[GUIDE] GridSeed GC3355 5 Chip Setup/power/windows/linux/rpi by UnicornHasher - page 82.

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Quote from: miaviator on March 01, 2014, 11:49:56 PM

Quote from: Powell on March 01, 2014, 10:25:11 PM

Having problems getting more than 1 to actually mine (no errors just only mines the last on the list). Running Scripta on RPi and gridseed's cpuminer for OS/Miner. Here is what I'm running to try to start up the 10 Gridseeds I have (my Version B Controller was crapped out from get go).

My .sh script to start

minerd -G /dev/ttyACM0 -G /dev/ttyACM1 -G /dev/ttyACM2 -G /dev/ttyACM3 -G /dev/ttyACM4 -G /dev/ttyACM5 -G /dev/ttyACM6 -G /dev/ttyACM7 -G /dev/ttyACM8 -G /dev/ttyACM9 --url=stratum+tcp://XXXXX:3333 --userpass=XXXX:X --freq=850

No guarantee but I am running one instance per device instead of running all of them in one thread. It's my understanding that cpuminer isn't that full featured so maybe there is an issue connecting to multiple devices? It's at least worth a shot.

I've tried to run it the way its shown above but that doesn't work. You have to have 1 device per minerd...been running it like that since last night and it's been fine and running quite well so far.

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Quote from: miaviator on March 01, 2014, 11:48:26 PM

Again Jack/Lighteningasic is fairly greedy the only way to run in dual mode is to use the provided unreliable controller box

No, it's not. Download the miners gridseed published a few days ago, and compile them (github.com/gridseed/usb-miner/software). To get dual mode you have to use the same parameters the controller does. When you start them like that cgminer submits both btc and ltc work to the cores, but it uses cpuminer to get ltc work from the pool. cgminer and cpuminer communicate with each other in udp packets to handle dual mode.

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Quote from: miaviator on March 01, 2014, 11:49:56 PM

Quote from: Powell on March 01, 2014, 10:25:11 PM

Having problems getting more than 1 to actually mine (no errors just only mines the last on the list). Running Scripta on RPi and gridseed's cpuminer for OS/Miner. Here is what I'm running to try to start up the 10 Gridseeds I have (my Version B Controller was crapped out from get go).

My .sh script to start

minerd -G /dev/ttyACM0 -G /dev/ttyACM1 -G /dev/ttyACM2 -G /dev/ttyACM3 -G /dev/ttyACM4 -G /dev/ttyACM5 -G /dev/ttyACM6 -G /dev/ttyACM7 -G /dev/ttyACM8 -G /dev/ttyACM9 --url=stratum+tcp://XXXXX:3333 --userpass=XXXX:X --freq=850

No guarantee but I am running one instance per device instead of running all of them in one thread. It's my understanding that cpuminer isn't that full featured so maybe there is an issue connecting to multiple devices? It's at least worth a shot.

Yup that got it but the supplied 10 port USB hub seems to be shitting itself currently. It basically resets itself every minute or two. Tried different power cords, different USB, etc... It will randomly lose the green light for a few seconds then restart.

Anyone had an issue like this so far?

For temp I have 2 plugged into motherboard USB and 4 plugged into an external powered hub. I don't think my hub can handle anymore power and I'm out of USB 2.0 ports now (keyboard/mouse/etc. take up to many) and these so far do not function on USB 3.0 that I've seen (even though they are backwards compatible).

Regardless the 5 I have running are averaging 360-380 per unit at 850MHz. Tomorrow when I go by my shop I'm going to grab a few of my DLink 7 ports I used with my USB miners and then try my Raspberry Pi again. The hub was the problem from the time you mentioned running individual instances.

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Quote from: miaviator on March 02, 2014, 01:04:20 AM

Quote from: daddyfatsax on March 02, 2014, 12:58:13 AM

Probably Win 7 and I will have 2 controllers.

It will be a single pool, but I would like to have something setup in windows so I can have Teamviewer.

I have this page bookmarked so I can use it to get it all running. I imagine it is going to be interesting to get it all going.

It's really pretty simple

I recommend you use the controller, you can teamviewer in and access the webpage to the controller. Grab one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Electronics-Anywhere-Automation-Smartphones/dp/B00BB2MMNE/ref=dp_ob_title_ce or these http://3gstore.com/product/4186_single_outlet_remote_power_switch.html and you can do remote reboots on the controller.

Inglewood can get you a 10% discount on the amazon one: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/inglewood-121168 I've passed a few thousand dollars of orders through him with no issues.

Hi,

Thanks for the setup guide. Donation sent!!

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Quote from: daddyfatsax on March 02, 2014, 12:58:13 AM

Probably Win 7 and I will have 2 controllers.

It will be a single pool, but I would like to have something setup in windows so I can have Teamviewer.

I have this page bookmarked so I can use it to get it all running. I imagine it is going to be interesting to get it all going.

It's really pretty simple

I recommend you use the controller, you can teamviewer in and access the webpage to the controller. Grab one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Electronics-Anywhere-Automation-Smartphones/dp/B00BB2MMNE/ref=dp_ob_title_ce or these http://3gstore.com/product/4186_single_outlet_remote_power_switch.html and you can do remote reboots on the controller.

Inglewood can get you a 10% discount on the amazon one: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/inglewood-121168 I've passed a few thousand dollars of orders through him with no issues.

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Probably Win 7 and I will have 2 controllers.

It will be a single pool, but I would like to have something setup in windows so I can have Teamviewer.

I have this page bookmarked so I can use it to get it all running. I imagine it is going to be interesting to get it all going.

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Quote from: daddyfatsax on March 02, 2014, 12:32:08 AM

How am I gonna run 20 of these things? Everything I have read says the max is 10 on cpuminer and only single digit COM ports.

Windows or Linux?

Did you buy a controller or just the units?

If you are mining to a single pool the controller works.

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How am I gonna run 20 of these things? Everything I have read says the max is 10 on cpuminer and only single digit COM ports.

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Quote from: daddyfatsax on March 01, 2014, 11:29:22 PM

.1 BTC sent!! Thanks for the guide!! I will have my units Tuesday.

Thank You!

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Quote from: Powell on March 01, 2014, 10:25:11 PM

Having problems getting more than 1 to actually mine (no errors just only mines the last on the list). Running Scripta on RPi and gridseed's cpuminer for OS/Miner. Here is what I'm running to try to start up the 10 Gridseeds I have (my Version B Controller was crapped out from get go).

My .sh script to start

minerd -G /dev/ttyACM0 -G /dev/ttyACM1 -G /dev/ttyACM2 -G /dev/ttyACM3 -G /dev/ttyACM4 -G /dev/ttyACM5 -G /dev/ttyACM6 -G /dev/ttyACM7 -G /dev/ttyACM8 -G /dev/ttyACM9 --url=stratum+tcp://XXXXX:3333 --userpass=XXXX:X --freq=850

No guarantee but I am running one instance per device instead of running all of them in one thread. It's my understanding that cpuminer isn't that full featured so maybe there is an issue connecting to multiple devices? It's at least worth a shot.

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Quote from: wolfey2014 on March 01, 2014, 10:22:05 PM

Excellent work! I enjoyed reading it. Very thorough,,,but...I have a couple questions.
What does FML mean?
What are the commands for telling the miners to run Scrypt only or SHA and Scrypt simultaneously?
I'm running cpuminer 2.3.2 and using Winblows 7
I'm going to try the freq' to 850MHz
Tried 750 last night, hashes went south so I backed off. I was thinking of trying it, especially after finding and reading the mfg spec' sheets. They'll go even faster than 850, as I recall.
Thanks!
Wolfey2014

I am having the same issue as everyone else I've seen. I'll be leaving jack negative feedback and removing it only if he can prove the controllers work under linux. (without asking for more money)

Again Jack/Lighteningasic is fairly greedy the only way to run in dual mode is to use the provided unreliable controller box

I still think if you plug into the com port there is a chance to do it though. I'm not sure if jacks team removed all of the gridseed dev features off the board.

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Having problems getting more than 1 to actually mine (no errors just only mines the last on the list). Running Scripta on RPi and gridseed's cpuminer for OS/Miner. Here is what I'm running to try to start up the 10 Gridseeds I have (my Version B Controller was crapped out from get go).

My .sh script to start

minerd -G /dev/ttyACM0 -G /dev/ttyACM1 -G /dev/ttyACM2 -G /dev/ttyACM3 -G /dev/ttyACM4 -G /dev/ttyACM5 -G /dev/ttyACM6 -G /dev/ttyACM7 -G /dev/ttyACM8 -G /dev/ttyACM9 --url=stratum+tcp://XXXXX:3333 --userpass=XXXX:X --freq=850

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Quote from: miaviator on March 01, 2014, 03:22:15 PM

Part 7: FAQ and things that need to be added

Q: I get ttyACMx vs ttyUSBx and no shares are submitted even though the miners work and pull from stratum
A: FML

Q: Cablez's page he mentions several sizes/types (2.1/5.5 vs. 2.5/5.5)
A: 2.5mm plug http://imgur.com/a/aviaS https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wts-atx-psu-to-25-or-2155mm-12v-coaxial-plug-power-cables-new-product-74397

Q: you mention 11 of barrel plugs...I don't understand what the 11th one is for if I only have 10 miners
Plug # 11 is for the USB HUB !!! Awesome!

Q: Would you consider using Cablez's micro-USB to ATX PSU power cable as well?
I've never seen that, I'll put an order in and Yes!

Q: One thing though... You say to throw away those PSU's that come with it and get a modular PSU capable of 600+ watts
A: I just buy modular cables from cablez here on BTC talk. He can make just about anything for any power supply. I plugged all 10 gridseeds and the hub directly into my corsair AX1200 using custom made modular plugs. You could keep the included PSU's or use a really low wattage PSU to only run in scrypt mode.

Excellent work! I enjoyed reading it. Very thorough,,,but...I have a couple questions.
What does FML mean?
What are the commands for telling the miners to run Scrypt only or SHA and Scrypt simultaneously?
I'm running cpuminer 2.3.2 and using Winblows 7
I'm going to try the freq' to 850MHz
Tried 750 last night, hashes went south so I backed off. I was thinking of trying it, especially after finding and reading the mfg spec' sheets. They'll go even faster than 850, as I recall.
Thanks!
Wolfey2014

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Quote from: miaviator on March 01, 2014, 09:52:33 PM

Quote from: playmobile on March 01, 2014, 08:34:41 PM

Great work!

I am thinking about buying a few hundred of these round Asic miners.

1) What will be the best way to run as much miners as possible on one controller / PC / RPI?

2) What software would you use?

3) What power supply would you use?

Any input is more then welcome!

1: for over 100 I would use a PC with linux. But I use PC's with linux for everything so not sure that's good advice.
2: the big miners will have support at some point. Especially if lighteningasic stops being so effing greedy and releases firmware or devices and code to developers. I offered to pay 1B for the ability to do multiple pools on the controller or run the devices in dual mode from linux. That conversation ended quickly.
3: Again, I use AX1200's for everything so my opinion is really biased. You could run at least 60 from an AX1200 or 1200i and hit peak power efficiency.

Cabling and space is always an issue with these gen 1's. The same story with avalons, bfls, etc. These things hog space because of cabling and the lack of a daisy chain feature. I wouldn't waste time with hundreds until they come out with the 10 and 25 mhash boxes. which are just these with a psu and boards daisy chained anyways.

Personally I'd say unless you absolutely have to buy 100 of these now, then don't. Just too much "stuff"...wires, miners, fan noise, controller firmware issues, etc. According to Jack there's supposedly a ATX form-factor version of these coming out...I bet in that version they'll stop doing this inefficient round miner form factor and cram a bunch of these chips onto one or more boards. That's when the Gridseed chips will really be worth it.

I had hoped that the these miners worked out better and even wanted to buy another set of 10 miners....but I won't be doing so after my current experience with them. I wanted to retire my 3Mh gpu miner due to high power costs, but the way things have turned out looks like it'll be around at least for the next two months.

For now I'm just going to wait this out a bit longer...there's a few companies out there which are working on better specs and price points relative to these..so my meager few $ will stay in my pocket for a while.

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http://cybtc.com/article-468-1.html

Code:

root@miner1:~/cgminer-3.1.1-GC3355-SV-master/cgminer-3.1.1# ./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u 13zKJjzxGpjbqJDAWAhFNHVqALqcsCWiat -p x -S /dev/ttyACM0
 [2014-03-01 21:55:43] Started cgminer 3.1.1
 >>> BTC: 55aaef3020000000
 >>> BTC: 55aa1f2817000000
 >>> BTC: 55aaef000500e082
 >>> BTC: 55aa0fff581400c0
 >>> BTC: 55aa0f00a08701004a548fe471fa3a9a1371144556c3f64d2500b4826008fe4bbf7698c94eba7946ce22a72f4f6726141a0b3287
 [2014-03-01 21:55:43] Icarus Detect: Test failed at /dev/ttyACM0: get 00000000, should: 000187a2
 [2014-03-01 21:55:43] All devices disabled, cannot mine!

I think if I build a serial cord to the com2 interface I can dual mine on linux?

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Quote from: playmobile on March 01, 2014, 08:34:41 PM

Great work!

I am thinking about buying a few hundred of these round Asic miners.

1) What will be the best way to run as much miners as possible on one controller / PC / RPI?

2) What software would you use?

3) What power supply would you use?

Any input is more then welcome!

1: for over 100 I would use a PC with linux. But I use PC's with linux for everything so not sure that's good advice.
2: the big miners will have support at some point. Especially if lighteningasic stops being so effing greedy and releases firmware or devices and code to developers. I offered to pay 1B for the ability to do multiple pools on the controller or run the devices in dual mode from linux. That conversation ended quickly.
3: Again, I use AX1200's for everything so my opinion is really biased. You could run at least 60 from an AX1200 or 1200i and hit peak power efficiency.

Cabling and space is always an issue with these gen 1's. The same story with avalons, bfls, etc. These things hog space because of cabling and the lack of a daisy chain feature. I wouldn't waste time with hundreds until they come out with the 10 and 25 mhash boxes. which are just these with a psu and boards daisy chained anyways.

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Great work!

I am thinking about buying a few hundred of these round Asic miners.

1) What will be the best way to run as much miners as possible on one controller / PC / RPI?

2) What software would you use?

3) What power supply would you use?

Any input is more then welcome!

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Excellent tutorial hands down great work!

I'll have to donate for making such a good tutorial.

One thing though... You say to throw away those PSU's that come with it and get a modular PSU capable of 600+ watts

Could you please explain how to hook this all up? I know you posted what cords to get as well, but I couldn't tell how you hooked it all up with the picture provided. any help is appreciated and again great tutorial!

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