Avalon ASIC users thread - page 185.

cypherdoc

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Quote from: Aseras on April 10, 2013, 09:22:12 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on April 10, 2013, 03:17:15 PM

i have a basic question. when you plug the avalon in does it automatically boot up or is there a separate on/off power switch?

reason i ask is b/c i was wondering if it makes sense to buy one of these for power outages or brownouts:
http://dataprobe.com/iboot-g2.php

It uses an atx power supply from a computer. It has an on off switch. You flip it on, it turns on.

so if you had a power outage and the electricity came back on, sounds like the Avalon would just start back up on its own thus obviating the need for this unit?

http://dataprobe.com/iboot-g2.php

tripper22

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Quote from: Aseras on April 10, 2013, 09:23:14 PM

Quote from: tripper22 on April 10, 2013, 06:40:48 PM

I'm having a problem with my Avalon. It was mining without a restart for 16 hours and then it stopped. In the API log I get: Socket connect failed: Connection refused 4 times. I haven't changed anything and even after a few restarts it won't mine. I tried the latest firmware also. Any ideas?

Edit: I checked and reseated some of the cables and it's still the same.

If you have yellow led, it means cgminer isn't running or there's a Fpga controller problem.

Check the USB hub, make sure it is all plugged in well. Try another port on the USB hub.

Thanks Aseras and others. It seems fixed for now. Hopefully for good.

I was getting strange temp 3 readings yesterday. I bent the pins slightly on the p4 connector for the temp3 sensor because it felt loose in the socket even though it was plugged in fully. Now it's mining and i'm getting accurate temperature and fan speeds. I know that xempew had a similar problem, so that tipped me off. Maybe this will help someone else.

Aseras

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Quote from: tripper22 on April 10, 2013, 06:40:48 PM

I'm having a problem with my Avalon. It was mining without a restart for 16 hours and then it stopped. In the API log I get: Socket connect failed: Connection refused 4 times. I haven't changed anything and even after a few restarts it won't mine. I tried the latest firmware also. Any ideas?

Edit: I checked and reseated some of the cables and it's still the same.

If you have yellow led, it means cgminer isn't running or there's a Fpga controller problem.

Check the USB hub, make sure it is all plugged in well. Try another port on the USB hub.

Aseras

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Quote from: cypherdoc on April 10, 2013, 03:17:15 PM

i have a basic question. when you plug the avalon in does it automatically boot up or is there a separate on/off power switch?

reason i ask is b/c i was wondering if it makes sense to buy one of these for power outages or brownouts:
http://dataprobe.com/iboot-g2.php

It uses an atx power supply from a computer. It has an on off switch. You flip it on, it turns on.

tripper22

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I'm having a problem with my Avalon. It was mining without a restart for 16 hours and then it stopped. In the API log I get: Socket connect failed: Connection refused 4 times. I haven't changed anything and even after a few restarts it won't mine. I tried the latest firmware also. Any ideas?

Edit: I checked and reseated some of the cables and it's still the same.

cedivad

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Not sure about your question (I don't see any external button). However, if you have more than 1, what you are looking for is a managed pdu. Maybe a scriptable one so that you don't have to interface with it externally Wink

cypherdoc

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i have a basic question. when you plug the avalon in does it automatically boot up or is there a separate on/off power switch?

reason i ask is b/c i was wondering if it makes sense to buy one of these for power outages or brownouts:
http://dataprobe.com/iboot-g2.php

salihno71

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Quote from: allinvain on April 10, 2013, 10:59:56 AM

Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 10:56:51 AM

Quote from: Aseras on April 10, 2013, 10:28:53 AM

Quote from: zero-asic on April 10, 2013, 09:15:12 AM

Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 09:01:10 AM

Hi,

i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!

You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable.

Can I get two module upgrades please? Cheesy

it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected.

So you can't do it without Control Unit?

Correctomundo. You could theoretically build your own. The control board is a FPGA board essentially with I/O options (unlike dedicated fpga miners).

Thanks. It would probably take someone from BitSyncom to get a definite answer.

zero-asic

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Quote from: Aseras on April 10, 2013, 10:28:53 AM

Quote from: zero-asic on April 10, 2013, 09:15:12 AM

Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 09:01:10 AM

Hi,

i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!

You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable.

Can I get two module upgrades please? Cheesy

it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected.

Really? Is it cross connected on the board or the cable? Are they pair swapped, like 2-1, 4-3, 6-5.....? The cables looked normal to me.

allinvain

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Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 10:56:51 AM

Quote from: Aseras on April 10, 2013, 10:28:53 AM

Quote from: zero-asic on April 10, 2013, 09:15:12 AM

Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 09:01:10 AM

Hi,

i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!

You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable.

Can I get two module upgrades please? Cheesy

it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected.

So you can't do it without Control Unit?

Correctomundo. You could theoretically build your own. The control board is a FPGA board essentially with I/O options (unlike dedicated fpga miners).

salihno71

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Quote from: Aseras on April 10, 2013, 10:28:53 AM

Quote from: zero-asic on April 10, 2013, 09:15:12 AM

Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 09:01:10 AM

Hi,

i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!

You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable.

Can I get two module upgrades please? Cheesy

it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected.

So you can't do it without Control Unit?

Aseras

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Quote from: zero-asic on April 10, 2013, 09:15:12 AM

Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 09:01:10 AM

Hi,

i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!

You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable.

Can I get two module upgrades please? Cheesy

it is NOT IDE. using an IDE cable will cook a board. they are cross connected.

salihno71

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Quote from: zero-asic on April 10, 2013, 09:15:12 AM

Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 09:01:10 AM

Hi,

i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!

You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable.

Can I get two module upgrades please? Cheesy

Thank you for the answer. I'm just looking out for options.

ewibit

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Quote from: Aseras on April 10, 2013, 08:41:10 AM

new firmware build posted. fixes the delay and HW errors and rejects.

http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/xiangfu/avalon/next-testing/

I have done it but there is no more fw-version available:

Code:

cat /etc/avalon_version
cat: can't open '/etc/avalon_version': No such file or directory

zero-asic

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Quote from: salihno71 on April 10, 2013, 09:01:10 AM

Hi,

i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!

You'd need a board that can run OpenWRT and CGminer from the git repositories that also has an IDE connection and power for the module. You also have to purchase a module which at the moment is unavailable.

Can I get two module upgrades please? Cheesy

salihno71

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Hi,

i have a question - what it would take to run a single module? Is it doable? Or you need a whole machine? Thanks!

Sakdrissi

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Quote from: Aseras on April 10, 2013, 08:41:10 AM

new firmware build posted. fixes the delay and HW errors and rejects.

http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/xiangfu/avalon/next-testing/

Will it be worth to install the test-firmware? Do those HW-errors have a big negative effect?
I'm afraid of getting a worse bug by unstable firmware.

Aseras

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Quote from: Sakdrissi on April 10, 2013, 08:21:18 AM

Hi there

I have a HW error rate of about 5% (relativ to accepted) which seems to be rather high.

What can there be done against that apart from setting --avalon-options xxxxxx:xx:xx:42:xxx instead of xxxxxx:xx:xx:45:xx because this seemed to have no effect.

I haven't changed any other parameters, the batch 1 miner runs like it came out of the box.

Thanks
S

new firmware build posted. fixes the delay and HW errors and rejects.

http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/xiangfu/avalon/next-testing/

Sakdrissi

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Hi there

I have a HW error rate of about 5% (relativ to accepted) which seems to be rather high.

What can there be done against that apart from setting --avalon-options xxxxxx:xx:xx:42:xxx instead of xxxxxx:xx:xx:45:xx because this seemed to have no effect.

I haven't changed any other parameters, the batch 1 miner runs like it came out of the box.

Thanks
S

organofcorti

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Poor impulse control.

Quote from: ewibit on April 10, 2013, 05:44:07 AM

something strange happened last night:

Uploaded with ImageShack.us
as you can see it was a peak at ~90 GH
Avalon is connected to more then one pool; it seems that all pools at this time are not responding and only ozco has got all the shares but only for a moment and too much...
if I came to the place of avalon someone had plugged off it from the socket-outlet (maybe because of horrible noisiness and fear)

You might see that happen if you have difficulty set quite high. A couple of lucky shares in a row and you have a massive estimate for the hashrate. Increasing your work difficulty increases your variance.

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