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sr. member
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January 31, 2014, 12:01:03 AM
though it hasn't been a long test, I'm officially against antiminer ... antminer is much better.

Don't you wish all such problems were so easy to fix?  Try building a Windows QT wallet sometime when you need a challenge...

+1   Grin

Monkey and I must have copied the typo from the same place.  Roll Eyes

Actually, I did the same thing day 1.


It seems the problem typo is original in the bfgminer literature on antminers.. I haven't checked, but from reading this thread anyway. So make sure your .bat says antminer not antiminer lol    also the icarus stuff makes sense and helps getting over the 2gh wall (provided you are giving enough power and cooling etc) I can get a couple to 2.1 with it no prob without hardware mods.


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January 30, 2014, 08:51:50 PM
though it hasn't been a long test, I'm officially against antiminer ... antminer is much better.

Don't you wish all such problems were so easy to fix?  Try building a Windows QT wallet sometime when you need a challenge...

+1   Grin

Monkey and I must have copied the typo from the same place.  Roll Eyes

Actually, I did the same thing day 1.
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January 30, 2014, 04:59:20 PM
I got it working with bfgminer. I don't know why, but it's only working with the zetacoin pool I'm using, it does not work with peercoin pools. Both are SHA-256. It keeps spitting out a JSON stratum auth error, even though everything is entered correctly, URL, username.worker, and password.  Huh



Side note: It might be a good idea for the forum admin to get rid of the posting restriction regarding posting twice from the same IP address with only x seconds between posts. Seeing as how Private Internet Access (who I use) sponsors this forum, it seems a bit silly to have that since it's highly plausible that hundreds of privacy conscious members could be connected to the same server. LOL
Are you mining getwork on the PPC pool or stratum?
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January 30, 2014, 02:01:14 PM
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January 30, 2014, 05:47:05 AM
Still all gibberish to me, looks like a fair few copied anti-miner LOL
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January 30, 2014, 02:43:30 AM
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January 30, 2014, 12:15:30 AM
Antminer's custom version of cgminer works with the folowing:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://your.pool.here:port/ -u worker.name -p password --bmsc-options 115200:20 --bmsc-freq 0781 --no-submit-stale

Bfgminer works in a similar fashion but has some hidden extra stuff for serial devices just like the old block erupters. Also if you overclock the Antminer it wont read much higher than 2.0Gh/s in the output without --icarus-options 115200:2:2 because it is a serial device. For example if you set the clock to 0A81 it will still read around 2.0Gh/s instead of the 2.2Gh/s it is supposed to. This holds true for higher clocks as well.

Bfgminer's config would look like the folowing:
bfgminer -o http://your.pool.here:port/ -u worker.name -p password -S antminer:all --icarus-options 115200:2:2 --set-device antiminer:clock=x0781  --no-submit-stale

from Bfgminer 3.10.0 README.ASIC.txt

BLOCK ERUPTER USB
-----------------

These will autodetect if supported by the device; otherwise, you need to use
the '--scan-serial erupter:' option to tell BFGMiner what device to
probe; if you know you have no other serial devices, or only ones that can
tolerate garbage, you can use '--scan-serial erupter:all' to probe all serial
ports. They communicate with the Icarus protocol, which has some additional
options in README.FPGA


from Bfgminer 3.10.0 README.FPGA.txt
Icarus (ICA)
------------

There are two hidden options in BFGMiner when Icarus support is compiled in:

--icarus-options Set specific FPGA board configurations - one set of values for all or comma separated
           baud:work_division:fpga_count:quirks

           baud           The Serial/USB baud rate - 115200 or 57600 only - default 115200
           work_division  The fraction of work divided up for each FPGA chip - 1, 2, 4 or 8
                          e.g. 2 means each FPGA does half the nonce range - default 2
           fpga_count     The actual number of FPGA working - this would normally be the same
                          as work_division - range is from 1 up to 'work_division'
                          It defaults to the value of work_division - or 2 if you don't specify
                          work_division
           quirks         List of quirks to enable and disable (after a minus sign):
                            r  Reopen device regularly to workaround buggy Icarus USB chipset
                               (enabled by default)

If you define fewer comma separated values than Icarus devices, the last values
will be used for all extra devices.

An example would be: --icarus-options 57600:2:1:-r
This would mean: use 57600 baud, the FPGA board divides the work in half however
only 1 FPGA actually runs on the board, and don't reopen the device (e.g. like
an early CM1 Icarus copy bitstream).

Just don't use the --icarus-timing that's for old block eruptors and Icarus boards.
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January 29, 2014, 10:24:06 PM
though it hasn't been a long test, I'm officially against antiminer ... antminer is much better.

Don't you wish all such problems were so easy to fix?  Try building a Windows QT wallet sometime when you need a challenge...

+1   Grin

Monkey and I must have copied the typo from the same place.  Roll Eyes
sr. member
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January 29, 2014, 10:16:24 PM
though it hasn't been a long test, I'm officially against antiminer ... antminer is much better.

Don't you wish all such problems were so easy to fix?  Try building a Windows QT wallet sometime when you need a challenge...
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January 29, 2014, 09:42:04 PM
though it hasn't been a long test, I'm officially against antiminer ... antminer is much better.
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January 29, 2014, 09:33:42 PM
Can someone help me here, got 6 miners. In the bat file i have the speed set to 2GHZ (0981)



But they only seem to be doing around 1.6-1.8 had the 6 miners getting arounf 9.5-10GHS, but I was expecting 12GHZ

They are plugged into this hub http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DCO9YVM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 so power shouldnt be an optio, can anyone help

This is the bat

C:\Users\Windows\Desktop\Bitcoin\bfgminer-3.10.0-win32\bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://uk1.ghash.io:3333 -u myname -p mypass -S antminer:all --set-device antiminer:clock=x0981 --no-opencl-binaries --no-submit-stale

You need this --icarus-options 115200:1:1 for the serial to report the clocks right.

DO i just add that to the end of the bat file

I don't use icarus-option and mine works fine.  However, I do use "--set-device antminer:clock=x0981", not "antIminer"   Shouldn't an antiminer destroy your coins?


indeed you do not want icarus options on an antminer, although block erupters are similar enough to icarus they work good with them. try pulling --no-opencl-binaries --no-submit-stale out and test it (also fix that typo, thats probably the issue lol) If neither of those work, try another pool etc.
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Better to have 100 friends than 100 rubles
January 29, 2014, 08:39:17 PM
Can someone help me here, got 6 miners. In the bat file i have the speed set to 2GHZ (0981)



But they only seem to be doing around 1.6-1.8 had the 6 miners getting arounf 9.5-10GHS, but I was expecting 12GHZ

They are plugged into this hub http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DCO9YVM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 so power shouldnt be an optio, can anyone help

This is the bat

C:\Users\Windows\Desktop\Bitcoin\bfgminer-3.10.0-win32\bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://uk1.ghash.io:3333 -u myname -p mypass -S antminer:all --set-device antiminer:clock=x0981 --no-opencl-binaries --no-submit-stale

You need this --icarus-options 115200:1:1 for the serial to report the clocks right.

DO i just add that to the end of the bat file

I don't use icarus-option and mine works fine.  However, I do use "--set-device antminer:clock=x0981", not "antIminer"   Shouldn't an antiminer destroy your coins?
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January 29, 2014, 07:54:48 PM
Your screenshot looks just like mine, I hope there is a good solution.
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January 29, 2014, 12:17:09 PM
Can someone help me here, got 6 miners. In the bat file i have the speed set to 2GHZ (0981)



But they only seem to be doing around 1.6-1.8 had the 6 miners getting arounf 9.5-10GHS, but I was expecting 12GHZ

They are plugged into this hub http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DCO9YVM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 so power shouldnt be an optio, can anyone help

This is the bat

C:\Users\Windows\Desktop\Bitcoin\bfgminer-3.10.0-win32\bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://uk1.ghash.io:3333 -u myname -p mypass -S antminer:all --set-device antiminer:clock=x0981 --no-opencl-binaries --no-submit-stale

You need this --icarus-options 115200:1:1 for the serial to report the clocks right.

DO i just add that to the end of the bat file
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January 29, 2014, 07:35:51 AM
Can someone help me here, got 6 miners. In the bat file i have the speed set to 2GHZ (0981)



But they only seem to be doing around 1.6-1.8 had the 6 miners getting arounf 9.5-10GHS, but I was expecting 12GHZ

They are plugged into this hub http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DCO9YVM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 so power shouldnt be an optio, can anyone help

This is the bat

C:\Users\Windows\Desktop\Bitcoin\bfgminer-3.10.0-win32\bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://uk1.ghash.io:3333 -u myname -p mypass -S antminer:all --set-device antiminer:clock=x0981 --no-opencl-binaries --no-submit-stale

You need this --icarus-options 115200:1:1 for the serial to report the clocks right.

You also need to wait more than 11 minutes and 26 seconds...it takes a bit for the hashing to be calculated properly...
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January 29, 2014, 02:12:46 AM
Can someone help me here, got 6 miners. In the bat file i have the speed set to 2GHZ (0981)

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc210/acheekymonkeyuk/U1_zps1e61ec9f.jpg

But they only seem to be doing around 1.6-1.8 had the 6 miners getting arounf 9.5-10GHS, but I was expecting 12GHZ

They are plugged into this hub http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DCO9YVM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 so power shouldnt be an optio, can anyone help

This is the bat

C:\Users\Windows\Desktop\Bitcoin\bfgminer-3.10.0-win32\bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://uk1.ghash.io:3333 -u myname -p mypass -S antminer:all --set-device antiminer:clock=x0981 --no-opencl-binaries --no-submit-stale

You need this --icarus-options 115200:2:2 for the serial to report the clocks right.
sr. member
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January 28, 2014, 10:23:38 PM
I assume that I should pull out "-S antminer:all" and that bfgminer will just use the AntMiner that isn't running?
no leave it in, it will ignore the other miners running already automatically. if you take out the antminer:all you'll have to add each miner by its com port (more of a pain)

Thank you, Dr. M., that worked. I managed to get four AntMiners on 1 instance, and the other two, on 2. Thank you again.

You are most welcome, glad to be of help. I have one miner that performs better than the others that I give it's own instance with the others on their own running under multiminer. I had to play around with them a little to find a sequence that worked. Smiley cgminer with it's hotplug needed com assignments and had many errors, much preferring bfgminer now, although it has solo mining issues with alts etc.
sr. member
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January 28, 2014, 09:20:50 PM
I assume that I should pull out "-S antminer:all" and that bfgminer will just use the AntMiner that isn't running?
no leave it in, it will ignore the other miners running already automatically. if you take out the antminer:all you'll have to add each miner by its com port (more of a pain)

Thank you, Dr. M., that worked. I managed to get four AntMiners on 1 instance, and the other two, on 2. Thank you again.
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January 28, 2014, 08:53:37 PM
I need some help with minepeon. I plugged them in, RPi recognised all of them but they are hashing at BE speed only (~334 MH/s).
MinePeon 0.2.4.3
cgminer3.9.0
Is there further config necessary? Anyone knows how to solve that issue?
Thanks!

Use the latest bfgminer 3.10.0 it will work I promise.
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January 28, 2014, 08:08:22 PM
Okay, maybe I'm not seeing it here. I have:

Code:
C:\Users\M\Downloads\CTB\bfgminer-3.10.0-win64\bfgminer.exe -S antminer:all --set-device antminer:clock=x0981 -o
 stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u "Shut up, Flanders." -p 123 --no-opencl-binaries --no-submit-stale

and it works fine on six AntMiners. Is there a way to adjust their clock speeds individually?
yes, you have to run a different instance of bfgminer for each ant at each speed. Unplug all but one miner. run a .cmd with the clock speed you want, wait til its stable, plug in the next miner, repeat until all are at their speed. no way to run them on one instance that I am aware of.

I assume that I should pull out "-S antminer:all" and that bfgminer will just use the AntMiner that isn't running?

no leave it in, it will ignore the other miners running already automatically. if you take out the antminer:all you'll have to add each miner by its com port (more of a pain)
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