Block Erupter Prisma (>=1.4 T/device, 0.75-0.78 W/G, <1 BTC/T, October Shipping) - page 15.

mrpark

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I have the BE Controller, and it works somewhat. I use GHASH.IO, but it's bouncing all over the place. My other no-name dragon type miner is more stable. Hopefully they have a software update for this BE controller soon. Or maybe it's just Ghash.io's fault.

sdjernes

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Quote from: Blazed on November 05, 2014, 11:45:49 PM

Anyone using the USB adapters? cgminer can not find the miner...so I hot plug and nothing but errors

I have verified with Grapeape I have the dip switches and cables correct. I compiled cgminer-4.7.1 using --enable-blockerupter

I am using latest wheezy on a rasp pi and just tried it using a powered hub with same result.

I have had each of two of them up with CGminer 4.7.0 on Both Rasbien Jessie and Debian Jessie on the CubieTruck.

Important note on CGminer for Debian Jessie, the one that fell into the repository is broken. We did not catch a build system bug fast enough.

The Prisma is a bit of a bear to get running. It seems to generate a *LOT* of crap when it starts up and sometimes will cause CGminer to segmentation fault. This is not the fault of the CGminer folks as they were just given the driver by ASICMiner and included it. After a couple of tries of starting CGminer it will hash stably.

Another minor item to note: The chip on the USB device seems to get power from Prisma so if you power off the Prisma it will disconnect from the computer or at least one of mine did.

Can we get someone with direct contact to ASICMiner in the forums working on providing more info on switchs and what the errors in CGminer mean? I know they have said China is blocking BitcoinTalk, but any *Good* hacker can get around a firewall or find a friend to be a communication person for them.

terrapinflyer

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Quote from: Blazed on November 07, 2014, 02:20:18 PM

I will probably give that a shot...once I get that controller I will be selling this thing off. I will not ever be buying AM gear again that is for sure. If anyone wants to buy this Prisma that has a good controller let me know (obviously I can not confirm it works though).

That sucks you are having such a hard time. I just hooked mine up to the beaglebone and didnt have a single issue hashing away as advertised.

Blazed

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I will probably give that a shot...once I get that controller I will be selling this thing off. I will not ever be buying AM gear again that is for sure. If anyone wants to buy this Prisma that has a good controller let me know (obviously I can not confirm it works though).

SEGMining

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Quote from: Blazed on November 07, 2014, 02:17:59 AM

Wiped Pi and followed your setup...same errors. This makes 2 times in a row I have been burned buying AM gear. First I bought a tube with a completely dead BE Controller and now this.

Have you tried running it from a desktop or laptop computer? BTW, we use raspian for the image.

praeluceo

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Finally got our tracking number, almost a month after ordering! Luckily diff. changes have been small in the meantime, but goodness, ordering the Prisma was like pulling teeth compared to other non pre-order rigs I've purchased!

Just glad to finally have it, and holding out hope for decent compensation when Phasebird gets around to following through on that.

Blazed

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Quote from: ManeBjorn on November 07, 2014, 06:41:02 AM

I need to get my hands on a few of the UART adaptors so I can try and figure out the issues.

Well maybe I send you mine...I have given up on it. I have a BE Controller on the way to get this thing up and running.

ManeBjorn

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I need to get my hands on a few of the UART adaptors so I can try and figure out the issues.

elasticband

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Nighty Night Don't Let The Trolls Bite Nom Nom Nom

where i can i buy one of these in the EU?

Blazed

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Wiped Pi and followed your setup...same errors. This makes 2 times in a row I have been burned buying AM gear. First I bought a tube with a completely dead BE Controller and now this.

SEGMining

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After writing this out, I have a question... are you executing cgminer as root/sudo? You have to in linux or you can't access the USB devices.

Anyway, here is exactly how we configured a single Prisma that was originally giving us sync errors, etc.

All that we did to build cgminer - Note we run 4.7.0

Code:

https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer.git

cd cgminer

./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-blockerupter
sudo make

Running cgminer settings inside of our startup script, cgminer.sh
Also, its not installed in a path-searchable location right now.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

URL=
USER=
PASS=

cd /path/to/cgminer
screen -dmS cgminer \
./cgminer \
--failover-only \
-o $URL -u $USER -p $PASS

To execute cgminer.sh

Code:

$ sudo /path/to/cgminer.sh

The hardware configuration is described in my beautiful GNU Paint image here

Hope this helps.

Blazed

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Quote from: CrazyGuy on November 06, 2014, 11:12:37 PM

Looks like you are getting further. Make sure your pool information is setup correctly

Well I use Minera on several of my Scrypt ASICs so I know for sure my settings are correct. I am assuming this USB adapter is bad. SEGMINING told me his setup via PM and I have followed it exactly with no luck. I looked over every blade and they look just fine physically. I am really not sure what else to try at this point...I need either a known good USB adapter or a BE Controller to see what is up.

Chris_Sabian

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Could you point these to Bitcoin Core for a try a solo mining / playings the odds? Or does is the hashrate too high for Core to handle without a proxy?

CrazyGuy

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Looks like you are getting further. Make sure your pool information is setup correctly

Blazed

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Quote from: CrazyGuy on November 06, 2014, 10:33:28 PM

Quote from: Blazed on November 06, 2014, 09:12:54 PM

Quote from: SEGMining on November 06, 2014, 06:43:05 PM

Quote from: OgNasty on November 06, 2014, 01:54:10 PM

Quote from: Blazed on November 06, 2014, 01:46:37 PM

Still no luck with the USB adapter Undecided

cgminer just spits out errors (compiled using --enable-blockerupter --enable-icarus --without-curses)

[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 00 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received

it then segfaults after a little bit.

That's more progress than me. Mine simply doesn't get detected by cgminer no matter what I try. The USB adapter is the only thing the computer even sees. Sad

I'll post the exact working configuration we use a little bit later.

Thanks! I am trying board by board with no luck so far.

Check out the dip switch diagram in the second post of my group buy thread. The least significant bit is opposite of the tube, so that can lead to some confusion. Also, don't set switch #5 or your boards won't be recognized. I think Sidehack said he couldn't get one running with the main cgminer branch, so make sure you try with ASICMINER'S fork as well.

I am now trying your build of Minera and using that diagram as "Miner 1" board 1 all switches off etc..

Edit: It sees the miner, but is not hashing...

CrazyGuy

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Quote from: Blazed on November 06, 2014, 09:12:54 PM

Quote from: SEGMining on November 06, 2014, 06:43:05 PM

Quote from: OgNasty on November 06, 2014, 01:54:10 PM

Quote from: Blazed on November 06, 2014, 01:46:37 PM

Still no luck with the USB adapter Undecided

cgminer just spits out errors (compiled using --enable-blockerupter --enable-icarus --without-curses)

[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 00 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received

it then segfaults after a little bit.

That's more progress than me. Mine simply doesn't get detected by cgminer no matter what I try. The USB adapter is the only thing the computer even sees. Sad

I'll post the exact working configuration we use a little bit later.

Thanks! I am trying board by board with no luck so far.

Check out the dip switch diagram in the second post of my group buy thread. The least significant bit is opposite of the tube, so that can lead to some confusion. Also, don't set switch #5 or your boards won't be recognized. I think Sidehack said he couldn't get one running with the main cgminer branch, so make sure you try with ASICMINER'S fork as well.

Blazed

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Quote from: SEGMining on November 06, 2014, 06:43:05 PM

Quote from: OgNasty on November 06, 2014, 01:54:10 PM

Quote from: Blazed on November 06, 2014, 01:46:37 PM

Still no luck with the USB adapter Undecided

cgminer just spits out errors (compiled using --enable-blockerupter --enable-icarus --without-curses)

[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 00 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received

it then segfaults after a little bit.

That's more progress than me. Mine simply doesn't get detected by cgminer no matter what I try. The USB adapter is the only thing the computer even sees. Sad

I'll post the exact working configuration we use a little bit later.

Thanks! I am trying board by board with no luck so far.

Chris_Sabian

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Quote from: SEGMining on November 06, 2014, 06:43:05 PM

Quote from: OgNasty on November 06, 2014, 01:54:10 PM

Quote from: Blazed on November 06, 2014, 01:46:37 PM

Still no luck with the USB adapter Undecided

cgminer just spits out errors (compiled using --enable-blockerupter --enable-icarus --without-curses)

[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 00 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received

it then segfaults after a little bit.

That's more progress than me. Mine simply doesn't get detected by cgminer no matter what I try. The USB adapter is the only thing the computer even sees. Sad

I'll post the exact working configuration we use a little bit later.

Please do. I have a prisma coming and I would like to get it running as soon as I can

SEGMining

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Quote from: OgNasty on November 06, 2014, 01:54:10 PM

Quote from: Blazed on November 06, 2014, 01:46:37 PM

Still no luck with the USB adapter Undecided

cgminer just spits out errors (compiled using --enable-blockerupter --enable-icarus --without-curses)

[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 00 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Sync Error
[2014-11-06 17:44:02] BET0: Unexpected value 58 received

it then segfaults after a little bit.

That's more progress than me. Mine simply doesn't get detected by cgminer no matter what I try. The USB adapter is the only thing the computer even sees. Sad

I'll post the exact working configuration we use a little bit later.

Blazed

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Merit: 1119

I will try 1 board at a time and see what it does Undecided

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