Topic: [PAID 1.25 BTC]must be stoned or stupid.can't get my USB block erupters mining (Read 2982 times)

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FYI I tried cgminer windows 7, had some issues after loading the driver for the erupters.  Namely, the zadig didn't produce the same results every time - once run it once applies to all devices, try again, it must be run once per device, power off back on, some of the devices have changed their settings.  Not good.

Tried bfgminer, similar stuff.

Tried a machine with Ubunto/bfgminer -G -S options, rock solid steady IMMEDIATE SUCCESS!

Then decided to try running these USB sticks on a little netbook with Ubunto, fail....because the -S does all the COM devices, and the keyboard is one and so you can't type things in anymore.  Solvable by specifying each device one by one, but I too lazy to do that, so back to machine above.

Under linux on startup these things are found and configured and never change their status.  At least that's what I found.

Above testing was done with three separate machines

a custom desktop Ubunto 12.04
hp i7 windows notebook
acer 10" netbook with Unbunto 12.04.


QUANTITY FOUR USB as follows
DUB-7 usb 7 port from amazon for something like 25usd each things as follows

Computer usb port -> dub-7 with 6 erupter, 7th port -> 2nd dub-7 with 6 erupter + fan
These are rated 3A each.

The fifth USB is a ratty group of old junk that is running IIRC 14 erupter.

There are lots of ways you can do that.

You can run the .exe from a batch (.bat) file that you've written which can execute many lines of commands for you.

or

You can type 'cmd' into Start->Search in windows and press enter, or if you have a very old windows (eg. XP) you can use Run and type cmd. This will open a new command prompt with the default directory.

or

You can go to the folder containing the .exe file and hold shift and right click the folder, you should see a usually hidden option "Open Command Window here".

or

Or, you can make a shortcut to the .exe by right clicking on it / create shortcut / send to -> desktop and then going rightclick->properties on the shortcut. In the Target: field you can put arguments eg:


is just an example of how one of my clients is setup. You can use the arguments for your mining software in exactly this way too by placing them after the .exe's path.

The "Start in:" field on the shortcut properties should be unchanged, in this case it is:


Alternatively cgminer can be set up to load its settings from a config file that can be created by running the .exe directly and then following the GUI prompts, then saving the config file by pressing "S" -> "W" -> "ENTER". Next time you load the .exe it will look for the config file you saved. It also appears bfgminer can be setup to run with a config file such as was shown above by ssateneth.

after clearing out the assigned com ports, reinstalling the drivers, bringing them up 1 at a time and placing a larger fan directly on them,,,

not sure which step above actually helped, I'm guessing the fan. if it's off for even a second the eruptors light up like a Christmas tree.

but since then all 10 are hashing away at a combined average 3Gh/s and a 3.8% error rate.



I'm planning on modifying a pair of larger computer case fans making them USB powered with adjustable speed and protective cages,
then mounting them directly to a USBx12 hub

 if I can just find another one. I had ordered one a week ago but was notified they were out of stock.

now I can't find a suitable replacement. my criteria is simple.

12 USB ports with min. 10 on one face spaced to fit eruptors

at least 1/2in. of housing still showing on one edge after chips installed to optimally mount fans.

every one I can find now is either too narrow on the port face and leave nowhere to mount the fans (stacked strip style),

or ports are spaced too close together to use every slot (panel mounted style)
 
proper power supply, not Chinese manufactured and reasonable delivery time should about round out the list

any suggestions??

 I'm using windows 8

 Hi, I got my block erupters and am mining at Bitminter because that was the only software I could get to work. I have read a lot about getting cgminer or bfgminer to run block erupters but I can't figure it out.
 
 I have read this post and don't know how to add -G -S all to command line...what command line? How or where do I find or open the command line?

 cgminer says create a shortcut,right click and properties, change target to C\cgminer.....SCOM3..so on, but it always says invalid path....

 I want to try bfgminer if I can learn how to do the command line. Any help?

LHB

Setup a separate bat file for the one that isn't hashing and let it run alone for awhile.

I had the same problem and after a week running the problem usb's separate, grouped them all together in a single bat file and started them up again - ever since then everyone is hashing above 330

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If you are placing these all on a USB hub, its entirely possible the hub cant handle it. A poor quality hub will exhibit any of the symptoms: ASIC not detected at all in mining software; ASIC appearing to hash but never submits shares and the ASIC itself is relatively cooler to the touch compared to the other ASICS submitting shares; ASIC spams hundreds of HW errors every second; A very strange hashrate like TH or EH. GH is less suspect and could just be bad timing estimation by mining software. A poor quality/low output power adapter will exhibit symptoms such as devices in the mining software inexplicably resetting or disconnecting and reconnecting.

I suggest plugging in your ASICs directly to one of the USB root ports (not using a USB hub) to see if the symptoms go away. It's also possible that the ASICS themselves are flawed, but lets rule out the USB hub first.

LHB,

Good to see you up and running!

Please scroll through this page to see explanation of the display items:
https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer

Briefly.
ICA 1:      | 333.4/339.5Mh/s | A: 22 R:0 HW:1

means:
ICA 1 is the eruptor #
333.6M/332.2Mh/s are the current and average values.
A: 22 Is the total number of shares accepted by the eruptor.
HW: 1 Is the total number of hardware errors for that eruptor.

The A: 274 in the first line is the total number of shares for all eruptors.

Looks like your eruptor #6 is getting a lot of hardware errors. You can try to remove and re-plug it back in.
Add a fan for cooling etc. It might be a bad unit.
The usual number of hardware errors for the eruptors is around 0.8%. HW error % = HW/A * 100.

Hope this helps.

YES!! thank you so much. I knew I had the hardware portion handled, getting a working batch file was the problem.  I appreciate your help. I'm sure a little token to that effect has cleared the blockchain by now!!

I have one out of ten that isn't hashing. it starts out for maybe 1 minute fine, then drops to almost nothing

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/longhairBri/screenshot1.png

I already tried moving it to another usb hub. does the same thing. air conditioning along with a fan keeping things cool. may have a dud? hope not. the ROI is tight enough and I don't want to jump thru too many hoops. getting them from canary was painless and prompt, so I'm not worried.


while this pic is up, can someone explain what each set of numbers in each column is measuring? and the aberrations used in the top row statistics too please. I haven't been able to find that either.

thanks to everyone for your help.

A quick phone call and teamviewer session and I've gotten him up and running!

Hi. It was very simple for me to get my block erupters working.

First step: Download and install the CP2102 driver http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/Software/CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip and extract it somewhere. Run the CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe if you run 64 bit OS, and CP210xVCPInstaller_x86.exe if you use 32 bit OS.
Second step: Download BFGMiner 3.1.1
Third Step: Add this to your command line. The -G will disable mining on all GPU's. The "-S all" command will enable mining on all devices on com ports. Here is what my full command line looks like.The "-c \\Ssateneth-pc\d\minersettings\btcconfig.conf" is just a config file I load that contains my pools and other non-device specific settings like no stratum, api access, etc. If you don't use a config file for pools/settings, then instead replace that part with "-o http://pool:port -u username -p password" where pool is the pool URL, port is the port, username is the username, and password is the password.

You should be mining away then!



Here's payment address. 1BXNapSrzTSfmqSD63e49eh2JvDkeotCxt

If this is still above and beyond you, I would be willing to teamview or vnc to remotely fix the problem.

Do you have it working yet?

post a screenshot of cgminer running would help answer that.  you should also be able to log into your account for the site and see how many shares you have submitted and the current estimated earnings

use BFGminer it is much easier to get setup with your erupters, just install the windows drivers, i can pm you a link to the file if you like?

then you just download bfgminer and then make your .bat file containing your pool details, pm me for help

ok, here's most likely the dumbest question EVER asked in the history of this site.


How do I know, or how can tell that I finely have this thing is working??

it said I was on a live pool, auto-changed my difficulty to 2, now all is quiet. nothing seems to be happening. I'd like to start my morning, pay the bounty and get back to work on some other pressing projects

The com port parameters should look like this ,--icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S ./COM3 -S //./COM7 for cgminer 3-1-1

For cgminer 3.1.1

1.Do not plug any of usb devices .

2.Download driver:
XP -> zadig_xp_v2.0.1.160.7z
WIN 7/8 -> zadig_v2.0.1.160.7z

Unzip and start zadig.exe and press Install WCID Driver,restart pc.

3.download CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip and unzip it.Start CP210xVCPInstaller_x64 or _x86 for 32 bit win.

4.1 Plug first USB device,wait until install driver - when the device is installed normaly you see COM port in device manager (Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge)
4.2 Plug next USB devices,repeat step 4.1

Look for they com port numbers in Device Manager - COM3,COM4,COM5 ......

5.Download cgminer-3.1.1-windows.zip

6.Start cgminer :

cgminer-nogpu.exe -o address -u user -p pass --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S COM3 -S COM4


for you devices (-S COM3 -S COM4,....) look in Device Manager

make shortcut on desktop,copy it in start menu and start make money 

shouldnt need to touch device manager at all,  the drivers needed you can get by open zadig, select "list all devices" from options menu. (can also select advanced mode so u see the log window), then select the blockerupter and click install. it will then create and install the driver files required - theres a progress box here, (you may need to unplug and replug your hub after this,) after that just run cgminer.  

- if there already some default drivers for the erupters that were installed then you may have to remove/uninstall those from device manager before using zadig so that correct driver is installed.

- you can use nogpu or regular, they will both work, but regular will allow to use your gpu at same time with eruptors.  if you dont have a suitable gpu than nogpu will keep it simple.

- use latest cgminer 3.3.1

- you may want to try with just one eruptor plugged in at first just to get it working then add the others, so can eliminate any initial problems related to the hub/multiple devices.  shortcut with --usb :10 should still work.  (Its a "catchall" param - it means to use up to a max of any 10 USB devices found in system )

I went in device manager and update driver. each stick had a correct and up to date driver

so now at a standstill again 

alright, I can launch from the desktop. still doesn't find the usb's but progress. I'm nor sure even which to run? no_gpu or regular. I made a shortcut for each till I get this going.

still haven't been able to figure out how to run zadig for each usb yet. seem to be making headway......hope your a night owl too!! I sure appreciate the help and would love to pay the bounty to you when finished