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

[AJRGale]

Well, i have one of these "New R-box" all im getting is 80-90GH/s off BFGMiner with a 45-50% error rate, that's expected since the software is not up to standards with the hardware, but following the configuration :

   
Download the latest version of Custom Rockminer CGMiner.
    Extract, and run the zadig application.
    "Select CP21202 USB to UART Bridge Controller" and then click "Replace Driver". You only have to do this once per computer.
    Right click the file "start.bat" and click "Edit". Enter your pool information as below
    Run the bat file to start mining.

Ran Zadig as admin, successfully added the new drivers, (thanks to once owning 10 USB Block Eruptors, the drivers were already there).

But it fails:

[2014-10-27 17:43:18] USB init, open device failed, err -12,
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] You need to install a WinUSB driver for - AMU device 6:2
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] And associate - AMU device 6:2 with WinUSB using zadig
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] See README.txt file included for help
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] Icarus detect (6:2) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)

should I just wait a few weeks for BFGminer to work out the bugs? or is there something Im missing?

none the less, Dogie, Great look at the miner, and all the others too (I Had to look though them all, its the eye candy)

[AJRGale]

Well, i have one of these "New R-box" all im getting is 80-90GH/s off BFGMiner with a 45-50% error rate, that's expected since the software is not up to standards with the hardware, but following the configuration :

   
Download the latest version of Custom Rockminer CGMiner.
    Extract, and run the zadig application.
    "Select CP21202 USB to UART Bridge Controller" and then click "Replace Driver". You only have to do this once per computer.
    Right click the file "start.bat" and click "Edit". Enter your pool information as below
    Run the bat file to start mining.

Ran Zadig as admin, successfully added the new drivers, (thanks to once owning 10 USB Block Eruptors, the drivers were already there).

But it fails:

[2014-10-27 17:43:18] USB init, open device failed, err -12,
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] You need to install a WinUSB driver for - AMU device 6:2
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] And associate - AMU device 6:2 with WinUSB using zadig
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] See README.txt file included for help
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] Icarus detect (6:2) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)

should I just wait a few weeks for BFGminer to work out the bugs? or is there something Im missing?

none the less, Dogie, Great look at the miner, and all the others too (I Had to look though them all, its the eye candy)

You know what? i attempted to do the one thing that everyone says is what makes people insane: attempt to do the exact same thing, for a different result.. its working flawlessly now on CGminer 4.7.0 getting ~107GH/s

[dogie]

Well, i have one of these "New R-box" all im getting is 80-90GH/s off BFGMiner with a 45-50% error rate, that's expected since the software is not up to standards with the hardware, but following the configuration :

   
Download the latest version of Custom Rockminer CGMiner.
    Extract, and run the zadig application.
    "Select CP21202 USB to UART Bridge Controller" and then click "Replace Driver". You only have to do this once per computer.
    Right click the file "start.bat" and click "Edit". Enter your pool information as below
    Run the bat file to start mining.

Ran Zadig as admin, successfully added the new drivers, (thanks to once owning 10 USB Block Eruptors, the drivers were already there).

But it fails:

[2014-10-27 17:43:18] USB init, open device failed, err -12,
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] You need to install a WinUSB driver for - AMU device 6:2
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] And associate - AMU device 6:2 with WinUSB using zadig
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] See README.txt file included for help
 [2014-10-27 17:43:18] Icarus detect (6:2) failed to initialise (incorrect device?)

should I just wait a few weeks for BFGminer to work out the bugs? or is there something Im missing?

none the less, Dogie, Great look at the miner, and all the others too (I Had to look though them all, its the eye candy)

You know what? i attempted to do the one thing that everyone says is what makes people insane: attempt to do the exact same thing, for a different result.. its working flawlessly now on CGminer 4.7.0 getting ~107GH/s

You did one thing different, cgminer. People seem to have a better experience on it for BE200 based devices.

[AJRGale]

i just realised, i wasn't clear on the error codes, it was from cgminer, not bfgminer..

none the less, i did the instructions from the top, and it worked, no idea what i did, but, it works

Looking forward to your next Comprehensive guide

[Mr E]

Just a quick post to note my success with the new R-Box:

I was able to get it working with BFGMiner easily enough, but wouldn't get more than around 85-90 GH/s, no matter how I tweaked the clock settings.

Switching to CGMiner, I am getting around 110-120GH/s at a clock of 330.

So I would have to recommend using CGMiner for the R-Box.

(BFGminer gives nice per-chip stats, though. )

[Ntrain2k]

Just a quick post to note my success with the new R-Box:

I was able to get it working with BFGMiner easily enough, but wouldn't get more than around 85-90 GH/s, no matter how I tweaked the clock settings.

Switching to CGMiner, I am getting around 110-120GH/s at a clock of 330.

So I would have to recommend using CGMiner for the R-Box.

(BFGminer gives nice per-chip stats, though. )

I wish I could get CGMiner to work right on my setup. Every time I try it I lose 300-400 gh compared to BFGMiner.

[Panther063]

I got mine up and running smoothly at an average 100Gh/s using the standard clock of 270.
Can anybody tell me how to increase that clock rate?
Once I find out how to change that I'll be able to play around with it a bit more, maybe after I change the fans in it for quieter and better performing units.
It's sitting on 39C all day but one of the fans (I think) emits a high pitched squeal every now and then, and it's only been running a few days.

[canman]

Just a quick post to note my success with the new R-Box:

I was able to get it working with BFGMiner easily enough, but wouldn't get more than around 85-90 GH/s, no matter how I tweaked the clock settings.

Switching to CGMiner, I am getting around 110-120GH/s at a clock of 330.

So I would have to recommend using CGMiner for the R-Box.

(BFGminer gives nice per-chip stats, though. )

could you post your settings plz on cgminer? thanks

[notlogic]

This is great. I should have my first New R-Box in a day or two and I was wondering how to get my power supply running absent a motherboard. Thanks for answering that simply! I have some bridges from a breadboard I'll use instead of a paperclip, though.

Please forgive my ignorance, but if I have a 350W power supply and I just have 1 New R-Box running on it, will the power supply pull 350W, ~115W, or some other amount from the wall?

[Ntrain2k]

This is great. I should have my first New R-Box in a day or two and I was wondering how to get my power supply running absent a motherboard. Thanks for answering that simply! I have some bridges from a breadboard I'll use instead of a paperclip, though.

Please forgive my ignorance, but if I have a 350W power supply and I just have 1 New R-Box running on it, will the power supply pull 350W, ~115W, or some other amount from the wall?

It will pull a little more than the R-Box draws, depending on the power supply efficiency.

[notlogic]

Followed your directions and got everything running on the first try. Only getting ~80GH/s with cgminer, though.

Not sure how to address that, but I'll look for other versions of cgminer and maybe try bfg in hopes of getting the advertised 100+GH/s.

edit: good error rate, though... about 0.17%

[dogie]

Followed your directions and got everything running on the first try. Only getting ~80GH/s with cgminer, though.

Not sure how to address that, but I'll look for other versions of cgminer and maybe try bfg in hopes of getting the advertised 100+GH/s.

edit: good error rate, though... about 0.17%

Are you using 330 clock speed? 5000th post.

[hurricandave]

Dogie, your instructions on first page still state frequency 270. Maybe its time to edit that to read 320.

[notlogic]

Followed your directions and got everything running on the first try. Only getting ~80GH/s with cgminer, though.

Not sure how to address that, but I'll look for other versions of cgminer and maybe try bfg in hopes of getting the advertised 100+GH/s.

edit: good error rate, though... about 0.17%

Are you using 330 clock speed? 5000th post.

Ahh, I didn't realize that's what the 270 was about. I've only ever done CPU and GPU mining (ccminer, sgminer, claymore), so I haven't gotten around to reading documentation on cgminer. I guess I was too anxious to play with my new toy.

I'll change that to 330 when I get back home. Thanks!

[dogie]

Dogie, your instructions on first page still state frequency 270. Maybe its time to edit that to read 320.

Fixed, think I broke it with the last update.

[hurricandave]

 

[notlogic]

Alright. Changing to 330 pulled me up to ~94 GH/s according to cgminer, 83 GH/s according to BTC Guild. Better, but still less than expected.

I have a Raspberry Pi laying around from an old project. I may try to set it up on that and see what I get.

[Exodus420]

do I have a defective miner because I can only get a hash rates of 300 mh/s - 900 mh/s and sometimes get 2GH/s

[dogie]

do I have a defective miner because I can only get a hash rates of 300 mh/s - 900 mh/s and sometimes get 2GH/s

Are you on the latest cgminer? Can you post a screenshot please?

[spineshank624]

I am new here but from all the searching on the web and such I'm seeing that the recommended settings for the new rBox is 350  command line should be something like:
cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --rock-freq 350 -o stratum.btcguild.com:3333 -u usernameone_1 -p 12345