Innosilicon A4+ setup tutorial - page 9.

Gazdac2

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Quote from: kb8679 on January 07, 2018, 03:27:09 AM

Daaaaaamn that's nasty.... suddenly I have the urge to go see my miners as well. Tongue

Did you see any difference in temps after installing the new fans?

E: Thanks for the fan model & link tho. I think I'm gonna order few just in case.

Pretty hard to tell, about temps, the dual fan ones were already just over 60c, and now I have the early Jan firmware installed, which lowers the fan speeds even more. I did run it a few minutes at 100% before disassembling it, and the old-working one would bounce on the table it was so unbalanced. So, really don't want those vibrations either way.

So, no science here. I have higher clock speeds, higher voltage, higher profit, and new fans on this machine, and the same temps. Could be firmware could be the fans. Either way it's now quieter at the same fan %. I'll re purpose the old ones for something one day anyways, like on a GPU miner, or in the crack of the window for exhaust.
And the one with the dead fan is now able to achieve 700 MH/s like the rest now.

If ordering those exact ones just be prepared to add a bit of wire length.

New problem:
I have trouble with chains not starting on the new firmware. Seems like they don't respond fast enough if they are cold. I moved them to ports 0-3 instead of 4-7 and it hasn't had that problem cold booting again. It's almost like it doesn't quite wait long enough for them to wake up.

I have room for 100 more miners, but inno sales team scared all my investors away. Anyone got a $400,000 loan laying around? :p

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Daaaaaamn that's nasty.... suddenly I have the urge to go see my miners as well. Tongue

Did you see any difference in temps after installing the new fans?

E: Thanks for the fan model & link tho. I think I'm gonna order few just in case.

Quote from: Gazdac2 on January 06, 2018, 04:25:52 AM

Hi guys,

Got my replacement fans today.
Pretty interesting stuff.

https://i.imgur.com/LnRKdXN.jpg

So there are the fans from one of my miners that "sings" all day long that I suspect a fan will go out soon.

The rear fan (the one with the extra long cable) is for sure not a new fan. Look how aged the plastic is, there are some pits and scratches in it as well.
The good news is the inside is NOT covered in rust and corrosion on every solder point like my first fan that died in 48 hours. So old used fan, for sure, might last a while longer, Yes.

It also has a different circuit board than the dead one, even though both are labeled the same. Wonder hold old that broken fan I got with my "new" miner is.

Anyways. The TFC 1212DE i ordered came as a "-5b66" instead of a "-sp07"
I don't know the difference, but it works pretty damn well.

Only issue with this one was the front fan cable will barely reach. The back cable needs to be extended,just like they already did with all of the back fans. Spliced, soldered, whatever. Probably should buy a molex crimper and some ends.

The fans I ordered
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-power-motorcycle-conversion-motorcycle-fan-violence-12CM-fan-3-9A-12v-TFC1212DE-120-120-38mm/32581804418.html
From this store
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1358964?spm=2114.10010108.0.0.7ff34b8aD4XZRw (YX Technology)

And yes, my miners do disconnect and stop mining every now and then, for zero reason. Stupid miners.

Gazdac2

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Hi guys,

Got my replacement fans today.
Pretty interesting stuff.

https://i.imgur.com/LnRKdXN.jpg

So there are the fans from one of my miners that "sings" all day long that I suspect a fan will go out soon.

The rear fan (the one with the extra long cable) is for sure not a new fan. Look how aged the plastic is, there are some pits and scratches in it as well.
The good news is the inside is NOT covered in rust and corrosion on every solder point like my first fan that died in 48 hours. So old used fan, for sure, might last a while longer, Yes.

It also has a different circuit board than the dead one, even though both are labeled the same. Wonder hold old that broken fan I got with my "new" miner is.

Anyways. The TFC 1212DE i ordered came as a "-5b66" instead of a "-sp07"
I don't know the difference, but it works pretty damn well.

Only issue with this one was the front fan cable will barely reach. The back cable needs to be extended,just like they already did with all of the back fans. Spliced, soldered, whatever. Probably should buy a molex crimper and some ends.

The fans I ordered
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-power-motorcycle-conversion-motorcycle-fan-violence-12CM-fan-3-9A-12v-TFC1212DE-120-120-38mm/32581804418.html
From this store
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1358964?spm=2114.10010108.0.0.7ff34b8aD4XZRw (YX Technology)

And yes, my miners do disconnect and stop mining every now and then, for zero reason. Stupid miners.

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Quote from: ukjack on January 05, 2018, 04:36:58 PM

Well... a few days with 50 A4+ now and they really do suck.

I've got all 50 in Awesome Miner so I know when they stop mining and the stats aren't good.
If I mine on a pool that isn't 100% stable/efficient they can't handle it and where I assume the AntMiner D3s/S9s I have just deals with it and pick up where it left off the A4+ stops mining and restarts the mining process, losing you 5-10minutes of shares. NiceHash is a complete no-go too, they're can't handle it for some reason (vardiff?)

I'm using litecoinpool.org and this does appear to have helped stability. will update again in a few days.

Fixed difficulty is The thing with these. With some vardiff pools I've experienced similar behaviour as well. I'm currently mining DGB with 'multipool.us' via local stratum proxy and my measely 10 units keeps on rocking with no issues. Avg hashrate per unit (as reported by the pool side) are around 560-610MHs per unit. And I also tried NH after their "little haxx-problemo". Even tho using vardiff, it seemed to deliver pretty much what they "promised" or estimated.

Maybe the local stratum proxy (which I strongly suggest using, since you have such a huge number of miners) is the answer, or at least would help you out a bit?

ukjack

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Well... a few days with 50 A4+ now and they really do suck.

I've got all 50 in Awesome Miner so I know when they stop mining and the stats aren't good.
If I mine on a pool that isn't 100% stable/efficient they can't handle it and where I assume the AntMiner D3s/S9s I have just deals with it and pick up where it left off the A4+ stops mining and restarts the mining process, losing you 5-10minutes of shares. NiceHash is a complete no-go too, they're can't handle it for some reason (vardiff?)

I'm using litecoinpool.org and this does appear to have helped stability. will update again in a few days.

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Quote from: ukjack on January 05, 2018, 09:08:48 AM

New firmware out today update_180105

for me fixed the miners that refused to start mining

And they didn't bother to change the root pw. Excellent.

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You can try using a different socket for the individual asic. It could be the problem mine I suspect it’s the WiFi plug that stopped my miner.. tried it today and it stopped after it’s fixed..

Quote from: vmssecuritycloud on January 04, 2018, 05:16:49 PM

Has anyone had an issue where only one ASIC is showing up? Very frustrating to say the least.

ukjack

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New firmware out today update_180105

for me fixed the miners that refused to start mining

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Thank you for the set up guide.

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Quote from: Giantppl on January 04, 2018, 11:40:39 PM

Just got mine fixed also, Guy was helping me install some software thru remote and reboot the System and worked.. like I said I’m not tech savvy enuf.. but both running well now! Innosilicon rocks and after sales support is superb!

Quote from: BWYeung on January 04, 2018, 11:20:05 PM

WOOT WOOT...I'm mining.

I had an Innosilicon tech remote into my system and got it running. He was able to determine my A4+ wasn't connecting to the internet correctly. The culprit was the Network Gateway; once he put in the correct one (router's IP address) into the gateway field, I started mining.

Hope this helps others who were having spinning Miner Status page like I was.

Good to hear. With how little sales would communicate, and receiving damaged fans that I have to replace, I kinda gave up on ever getting any real support from them.
Maybe if something I can't fix happens they would be able to.

Giantppl

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Just got mine fixed also, Guy was helping me install some software thru remote and reboot the System and worked.. like I said I’m not tech savvy enuf.. but both running well now! Innosilicon rocks and after sales support is superb!

Quote from: BWYeung on January 04, 2018, 11:20:05 PM

WOOT WOOT...I'm mining.

I had an Innosilicon tech remote into my system and got it running. He was able to determine my A4+ wasn't connecting to the internet correctly. The culprit was the Network Gateway; once he put in the correct one (router's IP address) into the gateway field, I started mining.

Hope this helps others who were having spinning Miner Status page like I was.

BWYeung

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WOOT WOOT...I'm mining.

I had an Innosilicon tech remote into my system and got it running. He was able to determine my A4+ wasn't connecting to the internet correctly. The culprit was the Network Gateway; once he put in the correct one (router's IP address) into the gateway field, I started mining.

Hope this helps others who were having spinning Miner Status page like I was.

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Has anyone had an issue where only one ASIC is showing up? Very frustrating to say the least.

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Problem was in /lib/python3.4/base64.py

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Quote from: lonerko on January 04, 2018, 02:50:04 PM

Hi all
I have some problem with a5 after reboot.
Symptoms were the HTTP control page loading, but not showing any data e.g. not showing me "miner type" under system.

Manually running each of the commands in /etc/init.d/rcS
The problem in "python3.4 /home/inno_daemon/MServer.py"

Code:

ValueError: bad marshal data (unknown type code)

Does anyone have any ideas?

Only time i've seen that error is using the wrong \ /. could be in your pool url, could be in their code. who knows.
https://
not
https:\\

or if there is an extra / laying around could be bad too.
this can be a difference between windows and unix.

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Hi all
I have some problem with a5 after reboot.
Symptoms were the HTTP control page loading, but not showing any data e.g. not showing me "miner type" under system.

Manually running each of the commands in /etc/init.d/rcS
The problem in "python3.4 /home/inno_daemon/MServer.py"

Code:

root@miner~:
python3.4 /home/inno_daemon/MServer.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/inno_daemon/MServer.py", line 12, in
   from MParser import *
  File "/home/inno_daemon/MParser.py", line 17, in
   from inno_lib import *
  File "/home/inno_py/inno_lib.py", line 5, in
   import cgi
  File "/lib/python3.4/cgi.py", line 39, in
   from email.parser import FeedParser
  File "/lib/python3.4/email/parser.py", line 12, in
   from email.feedparser import FeedParser, BytesFeedParser
  File "/lib/python3.4/email/feedparser.py", line 27, in
   from email import message
  File "/lib/python3.4/email/message.py", line 16, in
   from email import utils
  File "/lib/python3.4/email/utils.py", line 40, in
   from email.charset import Charset
  File "/lib/python3.4/email/charset.py", line 14, in
   import email.base64mime
  File "/lib/python3.4/email/base64mime.py", line 37, in
   from base64 import b64encode
  File "", line 2237, in _find_and_load
  File "", line 2226, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "", line 1200, in _load_unlocked
  File "", line 1129, in _exec
  File "", line 1467, in exec_module
  File "", line 1570, in get_code
  File "", line 656, in _compile_bytecode
ValueError: bad marshal data (unknown type code)

Does anyone have any ideas?

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Quote from: ukjack on January 04, 2018, 01:10:46 PM

Quote from: Gazdac2 on January 04, 2018, 12:56:58 PM

you can try making the drive read/write and relaunching the miner. If that works you'd have to see if it just needs that access once, or if it needs it constantly

mount / -o rw,remount
/tmp/run.sh

if it starts mining, then halfway there.

tried this, but it does the same thing unfortunately

Code:

(none) login: root
Password:
root@miner~:
mount / -o rw,remount
root@miner~:
/tmp/run.sh
killall: innominer_T2: no process killed
killall: innominer_T2: no process killed
killall: innominer_T2: no process killed
root@miner~:
root@miner~:
ps |grep inno
839 root 476:43 python3.4 /home/inno_daemon/MServer.py
844 root 0:00 syslogd -f /etc/syslog.conf -O /tmp/log/innominer.log -s 1024 -b 5
8704 root 0:00 innominer_T2 -o stratum+tcp://s1.theblocksfactory.com:9004 -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3333#xnsub -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.usa.nicehash.com:3333#xnsub -u x -p x --A1Pll1 1044 --A1Pll2 1044 --A1Pll3 1044 --A1Pll4 1044 --A1Pll5 1044 --A1Pll6 1044 --A1Pll7 1044 --A1Pll8 1044 --A1Vol1 25 --A1Vol2 25 --A1Vol3 25 --A1Vol4 25 --A1Vol5 25 --A1Vol6 25 --A1Vol7 25 --A1Vol8 25 --A1Fanmode 1 --A1Fanspd 1 --api-listen --syslog

Code:

root@miner~:
ps |grep inno
839 root 480:17 python3.4 /home/inno_daemon/MServer.py
844 root 0:00 syslogd -f /etc/syslog.conf -O /tmp/log/innominer.log -s 1024 -b 5
8948 root 0:00 grep inno

Code:

root@miner~:
innominer_T2 --debug -o stratum+tcp://s1.theblocksfactory.com:9004 -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3
333#xnsub -u x-p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.usa.nicehash.com:3333#xnsub -u 3x -p x --A1Pll1 1044 --A1Pll2 1044 --A1Pll3 1044 --A1Pll4 1044 --A1Pll5 1044 --A1Pll6 1044 --A1Pll7 1044 --A1Pll8 1044 --
A1Vol1 25 --A1Vol2 25 --A1Vol3 25 --A1Vol4 25 --A1Vol5 25 --A1Vol6 25 --A1Vol7 25 --A1Vol8 25 --A1Fanmode 1 --A1Fanspd 1 --api-list
en --syslog
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] Global quota greatest common denominator set to 1
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] start to set url
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] Global quota greatest common denominator set to 1
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] Pool 1 extranonce subscribing enabled.
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] start to set url
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.950] Global quota greatest common denominator set to 1
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.950] Pool 2 extranonce subscribing enabled.
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.950] start to set url
pwm name:/dev/pwmgen0.0.
pwm step:5.
duty max: 100.
targ freq:20000.
freq rate:20000.
fan speed thrd:100.
fan up thrd:55.
fan down thrd:35.
auto_fan true, fan_speed 1
send command [reset]
send command [bist_start]
send command [bist_collect]
set_vid_value_g19:25,chain 0.
send command [reset]
send command [bist_start]
send command [reset]
send command [bist_start]
send command [bist_collect]
set_vid_value_g19:25,chain 2.
send command [reset]
send command [bist_start]
send command [bist_collect]
set_vid_value_g19:25,chain 3.
Segmentation fault

ahh damnit...
this is a multithreaded application I bet the error is related to

Code:

[2018-01-04 17:06:22.950] start to set url

https://www.nicehash.com/help/scrypt-mining

did you try a different pool other than nicehash?
are you escaping the #?
eg 3333/#xnsub
you might even have to enter it as "///#" depending on how many levels of stupid.

"it works for us, on our own pools. so send it to the customers"- inno

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Quote from: Gazdac2 on January 04, 2018, 12:56:58 PM

Quote from: needed357 on January 04, 2018, 12:18:14 PM

which fan should i buy?

if one fan is down

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-power-motorcycle-conversion-motorcycle-fan-violence-12CM-fan-3-9A-12v-TFC1212DE-120-120-38mm/32581804418.html\
this is what I bought, but it wont arrive till this afternoon or tomorrow to see if it's any good.

link not work, can you tell me if you tested that

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Quote from: Gazdac2 on January 04, 2018, 12:56:58 PM

you can try making the drive read/write and relaunching the miner. If that works you'd have to see if it just needs that access once, or if it needs it constantly

mount / -o rw,remount
/tmp/run.sh

if it starts mining, then halfway there.

tried this, but it does the same thing unfortunately

Code:

(none) login: root
Password:
root@miner~:
mount / -o rw,remount
root@miner~:
/tmp/run.sh
killall: innominer_T2: no process killed
killall: innominer_T2: no process killed
killall: innominer_T2: no process killed
root@miner~:
root@miner~:
ps |grep inno
839 root 476:43 python3.4 /home/inno_daemon/MServer.py
844 root 0:00 syslogd -f /etc/syslog.conf -O /tmp/log/innominer.log -s 1024 -b 5
8704 root 0:00 innominer_T2 -o stratum+tcp://s1.theblocksfactory.com:9004 -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3333#xnsub -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.usa.nicehash.com:3333#xnsub -u x -p x --A1Pll1 1044 --A1Pll2 1044 --A1Pll3 1044 --A1Pll4 1044 --A1Pll5 1044 --A1Pll6 1044 --A1Pll7 1044 --A1Pll8 1044 --A1Vol1 25 --A1Vol2 25 --A1Vol3 25 --A1Vol4 25 --A1Vol5 25 --A1Vol6 25 --A1Vol7 25 --A1Vol8 25 --A1Fanmode 1 --A1Fanspd 1 --api-listen --syslog

Code:

root@miner~:
ps |grep inno
839 root 480:17 python3.4 /home/inno_daemon/MServer.py
844 root 0:00 syslogd -f /etc/syslog.conf -O /tmp/log/innominer.log -s 1024 -b 5
8948 root 0:00 grep inno

Code:

root@miner~:
innominer_T2 --debug -o stratum+tcp://s1.theblocksfactory.com:9004 -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3
333#xnsub -u x-p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.usa.nicehash.com:3333#xnsub -u 3x -p x --A1Pll1 1044 --A1Pll2 1044 --A1Pll3 1044 --A1Pll4 1044 --A1Pll5 1044 --A1Pll6 1044 --A1Pll7 1044 --A1Pll8 1044 --
A1Vol1 25 --A1Vol2 25 --A1Vol3 25 --A1Vol4 25 --A1Vol5 25 --A1Vol6 25 --A1Vol7 25 --A1Vol8 25 --A1Fanmode 1 --A1Fanspd 1 --api-list
en --syslog
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] Global quota greatest common denominator set to 1
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] start to set url
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] Global quota greatest common denominator set to 1
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] Pool 1 extranonce subscribing enabled.
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.949] start to set url
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.950] Global quota greatest common denominator set to 1
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.950] Pool 2 extranonce subscribing enabled.
[2018-01-04 17:06:22.950] start to set url
pwm name:/dev/pwmgen0.0.
pwm step:5.
duty max: 100.
targ freq:20000.
freq rate:20000.
fan speed thrd:100.
fan up thrd:55.
fan down thrd:35.
auto_fan true, fan_speed 1
send command [reset]
send command [bist_start]
send command [bist_collect]
set_vid_value_g19:25,chain 0.
send command [reset]
send command [bist_start]
send command [reset]
send command [bist_start]
send command [bist_collect]
set_vid_value_g19:25,chain 2.
send command [reset]
send command [bist_start]
send command [bist_collect]
set_vid_value_g19:25,chain 3.
Segmentation fault

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Quote from: needed357 on January 04, 2018, 12:18:14 PM

which fan should i buy?

if one fan is down

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-power-motorcycle-conversion-motorcycle-fan-violence-12CM-fan-3-9A-12v-TFC1212DE-120-120-38mm/32581804418.html\
this is what I bought, but it wont arrive till this afternoon or tomorrow to see if it's any good.

Quote from: yummyyummy on January 04, 2018, 07:02:15 AM

Quote from: Gazdac2 on January 04, 2018, 02:48:21 AM

According to inno they keep screwing up the firmware and it burns out the thing, so at least Dec 20th firmware.
just remember the root password changed to t1t2t3a5 with the Dec 20th firmware.

I have some running Dec20th and Dec29th. both seem similarly okay.

thanks for your reply, i just wonder since my firmware is 22nd November g19, and as I see instruction from the Inno website, I see it's

"If the firmware build date is before 2017.11.24, you must upgrade through TF card"

but after I read the instruction manual to update through TF card, i have no idea how the TF card can connect with the G19 one. after the step 10 in the instruction, I see it do nothing with the TF card for the miner? so what I need to do

Please sorry for my newbie question. I've just begun some first step to the mining zone.

appreciate so much for your answer. thanks.

Yup. No flashing of machines for us. If it fails then I guess hope you have another miner you can plug the chains into.

Anyways, the web UI upgraded okay for me from the first firmware using the .bin.

They cleaned up their code a lot on the Dec 29th firmware. before it was just full of redundant garbage. at least its easier to understand some of the config files now.

And if you have firmware Before Dec 20th. It can corrupt your miner at any moment. after Dec 20th there is less risk.

Quote from: ukjack on January 04, 2018, 05:07:24 AM

Hi Gazdac2
Wondering if you can help

I have 3 miners that never start mining. System > Overview shows information OK however Miner status just spins forever.

ps|grep inno shows the ./innominer process running

Code:

innominer_T2 -o stratum+tcp://s1.theblocksfactory.com:9004 -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3333#xnsub -u x -p x -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.usa.nicehash.com:3333#xnsub -u x -p x --A1Pll1 1044 --A1Pll2 1044 --A1Pll3 1044 --A1Pll4 1044 --A1Pll5 1044 --A1Pll6 1044 --A1Pll7 1044 --A1Pll8 1044 --A1Vol1 25 --A1Vol2 25 --A1Vol3 25 --A1Vol4 25 --A1Vol5 25 --A1Vol6 25 --A1Vol7 25 --A1Vol8 25 --A1Fanmode 1 --A1Fanspd 1 --api-listen --syslog

Segmentation fault

Uhh, some type of memory access error.
IDK if if that's related to the read only drive (Dec 20th+ firmware or what)

you can try making the drive read/write and relaunching the miner. If that works you'd have to see if it just needs that access once, or if it needs it constantly

mount / -o rw,remount
/tmp/run.sh

if it starts mining, then halfway there.

if it successfully mines, then do a full restart(reboot) and see if it continues mining. if it wont mine now, after starting before. Then you'd have to edit the init.d to remove the remount commands.
but then that will leave you vulnerable to corruption.

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