Topic: ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 4. (Read 710231 times)

Ok...
In resumé, once the pins are in place.
I go to SERIAL under connection in PUTTY, I enter this (115200, no flow control, correct COM port defined (115200,8,n,1))
and then click OPEN.
But the only thing that happen is a "ding" and nothing else.... what's my problem ?!?!?

How can I know if my CP2012 module driver's are well installed ?
How can I test it to know if it's not the module the problem ?

Try this guide.,  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9857159  edited: pasted wrong link

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9901494


Best Regards
d57heinz

Assuming your are in US and having trouble doing this I would take a look at BitmainWarranty.   You can contact them on the forum or via website - https://bitmainwarranty.com/ .   But assuming S3 board works fine and just a bad flash you should be able to send in and get it reflashed. 

I would think at least  I have not checked on this specific procedure with them.  But hit them up and I think you will have good results.

Hi all,

I have an S3+ that looks kinda stuck on startup. (Lan green light is on, and the red led flashing nonstop)

I found some instructions on the web saying I could connect to the S3 with a serial module and debug it....

I got myself a CP2102 usb 2.0 to uart module serial converter and I install putty... but the thing is that I dont know anything about the both of it....

Is there someone that could help me try to revive my S3... (Taugeran's revival guide is lacking a lot of vital information for a newbie like me....)

Anyone from bitmain could help ?!?!?! (contacted the support, but all they said it's send back the controller)

Thanks all, this would be very much appreciated !!!

Thanks for the info!

This is an excerpt from cgminer help.  Scroll down to near bottom to find this.  Id say turn on the quota and test it with putting 1,2,3,4...etc followed by the ; then your pool data.  Idk how this works and bitmain uses a hacked up version of cgminer that CK will not help you with.  I hope this works ive never tested it.

QUOTAS

The load-balance multipool strategy works off a quota based scheduler. The
quotas handed out by default are equal, but the user is allowed to specify any
arbitrary ratio of quotas. For example, if all the quota values add up to 100,
each quota value will be a percentage, but if 2 pools are specified and pool0
is given a quota of 1 and pool1 is given a quota of 9, pool0 will get 10% of
the work and pool1 will get 90%. Quotas can be changed on the fly by the API,
and do not act retrospectively. Setting a quota to zero will effectively
disable that pool unless all other pools are disabled or dead. In that
scenario, load-balance falls back to regular failover priority-based strategy.
While a pool is dead, it loses its quota and no attempt is made to catch up
when it comes back to life.

To specify quotas on the command line, pools should be specified with a
semicolon separated --quota(or -U) entry instead of --url. Pools specified with
--url are given a nominal quota value of 1 and entries can be mixed.

For example:
--url poola:porta -u usernamea -p passa --quota "2;poolb:portb" -u usernameb -p passb
Will give poola 1/3 of the work and poolb 2/3 of the work.

Writing configuration files with quotas is likewise supported. To use the above
quotas in a configuration file they would be specified thus:

"pools" : [
        {
                "url" : "poola:porta",
                "user" : "usernamea",
                "pass" : "passa"
        },
        {
                "quota" : "2;poolb:portb",
                "user" : "usernameb",
                "pass" : "passb"
        }
]

https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer

Hope that steers ya in the right direction.  

Best Regards
d57heinz

Hello

What is quota based balance in miner config on a S3+?

Thanks

Not a problem! Glad you got it working with wifi on the S3/S3+ that antenna will make a world of difference .  Best of luck mining.

Yes best option is to use all 3 worker tabs if your first pool goes down for some reason

Thanks for the help notlist3d and in2tactics. Machine is hashing away now by wifi with antennae.

You always want a backup pool. No sense in sitting idle if your primary pool goes down.

That's right. There's also a no-security guest connection with np ToS.

Edit instead of bump: Tried opening the case and adding a bit of metal wire to the antennae-slot. Seem to have gotten the machine online with wifi now.
It's now hashing away at a pool. I probably should get a real antennae rather than this metal wire, right?

Also, should I configure all 3 worker slots on the antminer? It's only for swapping to another worker/pool if prio 0 goes down, right?

The wireless option shows nothing likely due to it not having an antenna.  So it does not pick up wireless unless like right next to and very high signal.   It was meant for ethernet connection.

I would guess when you first connected you have to agree to a TOS, or sign in? Is that correct if so I think easiest option is a wireless adapter to ethernet.  You likely will need to connect once though it with laptop to agree to terms/log-on.  And it might not work all depends on your wireless setup. And that is assuming they don't block anythhing needed for it to work.

No ethernet port in my room. I don't fret much about running the laptop full-time, as it more or less already does that. I just can't get the Antminer to work that way.

The network uses a different submask than the router, so I have to connect through an ethernet cable laptop-miner to get into the config.

When I try to configure the Antminer to use DHCP, it disconnects me and doesn't commit the change, so I never actually get to share internet to it (WAN->Set protocol to DHCP Client -> Change Protocol -> Save and Apply). The wireless option on the antminer shows nothing, the nearest connection point being a few metres away.

If I had control of the router, I'd have this up and running, but when faced with stuff like this, I'm clueless.

You could do some sort of connection sharing, but would be a shame to run a laptop the entire time. (Assuming they don't block port's or something needed to access pools).   Are you allowed to have routers? 

If your allowed to have routers likely are able to turn off wireless, copy PC's mac address that works, and plug it into univeristy ethernet.  But that assumes you have a Ethernet port in your dorm.

So I recently got an S3, thinking it would be easy to get it running.

Now, my problem is that I'm living at a university, and only have access to uni internet. This means I can't access the router settings. I can access the antminers config page with my laptop, but that's about it. 

I don't want to brick the antminer, so I though I'd ask to make sure. Is there a safe way to share my internet connection from my Ubuntu laptop to the antminer? I've got an ethernet cable to link the two. 

With being S3 likely is a ATX I'm going to guess on PSU.   Do you know how long ago/where you bought PSU?  Some have warranty's for a while so that might be a option.

Or you can be like me where you have had them so long they are out of the warranty periods.

That depends one why the PSU died. If it died from the load being too great, your miner might be fine. If it died from lightning or something like that, it is probably dead.

Need more information. What PSU do you have, why do you think it is dead, have you measured the voltage coming from the PSU, do you have another PSU you can try?

Rich

Uumm.. I think I have a blown PSU from running the AntMiner overnight. Will it effect preformance of it, or is it just plain dead