Avalon ASIC users thread - page 205.

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Quote from: Beepbop on February 19, 2013, 06:29:22 PM

It was indeed a static IP

Quote from: jgarzik on January 31, 2013, 07:14:20 PM

I did say I needed "instructions from the mothership", which was simply the static IP address for which the machine was configured.

Once obtained -- as my review states -- you are able to access the box and set a root password. Standard OpenWRT behavior and configuration in that regard.

is open wrt anything like dd wrt?

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It was indeed a static IP

Quote from: jgarzik on January 31, 2013, 07:14:20 PM

I did say I needed "instructions from the mothership", which was simply the static IP address for which the machine was configured.

Once obtained -- as my review states -- you are able to access the box and set a root password. Standard OpenWRT behavior and configuration in that regard.

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Quote from: Dalkore on February 19, 2013, 06:17:35 PM

Jeff,

What is the IP address to access the mining interface on your Avalon? Did it come with any documentation?

192.168.0.1 if i recall it correctly. No docs. No dhcp. Just connect and configure manually.

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Mining since 2010 & Hosting since 2012

Jeff,

What is the IP address to access the mining interface on your Avalon? Did it come with any documentation?

GenTarkin

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are the --avalon-options parameters specified anywhere yet? like what they actually each do? Im curious... does the last one really control the clockspeed?

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Quote from: jgarzik on February 17, 2013, 06:05:32 PM

New firmware received from Avalon via email.

Upgrade was successful using standard web-based OpenWRT firmware upgrade procedure.

New image appears to be based on cgminer 2.10.5, and the fans are running at a much higher speed (and noise level) than the previous image. Restarted and was back to mining within minutes... let's see how this impacts stability.

i too would like to know how to mine solo thru eloipool.

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Quote from: Luke-Jr on February 19, 2013, 01:58:33 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on February 19, 2013, 01:56:08 PM

Quote from: Luke-Jr on February 19, 2013, 07:27:06 AM

Quote from: HorseRider on February 19, 2013, 04:59:41 AM

In the past, we still need an old cheap PC to control the mining rigs, now with Avalon, we don't even need that PC controller right? ( I have never mined bitcoin before, so I have to ask.)

Rather, it has a router builtin to serve that purpose.

so what's the best way to solo mine with it? can u load bitcoind into open-wrt or do u have to use a pc?

Avalon/cgminer doesn't work with GBT, so you can't solo mine directly. You'll need to setup a PC with bitcoind + Eloipool.
Once I'm done with BFL SC support, I'll take a longer look at porting BFGMiner to Avalon so solo mining is more practical.

that would be helpful.

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Quote from: SLok on February 19, 2013, 03:37:29 PM

Quote from: cedivad on February 19, 2013, 03:29:07 PM

16*5 = 80 chips for 22GH/s => 275MH/chip @ 2.5W.
BFL should do around 6GH/chip @ 13W

Maybe someone already did this math but i still find it interesting.

Where did you get that from? Last thing I heard it was 72W at the wall for the 60GH/s single, which' 8 chips clock at 7.5GH/s btw, so the whole device uses 1.2 W per GH/s.

Sorry... i did the math with what i recalled by mind and i had an error of 20%...

Quote from: GenTarkin on February 19, 2013, 03:50:55 PM

The big difference in power probably comes from the smaller process node, 110nm that avalon uses is horribly huge by todays standards =/

Once that BFL deliveries you will have a point.

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The big difference in power probably comes from the smaller process node, 110nm that avalon uses is horribly huge by todays standards =/

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Quote from: cedivad on February 19, 2013, 03:29:07 PM

16*5 = 80 chips for 22GH/s => 275MH/chip @ 2.5W.
BFL should do around 6GH/chip @ 13W

Maybe someone already did this math but i still find it interesting.

Fewer devices, smaller feature size, way less power.

Let me just use this 1970's pocket calculator to verify that (THUMP)

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Quote from: cedivad on February 19, 2013, 03:29:07 PM

16*5 = 80 chips for 22GH/s => 275MH/chip @ 2.5W.
BFL should do around 6GH/chip @ 13W

Maybe someone already did this math but i still find it interesting.

Where did you get that from? Last thing I heard it was 72W at the wall for the 60GH/s single, which' 8 chips clock at 7.5GH/s btw, so the whole device uses 1.2 W per GH/s.

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16*5 = 80 chips for 22GH/s => 275MH/chip @ 2.5W.
BFL should do around 6GH/chip @ 13W

Maybe someone already did this math but i still find it interesting.

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Bitcoin / Crypto mining Hardware.

http://bbs.btcman.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=868&page=13#pid10448

Aseras

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It won't have the memory to hold the blockchain. You'd have to mine with a pc ( getwork to solo bitcoin is going to kill it, need stratum or gbt )or something like p2pool or with a pool that mines shares/earnings to your address.

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Quote from: cypherdoc on February 19, 2013, 01:56:08 PM

Quote from: Luke-Jr on February 19, 2013, 07:27:06 AM

Quote from: HorseRider on February 19, 2013, 04:59:41 AM

In the past, we still need an old cheap PC to control the mining rigs, now with Avalon, we don't even need that PC controller right? ( I have never mined bitcoin before, so I have to ask.)

Rather, it has a router builtin to serve that purpose.

so what's the best way to solo mine with it? can u load bitcoind into open-wrt or do u have to use a pc?

Avalon/cgminer doesn't work with GBT, so you can't solo mine directly. You'll need to setup a PC with bitcoind + Eloipool.
Once I'm done with BFL SC support, I'll take a longer look at porting BFGMiner to Avalon so solo mining is more practical.

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For solo mining with ASIC, I am not sure if getwork calls from bitcoind will suffice. You will need some STRATUM enabled pool deamon software.

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Quote from: Luke-Jr on February 19, 2013, 07:27:06 AM

Quote from: HorseRider on February 19, 2013, 04:59:41 AM

In the past, we still need an old cheap PC to control the mining rigs, now with Avalon, we don't even need that PC controller right? ( I have never mined bitcoin before, so I have to ask.)

Rather, it has a router builtin to serve that purpose.

so what's the best way to solo mine with it? can u load bitcoind into open-wrt or do u have to use a pc?

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Quote from: GenTarkin on February 19, 2013, 01:10:36 PM

I realize that, but still when crossloading certain PSU's of a certain design type...their effeciency can drop by as much as 5-10%...
crossloading is when u put load on 12v and not on 5/3v .. vice versa

Modern high-power ATX PSU's usually have several primary 12V high-current rails, 12->5/3.3V secondary buck converters, and separate low-power converter for stand-by voltage.

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Quote from: Aseras on February 19, 2013, 11:55:39 AM

It's a PC power supply the 5v and 3v rails can't carry much of a load. The 12v rails are where the power and efficiency is. From what nzhang has said they re using the 12v rails and dropping it to 1.2v with dc to dc conversion. It's more efficient at 220v than 120v.

It was stated that they were using antec 650w? power supply. The 4 pcb version had an enemax revolution 1000w unit.

I realize that, but still when crossloading certain PSU's of a certain design type...their effeciency can drop by as much as 5-10%...
crossloading is when u put load on 12v and not on 5/3v .. vice versa

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It's a PC power supply the 5v and 3v rails can't carry much of a load. The 12v rails are where the power and efficiency is. From what nzhang has said they re using the 12v rails and dropping it to 1.2v with dc to dc conversion. It's more efficient at 220v than 120v.

It was stated that they were using antec 650w? power supply. The 4 pcb version had an enemax revolution 1000w unit.

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