Help with Zeus Thunder X6

[dustind900]

Win 10 64-bit
Tried:
BfgMiner 5.4.2
CgMiner 4.3.5

I cannot get any shares on any pool. Can someone help me with setup?

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--scrypt -S zus:all --set zus:chips=128 --set zus:clock=248 -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333/#skipcbcheck -u xxxxxx -p "n=worker1" --set zus:ignore_golden_nonce=1

[piet]

Buy a cheap (second hand) rasberry Pi (v2?), put minera on it, 5 minutes of rtfm and setup, voila!

i prefer the (build-in) cgminer, if you need some additional help with parameters, let me know!

[dronKZ]

Win 10 64-bit
Tried:
BfgMiner 5.4.2
CgMiner 4.3.5

I cannot get any shares on any pool. Can someone help me with setup?

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--scrypt -S zus:all --set zus:chips=128 --set zus:clock=248 -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333/#skipcbcheck -u xxxxxx -p "n=worker1" --set zus:ignore_golden_nonce=1

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--scrypt -S zus:all --set zus:chips=128 --set zus:clock=248 -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333/#skipcbcheck -u xxxxxx -p d=1024 --set zus:ignore_golden_nonce=1

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[dustind900]

cgminer gives me thousands of hardware errors.
i already tried with a static diff. Does it take a long time for the machine to start hashing? Why does it say "pool 0 is hiding block contents from us"?

I get this after running for a while.

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 bfgminer version 5.4.2 - Started: [2017-04-22 16:39:33] - [  0 days 00:10:28]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options                                          [H]elp [Q]uit
 Pool 0: prohashing.com      Diff:15m  +Strtm  LU:[16:49:28]  User:dustind900
 Block: ...d2257195f0653dab  Diff:33.4k (238.8Gh)  Started: [16:49:17]  I:?
 ST:1026  F:0  NB:30  AS:0  BW:[ 36/  1 B/s]  E:0.00  BS:0
 0            | 16.20/20.71/ 0.00Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ZUS 0:       | 21.64/20.44/ 0.00Mh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2017-04-22 16:48:59] Pool 0 is issuing work for an old block: 05b50df376d5465859d07ed4e42ada7fa743c1bab9a61412632a4a24
858466bf
 [2017-04-22 16:49:00] Network difficulty changed to 103 (750.2Mh)
 [2017-04-22 16:49:00] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2017-04-22 16:49:17] Network difficulty changed to 33.4k (238.8Gh)
 [2017-04-22 16:49:17] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2017-04-22 16:49:28] Pool 0 is issuing work for an old block: 05b50df376d5465859d07ed4e42ada7fa743c1bab9a61412632a4a24
858466bf

I think i need a start to finish setup guide lol. Are there certain drivers I should be using? Are my Gridseeds affecting anything? I am at a loss here. I spent money on this thing, and I can't get it to work at all...

[CritterDog]

I have a Raspberry Pi Unit with MInera I will sell if your interested PM me. Only way to mine IMO because it does not tie up your laptop and its easy to set up

[Chris Sokolowski]

You will normally get some stale work because we won't issue work restarts if only a low'value merge-mined coin is stale and the rest of the work is valid.

We actually own Thunder X6s for our own testing (and on Windows 10 x64) so I know they work on this pool. We are using cgminer 3.1.1, which we downloaded from Zeusminer when their site still worked and we haven't upgraded since. The newer versions probably work too, but I haven't tried to use them. I'm also assuming you have the required FTDI drivers installed because you are able to connect to the miner. Our cgminer command line is:

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cgminer.exe -o prohashing.com:3333 -u "chris" -p "d=2048 n=basement" --chips-count 128 --ltc-clk 250 -S //./COM3

where COM3 is the port mapped by the FTDI chip, but your port may vary. Check the device manager to see what port yours is actually on.

[dustind900]

This is what I was trying in 3.1.1

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cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333 -u dustind900 -p "d=1024 n=dd901" --chips-count 128 --ltc-clk 248 -S //./COM5

As far as drivers I have tried CDM v2.12.26 WHQL Certified from FTDI and SILICON LABS VCP DRIVER. Both got me connected to the miner, but with zero results. I'll try again tomorrow, this thing is pretty noisy and I'm doing all my testing outside of my mining room.

[piet]

[quote= this thing is pretty noisy and I'm doing all my testing outside of my mining room.[/quote]

I bought silent fans for €10 a piece. They do not transport as much air as the original fan, but are way more silent.
I also place 2 miners "inline" with 1 (silent) fan sucking out the air from 2 miners.

[dustind900]

I think I got it. Had to touch up the wiring. BfgMiner still shows two devices though?
@ Chris Sokolowski what is your average hashrate with your thunder x6?

I am also getting about 20% rejected shares (duplicate share)???

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bfgminer version 5.4.2 - Started: [2017-04-23 13:54:02] - [  0 days 00:04:42]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options                                          [H]elp [Q]uit
 Pool 0: prohashing.com      Diff:31m  +Strtm  LU:[13:58:06]  User:dustind900
 Block: ...dee385c21a3366e7  Diff:1.44k (10.34Gh)  Started: [13:58:06]  I:?
 ST:2050  F:0  NB:12  AS:0  BW:[ 40/ 15 B/s]  E:0.12  BS:1
 0            | 29.37/38.92/13.87Mh/s | A:29 R:3+0(9.4%) HW:1/3.0%
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 ZUS 0:       | 21.18/18.69/ 0.00Mh/s | A: 0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
 ZUS 1:       | 22.33/19.95/13.77Mh/s | A:29 R:3+0(9.4%) HW:1/3.0%
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 [2017-04-23 13:57:14] Accepted 00155d71 ZUS 1bbf Diff 46m/31m
 [2017-04-23 13:57:16] Accepted 0002dbb2 ZUS 1arf Diff 349m/31m
 [2017-04-23 13:57:16] Rejected 0002dbb2 ZUS 1arf Diff 349m/31m (Duplicate share)
 [2017-04-23 13:57:28] Pool 0 is issuing work for an old block: 00000000000234e64c6b12ed4263078d6360c84faf3ff27b682732f5
090c2e34
 [2017-04-23 13:57:31] Network difficulty changed to 956 ( 6.85Gh)
 [2017-04-23 13:57:31] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2017-04-23 13:57:39] Accepted 001e9a9c ZUS 1blv Diff 32m/31m
 [2017-04-23 13:57:43] Network difficulty changed to 1.08k ( 7.72Gh)
 [2017-04-23 13:57:43] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2017-04-23 13:57:49] Accepted 00100261 ZUS 1bei Diff 62m/31m
 [2017-04-23 13:58:03] Network difficulty changed to 5.52k (39.51Gh)
 [2017-04-23 13:58:03] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2017-04-23 13:58:06] Network difficulty changed to 1.44k (10.34Gh)
 [2017-04-23 13:58:06] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2017-04-23 13:58:09] Accepted 0013c29f ZUS 1bkf Diff 50m/31m
 [2017-04-23 13:58:09] Accepted 001c30cd ZUS 1bbs Diff 35m/31m
 [2017-04-23 13:58:09] Accepted 0016ec10 ZUS 1bet Diff 43m/31m
 [2017-04-23 13:58:21] Accepted 0009ee94 ZUS 1bfz Diff 100m/31m
 [2017-04-23 13:58:24] Accepted 000def4a ZUS 1bdo Diff 71m/31m

[tmopar]

bfgminer --scrypt -S zuesminer:all --set-device zeusminer:clock=248 -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333 -u x -p " d=512 "

My entire 120 mh comes from these zeus type devices. Some work better at 248 others the magic number is 236, dont ask me why

setting the diff at 512 means you should see plenty of activity.