Topic: AlcheMiner/MAT New Firmware and BFGMiner port! - page 3. (Read 5311 times)
Everything is on litecointalk.org BUT the actual firmware for the boards that you used ot PM to folk
can you get us a link to such..got a buddy wants to flash the works after slog'ing thru the old litecointalk org thread archive
(or anybody got a copy for that manner that did same..can you post such?)
Don't have an alcheminer but used to like to watch the 'hack' and firmware thread over there at www.litecointalk.org
But now that it is GONE...litecointalk I mean..is there an area here on bitcointalk that has replaced this?
I'm stuck at the bolded step, got minera installed I cant find and BFGMINER_CONFIG file in the minera folder
and also all that is done in the minera folder ? I already have BFGMIner instlled using jstephanop's instructions are we doing a brand new install of bfgminer here ?
and also
Code:
sudo ./build_miner.sh bfgminer
It's not in the minera folder, it's inside the build_miner.sh, that's the nano command right before the bolded part.
As far as the build - that's correct - it builds all of this under the minera folder (as per their config). It's using the latest release from the git repository, which has all of jstefanop changes in it. One of the older writeups of getting Minera working had you copying the bfgminer from jstefanop steps into the custom miner folder - but I think this was done prior to him taking over scrypt support in bfgminer.
You could copy over and do the custom route if you don't want to build in that path - but I think that will be much more of a PIA to keep current - don't forget, this is integrated into the release of bfgminer now, and that change that you make to the build.miner.sh make it the same as his original build instructions. On all of my devices, I don't install the older version anymore, just the latest git version.
It's runs amazingly well, and with the Minera interface is really an exceptional miner.
NM if I missed the nano editor command , that's where the config details are at sorry skipped that line
I'll continue the process and let you know how it goes thanks !
p.s it does look like a new install of bfgminer is occurring on the next like where you do the install.
would it be possible to just change the miner source path and other settings in the config file instead of re-installing BFGminer from scratch ?
I'll continue the process and let you know how it goes thanks !
p.s it does look like a new install of bfgminer is occurring on the next like where you do the install.
would it be possible to just change the miner source path and other settings in the config file instead of re-installing BFGminer from scratch ?
I'll add my little bit to the Alcheminer community on this - I just went through the process of installing Minera and getting it going on the Alcheminer; here's the exact steps:
Replace the contents of BFGMINER_CONFIG with "CFLAGS=-O3 --enable-scrypt --enable-alchemist --disable-other-drivers --enable-broad-udevrules"
Go in and change the contents of server.document-root to "/var/www/minera"
Now the one tricky part, you need to replace JSON_PRETTY_PRINT with 128, you can search to find the files using this string:
As of right now, that's these files (ignore matches in the logs directory):
application/models/util_model.php
application/controllers/app.php
application/views/settings.php
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With that, you'll have an install of Minera that actually works well, and is running the latest BFGMiner as well.
Here are my settings in Minera:
Select LTC/BTC as your Altcoin Price
Data tables set to 10 (shows all the blades)
Section panels, all off except Local Miner, Local Pools, Shares Chart, System Load and Hashrates chart
Pool Settings - add your pools
Local Miner - select BFGMiner
Set to Manual
Turn on "Append JSON conf"
In manual options, set it to this: "--scrypt -S ALC:all -S ALC:/dev/ttyO1 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO2 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO3 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO4 --set ALC:clock=336"
on API Allow, add "W:0/0"
Miner Autorecover on
Miner Superuser on
Set your system hostname to whatever
Set your timezone to whatever
-------
And now you have a nice and fancy updated interface to go with that spiffy firmware jstefanop did!
Replace the contents of BFGMINER_CONFIG with "CFLAGS=-O3 --enable-scrypt --enable-alchemist --disable-other-drivers --enable-broad-udevrules"
Code:
sudo ./build_miner.sh bfgminer
sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Code:
sudo service lighttpd force-reload
Now the one tricky part, you need to replace JSON_PRETTY_PRINT with 128, you can search to find the files using this string:
Code:
grep -r --include \*.php "JSON_PRETTY_PRINT" .
As of right now, that's these files (ignore matches in the logs directory):
application/models/util_model.php
application/controllers/app.php
application/views/settings.php
-------
With that, you'll have an install of Minera that actually works well, and is running the latest BFGMiner as well.
Here are my settings in Minera:
Select LTC/BTC as your Altcoin Price
Data tables set to 10 (shows all the blades)
Section panels, all off except Local Miner, Local Pools, Shares Chart, System Load and Hashrates chart
Pool Settings - add your pools
Local Miner - select BFGMiner
Set to Manual
Turn on "Append JSON conf"
In manual options, set it to this: "--scrypt -S ALC:all -S ALC:/dev/ttyO1 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO2 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO3 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO4 --set ALC:clock=336"
on API Allow, add "W:0/0"
Miner Autorecover on
Miner Superuser on
Set your system hostname to whatever
Set your timezone to whatever
-------
And now you have a nice and fancy updated interface to go with that spiffy firmware jstefanop did!
I'm stuck at the bolded step, got minera installed I cant find and BFGMINER_CONFIG file in the minera folder
and also
Code:
sudo ./build_miner.sh bfgminer
I'll add my little bit to the Alcheminer community on this - I just went through the process of installing Minera and getting it going on the Alcheminer; here's the exact steps:
Replace the contents of BFGMINER_CONFIG with "CFLAGS=-O3 --enable-scrypt --enable-alchemist --disable-other-drivers --enable-broad-udevrules"
Go in and change the contents of server.document-root to "/var/www/minera"
Now the one tricky part, you need to replace JSON_PRETTY_PRINT with 128, you can search to find the files using this string:
As of right now, that's these files (ignore matches in the logs directory):
application/models/util_model.php
application/controllers/app.php
application/views/settings.php
-------
With that, you'll have an install of Minera that actually works well, and is running the latest BFGMiner as well.
Here are my settings in Minera:
Select LTC/BTC as your Altcoin Price
Data tables set to 10 (shows all the blades)
Section panels, all off except Local Miner, Local Pools, Shares Chart, System Load and Hashrates chart
Pool Settings - add your pools
Local Miner - select BFGMiner
Set to Manual
Turn on "Append JSON conf"
In manual options, set it to this: "--scrypt -S ALC:all -S ALC:/dev/ttyO1 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO2 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO3 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO4 --set ALC:clock=336"
on API Allow, add "W:0/0"
Miner Autorecover on
Miner Superuser on
Set your system hostname to whatever
Set your timezone to whatever
-------
And now you have a nice and fancy updated interface to go with that spiffy firmware jstefanop did!
Code:
sudo service apache2 stop
sudo apt-get remove apache2
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install -y lighttpd php5-cgi
sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi
sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php
sudo service lighttpd force-reload
sudo apt-get install -y redis-server git screen php5-cli php5-curl
cd /var/www
sudo git clone https://github.com/michelem09/minera
cd minera
sudo chmod 777 conf
sudo ./install_minera.sh
sudo ./upgrade_minera.sh
sudo nano build_miner.sh
Replace the contents of BFGMINER_CONFIG with "CFLAGS=-O3 --enable-scrypt --enable-alchemist --disable-other-drivers --enable-broad-udevrules"
Code:
sudo ./build_miner.sh bfgminer
sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Code:
sudo service lighttpd force-reload
Now the one tricky part, you need to replace JSON_PRETTY_PRINT with 128, you can search to find the files using this string:
Code:
grep -r --include \*.php "JSON_PRETTY_PRINT" .
As of right now, that's these files (ignore matches in the logs directory):
application/models/util_model.php
application/controllers/app.php
application/views/settings.php
-------
With that, you'll have an install of Minera that actually works well, and is running the latest BFGMiner as well.
Here are my settings in Minera:
Select LTC/BTC as your Altcoin Price
Data tables set to 10 (shows all the blades)
Section panels, all off except Local Miner, Local Pools, Shares Chart, System Load and Hashrates chart
Pool Settings - add your pools
Local Miner - select BFGMiner
Set to Manual
Turn on "Append JSON conf"
In manual options, set it to this: "--scrypt -S ALC:all -S ALC:/dev/ttyO1 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO2 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO3 -S ALC:/dev/ttyO4 --set ALC:clock=336"
on API Allow, add "W:0/0"
Miner Autorecover on
Miner Superuser on
Set your system hostname to whatever
Set your timezone to whatever
-------
And now you have a nice and fancy updated interface to go with that spiffy firmware jstefanop did!
Huge thanks to jstefanop. With the firmware upgrade and bfgminer I got my Alcheminer running at 240 MH/s instead of 180 MH/s. Still experimenting with settings, some boards might need to be under/over clocked for best efficiency.
Update: Driver has been added to main branch of bfgminer and is synced with bgminer 5.4! Just PM me for the flasher file needed to flash the firmware for these systems to work with the bfgminer driver.
Is this miner the same thing as the Hashcoins Ares 256MHS miner? I have one of these and can't seem to get more than about 180MHS out of it. Thanks in advance.
After a little searching I came across this: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-dogies-comprehensive-hashcoins-ares-setup-hd-951075
So yes this is an exact copy of an Alcheminer....I guess these guys had more resellers than I thought..
The updated firmware and bfgminer driver should run on that no issue.
Is this miner the same thing as the Hashcoins Ares 256MHS miner? I have one of these and can't seem to get more than about 180MHS out of it. Thanks in advance.
The only reseller of the Alcheminers I know about is Mining Asics Technologies (MAT). If you have pics of the outside/hashboards ill let you know for sure.
Is this miner the same thing as the Hashcoins Ares 256MHS miner? I have one of these and can't seem to get more than about 180MHS out of it. Thanks in advance.
Finished bfgminer driver for these PM me for more details!
UPDATE: Finished bfgminer port for these....between this and fpga firmware update they run full speed on almost any scrypt pool! PM me for details
I have been working on a big update to the Alcheminer / MAT excalibur over on litecointalk (I won't repost the whole thing here but you can read up here : https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=27370.0
Long story short I found a huge flaw in the FPGA firmware that drives these machines, and updated the FPGA code as well as the python driver code to support the new logic. I have the machines running at full speed (around 250MH up from stock firmware/driver of around 210-220) at around 8W/MH.
There are also a lot more driver updates including the ability to change clock rate and tweaks to the stratum proxy.
Now that I have had a few users test out the firmware and upgrade process I'm posting it on here in case anyone with these machines has not seen the liitecointalk discussion and wants to get a bit more performance out of these.
Shoot me a PM on here or litecointalk for more info! (same username).
I have been working on a big update to the Alcheminer / MAT excalibur over on litecointalk (I won't repost the whole thing here but you can read up here : https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=27370.0
Long story short I found a huge flaw in the FPGA firmware that drives these machines, and updated the FPGA code as well as the python driver code to support the new logic. I have the machines running at full speed (around 250MH up from stock firmware/driver of around 210-220) at around 8W/MH.
There are also a lot more driver updates including the ability to change clock rate and tweaks to the stratum proxy.
Now that I have had a few users test out the firmware and upgrade process I'm posting it on here in case anyone with these machines has not seen the liitecointalk discussion and wants to get a bit more performance out of these.
Shoot me a PM on here or litecointalk for more info! (same username).
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