Remote Identification of S9 hardware version (S9/S9i/S9J)

tim-bc

full member

Activity: 538

Merit: 175

I was in the same situation as you. Here is a simple bash script that I made to tell the difference between S9/i/j and the standard/lpm/"enhanced" firmwares:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Antminer S9 logic for returning miner type and ASICboost status
# Developed by tim-bc
# 2018-11-21 to 2018-12-27

# Argument 1 = IPv4 Address
# Output = (Standard / Boosted) (Miner Model)

# Typical Outputs:
#
# Standard S9
# Standard S9i
# Standard S9j
# Boosted S9
# Boosted S9i
# Boosted S9j
# Enhanced S9
# Enhanced S9i
# Enhanced S9j
# Bugged S9
# Unknown

wisdom=`echo -n 'stats' | nc -w2 $1 4028 | tr ',|' '\n'`;
model=`echo "${wisdom##*Type=Antminer }" | head -1`;
date=`echo "${wisdom##*CompileTime=}" | head -1`;
asic="Standard";
if [[ $date = *"2018"* ]]; then
if [[ $date = *"Oct"* ]]; then
asic="Bugged";
fi
if [[ $date = *"Nov"* ]]; then
asic="Boosted";
fi
if [[ $date = *"Dec"* || $date = *"Nov 30"* ]]; then
asic="Enhanced";
fi
fi
if [[ $model = *"S9"* ]]; then
echo "$asic $model"
else
echo "Unknown"
fi

mikeywith

legendary

Activity: 2478

Merit: 6693

be constructive or S.T.F.U

on my S9i it shows

Miner Type Antminer S9i

on the overview page.

so if it says j then it's j, if S9 only then it's an S9.

then when you download the firmware, there is a different asicboost for each type on bitmain webiste.

the first asicboot which bitmain released was only meant for the S9, if you put it on S9i or S9j it will still work but will not make any difference.

RadekG2

newbie

Activity: 16

Merit: 15

Hi,

AFAIK all S9 except very old ones can run any asicboost firmware (either original bitmain or BraiinsOS). You can check kernel log for control board type. If it is Xilinx, it can run asicboost, if it is Altera it is not supported yet.

roudawg

newbie

Activity: 1

Merit: 1

Hi,

I am optimizing my farm with the correct asicboost firmwares, I cannot find a way to determine the difference between my S9i's and S9j's to apply the correct firmware. Has anyone solved this problem? Bitmain says I need the S/Ns, but they are in a colocation facility and difficult to obtain.

Thanks,

RDM

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