[GUIDE] GridSeed GC3355 5 Chip Setup/power/windows/linux/rpi by UnicornHasher - page 33.

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Quote from: DPoS on March 22, 2014, 01:39:12 AM

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Quote from: jamieb81 on March 22, 2014, 01:07:54 AM

Quote from: favelle75 on March 22, 2014, 01:03:35 AM

I have my box of 10 gridseeds, but I am a week away from getting my controller or power setup. Is there a way I can power a few of these miners with anything I have at home? I have OODLES of computer parts and spare power supplies as well as access to a Radio Shack...anything I can do on the cheap and quick to run a few off these off my laptop?

a pc psu, molex connectors, the male connectors to go into the gridseeds, there are some examples of those a few threads back and of course usb cables to connect them if you have that around you can make them work

Thanks Jamie, I found some of these and I have tons of spare power supplies....would they work?

http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=CoaxCable&product=2741567

And how do I get a power supply to start up on its own with no MB?

get the barrel plugs with wire (pigtails) they are 2.5mm plug... then you put the positive on the hot lead on your molex or pcie cables.. i use all those gpu/fan molex adapters that have been accumulating in my boxes

Is there a wiring diagram on this thread (can't find one). How are people hooking up multiple barrels to a single molex or PCIe cable?

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Quote from: favelle75 on March 22, 2014, 01:17:46 AM

Quote from: jamieb81 on March 22, 2014, 01:07:54 AM

Quote from: favelle75 on March 22, 2014, 01:03:35 AM

I have my box of 10 gridseeds, but I am a week away from getting my controller or power setup. Is there a way I can power a few of these miners with anything I have at home? I have OODLES of computer parts and spare power supplies as well as access to a Radio Shack...anything I can do on the cheap and quick to run a few off these off my laptop?

a pc psu, molex connectors, the male connectors to go into the gridseeds, there are some examples of those a few threads back and of course usb cables to connect them if you have that around you can make them work

Thanks Jamie, I found some of these and I have tons of spare power supplies....would they work?

http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=CoaxCable&product=2741567

And how do I get a power supply to start up on its own with no MB?

get the barrel plugs with wire (pigtails) they are 2.5mm plug... then you put the positive on the hot lead on your molex or pcie cables.. i use all those gpu/fan molex adapters that have been accumulating in my boxes

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Quote from: favelle75 on March 22, 2014, 01:17:46 AM

Quote from: jamieb81 on March 22, 2014, 01:07:54 AM

Quote from: favelle75 on March 22, 2014, 01:03:35 AM

I have my box of 10 gridseeds, but I am a week away from getting my controller or power setup. Is there a way I can power a few of these miners with anything I have at home? I have OODLES of computer parts and spare power supplies as well as access to a Radio Shack...anything I can do on the cheap and quick to run a few off these off my laptop?

a pc psu, molex connectors, the male connectors to go into the gridseeds, there are some examples of those a few threads back and of course usb cables to connect them if you have that around you can make them work

Thanks Jamie, I found some of these and I have tons of spare power supplies....would they work?

http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=CoaxCable&product=2741567

And how do I get a power supply to start up on its own with no MB?

google ^^
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-power-up-an-ATX-Power-Supply-without-a-PC/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0OKmIuNtmI

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Quote from: jamieb81 on March 22, 2014, 01:07:54 AM

Quote from: favelle75 on March 22, 2014, 01:03:35 AM

I have my box of 10 gridseeds, but I am a week away from getting my controller or power setup. Is there a way I can power a few of these miners with anything I have at home? I have OODLES of computer parts and spare power supplies as well as access to a Radio Shack...anything I can do on the cheap and quick to run a few off these off my laptop?

a pc psu, molex connectors, the male connectors to go into the gridseeds, there are some examples of those a few threads back and of course usb cables to connect them if you have that around you can make them work

Thanks Jamie, I found some of these and I have tons of spare power supplies....would they work?

http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=CoaxCable&product=2741567

And how do I get a power supply to start up on its own with no MB?

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Quote from: favelle75 on March 22, 2014, 01:03:35 AM

I have my box of 10 gridseeds, but I am a week away from getting my controller or power setup. Is there a way I can power a few of these miners with anything I have at home? I have OODLES of computer parts and spare power supplies as well as access to a Radio Shack...anything I can do on the cheap and quick to run a few off these off my laptop?

a pc psu, molex connectors, the male connectors to go into the gridseeds, there are some examples of those a few threads back and of course usb cables to connect them if you have that around you can make them work

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I have my box of 10 gridseeds, but I am a week away from getting my controller or power setup. Is there a way I can power a few of these miners with anything I have at home? I have OODLES of computer parts and spare power supplies as well as access to a Radio Shack...anything I can do on the cheap and quick to run a few off these off my laptop?

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Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 05:29:17 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on March 21, 2014, 04:55:10 PM

Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 03:55:13 PM

I for one would totally love explanation on getting cgminer 3.7.2, running Scrypt on a Raspberry PI as configured in this guide.

So I take it you tried the 5-step process referenced in the OP and something didn't work? What exactly?

The OP is correct. The cgminer which is version 3.8.5 works fine for BTC mode. Issue is 3.8.5 won't support Scrypt and I would like another instance of cgminer version 3.7.2 that will support Scrypt so i can run two instances. We can see from the post he is running cgminer 3.7.2 it is right in his screen grab. So i would like to know how he accomplished compiling and getting second version running on his PI.

Thanks,
John

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PM me. I've been slammed with gridseed setups and had to ditch the Pi's as they can't run over 5 cgminer instances (dtbartle?) branch without dying.

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As promised I wanted to show you all my new, improved, stylish gridseed power adapters for use with a PCIe power connector:

You can get them on ebay here:
http://r.ebay.com/qQwikO

or PM me for custom cables or to pay with bitcoin/litecoin

looking better now with that shrink tape in stead of electrical tape Wink

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Quote from: fasbit on March 21, 2014, 01:24:50 PM

Quote from: jamieb81 on March 21, 2014, 01:15:44 PM

Quote from: fasbit on March 21, 2014, 01:14:11 PM

So... I have my miners hooked up and running...
Lights say they are mining... Blinking Green, Solid Red
Screen Looks like its mining... Lots of "accepted" but (0.00 kh/s ) in front of (Yay!!!)
No Hash rate showing at Pool after 30 min.

Any ideas?

what soft are you runing to mine? cpuminer does not show speed

yea... cpuminer...
but nothing showing up on pool either...

Do you use gridseeds modified CPUminer or a standard one ?
Maby check this guide https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5424040 to if that has better luck getting them up and running for you.

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Quote from: suchmoon on March 21, 2014, 06:15:03 PM

Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 05:29:17 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on March 21, 2014, 04:55:10 PM

Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 03:55:13 PM

I for one would totally love explanation on getting cgminer 3.7.2, running Scrypt on a Raspberry PI as configured in this guide.

So I take it you tried the 5-step process referenced in the OP and something didn't work? What exactly?

The OP is correct. The cgminer which is version 3.8.5 works fine for BTC mode. Issue is 3.8.5 won't support Scrypt and I would like another instance of cgminer version 3.7.2 that will support Scrypt so i can run two instances. We can see from the post he is running cgminer 3.7.2 it is right in his screen grab. So i would like to know how he accomplished compiling and getting second version running on his PI.

Thanks,
John

I have not tried that, but if I had to I would start by cloning the dtbartle cgminer gitbug repo into a folder separate from 3.8.5 and following the other steps here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5538853

Alternatively you could download dtbartle/Andareed precompiled cgminer for Pi:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5539257

Thank You that is exactly what i needed!

Quote from: CartmanSPC on March 21, 2014, 06:18:00 PM

Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 05:29:17 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on March 21, 2014, 04:55:10 PM

Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 03:55:13 PM

I for one would totally love explanation on getting cgminer 3.7.2, running Scrypt on a Raspberry PI as configured in this guide.

So I take it you tried the 5-step process referenced in the OP and something didn't work? What exactly?

The OP is correct. The cgminer which is version 3.8.5 works fine for BTC mode. Issue is 3.8.5 won't support Scrypt and I would like another instance of cgminer version 3.7.2 that will support Scrypt so i can run two instances. We can see from the post he is running cgminer 3.7.2 it is right in his screen grab. So i would like to know how he accomplished compiling and getting second version running on his PI.

Thanks,
John

I don't think you can run both versions of cgminer currently. The dtbartle version (3.7.2) disables the SHA-256 cores. I have requested he modify his version to make the disabling of the SHA-256 cores optional. For dual mining you currently have to run either one of the Gridseed controllers or the SHA-256 version of cgminer and cpuminer.

BFGMiner may support dual mining...not sure.

I will request the same. I will give BFGMiner ago tomorrow after getting all mine units on line and running stable. I really want to be able to use cgminer or a fork their of for both. If you sort it let me know and I will do the same.

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Quote from: wolfey2014 on March 21, 2014, 08:46:17 AM

Quote from: flounderella on March 21, 2014, 08:37:39 AM

So this is what I've done now:

Create a launch.bat with:

Code:

echo on
my_minions.bat    850
pause

And then create the helper batch file (my_minions.bat) with the correct COM ports from device manager. Assuming you are not too OCD and use simple user names of 1-10 and just a single password for all workers :p

Code:

start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.1 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM1 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4
start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.2 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM2 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4
start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.3 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM3 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4
start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.4 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM4 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4
start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.5 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM5 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4

start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.6 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM6 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4
start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.7 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM7 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4
start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.8 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM8 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4
start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.9 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM9 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4
start bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o %1 -u %2.10 -p %3 -d gridseed -S gridseed:\\.\COM10 --set-device gridseed:clock=%4

It seems to be doing better. Previously with one worker, the pool was ramping up the difficulty very quickly to 2000+, but now I see each worker getting a diff of about 100-200. Will let it run for a while and see how that works out.

Hey.
Cool experiment!
I'm very interested in the results. Would be great to have a way to get better odds of making a bit more profit from the work your miners do, eh?

What comm port drivers are you using? STM? Is there a link to where I can get the right ones?
What are the basic instructions for setting up bfgminer.
I'd be converting over from cpuminer power saver version. I'm running Scrypt only.
How fine are the overclock steps in bfgminer?
Thanks
Wolfey2014

Not convinced either way, and then I gave up and started mining doge. Benefit of a single bfgminer (and cgminer for that matter) is the ease to switch pools just from the console. Wafflepool didn't do so well compared to the 0.006BTC/MH that I was expecting.

Yes, just using the standard STM driver. I think I found it somewhere in these threads but there's the official site too:

http://www.st.com/web/en/catalog/tools/PF257938

I have tried CGMiner but (1) Not a big fan of Zadig, so if CGMiner changes to use COM ports, would be great, (2) Didn't like having to plug the GS one at a time each time there's an issue. BFGMiner seems to handle restarts much better.

I tried bumping the clock to 875 and 888 but didn't see a noticeable improvement on the pool hash. Locally, BFGMiner reported hash rate of 377kh with about 1-2 errors in an hour. Back down to 850 at the moment

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Quote from: daemonfox on March 12, 2014, 10:36:16 PM

Quote from: jjj0923 on March 12, 2014, 09:30:11 PM

Quote from: miaviator on March 12, 2014, 08:04:36 PM

Bwa HaHa:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811165213

15.0" x 19.0" x 3.5" 2U rackmount 15" Depth.

I think there is room for a Pi as well if I cut the power cords a bit shorter.

I could fit at least 30 in a 3U and 20 in a 2U long case based on this catastrophe.

I would be concerned about air flow. how about an open front and when rack mounting put one of the 3U fan kits in the front of the rack.

There is ZERO reason to be concerned about airflow in scrypt only mode unless your ambient is well above 90 F. The ~8W you burn up in scrypt only mode doesn't even bring these things to a point where you can't touch them while hashing... not even close.

nice, i like these cases.

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Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 05:29:17 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on March 21, 2014, 04:55:10 PM

Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 03:55:13 PM

I for one would totally love explanation on getting cgminer 3.7.2, running Scrypt on a Raspberry PI as configured in this guide.

So I take it you tried the 5-step process referenced in the OP and something didn't work? What exactly?

The OP is correct. The cgminer which is version 3.8.5 works fine for BTC mode. Issue is 3.8.5 won't support Scrypt and I would like another instance of cgminer version 3.7.2 that will support Scrypt so i can run two instances. We can see from the post he is running cgminer 3.7.2 it is right in his screen grab. So i would like to know how he accomplished compiling and getting second version running on his PI.

Thanks,
John

I don't think you can run both versions of cgminer currently. The dtbartle version (3.7.2) disables the SHA-256 cores. I have requested he modify his version to make the disabling of the SHA-256 cores optional. For dual mining you currently have to run either one of the Gridseed controllers or the SHA-256 version of cgminer and cpuminer.

BFGMiner may support dual mining...not sure.

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Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 05:29:17 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on March 21, 2014, 04:55:10 PM

Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 03:55:13 PM

I for one would totally love explanation on getting cgminer 3.7.2, running Scrypt on a Raspberry PI as configured in this guide.

So I take it you tried the 5-step process referenced in the OP and something didn't work? What exactly?

The OP is correct. The cgminer which is version 3.8.5 works fine for BTC mode. Issue is 3.8.5 won't support Scrypt and I would like another instance of cgminer version 3.7.2 that will support Scrypt so i can run two instances. We can see from the post he is running cgminer 3.7.2 it is right in his screen grab. So i would like to know how he accomplished compiling and getting second version running on his PI.

Thanks,
John

I have not tried that, but if I had to I would start by cloning the dtbartle cgminer gitbug repo into a folder separate from 3.8.5 and following the other steps here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5538853

Alternatively you could download dtbartle/Andareed precompiled cgminer for Pi:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5539257

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Quote from: suchmoon on March 21, 2014, 04:55:10 PM

Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 03:55:13 PM

I for one would totally love explanation on getting cgminer 3.7.2, running Scrypt on a Raspberry PI as configured in this guide.

So I take it you tried the 5-step process referenced in the OP and something didn't work? What exactly?

The OP is correct. The cgminer which is version 3.8.5 works fine for BTC mode. Issue is 3.8.5 won't support Scrypt and I would like another instance of cgminer version 3.7.2 that will support Scrypt so i can run two instances. We can see from the post he is running cgminer 3.7.2 it is right in his screen grab. So i would like to know how he accomplished compiling and getting second version running on his PI.

Thanks,
John

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Quote from: jwoodyu on March 21, 2014, 03:55:13 PM

I for one would totally love explanation on getting cgminer 3.7.2, running Scrypt on a Raspberry PI as configured in this guide.

So I take it you tried the 5-step process referenced in the OP and something didn't work? What exactly?

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Quote from: pjcltd on March 20, 2014, 03:42:43 PM

just thought i would share this with you all
i have 18 Gridseed miners running on a Ras-pi
using a 49 port Hub

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/pjcltd/ScreenShot2014-03-20at203909_zpsa4cf00fb.png

I for one would totally love explanation on getting cgminer 3.7.2, running Scrypt on a Raspberry PI as configured in this guide.

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Quote from: SVK on March 21, 2014, 03:13:58 PM

Does somebody know Wheezy Log in and password ?

I don't have ethernet cable so when I first boot that crap linux I have to go to the desktop and enable WIFI.
Then I type sudo raspi-config and change to text only.
Reboot

After this I open putty and try to get to that crap linux but it still wants Username and Password.
I didn't set up any of that anywhere.

Should I just give up on that crap and use Windows pc which takes 100W on idle ?
I'm trying just one gridseed miner.

From their website:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
Default login: pi / raspberry

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Does somebody know Wheezy Log in and password ?

I don't have ethernet cable so when I first boot that crap linux I have to go to the desktop and enable WIFI.
Then I type sudo raspi-config and change to text only.
Reboot

After this I open putty and try to get to that crap linux but it still wants Username and Password.
I didn't set up any of that anywhere.

Should I just give up on that crap and use Windows pc which takes 100W on idle ?
I'm trying just one gridseed miner.

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Quote from: fasbit on March 21, 2014, 02:25:27 PM

Quote from: wolfey2014 on March 21, 2014, 02:03:14 PM

Quote from: fasbit on March 21, 2014, 01:14:11 PM

So... I have my miners hooked up and running...
Lights say they are mining... Blinking Green, Solid Red
Screen Looks like its mining... Lots of "accepted" but (0.00 kh/s ) in front of (Yay!!!)
No Hash rate showing at Pool after 30 min.

Any ideas?

How many miners do you have? 200? Whew!

I don't think cpuminer can handle that many simultaniously.
Better try cgminer or bfgminer. They both show local and pool hash rates which I would feel are important to monitor, especially when running hundreds of these buggers at once! Wink

I use cpuminer and just put up with no local hash rate being displayed. It's a de-fault- of cpuminer. Stupid one too! cpuminer is easy to set up and get running for the most part for greenhorns and newbs.

If your red LED is not flashing then your hasher is not hashing Wink

.
It will be on for a few seconds and off for a few seconds while hashing and producing completed work.
Green LED means the 5V USB power is live and the driver hardware is powered up.
You must have 12V enabled in order for your hash chips (ASICs) to hash.

Procedure is fire up the 12V first. Wait a few seconds then plug in and power up your 5 volts via USB.

Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help you get them rockers rockin!
I'm excited for you! 200 miners! Fukkin eh!

I only have 6 right now. Wish I could afford 200! Damm!

I'm going to be converting over to cgminer or bfdminer soon so I can monitor local hash rates too since now I'm over-volting and over-clocking them. Just did my first one and it's working out fairly well.
Still some tweaking to do though.

Wolfey2014

Pea Ess, when your hashers are ah-hashin. you'll see the results pool side start to tally in seconds, not minutes in most cases.
I just use my pool side hash rates to monitor local performance although they are average rates, not real time literal like the local rate is.

Yea...200 is a lot... but I'm just try to get 5 running right now... HOW YOU KNOW I GOT 200?
And tune them in!
So you say fire up the 12v then the 5v...ok
So ... can u use cgminer for LTC mode?
What about sgminer?

You said so in your first post on this matter ,,, lucky bragger! Grin

I don't know spit about cg and bfd miners.
I do know about cpuminer though. Been using it a couple months now and would dare say that you can get as many running in cpuminer as your USB ports will allow. Up to 137 per port I believe. (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but you lose 1 port per daisy chain connection. But that's not a big deal to me.

Port settings will need to be adjusted too. At least in my case that was necessary but I'm using a Lenovo R400 Win7 laptop to run them.

Sounds like you may have a syntax error in your command line, hence the weirdness you're experiencing.
mine is like this... minerd --freq=850 --gc3355=comx --url=stratum+tcp://us.litecoinpool.org:3333 --userpass=youruseracct.username:yourpassword

Make sure you install and use the STMmicroelectronics virtual comm port driver. cpuminer will not work without it.

Let me know how it goes.

200 miners! damn! lucky basterd!

Wolfey2014

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