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Topic: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial (Read 4744 times)
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Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 06:28:22 AM
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I still can't figure this out. windows 2008 r2 x64, cgminer 2.4.2
I'm using a config file, I have 4 bfls
Using "scan-serial" : "\\\\.\\COM4",
finds only 1 bfl
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 06:55:25 AM
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this does not work either
"scan-serial" : [ "bfl:COM3", "bfl:COM4", "bfl:COM5", "bfl:COM6" ],
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 06:57:28 AM
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Instead of scanning, why not just put in their ports? (e.g. using the -S switch when you start cgminer)
try looking in device manager to see where they are.
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 06:58:14 AM
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yes please i will do that, but HOW?
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 06:58:44 AM
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"scan-serial" : "COM3, COM4", etc does not work
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:05:02 AM
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That is interesting, I didn't know you could use scan-serial in the config file. I just tried using it as well, and it's only noticing one of the BFLs too.
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:06:28 AM
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oh could be a config file bug
how do i do it in the command line? i will try that
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:09:24 AM
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In the past, to get all of mine to work, I use a startup script (.bat file for you) with my command line options like this:
cgminer -Sdev/cu.usbserial-001013FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-002013FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-003013FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-004013FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-005013FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-006013FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-007413FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-007513FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-007613FA -Sdev/cu.usbserial-007713FA
I'm using cgminer 2.4.2 in osx, so yours in windows would probably look like:
cgminer -S COM4 -S COM5 -S COM6
I'll see if I can figure something out about using the conf file.
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:11:20 AM
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Yeah, thats what I was thinking. By repeating the same array value ("scan-serial") it might just be overwriting one value instead of multiple instances, so you end up with whatever that is set as (probably the last one).
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:15:07 AM
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Thanks but now its crashing when i use
start "CG Miner" cgminer.exe -c cgminer.conf -S COM3 -S COM4 -S COM5 -S COM6
https://imgur.com/WF6uH
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:16:19 AM
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this doesnt work at all
start "CG Miner" cgminer.exe -c cgminer.conf -S COM3,COM4,COM5,COM6
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:18:46 AM
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using one works perfect however
start "CG Miner" cgminer.exe -c cgminer.conf -S COM5
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:19:33 AM
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you need a -S for each:
-S COM4 -S COM5 -S COM6
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June 12, 2012, 07:22:02 AM
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I did
start "CG Miner" cgminer.exe -c cgminer.conf -S COM3 -S COM4 -S COM5 -S COM6
https://imgur.com/WF6uH
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:30:51 AM
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I'm running out of ideas. What are the ports that your BFLs are assigned to (via Device Manager)?
You could try using the whole port, like this:
-S \\.\COM3 -S \\.\COM4 -S \\.\COM5
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:31:59 AM
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You could try installing the drivers:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
See if that helps.
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:33:10 AM
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-S \\.\COM3 -S \\.\COM4 -S \\.\COM5
crashes it
https://imgur.com/WF6uH
Mine are 3,4,5,6
Is no one using multi bfl in windows?
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:34:33 AM
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Everything I'm reading says that it should see them up to COM9, so for COM10 you'd need to use \\.\COM10 for anything above (i'm grasping at straws). If the drivers don't work, I don't know what else it could be.
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:36:33 AM
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Thanks for your help. They each work individually. I just cant get them all to run.
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Re: Need help with cgminer, bfl and scan-serial
June 12, 2012, 07:37:56 AM
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When I was trying to get all of mine to work together, I just called multiple instances of cgminer. It's ugly, for sure, but it worked till I could make some headway. Way less ugly than having them just sitting there.
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