Topic: Avalon ASIC users thread - page 19. (Read 438516 times)

cgminer 4.2.1 based firmware:
http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/avalon/20140324/

If you have teamviewer i can help you with this issue

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5845620

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHnEN1AV9wM

There's a new thread I made with a bounty of 0.1BTC for each contributor who helps me get the miner hashing.
And a video of the problem.

Actually i am checking on seeing what the best overclock setting for the avalon2 single module is that runs the best settings

Sounds like you're using "OpenWRT for raspi" vanilla, i.e. not a version adapted for mining? That will never work as is. The firmware on Avalon 2 wiki implies there are OpenWRT firmware builds for raspi, that should be what you're after.

If not, MinePeon is probably the quickest & easiest route. I'm not familiar with day-day usage of MinePeon, but there should be a text box labelled "parameters" or "config" or "arguments". Stick only the parameters from gjpminingco's solution into that textbox (basically discard the "cgminer" part), save/apply, restart mining. That's assuming he's got it right of course, but it can't be far wrong even if there was some mistake in it. Use

Problem solved by comment out the lines checking ntp (administrator apply FW rules blocking it)

Right, so what do I do with the above code? Save it into the Raspberry Pi Config file?

The config file contains settings for HDMI output. That should make the Raspi output some video signal to my monitor, I thought?

The OpenWRT .bin files on my SD card contain no version of CGminer or any other miner for that matter. I've looked through them all.

I'm pretty sure MinePeon is kept up to date with the latest cgminer, so gjpminingco's parameters for the launch command (in above post) should work. OpenWRT isn't a desktop OS, it's made for routers. Routers don't have monitors (or video output sockets...), so you use a web interface to configure the options, or you suck up some courage and configure it using a remote command line.

Not sure about Avalon mk.2, but if they interface to their controller using USB, then you should just be able to use your laptop + mining software.

cgminer -S/dev/ttyUSB0 --avalon2-fan 100 --avalon2-freq 1500 --avalon2-voltage 10000 -o stratum+tcp://poolinfohere:3333 -O workerinfohere.worker1:x -o stratum+tcp://poolinfohere:3333 -O workerinfohere.worker1:x --api-allow W:127.0.0.1 --api-listen --real-quiet -Q 13 -s 11 -E 10 --no-submit-stale --hotplug 20 -l 5

I don't understand why I can't just plug the Avalon 2 (single modular) into my laptop and connect to it with BFGminer like I do with my BFlabs Jalapeno... why do I have to go through all this bullshit with Raspberry Pi and WR703 ?

I think it might be that OpenWRT doesn't have a direct display driver (or even any display driver at all). So lack of any video output from the RaspPi is probably feature-not-bug kind of situation. Default IP for a fresh OpenWRT (on the standard Avalon controller at least) is 192.168.0.100 (check for sure with the provider of this firmware before going any further). So, if your subnet is already 192.168.0, then you should be able to log into the OpenWRT web interface by accessing 192.168.0.100 in a web browser on another network device. If not, change the whole IP on any computing device with video output & ethernet to 192.168.0.x, plug the ethernet connection directly between the raspPi and then access the Pi via web interface the same way. Change the Pi's IP to the subnet you're using. 

I mean that the Raspberry Pi turns on, the PSU and Avalon both turn on, but there are no green/yellow lights on the Raspi and nothing displays to the screen. It just sits in that state with the solid red light.

It can't be a problem with win32diskimgr because MinePeon works fine. I would use MinePeon if I could. But the Avalon only works with the custom OPENWRT firmware apparently found here http://downloads.canaan-creative.com/software/avalon2/latest/raspberrypi/

I have no idea why this custom avalon raspi OS won't work.

What do you mean it dont fully boot under the openwrt

Hi All,

My China clone Avalon 200G all in a sudden stops working.  I tried to restart cgminer but only saw the followings.

Sat Mar 22 01:22:44 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 138.236.128.112
Sat Mar 22 01:22:44 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 138.236.128.112
Sat Mar 22 01:22:44 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 59.148.184.7
Sat Mar 22 01:22:44 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 59.148.184.7
Sat Mar 22 01:22:44 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 218.189.210.10
Sat Mar 22 01:22:44 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 218.189.210.10
Sat Mar 22 01:22:44 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 59.148.184.7
Sat Mar 22 01:22:44 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 59.148.184.7
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: Alarm clock
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 66.7.96.2
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 66.7.96.2
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 137.189.4.10
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 137.189.4.10
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 103.5.12.41
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 103.5.12.41
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 137.189.4.10
Sat Mar 22 01:22:54 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 137.189.4.10
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: Alarm clock
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 138.236.128.112
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 138.236.128.112
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 59.148.184.7
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 59.148.184.7
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 218.189.210.10
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 218.189.210.10
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: resolved peer 0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org to 59.148.184.7
Sat Mar 22 01:23:04 2014 daemon.info sysinit: ntpd: sent query to 59.148.184.7

Anyone can help to advise?  Thank you so much

It's funny, when I install the NOOBS operating system onto my Raspberry Pi, it boots; but when I install the OPENWRT OS in order to start mining with my Avalon, the Raspi does not boot fully.

The raspberry pi also works with MinePeon, but MinePeon does not find my Avalon2 in order to start mining with it. SO, I'm stuck. Is there something missing from OPENWRT that is incomplete or keeps the boot from happening?  As you can see I'm not quite an expert with Linux.

It's all good now.
There were doubled arguments I was missing.  gjpminingco found them for me.
Thanks for the help.

Discards are totally and utterly and completely and absolutely irrelevant.

Thanks for the post.  Any reason to suspect this may cause an increase is discards?

It's still not mining.
I am getting some help via team viewer I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks

Hi
I put it in now.  I am rebooting and will let you know if it starts mining again.