ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 389.

1Neptune

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Quote from: dsheaffer on July 24, 2014, 09:07:44 PM

Quote from: Junkbarman on July 24, 2014, 08:14:11 PM

Quote from: glendall on July 24, 2014, 08:12:10 PM

1) What's up with the Wifi options in the networking tab? Is this for potential wifi expansion? Was surprised when I seemed to be able to connect o my wifi network with them, but ya must have 'connected' just through my wired connections. Anyways just want to make sure that there is no wifi right.

You need an antenna, but it has wifi built in.

Is the wifi set up the same as with the S1's? I don't see this anywhere in the doc nor do is see the SME connector in the pics. Just bought five S3s (batch 5) and have been running seven S1s on WiFi with absolutely no issues for months. Thought I was going to have to hardwire for the S3s, but would love to avoid doing so, if possible/practical. Is anyone actually running S3s on WiFi? If so, are there any issues to be aware of?

I'm running one S3 on wifi and another hard wired, but that's because it can't get the signal strong enough for the wifi where it has to be located for the time being. The one running wifi isn't using an antennae.

Tripjammer

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Ok, I am in! Just order 2 S3 from Batch 5.....dammit batch 4 sold out quick!!!

August 7th aint that far off.....hehe!

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Quote from: Junkbarman on July 24, 2014, 08:14:11 PM

Quote from: glendall on July 24, 2014, 08:12:10 PM

1) What's up with the Wifi options in the networking tab? Is this for potential wifi expansion? Was surprised when I seemed to be able to connect o my wifi network with them, but ya must have 'connected' just through my wired connections. Anyways just want to make sure that there is no wifi right.

You need an antenna, but it has wifi built in.

Is the wifi set up the same as with the S1's? I don't see this anywhere in the doc nor do is see the SME connector in the pics. Just bought five S3s (batch 5) and have been running seven S1s on WiFi with absolutely no issues for months. Thought I was going to have to hardwire for the S3s, but would love to avoid doing so, if possible/practical. Is anyone actually running S3s on WiFi? If so, are there any issues to be aware of?

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Quote from: mjk79 on July 24, 2014, 08:45:14 PM

Quote from: 9600 on July 24, 2014, 07:43:41 PM

Shipping is included. I prefer DHL over UPS. You have a choice.

Just put down for two more on batch 5. I bet Bitmain is betting on another few rounds of low difficulty jumps to justify the slight decrease in price between batches. Judging by how much of the network they can control when they batch test, I'm going to bet the price is probably in line with expected network growth.

It all depends on how you calculate your ROI. If you have a bunch of equipment that's already paid for itself, you can choose to calculate that hash towards your most recent purchase and write off the hardware much sooner. Much easier to calculate any gains down the road that way.

...it also might involve a little bit of lying to yourself too, but trust me it's much more fun this way.

Are there special procedures for ordering? What am I missing here?

no, just order them and send bitmain the btc within 15 mins. Make sure your address is right so they can ship it to you. Simple, straightforward, and the product is awesome. I love these new units.

Biodom

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Quote from: mjk79 on July 24, 2014, 08:45:14 PM

Quote from: 9600 on July 24, 2014, 07:43:41 PM

Shipping is included. I prefer DHL over UPS. You have a choice.

Just put down for two more on batch 5. I bet Bitmain is betting on another few rounds of low difficulty jumps to justify the slight decrease in price between batches. Judging by how much of the network they can control when they batch test, I'm going to bet the price is probably in line with expected network growth.

It all depends on how you calculate your ROI. If you have a bunch of equipment that's already paid for itself, you can choose to calculate that hash towards your most recent purchase and write off the hardware much sooner. Much easier to calculate any gains down the road that way.

...it also might involve a little bit of lying to yourself too, but trust me it's much more fun this way.

Are there special procedures for ordering? What am I missing here?

special procedures:

1. get/have BTC
2. go to bitmaintech.com, make an account
3. login
4. order
5. start to write "are we there yet" type messages on BTCTalk-I wrote a few myself.

faetos

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Quote from: contactlight on July 24, 2014, 08:22:38 PM

Quote from: ck on July 24, 2014, 08:18:38 PM

Quote from: contactlight on July 24, 2014, 08:16:07 PM

How safe is it to power one blade with a power supply while powering the other blade with another one?

From https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140724130242972en240AMe064E it says "Don’t parallel connected different DC input from different PSU into the same Hashing board."

Does that mean different hashing boards are okay?

yes

mjk79

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Quote from: 9600 on July 24, 2014, 07:43:41 PM

Shipping is included. I prefer DHL over UPS. You have a choice.

Just put down for two more on batch 5. I bet Bitmain is betting on another few rounds of low difficulty jumps to justify the slight decrease in price between batches. Judging by how much of the network they can control when they batch test, I'm going to bet the price is probably in line with expected network growth.

It all depends on how you calculate your ROI. If you have a bunch of equipment that's already paid for itself, you can choose to calculate that hash towards your most recent purchase and write off the hardware much sooner. Much easier to calculate any gains down the road that way.

...it also might involve a little bit of lying to yourself too, but trust me it's much more fun this way.

Are there special procedures for ordering? What am I missing here?

rograz

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If you have a unit with just 1 chip causing you problems, try throwing it overboard and see how far you can get. Just came across a unit that had a chip that needed 200MHz to keep the chip alive but the unit will do 237MHz if you just let it stay dead.

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Well batch one here. One runs at 420-425 overclocking makes no difference. The other one i am able to get with 238 freq 440-460. Seems to go down after a few hours. Didn't try 250 freq as I am happy with the 440+ with temps under 40.

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Quote from: 1Neptune on July 24, 2014, 08:24:08 PM

Quote from: Biodom on July 24, 2014, 08:10:07 PM

Is there a way to shut down S3 from the web gui or from ssh (not reboot)like "shutdown -h now" command for s2?
I tried it before with s1 and it did not work, apparently.

I ssh in and do 'poweroff -d 3' to power off in 3 seconds. Do 'poweroff --help' to get the full syntax as there are other options.

great, thanks

Biodom

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Quote from: contactlight on July 24, 2014, 08:16:07 PM

How safe is it to power one blade with a power supply while powering the other blade with another one?

when i did this on S1, pcie connectors produced a spark, which is not good for electronics in general
i meant if you already have one blade under power
as far as powering one side with one powersupply and other side with a second one-it is possible as long as you orient them correctly

1Neptune

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Quote from: Biodom on July 24, 2014, 08:10:07 PM

Is there a way to shut down S3 from the web gui or from ssh (not reboot)like "shutdown -h now" command for s2?
I tried it before with s1 and it did not work, apparently.

I ssh in and do 'poweroff -d 3' to power off in 3 seconds. Do 'poweroff --help' to get the full syntax as there are other options.

contactlight

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Quote from: ck on July 24, 2014, 08:18:38 PM

Quote from: contactlight on July 24, 2014, 08:16:07 PM

How safe is it to power one blade with a power supply while powering the other blade with another one?

From https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140724130242972en240AMe064E it says "Don’t parallel connected different DC input from different PSU into the same Hashing board."

Does that mean different hashing boards are okay?

ck

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Quote from: contactlight on July 24, 2014, 08:16:07 PM

How safe is it to power one blade with a power supply while powering the other blade with another one?

From https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140724130242972en240AMe064E it says "Don’t parallel connected different DC input from different PSU into the same Hashing board."

contactlight

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How safe is it to power one blade with a power supply while powering the other blade with another one?

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Quote from: glendall on July 24, 2014, 08:12:10 PM

1) What's up with the Wifi options in the networking tab? Is this for potential wifi expansion? Was surprised when I seemed to be able to connect o my wifi network with them, but ya must have 'connected' just through my wired connections. Anyways just want to make sure that there is no wifi right.

You need an antenna, but it has wifi built in.

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Got my two ant s3's in. Whew happy day today!

Two quick questions for anyone, if you have a sec:

1) What's up with the Wifi options in the networking tab? Is this for potential wifi expansion? Was surprised when I seemed to be able to connect o my wifi network with them, but ya must have 'connected' just through my wired connections. Anyways just want to make sure that there is no wifi right.

2) Does anyone else have trouble connecting to different routers? On this old belkin I have, they connect no problem. On my primary dd-wrt router they have issues. They seem to get an address via dhcp. Then when I go to log into them though, I only get the very first fast 'LAU configuration page' notice or something like that, and then they just always timeout.

I'm still trying to figure them out and why they seem to beep every so often even though they seem to be hashing away okay, but overall, these miners are great.

Biodom

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Is there a way to shut down S3 from the web gui or from ssh (not reboot)like "shutdown -h now" command for s2?
I tried it before with s1 and it did not work, apparently.

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Quote from: faetos on July 24, 2014, 07:52:50 PM

Quote from: Junkbarman on July 24, 2014, 07:47:31 PM

Anyone else notice that a S3 seems to let out a beep when a block is found? I've noticed this on a couple of occasions, maybe it's just the pool I'm using.

beeps are startup, beeps at blocks, and beeps at lost connection to a pool (repeatedly). The last item can be turned off via the web menu. Significant others tend to get annoyed at the excessively loud beeps. Search the thread for a nice physical way to mute it somewhat.

Why would I turn that off? It's like the cha-ching of a cash register.

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Quote from: Junkbarman on July 24, 2014, 07:47:31 PM

Anyone else notice that a S3 seems to let out a beep when a block is found? I've noticed this on a couple of occasions, maybe it's just the pool I'm using.

beeps are startup, beeps at blocks, and beeps at lost connection to a pool (repeatedly). The last item can be turned off via the web menu. Significant others tend to get annoyed at the excessively loud beeps. Search the thread for a nice physical way to mute it somewhat.

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