Topic: Avalon ASIC users thread - page 49. (Read 438582 times)
I have tried every script I could find from this forum and for me at least none keep my unit hashing reliably.
I'll tell you that I got really tired fucking around with my 105gh (32 module)unit crapping out no matter what firmware or script fix. Bought an electronic timer and it shuts the fucking thing down every 2 hours for 1 min. This has been the most reliable solution. Not perfect as I catch it down 1-2 per week in between the 2 hour interval but much better than being down for longer periods. Power-cycling might be wearing out my Avalon but I need it to mine now not in 12 months from now so to hell with it.
Honestly even though BFL is a shit company my other 3 miner units have been rock solid compared to my avalon unit.
Honestly even though BFL is a shit company my other 3 miner units have been rock solid compared to my avalon unit.
I'm with ya on the timer idea. I've got some Z-Wave parts that I can remote into and kill outlets and what not at work from anywhere I have cell service. I'll probably go with that if the built in timers dont work.
So it hasn't been an hour since my last post (and last power cycle of my 4 module avalon) and here I am with the 120ghs avalon mining away at 5ghs. WTF is wrong with these things?
I'd be better off with 400 Block Eruptors.
I'd be better off with 400 Block Eruptors.
I'll tell you that I got really tired fucking around with my 105gh (32 module)unit crapping out no matter what firmware or script fix. Bought an electronic timer and it shuts the fucking thing down every 2 hours for 1 min. This has been the most reliable solution. Not perfect as I catch it down 1-2 per week in between the 2 hour interval but much better than being down for longer periods. Power-cycling might be wearing out my Avalon but I need it to mine now not in 12 months from now so to hell with it.
Honestly even though BFL is a shit company my other 3 miner units have been rock solid compared to my avalon unit.
So it would seem that connecting the Avalon to a WinPC is not as easy as I had hoped. I really wanted to get this HASHED out 
before I go out of town on Sunday.
Hmm...
Zadig fails to install any driver (I figured I'd try the WinUSB driver first).
Ideas?
before I go out of town on Sunday.Hmm...
Zadig fails to install any driver (I figured I'd try the WinUSB driver first).
Ideas?
If you have 1 of 4 Avalons working incorrectly, you could try exchanging the tp-link board. But I can imagine you want to hash and not fiddle with the correctly working one.
I compared your cgminer log with mine (Avalon batch2), the only difference I see is
[USB Pipe] => 1 0/5/0 1384515510 (yours)
[USB Pipe] => 0 (mine)
Have a look at the other 3 Avalons to see what you have there.
Second suggestion is to remove --quiet (I don't have that in my more options field) I do have a limitation of the frequency: --avalon-freq 325-375 and the machine is doing 350Mhz +/- 3Mhz.
I compared your cgminer log with mine (Avalon batch2), the only difference I see is
[USB Pipe] => 1 0/5/0 1384515510 (yours)
[USB Pipe] => 0 (mine)
Have a look at the other 3 Avalons to see what you have there.
Second suggestion is to remove --quiet (I don't have that in my more options field) I do have a limitation of the frequency: --avalon-freq 325-375 and the machine is doing 350Mhz +/- 3Mhz.
Heres what I have.
4 Avalon 60GHs unit (2 modules each). One of them gave me grief out of the box so I disconnected its miners from the controller board and plugged them into another Avalon, so I basically have 2 2 module units and 1 4 module unit. The newly created 4 module and 1 of the 2 module units are the ones that give me all the hard times. The final 2 module Avalon has been working great since day one.
I'll remove --quiet from my config file and see if that helps. I'm also still going to try to interface one of these things with a PC running the latest version of cgminer just to see if I can get some sort of stability out of them. So far my PC miners are all working fine. Its these stand alone Avalons that are sucking the life out of me.
Thanks again for the help and suggestions all.
See here: (configuration)
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/avalon-mini-60ghs-miner-for-sale-334602
You need to add this parameter:
* */4 * * * /etc/init.d/cgminer restart
in System -> Scheduled Task
to keep this miner running 24 hours/day.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/avalon-mini-60ghs-miner-for-sale-334602
You need to add this parameter:
* */4 * * * /etc/init.d/cgminer restart
in System -> Scheduled Task
to keep this miner running 24 hours/day.
If the restart cgminer and reboot the Avalon methods work and keep this stupid thing hashing then I guess I'm OK with that. My last ditch effort would probably be to connect these Avalons to a PC running the latest cgminer and call it a day. Thats of course taking into assumption that the miner boards and FPGA controller boards are not my problem. I think its the suck ass TP-Link boards myself because one of the 4 Avalons that I bought wouldn't connect and mine out of the gate.
If you have 1 of 4 Avalons working incorrectly, you could try exchanging the tp-link board. But I can imagine you want to hash and not fiddle with the correctly working one.I compared your cgminer log with mine (Avalon batch2), the only difference I see is
[USB Pipe] => 1 0/5/0 1384515510 (yours)
[USB Pipe] => 0 (mine)
Have a look at the other 3 Avalons to see what you have there.
Second suggestion is to remove --quiet (I don't have that in my more options field) I do have a limitation of the frequency: --avalon-freq 325-375 and the machine is doing 350Mhz +/- 3Mhz.
If the restart cgminer and reboot the Avalon methods work and keep this stupid thing hashing then I guess I'm OK with that. My last ditch effort would probably be to connect these Avalons to a PC running the latest cgminer and call it a day. Thats of course taking into assumption that the miner boards and FPGA controller boards are not my problem. I think its the suck ass TP-Link boards myself because one of the 4 Avalons that I bought wouldn't connect and mine out of the gate.
So it hasn't been an hour since my last post (and last power cycle of my 4 module avalon) and here I am with the 120ghs avalon mining away at 5ghs. WTF is wrong with these things?
I'd be better off with 400 Block Eruptors.
Make a screenshot of your Cgminer Configuration page, Cgminer Status page and copy/paste the contents of Cgminer API Log page. We need more information to help you.I'd be better off with 400 Block Eruptors.
Thanks for the offer to help Ben. FWIW, I have also tried to set the clock speed to the slowest setting and this thing still craps out.
I entered the restart cgminer and reboot the Avalon methods mentioned above in this thread into the Avalon that keeps crashing so the API log probably isnt going to show you anything since it was up and running when I got up this morning. Here it is anyway.
[Firmware Version] => 20130723
cgminer-37815e0
luci-56acbaa
cgminer-openwrt-packages-d9bac89
Reply was 'STATUS=S,When=1384516171,Code=70,Msg=CGMiner stats,Description=cgminer 3.3.1|STATS=0,ID=AVA0,Elapsed=2962,Calls=0,Wait=0.000000,Max=0.000000,Min=99999999.000000,baud=115200,miner_count=32,asic_count=10,timeout=32,frequency=385,fan1=2400,fan2=0,fan3=2400,temp1=22,temp2=47,temp3=47,temp_max=48,no_matching_work=245,match_work_count1=2497,match_work_count2=2601,match_work_count3=2603,match_work_count4=2628,match_work_count5=2746,match_work_count6=2585,match_work_count7=2751,match_work_count8=2722,match_work_count9=2687,match_work_count10=2735,match_work_count11=2605,match_work_count12=2578,match_work_count13=2655,match_work_count14=2636,match_work_count15=2568,match_work_count16=2595,match_work_count17=2566,match_work_count18=2632,match_work_count19=2629,match_work_count20=2741,match_work_count21=2685,match_work_count22=2616,match_work_count23=2635,match_work_count24=2618,match_work_count25=2669,match_work_count26=2564,match_work_count27=2625,match_work_count28=2647,match_work_count29=2749,match_work_count30=2707,match_work_count31=2616,match_work_count32=2765,USB Pipe=1 0/5/0 1384515510,USB Delay=r0 0.000000 w0 0.000000|STATS=1,ID=POOL0,Elapsed=2962,Calls=0,Wait=0.000000,Max=0.000000,Min=99999999.000000,Pool Calls=0,Pool Attempts=0,Pool Wait=0.000000,Pool Max=0.000000,Pool Min=99999999.000000,Pool Av=0.000000,Work Had Roll Time=false,Work Can Roll=false,Work Had Expire=false,Work Roll Time=0,Work Diff=64.00000000,Min Diff=2.00000000,Max Diff=64.00000000,Min Diff Count=80,Max Diff Count=74494,Times Sent=1674,Bytes Sent=191326,Times Recv=1794,Bytes Recv=193327,Net Bytes Sent=191326,Net Bytes Recv=193327|STATS=2,ID=POOL1,Elapsed=2962,Calls=0,Wait=0.000000,Max=0.000000,Min=99999999.000000,Pool Calls=0,Pool Attempts=0,Pool Wait=0.000000,Pool Max=0.000000,Pool Min=99999999.000000,Pool Av=0.000000,Work Had Roll Time=false,Work Can Roll=false,Work Had Expire=false,Work Roll Time=0,Work Diff=0.00000000,Min Diff=0.00000000,Max Diff=0.00000000,Min Diff Count=0,Max Diff Count=0,Times Sent=2,Bytes Sent=144,Times Recv=4,Bytes Recv=1150,Net Bytes Sent=144,Net Bytes Recv=1150|'
[STATUS] =>
(
[STATUS] => S
[When] => 1384516171
Code:
=> 70
[Msg] => CGMiner stats
[Description] => cgminer 3.3.1
)
[STATS0] =>
(
[STATS] => 0
[ID] => AVA0
[Elapsed] => 2962
[Calls] => 0
[Wait] => 0.000000
[Max] => 0.000000
[Min] => 99999999.000000
[baud] => 115200
[miner_count] => 32
[asic_count] => 10
[timeout] => 32
[frequency] => 385
[fan1] => 2400
[fan2] => 0
[fan3] => 2400
[temp1] => 22
[temp2] => 47
[temp3] => 47
[temp_max] => 48
[no_matching_work] => 245
[match_work_count1] => 2497
[match_work_count2] => 2601
[match_work_count3] => 2603
[match_work_count4] => 2628
[match_work_count5] => 2746
[match_work_count6] => 2585
[match_work_count7] => 2751
[match_work_count8] => 2722
[match_work_count9] => 2687
[match_work_count10] => 2735
[match_work_count11] => 2605
[match_work_count12] => 2578
[match_work_count13] => 2655
[match_work_count14] => 2636
[match_work_count15] => 2568
[match_work_count16] => 2595
[match_work_count17] => 2566
[match_work_count18] => 2632
[match_work_count19] => 2629
[match_work_count20] => 2741
[match_work_count21] => 2685
[match_work_count22] => 2616
[match_work_count23] => 2635
[match_work_count24] => 2618
[match_work_count25] => 2669
[match_work_count26] => 2564
[match_work_count27] => 2625
[match_work_count28] => 2647
[match_work_count29] => 2749
[match_work_count30] => 2707
[match_work_count31] => 2616
[match_work_count32] => 2765
[USB Pipe] => 1 0/5/0 1384515510
[USB Delay] => r0 0.000000 w0 0.000000
)
[STATS1] =>
(
[STATS] => 1
[ID] => POOL0
[Elapsed] => 2962
[Calls] => 0
[Wait] => 0.000000
[Max] => 0.000000
[Min] => 99999999.000000
[Pool Calls] => 0
[Pool Attempts] => 0
[Pool Wait] => 0.000000
[Pool Max] => 0.000000
[Pool Min] => 99999999.000000
[Pool Av] => 0.000000
[Work Had Roll Time] => false
[Work Can Roll] => false
[Work Had Expire] => false
[Work Roll Time] => 0
[Work Diff] => 64.00000000
[Min Diff] => 2.00000000
[Max Diff] => 64.00000000
[Min Diff Count] => 80
[Max Diff Count] => 74494
[Times Sent] => 1674
[Bytes Sent] => 191326
[Times Recv] => 1794
[Bytes Recv] => 193327
[Net Bytes Sent] => 191326
[Net Bytes Recv] => 193327
)
[STATS2] =>
(
[STATS] => 2
[ID] => POOL1
[Elapsed] => 2962
[Calls] => 0
[Wait] => 0.000000
[Max] => 0.000000
[Min] => 99999999.000000
[Pool Calls] => 0
[Pool Attempts] => 0
[Pool Wait] => 0.000000
[Pool Max] => 0.000000
[Pool Min] => 99999999.000000
[Pool Av] => 0.000000
[Work Had Roll Time] => false
[Work Can Roll] => false
[Work Had Expire] => false
[Work Roll Time] => 0
[Work Diff] => 0.00000000
[Min Diff] => 0.00000000
[Max Diff] => 0.00000000
[Min Diff Count] => 0
[Max Diff Count] => 0
[Times Sent] => 2
[Bytes Sent] => 144
[Times Recv] => 4
[Bytes Recv] => 1150
[Net Bytes Sent] => 144
[Net Bytes Recv] => 1150
)
Hi Ben,
Is this topic about http://avalon-asics.com ?
Are they real? I can't see any contact details except a webform, usually scammers do this?!
Thanks.
Teodor
They are real, just search for the word avalon on the many pages of https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=76.0 to get to know them better Is this topic about http://avalon-asics.com ?
Are they real? I can't see any contact details except a webform, usually scammers do this?!
Thanks.
Teodor
Make a screenshot of your Cgminer Configuration page, Cgminer Status page and copy/paste the contents of Cgminer API Log page. We need more information to help you.
[/quote]
Hi Ben,
Is this topic about http://avalon-asics.com ?
Are they real? I can't see any contact details except a webform, usually scammers do this?!
Thanks.
Teodor
[/quote]
Hi Ben,
Is this topic about http://avalon-asics.com ?
Are they real? I can't see any contact details except a webform, usually scammers do this?!
Thanks.
Teodor
So it hasn't been an hour since my last post (and last power cycle of my 4 module avalon) and here I am with the 120ghs avalon mining away at 5ghs. WTF is wrong with these things?
I'd be better off with 400 Block Eruptors.
Make a screenshot of your Cgminer Configuration page, Cgminer Status page and copy/paste the contents of Cgminer API Log page. We need more information to help you.I'd be better off with 400 Block Eruptors.
So it hasn't been an hour since my last post (and last power cycle of my 4 module avalon) and here I am with the 120ghs avalon mining away at 5ghs. WTF is wrong with these things?
I'd be better off with 400 Block Eruptors.
I'd be better off with 400 Block Eruptors.
Is there an easy way to schedule auto restarts on these things? Be it restarting cgminer or rebooting the Avalon I dont really care. One of them was hasing away at 3ghs (yes, 3GHS) this morning. Another quit at 3AM. I reset both of them when I woke up and one of them later decided to hash at 8ghs.
These things are currently exposed to outside Dallas temps (high 50's mid 60's today) and get down to the upper 30's at night. I doubt its an ambient temp thing. The highest temp within the web interface is around 47c.
Thanks for the help guys!
These things are currently exposed to outside Dallas temps (high 50's mid 60's today) and get down to the upper 30's at night. I doubt its an ambient temp thing. The highest temp within the web interface is around 47c.
Thanks for the help guys!
The more I play with these things the clearer it is to me that they are junk. I've got two Avalons that I have to manually restart cgminer on about every 4 hours otherwise their hash rates drop to under 100 mhs. As soon as I restart cgminer they go back to their advertised speeds. Also while they are running slow the web interface is SUPER choppy.
Is there a way to force cgminer to restart itself every 6 hours or so?
Oh, all hardwired not wi-fi.
I guess I'm not totally surprised that they are shit.
Is there a way to force cgminer to restart itself every 6 hours or so?
Oh, all hardwired not wi-fi.
I guess I'm not totally surprised that they are shit.
you can give this a try:
1. log in to your miner via it's IP address.
2. go to the 'system' tab.
3. click in to the 'scheduled tasks' tab.
4. under the existing commands paste these commands in.
0 */4 * * * /etc/init.d/cgminer restart
0 20 * * * /sbin/reboot
5. what this does: have the device restart CGminer every 4 hrs (change the '4' value according to the frequency you desire) & have the device do a full reboot every 20 hrs (change the '20' value according to the frequency you desire).
please let me if this has helped you - this has fixed a lot of my issues with my minis (i have 6).
You already asked the same question and it was already answered.
I must have missed the question being answered. Thanks for reposting it.
Is there an easy way to schedule auto restarts on these things? Be it restarting cgminer or rebooting the Avalon I dont really care. One of them was hasing away at 3ghs (yes, 3GHS) this morning. Another quit at 3AM. I reset both of them when I woke up and one of them later decided to hash at 8ghs.
These things are currently exposed to outside Dallas temps (high 50's mid 60's today) and get down to the upper 30's at night. I doubt its an ambient temp thing. The highest temp within the web interface is around 47c.
Thanks for the help guys!
These things are currently exposed to outside Dallas temps (high 50's mid 60's today) and get down to the upper 30's at night. I doubt its an ambient temp thing. The highest temp within the web interface is around 47c.
Thanks for the help guys!
The more I play with these things the clearer it is to me that they are junk. I've got two Avalons that I have to manually restart cgminer on about every 4 hours otherwise their hash rates drop to under 100 mhs. As soon as I restart cgminer they go back to their advertised speeds. Also while they are running slow the web interface is SUPER choppy.
Is there a way to force cgminer to restart itself every 6 hours or so?
Oh, all hardwired not wi-fi.
I guess I'm not totally surprised that they are shit.
Is there a way to force cgminer to restart itself every 6 hours or so?
Oh, all hardwired not wi-fi.
I guess I'm not totally surprised that they are shit.
you can give this a try:
1. log in to your miner via it's IP address.
2. go to the 'system' tab.
3. click in to the 'scheduled tasks' tab.
4. under the existing commands paste these commands in.
0 */4 * * * /etc/init.d/cgminer restart
0 20 * * * /sbin/reboot
5. what this does: have the device restart CGminer every 4 hrs (change the '4' value according to the frequency you desire) & have the device do a full reboot every 20 hrs (change the '20' value according to the frequency you desire).
please let me if this has helped you - this has fixed a lot of my issues with my minis (i have 6).
You already asked the same question and it was already answered.
Is there an easy way to schedule auto restarts on these things? Be it restarting cgminer or rebooting the Avalon I dont really care. One of them was hasing away at 3ghs (yes, 3GHS) this morning. Another quit at 3AM. I reset both of them when I woke up and one of them later decided to hash at 8ghs.
These things are currently exposed to outside Dallas temps (high 50's mid 60's today) and get down to the upper 30's at night. I doubt its an ambient temp thing. The highest temp within the web interface is around 47c.
Thanks for the help guys!
These things are currently exposed to outside Dallas temps (high 50's mid 60's today) and get down to the upper 30's at night. I doubt its an ambient temp thing. The highest temp within the web interface is around 47c.
Thanks for the help guys!
cool thanks, ill give that a try.
i see that you have other commands entered in the 'more options' field - what are other commands for the device? if its not too much trouble could you please list out the commands and what they do so i could mess around with my unit?
real--quiet makes the device more quiet than --quiet?
i see that you have other commands entered in the 'more options' field - what are other commands for the device? if its not too much trouble could you please list out the commands and what they do so i could mess around with my unit?
real--quiet makes the device more quiet than --quiet?
Code:
--avalon-auto Adjust avalon overclock frequency dynamically for best hashrate
--avalon-fan Set fanspeed percentage for avalon, single value or range (default: 20-100)
--avalon-freq Set frequency range for avalon-auto, single value or range
--avalon-cutoff Set avalon overheat cut off temperature (default: 60)
--avalon-options Set avalon options baud:miners:asic:timeout:freq
--avalon-temp Set avalon target temperature (default: 50)
--avalon-fan
--avalon-freq
--avalon-cutoff
--avalon-options
--avalon-temp
--real-quiet isn't a noise thing it just disables all output. It came with that already in and I've never changed it.
Mine is a batch #3 and the temperature sensors were moved so I have to use --avalon-temp and --avalon-cutoff as the defaults are too low, you shouldn't need to add them.
In your pictures...
Provide connectors 1 and 2 with 8 pin PCIe power. Connectors 3 and 4 are 8 pin (or 2x4 pin) CPU power. They are pinned and keyed differently so you can plug them in the wrong sockets by mistake.
Provide connectors 1 and 2 with 8 pin PCIe power. Connectors 3 and 4 are 8 pin (or 2x4 pin) CPU power. They are pinned and keyed differently so you can plug them in the wrong sockets by mistake.
I only have 1 8 pin CPU connector and 1 4 pin CPU connector. So, can I use a 4 to 8 pin adapter to make it work? Or I can just use the 4 pins and it's fine.
The point is to get the most amount of current that you can on that board for the mining modules. It will probably work but isnt the best case scenario. Try it, give it a few hours and then see if your adapter is getting warm. If it is then its not going to work. If it isnt your probably OK.
Luke Stokes did not connect all of his power connectors, and he subsequently had a fire in his unit.
In your pictures...
Provide connectors 1 and 2 with 8 pin PCIe power. Connectors 3 and 4 are 8 pin (or 2x4 pin) CPU power. They are pinned and keyed differently so you can plug them in the wrong sockets by mistake.
Provide connectors 1 and 2 with 8 pin PCIe power. Connectors 3 and 4 are 8 pin (or 2x4 pin) CPU power. They are pinned and keyed differently so you can plug them in the wrong sockets by mistake.
I only have 1 8 pin CPU connector and 1 4 pin CPU connector. So, can I use a 4 to 8 pin adapter to make it work? Or I can just use the 4 pins and it's fine.
The point is to get the most amount of current that you can on that board for the mining modules. It will probably work but isnt the best case scenario. Try it, give it a few hours and then see if your adapter is getting warm. If it is then its not going to work. If it isnt your probably OK.
At about the time you posted, about 9:30 Central time, lots of people lost contact with eligius. The solution in my case was to change from mining.eligius.st ---> stratum.mining.eligius.st
That did the trick. Thanks mate!
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