Topic: BFL Single Received - how do you mine with it ? (Read 2704 times)
Funny enough I had this problem, I'm not a "coder" so just point and click is my limit, I received a BFL recently and found Bitminter very easy, As long as drivers are loaded for unit, Download and start bitminter client (Make an account), Just click devices, then probe all ports for FPGA devices, Came up, Click to mine and it askes you your user/pass (case sensitive) done!
So when the asics come, how many minirig sc's can you string together on one computer? Is there a point where the computer wouldn't be able to keep up with what the minirigs are putting out?
After running the Single for 1 hour and PC and 1 hour on laptop I can say the speed has normalized and is the same now.
Did everything suggested in this thread, and everything works fine now, now I understand how the CGminer works and have no more questions regarding it. Thank you all 
Now just need to figure out why it displays 35MH less on the laptop compared to the PC, however my voltmeter shows the same wattage consumption, so maybe program error for some reason.
Now just need to figure out why it displays 35MH less on the laptop compared to the PC, however my voltmeter shows the same wattage consumption, so maybe program error for some reason.
Can you please check the ping time on both systems (google for instance), and see what the difference is?
Regards,
BF Labs Inc.
Did everything suggested in this thread, and everything works fine now, now I understand how the CGminer works and have no more questions regarding it. Thank you all
Now just need to figure out why it displays 35MH less on the laptop compared to the PC, however my voltmeter shows the same wattage consumption, so maybe program error for some reason.
Might be due to network lag from using wireless instead of hardwire connection. Of course, that is assuming you are using wireless on the laptop and hardwire on the PC. And also, I could have no idea what I am talking about. Now just need to figure out why it displays 35MH less on the laptop compared to the PC, however my voltmeter shows the same wattage consumption, so maybe program error for some reason.
Did everything suggested in this thread, and everything works fine now, now I understand how the CGminer works and have no more questions regarding it. Thank you all
Now just need to figure out why it displays 35MH less on the laptop compared to the PC, however my voltmeter shows the same wattage consumption, so maybe program error for some reason.
Now just need to figure out why it displays 35MH less on the laptop compared to the PC, however my voltmeter shows the same wattage consumption, so maybe program error for some reason.
If you are using just the BFL single then you don't need the SDK. Just do as crazyates said and add '--disable-gpu' to the end of your batch file line and that will keep it from starting the gpu.
Just curious for when my single arrives, can you run both GPU's and the single FPGA in one cgminer instance, or do you need to open 2 cgminers?
It appears you can as on my PC it tries to fire up everything, GPU+Single, and on my laptop only the Single is started.
Also my laptop has AMD SDK 2.7 and the hash rate is 780MH, while my PC had 820MH, will try SDK 2.4 or 2.5 as suggested in earlier post.
Just curious for when my single arrives, can you run both GPU's and the single FPGA in one cgminer instance, or do you need to open 2 cgminers?
What can I add to the .bat config file to stop CGMiner trying to initialize the GPU, as on my laptop I get an error: OpenCl.dll is missing.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Try it with --disable-gpu ?
What can I add to the .bat config file to stop CGMiner trying to initialize the GPU, as on my laptop I get an error: OpenCl.dll is missing.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Download AMD SDK 2.4/2.5
What can I add to the .bat config file to stop CGMiner trying to initialize the GPU, as on my laptop I get an error: OpenCl.dll is missing.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Hi, I hope someone can help me out, I have my Single plugged in and identified as port 15.
Problem is Diablo Miner does not support it (this is what I used for GPU mining), I don't know how to get CGminer working, and the Ufasoft miner link downloads some sort of a wallet, with no options to mine.
Problem is Diablo Miner does not support it (this is what I used for GPU mining), I don't know how to get CGminer working, and the Ufasoft miner link downloads some sort of a wallet, with no options to mine.
Dear Ice_chill,
This is the command line you can use with cgminer:
(Assuming that you have two devices, one on COM15 and the other on COM16)
cgminer -o
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
BF Labs Inc.
This gave an error: Probing Icarus on port 15 failed, no idea why it looked for Icarus.
I assume you are on windows?
Or do it as a batch file:
Type this into notepad putting your info in the correct places:
cgminer -o http://poolurl:port -u user -p pass -o http://backupurl:port -u user -p pass -S \\.\COM15
Save as cgminer.bat in the cgminer directory
Run the bat and you should be good to go.
Or do it as a batch file:
Type this into notepad putting your info in the correct places:
cgminer -o http://poolurl:port -u user -p pass -o http://backupurl:port -u user -p pass -S \\.\COM15
Save as cgminer.bat in the cgminer directory
Run the bat and you should be good to go.
Yes I am in Windows, this line fired it up perfectly. Thank you.
BTW. to anyone reading this, read here first https://ozcoin.net/content/win7-cgminer-setup-guide
Then delete everything from the .bat file and use cgminer -o http://poolurl:port -u user -p pass -o http://backupurl:port -u user -p pass -S \\.\COM??
I assume you are on windows?
Or do it as a batch file:
Type this into notepad putting your info in the correct places:
cgminer -o http://poolurl:port -u user -p pass -o http://backupurl:port -u user -p pass -S \\.\COM15
Save as cgminer.bat in the cgminer directory
Run the bat and you should be good to go.
Or do it as a batch file:
Type this into notepad putting your info in the correct places:
cgminer -o http://poolurl:port -u user -p pass -o http://backupurl:port -u user -p pass -S \\.\COM15
Save as cgminer.bat in the cgminer directory
Run the bat and you should be good to go.
Hi, I hope someone can help me out, I have my Single plugged in and identified as port 15.
Problem is Diablo Miner does not support it (this is what I used for GPU mining), I don't know how to get CGminer working, and the Ufasoft miner link downloads some sort of a wallet, with no options to mine.
Problem is Diablo Miner does not support it (this is what I used for GPU mining), I don't know how to get CGminer working, and the Ufasoft miner link downloads some sort of a wallet, with no options to mine.
Dear Ice_chill,
This is the command line you can use with cgminer:
(Assuming that you have two devices, one on COM15 and the other on COM16)
cgminer -o
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
BF Labs Inc.
Ah I thought it did! My bad. You still use EasyMiner to upgrade the firmware, right?
Yes. Even when it does work, it will work only on Eclipse. Easyminer doesn't mine, yet.
Ah I thought it did! My bad. You still use EasyMiner to upgrade the firmware, right?
My main problem is when I start CGminer, first thing it asks me to input server URL, it doesn't give me a chance to type other commands.
It's asking for your pool's URL. Did you try typing it in?
My main problem is when I start CGminer, first thing it asks me to input server URL, it doesn't give me a chance to type other commands.
Read up on how to use either the command line or the config file.Hint: -S \\.\COMxx
My main problem is when I start CGminer, first thing it asks me to input server URL, it doesn't give me a chance to type other commands.
The ufasoft link works fine, http://ufasoft.com/open/bitcoin/
Read the cgminer manual, it really isn't as complicated as it looks.
Easyminer doesn't mine, yet.
Read the cgminer manual, it really isn't as complicated as it looks.
Easyminer doesn't mine, yet.
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