lines are plugged in with COM ports created... Then run BFGMiner... that's it... it should recognize all of the boards... Assuming you got a good batch file maybe from the links. Could i know what are the daily earnings with the G-black ? and what mining pool are you mining on? I just purchased a G-Black as well. About 0.00526656 BTC a day on SimpleMulti |
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