Topic: Ice Fury (nano fury) support thread. (Read 11857 times)

Awesome so i did this and got the nano fury working faster, but just went in to bfgminer 3.10  then device manager and changed the oscillator value from 50 to 52, even got it with a (relatively) low error rate, nothing like zero like i've seen though but now the whole thing has given up on me and when i try to run the nanofury i just get the line
"nfy 0: BITFURY_INIT_OLDBUF:GIVING UP AFTER 4 TRIES" but it runs that all night if i let it. ALL my other miners are doing great together on bfgminer 3.10, but i am really stuck here.

A good place to start is bfgminer's thread: https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=168174 and also the readme on github: https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer

As for the other miners - you may have the most luck by asking those questions on their specific threads. I'm not sure what model and make miner do you have, so I'd prefer not to mislead you and point you to the wrong manufacturer' forum. (Just use the search option on the forums - there aren't that many manufacturers)

There are a lot of people keeping an eye on such threads and many of them have already gone through your steps and can likely help with your questions.

Let's start by going over the stuff one piece at a time:
- what software are you using? (Win/Mac/RasPI/32/64bit/etc) and which miner (cgminer/bfgminer/etc)
- speed setting can usually be specified on the command line when you start the miner. Some of them also have options permitting you to see the current settings while everything is working. In some cases you can also change them while it's working.
- Mixing devices should be okay (even though you may still hit some USB or power or other limitations)

If for example you want to use bfgminer you could run it with the following parameters:
in which example the speed is set for 50 bits (and a reminder to replace the stuff in <...> brackets)


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Ok, i've seen stuff like this before. It's where i get real stuck. I'm running windows7 and bfgminer 3.10 for anything that doesn't work with bitminter's client.
Where do i see the command line or put this string in? Also can I add a line for the BPM (red fury)next to it? examples would be awesome. Thanks for all the help so far!

Let's start by going over the stuff one piece at a time:
- what software are you using? (Win/Mac/RasPI/32/64bit/etc) and which miner (cgminer/bfgminer/etc)
- speed setting can usually be specified on the command line when you start the miner. Some of them also have options permitting you to see the current settings while everything is working. In some cases you can also change them while it's working.
- Mixing devices should be okay (even though you may still hit some USB or power or other limitations)

If for example you want to use bfgminer you could run it with the following parameters:
in which example the speed is set for 50 bits (and a reminder to replace the stuff in <...> brackets)

You can experiment with various numbers until you find a combination that works for you. Usually those devices will max out at 53/54/55 bits and you'll start seeing a lot of errors. If the error rate goes over 5% that's a sign you've hit (or even exceeded) the limits.

Two things to keep in mind when overclocking:
- it will use more power - ideally budget 0.8A per bitfury chip
- it will be VERY HOT. Adding a fan will be a must. You can also add a small heatsink on top of the bitfury chip - that helps too.

Hopefully that helps! Have fun!

I don't know what speed setting i'm using (this is how noob we're going) my cooling is passive because it sits all by itself, sorta in the way of the air-con. It's the file which determines speed settings and what i should put in it which eludes me.

Right now this computer is running Erupters, U1's and U2's, and a Red Fury as well simply because i have my other machine with 100% Ants and this is sorta my tweakin' frankenstein computer. I could run the Ants and Erupters on another piece of software (bitminter) but the Nano Fury is probably gonna have to run alongside the red fury in bfg(which is also passively cooled as there is just one sitting wide out in the open.)

Everything else are antminers that act finicky so i got free replacements for them and this is just me trying not to waste a single H/s even if i can get them to underclock, the Erupters are there to fill in space on the hub. I hear Nano's prefer to play alone so i can go that route if i need to for trouble shooting.

What speed setting are you using? and what cooling are you using?

Forgive my nubetude but what file do i change (and how) in order to put in the values for my ice(nano) fury? I'm only gett 1.8GH/s, and a pretty high error value as well, in bfgminer3.10.0.

Some help with control over my red fury would be cool too, it runs OK with the proper driver but on the low end of advertised speed. Remember to answer this question in a nube friendly manner if you're up for it. thank you.

Uhm, if someone stole Bitcoin's from you and it's worth the fight to go after them, why aren't you legally going after them? It's your property and to you and others it has value. So go after him.

I think people are too afraid to use the legal system to after criminals in the Bitcoin's market. But once someone does I am sure we'll start seeing a flood of people who have been hold back doing it too.

You never gave me a discount for the damaged 19 units or replacement parts. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=12487

I will never purchase from you again and will tell all my friends to avoid you at all costs.

Beastlymac is a Liar and works with bad associates.

Thanks. I wasn't aware of that. Hmm, I'm off to do some reading.

Then you need to buy a 2 or 3 watt computer that can run Windows 7 then. Gigabyte and Xi3 are the only manufactures that I know of that build such a beast.

I run with a zotac mini pc with win7
It is happy with 70+ usb's pulling about 50w

I would rather not have my PC running this.  My PC uses about 500w on average, the Raspberry Pi uses, what, 2 or 3 watts?

I even attempted to run them by themselves on the minepeon server but they won't even be identified by either cgminer v4.x or bfgminer v3.10.0.

You can't mixed Ice Furys and BFL USB miners. You need put the Ice Furys on their own machine.

It it's works good under Windows 7 why are you messing with it?

There is a saying, if it's not broke why try and fix it?

Thanks for the responses.
Hi vs3, I did read the previous threads. I have posts on this thread on the previous pages. I believe some of the previous suggestions mentioned something about slowing down my USB ports to 1.1 speeds. This isn't something I'm looking to do.  I do have another hub with 80Gh/s worth of ButterflyLabs miners connected to one of the R-Pi's USB ports on the same Raspberry Pi working just fine and slowing down the USB hubs isn't a viable option for me.

Oh and by the way - how about if you bother to look on THIS SAME THREAD - it's not even that further back - it is ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.

Ah that dreaded SEARCH option ...

Hint: Try searching for "nanofury raspberry tutorial".

I have re-posted those instructions at least several times. There were also instructions provided during my original group buy.

I have a distant memory from last year, that they have a problem with rPi

It may have been in the BFGminer thread

(Thread resurrection)

Hi everyone.
Wow after all this time I still can't get these white Icefury (Ice Fury, NanoFury, Nano Fury, whatever they should be labeled as, it's all still the same) USB blocks to work with the Raspberry Pi & no word here.  Trying it with a separate Rosewil USB 2.0 35 watt powered hub plugged into the Raspberry Pi Model B with the newest BETA (STABLE) of Minepeon v2.4.6 & nada, squat, zilch.  Under Windows v7 with Multiminer, it's all great but I'd rather not do it this way.

The default config line in Minepeon's Miner Startup Settings reads as follows:
#!/bin/bash
sleep 10
/usr/bin/screen -dmS miner /opt/minepeon/bin/bfgminer -S all -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf


Modified the config to:
/usr/bin/screen -dmS miner /opt/minepeon/bin/bfgminer -S "NFY:all" --set-device NFY:osc6_bits=54 -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf.

Still nothing.

Shelling into the Minepeon server & executing the "lsusb -v" command displays the following:

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04d8:00de Microchip Technology, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x04d8 Microchip Technology, Inc.
  idProduct          0x00de
  bcdDevice            0.02
  iManufacturer           1 Microchip Technology Inc.
  iProduct                2 NanoFury NF1 v0.7
  iSerial                 3 0000095275
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           41
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 No Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 None
    (Truncated the rest)
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)
---------------------------------------------------------

PS: I don't care at this point whether it BFGminer or CGminer is used. As long as one of them could work.
PPS: Both of these apps in a Windows CMD box work flawlessly with the Icefuries.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

it works  ! i replace my existing usb hub with a brand a new one with high capacity....

thank you very much... 

Follow these steps:

1. plug the power into your hub.
2. plug the usb cable from your hub into your computer and let Windows detect it.
3. plug each miner into the hub one at a time letting windows detect each one and install the HID driver for it (This is a Windows 7/8.x driver)
4. start your bfgminer with the command found in this forum and start mining away.

One thing to note you need a good decent power supply with your hub, a if you are using a USB 10 port 2.0 hub I found that a 4A (amp) power supply will drive 5 ice fury's comfortably OC'd at 54, anything less than 4A (amps) for 5 ice fury's will result in either them not being recognized or you have them constantly failing.

The ice fury doesn't need any drivers to work with bfgminer.

hi everybody !  is there other way or solution you encounter on how ice fury work with bfgminer under windows 7 professional 64bit. i tried everything in the forums and other site yet still no luck. every time i install the bf1 or drivers theres always an error, it took me over night just to make this work, then here is zidag installer that recognized it Nano Fury NF1 v0.7, well better than nothing i use cgminer v3.12.0 that gives an average 1.8gh/s. i still want to make it work with bfgminer please share some experience thank you.

Ok. Thanks. Now to figure out why the author of Multiminer hasn't been able to tell me why they aren't being picked up by his BFGminer GUI.  BFGminer can see them using & is currently using them via the Windows CMD prompt.   Hmmm.

They're fully supported on cgminer. As always, use latest version.

Any updates on this?

Hi GQM.  Thanks for the info.

I just did the calcs from the CAD to USD pricing.  I can wait it out.

PS: SSINC is the company I got them from & it was a great deal.  I'm hoping they get them back in sooner better than later.

I'll wait to see if the BITFURY drop as well.

P.S. I'm working to reduce prices but haven't finalized any details just yet.

Also keep in mind price is set in CAD which when converted to USD isn't as much of a markup.

I'm still selling them on my website for anyone that is not located in Canada. If your shipping option doesn't come up then please contact me and I will help get you an accurate shipping quote.

http://nexgenmining.ca

Thanks smoothrunnings for looking out.  
I've I noticed these are at $110.00 markup. :O
Now I'm really kicking myself for not getting more on my initial purchase.  Who knew. I was just starting out 45 days ago.
Thanks again.

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-electronics-Ice-Fury-Bitcoin-USB-Miners-2-6-GH-s-W0QQAdIdZ556990369

So are these Ice Furies still being made? Seems like either no one is carrying them anymore & are out of stock at the same time or that's it for these.  No one can get them to stock 'em?  I have 3 of them & wished I had purchased more a month ago.

That's crazy dude.

I have my 5 ice fury's on a vantec 10 port USB 2.0 hub and have upgraded the PSU to a 5VDC 4A and they fine at 54.

I have mind already doing that but find the PSU gets pretty hot at 54, so I am going to see if I find one of these 5v 10A PSU's locally to use on my hub before pushing them up any further.

Not really, a USB port is only speced to supply 2.5w

Wow that's great, you must be storing them in a freezer so that they don't melt!

I'll be honest, I'm half afraid to overclock them... they're running at/above 3GH/s each, with an HW Error % BELOW 1%... I think I'll um... just not even bother with overclocking great job man!

bfgminer.exe -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u me.worker1 -p Password -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u me.worker2 -p PASSWORD -S all
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Hi Krazy, i have been running them on 3.8 windows 7 Pro my start string is
bfgminer.exe -S "NFY:all" --set-device NFY:osc6_bits=54 -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -O address, When you plug it in does windows see it as a USB device or a HID device? I installed zadig and it started identifying he devices as Libusb instead if HIDUSB and bfgminer then didnt see it until I removed that device driver from the system and it again appeared as  HID compliant device. (check device manager which group it shows up under may give a clue)
[/quote]Thank you!  It really was as simple as uninstall the driver and this time I clicked delete driver.  Windows did a rescan and it started working in bfgminer. 
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So are you saying you need to uninstall the driver that assigns COM ports to your USB keys?

Thanks,
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In the above case check in device manager which group your device shows under, (if using BFGMINER) if its under usb devices then you can go the miner properties and remove driver and delete from system, scan for changes, miner auto detected and driver auto installed and it appears under HID compoliant devices this time, bfgminer will then see it..

So are you saying you need to uninstall the driver that assigns COM ports to your USB keys?

Thanks,

Thank you!  It really was as simple as uninstall the driver and this time I clicked delete driver.  Windows did a rescan and it started working in bfgminer. 

Hi Krazy, i have been running them on 3.8 windows 7 Pro my start string is
bfgminer.exe -S "NFY:all" --set-device NFY:osc6_bits=54 -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -O address, When you plug it in does windows see it as a USB device or a HID device? I installed zadig and it started identifying he devices as Libusb instead if HIDUSB and bfgminer then didnt see it until I removed that device driver from the system and it again appeared as  HID compliant device. (check device manager which group it shows up under may give a clue)

I got in on the pre-order for the Ice Fury and took up the option to get a Red Fury at a slight discount.  They arrived today and so far I've not been able to get the Ice Fury to work.  The Red Fury is working and giving me what I expected as for a hash rate. 

So first I'd love help getting the Ice Fury to be seen.  I installed the driver which worked just fine for the Red Fury but when I go into bfgminer it shows one device which is Bitfury BF1 from BFMG.  If I do the + to add a device, bfgminer doesn't find the Ice Fury.  I'm running Windows 7 Pro and bfgminer 3.9 x64.  One odd thing is when I go into Device Manager the Ice Fury is showing up under Universal Serial Bus Devices and is listed as NanoFury NF1 v0.7.  The working Red Fury is showing up under Ports (COM & LPT) as Bitfury BF1 USB Miner (COM4).  I would expect both to show up in the same spot, I've tried reinstalling the driver for the Ice Fury but no luck from the bfgminer download.

The next part I'd love some help with is the batch file for bfgminer.  Once I get the Ice Fury working I'd like to have them as different workers so I can keep an eye on them.  Would this be a good config, I also have tried to disable GPU mining and neither the -G or --disable-gpu works.  Of course my actual batch file doesn't have me.worker1 or Password.

bfgminer.exe -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u me.worker1 -p Password -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u me.worker2 -p PASSWORD -S all

All that is required is usb 3.0 and osc bit 55 to max them.

Beastlymac, I just got the units in today, so far I'm pretty impressed!
Awesome smaller design, makes the Blue/Red Fury USB's look huge, hehe. It would seem as if they are already over clocked, hehe, one is running at a solid 2.9GH/s & the other at 3.2GH/s

I haven't really played with the much, what's them much yet and won't get a chance to for a little while as I'll be away on business next week, but so far it's looking awesome. What's the over-clocking magic for these, resistor change?

If anyone is curious, I'm running them on a Beaglebone Black w/Debian & CGMiner 3.10.0.

Sorry this was on PC Ubuntu 12.04.

Seems to be ok now after a removal and reinsert of devices.

What did you build it on? I've only tried it on pc linux/windows so far.

I just tried this but I cant get passed this error, I enabled Bitfury devices in configure as I didnt see any specific ref to nano or ice fury..(was that ok?)

[2014-01-10 16:55:31] Started cgminer 3.10.0
 [2014-01-10 16:55:33] Failed to sem_timedwait errno=4 cgsem=0x0xbfbf7a4c in usb
utils.c callback_wait():2451

I read about a lot of magic in the release notes ... I like magic

Anyways - Nicely done! Thanks Con!

Posted the first version of cgminer (3.10.0) that supports these devices.

Hi there. I have a How-To up for mining with Ice Fury on Mac OS X:

http://nf1.xgminer.com

Great little devices! 

I agree. I'm not saying it's an ideal solution. I'm merely saying that there is a way.

There are also other ways - see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4315185

^^^

Adding dwc_otg.speed=1 brings the Pi's USB down to USB1.1 speed.  This is a kludge at best, especially considering the Pi's NIC runs off the same USB bus.  You're essentially totally nerfing the Pi's USB and NIC throughput to a total 12Mb (taking off protocol overhead you're less than 10Mb).

That's a shame, Blues,Reds,Bi.'s,Twins, they all live happily together on the Pi.

The Pi's USB support is broken at best.  Don't bank on getting them working on the Pi, ever.

They run perfectly on a BeagleBone Black, which hasn't got broken USB.

Yes - I just got it running on a Windows laptop to rule out chip issues.

Is the issue with the Raspberry hardware? I'd like to move it back if possible.

Can you try a different OS? Running them on raspberry pi has issues with hidapi

------------------------------------------------------------------------
bfgminer 3.9.0 configuration options summary
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  CFLAGS...............: -pthread -g -O2 -I/usr/include/libusb-1.0 -pthread -Ilibblkmaker -I/usr/include/hidapi
  LDFLAGS..............: -pthread -Llibblkmaker/.libs -Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN/libblkmaker/.libs,-zorigin -lpthread -ldl -lcurl -ljansson -lncurses -ltinfo -lm -ludev -lusb-1.0 -lrt -lblkmaker_jansson-0.1 -lblkmaker-0.1
  Installation.prefix..: /usr/local

  Enabled..Drivers.....: avalon bifury bigpic bitforce bitfury_gpio cairnsmore erupter hashbuster hashbusterusb icarus klondike littlefury modminer nanofury twinfury x6500 ztex
  Disabled.Drivers.....: bfsb cpu knc metabank opencl proxy
    To enable proxy, install libmicrohttpd 0.9.5+ (getwork) or libevent 2.0.3+ (stratum)
  Enabled..Algorithms..: SHA256d
  Disabled.Algorithms..: scrypt
  Enabled..Options.....: libusb ncurses5
  Disabled.Options.....:

pi@raspberrypi ~/bfgminer $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.10.24+ #614 PREEMPT Thu Dec 19 20:38:42 GMT 2013 armv6l GNU/Linux

For startup I have tried using the --set-device as below and with just -S all, neither worked.

./bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://us1.eclipsemc.com:3333 -O user:pass -S all --set-device NFY:osc6_bits=52

Thanks again for the help.

IRQ, Can you post your command startup string?
Also can you confirm version of bfgminer & OS used , and output from configure to show the driver is enabled?

Please pm snoopy_nzl in regards to damaged units. He handles shipping.

I purchased 50 Units and 19 of them were damaged in shipping. Why were these not put in cases?

I have only one Ice Fury and one block eruptor. If I plug in the Ice fury alone bfgminer shows no devices, the error is shown only when the block eruptor is present.

Current sales are via group buy leads you can message me and I can connect you with one closest to you.

Hi Irq, Can you say how many you have attached? have you tried plugging in one USB miner (starting with Ice F)at a time? I have seen this error once a thresh-hold seems to get breached, which presents itself along the lines of a maximum number of devices per USB controller. ie on Windows 7 on single controller I get device manager "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"

On Ubuntu Bfgminer I have seen " mcp2210 lowlevel driver failed to open it " again when more than x devices are attached to a single USB controller, I spread devices around multiple hubs and plugged in different USB controller ports which allowed up to 48 devices to be seen.

Where are you selling these Beastlymac?

Also looking for help with my new Ice Fury. I've tried all suggested NanoFury configurations but still get errors when starting:

nanofury_lowl_probe: Matched "NanoFury NF1 v0.7" serial "0000093289", but mcp2210 lowlevel driver failed to open it

This is white PCB with 'iceFury' text on Raspbian with latest hidapi and bfgminer 3.9.0.

Appreciate any help with getting this running or at least identifying what the problem is.

Units from us are distinctive with name Ice fury on the PCB , White PCB and silver heatsink, made in New Zealand. I have been arranging purchase through group buy leads.

It seems like the drivers are having issues with large amounts of devices roughly 20+. I have notified Vs3

Have to agree they are a stud stick.  better then any of the other 1 chip bitfury sticks I am running 16 of them all at 54 overclock.

They range between 2.47 and 2.90

 I use 2  gearmo hubs


http://www.gearmo.com/shop/10-port-usb-3-hub-gm-3dh10/   with better quality power bricks.

I do have 1 question I can not seem to run more then 15 sticks on 1 pc using bfgminer.  but the 15 sticks do get me over  37.5 gh.  so I run 15 on 1 pc and 1 on another.

I've got two here, very happy with them.  One's running at 2.77GH and the other at 2.55GH - both at 54.  Running them on bfgminer 3.9.0, plugged in to a DLink 7-port.  Also work fine on an aluminium Anker 10-port USB3 hub.

They are coming from us. Not marto. Vs3 tweaked the design for us so that we would have better component availability.

In addition to the support topics you've got in mind, is there any chance you can share any background information on these please Beastlymac? I'm seeing a few around but no consistent story of where they're coming from, some are claiming they're you, some saying Technobit (marto). Do you know who's tweaked the design, what the changes are, and who is manufacturing/assembling/wholesale these?

Bfgminer.

Native support in bfgminer 3.5+

Current mining software that supports Ice Fury devices.

Bfgminer
Cgminer
Minepeon

Software being worked on.

Bitminter

Information will be updated here with support and setup information.