ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[moss]

how i can check with pytty

what version of cgminer i have?>

 /usr/bin/cgminer-api

Quite a bit of output from this, so you'll have to scroll back up the screen, but it's in there.

[kabopar]

So far so good - I noticed mdudes antmonitor no longer reports the diff value, did something change?

Lowmem stops showing the diff, so perhaps that's why.

Is it just me or did the LSTime stop reporting?

Also affected by use of lowmem, but it shouldn't be (i.e. that's a bug). It is optional to use lowmem, you can disable it. I was just recommending it generically since S* controllers are very low powered.

Thanks!  Just applied this to a bunch of S3's, and they all seem to be hashing at a similar rate as the previous 4.6.1.

Cheers

[bspurloc]

how i can check with pytty

what version of cgminer i have?>

 /usr/bin/cgminer-api

Quite a bit of output from this, so you'll have to scroll back up the screen, but it's in there.

or u can do the below and see the version easier.
cgminer-api | grep cgminer


fyi no /usr/bin is needed since cgminer is in the executable path
root@antMiner:~# echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin

[soy]

I use non-standard power supplies but since I ran into a high voltage problem I won't recommend these.  I use the same on a Mercury.  When the cooler weather arrived and we started shutting down the air conditioning in the early evening the wall voltage went from 120-122VAC sometimes up to 126VAC.  The cheap power supplies would see a rise on the 12vdc output.  When it reached 13vdc the S3 shutdown hashing.  The miner status page had blanks for all elements.

I run cgminer-avg-monitor on my S3's.  When hashing stopped and later cgminer-avg-monitor would run, it would report "$avg" as a bad number and exit the script without running any corrective action.  A quick search of linux scripts and bad number found a suggestion to change the "$avg" entry to "0$avg".  The avg now reported shows up as for instance 0441.  Hopefully if the problem happens again the hashrate will appear as 0 rather than a blank preventing the script from terminating.

Thanks for the new cgminer, am giving it a try.

[cloh76]

Wow nice - Bitmain has a "Pay with USD" option now upon checkout

[Rabinovitch]

Wow nice - Bitmain has a "Pay with USD" option now upon checkout

What will it change? Better ROI? Less prices? ))

[daddyfatsax]

Wow nice - Bitmain has a "Pay with USD" option now upon checkout

What will it change? Better ROI? Less prices? ))

It really doesn't change anything with those shipping prices added in.

[Rabinovitch]

And with current level of quality (see the S4's thread for a problems people dealing with).

[cloh76]

Just nice that we have alternate purchasing methods.  It will be Utopia if Bitmain will again include shipping and keep the prices low enough so we can ROI.  Of course it's a longshot.

[faetos]

Since when is posting coupon availability a deletable offense? My post on Sunday to this thread got deleted when there are tons of other posts offering coupons that did not get deleted.

Arbitrary nonsense from an anonymous moderator. Let's see how long this post lasts...

moderator = ck, if you start a thread called S3 coupons and put it in Marketplace > Goods it'll stick. That's where the S1 coupon thread landed.

I added a thread here for it: https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=829979.0

I have some I want to give away.

[allcoinminer]

Wow nice - Bitmain has a "Pay with USD" option now upon checkout

It will be more tempting to buy the miners when see price in USD due to lower BTC value.
Just a physiological impact, reality still persists.

[moss]

how i can check with pytty

what version of cgminer i have?>

 /usr/bin/cgminer-api

Quite a bit of output from this, so you'll have to scroll back up the screen, but it's in there.

or u can do the below and see the version easier.
cgminer-api | grep cgminer


fyi no /usr/bin is needed since cgminer is in the executable path
root@antMiner:~# echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin

Yes, that's quite a lot better - thanks m8.

[polymer_city]

help needed.

one hashing board has stopped working, sorted RMA out with Bitmain, but they failed to tell me there was a time limit on the UPS ticket.

Now they are just plain ignoring all correspondence.

So wanted to know if anyone has managed to repair / find out what causes a hashing board to not be recognised.

any help appreciated

[hurricandave]

help needed.

one hashing board has stopped working, sorted RMA out with Bitmain, but they failed to tell me there was a time limit on the UPS ticket.

Now they are just plain ignoring all correspondence.

So wanted to know if anyone has managed to repair / find out what causes a hashing board to not be recognised.

any help appreciated

Please contact 1-844-248-6246 to speak with one of the live tech support guys or send e-mail to info@bitmaintech.com

[polymer_city]

Please contact 1-844-248-6246 to speak with one of the live tech support guys or send e-mail to info@bitmaintech.com

thanks for the reply, I'm in UK, I'm guessing this number is only for US?

[hurricandave]

It's in the US, but you might try it, the user name is BitmainWarranty on this forum try shooting him a PM maybe he can get you an EU # or help get the shipping label re-authorized.

[polymer_city]

It's in the US, but you might try it, the user name is BitmainWarranty on this forum try shooting him a PM maybe he can get you an EU # or help get the shipping label re-authorized.

many thanks

[bigchirv]

Hello, good day.

I bought 17 S3 miners some months ago. I'm a happy customer so far.

One of my miners suddenly stopped working. I pressed the reset button, but nothing happened. Both red and green LEDs are blinking; I can access the miner's web interface and this is what it shows on the "Miner Status" page:

http://s15.postimg.org/9gyvnmeon/screenshot.jpg

I flashed all my miners with the latest firmware months ago, and all of them were working well so far until now.

Can anyone give me some directions on how to fix this miner?

Cheers,

[polymer_city]

Hello, good day.

I bought 17 S3 miners some months ago. I'm a happy customer so far.

One of my miners suddenly stopped working. I pressed the reset button, but nothing happened. Both red and green LEDs are blinking; I can access the miner's web interface and this is what it shows on the "Miner Status" page:



I flashed all my miners with the latest firmware months ago, and all of them were working well so far until now.

Can anyone give me some directions on how to fix this miner?

Cheers,

Try a hard reboot
Try ribbons on controller
Faulty controller?

[soy]

Hello, good day.

I bought 17 S3 miners some months ago. I'm a happy customer so far.

One of my miners suddenly stopped working. I pressed the reset button, but nothing happened. Both red and green LEDs are blinking; I can access the miner's web interface and this is what it shows on the "Miner Status" page:



I flashed all my miners with the latest firmware months ago, and all of them were working well so far until now.

Can anyone give me some directions on how to fix this miner?

Cheers,

Try a hard reboot
Try ribbons on controller
Faulty controller?

Shut it down and unplug supply and ethernet, let sit a few minutes, replace cables and fire up.

If still doing this then try running nmap <ip-address> from a linux machine and see what ports are open on the device.